《The Strongest Conquest System》 Chapter 1: Prologue: More Power

Chapter 1: Prologue: More Power

''Since I was a small boy, I''ve always wanted to be stronger.'' Swish! The sound of wind being sliced echoed throughout a flourishing and vibrant forestndscape. ''I think it all started when I saw my first MMA match on television... I had just turned 5 years old...'' ''It was a match that I watched with a strange smile on my face, a smile that wasn''t natural for a 5-year-old boy to have... A crazed type of smile that craved more from life, a smile that yearned to feel the power that the professional fighters possessed.'' ''So I began to train...'' ''I started by doing just a few push-ups a day and a short run, which left me slightly fatigued after I reached my limit... But I quickly escted the intensity of my workouts as I clung to my dreams of gaining more power.'' ''My workouts transformed into running several miles in one sitting and doing enough push-ups and other exercises that my body would give out at the end of the day. I practically copsed when the sun went down. In other words, as soon as the training concluded...'' ''Yet, I persisted... I pushed myself to the absolute limits of mental and physical exhaustion every single day... all in pursuit of incrementally more strength.'' Swish! The violent sound of air being sliced continued. ''So, I kept training like that every day for 12 years... I trained without respite, sacrificing my education, isting myself from society.'' ''I even stopped going to school at age 12 so I could have more time to train.'' ''Oh, you might wonder how I was allowed to quit school?'' ''Well, I wasn''t. I''ve been an orphan since I understood the meaning of the word.'' ''I was told by the orphanage caretakers at the orphanage where I stayed for the first 12 years of my life, that I was abandoned by a man and a woman when I was just a baby. Presumably, they were my parents.'' ''I don''t harbor hatred towards them for what they did... They must have left me because I was weak.'' ''They say weakness is a sin, and while it took me a while to understand that, I finally grasped its meaning when I witnessed that MMA fight on the old box television at the orphanage.'' ... ''Weakness is indeed a sin, a sin that no being in the universe should ept with content smiles on their faces. Smiles that indicate satisfaction with living a life of minimal significance, a life of weakness.'' ''The caretakers and everyone else at the orphanage were like that, so I left the orphanage on my 12th birthday.'' ''I spent my life among animals and the flourishing forest, continuing my training in the wild.'' ''I persisted in my grueling routine until I reached a state of total exhaustion for another 7 years...'' ''7 years after leaving the orphanage, the day day my 19th birthday came around, I realized something...'' ''I wasn''t bing stronger fast enough.'' ''I trained every day like a madman, engaging in every form of exercise I could think of, but it wasn''t enough...'' ''I was not enough...'' ''I was nowhere near the level of strength I desired...'' ''I reached a point where it felt like I hit a wall, a barrier no mortal human could surpass through sheer effort alone.'' ''I had achieved strength that far surpassed the MMA fighters I saw on that day... but it was still not enough.'' ... ''I hungered for more power, yearning to break free from any limitations obstructing my path.'' ''So I tried everything I could think of... anything that might help me ovee that ''wall''.'' ''One day, I sneaked into the nearest town and collected any material rted to martial arts or gaining power that I could find.'' ''I voraciously read everything I got my hands on, whether it was martial arts books or books on thews of physics. I explored cultivation and ssical arts. I even learned to y different instruments, with the piano bing my favorite.'' Swish! The echoes produced by something heavy ripping through the air relentlessly echoed out. ''I devoured all that knowledge in the hope that it would aid me in shattering that ''wall''.'' ''And after 10 years of dedicating every waking minute to mastering any skill I encountered, I finally achieved it...'' ''Today is the day I demolish that ''wall''.'' ..... A hulking man, towering over even the strongest of individuals, swung a gargantuan stone greatsword measuring 3 meters in length and half a meter in width. Surrounded by grass and forests, the man appeared monstrous. Even the animals fled in fear upon witnessing him arrive. Furthermore, their fear only grew when they saw the giant swinging around his huge greatsword like a lunatic. "I can feel it!" The colossal man, with long ck hair cascading down his waist and piercing light blue eyes, spoke aloud, wearing a disturbingly wide smile on his rugged face. "The wall I have endeavored to break my entire life is on the verge of vanishing! Just a bit more, and I shall have it!" The massive man eximed, his expression exuding excitement that greatly contrasted with his weathered face. "Just one more push!" He roared. Swishh!! The sound of air being shed intensified as each swing produced an ear-splitting noise. "Break, motherfucker!!!" The jumbo-sized man bellowed with fervor, delivering one final swing, summoning every ounce of his essence and purpose in life. All his being was concentrated into that swing. "BREAK!!!" SLICE!!! CRACK! For a moment, time stood still as a sharp, shattering sound reverberated through the surroundings. However, out of nowhere... Honk! Honk! A massive truck with ring sirens and ring lights suddenly emerged, hurtling directly towards the training man. ''Finally, I did it!!! Wait... What is that? Is that a truck-?'' The hulking man''s thoughts were interrupted as the truck collided with him head-on,unching him into the air. He soared uncontrobly until eventually crashing into a colossal boulder at meteoric speeds. Booom! An explosion sounded, followed by a crippled man limply falling off the side of a boulder... His life was now hanging on by a very thin thread as the raging fire within his deep ck eyes began to fade. ''So, this is how I die...?'' The bloodied behemoth questioned with disbelief etched across his face. ''I finally shattered that damn ''wall''... and yet, here I lie, with every bone in my body broken...'' The man''s thoughts trailed off as his half-dead gaze took on a look of defiance. ''Why..?'' ''What did I do to deserve this fate? All I wished for was more power... to be the strongest.'' ''Did Imit such a crime that I deserved to die for it...?'' The dying man meandered through self-deprecating thoughts, a bitter smile ying on his lips. ''NO!!!'' The man''s thoughts almost leaked through bloodied teeth. ''It''s because I was weak... Icked the strength to withstand the impact of the truck...'' ''Just like I was weak enough that my parents felt the need to abandon me...'' ''Weakness is a sin... The greatest sin of all...'' "..." That was when the man''s resolve to pursue the thing he wished for as long as he could remember began to re up... ''I want more power...'' ''Enough power that even the gods up above would be forced to kneel before my might!'' ''Gods who must beughing their asses off at my fate right about now...'' Depressing thoughts swirled inside the dying man''s mind as he began to yearn for something he had wanted since the beginning... ''I want more power...'' ''GIVE ME MORE POWER!!!'' The man''sst thoughts echoed out in a flurry before the final flicker of light in his eyes faded away. Chapter 2: A New Beginning

Chapter 2: A New Beginning

Inside a spacious and luxurious castle was a room decorated with great splendor. Outside that room were arge group of people in various housekeeping attire pacing around in circles with nervous looks on their faces. "Is the Lady of the house going to be alright?" One of the younger-looking women in a maid-type outfit asked a question with obvious worry apparent on her average-looking facial features. "She will make it through; just believe in the power of the Royal Bloodline, and all will be fine," responded an elegantly dressed older man with ck slicked-back hair. "AHHHHHHhhhh" A loud feminine scream was heard again for what felt like the hundredth time for the housekeepers waiting outside the door to the absurdlyvish-looking room. "AHGHGhhhh...." And then the screams started to die out until no more sound was heard outside therge room. After a while, the maids that were inside the room opened the door for the housekeepers stationed outside before allowing them entry into the room, and that was when everyone heard the gruff-sounding voice of arge man with long, dirty blonde hair, blue eyes, and a big belly. A man whom everyone in the kingdom of SunBurn called their king... King Adam Sunburn. "So, it''s a boy! Good job, Amanda!" Adam said, his voice loud and boisterous. "At least you did better than that whore of mine who couldn''t produce even a single male heir; execution was a mercy for her!" The fat king''s words reverberated out with satisfaction and a bit of annoyance at thest part. "Just make sure to be quieter next time you give birth. All that screaming you did was annoying." The King huffed, filled with displeasure at all the screaming that had transpired. The King''s words had put a small frown on the woman called Amanda''s face for just a moment, but she hid it as fast as it came before she put on the biggest smile she could muster on her already exhausted face. ..... Amanda, the Queen of SunBurn. She had long brown hair and clear blue eyes with a shapely body; she looked not a day over 25 but was, in reality, far older than she appeared. Amanda was the third daughter of the king of Earthhaven, and she had three children of her own before the present day. [Her Cultivation Realm: Early Unity Form Synthesis] ...... "Of course, my King, it is my honor that our child pleases you." The Queen responded with a hoarse voice and a fake smile. "Hoho! At least you realize that much!" The fat King''s word resounded in a haughty tone, almost as if he thought it was a privilege to give birth to his child. "..." The Queen''s thoughts were not too pretty, but she soon ignored them when she saw who, or rather, what wasing through the door. "Ah, the Spiritual Root Test ball has arrived. Hurry and put it up to the boy this instant!" The Fat Kingmanded the steward, who was carrying the ball, in a tone that allowed no refusal. "!!!" The man almost pissed himself at just the mere thought of getting on the Fat King''s bad side. The fat King was not the least bit scary, but he was, in the end, the king of a kingdom, and that was all he needed to order anybody to do whatever he so wished in his kingdom. *Step! Step!* The steward carrying the ball hurried as fast as he could to the Swaddled baby the Queen had in her arms. Words started to appear on the ball the steward was holding up to the baby. ''Testing Spiritual Roots'' The King and Queen had expectant looks on their faces as they stared intently at the ball, but the word that came next would leave them utterly dumbfounded. ''Spiritual Roots - none'' ''Cultivation Talent - none'' ''Futurebat potential - none'' ''Overall evaluation - Useless'' "..." "..." "..." At this point, the King, Queen, and even the other housekeepers in the room hadpletely stunned looks on their faces. None of them knew how such a thing could be possible; that baby was the son of the king, a descendant of royalty... How could it be possible for him to not have any talent for cultivation? How was it possible for a son of the king to be deemed useless?!? None of them made a sound nor moved a step, at least that was until the king ultimately came out of his stupor and shouted with killing intent to the nervous steward carrying the ball. "This can''t be right!! No son of mine can be trash!! Test the boy again! test him right this instant!!" Adam shouted, fury ring in his blue eyes. "..." The Queen''s gaze flickered for a split moment, almost as if she knew something when the king brought up the topic of the baby not being his, but she decided not to say anything. Meanwhile, the king was spitting all over the ce with every word he yelled; he was so angry that hisst words came out in a flurry! He refused to believe that any descendant of his was incapable of cultivating; he wouldn''t ept it! The steward moved the ball toward the baby so fast out of fear that it was almost as if he teleported... He moved on pure instinct; his instinct was telling him that if he didn''t move, the king would kill him! There was no doubt in the steward''s mind about that fact. "YES, YOUR MAJESTY!!!" The steward''s hoarse voice echoed out in a flurry, as he had already put the ball back up to the baby. Words started appearing on the ball again as the king was practically giving it a death stare, but the ball didn''t care one bit. ''Testing Spiritual Roots'' ''Spiritual Roots - none'' ''Cultivation Talent - none'' ''Futurebat potential - none'' ''Overall evaluation - Can''t get any more Useless'' The King practically erupted in fury after scrutinizing the new set of words; his fat rolls went up and down with every stomp he took. The floor practically screamed for help as it started to crack in a spiderweb way underneath the king''s power! Even though the entire castle was enchanted to withstand full power attacks from Void Refining Realm stage cultivators, it was barely holding up against the fury of the fat king! Fury filled the fat king''s heart before he yelled, "This can''t be!!! I refuse to ept it!!! I refuse to ept that I gave birth to trash!!!! I refuse to believe that I gave birth to something so useless!!!!" "..." The Queen practically confirmed her theory when the spiritual ball tester was used again, but once more she decided to keep quiet and pretend to be stunned as well. The fat King was absolutely furious as he started to scream and spit out like a madman¡ªa madman who refused to ept reality! The Queen, who was still ''stunned'' from the first time the ball was tested, awoke from her ''stupor'' only to hear the same result again. Well, she practically lost it as well and started mumbling in an iprehensible way. "Ho-How can this be?!? How could something like THATe out of ME of all people?!? I cannot ept this!" The Queen''s scratchy voice came out in a high-pitched way as an iprehensible feeling welled up within her! "..." ''''..." "..." The housekeepers, maids, and stewards were still lost in their own little worlds, with no clue on how to handle the situation. They had never seen or even heard of a case where a descendant of royalty was born without the talent to cultivate... Hell, even every descendant ofmon nobility they heard of had at least the lowest-ranking spiritual root, and yet... a prince of one of the highest social standings in the SunBurn Kingdom was born as useless as they came! It was unbelievable for those witnessing this scene, to say the least. However, such bewilderment festering between them was interrupted when both the King and Queen of SunBurn came to amon consensus without even speaking to each other before they shouted as if in sync. "Get rid of that trash!! Now!!" The King and Queen yelled in unison. "I don''t care what you have to do!!! I just want that trash out of my sight this instant!!!! Dump it in the woods as wolf food for all I care!!" The Fat King screamed in anger, so much so that a vein was bulging on his forehead. The stewards were still trying to process what their King and Queen justmanded them to do with stupid looks on their faces... "!!" "!!" Until they finally snapped out of it and hurried over to the Queen with a basket and nket in hand. "..." The king gained rity back in his eyes as he found a solution to his new problem; he then spoke his next words in a tone as threatening as possible. "Tell everyone that thing died while being born," he began. "And I assume that everyone here knows what will happen to you if anything that urred here today is leaked to themon popce?" Adam ended with a chilling tone, his fierce gaze focused on the housekeepers. "!?" "!?" The King''s words sent a cold chill down all their spines, as they fully understood what would happen to them if they told anyone about the truth of the prince, and it wouldn''t just end with a simple death. No, no, no, they were sure that they and their families would be tortured for days on end until they finally sumbed to their injuries and died very slow and painful deaths. They shuddered at just the thought of it. ..... The stewards, who were now carrying the baby in the basket and heading to the door as we spoke, understood what they had to do. They were going to kill an innocent baby, albeit indirectly. The baby was still going to die all the same because of them, but they had no choice in the matter; it was either them and their family''s heads or the life of a baby that wasn''t even rted to them. The choice was obvious for the stewards. ..... *Sigh...* The King and Queen sighed in relief when they saw the stewards leave with the baby towards the forest. They were relieved that their problem was about to disappear, but that was when they realized something peculiar about the baby boy they just sentenced to death. That thing being that the baby never once cried, not while being birthed and not while its fate was being decided; it didn''t even cry with all the yelling its parents were doing. They began to think that the baby was smarter than any baby they had so far, but soon dismissed their thoughts when they remembered what the ball said about his non-existent cultivation talents. "A smart boy with no cultivation talent is a useless boy all the same," said the fat king, a pissed-off look present on his face due to the seed he wasted on making that wastrel. ***** Meanwhile, in the Great Wilnds Forest, thousands of miles away from the SunBurn kingdom,. Ten minutes after the baby prince''s fate was decided, therey that same baby prince with bright blue eyes and ck hair, staring face-to-face with a 10-meterrge white wolf. For but a moment, if anyone was listening closely enough, they would hear a voice that didn''t quite match a baby''s voicee from the direction of the baby prince that sounded something like: ''Well, shit...'' Chapter 3: A Wolf And... A Stone?

Chapter 3: A Wolf And... A Stone?

''Well, shit...'' The small voice of the odd baby prince was heard by no one but himself. ''Thest thing I remember is dying because of Truck-kun in what now appears to be my past life... and then I wound up in some dark space, which Iter realized was the womb of my present self''s ''mother''. The baby prince''s thoughts started to echo out inside his mind. ''When I heard my ''parents'' and the people around me speak of a spiritual power type tester, I thought I was given another chance at life, a chance to live a life where I could pursue power all I wanted, and yet...'' His gaze looked around the forest he found himself in before his thoughts resumed. "And yet... woopdy fucking do! Here I am, abandoned by that whore mother and 10-ton-looking father of mine because of some stupid ball that deemed me incapable of cultivating." ''Screw that ball!'' He began with hate filling his heart. ''Now I stan-... I meany face to face with some mutant-sized wolf the size of a small building, and I have no clue what to do...'' "..." The giant white wolf stared at the little prince with its watermelon-sized eyes as if it were staring into the very soul of the little creature, analyzing his whole existence as if looking for something. It stood there like that for 5 whole minutes before the giant wolf finally decided to move. ''Welp, looks like I''m about to be dog food for this giant mutt.'' Azmond thought to himself. ''Maybe I will reincarnate into a world where I can pursue power without interference.'' His infant eyes began to glow at such a thought before they returned to their gloomy sheen. Haa... I won''t count on it with my shitty ass luck.'' The giant wolf was mere inches away from the baby prince, with itsrge car-sized mouth wide open. The baby prince, in such a perilous predicament, just imagined himself gaining supreme power that could flick mountains out of existence with ease in the next world he reincarnated into. He had not a care in the world for the maws looming over his head--maws that could swallow hundreds of his current self with one gulp! That was until the giant wolf did something unexpected: it lifted the baby prince by the handle of the basket the prince was swaddled in, and it started to run in a certain direction of the forest. ''Huh? I''m not dead...?'' He questioned with a puzzled expression. ''What the hell is this wolf doing? Did it forget how to chew?'' He looked at those meat grinders attached to its face and immediately scratched that theory. ''I don''t think that''s the case... It looks like it wants to take me somewhere, but where?'' .... Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye as the wolf looked like it had no intention of slowing down anytime soon, which would have given the little prince some trouble if not for the basket he was in. ''Why the hell is this wolf moving so fast?? It has already surpassed speeds that the majority of cars in my past life would never be able to reach!'' He eximed, his face full of wonder. However, such fascination didn''tst for long, as such speed was extremely questionable from the perspective of an earthling. ''Is this mutt on drugs?? Although the fact that it can reach such high speeds without technology excites me more than it confuses me!'' His eyes started to shine as his gaze turned from fear to something else... ''What if I can one day reach such a speed on foot as well??'' Such a thought only excited him more, as expectation grew within him. ''Ohhh the things I''ll do in this new world of mine.'' The little prince formed a wide, scary smile in his mind as he thought of his potential feats. ''Assuming I live past the encounter with this wolf, that is...'' His expression became a little wry upon mentioning such a matter; however, he didn''t feel like dwelling on the inevitable, so he turned his focus back to the speeding forest that passed him by. ..... Ten minutes passed as the giant wolf finally started to slow down next to a veryrge cavern. ''Is this the giant wolf''s den or something?'' The baby prince asked himself. He could see the entrance to a gigantic cavern even while lying on his back. ''This cavern has to be dozens of meters in height, huh?'' The giant wolf then proceeded to venture forth into the gigantic cavern until he reached a spot hundreds of meters in--a spot where a reddish-ck aura of sorts was emanating from what appeared to be a small, dark red stone. "..." *Plop* The wolf slowly set down the baby prince in his basket, a couple of meters away from the ominous-looking red stone. ''Huh? What is this weird red aura that surrounds the depths of this cavern??'' The baby prince ascertained his surroundings with a scrunched-up expression. At least, that was until he suddenly realized something... "Wait, aura!? How can I see an aura of anything!?'' His expression morphed a little in astonishment before he started to ponder the situation of his new life. ''I have read a few cultivation books in my past life, and I assumed this was a world of cultivation because of that shitty spiritual ball tester, but I assumed you had to actually start cultivating to see anything spiritual-like...'' That was the natural course of things, right!? He mulled over the topic for a few moments before he shrugged his non-existent shoulders. ''How unusual... But it is what it is...'' The young prince discarded the topic forter before he refocused his attention on the abrupt movements of the giant wolf. ... Thud! Thud! The wolf approached him as he started to fret a little. ''Is he getting into a fighting position!? I must prepare!'' He announced with a fearless look on his face. ''Wait... I don''t have anything to prepare with...'' He mourned hisck of powers as he awaited the next move of the giant wolf with bated breath. But contrary to his grim expectations, the giant wolf simply curled up around the baby prince before it started to cutely yawn until it fell asleep with the prince in the middle of its body. ''Uhmm, what the hell is this situation?? and why is this killing machine so fricking cute???'' The baby prince became a little enamored by the cuteness of the giant wolf, but he quickly snapped out of his reverie. ''Stop thinking of useless things, ME! I have to stay focused if I want to survive past the night in this new world of mine!'' With newfound resolve, he ignored the adorable appearance of the giant white wolf; however, such determination didn''tst long, as he was once again distracted. ''Hmm? What is this feeling? It''s almost as if something is calling to me...'' He felt something start to resonate within something inside him as he looked for the source of such an inexplicable feeling. And it didn''t take long before he was able to discern the cause of the disturbance within him. ''It seems to be in the direction of that weird-looking red stone over there.'' What the baby prince saw was a red stone located within the center of the wide cavern, and he could tell, as if on some mystical instinct, that the stone wanted him to approach it. So, in response to that unknown ''instinct'', some rtively dangerous ideas started to form inside his head. ''I should touch it, right?'' He felt something within his very existence tell him that he needed to touch it, and that feeling only seemed to grow exponentially. ''It could be dangerous...'' His cautious side attempted to steer him away from touching the stone. ''But~ is danger really all that bad?? I won''t survive the night with this weak baby body of mine, so I should touch it, right??'' However, such thoughts of apprehensionsted about as long as Grandma''s freshly baked cookies. And that was all it took for his rational side topletely crumble and fade away into nothingness. ''Yep, I''m going to touch it real good!'' He eximed. ''But how? I can''t exactly get up and walk towards it with this infant body of mine.'' The baby princepletely forgot about his ''ineptitude'' as he didn''t know how to get around that. ''I really want to touch it tho.. hmm...'' He began to brood over the subject, until it hit him like a sh of inspiration! ''Aha! I got an idea.'' The baby prince knew what he needed to do to make everything work out well; all he had to do next was put his idea into action! And that''s exactly what he did... ... "Whaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" A loud, shrill cry echoed out inside the expansive cavern. Meanwhile, the ''cause'' of such an obnoxious noise saw his ''n'' as ingenious and fail-proof! ''I knew my infant form had some uses! I''m going to use my baby charm to woo this giant puppy to bring me to that red stone over there. What could go wrong?? It''s not like the wolf will eat me because of some harmless crying, right? Right??'' He started to doubt himself a little, but his nonchnt attitude quickly reeled its head back in full swing! ''Oh well, might as well give it a shot if I wanna survive and get stronger.'' And it was with such resolve that he let the cries let out unrelentingly, awaiting the reaction of the giant wolf. .... "...." The giant wolf heard the crying and got up from itsfy spot to understand what was making all that noise. It looked down, only to see the little creature it brought back from the forest. That was when the giant wolf realized something... it forgot... it forgot why it brought the little creature back to its den. ''Is it food?'' It asked. ''No... Not food.'' The giant wolf followed up such a plicated'' line of thought as it spent the next period of time on some very strenuous thinking. It thought harder than it ever had in its many years of life! That was until the giant wolf finally remembered. ''Little creature, stone?'' ''Little creature... Touch stone?'' ''Creatures die when touch stone'' ''Little creature die?... Maybe not?'' A series of thoughts went through the giant wolf''s head before it eventually gave up on thinking altogether. .... The giant wolf leaned its head down to once again pick up the baby prince in his basket; the wolf then walked towards the ominous red stone with slow steps, almost as if the wolf was afraid of the red stone, which felt very out of ce given the wolf''srge and intimidating stature. ''Huh? What is this wolf doing? And why is it taking me towards that stone?? I didn''t even have to point at it or anything.'' The young prince realized he was in the air again, as he didn''t understand how the giant wolf knew where to take him. ''This seems too easy... can this wolf read minds or something?'' Weird thoughts swirled around inside his head before he dispersed such useless thoughts. ''The world of cultivation sure is weird, but whatever, this wolf is only helping speed up my goal of attaining supreme power! That''s only if this stone is what I think it is, but either way, I thank you Big Puppy for your assistance.'' ... The giant wolf ced the basket down just a few feet away from the red stone before the wolf picked up the baby prince by his swaddle and set him not even an inch away from the creepy-looking stone. ''The connection I was feeling earlier has only gotten stronger now that I am closer to the stone.'' He felt the same feeling he felt earlier, except it was far stronger than it was before. ''What is this stone anyway? And what does it want with me?'' The baby prince expressed his concern for the strange red stone with a scrunched-up look on his baby face. However, he soon discarded all inhibitions when he remembered the speed at which the white wolf was traveling. His future power train to the top was only getting closer and closer the longer he felt the connection with that stone! The baby prince could feel it within his soul; that stone was his key to gaining power in this strange new world of cultivation! ''Welp, no time like the present to figure that out!'' He didn''t like contemting useless topics too much; however, yet another problem was brought up... ''Wait... how do I touch it? I don''t even know if I can move my arms yet... I guess I should just try harder to move my stubby little arms in the direction of that stone.'' The little prince sported a determined look on his face as he focused on the task at hand. ... "..." The Giant White wolf was just watching the changes in the little creature''s facial expression with a curious look in its big blue eyes. ... ''I think I got the hang of these little hands; now it''s time to reach for the stars and touch the hell out of that red-looking death rock!'' It took him a while, but he was ultimately able to gain a modicum of mastery over his tiny hands. The next step would be for all the marble''s! The little prince reached out with his short right hand and touched the red rock with just his small index finger. WAAA! That was all it took for a reaction to happen, as a sh of reddish-ck light lit up the whole cavern! It was a light so bright that both the little prince and the Giant White wolf had to close their eyes. ''Arghhhh!! What is happening to me?!? I feel something invading my mind!'' He screamed inside his head. ''Some sort of knowledge is being transmitted into my brain! It hurts! It hurts a lot!! It hurts dozens of times more than any physical torture I have been through!'' The pain was unlike anything he had ever known to be possible! It was pain so terrible that he felt like dying! ''This pain makes death seem like a luxury! It feels like 10 thousand termites are crawling inside my brain trying to eat their way out!'' He started to squirm and twist around inside his cradle as sweat droplets formed on his head. ''Arghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! I want to die!!! No!!! I can''t die!! I want to pass out!!! But I can''t!!! I feel that if I pass out before the stone is done, I will regret it for the rest of my life?!??. My journey to power is just starting!! I can''t give up now... I refuse!!!!!! Not after what happened in my past life, I won''t let my own weakness hold me back again!! I won''t allow it!!!'' And as if fate was acknowledging the little prince''s determination, the bright light faded, and the Little princey there passed out with an exhausted look on his small face. Chapter 4: Divine Devil Arts Scripture

Chapter 4: Divine Devil Arts Scripture

Somewhere in The Great Wilnd Forest, thousands of miles away from the SunBurn Kingdom, in the depths of an unnaturallyrge underground cavern, a confused baby awoke next to a Huge White Wolf. ''Where am I? Who am I? Why am I here?'' The little prince questioned with a confused look on his tired face. He tried to recall what had happened to him prior to his entering a state of unconsciousness. ''Oh, that''s right. I reincarnated into a world of cultivation, a world where people can fly, destroy mountains, and erase seas with a wave of their hands. A world where I can acquire all the power I want!'' The little prince regained his unusuallyrge smile on his face as he remembered what he desired so very much. And it was through such conviction that he recalled the pain he experienced after touching the stone. ''Whatever just happened to me hurt like a mother fucker, but if what this transmitted information tells me is true, then all that pain was worth it.'' The little prince''s smile only got wider as he went over the knowledge he just received. ''A Secret Cultivation Manual...'' he murmured. You guessed it right! What he had received was none other than a secret cultivation manual! ''I just knew touching that weird stone was the right call to make. Let''s see, it is called the Divine Devil Arts. What a cliche name...'' The baby prince''s expression morphed a little upon realizing what the name of the cultivation manual was. However, it didn''t take long before that look on his face turned into something more... ''What a glorious name to call the first key to opening up my path to power!'' He eximed, excitement filling his heart. The little prince''s smile practically reached his ears after understanding that he had acquired his very own cheat! He just knew that you couldn''t be reincarnated into a different world without obtaining your very own cheat! Nheless, such tion didn''tst for long, as he had to focus if he wanted to make use of his new cheat. ''Time to put this cheat to good use!'' With a new goal, he turned his attention to the contents of the secret manual that were transmitted into his mind before he pondered the matter. ''It says I have to first sit down in a lotus position to begin practicing the technique, but how do I do that with this infant body?'' He began with a slightly puzzled expression. ''No one told me that being a baby would be soplicated, but I must make do with what I have, so I guess I should try wobbling myself upwards into an upright position.'' The little prince, upon understanding what he must do, started to rock back and forth as he tried to produce enough momentum to push himself upwards. ... A few secondster, and after the 16th try, he finally seeded! "...." The Giant White Wolf looked at the little creature before it with a quizzical look in its eyes. The Giant Wolf thought for sure that the little creature he found in the woods would die after touching that red stone, just like all the other creatures did before it. Even the original owner of the cavern, a 30-meter-long bear¡ªa bear many times stronger than the Giant White Wolf¡ªdied mere seconds after swallowing that red stone. The bear first started to decay, and then it just... disintegrated. Not even ashes were left of the once mighty beast. ...... Meanwhile, as the giant wolf was going through its memories, the baby prince was attempting to begin practicing the secret manual technique. ''Now it says that I have to focus on sensing the Qi in the air. God, this is really getting me excited for what''s toe!'' His countenance was emitting nothing but exhration as he anticipated the beginning of what he assumed would be the first step on his path of cultivation! ''Anyways, back to the matter at hand. Sensing the qi, huh? I wonder how I should go about doing that.'' He contemted the matter for a moment before he felt like an idiot for putting so much thought into something that the Divine Devil Arts would tell him if he just read it. And that was exactly what he did, as he spent a few seconds gleaning into the contents of his ''Secret Cultivation Manual''. ''The Divine Devil Arts says I should just think about something that calms my mind, and going about beginning to sense qi wille naturally.'' Following such a discernment of the information presented to him, he started thinking to himself again. ''Something calming, huh?'' That was an ambiguous topic for the baby prince, as he couldn''t pinpoint precisely what was capable of soothing his nerves. At least, that was the case until something was brought to mind¡ªsomething that had been his reason for living since the very beginning. ''Power... I want Power!'' He began with a fervently passionate look on his face. ''I want so much power that I''m capable of splittings in half with just a mere finger swipe!'' He added with a yearning for something greater building up inside him. ''I want so much power that even the vast, starry skies above can''t escape my grasp! I want so much power that even what lies BEYOND those stars is incapable of hiding from me!'' Upon reaffirming his resolve and also his only sce in life, he entered a stupor¡ªa stupor that prevented him from realizing that something quite unusual was urring around him... ..... WAAA! Qi was gathering in massive quantities and heading towards the cavern, specifically towards the little prince. The little prince didn''t even realize Qi was swarming toward him, let alone the face the he wasn''t simply sensing Qi--which was the very first fundamental step on the path of cultivation--but he was also absorbing Qi into his Dantian! Something that shouldn''t even be possible mere minutes after beginning to cultivate... ..... It usually takes months for a person with average talent to start sensing Qi, and weeks for geniuses. Even the most talented heaven-sent geniuses needed at least a couple of days to begin sensing Qi, and yet the little prince was able to sense Qi and begin absorbing it within a few minutes of his first cultivation session! That was not even mentioning the fact that you couldn''t begin cultivating until you reached the age of 12, and yet... the little prince was capable of cultivating not even a few hours after being born! What he was doing was an impossible feat by all standards, something that should never have been, and yet it has. ...... Nheless, it didn''t take long before the baby prince snapped out of his stupor and noticed something odd happening around him. ''Hmm? What is this blue-looking stuff floating all around me?'' He asked, confusion overtaking his countenance. What he saw was a wide assortment of colorful light floating around him, with some of it even entering inside him and doing something unbeknownst to him. ''Is this the Qi in the air? Does that mean I seeded in sensing Qi? But why is all of iting towards me?'' He ultimately noticed that all the Qi was fluttering toward him, subsequently doing something inside his body, but he didn''t quite know what that something was. ''I''m not actively pulling it all in, and yet it surrounds me before disappearing somewhere inside me. However, after a few seconds of being inside my body, ites out before entering the orbit of Qi around me, only to repeat that process again.'' The baby prince watched the Qie inside him, exit him, ande back inside repeatedly before he decided to use his knowledge of the Divine Devil Arts to help him understand what was going on. ...... After a few seconds of glossing over the Divine Devil Arts, he was able to understand the gist of the situation. ''The Divine Devil Arts mentions something about opening your Dantian to allow the spiritual Qi toe in and temper your bones and flesh, but... It said that it would take weeks for even a Supreme Genius to reach that stage, so what is happening around me right now?'' He questioned. The Divine Devil Arts said that after turning 12 years old, one could start to sense the Qi, and if they were talented enough, then it wouldn''t be long before they could start to enter the first stage of cultivation, ''The Body Refinement Realm''. ..... ''Maybe I should try to open my Dantian? No harm in trying, right?'' The little prince decided what he would do next as he started actively trying to open his Dantian to allow the spiritual Qi entry¡ªsomething he decided to do out of pure curiosity and the desire for power. WAAA! And as if a floodgate had opened up, all of that Qi started swarming into the little prince''s body with no sign of stopping anytime soon. ''What is this magical feeling!?'''' All the little prince had to do was sit there, and the Qi was absorbed into his Dantian of its own free will! It was something utterly out of his expectations, as he was under the assumption that you would need to work under tremendous pressure before you were able to begin cultivating, but this unknown phenomenon flipped that fact right on top of its head! ..... A few minutes passed by like that. The little prince had sessfully opened up his Dantian and officially stepped onto the first step of cultivation, Body Refinement Stage 0 (A special state not part of the Body Refinement Realm). The ''Body Refinement Stage 0'' was a unique state that very few experienced when they first entered the world of cultivation. It was a state where a person had absorbed so much Qi all at once that they needed to keep it stored away to prevent premature breakthroughs and an unstable foundation. ....... ''This is the best feeling I have ever felt in both lifetimes!! It''s far better than a 5-star massage, better than sex, and better than any other heavenly pleasure out there.'' He began with a look of intoxication on his face. ''This is Power!!!'' He shouted out inside his mind. ''I finally have a way to acquire more power, but this is far from enough to satisfy me... I will keep absorbing Qi until I can''t anymore, then I will start to digest my gains!'' The little prince had decided what he would do next as he entered a deep state of cultivation. ....... The Divine Devil Arts informed the little prince of a few useful things. The Divine Devil Arts was split into 7 sections, and each section required a certain cultivation base to be able to unlock. The little prince was only allowed to read the first section of the Divine Devil Arts because of hisck of a sufficient cultivation base. The little prince did, however, learn of the first few realms of power the world of Asterion had to offer. The first thing he learned was that the first realm of cultivation was called the Body Refining Realm, a realm where you had to absorb the Qi in the air and refine different parts of your body to advance. The second thing he learned was that the Body Refining Realm was split into 14 minor realms, where each minor realm was harder to achieve than thest. The minor realms, in order from 1st tost, go like this ---> Body Refining Major Realm: 1. Strength Training --> 2. Flesh Training --> 3. Viscera Training Small sess --> 4. Viscera Training Large Sess --> 5. Altering Muscle --> 6. Bone Forging --> 7. Early Pulse Condensation --> 8. Middle Pulse Condensation --> 9. Late Pulse Condensation --> 10. Peak Pulse Condensation --> 11. 20% Tempering Marrow --> 12. 40% Tempering Marrow --> 13. 60% Tempering Marrow --> 14. 100% Tempering Marrow. ....... The Divine Devil Arts also stated that there was a special 15th Minor realm where only a select few heaven-sent geniuses could unlock! Furthermore, it was unknown whether even a single person in all of Asterion had achieved such a state. The 15th minor realm in question was called the... Heavenly Gate! It was a state so grand that even the Heavenly geniuses of old craved it with every fiber of their being! But, as for all things rted to gaining power above everyone else, a sacrifice had to be made. The sacrifice to achieve the Heavenly Gate Realm required you to temper every part of your body ten times over! That might seem like no big deal, but spending at least ten times the amount of time progressing through the body refinement stage could mean life or death for some geniuses. It was an amount of time where your peers could easily surpass you in realm and suppress you... There was only a difference in power of around three times when refining each of your body parts once like everyone else or refining each body part ten times over¡ªa meager amount like a three-time increase in power could be surpassed with a mere Mortal technique being practiced to a certain point. It was only when you unlocked the Heavenly Gate that yourbat power soared exponentially! Most geniuses wouldn''t even be given the chance topletely refine their bodies ten times and open the Heavenly Gate before they were eventually suppressed by those around them and, in more extreme cases, killed by those they called their peers. ....... WAAaa... The Qi storm finally started to calm down as it appeared that the little prince had reached his limit... The Qi still had the urge toe closer and closer to the little prince to be absorbed, but it knew on some natural instinct that the baby could absorb no more¡ªfor now, that was. ''Aiii~, it looks like my limit has been reached.'' The little prince began with a content smile. ''It took hours to reach this point, but that time spent will all be worth it once I begin absorbing all the Qi I just gained.'' The little prince''s thoughts ended on a high note before he actively used the Qi he just acquired to temper his muscles. ...... He tried to learn how to control the Qi to go where he wanted it to, which he soon achieved after a few attempts. Following such an de, he directed the Qi to go toward the muscles in his arms. And after a few minutes of trying, it eventually worked! HUMM! His arm muscles started to heat up and gain a slight glow as they got stronger and stronger. Although he couldn''t test this strength just yet due to his small infant form, he could still savor the fact that he was getting stronger! What the little prince had wanted since the earliest years of his past life was finally starting toe to fruition! ...... Following the first tempering session of his muscles, he directed the Qi he had stored to all muscles in his body to get an all-round strength gain. He didn''t want to end up like those insane gym bros with huge arms and twigs for every other part of their body... *Shiver!* The little prince shuddered at the mere thought of developing a build like that. However, such thoughts faded out into the vicissitudes of time as he continued his cultivation journey. ..... The deepest depth of a dimly lit cave in the Great Wilnds Forest had a sh of light go through it before the figure of a baby in his swaddle was seen when the light died out. ''I have managed to fully temper every muscle in my body, but one round of tempering is not enough to satisfy me, now is it?'' The little prince sported a power-hungry smile as he thought of gaining even more strength! Following such an achievement, the little prince started to temper his muscles once again. ........ Do note that the process of tempering your body was not a painless one, nor was it a simple and easy one. Going against the norm to achieve something more would never note without a price, but the little prince could hardly care about the pain when he was so looking forward to the power he would gain after this experience! The Young Prince stopped caring about the pain he had to go through to acquire more power after the ''unfortunate ident'' he went through in his past life... He was willing to pay any price! Chapter 5: Advancing Levels Like A Madman!!

Chapter 5: Advancing Levels Like A Madman!!

Somewhere in the very depths of the Great Wilnds Forest, therey a baby with bright lights shing all around it¡ªa baby who got tired of refining its body the normal way and started to go the extreme route! ''Hahahahah!'' The baby started tough inside his head with a scrunched-up look on his face. ''Why should I settle for tempering my muscles slowly when I can temper everything all at once at 10 times the speed?!?!'' He began with an insane looking appearance. ''The pain is on another level! But who cares about some pain when more power is right in front of my eyes, right?!?!?'' The insane-looking little prince started to have thoughts that no sane person would ever think, as he experienced enough pain to put a few grown men in aa! And yet, hey there with a contorted smile on his face... "...." It was a smile that was slowly starting to look more and more demonic to the giant white wolf¡ªa wolf that was staring over the little creature with a look of bewilderment on itsrge face. The Giant White Wolf had never seen anything as crazy-looking as the baby prince in its many years of life... .... A small creature who seemed as harmless as they came absorbed all the Qi in a 10-mile radius, and then that very same creature started to refine all that Qi like someone who was on a suicide mission! By all means, the little prince should''ve been on the verge of death, but there was something special about the prince--something that went against the norm. Something the little prince wouldn''t figure out he had until much further into his journey of acquiring power above all others. .... ''It took 10 minutes or so, but I finally managed to refine all my muscles 10 times over! I should have a punching strength of 1000 kgs by now!'' He started to shout out inside his mind, clear tion in his expression. However, such excitement quickly died down when he realized something utterly devastating! ''It''s too bad that I can''t exactly use that strength, not until I figure out how to ignore the limitations of this small body of mine.'' Hemented over the fact that he couldn''t utilize his new levels of physical strength, but that wasn''t enough to discourage him from pursuing even greater power! ''Not enough... This power is still far from enough!'' He began with conviction overtaking his countenance. ''I need more strength and I need to acquire it faster!'' He shouted out his determination. It may have seemed illogical that an infant who couldn''t even walk yet, was so pumped up over acquiring greater power; however, the world of Asterion was an extremely dangerous ce, with death lurking around every corner. And if he wanted to survive in such a perilous and primitive ce that ced strength above all else, he would need to make use of every opportunity given to him! Although he didn''t know how strong the majority of the inhabitants of his new world were, he knew for certain that the ''Stewards'' as they were called, were so strong and fast that he wasn''t even able to tell if what they were doing had even happened. Which was one of the reasons that he used the speed of the Giant White Wolf as a reference for what could be considered ''strong''. However, don''t be misconstrued due to the baby prince''s nativity, for there were an uncountable number of things stronger than the Giant White Wolf and subsequently stronger than himself. Furthermore, the ''Body Refinement Realm'' was nothing but the ''starter stage'' when it came to the realms of Asterion. There were even some mysterious and powerful races that were born with a cultivation base beyond the Body Refinement Realm at birth, which was something else that the baby prince had learned from the Divine Devil Arts. ... ''The Divine Devil Arts said the next minor realm after Strength Training is Flesh Training, I wonder what kind of power this will give me!?'' The young prince continued his cultivation, attempting to breakthrough straight to the Flesh Training Realm from the Strength Training Realm! ... "....." The Giant Wolf could swear that it saw the little creature salivating for a second there. ''Does little creature want to eat me?!?'' It started to have dangerous thoughts. ''Little creature... Scary'' .... As the Giant White Wolf''s mind was swirling towards unusual thoughts given itsrge and intimidating presence, the little prince was already done refining his flesh for the 10th time. He now had a punching strength of around 3000 kg! It was an absurdly high number for a small infant who hadn''t even been alive for a day... Nheless, he had heard of even crazier feats after reading the Divine Devil Arts, so he was far from done with his first cultivation session. .... Following the refinement of his flesh, the young prince started to work on refining his Viscera to Small Sess 10 times over, which took him no longer than 45 minutes to aplish. The little prince had only been cultivating for less than an hour and a half and yet he had already reached the fourth minor realm in Body Refinement... Large Sess Viscera! The little prince, after achieving Large Sess Viscera, possessed a punching strength of 6000kg! It was a feat that was only possible thanks to him refining everything 10 times over; otherwise, his strength would only be 1/3 of what it was. ..... ''The feeling of gaining more and more power has to be the most addictive thing in existence! I have never felt so alive before!!'' He began with a wide smile on his face before he steeled his resolve. ''But this is no time to be celebrating; I must keep on cultivating if I wish to gain more and more power.'' The little prince put on a determined expression as he focused back on cultivating "....." However, the Giant White Wolf, upon seeing the look on the baby prince''s face, became a little scared. The Giant White Wolf started to have weird thoughts again... ''Has he finally decided to EAT me?!?'' The Giant White Wolf thought to itself with a terrified countenance. ''Should Me run?!?'' ''Where ME Go?!?'' ''This HOME!!'' ''Little Creature... Scary'' The Giant Wolf mourned its fate before it backed further away from the little creature that wanted to ''eat'' it. It was something which made the whole interaction quiteical, given the wolf''s huge size ... The Little Prince began to work on refining his Viscera to Large Sess 10 times over, which he seeded in aplishing within an hour. The little prince followed up such an achievement with refining his Altering Muscle 10 times over... ... The little prince had an astounding punching strength of 12000kg after he finished refining his altering muscles... It was a fact that the Little Prince was quite ecstatic over, but he continued to cultivate anyway, knowing full well that he couldn''t test that strength right now. One might wonder how he gauged how strong he was with an infant body and no way to test his strength, but the exnation for such a thing was actually quite simple, and yet not simple at all. He just knew how high his strength had reached on the basis of some kind of spiritual instinct, as easy as figuring out how many fingers you had on your hands. It wasn''t an easy thing to understand, but sometimes, that was just how the world of cultivation was. .... ''I have been cultivating for almost 4 hours now and have reached my 5th refinement of Bone Forging with a perfect and steady cultivation foundation.'' He glossed over his recent gains with a content smile before he thought about the cultivation toe. ''I should only need another hour or so to reach my 10th refinement...'' He sighed a little at such a revtion, as he understood that even with the insane amount of talent he didn''t know how he possessed, his cultivation was beginning to slow down. ''Welp, no point in brooding over the pace of my cultivation,'' he began. ''It''s time to start cultivating again.'' However, just as he was about to enter another deep state of cultivation, he suddenly recalled something. ''I thought I would need nutrients of some sort to survive in this infant body of mine, but I don''t feel a thing.'' He started to ponder the matter with a scrunched-up baby-thinking face. ''Not hunger, not thirst; I don''t even feel tired. It must be because of cultivation, right? There isn''t any other exnation I can think of...'' The little prince contemted the matter a bit more before he shrugged his non-existent shoulders and thought, ''Hmm... Who cares?!? Cultivating is the only thing on my mind right now, so let us get back to it! Haha!'' He started tough like a maniac within his thoughts as a slightly insane-looking smile was stered on his infant face. It seemed like the pain that came with refining your body ten times over was starting to get to him... .... "...." ''Yep... I be food to little creature.'' The Giant Wolf started thinking nonsense again after it saw the little creature go through all its unusually scary facial expressions. The Giant White Wolf was starting to regret ever bringing that little creature back from the woods to touch the red stone; it should have just dealt with the red stone by itself! However, the Giant Wolf knew it was toote for regret, as he had already invited the monster into its home to do whatever it pleased! The Giant wolf started to cry in the corner it was cowering in, it wanted its mother... ''Life.... Sad...'' ''Little Creature... Scary...'' ''I want to go... Home!'' ''No, Monster... in Home...'' Upon realizing such a thing, the Giant White Wolf only had one thought on its mind. ''I... Sad...'' .... Meanwhile, as the Giant White Wolf was having an existential crisis, the little prince had already entered the Early Pulse Condensation stage, a stage where he had to fill up all 108 meridians in his body with Qi. ... Early Pulse Condensation. It corresponded to filling up the first 27 meridians of the body, and every stage thereafter of Pulse Condensation corresponded to the next 27 meridians that you had to fill up. It went something like this, Pulse Condensation Stage: Early Pulse Condensation (27 meridians filled up with qi) --> Middle Pulse Condensation (54 meridians filled up with qi) --> Late Pulse Condensation (81 meridians filled up with qi) --> Peak Pulse Condensation (108 meridians filled up with qi). Supreme geniuses of Asterion could usually reach this realm a few weeks after beginning to cultivate. ..... ''Pulse Condensation feels different from thest few stages of Body Refinement,'' he began with a concentrated look on his face. ''It''s like the first 6 stages were focused on refining and expanding my muscles only to condense them back down again, while the Pulse condensation stage was meant to store the Qi in the air within my meridians so that I could release some of that stored up energy for multiplied explosive force.'' After realizing such a thing, he continued his evaluation of what he learned. ''In gaming terms, it''s simr to the first 6 stages equaling my base stats, while the pulse condensation stage is my base stat multiplier. So if my strength before reaching the pulse condensation stage, when I was still in bone forging, was a punching force of 15000 kg, then my punching force after reaching Pulse Condensation is a massive three times higher than that, with a total punching force of 45000 kg!'' The little prince was practically beaming at this new realization. He couldn''t believe he had already reached such a level not even half a day after being born, it would have been something iprehensible to the old him. .... The Little Prince followed his assessment period by spending the next day progressing through the Pulse Condensation stage, one filled meridian at a time. He soon realized that cultivating in the Pulse Condensation stage was many times harder than the stages before it; it was also dozens of times more painful than the ''norm'' as the little prince had to fill up and refine each of his 108 meridians 10 times over. The little prince was practically writhing in pain at every waking moment, squirming in his sitting lotus position, but regardless of the pain, he sat with a determined look on his chubby little face. ''Haa! Do you think this amount of pain is enough to make me give in?!? What a joke!! I have had ball cramps more painful than this crap!!!'' And as if the very world itself were angry at the little prince''s statement, the pain began to increase another few fold as the little prince entered the Peak Pulse Condensation Stage. ''Arghhh!! you motherfucka!! My Grandma hits harder than your sorry ass! Is this all you got, you Infant-beating bitch?!?'' Inside his mind, the Little Prince was screaming all sorts of profanities at who knows what... ... "...." The Giant White Wolf was watching all of this ur with a terrified look on its car-sized face. All it heard from the baby was, "Wahhhh Gooo goo gah! Gah! GAH!", which the wolf thought had to be some sort of incantation that was meant to help the little monster devour him whole... The Giant Wolf was practically shivering, with fear evident in itsrge, watermelon-sized eyes. It didn''t know whether to cry or run away; it just wanted its mother... ..... After a whole day and night of the little prince screaming profanities and taunts at nothing in particr, he finally filled up all 108 of his meridians 10 fold. Something that, for some reason, didn''t excite the little prince all that much, mainly because he was still a little bit salty that whatever was increasing his pain didn''te out to face him, Man to Infant. It was an impossibility that put an annoyed look on his otherwise satisfied face. ''Tch, Whatever!'' His expression soured before he continued his inner monologue. ''The bastard that was doing that probably built like a shrimp back anyway, not even worth my time!'' He ended with a peeved look on his face. However, it didn''t take long before he was distracted by the optimistic side of things. ''On the plus side, my strength has taken a steep increase. If before I had a three-time multiplier to my strength, then I now have a whopping nine-time increase in my strength at Peak Pulse Condensation!'' His thoughts swirled around before he realized something else as well. ''This means that my total punching strength has reached a massive 135,000kg in pure unadulterated infant strength!!'' After gaining a better understanding of his strength, the little prince went back to what he did best. ''It''s time for me to begin tempering my marrow,'' he began with a rxed expression. ''The Divine Devil Arts Scripture states that the Tempering Marrows stage is split up into 4 minor stages that help quantify just how far you have progressed in tempering your marrow. Those 4 stages are: ---> Tempering Marrow 20% --> Tempering Marrow 40% --> Tempering Marrow 60% --> Tempering Marrow 100%. With each of the 4 increments being many times harder to pass through than the one that came before it,'' ''I am hoping to make it to 100% Tempering Marrow and attempt to breakthrough to Qi condensation within a week, which I should be able to aplish as long as I make my training hundreds of times more painful than normal!'' The look on his face became a little crazed as he continued his ludicrous thoughts. ''You know what they say? No Pain, No fucking Gain!!'' The Little Prince''s insane thoughts leaked out again as he shouted a bunch of nonsense in ''Goo goo and gaa gaas'' inside therge Cavern. I bet you could imagine the terrified look the Giant White Wolf had on its face when the insane little monster started screaming out of nowhere again. ''I want to go Home...'' The Giant White Wolf was depressed... Chapter 6: Exponential Growth?

Chapter 6: Exponential Growth?

In the Great Wilnds Forest, at the very samerge cavern where the Giant White Wolf cowered in fear, the Little Prince was sitting in a lotus position with beads of sweat forming on his forehead. The Little Prince had been sitting in that same spot for thest 5 days without moving an inch. During that time, the wolf would sometimes see the little prince gain a pained expression, but he soon saw that pained expression transform into some weird, creepy, wide smile, almost as if he were enjoying the pain. However, in reality, Azmond was not enjoying the ''pain''; he was enjoying the power that came after he experienced the pain. .... "....." The Giant Wolf could not wrap its head around the existence before it, and it was because of the mystery surrounding the baby prince that the wolf became... Scared. It had seen giant, 60-meter-long snakes and building-sized spiders, but the little creature before it was scarier than any monster the wolf had ever seen. ****** ''Anddd.... Done! I finally finished refining my marrow to 100% for the 10th time!'' He thought, ''What should I do now??'' Following such a question, Azmond contemted what he should do next if he wished to make the best use of his time. And that was when he suddenly recalled a peculiar event. ''I noticed something during this entire refining process that I want to verify just to be sure before I breakthrough into Qi condensation.'' He thought. ''I don''t think that refining each part of the body 10 times is my limit. I feel that I can go further, but the Divine Devil Art Scripture didn''t mention a single thing about going past 10 refinements.'' ''It clearly states that 10 times is the limit, so what...?'' he began with a perplexed expression. ''So what is this feeling I have? A feeling that 10 refinements isn''t even close to being my limit.'' His thoughts started to swirl around as felt something bubble inside him. ''Something inside me is telling me that I will regret it for the rest of my life if I breakthrough to Qi refinement without testing my theory,'' he thought. And all it took was that one gut feeling to decide his next course of action. ''Something that could be detrimental to my future pursuit of power, I must test it just to be sure!'' He shouted with newfound resolve. The little prince started to do something against the norms once again; he began to do something that could potentially change his fate into something far greater than anything he ever could have imagined. ....... He spent half a day continuing to cultivate, and that was when something changed within the little prince. THRUM! A sound almost like the walls of a dam bursting open or the sound of chains snapping resounded all around inside therge cavern as a bright blue-ish light shone intensely from the Little Prince. "....." The Giant White Wolf practically pissed its nonexistent pants after seeing the immense aura explode outward from the freaky monster! It first had to deal with the crazy sounds the little monster was making before, and now this... Some sort of heavenly phenomenon was urring within that strange demon creature! The Giant White Wolf was tired of it all; it just wanted its mother... ........ ''What the hell is this crazy-looking light?!? And what is happening inside me right now?? It feels..." He began, ''It feels so damn Good!!!! It hurts so so much, but at the same time, the power it''s providing me with is absolutely Divine!'' He screamed out inside his mind. ''Every atom in my body feels like it''s being broken apart, rebuilt, and then broken apart again!! It''s almost as if my body is being reformed to better house something more, something greater than what I was before!!'' He began with an exhrated smile. ''A chance to gain even more power! I can''t let this opportunity presented to me be allowed to slip away!'' WAAA! The little prince''s body was currently being reformed and transformed into something greater, something better, something never before seen in the World of Asterion! All the little prince had to do was hang on¡ªhang on until whatever was happening inside of him was finished. As blue-ish lights were shing all over the ce, the little prince was being dissolved and then reformed hundreds of times! He was experiencing a pain so intense that no sane person would ever be able to handle it, but... The little prince was no sane person. BOOM! BOOM! A part of The Little Prince wanted to die, but that part soon died along with one of the reformations of his body. "...." The Giant White Wolf was going through a multitude of emotions at the moment. fear, confusion, bewilderment, horror, sadness, depression, and most of all... ''WHAT IN THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!?!!?'' It didn''t know where it was? Who it was? What it was doing here?!? It didn''t even know why it existed anymore. ...... Meanwhile, as therge cavern was being lit up like a disco party on steroids, the Little Prince''s transformation wasing to an end. An entire month had passed since he had started his little ''experimentation'', and at some point during the transformation, a purple-ish cocoon was formed around the Little Prince. He was barely staying alive inside the cocoon, but he was persevering... It was just the price he had to pay to gain greater power than anyone else, and he was willing to pay that price a million times over if it meant a situation like what happened to him in his past life would never ur again... ...... CRACK! CRACK! The cocoon was breaking apart, and what came out of the cocoon was not the same person who went in. *Step Step* If before the Little Prince looked his age¡ªlike a few-day-old baby¡ªthen what was happening now made no sense. A boy who looked to be 7-8 years old with medium-length dark-as-night ck hair and beautiful blue eyes was standing outside the broken cocoon. He had unearthly features for a young boy, as he looked like he had been sculpted by the very gods themselves! The little prince didn''t have a very mature face, just a cute face, but he could pose himself as the son of an immortal god, and no one would doubt it for even a second. One look at him and anybody could tell you that he would be ady killer when he grows up... But The Little Prince''s looks were not the most surprising thing about him, instead, it was that he was still not even 2 months old, and yet he looked like an 8-year-old boy! It was mind-boggling, to say the least... ..... Now, what exactly caused this change in the young prince? Well, it was due to a few reasons, but the main two reasons why he had such an unexpected change were because of one: his higher-than-normal cultivation, which subsequently caused a unique reaction to ur within his body when he tried to break through the 10th refinement limit. And two: it was because of the Divine Devil Arts Scripture. The Divine Devil Arts Scripture required the user to go through exponential change as fast as possible, and the user''s body needed to be mature enough to handle such exponentially fast growth, hence the situation before us. A few unique circumstances were all it took for something once deemed impossible to ur. ........ "How long was I out...?" The groggy voice of the young prince resounded inside therge cavern as he put his hand to his head, rubbing his temples, almost as if he were going through a very painful headache. "Wait??? I can talk out loud now?!? How Is That Possible?!?" He eximed. Following such an exmation, he noticed something else... "Wait, Hands??" He began with an excited look on his face. "I have big hands now!! And what is up with my voice?!? Why do I sound like a young boy!?" It was one new discovery after another for the young prince! "I need to find a mirror, but where do I find something like that in this Huge Cavern??" The young prince was thinking about where he could find a reflection in a cavern, but that was when he saw a puddle of water formed from some water dripping on a stctite. Following such an observation, he ran as fast as he could towards that puddle, but... something unexpected happened... "Ahh! A water puddle should do the job just fine!" However, the little prince didn''t even get the chance to revel in such a thing, as he took one step forward and wasunched hundreds of meters away! BOOOM! His body crashed straight into one of the cave walls! He turned his head out of the imprint he made before he muttered, "What the hell was that?!?!? What is this insane speed I just produced??" He began before he realized something insane-sounding as he continued, "I had to have been going hundreds of miles per hour! And the craziest part of it all is that I''m unscathed after face nting straight into a wall at that speed!" The little prince''s voice echoed out with an astonished expression on his childish features. "What in Jimmy Cricket''s grave happened to my body after I started breaking past the 10th refinement?!?" He questioned with a bewildered look on his face before he calmed down and said, "I guess I need to take this as slow as possible to reach that puddle, huh?" The Little Prince attempted to stand up and walk as slowly as possible towards that puddle, and he... failed miserably. ..... It took him dozens of attempts just to be able to control his speed well enough to not fly into any more walls. On the 69th try, the little prince finally seeded in making it to that puddle, and what he saw left him baffled! "This is me...?" He mumbled with a puzzled expression before he said, "I look like an 8-year-old kid! This is insane! And what is with these looks?!?" The Little Prince was looking at what appeared to be a boy around 8 years old with short ck hair, bright blue eyes, and an overall facial structure that would allow him to be unrivaled among all Shota''s! "I look like a god in the form of an 8-year-old boy... I never saw anybody this perfect-looking even in my past life!" However, not everything was flowers and puppies, as he suddenly realized something detrimental to his well-being. "Won''t thedies of this world chase me all around for my looks now??? Especially the perverted Shota-con ones?!?!" The Little Prince felt a shiver go down his spine when he spoke thatst part. "This isn''t Good! Not at all! I Pursue The Path Of Power!!! Not The Path Of Simping!!!" He announced with a ''devastated'' expression. "What should I do?? Should I cover up my face when I go out into the world? Maybe I could wear a cool wolf mask or something?" He joked. However, it didn''t take long before he actually considered doing such a thing, as he murmured, "That might actually work." "!?!?!?" The Giant White Wolf was already frightened by all the wall-face nting the slightlyrger creature was doing, but now that same creature wanted to carve off its face to use as a mask!! The giant wolf''s thoughts automatically went to the worst ces it could think of! It had been thinking nothing but homicidal nonsense thesest few days; it was on the verge of aplete mental breakdown... It just wanted its home back. Chapter 7: Breaking Through To Qi Condensation

Chapter 7: Breaking Through To Qi Condensation

In the depths of an unusually active cavern within the Great Wilnd Forest, a scared 10-meter-long White Wolf and an 8-year-old-looking boy¡ªwith looks that could make even a rock say, ''A! How Cute!!''¡ªwere situated. "So I have been transformed into some sort of Gigolo boy now, huh?" The Little Prince started questioning his very existence but soon regained his focus when he remembered his goal of acquiring absolute power. "Welp, it is what it is," he began with a nonchnt demeanor. "There''s no point in dwelling on something so pointless, especially when I can be spending my time gaining more power right now, hahaha!" The young princeughed like a madman, the only difference being that the whole world could hear his insanity now. Hisughter continued until he remembered something quite important that he had to do first... "Wait just a second Me! I have a fully functioning body now with arms and legs that I can use. So that means I can test out my power now, right?? Right?!?" He questioned with a thrilled look on his face. And it didn''t take long before he understood the answer to that question as he looked in a certain direction of the deep cavern. "How exciting!! Let''s test my newfound power on that wall that kept hitting me in the face earlier!" The young prince''s eyes darted over to an unsuspecting wall that was beaten and battered not even a few minutes ago! ''What The Hell Did I Do To You?!? You Crazy Bastard!!'' The wall spat back. ....... "Alright now, how do I punch properly? I never was much of a street fighter in my past life, so I have no clue how to go about acquiring proper form when throwing a punch," he asked himself with a contemtive expression. The young prince had really only used his sword to practice back on his home. And even then, there weren''t many situations where he had to use his sword to fend off any hooligans and such. So when it came to punching with proper technique, he was utterly clueless... But he figured he might as well give it a go and see how it goes. "Hmm... maybe if I just pull my arm back like so, take a right step forward like this, and then punch forward with all the strength in my right arm like this then..." Following such a series of body movements... WHISTLE! BOoOOooOOOooOMM! As soon as the Little Prince threw his first punch in this New World of his, aimed at a wall that didn''t recall offending such a monster, the wall and everything in a 30-meter straight line just... Disappeared... There was no suspense, no silence before the storm. The wall just disappeared with a loud whistling sound and an extremely loud bang at the end as the force from the Little Prince''s fist collided with something extremely tough. "Holy shit! That was pretty damn cool if I do say so myself!" The Young Prince shouted while standing like a kid who found a new toy to y with; a haughty look stered on his face. "Well, I already know I can go pretty damn fast, and now I know I have the destructive force of a huge railgun, so I think that concludes testing out my new strength, right?" His question was answered by his subconscious before his attention was brought back to what it always returned to. "Time to get back to cultivating then," he muttered. "Although this strength is beyond anything I could have achieved in my past life, it''s still not enough for me," he dered with clenched fists before he continued, "I want to reach heights that no one ever has or ever will reach; I refuse to settle until the day I perish or achieve absolute invincibility!" HONG! The world itself seemed to resonate with the determined words spoken by the young prince! "That is my sole goal in this new life of mine," he began with a resolute expression. "Even if I die, I will juste back to life to achieve that goal!" His promation to the world was soon followed up by him saying, "But since I would prefer not to die so soon, I better continue cultivating..." ....... The Little Prince went back to cultivating without a moment''s rest to even support the idea of taking a break. However, in actuality, the little prince just didn''t want to admit that he only knew how to cultivate... The Young Prince achieved the 11th refinement for every minor stage of the Body Refinement Realm after he emerged from the cocoon; now he was starting to approach the 12th refinement round, and he wouldn''t stop until he reached a point where he couldn''t continue any further! ***** "How long was I out this time?" A young, handsome boy asked aloud. The eyes of the young boy slowly opened up all the way before a goofy look formed on his face as he said, "Let''s see... add the 3, subtract the 8, carry the 9, and we get a grand total of a year and a half!" Following his ''urate'' scrutiny of the passing of time, he uttered, "A year and a half to reach the 1000th refinement cycle of the body refinement realm... Did I take it a little too far, I wonder??" "Hmm..." He thought over the matter for a second. However, such thinking ended inplete denial, as he said, "Nah~ there''s nothing wrong with aiming for a perfect foundation." He began with a few cursory nces around therge cavern. "Although I do wonder where the Big White Puppy went off to this time...? She said something about finding a less scary home, whatever that means." ...... The Young Prince gained a new ability a few months into his year-and-a-half-long cultivation session; he gained an ability that the Divine Devil Arts Scripture called the ''Spiritual Sense'' or ''Divine Sense''. The ''Divine Sense'' was an ability that enabled the user to see every little thing around him for a certain distance outward. Furthermore, along with it came the ability tomunicate directly into the mind of any being the user wished, as long as the being receiving the message allowed it, of course. So the young prince was capable of directlymunicating with the big white puppy! He wanted to name the big white puppy that had been with him all this time, but every time the young prince brought it up, the white puppy would get scared and start to run away. He never could figure out why the big white wolfy was so scared of him, but such a topic brought another thing that had been on his mind for a while. ''Speaking of names, I should probably get one for myself, huh? Since my shitty, pigsty parents in this life decided to abandon me before naming me and all that,'' he thought to himself with a vexed look on his face. ''Tch! I get pissed off every time I remember those assholes! Whatever... I will decide on a name for myselfter; there''s no reason to rush the subject now when I have no one to talk to anyway.'' After deciding to set aside the ''naming himself'' topic forter, he turned his lonely expression around the hallow cavern interior. It wasn''t like he really minded not having anyone to talk to when he had a way to gain more power, but it would''ve been nice to see something other than the gray and dreary walls of a cave all day... But now that he was on the subject of his mundane life, why don''t we talk about his day-to-day schedule in the new world he found himself in? ...... The young prince was a very simple being: wake up --> cultivate --> talk to Big White Puppy for a while when shees by --> sleep for an hour. Rinse and repeat. It may seem like an extremely boring way to live, but he didn''t particrly mind it. As long as he was getting stronger, he didn''t really mind such a schedule. ....... Anyway, back on the matter concerning the ''Divine Sense''. You are only able to use your divine sense when you have achieved at least the First Stage of Foundation Establishment. Now this was where things really got weird, as the young prince''s divine sense had a radius of 100 meters! It was a feat that made absolutely no sense considering that the Young Prince hadn''t even stepped into the Qi Condensation stage yet... He made impossible feats seem like they were normal and treated them like things that any average Joe should be able to aplish as well. ...... The Young Prince had been cultivating for a total of 1 year and 9 months, which also corresponded to his age. He awoke 2 months prior to his 1 and a half year-long cultivation session as well. That was when he reached the peak of the 100th refinement cycle of the Body Refinement Realm. He underwent a transformation when he attempted to break through to the 101st refinement cycle, just like when he broke through to the 11th refinement cycle, which made his already perfect face even more perfect, and it gave him the body of a 9-10-year-old. It seemed like every multiplication of 10 refinement cycles gave the body another transformation and reformation, with every transformation being 10 times more painful than thest transformation! ....... "Now I just need to reach the peak of the 1000th refinement cycle and proceed to break through to the Qi refinement Realm," he began with a small smile. "Let''s get back to it then..." Following his announcement, he resumed his cultivation session as he attempted to do something that should''ve been impossible... ....... It took the young prince half a day to reach the very peak of the 1000th refinement cycle. That was when he attempted to break through into the Qi refinement realm. The young prince was very curious about what would happen when someone broke through to the Qi refinement realm with 1000 refinement cycles on their belt. He could practically taste the new level of power he would acquire after breaking through! Little did he know that he was about to attempt something that was never before seen in the entire history of Asterion or even the world''s beyond Asterion! Nheless, it was likely he wouldn''t care, even if he knew. His way of thinking was like this: ''Hmm? So what? So what if nobody on this has ever done this before? There are others and wider worlds out there, aren''t there? I''m sure someone has done exactly what I''m doing now on one of them.'' ''And even if they haven''t, there is always something higher, always something further to reach for...'' ''So even if no one on this or even this universe has done what I am doing now...'' ''So What...?'' ''There''s no way in hell that not a single being in existence has done something simr! I''m not special. everyone else on this is just too ordinary if they can''t do the same.'' ....... He had a very harsh way of thinking, but that was just who he was¡ªhe would tell it as it was, directly to your face. He doesn''t care how special you think you are; he doesn''t care how special you think he is. The young prince believes there''s always something higher. He believed that if you think you have reached the top, then you just haven''t pushed the lid open far enough to see a new top above that. Settling for being the strongest in an area when he knows he could go further is something he would never do! ........ "A few more minutes, and I will have officially reached the absolute limit of the Body Refinement Realm," he began with a slightly satisfied expression. "I thought there would be something beyond the 1000th refinement cycle, but I know for sure that there isn''t," he added. And it was such a line of thought that brought him down the path of recalling his experiences with cultivation in the Body Refinement Realm. "I stopped getting stronger after the 950th refinement cycle, and my foundation was incapable of bing any more perfect after the 969th refinement cycle." His dry voice echoed throughout the cave before he said, "There is no foundation more perfect than the one I have right now¡ªa foundation so perfect that it could support a universe, heh." The Young Prince seemed quite proud of the fact that his foundation had achieved perfection in the Body Refinement Realm. ***** *Shiver!* "?????" The Giant White Wolf felt a shiver go through her entire existence, even though she was thousands of miles away, as she turned her head in the direction of where she assumed the young prince was. ''Little Monster... Scary...'' She thought. ''Need to run away... Faster.'' ****** Meanwhile, as the Giant White Wolf, who was already very far away, started to run faster, the meditating prince was on the verge of breaking through to Qi Condensation when it finally happened¡ªa breakthrough! ...... A second that was like any other second passed within therge cavern as a boy with ck hair and blue eyes¡ªwith features so divine that even the gods would look on with envy¡ªsat down in a lotus position at the very center of therge cavern when all of a sudden... A droplet of water fell from a hanging stctite with an echoing... Drip~* And then a loud explosion was heard not even a millisecond after that droplet of water fell. BOOOOOOM! An explosion of blue-ish energy sorge that it enveloped therge cavern in its entirety erupted from the handsome boy sitting in the center! WHOOSH! Qi was flying all over the ce in a stunning mirage of colors and sparks as all of it swirled toward the handsome boy in an orderly fashion. OOOM! The Qi started to create arge tornado of sorts inside the cavern! "..." Even as the boy was absorbing it all without a single drop wasted, therge tornado was only growing in size. It kept growing until it enveloped the entire cavern! WAAA! And it didn''t stop there, as it grew sorge that it even started enveloping the forest outside of the deep cavern! The Qi tornado destroyed everything in its path, which included the cavern that the handsome boy who summoned this natural disaster was currently breaking through in... However, the one who was taking on the full force of such a natural disaster was surprisingly unscathed. Nheless, he did end up being buried underneath hundreds of thousands of tons of rock and stone, which was evidence of just how strong and durable he became after gaining a perfect foundation! ..... The Qi Tornado didn''t just stop with just that though, as it kept on growing in size until it reached a staggering tens of miles in height! If the young prince wasn''t currently within the depths of The Great Wilnds Forest, then other lifeforms would surely havee to investigate this disturbance. ***** Three days passed as the Qi tornado finally began to shrink in size. The boy within the rubble was absorbing everything that came his way with all his might! And his effort was finally beginning to bear fruit... ***** Another two weeks passed as the Qi Tornado waspletely absorbed by the handsome young boy¡ªa young boy who was still beneath the rubble that was once a cavern. "..." The Young Prince had an ashen look on his face¡ªa look that almost made it seem like he had gone through hell and back! Taking in so much Qi at once took a huge toll on his body! He never did make clothes for himself, for he saw no need to, but if he did, they would surely be in tatters by now. ..... "Is it finally over...?" He muttered, his expression haggard and exhausted. Following such ament, he started to emerge from underneath the millions of tons of rubble he was buried under. .... "I thought that Qi would never stoping in; it seemed almost endless, even with my insane absorption speed," he began with a relieved smile. "However, now it is time for my favorite part, time to check on my breakthrou-" The Young Prince was going to continue to check on his gains brought about by the breakthrough, but his mental exhaustion caught up with him first. BANG! He copsed to the ground with a loud bang as he entered a state of unconsciousness. ..... It shouldn''t even be possible for a human to absorb Qi in suchrge amounts for such a long period of time. It was the equivalent of drinking 10 jugs of water every hour only to empty yourself out without dying first, and then repeating that process every hour for the next 2 weeks! Something impossible... So naturally, the Young Prince''s mind let itself go once it knew he was done with the breakthrough. Chapter 8: Quantum Qi Condensation And... A Being?

Chapter 8: Quantum Qi Condensation And... A Being?

In a pitch-ck space located inside a pocket dimension on the top of arge red star countless light years away from The Young Prince, there existed a monster... A creature so terrifying that it looked like something straight out of an H.P. Lovecraft story. It was a monster with thousands of tentacles that stretched on for untold distances in every direction imaginable! "........" And the ''Monster''y motionless, almost as if it had been there in that position for more years than the Earth had existed for. However, all that suddenly changed when it felt something¡ªsomething like a signal that indicated change. Something that had never happened in the many years it had stood motionless in that very spot... Something different... Following its noticing of the ''signal'', the Monster opened its eyes¡ªeyes sorge that they dwarfed many small stars out there... Eyes so terrifying that it was almost like they stared directly into the very fabric of the universe. An aged static-like voice came out from the terrifying monster as it spoke in such a way that any lesser existence that heard its voice would die without even knowing what happened. "WHaT ChAnGEd?" "BaLAnCe BRokEN..." "WhY?..." "I SeE..." The terrifying Monster spoke in a very cryptic way, a way that made it sound like the Monster knew the answers to its questions as soon as it asked them. "WhAT SHouLd WE Do ABoUt ThIS?" "SO IT ShaLL bE..." After the enormous monster said its piece, it closed its star-sized eyes and fell back into its deep slumber, not caring about the passing of time. ******* Deep within the Great Wilnds Forest, a young, handsome boy who looked to be 12¨C13 years old was knocked out cold on top of arge mountain of rubble. "...Why does this keep happening to me??" The young prince asked as he woke straight up, like a sword stabbed into the ground. "I really need to stop waking up like this, huh?" He asked himself with a small smile on his face as he scanned through the changes in his body. "I finally did it! It took almost 2 years of doing nothing but cultivating for 23 hours a day in extreme pain with merely an hour left over to sleep, but this breakthrough made all of that suffering worth it." The Young prince consoled himself with a creepy smile on his face that said he really believed in what he was telling himself. "The Divine Devil Arts Scripture said that the Qi condensation realm was where one started to condense qi cyclones inside your dantian space after you finished a full refinement cycle in the Body Refinement Realm and the number of cyclones you had dictated what realm you had achieved in the Qi Condensation Realm like so," he began with a pause before he continued, "Qi Condensation Realm: 1 fully formed qi cyclone = Qi Condensation 1st Stage; 2 fully formed Qi cyclone = Qi Condensation 2nd Stage, and so on for a total of 9 minor realms in the Qi Condensation Realm." He ended with a contemtive expression. "But what is this crazy nonsense I''m seeing right now...?" The Young Prince had a baffled look on his divine face as he was looking at the space inside his dantian. ------- Cultivators who practiced the Divine Devil Arts needed to be Divine Geniuses themselves so almost every single one of them refined every part of their body 10 times over, which allowed them to open up the Heavenly Gate. Furthermore, cultivators who went through 10 refinement cycles during the Body Refinement Realm acquired a unique privilege when they advanced into the Qi Condensation Realm, and that was that every single one of them gained 10 Qi cyclones for every minor realm they advanced in the Qi Condensation Realm. Nheless, something even more unique was happening right before the Young Prince''s Divine Sense scan of the area around his Dantian. "Why are there so many?? Didn''t I just break through to the Qi Condensation Realm? Why am I seeing hundreds of qi cyclones within my dantian space right now?!?" The Young Prince was as confused as could be over what he was looking at. The Divine Devil Arts Scripture clearly stated that it was impossible to gain more than 10 Qi cyclones per minor realm advanced in the Qi Condensation Realm, but the Young Prince was looking at exactly 1000 Qi cyclones, with each one being exactly 1 inch in diameter! What he was viewing was something that had never been seen in the World of Asterion and would never be seen again until the end of time! "1000 Qi Cyclones..." The young prince mumbled. "1000 fucking Qi Cyclones!! The power I feel them providing me is insane! I have countless times more energy than before, but just how much stronger am I than before, I wonder??" He inquired with a curious look on his face. "I can only feel how much raw power I have gained; whether I can properly put all that power to use is something that needs to be tested on the field." Following the young prince''s analysis of his situation, his expression brightened before he said, "So let''s get right to that then!!" The Young Prince, while lost in his excitement,pletely overlooked the fact that the Divine Devil Arts said you couldn''t go past 10 Qi cyclones for each minor realm advanced in the Qi Condensation Realm, and yet he had a thousand! What a convenient mind the young prince had to have to ignore such a piece of information... ******* The Young Prince started walking in a random direction, aiming to find something to use as target practice, when suddenly something familiar that he thought he had already learned how to control happened to him yet again. WHOOSH! BOOOOOOM! "What The Fuck!?!?" The Young Prince''s scream was heard as he took one step forward and flew straight ahead like a rocket! BOOOOOOOM! Ultimately, he destroyed all the trees in a straight line for tens of thousands of meters until he hit arge mountain with a loud explosion following the impact! The mountain now had a 30-meter-wide crater in the side of it that looked as if a small meteor had made an impact on the mountain. "The sense of deja vu I have been gettingtely is bing a little out of hand, haha..." The Young Prince spoke with confusion apparent on his divine features as heughed with an awkward look on his face. "Well, at least I know that my speed and durability have increased a crap ton from this experience, but, regardless, I still need to find something to test my strength on," he said with a pondering expression before his eyes caught sight of a particr object. "Well, since this mountain decided to hit me in the face, I think I''ll test my power out on it," he began with a mildly sinister smile before he nodded his head and said, "Yep, that sounds good!" However, it looked like he was the only one enjoying himself, as a certain mountain was going through a flurry of different emotions. ''WHAT Did I DO TO YOU?!?!? You Came Flying At Me, You Damn Monster!!'' The Mountain was practically crying tears of blood at the Outrageous statements that the human Monster was making. ****** The Young Prince took a few hours to learn how to control his speed again. When he was able to fully control how fast he was moving without destroying more of the natural topography of the forest and mountains, he got into a punching stance as he stared down the mountain as if it were his worst enemy. "Stay still for me now, Mr. Mountain; I wouldn''t want to miss my strike!" Hemanded with a slight sh*t-eating grin stered on his face. ''FUCK YOU! Where do you think I can go!? Just get it over with, you Crazy Bastard!!'' The Mountain just wanted to get this over with; it was tired of dealing with this demon in human skin who kept on using it of hitting him whenever the Little Monster flew into it. Following the pliance'' of the mountain, Azmond reeled back his arm before he shouted, "Alrighty!! Here We Gooo!!" The Young Prince followed up the reeling of his arm with the yanking of his shoulder as he threw a whistling punch toward the poor mountain with all the strength he had in his body! And the result of such an attack was catastrophic... WSSSTTT! BAAANNGG! A loud cacophany of whistles, followed by a loud bang, and the damage done to the mountain was... The mountain was missing¡ªwell, everything... Which went to say that It was no longer there... Everything in a 10-mile straight line aimed downwards of the punch was decimated, with that entire section of the forest looking like arge meteor fell out of the sky and made an impact where the mountain once stood. "Well, that was a little overdramatic, Mr. Mountain. You don''t have to y dead with me! Look what you did! You even made me miss my strike!" Azmond''s yful voice came out with the pointing of his finger. And what he was pointing at was none other the damage that he caused to the Low-Level area he resided in. "I was aiming for you and the forest behind you, not you and the ground underneath you!" He began with a helpless look on his face before he continued, "Now there''s a big crater here, and it''s your fault, Mr. Mountain." "........" Every shameless word this little monster spoke made the Mountain roll over in its grave! If it wasn''t a pile of rock and stone, then it swears it would send arge boulder down on top of that little monster''s head! "Whatever, stay dead." The young prince spoke with a disgruntled expression before he turned his head away and snorted, "You were no fun anyway." He yed around for a few more moments before his train of thought was focused on something far more important. ''Anyways, I never did figure out a name for this new realm of mine, huh?'' The young prince thought with a pensive look. ''The Divine Devil Arts Scripture said that cultivators who broke through to Qi Condensation with 10 Refinement Cycles and gained ess to their very own Heavenly Gate were called ''Heavenly Qi Condensation cultivators''.'' He thought over the matter for a second before he said, "Since I broke through with 1000 Qi Refinement Cyclespleted, what does that make me?" "...Hmm..." The young prince brooded over the subject before he figured out what he had to do. Furthermore, ''What he had to do'' just so happened to be naming his new ''Realm Talent Gap''! "I am not very good with names, but since the inside of my dantian space kind of looks like arge assortment of stars, then maybe I should call it something like..." He paused for a second before he shouted, "The Quantum Qi Condensation Realm!" After hearing the name of his new realm, he mumbled, "It has a nice ring to it, and even if I don''t like itter on down the line, it''s only temporary until I find someone else who has broken through with 1000 refinement cycles before me." He reassured himself with a slight nod before he turned his head up to the sky and said, "So it''s decided! I have officially broken through into The Quantum Qi Condensation Realm¡ªthe second step on my journey to gaining power above all else!" Chapter 9: Encountering First Enemy...

Chapter 9: Encountering First Enemy...

Deep within the Great Wilnds Forest, outside the territory of the SunBurn kingdom, stood a boy who appeared to be around 12 years old. He had ck-as-night, medium-length hair and sapphire blue eyes; his features were so perfect that they put even the gods to shame. The boy stood on the edge of a deep pit that was once a harmless mountain... "I think it''s about time I go explore this world a bit," he started talking with a small smile. "Cultivating is one of the best things ever, but I feel that to gain power even faster, I need to fight strong enemies and increase mybat power through battle," he ended with a clenching of his fists. The young prince had a serious look on his face in the beginning; however, such seriousness quickly turnedical, as he said, "I can hardly wait to start finding some fun situations to intervene in the middle of! Maybe a dragon and Phoenix are out there fighting somewhere and they need me to intervene!! Where I will then beat them both to a pulp and cook them into a delicious stew!!" His bold words echoed out across the barrenndscape, and with a wide grin, he added, "Or maybe a damsel in distress needs my help because an evil Demon Lord captured her, and like the gentleman I am..." He paused for a moment before he said, "I''ll go and fight the Demon Lord to my heart''s content, and after beating the Demon Lord to a pulp, I will kidnap the damsel myself and proceed to drop her in a forest full of monsters!! If she gets captured, then she obviously needs some toughening up, and what better way to toughen someone up than a horde of monsters?!" The young prince started to have ludicrous thoughts again as he thought of the adventures he would have in this world called ''Asterion''. That was until he realized that he had forgotten something quite important... "Hold your horses, me! You forgot something vital that you need to do before you venture out into this wide new world of yours," he eximed with a slightly expectant look on his face. What exactly was so important that he had to hold off on exploring the world was because he needed a... "I need a name!" He announced. "I need a name name that fits me to a T, but what should that name be?" He pondered the matter for a second before he stated all the requirements that his name had to abide by. "Hmm... My name has to be something cool and maybe a little domineering. It can''t be too shy or pompous sounding either." The young prince had few prerequisites for the name that would be with him for the rest of his life, but that was enough for him. "How about..." He muttered, his fingers rubbing his chin. After a few seconds of ''deep thinking'', he knew what he would be calling himself as his eyes lit up, and he dered, "Azmond! That will be my name!" Azmond repeated his new name inside his head a few times, before he thought, ''It has a very nice ring to it, although it sounds a little like some sort of demon lord''s name, which doesn''t really suit my kind and gentle personality... but who honestly cares about small details like that, Haha!'' Azmond became lost in his own little fantasy as he imagined the terror- err, the joy he would cause in all those who heard his name! ***** Azmond, after reveling in his new name for a bit, begins to walk in a random direction at inhuman speeds, looking to find something within the ridiculouslyrge Great Wilnds forest that could put up a good fight! ..... A couple of minutester, Azmond encountered his first enemy in this strange new world of cultivation... *Rustle! Rustle!* A short and green-looking creature around 3 feet tall with a hideous wart-infested face andrge pointy ears suddenly popped out of a bush a few hundred meters in front of Azmond! "..." Azmond stopped in his tracks and took a good look at the hideous creature, and only one thought upied his mind at that moment, ''Is that a fricking GOBLIN?!?'' At that moment, he finally understood the gravity of the situation--a situation where he had found himself in a whole other world than the one he was used to. Azmond was in a new world where monsters and beings of all sorts and sizes roamed around wherever they pleased... It was a world where he could fight monsters and mythical creatures whenever he felt like it! Azmond, when speaking about meeting wondrous creatures, conveniently forgot the fact that he had been living with a 10-meterrge White Wolf for months! That was not to mention the fact that he was able to cultivate and cause mass destruction with just a punch! And let''s not forget that his body, which looked like that of a 12-year-old when he was, in reality, not even 2 years old, just conveniently slipped past his mind as well... Nheless, for whatever reason, what really let the fact that he was in a new mysterious world settle in was one single weak, ugly green monster. .... "A new world, huh? Oh, what fun I''ll have with you!" Azmond smiled a little in anticipation as he looked at the goblin in front of him with a predatory gaze. He slowly walked up to the goblin with that same smile until the goblin finally saw the monster approaching it. "!!!" When the goblin looked into the eyes of the creature before it, the only thing it felt was... Fear. It felt fear for the very first time in its life, fear that came from the very soul of its being telling it that it would die soon. The goblin had seen many creatures out there stronger than it was, but the creature before it was different. The goblin was afraid of the creature! Not so much of its certain death, but of what would happen to it if it didn''t fight back... It was afraid of angering the monster before it; the goblin knew something, as if, on instinct, it knew that it needed to die first before the monster became angry at how weak it was. But how? The goblin couldn''t move, it couldn''t speak... it couldn''t even breathe out of fear of the monster in front of it... It wanted to just run up to the freak and get its death over with. But it couldn''t... So the goblin just stood there staring, staring at the monstering towards it with a joyous smile on his handsome face. ... "..." The goblin stood there motionless for what felt like ages, but in reality, not even a full second had passed since it first spotted the handsome monster. As the seconds ticked by, the scary monster was now mere inches away from the goblin, and that was when the goblin heard the monster speak for the first time since it arrived, with a voice so deep and husky that the goblin pissed itself out of fear. "Do something. Anything!" The scary monstermanded, but the goblin was frozen in fear. It couldn''t do anything, even if it wanted to. "Disappointing..." The scary monster''s expectant smile turned into a slight frown when it saw the goblin not move an inch out of fear. "Such a disappointment," Azmond murmured. "My first real monster fight was supposed to be fun, something exciting, but this is what I got instead." His eyes scanned over the terrified countenance of the goblin before his frown only got deeper and deeper, something that horrified the goblin even more. "Whatever, let''s just get this over with, shall we?" Azmond announced with a sigh. "..." The goblin put on a relieved expression when it heard the scary monster say those words; it just wanted to get its life done and over with. However, it would soon be put back into the pits of despair with the next words that came out of Azmond''s mouth, as he said, "Is what you thought I''d say, didn''t you?!?" He began with a slightly sinister smirk. "That would be oh so nice for you now, wouldn''t it?? Well, too bad~. I''ll show you what happens to cowardly little green pigs who ruin my fun!" He ended with an explosion of a blue aura. WAAA! Azmond''s aura erupted outward, as it seemed like it would consume the entire area of the forest they were in! "?!?!" The goblin already closed its eyes when it thought it was going to get a quick death, but it opened its eyes in absolute terror when it heard what the scary monster just said! Nheless, it was toote to run away now, as two fierce eyes already had their target in sight. "I wonder if you like dirt, little green P-I-G-G-Y?!?" Azmond asked the goblin with an oddly demonic look on his handsome face. ..... Info Dump Down Below: Reader, be warned! .... Azmond learned a few abilities after he broke through to Quantum Qi Condensation, all of which he learned from the second section of the Divine Devil Arts. One of those abilities was an Earth-rted ability, an ability called Earth Dominion that allowed him to conjure up the Earth Element to control however he pleased. Of course, that was only as long as his energy storage wasrge enough, and his technique proficiency was high enough. Furthermore, each of Azmond''s 1000 Qi cyclones was like arge energy storage container inside his Dantian space with the Qi that makes up the cyclones the energy that he had avable to him. While the cyclones themselves were the ''energy containers''. There was also another thing that he had gleaned into with the help of the Divine Devil Arts. That something being the ability ssification in the world of Asterion. A ssification that was divided into 5 Main ranks from lowest to highest ---> |Common --> Mortal --> Sky --> Earth --> Heaven| with each rank further divided into 4 levels, which were from lowest to highest |Low --> Middle --> High --> Top|. An example of such a ssification would be Azmond''s Earth Dominion skill, which was a Middle/Mid ranked Mortal-ss skill. For reference, a mid-rank mortal ss skill book could be the sect heirloom of a very small sect. Thest thing that he had learned was the Ability Proficiency Rank, which was divided into 6 ranks from lowest to highest ---> |Beginner Proficiency --> Minor Proficiency --> Greater Proficiency --> Complete Proficiency --> Mastered --> Assimted| .... Info Dump Over, You made it back alive, Soldier! .... ****** "Since You don''t want to have fun fighting me, little green piggy... then I will just make my own fun!!" Azmond announced with a wide, toothy grin SWISH! He used Earth Dominion to conjure up a giant glob of the earth element, which he then molded into a giant 10-meter-long floating hand. OOOM! He made the hand grab the frozen-in-fear goblin before it brought the goblin right up close to his face as he gave the most terrifying stare the goblin had ever seen. "Have You Ever Been Drowned In Mud Little Pig?!?" Azmond asked with an insane look on his face. Following such a question, he began to use another skill he gained from The Divine Devil Arts Scripture - |Water Dominion|. It was a skill very simr to his Earth Dominion skill, except it gave him the ability to control the water element instead. |Water Dominion| was also a Mid-Mortal Ranked skill. .... Azmond conjured up a 5-meter sphere of water that hebined with the Giant Earth Hand to make a 12-meter mud hand. "Not exactly what I was hoping for, but I can''t expect much more when both my Earth and Water Dominion skills are still at beginner proficiency," he muttered. Azmond gave a slight look of disappointment before he quickly returned to the task at hand. That ''task'' being a flight trial. "Now let''s see how far you can fly, little green piggy." Azmond squished the mud hand with his Qi and molded it into a 15-meter-long spear. He held the mud spear in some magical way as he lunged forward and threw the spear with everything he had in the direction of a Large mountain tens of miles away. BOOOM! BOOOM! WSSSSHH! The spear traveled at insane speeds as it made 2 sonic booms on its way to the mountain peak. The Spear made it to the mountain peak with an explosion that destroyed part of the mountain. The goblin was still inside the mud spear, slowly suffocating to death with no way to escape. It struggled and struggled, regretting ever going into the forest that morning and meeting that psychopath. It went out that day hoping to find some human females to r*pe and bring back to itsir to breed them for a few years, but all it got instead was a slow and excruciating death dealt out to it by a human male... It took 5 minutes for the goblins'' suffering toe to an end as life faded out of its eyes... After the goblin had died, Azmond said, "I should definitely work on increasing the proficiencies of these 2 skills. I can imagine a plethora of differentbinations and ways to use them." Nheless, regardless of his thoughts on skill improvements, his previously disappointed facial expression had already turned a little satisfied with the results of his first battle experiment as he started to walk in a random direction at insane speeds again. Trying to find something that would put up a decent fight... Chapter 10: Goblin Kingdom

Chapter 10: Goblin Kingdom

Deep within the Great Wilnds Forest, in a vast stretch of ins thousands of miles from where Azmond threw the goblin scout, a few dark shadows with green skin were on the move. The dark shadows moved through the ins at breakneck speeds toward arge hut. After making it to their destination, they stopped outside therge hut as if waiting for something, and then they heard a raspy voicee from within the hut. "What is your report?" Upon hearing the imperious voice reverberating out from inside the tent, one of the shadows responded, "Arge aura signature was detected outside one of the goblin camps we have set up in Alpha Sector, GrandMeister." "..." The ''GrandMeister went silent for a second before he asked, "What are the numbers?" "Our aura detectors read numbers over 90,000, GrandMeister." The same green-skinned shadow that responded earlier replied to the raspy voice again. "Are you sure?" The GrandMeister asked in what seemed like a tone of urgency. "We triple-checked, GrandMeister. We even got reports that whoever owned that aura signature took out one of our scouts." The same shadow replied. "..." The GrandMeister went silent once more after hearing that, almost as if he were mulling over a very important matter. ''A Core Formation Realm Master in this part of The Great Wilnds doesn''t make any sense,'' he thought. ''Is it an enemy sent by a neighboring Monster Kingdom or something else?'' He asked himself with a quizzical look on his face. However, after a few seconds of pondering the matter and getting nowhere, he decided to glean some more information from the scouts. "What is the race of the owner of this aura?" He asked the shadows outside his tent. "It should be a human, GrandMeister." One of the shadows replied. "A What?!" The GrandMeister lost hisposure for the first time in a very long time after he heard what one of the shadows said. But it didn''t take but a second before his expression turned to one of disbelief. "Impossible! A human Core Formation Realm Master this far out in the Great Wilnds doesn''t make any sense!" The GrandMeister shouted in anger and confusion. "We couldn''t believe it ourselves, sir, but we used multiple different aura testers, and the results all came out the same." One of the shadows informed the confused GrandMeister. *Thud! Thud! Thud!* The GrandMeister was pacing in circles within therge tent until he finally decided on something he was previously apprehensive about before he heard the race of the aura''s owner. ''I must inform the king! It is best to let him decide what move we should make,'' he thought with a resolute look on his face. *Swish!* The GrandMeister, upon deciding what he should do, exited therge tent he was in. That was when his full figure was shown in in sight. The GrandMeister was arge, 7-foot-tall Monster with green skin and long, pointy ears. That''s right, he was a variation of Goblin! However, he was a far stronger goblin than the one Azmond encountered earlier that day. "What is yourmand, GrandMeister?" One of the shadows asked the GrandMeister with a neutral look on his green-skinned face. "Head back to your posts for now," the GrandMeister began with an imperious tone before he continued, "A Human Core Formation Realm Master requires the attention of our King, so I shall head to the Throne Room to inform him of this urrence without further dy." FWIP! The GrandMeister stated his intentions and left in a sh of light without making a sound. ........ "This is not good..." One of the shadows spoke in a slightly agitated voice. "Not good indeed..." Another shadow added. ****** Meanwhile, ten minutes after the GrandMeister goblin left his hut, he once again reappeared in arge town-like city that covered an area of tens of miles. The city had thousands of houses going in every direction, and these houses looked as if they were built with stones and straw. Furthermore, there were goblins wearing clothes and carrying all sorts of weaponry wandering around the city, heading into a variety of buildings that should be some type of goblin shops. Although the city was not modern, it worked for what the goblins needed it for, and that was enough for them. ...... WHIZZ! The Goblin GrandMeister was currently flying through the goblin city, heading toward arge castle-like stone building in the very center of the city. *Thud!* The GrandMeisternded on the cobblestoned ground before he approached the castle-like building on foot and went through the front gate of the castle, passing by many 6-foot-tall goblins wearing heavy armor and carryingrge spears stationed all around the castle exterior and interior areas. "!!" "!!" A few of the guards looked to see who was so brazen toe directly through the front gate of the King''s castle, but once they saw who it was, they went right back to their stations. The GrandMeister continued to walk through the interior of the huge castle until he saw tworge doors standing in his way. Doors that werevishly decorated and over 10 meters in height. "..." He stood outside the tworge doors as if waiting for something to happen, and happen it did as the tworge doors soon opened up by themselves after a few seconds of waiting. When they opened, a deep and noble-sounding voice came from within the area behind the doors. "Why have youe to my throne room, Argas?" "I havee to inform you of something, Your Majesty!" THUD! Argas, the GrandMeister, quickly kneeled as soon as he entered the throne room. That was when Argas got a clear view of the being he called his King, a 9-foot-tall goblin with a noble bearing and a diamond-ted crown on top of its head. Furthermore, he was adorned with an overbearing golden mantle that covered half of hisrge frame. If any goblin citizen was currently in the throne room at that moment, then one look was all they needed to tell them that the king was a majestic being, but if one looked close enough, they would see something malicious hidden deep within those green-slitted eyes of his. ..... "Inform me of something? Couldn''t you have just informed me like you usually do? with your shadows?" The Goblin King asked with a neutral look on his face. "I normally would, Your Majesty, but there is an important matter that needs me to personally inform you of." The GrandMeister replied with a nervous look on his usually impassive face. "Oh?" He put on a face of slight amusement. "What is this important matter you wish to inform me personally of, Argas?" The Goblin King asked the now nervous-looking GrandMeister. The GrandMeister shuddered a little before he looked up to his king. Folloing the movement of his gaze, his voice came out in a nervous tone as he replied, "A Core Formation Realm Cultivator was detected in Alpha Sector, Your Majesty..." "A Core Formation Realm Cultivator, you say? That isn''t too big of a deal now, is it? We have at least a few dozen goblins within our kingdom that can handle such a cultivator, including yourself, so you could have just gone yourself or sent one of them." The Goblin King began with an indifferent exnation before his face turned not-so-amused as he asked, "So why have you reallye to me, Argas? Or are you just here to waste my time?" "!!!" GrandMeister Argas was practically sweating buckets after he took a look at the expression his king was making. Nheless, he couldn''t just stand there staring like an idiot, so he said, "I-It is a human, Your Majesty!" The GrandMeister barely managed to get out those few words with aposed face. "A Human...?" The Goblin King mumbled. He mulled over the subject for a split second before he said, "I see, so that is why you came to me." The Goblin King once again regained his amused expression as he stared directly into Argas''s eyes. "Don''t worry about the pact we made with the SunBurn and AquaRing Kingdoms, Argas." "!?!?" The Goblin King said something that left the GrandMeister baffled. But, regardless of his surprise, it didn''t take long before Argas snapped out of his stupor. "Ignore the Pact?? Your Majesty, are you sure about that?? Won''t that have harmful repercussions for us?" He asked with a puzzled look on his green face. "Mhmm it could, but if that Core Formation human cultivator really is from one of the 2 human kingdoms, then he broke the pact first by causing trouble in one of our territories," he replied in a serious tone before he continued, "So don''t worry about attacking and killing that human cultivator. If he really ends up being from one of the 2 human kingdoms, then I will take care of the consequences, alright?" The Goblin King''s words sank into the ears of the still-kneeling GrandMeister Argas. The GrandMeister understood now, but he still felt the need to ask one more question to his king just in case. "What if it''s a trap set by the 2 kingdoms, Your Majesty? It doesn''t make sense that a Core Formation realm cultivator is this far out messing with one of our goblin scouts for no reason. I fail to understand the human cultivator''s purpose." "Your concern is understandable, Argas." The Goblin King thought over the matter for a second before he said, "I permit you to bring 3 Goblin Asuras along with you to exterminate the human bug in our territory." "!!!" GrandMeister Argas was practically beaming when he heard what his king said. After hearing such good news, he had no more qualms about going to kill the human Core Formation Cultivator! Following such a feeling of tion, he shouted, "As Your Majesty Commands!" The GrandMeister''s shout was followed by a bow, and after bowing to the Goblin King with great respect in his eyes, he disappeared from his spot. FWIP! ....... When the Goblin King was left all alone in the throne room, his expression suddenly changed as hemanded, "Go, my Asuras, and don''t bothering back without satisfactory results, understood?" The King spoke to the air with a slightly scary smile on his face. "Yes, My King!" Three neutral voices responded from behind the Throne as they soon faded away in the direction the GrandMeister left in. "A human, huh?" The Goblin King mused. "How Interesting. I do wonder if this is a good or bad sign for my kingdom...?" His mind flipped through different oues for a moment before he muttered, "Only time will tell." ****** Small info dump below. Sowwy... For those confused about the aura scanner mentioned at the beginning of the chapter and the numbers involved, here it is. The Aura scanner is essentially an Energy Level Scanner; it scans an aura and gets an appropriate number in return. This type of scanner and subsequent stat and power level equivalents will be mentioned a few times throughout the novel, and I don''t want anybody confused on the matter. (Especially when the system shows up.) The scanners the goblins in this chapter used only scanned the energy level of Azmond, which led them to assume that he had already reached the Core Formation Realm. Why do they think he is in the Core Formation Realm, you may ask? This is because of a few reasons, but the main reason is that Azmond currently has 1000 Qi cyclones inside of his Dantian space right now, with each Qi cyclone being likerge energy containers storing an insane amount of energy that Azmond can use. So the number readings the goblins obtained from Azmond''s aura read that he had the equivalent aura of a Core Formation Realm Cultivator instead of the Quantum Qi Condensation Cultivator that he actually was. Power scaling reader metrics below Metrics don''t represent Combat Power; they represent energy storage readings. (They do, however, stand for power levels and statster on, so keep that in mind.) 1-100 = Body Refinement Realm 101-1000 = Qi Condensation Realm 1001-10,000 = Foundation Building Realm 10,001-100,000 = Core Formation Realm 100,001-1,000,000 = Golden Core Formation Realm 1,000,001-10,000,000 = Nascent Soul Realm So on and so forth. Azmond''s energy storage was scaled at around 90,000, so he has the total energy of around a peak Core Formation Realm Cultivator. Chapter 11: Big Goblins?

Chapter 11: Big Goblins?

Somewhere within the Great Wilnds Forest, a certain handsome boy named Azmond was walking aimlessly, looking for something fun to entertain him. "Where am I anyway?" Azmond asked himself with a perplexed expression. He looked around him and saw nothing but the lush forest that surrounded him on every side. "It''s not like I was given a map when I was abandoned out in the middle of who knows where! Those stupid ass parents of mine didn''t leave me with shit!" Azmond was a little pissed off over the fact that he was left in the center of a vast forest with no clue where to go to find something ''fun'' to entertain himself with. That''s right, he wasn''t particrly angry over being abandoned; he didn''t care one bit for his parents in this life anyway. In his mind, they were no better than a sperm donor and an incubator. What he did, however, care about was that they left him in the middle of nowhere with no clue as to which direction he should be heading in to get a good fight! .... "Oh well, no use whining over spilled milk. I guess I should just keep walking in a random direction like I have been." He put on a determined look as he stuck his index finger in his mouth and lifted it into the air to let destiny decide which direction he should take. However, destiny can often be cruel, especially in this case. Or at least, it would be for a normal, sane person... But Azmond was neither of those things, so what was about to ur would be just what he wished for. ..... "How did that song go again? I never was much of a singer in my past life, but I''m pretty sure it went something like, Mhm~Hmmmm~MMMHhhm~," He sang a tune from his past world before he paused for a second and said, "Thinking about songs brings up another unfortunate thing about this New World of Cultivation, that ''thing'' being that there are no headphones to listen to music... Or maybe there are, and I just haven''t found them yet." The topic of songs got him thinking about the existence of artifacts or something like them that could have a chance of mimicking and reproducing sounds. But he didn''t dwell on the matter for long before he said, "Hmm... I guess I''ll just have to wait and see." ****** Meanwhile, as Azmond continued singing a tune of his past world while walking around without a destination, a few green figures with sketchy-looking cloaks were lurking in the shadows, not even a thousand meters away from him. They were talking amongst themselves without Azmond being able to hear a thing, most likely due to some sort of noise-jamming magic tool the green figures were carrying around with them. "Is that little human child the owner of the Aura signature your shadows detected earlier?" One of the green-cloaked figures asked thergest hooded figure of the group. Thergest figure was standing in at around 7 feet tall, whom we knew as GrandMeister Argas. ..... It didn''t take long before he looked in the direction of the green-cloaked figure and mumbled, "I can''t believe it myself; I have seen humans before, and this one looks to be an 11¨C12-year-old child..." Grandmeister Argas''s expression turned to one of astonishment as he murmured, "A 12-year-old Core Formation Realm Cultivator is simply impossible!" His words of disbelief elicited reactions from the rest of the green-cloaked figures as well. "All of us Asuras have seen humans and even human ''geniuses'' before, but what we are seeing before us now is utterly unbelievable." One of the 3 slightly shorter Green-cloaked figures said with a shocked look on its normally impartial face. "Even the most talented of humans in the neighboring kingdoms reached the Core Formation Realm at the age of 19!" Another one of the 3 Asuras said with a surprised look on its hideous face. "We have alle to the consensus that this is impossible, right?" Argas asked with a questioning tone before he said, "So what the hell is going on here!?" Stupefaction overtook his expression as his eyes stayed on the figure of the human child leisurely walking through the Great Wilnds Forest. Both The GrandMeister and every Goblin Asura gathered here have heard of Old Monsters capable of changing their faces and bodies with certain techniques to look younger, but... every single one of those Old Monsters was at least a Nascent Soul Realm Master. So they really had no clue what in the hell was going on with the human child! Either a Nascent Soul Realm Monster was luring them in for a reason that doesn''t even make sense, or the human before them was only a 12-year-old boy... 12 years old, an age that most usually started their cultivation journeys, and yet they were expected to believe that the boy before them had already reached the Core Formation Realm! ..... ''So it must be the former option, right?'' They all thought in unison with simr theories to this one, but they just couldn''t understand for what reason a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator would pretend to be a wolf in sheep''s clothing. A Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator could wipe out their whole kingdom with just one flick of a finger, so why would someone so powerful be bothered toe after them in such a way? The GrandMeister and Goblin Asura''s were thinking over all possible exnations for what was happening before them, but not a single exnation made any sense! So they just gave up on thinking about the matter altogether. They weremanded by their king to exterminate the human before them, so that''s what they were going to do. Whether the human was a wolf in sheep''s clothing or a Heavenly never-before-seen genius was of no concern to them, they just had to follow their orders. However, oftentimes in life, nothing ever goes the way you expected it to... "What a lovely day for a stroll, isn''t it, my lovely little- or should I say, big green cloaked stalkers?" Azmond suddenly appeared behind the GrandMeister and 3 Asura Goblins without making a single sound as a wide creepy grin appeared on his overly handsome features. "!?" "!?" "!?" "!?" This sudden and silent movement of the little human boy before them left the 4 goblins backing up hundreds of meters out of pure shock and instinct. Nheless, it didn''t take long before thergest and strongest of them snapped out of it. "What the hell?! That human boy is so fast!" GrandMeister Argas shouted with a dumbfounded look. "How did he know we were there? Our cloaks are capable of hiding us from even an early Golden Core Realm master''s divine sense!" One of the Goblin Asura''s announced with a look of bewilderment. "Who knows and who cares?! We have to retreat and reorganize our ns since the boy found us first!" Another Goblin Asura said with a more focused look than thest two. But in the end, it didn''t matter what thoughts they had on the subject, as the main yer had something different in mind... "Why are you running away, green piggies? The fun is just getting started!" Azmond''s creepy smile reached his ears; even his eyes started to follow in the same direction as his lips. BOOOOM! BOOOOM! Azmond lunged forward as he left supersonic booms in his wake, aiming directly at thergest little piggie in the middle. BOOOOOOM! Following such a leap, a loud explosion was heard as Azmond directly grabbed the face of the unsuspecting GrandMeister Argas andunched him face-first into a nearby mountain! "!!!" Argas was still trying to process what was happening. But he didn''t even get that chance, as his figure was flung straight into a mountain! The backside of the mountain imploded outwards on impact as rock and debris flew up thousands of meters into the air and fell back down towards the earth like miniature meteorites that sted holes in the forest surrounding the mountain. The front side of the mountain, where the now-bloodied and bruised GrandMeistery unconscious and subsequently became imprinted into, was on the verge of crumbling from the previous destruction. "You survived that, right, big green piggie?! I wouldn''t want my first strong enemy in this world to die in one hit; that wouldn''t be very good now, would it?" Azmond asked with obvious ''concern'' on his still-grinning face. Nheless, Azmond saw that Argas was clearly out ofmission... So like the kind saint he was, let the first big green piggie recover on the mountain while he yed with the other 3 piggies. "What the hell was that?!" One of the 3 Goblin Asura''s thundered out with a look of disbelief. "A Peak Core Formation Master knocked out cold with one move?!''" Another Goblin Asura asked with astonishment written all over his face. A boy who looked no older than 12 years old, one-shotting a Peak Core Formation Realm Cultivator, would be a surprise to any sane person out there! Not that the Goblin Asuras had any leisure time to understand what just happened as the Little Monster himself came flying toward them at breakneck speeds. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "Let''s have some fun fighting to our heart''s content; why don''t we little green piggies?" The insane-sounding voice of Azmond resounded across this entire section of the forest as even the nearby birds and insects started evacuating the area. The Goblin Asura''s were in a disorganized daze for a few split seconds, but it didn''t take long before they gathered their scattered thoughts back together. "Biggro, Sigfried, get in formation! Let''s teach this crazy little monster some manners!" One of the Goblin Asuras whose name was Egen shouted to the other 2 Goblin Asuras called Biggro and Sigfried. "Roger!" Both Biggro and Siegfried shouted in unison. All 3 Goblin Asuras then got into a triangle-shaped formation around Azmond, hundreds of meters apart from each other, as metal Qi elements started gathering in their hands and quickly expanded over 60 meters in height! Following the congregation of energiesing together, they formed the shapes of long, huge swords! .... "Oh?" The once-speeding Azmond slowed to a standstill as an amused look appeared on his handsome features. "Finally, something interesting!" He shouted out. "Come on! Show me more! I want everything you have; no holding back!" Azmond shouted to the 3 Asura''s surrounding him on all sides with a look of glee on his usually stoic face. "This human boy is mocking us! An inferior human is actually mocking us!? The Goblin Asura''s of the Great and Mighty Goblin Kingdom!?" "Uneptable!!!" One of the Goblin Asuras shouted out loud what all of them were thinking, with obvious hatred apparent in its raspy voice. "TAKE THIS, INFERIOR HUMAN!" The same Goblin Asura who just shouted a second ago once again ran its throat dry as it and the other Goblin Asura''s threw everything they had at Azmond. Three 100-meter-long swords made of metal elements that seemed to touch the heavens came crashing down from three different directions toward Azmond! "..." Azmond, now faced with this apocalyptic event, should definitely consider dodging out of the way... But he didn''t. He just stood there, staring up at the 3 heavenly swords heading right towards him with a happy smile on his face. "Oh~ What a wonderful World I found myself reincarnated into~" Azmond thought to himself with a pleased and crazed look adorning his divine features. Chapter 12: Disappointing, Green Piggies...

Chapter 12: Disappointing, Green Piggies...

Deep within the Great Wilnds Forest, three tall green figures surrounded a boy with medium-length ck hair and beautiful sapphire-like eyes, a boy who currently had arge smile on his handsome features as he stared up at three apocalyptic swordsing straight towards him. Not even a few milliseconds passed when suddenly a long silence came... And then arge sh of light shone in every direction the 3 hundred-meter long swords touched. SHING! A loud explosion followed as every part of the forest within tens of miles suddenly copsed in on itself. BOOOOOOM! The forest floor then exploded upwards around where the three giant swords made contact with the earth! It was absolute and pure unadulterated destruction, as everything within a few dozen miles of the sword strikes was reduced to nothing but rubble and stone, as even the trees were no longer there! And the 3 green figures who caused all this stood victoriously while floating in the air above all this destruction. "He should be dead now, right, Egen??" One of the Goblin Asura called Siegfried, asked with an exhausted face. "There is no way he could''ve survived thebined force of 3 peak Core Formation Cultivators like us! Even a Half Step Golden Core Cultivator would have some trouble dealing with abined strike sent from us 3 goblin Asura''s!" The Goblin Asura called Egen replied with a proud look on his green-skinned face. "What do we do about the half-dead GrandMeister Argas though?" The Goblin Asura, Biggro, asked with a worried look on his face. "Just send him back to the city to recover for now, Biggro," Egen replied with a solemn expression. "While you do that, we need to find the remains of that human boy to bring back to the king as proof of our sess." Following the promations made by Egen, they were all nning to go about their objectives, but before they could... "What do you mean by saying you''re going to leave?!?!? The fun is only getting started, my little green piggies!!" A voice that sounded like something straight from the depths of hell for the Goblin Asura''s reverberated across the copsednds as a short figure emerged from the destruction with an ted smile on his absurdly handsome features. "This isn''t possible!!" Siegfried shouted in a tone of hysteria. "How can any Core Formation Realm cultivator possibly survive ourbined attack?!?!? This shouldn''t be possible!!" Egen roared with a bbergasted look on his face. They conversed among themselves; however, it looked like they weren''t the only ones privy to what they were talking about. "Core Formation Realm? You are dead wrong, my little piggies! I haven''t even entered the Foundation Establishment Realm yet!" Azmond said with an ever more excited look on his face. "What??!?" The 3 Goblin Asura''s shouted in unison. "That is impossible!! You''re lying! Our aura scanners clearly indicated that you were in the Core Formation Realm!" The Goblin Asura''s screamed out in disbelief. Azmond, upon hearing the bellows of the Green Piggies, flipped his gaze across all of them before he said, "Impossible things happen every single day, little piggies. It is of no concern to me whether you believe what I say or not." His joy was now at a point of no return as he turned towards every single goblin with a look like a predator staring down its next prey. "Entertain me, okay?!?" "!!" "!!" Azmond''s words reached the Goblin Asura''s a little toote, as he was already gone in a sh! FWIP! BOOOM! He appeared behind Siegfried with a punch to the back as he wasunched toward a mountain adjacent to the one the GrandMeister was imprinted on. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Another few sonic booms were heard as Siegfried was face-nted into the mountain just like the GrandMeister was, as the whole backside of the mountain imploding outwards! "That makes two! Can''t you little piggies do anything besides hugging the mountains with your faces?!?" Azmond questioned with a wide smirk. "..." "..." The now-only left-standing Goblin Asura''s, Egen, and Biggro stood still with a stunned look on their hideous faces. "Come on, don''t get stage fright now! We have only just begun!" Azmond eximed. "How about we y a little game?!?" He asked. "??" "??" The Goblin Asura''s weren''t following. "It''s a game I like to call ''Tag''! Tag the little green piggies into the mountains!" Azmond shouted with a happy smile on his face. "!?" "!?" They were even more confused than they were a second ago! Was this humanpletely insane, or what!? However, they didn''t even get the chance to mull over the topic, as Azmond continued to speak. "You both run in two different directions, and whoever makes it further away from me gets the closest mountain to the First Green Piggie up there." Azmond pointed up to the mountain closest to the GrandMeister''s with an excited look on his face. "We will start the game on the count of 5! So get ready to start running!" He told the two Goblin Asura''s, who were still shocked over what happened to Siegfried. "1" "!!" "!!" They only snapped out of it when they heard Azmond start counting. "We Are Being Mocked!!! By a Small Human Child, Nheless!!" Egen screamed out in absolute rage. "2" Azmond''s neutral voice once again resounded in the area. "Use everything you''ve got, Biggro!! Burn your life force!! Whatever the cost, we must exterminate this human!!!" Egen roared with a hint of insanity in his voice. WAAA! Egen and Biggro started to burn even their life force in an attempt to kill this human child. They used everything they had as their faces and bodies started to shrivel up at an insane speed. They refused to be humiliated by an inferior human! Every fiber of their being told them to give it everything they had, so that is what they did! OOOM! Egen and Biggro''s aura''s began to increase by an insane amount, as even the air was being altered by the energies being released by them! And they continued to grow in power until they were infinitely close to crossing over the Golden Core Realm threshold! "Oh? Are you trying to power up or something? How fun!! Please continue to get stronger!! It wouldn''t be any fun if you were as weak as you were earlier!" Azmond eximed in an even more ecstatic tone. ....... There was something crucial that the Goblin Asura''s and even the GrandMeister were unaware of when they went into this battle. And that was that thebat strength of Azmond was many times higher than what the aura scanners picked up... Themon aura scanners used by those below the Void Refining Realm and outside of affluent families were only able to read the surface energy levels of their targets. They were not able to quantify the exactbat power of the target, only what the target was willing to show, which in this case was the energy being stored within Azmond''s Qi cyclones, an energy level over 90,000. The aura scanners could not pick up the power that Azmond held within his body and muscles, which, after threeplete transformations of his body caused by insane amounts of Qi, were on apletely different level than the Peak Core Formation energy levels that were shown! Azmond''s current physicalbat strength was somewhere around Peak-Early Golden Core, which may not seem that much higher than Peak Core Formation, but that assumption would be dead wrong! Every realm further on the road of cultivation was like a chasm, a chasm that only became wider and wider the higher the realm you have achieved. The difference in power between Peak Foundation Establishment and Core Formation Realm cultivators was like the difference between a small tadpole and a full-grown frog. The difference in power between Peak Core Formation and Golden Core Realm cultivators was an evenrger gap, a gap that many Peak Core Formation Realm cultivators could only dream of leap-frogging realms to fight in. Azmond''s current realm was only of a 1st stage Qi Condensation Cultivator, albeit a far superior Quantum Qi Condensation Cultivator. But, nheless, he was a Qi Condensation cultivator all the same, a cultivator who was 2 major realms and a few minor realms away from his opponent''s Realm... And yet he was able to swat Peak Core Formation Realm cultivators away like flies! However, such a feat was only possible thanks to his absurdly strong body, which rivaled even a Peak-Early Golden Core Realm Cultivator''s body in pure destructive force! Speaking of his physical prowess, that brought up the topic of another impossible feat that was only possible thanks to Azmond''s 1000 refinement cyclespleted in the Body Refinement Realm. ******* Meanwhile, back during the fight Azmond was having with the two Goblin Asura''s... "Ho-How Can This Be? How Could we lose even after burning away all of our lifeforce?!? This is impossible!" A bloodied and copsed Egen screamed with a look of disbelief as he stared at his fellow Asura Biggro, who was now unconscious beside him. "..." Azmond, who was standing without a scratch on his body, started to speak to the copsed Egen in a condescending tone. "You ask, How? You speak in ''Impossible this'' and ''Impossible that, h h h," he began with aplicated look on his face. However, his expression mellowed out a little as he continued. "Nothing is impossible in this wide, wide universe of ours. Just because you have never seen something done before doesn''t make it impossible. Your feeble mind just can''t ept that someone you deem inferior to you beat you as easily as I just did." Azmond''s face soured a little toward the end as he sported a dissatisfied look and said, "It is honestly quite... disappointing." "It is so very disappointing that you green little piggies can''t ept the reality that you lost... defeated so easily and yet you still think you have a chance..." He continued his rant with a disgruntled countenance. "Unwillingness to give up is a good quality to have, but... you aren''t unwilling to give up for some greater purpose or even for yourself. You refuse to give up over some nonsensical racial pride that makes you think you are greater than everyone and everything around you." Azmond muttered with a small frown. "???" Egen didn''t understand why he was being lectured by a mere human. "You disappointed my respect for your strength, little green piggies..." Azmond said with a sigh. "Not that it really matters anyway since you were going to go face-first into a mountain one way or another but you could have at least gone out with some of your dignity still intact." He mented'' their non-existent face for a second before his expression solidified and he resumed his jabbering. "Oh well... Our time hase to an end, little piggie, the mountains are calling you and your friend''s names!" Azmond''s ted smile came back in full swing as he spoke thosest words. "..." Egen the Goblin Asura had already fallen unconscious during the time Azmond was talking, but he would soon get a wake-up call he would never forget. *Tap Tap* Azmond walked over to the unconscious Goblin Asura''s, grabbed them by the back of their heads, and lifted them into the air. *Umph* He then reeled his arms back andunched both of the Asura''s toward two separate mountains. BOOM! BOOM! After a few sonic booms and screams resounded across the forest, both mountains imploded outwards, just like the first two. Following the two new face molds that were nted into their very own mountains, Azmond''s raspy voice was heard as he smiled a little and looked in the direction of all 4 mountains and the goblins imnted into them. "Let''s get to the really fun part, why don''t we?" Azmond''s devilish voice sent a chill down all 4 Goblin''s spines even as theyy unconscious. Chapter 13: A Sword Strike And... A System?

Chapter 13: A Sword Strike And... A System?

Deep within the Great Wilnds Forest, a boy who looked to be 12 years old with godlike features was standing below four mountains with Peak Core Formation masters imprinted on each one. Each one of these mountains looked as if a meteor shower hit them but were somehow still standing strong, almost as if the very mountains themselves were afraid to do something that the boy below wouldn''t like. At least, that was the case until the voice of the boy was heard by all those around him. "Before we begin with the real fun part, let''s do a quick head count!" Azmond shouted out with an excited look on his face. "Alright, we have The first big guy whose name was... I think it was Grandmaster Argas or something? Next, is ShitFred or something like that? Then we have that Edging guy who went super Saiyan along with that Biggo dude earlier!" Azmond went through all of the Goblin''s names and mispronounced them as awfully as possible without a care for what remained of their face. "Alright, that makes a total of four little green piggies!" Azmond spoke with a look on his face that said he was proud of this aplishment. "I am not a devil so before we begin, let''s see a raise of hands if you don''t want to participate in what''s about toe," Azmond asked. "...." If any of the goblins were still conscious right now, they would be rolling in their graves, fuming in anger at the ridiculous question he was asking. "Okie~Dokie~ I see no hands raised, so I assume everyone is ready for some fun?!?" Azmond asked again, even though he knew no one would answer him. "You guys don''t have to be so enthusiastic about this; it is truly my honor to give you guys the privilege of testing a new technique I want to try," he said with a wide smile on his handsome face. "Alright, who here likes swords? I know a few of you do." His words were followed by his gaze locking onto the three Goblin Asura''s who hadunched a three-way scissor attack on him earlier. "Those 3 big ones you hit me with earlier hurt quite a bit, you know?" Azmond spoke with a straight face even when he knew for a fact that he didn''t feel anything more than a bug bite when he got hit earlier. "So~ I thought I should return the favor, since I am such a kind soul, I shall return the favor 10 fold just for you guys." The unconscious goblins were practically crying tears of blood within their dreams. "No need to thank me; I love giving back to themunity!" Azmond spoke dangerous words with a ''magnanimous'' look on his face. And just as he was about to begin conjuring up something truly devastating, a particr subject was brought to mind. "Oh, wait a damn second! Silly me! I forgot something important I have to ask first," Azmond said with a sudden look of realization. "I need one of you Green Piggies to tell me from which hole you crawled out of. You see, I want to find even stronger green piggies from wherever you came from." He began with anticipation building up within him. "There has to be someone stronger than you guys from wherever you came, right?!?" Azmond asked the unconscious goblins with an expectant look on his face. He was waiting for a response, even though he knew that none of them were awake... "Oops, I forgot that one of you guys has to be conscious to answer my questions," he chuckled with a slightly silly look on his face. Nheless, it didn''t take long before he stoppedughing and looked toward the four goblins nted into the sides of four different towering mountains. Following his gaze, he lightly smiled and said, "Innie minnie minie mo, I choose you, Pikkachu!" Azmond had his finger pointed in a random direction with his other hand over his eyes. Half a second passed by as he opened his eyes and looked to where his finger was aiming. "You''re the closest Green Piggie to where my finger is pointed, so you shall be the one to answer all my queries." Following his words, he leaped up to the mountain where thergest goblin, GrandMeister Argas was taking a ''nap'' inside as he grabbed him by the back of his head and threw him back to the ground, with a few sonic booms being produced on his way down. BOOM! BOOM! GrandMeister Argas got one hell of a wake-up call as hended face-first into the dirt, where a crater was created from the impact. "What the hell is going on here?!?!" The now-concussed GrandMeister screamed out loud with his mouth still in the dirt. FWIP! Azmond appeared next to the frazzled GrandMeister and shouted, "Good morning, Sunshine! Did you have a nice dream??" "Wha-!?" Argas couldn''t finish speaking because Azmond interrupted, saying. "Just kidding, I don''t care! I just need you to tell me where you and your three green buddies popped out from," he asked with arge smile on his face. A smile that creeped the hell out of Argas. Nheless, regardless of his confusion and fright, he still managed to say, "You''re the human boy who we were supposed to kill, aren''t you?! How are you still alive?! You should be dead by now!!" Azmond heard the exmation made by Argas, as his expression eased up a little before he said, "You''re not the brightest, are you? Yes, I am the victim of your stalking, and I am in fact still alive! I don''t see why I wouldn''t be... Your buddies over there would need another 1000 of themselves cloned to be able to put a scratch on me, Hah." Azmond exined to The GrandMeister whileughing a little at the folley''s of those fools. "Th-This can''t be... Our n was wless!" GrandMeister Argas, despite the reality being shoved into his face, continued to speak in denial of the facts, even when they were presented right in front of him. "I don''t think I can say anything else to convince your small mind that this is really happening, but I will still need to know where exactly you came from... Now!" Azmond was getting a little impatient as he yelled thest part with an irked look on his face. "!!" The GrandMeister became a little scared when he saw the ''devilish'' look on Azmond''s face, but he quickly regained hisposure as he looked him dead in the eye and spoke with a voice as determined as he could make it seem: "I will tell you nothing of my home, you monster!" He spoke with a resolute expression. "A monster calling me a monster is ironic, isn''t it?? And your loyalty will get you nowhere with me, Piggie," Azmond responded back with an even more annoyed look on his face. "Torture me if you want to, monster, but my mind won''t change! You will never get anything out of me!!" GrandMeister Argas roared out with an even more firm and resolute look on his bloodied face. "I see..." Following Azmond''s response, he entered a deep state of thinking before he said, "Well, whatever... I will find whichever hole you crawled out from with or without your cooperation, little piggy." After getting out his piece, his thinking face changed back to his ''excited'' expression as he asked, "How did it feel to fly?" "What?" Argas responded with a confused voice. "I said, how did it feel to fly!?" Azmond asked Argas with a mildly demonic smile as he suddenly appeared next to him and kicked him straight back into the mountain he just came out of. BOOM! BOOM! "Aaarghhhhh-!!!" A few sonic booms and screamster and GrandMeister Argas was right back where he started, face first in an almost crumbling mountain. ........ "..." Azmond looked at the piece of art he just molded back into a mountain before he muttered, "Well, that was a bust..." He sighed a little before his eyes brightened up a little before he said, "Whatever, let''s just get back to the main task at hand." Following his promation, Azmond started to think to himself: ''The Divine Devil Arts Scripture said something about using the elements in the air to form the technique,'' he thought to himself as he concentrated on gathering the Lightning Qi elements in the atmosphere before he molded them into the shape of a sword that he held in his hand. OOOM! The energies being emitted from the sword were quite intense; even the grass started to burn a little after the budding sword technique reached a certain point. ''Hmm... I think this is right,'' Azmond thought with a satisfied look. However, it wasn''t the time to becent, as he still had tomence the next part of developing a basic Qi technique. ''The technique manual says the next thing I need to do is envision the process of holding and swinging it.'' Azmond got right to it, as he started to imagine himself swinging a massive sword made of lightning, decimating everything in its path. A few minutes passed by. ..... "I think I got that part down pat, yep yep," he said with a content expression as he swung the materialization of a Qi sword in front of him. SHING! SHING! After getting a good feel for the power he wielded, his train of thought focused on the next step of creating a sword technique. "The next part of the manual says I need to then envision what I want the end result of my strike to look like...'' Azmond began to imagine the end result of his sword strike as the lightning-shaped sword he was holding within his hands began to float above his hand and grow in size. WAAA! 1 meter... 2 meters... 5 meters... 10 meters... 20 meters... 100 meters... 300 meters... The Lightning sword just kept growing and growing in size until it reached a total length of 1000 meters! It was a lightning sword that touched the Heavens... "Oh. This is quite the overkill, huh?" Despite his words, Azmond had quite a delighted look on his face. "But I think I can make it bigger..." He mumbled. "It could be dangerous, though..." His cautious side attempted to throw reason into his face. Nheless, it didn''t take long before all apprehension was thrown out the window! "Who am I kidding!? Let''s make it bigger, haha!" Azmond eximed. Following hisughter, the lightning sword that touched the clouds, started to grow in size once more. The lightning sword continued to extend higher and higher... 1200 meters... 1500 meters... 2000 meters... 2500 meters... 3000 meters... 4000 meters... 6000 meters... It just kept growing and growing until it reached a point at the 9000-meter mark where Azmond just didn''t have the necessary proficiency in the skill to make it anyrger. "This is definitely overkill, but you know what they say? Go big or go home... So let''s hit a damn home run!!" That was when something just came to Azmond, a name... The name of the technique he got from the Divine Devil Arts Scripture. When the name came to him as he was holding the 9000-meter-wide sword above his head, he felt the primal urge to say its name out loud. An urge that he couldn''t or wouldn''t want to refuse, so he said it. "Cataclysmic Annihtion!" Following his promation, Azmond swung the 9000-meter-long sword horizontally toward the four mountain peaks the Goblins were stuck on, and then silence... "....." Silence; the world was deathly quiet... You couldn''t hear the birds, the insects, or the animals in the forest; even the very air did not make a sound. And then, as a single leaf like any other leaf fell to the ground, the entire world just... copsed... The world stopped working for a moment just to register the destruction that was caused by one young boy. ... The world then resumed as a loud explosion, unlike any other, was heard. BOOOOOOOOOM!! Every piece of ground within a 100-mile radius exploded upwards, with no part left untouched! The trees, the grass, the mountains, the rocks. Everything, without exception, flew tens of thousands of meters in the air as it all came crashing down with extreme speed, decimating whatever little remained of the terrain. The four mountains where the Goblins were stuck, and even the Goblins themselves, were no more... They were simply eviscerated when the lightning sword made contact! ...... The GrandMeister and the three Goblin Asura''s were no more. "..." Azmond just stood there in the center of all this destruction with a satisfied and exhausted look on his handsome face, his arms behind his back. For the first time since he was reincarnated, he felt exhausted from a fight. If it could even be called a fight, that is... But regardless of the terminology that one would use to describe the massacre that just urred, Azmond used an insane amount of energy that no one in the Qi Condensation Realm should ever be able to use, and nearlyplete mental and physical exhaustion was the result of such recklessness. "That really wore me out... I knew it was going to do something to me, but I didn''t expect the energy expenditure to be that great," he muttered with a lethargic expression. "I think I will take a nap right here for now and deal with the rest of the troublesome stuffter." Azmond proceeded to go to sleep on arge rock, without a care in the world for the apocalyptic event he just caused around him. ...... And while he was sleeping, somethingpletely out of the ordinary was happening in a certain part of his existence. *Ding!* *You killed four cultivators in the Peak Core Formation Stage!* *Ding!* *You gained experience +78,000* *Ding!* *You gained experience +76,000* *Ding!* *You gained experience +77,500* *Ding!* *You gained experience +75,000* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!... You have...* ...... A plethora of blue screens of unknown origin appeared in front of the unconscious Azmond, before all of a sudden... *Ding!* *You have... ERROR!* *ERROR!! ERROR!!* *ERROR!! ERROR!!* *ERROR!! ERROR!!* Hundreds of red screens with nothing besides the word ''error'' on them overwhelmed the space around Azmond. And just when it seemed like they would never stoping, the screens started to change... *Ding!* *Due to Errors involving the strength of the host not being sufficient enough, the experience points and levels shall be withheld from the host!* *Ding!* *Just like the experience the host gained upon breaking through the mortal shackles of the host''s past world, all experience points gained from this point on will be converted into talent for the host!* *Ding!* *All system screens and system notifications shall be invisible to the host from this point on, but they will always be there in the background!* *Ding!* *Host will be able to gain full functionality of the system once you have broken through to the Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm! Good luck on your journey until that point!* *Ding!* *BZZzztt...* ...... The blue and red screens eventually stopped appearing as Azmondy there,pletely unaware of the oddities that had just transpired around him. Chapter 14: A Ring And A... Damsel?

Chapter 14: A Ring And A... Damsel?

Deep within the Great Wilnds Forest, at the center of what appeared to have been an apocalyptic-level event that destroyed the entire area for dozens of miles, a boy who looked to be around 12 years old was lying down fast asleep with a content look on his divine features. "...Mhmm..." Azmond began to wake up with a groggy face as he sat straight up and surveyed his surroundings. He saw the absolute destruction he caused around him as he muttered, "Oh yeah... I did this, huh?" A wry smile formed on his expression before he said, "I guess I should turn it down a notch for next time... I wouldn''t want to destroy an entire ecosystem every time I go all out." "But regardless of what I did to the topography, I think it''s time I started looking for the ce those green goblins came from. I remember they said something about me being a target part of some mission or something?" Azmond pondered the matter for a few seconds as he tried to recall exactly what the goblins had said. But no matter how long he brooded over the subject, he couldn''t seem to remember what they were talking about, so he decided to focus his efforts elsewhere. "Hmm... let me see if I can find something that could give me a clue as to where they came from." Following his words, he started to look around the destruction, searching for something that would give him a hint. ... Azmond searched around for a total of ten minutes before he ultimately found the residual aura of the biggest goblin, who was called GrandMeister Argas. He scanned the residual aura with his divine sense and found a vague direction for where it originated from. "So those goblins came from somewhere in the east," he dered with confidence in his answer. "I don''t know in what direction to the east, but something is better than nothing, isn''t it?" Azmond ended with a neutral look on his face. After figuring out in what general direction he should head, he was going to continue in a random direction to the east. But his ns were swiftly interrupted when he saw a shining object in the corner of his eye. "Hmm? What is that?" Azmond asked with a quizzical look on his face. He couldn''t understand how anything of value could''ve survived the destruction he caused, but apparently, something made it through unscathed. ''How strong does something have to be to survive mass destruction like that, I wonder?'' He thought. "Might as well go see what it is," Azmond muttered as he headed in the direction of the shining object. ..... When he got a better view of the object, he realized it was a glossy ck ring. ''A ring? Where did such a tough ringe from? Was it dropped by one of those green piggies when they died?'' Azmond was thinking to himself as he approached the ck ring. ''That is most likely the case... but what is that ring made of to survive such damage without a scratch?'' Puzzlement overtook his expression as he edged ever closer to the ring. "It could be dangerous, right? I mean, you shouldn''t just go around touching random, mysterious objects, right? At least that is how a boring person would be thinking right about now if they were in this situation, but I couldn''t care less if I''m being honest." It wasn''t like he didn''t have a single cautious bone in his body; however, his craving for greater power far outweighed his apprehensive side. One would probably interpret that as stupidity, or even foolishness, but that was just the way Azmond was... ..... "That ring could be another way for me to gain more power, so I''m gonna risk it for the biscuit!" Azmond spoke with arge smile on his face as he reached his hand out and touched the ck ring with his child-like hands. BLING! A bright ck light shone in the area as the ring suddenly appeared on his index finger with a perfect fit. Azmond had closed his eyes due to the extremely blinding light, but he eventually opened them when the light faded out. However, when he regained rity, he wore a perplexed look on his face as he asked, "What was that bright light, and how did this ck ring suddenly appear on my finger!?" He was confounded over the matter for a while before his expression eventually eased up as he thought, ''Well, it is after all a world of cultivation so it''s probably some spiritual bullshit or something.'' After figuring out the ''cause'' of the peculiar situation he found himself in, he looked at the ck ring on his finger and said, "It doesn''t seem to be harming me, but I do wonder what its functions are." Following his curious thoughts, he started to try different things, such as touching it with his other hand or giving out various keywords such as ''Open'', ''Hocus Pocus'', ''Open Sesame'', and the like, but nothing seemed to be working, so Azmond decided to try probing it with his divine sense, and he found that it actually did something different this time. FLASH! The ck ring opened up in his divine sense, and he found that there were a bunch of treasures and trinkets sprawled out in some strange space. ''Wait a minute... Is this what I think it is??'' He thought with a sudden look of realization. ''Yes, it must be!'' "It''s an interdimensional Storage Ring!!" He eximed. ''I can''t believe I actually found my first storage ring! I figured there would be something simr since this is a world of cultivation, but I didn''t expect I would acquire one so soon!'' Azmond thought to himself with an ecstatic look on his face. "This is awesome!! Now that I have this, I can take donations from all the enemies I meet in the future and store them in this ring!" He spoke dangerous thoughts of looting and robbing his future enemies in a way that made it sound like he was doing them a favor by stealing their belongings. "Now that I have my new donation collector, then I can continue on my journey to finding the origin of the green piggies, so let''s get to it, shall we?" After Azmond got all his affairs in order (Looting the rest of the war-tornndscape.), he continued on his way out of the rubble and destruction and headed towards the east, where he was sure the goblins came from. ****** Meanwhile, a few hours after Azmond left the destruction he caused, in an area thousands of miles away from the destruction,. A young girl who looked to be around 14 years old and wore a once gorgeous blue dress with a few expensive-looking pieces of jewelry hanging around her bruised-up neck and wrists was leaning up against a tree with blooding out from injuries she had on her body. She was a beautiful girl with dark blue hair and dazzling blue eyes; however, her wless appearance was barred from existence, as she was on the ground kneeling with her clothes in tatters and tears falling from her lifeless blue eyes onto her bosom. The young girl was surrounded by heavily armored guards who were no longer breathing; they all had deep, bloody gashes in them. Some of them were even missing a few body parts, as their arms and legs were scattered around the battlefield. "W-Why??" The young girl asked with a strained voice. And just as she was about to continue her doleful monologue, multiple green figures came into view from the shadows. FWIP! FWIP! FWIP! They were all around 6 feet tall, with green skin, long, pointy ears, and hideous faces. Furthermore, each and every one of them was wearing a hood of sorts, with long daggers and swords hanging from their waists. "Why, you ask?" One of the hooded figures at the front of the group began to speak to the distraught girl with a wide, malicious smile on its ugly face. "!?" The girl thought she would have more time to figure out what she should do next, but before she even realized it, her enemies were already after her throat. After the leading hooded figure saw that he had acquired the girl''s attention, he continued, "Because we''re mercenaries! Taking jobs that require us to kill people is what we do for a living, my silly little princess." "Plus, we sometimes get bonuses here and there," he said as he looked the princess up and down with a lecherous look on his grotesque face. "!!!" The crying princess was practically on the verge of mental copse when she heard what the hooded figure in front of her said. And what the deplorable figure said next, only left her in an even worse state. "Why don''t you have a little fun with us before you die, Princess~?" The leading hooded goblin asked the kneeling princess with a sinister gleam in its eyes as it started to slowly approach her. *Thud! Thud!* As the goblin''s heavy footsteps became louder and louder, the princess''s face darkened before she thought, ''Should I just kill myself...?'' She saw no other option to escape this quagmire than to kill herself and be done with it. The princess refused to be vited by the hideous creatures in front of her! She promised herself when she was younger that she would only give her purity away to the man that she loved with all her heart... She would rather kill herself now than be defiled by the monster in front of her! Following such resolute thoughts, the princess''s tearful expression turned into one of determination as she pulled a small dagger out of her boot and put it to her throat. SHING! She went straight for the kill! However, something strange happened when she went to slice her throat. The dagger she was holding in her hands started to dissolve... "!!!" She tried to slice her throat again before it fully dissolved, but she was toote... The dagger had already fully melted away, with nothing left of it. "Did you really think you could get away from us that easily, little Miss Princess?" The words of the leading goblin mercenaries took her out of her stupor, as she looked up at the mocking expression stered on that ugly creature''s face. "We aren''t in the Late Core Formation realm for show, you know!" He continued to speak to the despairing princess with a wide, malevolent smirk, as he was now mere feet away from the princess. With a growing look of lust being the only dominant facial expression left on his ugly face, he reached out a hand towards the princess''s remaining clothing in an attempt to rip the rest of it up. "..." The Princess''s once-determined face turned into one of someone who had lost all hope. A face of utter despair for what was about to happen to her. ''Why is this happening to me...? All I wanted to do was find a few 1000-year-old Ice Lilies growing out in the depths of the Great Wilnds Forest for my Grandmother''s 12,000th birthday celebration, and yet...'' Aqua gritted her teeth in anger before an expressionless look emerged on her small face. ''Me and some guards I hired behind my family''s back got ambushed out of nowhere by a bunch of goblin mercenary scumbags a few miles away from our destination... Now all of my guards are dead and I sit here about to b-be defiled by goblins...'' She thought with blood dripping from her lips. ''Life is so cruel...'' Her tone turned to one of disbelief as she started to question herself. ''What did we do to deserve a fate like this??'' The young princess thought to herself in utter dismay with dead, lifeless eyes as the leading hooded man began to rip at her remaining dress. *Shred! Shred!* She was on the verge of mental copse when suddenly, as if an angel sent from heaven was speaking directly to her, a childlike voice was heard next to the young princess''s ear, as a young boy around 12 years of age with God-like features suddenly materialized in her vision and spoke what sounded like angelic words to the young princess''s ears: "Looks like you were given a pretty shitty fate as well, huh?" BOOOOOOM* Azmond''s demonic voice resounded across the area as a loud explosion was heard, and the leading hooded man was nowhere to be seen. Chapter 15: An Angel... Or Demon?

Chapter 15: An Angel... Or Demon?

"It looks like you were given a pretty shitty fate as well, huh?" Azmond asked the young, beautiful princess with a gentle smile on his slightly battle-thirsty expression. "..." But regardless of the face he was making, it was a smile that she perceived as something angelic when she saw a boy who looked to be twelve years old appear in front of her like an angel from the heavens! The boy was wearing a ck leather coat with white outlines that covered his entire body. He was also sportingrge ck leather boots, all of which he found in the storage space ring. "..." The young princess''s lifeless eyes suddenly came back to life when she saw the boy appear before her with a wide grin on his absurdly handsome facial features. She had never seen anyone so handsome, so beautiful in her entire life! If he was not an angel, then she didn''t know what was considered one! "Is your head still in this world, girl? Why are you staring at me without saying anything?" He asked the blue-haired princess with a confused look on his face. The princess, still lost in her only little world, didn''t evenprehend the words that came out of the ''angel''s'' mouth until the ''angel'' got right up close and personal with the princess and with an ''angelic'' voice, asked, "Hello! Are you still with us??" Azmond''s voice echoed out as he got closer to the princess and shook her gently. "!!" The princess ultimately came out of her stupor and responded to her guardian ''angel''. "Y-Yesh?" She stuttered a little as she stared at the now-up-close and personal, unknown man. She was in awe at the fact that someone could possibly be so perfect-looking. But more than that, it didn''t make any sense to her! However, regardless of her thoughts, Azmond looked at her and finally saw some rity in that gaze of hers, so he said, "Aiiii~ Well, at least you aren''t totally out of it; I thought you turned into a zombie or something with the way you were staring at me like you wanted to eat my meat..." He backed up a little upon confirming her cogency before he sighed and muttered, "It honestly freaked me out a bit." He really did start to question whether the princess had actually turned into a brain muncher for a second there. You never know in the world of cultivation. However, he was a little relieved that such a beautiful girl hadn''t fallen victim to some mysterious virus. But in spite of his thoughts, the only thing that she got from his words was, ''Me eat his what??'' The princess thought in confusion before it suddenly hit her, as a small blush appeared on her rosy cheeks. Yep, that''s right... Her mind went straight to the gutter. ****** Meanwhile, as Azmond and the princess were having their little conversation, another discussion was currently going on a few meters away from them. "Who the hell was that?!?! And what the hell happened to Anderson?!?? He just disappeared, and an explosion followed soon after." One of the mercenary goblins wearing a strange tunic asked in confusion. He was speaking to the other goblin mercenaries; however, before anyone even got the chance to respond to him, something changed in the goblin mercenaries expression. "Wait a minute!! Could it be..." And as if a sudden epiphany hit him out of nowhere, he looked towards where the explosion happened and saw a beaten and bloodied Anderson nted into arge, 60-meter-tall tree a few miles away from them. "What the F*ck happened to Anderson in that split second for him to end up all the way over there???" Another one of the goblin mercenaries who looked in the same direction asked with a look of astonishment. "Was it that boy over there who did it?!?" He asked with his eyes honed in on a human boy talking to the princess. "That is the only possible exnation, but... it doesn''t make any sense! How can a boy who looks no older than 12 years old send Anderson, who is a Late Core Formation Realm Master, flying with a single strike?!" He questioned with a tone of disbelief. "Who cares if it really was that boy who did it or not!? That boy is in the way of our target, so we just need to eliminate him too!" A different goblin mercenary wearing a weird green hat spoke with malice concealed in his voice. "You''re right! We just need to kill him as well and be done with it!" The first goblin mercenary agreed with the one who said to eliminate the boy. They conveniently forgot that they just came to the conclusion that the boy standing before them was the one who knocked Anderson unconscious with one move... ... "Should we just attack him head-on or sneak over and ambush him from behind?" A different goblin mercenary asked with a cunning look in its beady eyes. "What do you think? We are mercenaries, not knights, fighting with some bullsh*it noble code of honor. We will sneak right behind the little boy and stab him right in the back! Let''s get it over with in one move." The First Goblin Mercenary responded with a shrewd-looking grin. After a few seconds of going over their ''n'', the leading goblin mercenary spoke once more: "Attack him on the count of 10!" He whispered. The first goblin mercenary gave hismand to the others as he looked toward Azmond with a malicious glint in his eyes. ****** Meanwhile, the princess and Azmond were still talking to each other a little bit away. "So what are you doing out here, girl? I don''t remember seeing any human settlements or anything of the sort on my way over here." He asked the now-standing princess a question with an inquisitive tone. "I was looking for some 1000-year-old Ice Lilies to gift to my grandmother for his 12,000th birthday, but these scumbags ambushed me and my guards on the way." She spoke thest part with an obvious look of hatred on her beautiful features. "And my name isn''t girl, Angel. It is Aqua, Aqua Mesdeth AquaRing, with AquaRing being my family name and Aqua my first name," Aqua added with a polite tone. "1000-year-old lilies, huh? It sounds like some more spiritual bullsh*t, and what is with this angel name?? I am far from an angel," Azmond replied with a perplexed look on his face. "You saved me from those ra*ist bastards without expecting anything in return, so that makes you an angel in my eyes, plus you''re too beautiful to be anything else..." Aqua spoke with a kind look in her eyes as she spoke the past part in a nearly inaudible voice. "Huh? What was thatst part you said? I didn''t quite catch it," he asked. "It was n-nothing! Pl-Please ignore what I said, angel... please..." Aqua''s voice came out in a meek whimper as she put her head down and covered her beautiful face with her long, silky blue hair. "..." Azmond looked at the unusual expression on her face and thought something was wrong, but he quickly set that matter aside and said, "Whatever you say... and stop calling me ''angel''. It''s annoying, and I have a name as well. It''s Azmond." He looked quite proud over the fact that he had a name just like everybody else! "The Angels name is... Azmond... I see..." Aqua started talking to herself with a goofy smile on her pretty mouth as she started mumbling iprehensible nonsense in her own little world. ''And there she goes again, dozing off into her own little gxy... What an odd one she is; maybe she has brain problems?'' Azmond thought with a concerned look on his face. ''Whatever the case may be, I will leave it aside for now since I still have some sneaky bugs I need to deal with first'' His thoughts came to a close as a de came flying out of nowhere in the direction of the still-lost princess. WSSST! It whistled by Azmond''s head, aiming straight for the frazzled Aqua. However, just as it was about to strike her head, he suddenly appeared in front of the de''s trajectory and knocked it out of the air with a flick of his middle finger. "..." And just as he thought he could catch his breath for a second, another four des were seen flying at the princess in the same way as the first. FWIP! Azmond was seen, and then he wasn''t seen as he disappeared and reappeared in front of each of the four flying des at lightning-quick speeds as he hit each de in a certain direction. Each and every single one of the des was suddenly sent flying in four different directions. In fact, the de''s flew right back to their owners as four consecutive screams resounded across the forest. "Arghhh!!" Four goblin mercenaries screamed in unison. While the screams of the four goblin mercenaries echoed out, another silent hooded figure was waiting in the shadows behind a tree as he suddenly lunged forward in the direction of Azmond''s backside, aiming at him with a 2-foot-long jagged dagger. ''Ha! I got you now!'' The goblin thought to himself with a victorious smirk. However, just as his de was about to make contact with his skin, Azmond suddenly disappeared from the silent figure''s vision. ''Where the hell did he go?!?!?'' He thought. The silent hooded figure looked in every which direction but he couldn''t catch sight of the human boy no matter which way he turned. "I''m right here, little piggy~" Azmond whispered next to the hooded figure''s right ear, as a wide grin formed on his handsome face. "!!!" The hooded figure was about to jump out of the way in fright; however, following Azmond''s voice, he swiftly twisted the hooded figure''s head around! The hooded figure''s head twisted in circles enough times that his neck looked like a slinky! "Pest cleanup is nowplete; wless work, me!" He spoke to himself with a proud and haughty look as he nced around the area and saw five bodies lying dead on the ground, with disbelief present on their face''s. Chapter 16: Princess Aqua

Chapter 16: Princess Aqua

Deep within the Great Wilnds Forest, thousands of miles away from Azmond''s fight with the Goblin GrandMeister and Asuras, stood a handsome boy around twelve years old, surrounded by five goblin corpses sprawled out around the area. ****** "...Hmm...?" Aqua came out of her stupor with an astonished look on her beautiful features as she scanned the area with her eyes and saw four dead goblins leaning up against a few trees and one goblin corpse with its neck twisted unnaturally. "...What happened here?" The muddle-headed princess asked. "One second I was talking with the Ange- I mean, Azmond and the next second, he''s gone and a bunch of goblin corpses appear." She pondered over how such a thing could happen, until she eventually thought, ''Was it Azmond who did this??'' A slightly infatuated look appeared on her face when she realized that it was likely his doing, and when she saw the bloody and ''dashing'' figure of Azmond scavenging through the goblin corpses looking for valuables, that infatuation only seemed to intensify. ..... "Tsk! There is absolutely nothing of value on these green piggies! Why are they so poor?? Every single one of them was in the Core Formation Realm and yet they only have peanuts on them." Azmond spoke with a slightly annoyed look. "Whatever, I guess I should go talk to that Aqua girl. She might have some useful information on this world," he muttered to himself as he looked in the direction of the still slightly dazed Aqua and started walking over to her. "!!!" This casual action of his caused Aqua to be nervous as she put her head down and looked at the ground as if something interesting were there. "Hello? Aqua?" Azmond asked the meek princess with a concerned look on his face. "?!?" When Aqua heard her ''Angel'' speak to her in such an ''affectionate'' tone, arge rosy blush materialized on her beautiful face as she started twiddling with her fingers underneath her long blue hair. ''Is she really braindead?? Or some sort of zombie? I don''t think that''s the case... but anything is possible in the world of cultivation, so I won''t cross out that possibility just yet,'' Azmond thought to himself with a slightly apprehensive expression. "Hey, are you going to wake up, girlie?" Azmond spoke a little louder next to the princess''s ear, as he was mere inches away from her face. "Hwhat?" Aqua yelped a little before she identally bit her tongue and tripped over her feet a little. After realizing the extreme blunder she just made, her countenance became a tiny bit disgruntled as she thought, ''He''s going to think I''m a stupid, ditsy girl, isn''t he...?'' Her expression turned for the worst before she steeled her nerves and thought, ''No! I can''t allow that to happen! Quickly think of something to fix this situation, Aqua!'' She worked her brain at full capacity in the span of a split second, and that was when she thought of something that she thought would mend her misunderstanding! Aqua quickly reorganized herself and stood up straight, with an expression that made it seem like her tripping never happened, and with a face as serious as she could make it, she said, "What nice weather we''re having today, is it not, Sir Azmond?" "..." Azmond observed the awkward stance of the girl before he thought, ''Is this odd girl on some weird substance or something??'' ''Are all the people of this world like this or is she a special case?'' He was seriously starting to doubt the intellect of the inhabitants of Asterion, and he didn''t even consider himself the brightest tool in the shed... ''Whatever, I am just going to ask her straight up where we are,'' he thought with an exasperated look on his face. Azmond got straight to the point and asked Aqua something that he had been dying to know for a while now. "Where are we right now?" "..." Aqua''s earnest expression became a little bewildered after hearing what he had asked her about. ''Did he just ask where we are? How does he not know where he is? Is he lost?'' She thought to herself with a barrage of quandaries as she responded with the most logical answer she could think of. "We''re in the forest?" She spoke with a confused look on her face, as if she didn''t know what the correct answer to such an obvious question was. "..." Azmond, after listening to Aqua, was beginning to think that he was being looked at as the stupid one in this conversation. He let out a sigh before he muttered, "I know that much... I was asking, what forest are we currently in right now?" "How do you not know what forest you entered into, Angel?" Aqua asked with an even more puzzled look on her beautiful face. "It''splicated... and I said to stop calling me ''Angel''. It''s weird, and I already told you my name, so use it," he reprimanded with a soft tone. "As you wish, Ang- I mean Azmond." "I sa-" Azmond was about to scold the girl again until he heard thest part of her sentence. *Cough Cough* He cleared his voice a little before he said, "Good, now could you kindly tell me which forest we''re standing in?" "??" Aqua couldn''t understand why he didn''t know what forest he was in, but regardless, she answered his question truthfully: "We are in the Great Wilnds Forest, a wide expanse of forest that stretches on for hundreds of thousands of miles in every direction. A very dangerous forest where even strong Golden Core Realm Cultivators go missing asionally. It''s also home to over a dozen different monster kingdoms and borders both the SunBurn and AquaRing kingdoms." After finishing her brief overview of the Great Wilnds Forest, a knowledgeable look formed on her face as she looked towards Azmond, expecting some praise out of the corner of her eye. And it didn''t take long before she got the ''praise'' she was looking for, as he said, "I see... Thank you for the information. Could you also tell me what the world, or continent, or whatever we are on is called as well?" ''He said, ''Thank you''... Hehe...'' Aqua thought with a goofy look on her face as she started giggling to herself. "...'' Azmond looked at the girlpletely zoned out again as he thought, ''This girl is an odd one...'' "You''re not very good at focusing, are you?" He asked. "!!!" Aqua was suddenly taken out of her stupor as she mumbled, "Oh, sorry... What did you say?" That''s right, Aqua didn''t even hear the full question, as she was lost in her own little world when it was asked. "I said, What world or continent are we on right now?" Azmond repeated his question. After having heard his question clearly, she asked, "You don''t even know the world you''re in? Have you never been outside since you were born or something?" "As I said, it''splicated," he murmured. "Could you please just tell me?" Aqua thought it over for a second and saw no harm in answering such a simple query of her savior, so she said, "Hmm... Alright, we''re in the World of Asterion! A world where the strong rule over the weak... A cruel world indeed..." Aqua''s expression became a little saddened when the topic of ''cruelty'' reminded her of the cruelty she was about to experience not even a few minutes prior. "The World of Asterion," he dered. Excitement filled Azmond''s heart as he finally learned the name of the world he was thrown into. ''Asterion is a fine name for the first stepping stone on my journey to power!'' He thought. However, his train of thought was interrupted not long after, as Aqua continued speaking from where she left off: "We are in one of the 5 continents of this world, It''s called |The Azure nk Continent!| In one of the 12 provinces that make up this continent, |The Divine Sun Province|. It''s a province that is home to hundreds of Kingdoms and 6 huge Empires that rule over thend with an iron fist. In addition, the closest Empire to us is the Fire God Empire which is a few million miles to the north of the Great Wilnds Forest." Azmond listened with rapt attention until he saw that she was done speaking as he said, "I see... This information is of great use to me, Aqua, so thank you," he added with a look of gratitude and a gentle smile on his handsome face. "..." She was lost in his smile for a second before she quickly snapped out of it and responded to Azmond with a slight blush on her face. "You Wee..." Aqua''s hair covered her face again as she looked at the ground with a happy smile on her beautiful face. However, before she was able to fully revel in the warm moment she had with him, Azmond suddenly remembered something that he forgot to ask the Princess: "Have you by chance heard of an area where a bunch of strong goblins could be congregating? I met some fairly strong goblins who attacked me a few hours ago and was looking to give them a little payback." His smile grew into a slightly evil smirk as he thought of finding the green piggie who put a target on his back. The look on his face may freak out those faint of heart; however, for a certain blue-haired princess, it was a smile that she thought looked like the most beautiful smile she had ever seen! "..." Aqua stared at Azmond with an entranced expression. Nheless, she still had a question to answer, so after getting in another few seconds of gazing at his smile, she responded, "Yes, there''s a kingdom to the east of us where powerful goblins rule." "How strong are they?" He asked with an expectant smile. "The strongest of them are in the Golden Core Phase, with their King being at the very peak of the Golden Core Realm. Some even say that he''s half a step into the Nascent Soul Realm!" Aqua replied with a weary look as she waited to see Azmond''s reaction to what she said. However, his reaction was far from what she expected... "Golden Core Realm Cultivators, huh...? Haha!" His smile grew until it reached his ears as he startedughing. "I can''t wait!!" Azmond''s overjoyed smile turned into an expectant one as he looked into the distance, where he saw the not-so-distant future of him fighting stronger enemies! He practically couldn''t contain his tion at such an amazing notion! Furthermore, it looked like he wasn''t the only one who was enthusiastic about him being pumped up about fighting, as a certain robotic voice was going off in the background,pletely unbeknownst to Azmond. *Ding!* *I''m cheering for the host! Fight stronger enemies and be stronger and stronger yourself! Only then will you be able to use me to your heart''s content. Hehe~* Chapter 17: Farewell...

Chapter 17: Farewell...

Deep within the Great Wilnds Forest in the Divine Sun Province, Azmond was seen staring off into the distance with arge smile on his face as the Princess of the AquaRing Kingdom was gazing at him with a look of longing. "Azmond? What of what I said made you so happy, if I may ask?" Aqua asked with a lovely smile on her small, beautiful face. "Oh? I was just thinking of the potential strong enemies I could be fighting right now," he replied honestly. "Did you not hear the part where I said that their strongest person, their King, was at the very peak of the Gold Core Realm, if not half a step in the Nascent Soul Realm?" A puzzled look appeared on Aqua''s face as she asked Azmond a question that would usually fill one with apprehension. But contrary to her expectations, he turned his eyes in her direction before he replied, "Oh, I did! In fact, that is what excited me the most!" "...I see..." Aqua mumbled with a cute, surprised look on her face. .... "!!" Azmond suddenly remembered something important, so he asked, "What are the cultivation realms in this world, Aqua? I never learned of anything after the Golden Core Realm." His voice echoed out with an anticipatory look as his voice increased a few levels in excitement when he thought of the future realms he would achieve sooner orter. "Oh? I thought you would''ve already known about something as basic as that, considering the highbat power you disyed in that fight earlier..." She muttered with a slightly shocked expression. Aqua had assumed that he had already had a clear grasp on the cultivation realms of Asterion, but apparently she was mistaken. ''Wait, I was so absorbed in my own emotions earlier that I forgot about the obvious fact shown right in front of me...'' She thought to herself while her eyes observed the young-looking appearance of Azmond. ''He looks to be around twelve years old, so how was he able to swat around those Core Formation Realm scumbags with one p?? something that even my Core Formation Realm Guards were unable to aplish...'' Aqua thought with a baffled expression. She pondered over the matter for a second before curiosity consumed her as she turned her dazzling blue eyes up and asked, "What realm are you currently in, Azmond?" A small smile appeared on Azmond''s face as he replied, "I''m in the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm." "The what??" Aqua questioned with a look of astonishment. ''What is a Quantum Qi Condensation Realm?'' She asked herself as her beautiful blue eyes stared at Azmond expecting him to follow up with a serious answer. ''Oh Yeah... I forgot that the Quantum Qi Condensation realm is not something that everybody in this world goes through...'' He thought with an awkward smile. ''Hmm... I will just tell her that I''m in the Qi condensation realm then. I don''t want her to think I''m a nut job or something weird like that.'' An ufortable look appeared on Azmond''s face as he thought about how he should go about responding. After a few milliseconds of contemtion, he said, "That was just a fancy way of saying the Qi condensation realm, haha~" Azmond saved himself by passing it off as a joke. "..." It was a ploy that Aqua didn''t believe one bit, but decided to let it go for now and ask a more pressing question. "How old are you, Azmond...?" Her melodic voice was followed by a nervous look emerging on her face, as she was hoping with all her heart that he wasn''t secretly an old monster who changed into the form of a young boy just to y around with her heart. ..... Meanwhile, as Aqua was patiently waiting with trepidation, Azmond was thinking, ''How old am I, huh? I can''t exactly tell her that I haven''t even turned two years old yet. So, what should I do?'' He thought over how he should respond for a moment before he thought, ''I look around twelve so I will just go with that for now.'' And he went with just that, as he replied, "I''ll be turning thirteen years old this year." "Twelve years old?!?" Aqua blurted out. "Twelve years old, and yet you can already beat multiple cultivators in the Core Formation Realm while still in the Qi condensation realm?!? How does that make any sense??" She shouted with a look of disbelief. However, deep down... she was ecstatic to hear that Azmond was so close to her age... ...... "It just does," he began. "I mean, I''m living proof of it, am I not? This should be pretty normal in this world, right?" Azmond ended with an incredulous look. He had on a look that said he felt everything he said soundedpletely normal. It''s not like he revealed that he was actually a 2-year-old in a 12-year-old''s body, so all should be fine, right?? If one looked at it from a certain perspective, then they could assume that Azmond had been cultivating for eleven months and spent every waking second cultivating up to the Qi Condensation Realm. That was of course, excluding the fact that hisbat power was utterly absurd... .... "I see... Is it normal?" Aqua asked herself with an almost convinced look. "Yep, yep, It''s the most normal thing around... I guarantee it!" Azmond spoke with a kind smile on his face. It was almost like he was a devil whispering in an innocentmb''s ears... Aqua looked at that expression he was making and was almost fooled, but she was able to snap out of it at thest instant as she shouted, "Wait just a second! You''re lying to me!" "Tsk." He clicked his tongue at his failure of convincing the princess. Azmond was about to give it up and just leave the area and y a father''s disappearing act, but before he did, he thought he ought to try one more thing as he said, "Look at my face." A kindpelling look appeared on his chiseled features as he spoke to Aqua with an index finger pointed towards his face. "Does this look like the face of a liar?" "..." Aqua took one look at his face andpletely lost her train of thought as she got sucked into those sapphire-like eyes of his. "I suppose not..." Aqua responded with a slight blush on her face as she quickly averted her eyes away from Azmond. However, her slight embarrassment didn''t mean that she was done with him yet, as she said, "But that still doesn''t exin how you were able to do all those things at your age and cultivation level." Aqua wasn''t willing to let this go that easily, as she asked a very logical question. "Potatoe Pototoe, those green piggies were just too weak. Anybody could''ve taken them out just as easily me if they were strong enough," Azmond replied with a straight face. "..." She almost fell for it, but she remembered something that disproved his statement. "But I''m at the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm, and my guards were in the Core Formation and Foundation Establishment realms, and even all of usbined couldn''t hold a candle to those goblin mercenaries. How do you exin that??" Aqua asked with a cute, knowing look on her face. "That''s because you guys were all weak... isn''t that obvious?" Azmond responded with a face that wondered if this girl wasn''t the brightest person around. "Huh?" Aqua questioned with an even more confused expression. "I said you guys were weak, so maybe you should just get stronger," he repeated with a serious voice. "..." Some of the things this man said aggravated the princess a little, but when she saw that handsome face of his, she forgot all about her grievances. When Azmond saw that enamored stare she was giving him, he knew that he was close to fooling her, so he struck preemptively and said, "Anyways, since I answered all of your questions, it''s only fair that you answer all of my questions, isn''t it?" "..." Aqua snapped out of her reverie before she mumbled, "Fine, I guess so... though I won''t be letting this matter go that easily!" She added with a pouting chipmunk look on her cute face. Nheless, regardless of her feelings, she fell for his topic change, hook, line, and sinker! "Sure, sure! You can ask me all the meaningless questions you have on your mindter!" He responded with a teasing smile. "Y-You..." The princess chipmunk''s cheeks got even cuter as she stomped her right foot on the ground in an adorable way and turned her head to the side. A slight blush appeared on her face soon after as she turned her head back toward Azmond, only to see him not even a few inches away from her face. "So... what are the cultivation realms in this world, Aqua~?" He asked with a gentle smile. He scanned over Aqua''s face, looking for a reaction, which he got without even trying as the princess hurriedly backed away and spoke the next words with a small, meek voice: "...Stay back... You are too close... I am a princess of the AquaRing kingdom... I can only have close physical contact with my future husband," she said with a deep blush on her cheeks. "Oh~? A princess, huh? I didn''t realize I was in the presence of royalty," Azmond responded with a sly grin on his face. "!!" That was when Aqua realized that she identally let something that she should''ve kept a secret slip, but for some reason, she didn''t quite mind that he knew that about her background. It even made a small, giddy grin appear on her beautiful face. At least, that was the case until Azmond started to back away from her. "But I am still going to need you to tell me about those realms now," he added with a teasing smile. "..." Aqua was d that he backed away, but she was also slightly... Disappointed? Women wereplicated beings to understand. ..... Nheless, in spite of her disappointment, she said, "The realms of Asterion in order from first tost, go like this..." She went on to narrate that the Realms of Asterion went in order, starting with Body Refinement --> Qi Condensation --> Foundation Establishment --> Core Formation --> Golden Core --> Nascent Soul --> Soul Transformation --> Void Refining --> Unity Form Synthesis --> Transcending Tribtion --> Mahayana, and every Major Realm was divided into four minor realms as well, with those minor realms being The |Early, Middle, Late, And Peak| stages. Not all of the realms were split up into Early, Middle, Late, and Peak; however, the vast majority of them were. ..... The Divine Devil Arts 1st and 2nd sections only ever mentioned the realms up to Golden Core, so Azmond honestly had no clue of whaty beyond those realms, but now he finally had a clue of how much farther he had to go to reach the peak of the world of Asterion. ..... Aqua finished her oration with a cute pout, as she was expecting something in return for getting all those words out in one go. And, fortunate enough for her, she got just the response she wanted, as Azmond said, "I see... Thank you again, Aqua... Though I really should be going on my way now that I have all the information I need." A genuine look of gratitude and a small, gentle smile appeared on his face as he spoke with a solemn voice. "..." The once joyful Aqua became devastated when she heard what he said, as she put her head down with her hair covering her face. "Won''t youe with me, Azmond? Did I do something wrong...? Do you hate me...?" Aqua asked him with tears falling from her eyes as her long, beautiful hair covered her lowered face as she spoke thest part while biting her lips down hard. *Drip Drip* Blood began to drizzle down her perfectly red lips. "..." Azmond gazed down at such a tear jerking sight as he softly said, "You did nothing wrong, and I don''t hate you, silly girl. I just have my own path to follow, just like you have yours..." A small, gentle smile appeared on his attractive face as he suddenly appeared next to Aqua and leaned down to pat her on the head. "I don''t understand... Can''t I just follow you then?" Aqua asked him with an expectant look on her tearful face. However, Azmond soon crushed her expectations with his words, as he said, "You cannot." "Why...?" Aqua asked with teary eyes. "..." He thought over how he should answer her question withoutpletely breaking her fragile heart. And it didn''t take long before he replied, "It''s because my path is a long and dangerous one, and you''re not strong enough to walk alongside me on it. But more importantly, it''s because I''m not strong enough to guarantee anyone else''s safety on this path of mine." "I am too weak..." He added. Azmond''s words echoed out with a disappointed look on his face¡ªnot disappointed in anyone else, but disappointed in himself for not being strong enough. He got a little cocky after his winning streak, but deep down he knew... he knew that if he met any random Nascent Soul Cultivator who wanted to take his life, then he would have no power to resist, and he refused to put anyone else in harm''s way because he wasn''t strong enough... This especially became the case when he heard that the being who put a target on his back was probably the King of the Goblin Kingdom, a being who was suspected of being half a step into the Nascent Soul Realm. ..... "..." Aqua understood what Azmond was saying, but that didn''t mean she liked it. She wanted to be beside Azmond; she wanted to be closer to him, she wanted to better know him, but deep down she knew... She knew that what he said was the truth. She wasn''t strong enough, and she knew it as well. Thest event with the goblin mercenaries shoved that hard fact right into her psyche, but that didn''t change the way she felt about wanting to deepen the connection she felt with Azmond. However, regardless of her feelings on the matter, she steeled her nerves and mumbled, "I understand..." "...But before you go, please take this talisman with you and visit me in the AquaRing Royal Capital if you have time." Aqua forced the talisman into Azmond''s hands as she wiped away her tears and continued speaking with a strained voice: "This talisman will allow me to know when you are close to the Royal Capital of AquaRing, so don''t lose it, ok...?" A forced smile appeared on Aqua''s cute and tear-stained face as her words sounded out. "I wi-" Azmond couldn''t even finish his response as Aqua interrupted him, saying: "I will not stay this far behind you forever," she began with a resolute expression. "I will one day walk alongside you on the path you walk, as my path will lead me right back to you. I guarantee it," she ended with a lovely smile stered on her face. "I see... I look forward to the day when that happens," Azmond replied with an unusually jovial smile after he heard Aqua''s words. "I wille to visit you in the not-so-distant future, so make sure to leave your doors open for me when I doe by, alright?" Azmond teased Aqua onest time before he bid her farewell and continued along on his journey, but not before saying onest thing before he left, as he had a gift to give to her as well. "I will leave a bit of my spiritual Qi with you... so stay safe and sound on your way back home, and don''t worry, I left enough of it along with some of my excess soul essence. It''s enough that even your average Early Golden Cultivator won''t be able to harm a hair on your head," he said. "Until next time we meet, Aqua." Azmond''s voice resounded across the forest as he slowly started to fade away and disappear into the distance, heading east. ..... ''Till next time we meet...'' Aquas thought to herself as she felt the protection insurance that Azmond left behind for her enter the area around her heart. "So warm..." Aqua spoke out loud as she put both her hands to her chest in a loving way and looked into the distance where he had vanished. After a few minutes passed, she turned her head in the direction of her kingdom and started walking back home with thoughts of gaining more strength upying her mind as a determined look emerged on her beautiful face. "We will meet again soon, Azmond." She mumbled to herself onest time with a loving and obsessed smile on her face before she disappeared into the distance as well. Chapter 18: Goblin King’s Response And... A Waterfall?

Chapter 18: Goblin King''s Response And... A Waterfall?

Hundreds of thousands of miles to the east of Azmond''s current location, a few dark shadows were speeding through vast fields. After ten minutes, they finally came to a stop at the top of arge cliff that overlooked a huge city where goblins were going about their daily activities. "We need to report to the king." One of the shadows spoke with an urgent tone as he looked toward the giant castle in the distance. "We haven''t heard from The GrandMeister in over 2 days now, and after picking up no sign of his aura signature within ten thousand miles of here, we have determined that he has fallen to the Human Cultivator that was spotted a few days ago. Reporting to the king can no longer wait..." The same shadow''s crackly voice echoed out as he and the other shadows jumped down from the ledge and fell thousands of meters before continuing towards therge castle in the distance at insane speeds. "Will the king allow us in without the GrandMeister present?" A different shadow asked with a solemn look on his green-skinned face. "He should..." The first shadow, who was presumably their leader, responded with a serious look as they entered the city, unnoticed by the guards standing watch at therge city gates ****** As the shadows were approaching therge castle with post-haste, arge figure inside said castle was sitting upon his throne with an amused expression as he saw the shadows approaching from a distance. "They must''ve failed their mission," he began with an apathetic tone. "That''s really too bad; I quite liked those Asuras... and the GrandMeister was a valuable asset after all." Therge-figure''s expression morphed into one that looked like he just lost valuable treasures; he didn''t actually care about the goblins; he just lost some of his property... Furthermore, he was also disappointed in the fact that even with four peak Core Formation Realm Goblins, they still couldn''t defeat one single human cultivator in the same stage. As a king, he lost some of his face with this failure. ..... "Oh well... I can always make more of them, but this human Core Formation Cultivator is starting to pique my interest a little," the King said with a small malicious smile on his sinister face. "However, it''s too bad that my interest in you won''t save you, human cultivator." He muttered with a slightly disappointed tone. "You destroyed some of my treasures, so I shall destroy you in every horrible way imaginable, till you are groveling at my feet, begging to be put out of your misery." The Goblin King''s orotund voice reverberated out, as his cruel smile only got wider as he got up from hisrge throne and approached the throne room doors with a few small steps. FWIP! He appeared there in a split second, almost as if he teleported. ''But, what should I do with these dogs of my subordinate, who areing up to my castle now?'' The Goblin King thought to himself with a malevolent grin as he waited by the throne room doors for the shadows toe knocking. ''Useless dogs who can''t even appropriately gauge their enemies are of no use to me... So I will just exterminate them and be done with it,'' he thought with indifference. The Goblin King decided their fates as easy as deciding the fates of weeds to be cut down. ... "This is going to mean I have to lose even more of the treasure I own, but it''s better than being ridiculed by the other Monster kings and Queens at the next Monster Kingdoms Gathering, so it is what it is. In addition, useless treasure should just be discarded without a second thought when it stops serving its purpose," the Goblin King said to himself with a neutral look on his face. ..... "..." He stood there, waiting for a few seconds, until he heard the deep voice of one of his subordinates from behind the throne. "The GrandMeister''s Shadows are waiting outside the throne room, Your Majesty." The subordinates'' voice was heard in the Goblin King''s ears as he responded with a neutral voice without turning his head an inch. "Let them in," hemanded. "Yes, Your Majesty." The voice replied without a second to waste. Following his understanding, therge throne room doors opened slowly, and four shadow-like figures suddenly appeared inside the throne room, just a few feet away from the Goblin King. "Your Majesty!" They all said in unison as they bowed immediately upon entering. "We have something to repor-" They began to speak but were swiftly interrupted by the calm voice of the Goblin King as he stared at them with a nonchnt expression. "You came to report your GrandMeister''s failure, didn''t you?" He asked. "..." "..." "..." "..." The four shadow-like figures looked up at their king and saw a face that said he already knew the answer to his own question but decided to ask it anyway. It was a face that astonished the shadows, as they hadn''t told a single soul about the GrandMeister''s disappearance, and yet somehow, the king already knew. "Yes, you''re correct, Your Majesty! You are the wisest in all thend; no other Monster King evenes close to your excellency!" The leading shadow responded with an admiring look as he turned up to look at his king and saw something unexpected. The king''s eyes had turned into something dark, something horrifying... Those terrifying eyes stared directly into the leading shadow''s very soul, as a soul-shaking voice came out of the Goblin King''s mouth and resounded across the entire throne room with a terror-inducing effect that all four of the shadows began to feel within every fiber of their being. "And yet... you came back to me to report something that you thought I couldn''t already figure out by myself when one of my GrandMeisters went missing for over two days..." He began with a dark look on his face. "Do you think I''m stupid?!?" He bellowed. The Goblin King''s booming voice came out in a chilling tone as he walked ever so closer to the still-kneeling shadow-like figures and grabbed the leading shadow by the head. He brought him up to his face, which was over 9 feet off the ground, as he stared directly into the shadow''s eyes with his own ck hole-like eyes. "N-No, Your Majesty! I meant no offense! Please punish me however you see fit!" The leading shadow''s voice came out with a nervous stutter as he asked for forgiveness from the Goblin King with a horrified look on his green-skinned face. "Very Well." The Goblin King responded in a neutral tone. However, something that not even the leading goblin shadow expected would ever happen when he said those words began to ur. "Arghhh!!!" The Goblin King simply squeezed his hand a little, and the Leading Goblin Shadow''s head simply exploded after a short scream was heard from him. The leading shadow''s life was no more. "..." "..." "..." The three Goblin shadows were stunned speechless after watching such a disy of violence. Nheless, the Goblin King didn''t even give them time to adjust, as he turned his fierce gaze to the rest of them and said, "Now, onto the rest of you. For failing your master and failing this kingdom, but most importantly, for failing me, I sentence you to death." "Wait, Your Majes-" A goblin shadow''s voice was cut off as the Goblin King''s emotionless voice was heard, and that goblin shadow, along with the other two, were turned into ash and blown away with the wind. The Goblin King caused this result with but a wave of his hand as three Core Formation Realm masters died just like that. ... "Now that this ridiculous farce is over and done with, let''s begin with the extermination order for that human Cultivator who killed GrandMeister Argas and my three Goblin Asuras," he began with a detached voice. "Command every Core Formation Realm Goblin and above to scour the area within a hundred thousand miles until they find the human cultivator, and tell them to directly contact me after they find him... I will deal with this pest myself." The Goblin King''s chilling voice was heard as he turned around and headed back toward his throne. "And clean up this mess; I don''t want a single atom of their miserable existences left within my throne room, understood?" He gave anothermand in a cold tone, as multiple raspy voices were heard from behind him: "As youmand, Your Majesty." FWIP! FWIP! A few ck streaks shed as multiple goblins appeared and phased off into the distance, and a few others made whatever remained of the goblin shadow''s corpses disappear without a trace. "Your end will not be a good one, Human Cultivator, that I guarantee." The Goblin King''s dark voice reverberated as he slowly closed his eyes, awaiting news of the human cultivator''s whereabouts. ***** Meanwhile, tens of thousands of miles away from the Goblin Kingdom, an extremely handsome boy around twelve years old was aimlessly walking towards the east. "Hmm... I grew quite fond of that Aqua girl; she was the first ''real'' person I talked to since I got here, but I had to leave her not long after I met her." Azmond''s mncholic voice echoed out as he continued walking while talking to himself. "No! Azmond, this is the path you have chosen; there is no room for regrets on your path to power." His expression changed to one of determination as he quickly discarded his previous thoughts. "Furthermore, if the light in her eyes was of any indication, we will surely meet again," he muttered. "She will surely end up walking her own unique path. A path that might end up intersecting with mine one day, though who really knows what the future holds? Haha~" Azmond beganughing¡ªnot a crazyugh, but a kind and gentleugh as he recalled the weird, ditsy princess whose name was Aqua. However, after a few seconds, his expression morphed as he said, "Time to focus now! Absolute power waits for no man; I must extend out my hands and reach for it with everything I have! Everything elsees second." His face turned into one of resolve as he continued his walk. ...... Azmond continued to travel at insane speeds as he crossed mountain ranges and grassy ins. He saw all sorts of monsters on his walk, with some of them even being hundreds of meters tall, which he dly took as opportunities to fight new and different enemies. Furthermore, none of the monsters exceeded the Core Formation Realm, so he beat them with ease even after restricting his energy usage and tying one arm behind his back. After fighting a few interesting enemies, Azmond resumed his journey. ***** A few days passed by as Azmond continued to fight everything he thought was interesting. He even found a few flying Golden Core Realm monsters that looked sort of like dragons but had less distinct features. They gave him a little bit of trouble, but he dly took them on with everything he had and even managed to improve the proficiencies of his techniques by a lot. His Earth Dominion and Water Dominion skills were increased to Minor proficiency from their previous Beginner proficiencies, and his cataclysmic annihtion skill, which was a variant skill of the Lightning Dominion skill, was increased to minor proficiency as well. He also tried out and improved the proficiency of his Fire and Air Dominion skills as well, all of which he acquired from the second section of the Divine Devil Arts Scripture, with all of his Dominion skills now being at the Greater proficiency level after one whole month of training them on different monsters. It was a speed of training that would never be believed by a single soul if Azmond were to tell them the truth! It would usually take a few years, if not longer, for an average Qi condensation cultivator to increase theirprehension of a single low-level mortal rank skill or ability to the Greater Proficiency stage, and yet Azmond increased a total of 5 mid-level Mortal Rank skills plus a High-level Mortal Rank variation skill to Greater proficiency within a month! He was a genius in theprehension department, to say the least. Furthermore, Azmond could now control and manipte the Qi elements of every single element he had a Dominion Skill of within an area of thousands of meters without any over-energy expenditure or exhaustion unless he used his skills over and over a ridiculous number of times. Increasing skill proficiency throughprehension not only increases the lethality of skills and techniques, but it also reduces the amount of energy needed to cast such skills. Do not take Azmond''s previous 9000-meter-long lightning sword made with the Cataclysmic Annihtion skill as an example. He was quite reckless when he conjured a skill like that with such low proficiency at such a level; he put himself and his body in a lot of danger that he only managed to get through unscathed because of luck. His normal energy output at that time for that skill without causing any excessive damage or exhaustion was a mere 500 meters in area under normal circumstances, with that number being even lower if he used just the Lightning Dominion skill without the improved modifications from the Cataclysmic Annihtion High-Level Mortal Rank Skill. ***** After scrutinizing his new skillprehensions, Azmond continued along his journey, heading to the east as he fought to his heart''s content. And that was the case for quite a while, until... "Is that a waterfall...?" Azmond asked with a look of astonishment. Chapter 19: A New Way Of Cultivating

Chapter 19: A New Way Of Cultivating

"Is that... a waterfall?" Azmond asked in astonishment. He was staring at a 20000-meter-high waterfall with water sshing down in huge amounts on the water surface below as spiritual Qi inrge amounts surrounded the water. Azmond was a few dozen miles away from the waterfall, and yet he could still see it in clear view. "That thing is absolutely humongous!" He eximed. Following his exmation, he approached the water surface below the waterfall. A few seconds passed as he practically teleported over there. .... "I haven''t had a proper bath in what feels like forever!" He spoke excitedly as he hurriedly undressed his long ck leather jacket and boots. After getting them off, he jumped straight into the water with a huge smile on his face. *Ssh!* He was so excited that hepletely overlooked the fact that there was an abundant amount of spiritual energy swirling around the water. "This is absolutely divine!" Azmond spoke to himself with a look of satisfaction at getting his long overdue break. Although he would never admit that he was taking a break... He thought of it as just another form of training... ****** He was seen swimming around therge, almostke-sized water surface while swimming in all sorts of unusual ways. Azmond hadn''t touched water for nearly two years, so it wasn''t a surprise that hepletely forgot how to properly swim... It was honestly aplete mystery why he didn''t smell likeplete garbage by now. ........ One of the main reasons why this was the case was because of the three body transformations that he went through for each Body Refinement cycle milestone during the Body Refinement Realm. And the other reason was that he had reached the Qi condensation realm, so things like body stench and the amount of food and water that needed to be consumed had been reduced by quite arge margin. Furthermore, that reduction was made evenrger with Azmond''s unique Quantum Qi Condensation Realm. On a side note, another thing that was improved with Azmond''s advancement into the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm with 1000plete refinement cycles was his lifespan. A Body Refinement Cultivator''s lifespan was usually between 80 and 120 years, depending on which minor realm you were in. And the lifespan of a Qi condensation realm cultivator was usually between 200 and 300 years of age. Azmond''s lifespan, however, had over 300 years of life expectancy during the Body Refinement Realm when he had 1000 refinement cyclespleted, and his life expectancy in the 1st stage of Quantum Qi Condensation Realm was already at an astounding 1000 years, with a max lifespan of 1500 at the peak of Quantum Qi Condensation. ....... "I didn''t notice it before, but the amount of Qi surrounding this ce is absolutely insane! It''s at least ten times higher in quantity and quality than the cavern I was dragged into by the Giant White Wolf." Azmond''s voice sounded out with arge smile on his face as he started swimming for a moment before he got out of the water to get a better feel for the Qi while sitting down in a lotus positionpletely buck naked. ..... "The effect is even greater when I''m actively cultivating! It feels like the Qi here has no end; it just keeps being absorbed into my Dantian!" He eximed with a wide smile as he continued to absorb the Qi in the air and refine it within his Dantian. ..... Azmond''s 1000 Qi cyclones slowly started to grow in size as they went from 1 inch in diameter to 2 inches in diameter. And they didn''t stop there, as they continued to increase in size until they reached nearly half a foot in diameter! He now had 1000 Qi cyclones, half a foot in diameter, swirling around his Dantian like small gas-types. A gorgeous sight beyond words would be the only way to describe it if anyone were inside his Dantian, staring at the view before them. ..... When they reached a foot in diameter, Azmond stopped increasing the size of his Qi Cyclones. It was a size that would normally only be possible if a Core Formation Realm cultivator focused purely on increasing the size of their Qi cyclones for years and used up all the wealth they possessed, and yet Azmond aplished this feat in the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm with 1000 Qi cyclones within 45 days! Such a feat would be something that no one would believe, even if he tried to convince them with all his heart. .... ''After all my Qi cyclones reached a foot in diameter, they just stopped increasing in size...'' Azmond thought. ''I eventually reached a point where I felt like I could break past that limit with enough effort, but I felt that if I were to break through that limit prematurely, then it would affect my future growth negatively, so I held off on increasing the size any further. I need toy off them until my realm and physical body increase enough to handle an increase in size.'' His thoughts swirled around while he was still in a lotus position, as he hadn''t moved an inch for an entire month and a half since he had been at the waterfall! He became so absorbed in cultivating and, subsequently, getting stronger, that he couldn''t stop himself. Even the enticing and beautiful view of the glisteningke-like waterfall before him was not enough to make him stop cultivating to go and take a dip! .... After brooding over his current cultivation for a while, Azmond focused on increasing his realm, as he had already achieved a perfect foundation within the first stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. If everything went right, then he was going to reach the peak of his current stage and then attempt to breakthrough to the second stage of Quantum Qi Condensation! .... He continued to cultivate underneath the huge waterfall as the sun went down and came back up multiple times. Azmond had reached the peak of the first stage of the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm after another three days of strenuous cultivation. It was strenuous because he was not cultivating like a normal, sane cultivator would. Although he was cultivating by absorbing the Qi in the air just like anyone else does, he was also stimting the Qi that he absorbed from the atmosphere to make it more violent before he absorbed it. It was an insane thing that no normal cultivator would ever think about doing... But Azmond''s thirst for power was just that great! ....... What Azmond was doing was simr to creating more energy from less energy through a stimulus, a stimulus that was essentially making his own Qi attack the Qi he was about to absorb from the atmosphere to create something greater. He was trying to make the Qi he absorbed from the atmosphere ''explode'' in on itself to create more energy that he could then proceed to absorb. It was a suicidal and extremely painful way of cultivating, and yet Azmond did it without a second thought! He was willing to do anything required of him to acquire more power! Incidentally, what Azmond was doing was a veryplicated process that he started to experiment with a couple of days ago because he thought his already insane cultivation was too ''slow''... ...... ''This new way of cultivating is so painful!! But it''s at least twice as fast as cultivating normally, which is all the incentive I need to continue cultivating in this way!'' Azmond thought to himself with an insane-looking smile stered on his face as sweat was dripping from every part of his body. If one looked close enough, or through a microscope, then they would see something absolutely horrifying: every cell of his body was being slowly destroyed from the inside out, as it healed just as fast as it was destroyed. Azmond''s body was constantly on the verge of breaking down... until it was again rebuilt with his fast healing speed, another boon he acquired from going through three entire body transformations. Coincidentally, his healing speed was at least 20 times faster than a normal Qi Condensation Cultivator! ..... Azmond''s determination to acquire more power, his insanity, his insane healing speed... Only with all three of these factorsbined would one be able to cultivate in the same way that Azmond was, and even if they did have all these things, would they be willing to go through all the pain involved for a mere two times as fast cultivating speed? The answer was no! Only Azmond was stupid¡ªor insane enough¡ªto go through all this for barely anything in return. ....... Azmond continued to cultivate for another day in this ludicrous way. Coincidentally, it was also the day he reached a point where he couldn''t cultivate anymore without being forced to break through into the second stage of the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm. Normally, when someone reached the absolute peak of their current minor realm, they would choose to break through immediately if they had the opportunity, but Azmond was no normal man... ..... ''The Divine Devil Arts scripture mentions a way to breakthrough each minor realm of Qi Condensation after condensing their umted foundation base in each stage down to the beginning of whichever minor realm you''re currently on,'' Azmond thought with eagerness in his expression. ....... For example, you''re in the Heavenly Qi Condensation Realm 1st stage. Your way of cultivating would be like this: Heavenly Qi Condensation early-1st stage --> Heavenly Qi Condensation peak-1st stage --> Condense your cultivation base down --> Heavenly Qi Condensation early-1st stage --> Heavenly Qi Cultivation peak-1st stage --> Heavenly Qi Condensation early-2nd stage... So on and so forth for the rest of the 13 minor realms of the Heavenly Qi Condensation Realm. (normally 12 minor realms for ordinary Qi Condensation Realm cultivators who only went through 1 refinement cycle) This way of cultivating also applied to people who had achieved 100 refinement cycles before breaking through to the |Divine Qi Condensation Realm|. The ''Divine Qi Condensation Realm'' was another better variation of the Heavenly Qi Condensation realm that only the most talented Heavenly geniuses out there could aplish, far more talented geniuses than any so-called ''genius'' on Asterion. However, these were only geniuses who existed beyond the stars... ..... Divine Qi Condensation Realm Cultivators condensed their cultivation bases down 5 times instead of the 1 time that Heavenly Qi Condensation Cultivators do to advance to the next minor realm. To extend on that point, each realm condensation was not as simple as 1+1; it''s not additive, it''s multiplicative. A Divine Qi Condensation Cultivator was far stronger than 5 times that of Heavenly Qi Condensation Cultivators in the same minor stage. However, Azmond, on the other hand, was in the Quantum Qi Condensation realm! It was a realm far superior and harder to achieve than both the Heavenly and Divine Qi Condensation Realmsbined. A realm that was also far harder to advance in than the other two. .... ''I went through 1000 refinement cycles in the Body Refinement Realm. I wonder how many times I can condense my cultivation base in the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm before I reach a perfect foundation?'' Azmond thought to himself as he was thinking about aplishing yet another impossible feat. Nevertheless, nothinges without a price, and Azmond''s price for trying to go against the bnce of the universe will be arge one... He will need to experience pain that no sane man would be willing to live through to achieve the power that he so desires... Chapter 20: Breakthrough!

Chapter 20: Breakthrough!

Deep within the Great Wilnds Forest, underneath a waterfall that stretched on for thousands of meters, Azmond was seen meditating while all the Qi within many miles swarmed toward him in great amounts. ''Let''s try condensing my cultivation base now,'' Azmond thought to himself as he attempted to condense his entire cultivation base down to the beginning of the 1st Stage of the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm. .... After the third attempt, he finally managed to begin condensing his cultivation base. And after two days of cultivating in Azmond''s pain-intensive way, he was finally able to condense his cultivation back down to the beginning of the 1st Stage of the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm Furthermore, after another four days of cultivating, he managed to get his cultivation base back up to the peak of the 1st Stage. ..... It looks like I managed to do it correctly! However, that just means that it''s time to do it again!'' Azmond thought with a thrilled smile. He then repeated the process... ..... This time he managed to condense his cultivation base within a day and a half instead of two days, and he was able to cultivate back up to the peak of the 1st stage of Quantum Qi Condensation within three and a half days. ''That is the Second Cultivation Base Condensationpleted! My power has more than quadrupled since I was at the beginning of the 1st stage of Quantum Qi Condensation, with no Condensation cycles done!'' Azmond thought. "It seems that instead of the quantity of my cultivation base increasing, it''s rather the quality of my Qi that''s increasing with each realm condensation cycle," he began with a contemtive expression. ''In addition, it''s a quality increase that subsequently increases my damage output with the same amount of energy used!'' He thought to himself before he continued to condense his cultivation base for the third time. ..... It took Azmond a little under a day to condense his cultivation base back down to the beginning of the 1st Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation for his Third Cultivation Base Condensing Cycle¡ªsomething that made absolutely no sense... Normally it would only get harder for Divine Qi Condensation cultivators to condense their cultivation bases for the second time, and even harder for their third and fourth times, and yet... Azmond''s condensing cycles were only getting easier and easier the higher he went. It was almost like he was... adapting? Azmond was adapting to something that shouldn''t even be possible to adapt to, and yet he was living proof of said adaptation! It was yet another impossible feat that he had aplished without even knowing it... ... He proceeded to cultivate back up to the peak of the 1st Stage of the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm within three days. He followed up by condensing his cultivation base back down for the fourth time within 16 hours and cultivated back up to the peak within two and a half days. ..... Azmond went on to condense his cultivation base for the fifth time within 12 hours... He then cultivated back up to the peak within 2 days. He had also applied his faster way of cultivating by stimting the Qi in the air with his own Qi while condensing his cultivation base as well. The only difference being that instead of the ''usual'', he made the Qi inside of his body explode in on itself while condensing to speed up the process. It was an even more dangerous way of cultivating than when Azmond was just exploding the Qi in the air with his own Qi. And it was due to such brazen actions that he was constantly bleeding out of all orifices as he was condensing his cultivation base down... The only thing saving him from dying was his insane healing speed. ..... It had been almost 20 days since Azmond had started to condense his cultivation base down, and the result of those 20 days of painful cultivation was Azmond''s Fifth Condensing Cycle beingpleted. ''That makes the 5th time I''ve gone through condensing and re-cultivating back up to the peak of the 1st Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation,'' he thought. ''However, my reward for such intense training is that my power is at least 40 times stronger than it was before!'' He finished his inner monologue on a high note before his ted expression died down as he thought, ''But it isn''t enough... The most I can fight against is an average person at the Peak of The Early-Golden Core Realm with just my energy alone, and I might be able to fight someone who just entered the Middle-Golden Core Realm if I use my Peak Early-Golden Core Realm Body strength and skills at full capacity...'' His thoughts were followed by a solemn look forming on his face as he clenched his fists and felt the power coursing through them. OOOM! Explosive levels of strength traveled through his veins as a low, static sound was produced when he loosened his grip. "However, that''s far from enough! The Goblin King is at least at the very peak of the Golden Core Realm, if not half a step into the Nascent Soul Realm! Hell, he might even already be in the Nascent Soul Realm...'' He thought with a grave look on his face. Nheless, his apprehension was soon overwhelmed by an immense level of resolve as he thought, ''...I just need to cultivate more! I refuse to believe that some green piggy will stay ahead of me forever!'' ... After reaffirming his will, he continued to condense his cultivation base down for the sixth time and re-cultivate it back up to the peak of the 1st stage of Quantum Qi Condensation... That milestone was followed by the 7th condensing cycle... the 8th... the 9th.. the 10th... the 11th¡ªuntil he reached the 12th Cultivation Base condensing cycle. Upon achieving the 12th condensation cycle, he started to feel something changing. ''Something'' was changing as he continued to condense his cultivation base back down for the 12th time. ... "What is this feeling?" Azmond asked himself with a quizzical look on his face. ''It feels kind of like what it did when I was breaking through the 11th refinement cycle during the Body Refinement Realm,'' he thought. ''On that note, it''s almost exactly like what I felt when I was breaking through the 11th refinement cycle, the 101st refinement cycle, and then the 1000th refinement cycle as well,'' he added. "But regardless of the peculiarities, I feel like my body will transform into something better if Iplete the 12th Cultivation Base Condensing Cycle before breaking through into the 2nd Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation!" Azmond spoke to himself with an excited smile. "Let''s get to it then!" He eximed. .... Azmond continued to cultivate in his insane way till he condensed and re-cultivated back up to the peak of the 1st Stage for the 12th time. When he reached the peak of the first stage of the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm, he felt like he had achieved the most perfect foundation possible! ... ''My foundation has definitely reached the peak of perfection! I should now try to breakthrough to the 2nd stage of Quantum Qi Condensation to see what that feeling I had earlier was all about.'' Azmond''s thoughts faded out as he attempted to break through to the 2nd Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation with a pained look on his face. It took a total of 2 days for Azmond''s breakthrough into the 2nd stage of Quantum Qi Condensation to begin. After reaching a sufficient point, the abundant Qi surrounding therge waterfall he was cultivating under started to swarm towards him in incalcble amounts! It was an out-of-this-world sight to see all the brilliantly colored Qi in the air surrounding Azmond like they were awaiting the birth of their god. Such a sight was not one that many would be able to witness in this world... ....... WHOOSH! SWISH! The sound of the Qi in the air fluttering toward Azmond was heard as he approached the tipping point of his breakthrough. ..... A dayter. Azmond''s breakthrough went without a hitch as he officially broke through into the 2nd stage of Quantum Qi Condensation! However, he was not even aware of his own breakthrough, as he was currently within a gxy-shaped cocoon going through another transformation. ...... 2 dayster. CRUMBLE! A boy around 13 years old with long raven ck hair and beautiful sapphire-like eyes emerged from within the gxy-shaped cocoon, as the entire cocoon disappeared into nothingness. The boy in question had features so divine that even the gods would spit out blood in envy! ..... ''This keeps on happening to me, huh?'' Azmond thought to himself with a bewildered look as he stared at his now slightly bigger hands. ''I wonder what changed inside my body? But more importantly, I wonder how much my power has increased...?'' His smile grew a little as he scanned the inside of his body with his divine sense. And what he saw surprised him... ''Oh? I now have 2000 Qi cyclones, with half of them being a foot in diameter and the other half being an inch in diameter,'' Azmond thought with a wide grin as he looked at therger and smaller Qi cyclones that surrounded his Dantian, likes orbiting a star. After a few seconds of appreciating such a wondrous sight, he wasted no more time, as he started to cultivate again to increase the size of his Qi cyclones. ..... He spent a little over a week getting all of his Qi cyclones to 2 feet in diameter, which was only possible due to his increase in cultivation realm, which improved his ''eptable limit'' to 2 feet for each Qi cyclone. ''My energy storage has increased by a total of 4 times after getting all of my Qi cyclones to 2 feet in diameter, which is far better whenpared to the version of me at the Quantum Qi Condensation 1st stage with only 1000 Qi cyclones one foot in diameter,'' Azmond thought with a satisfied smile. Following a small moment of reveling, he looked at the exact power output increase he gained from breaking through. The increase astounded him to say the least, as he was now capable of causing 200 times more damage than he could when still at the beginning of the 1st stage of Quantum Qi Condensation with no condensing cyclespleted. ''I should now be able to level a small mountain range without breaking a sweat!'' He thought with an expectant gaze as he checked on his physical power increase as well. .... "My physique is now in the same league as a Late-Golden Core Cultivator''s Body! I should even be close to equaling a cultivator in the Peak Late-Golden Realm with both my physical strength and energy outputbined!" Azmond eximed. "I might even be able to take on someone who''s half a step into the Peak-Golden Core Realm with my technique proficiencies added into the mix!" He added with a satisfied look on his face. .... To further borate on the discrepancies between realms of power, let''s put it into perspective. For an exaggerated point, the difference between each minor realm after the Core Formation Realm was like the difference between Heaven and Earth. Extending on that note, it might seem like a 200-fold increase in power was a lot, but in reality, it was only enough for Azmond to leapfrog one minor stage in the Golden Core Realm... But regardless of that information, such a feat was still an impossible aplishment for someone in the Qi Condensation Realm to achieve, and yet... he did just that. ..... "Now that I understand my own strength, it''s time to go back to cultivating! The 2nd stage of Quantum Qi Condensation is far from enough to satisfy me!'' Azmond thought with a power-hungry smirk. Chapter 21: Another Breakthrough!

Chapter 21: Another Breakthrough!

Tens of thousands of miles deep into the Great Wilnds Forest, a boy around 13 years of age, with a face so beautiful that even immortals paled inparison, was seen cultivating under a 2000-meter-high waterfall. Birds and animals of all sorts yed around the forest beneath the waterfall as the boy bled from every imaginable body part, with no sign of the crimson liquid stopping its path down his figure. .... "Argh!" Azmond grimaced with a pained look on his face. After a few seconds passed and he was able to catch his breath, he thought, ''That''s the eleventh time I''ve gone through a Cultivation Base Condensing Cycle in the 2nd stage of the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm.'' A small smile appeared on his terribly pale face as he realized that he was approaching the peak of the 2nd stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. ... Azmond had been cultivating for a total of three months, never once stopping his torturous way of cultivating. He only paused when necessary for consumption or to drink, which was rare due to Azmond''s growing cultivation base and body transformations. ''I will attempt the 12th Cultivation Base Condensing Cycle now! Then I will proceed to advance into the 3rd stage of Quantum Qi Condensation with yet another perfect foundation!'' He thought with a small grin. ..... He continued to cultivate for a few more days until he reached the peak of the 2nd Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation for the 12th time. Afterward, he prepared for a few days before he would eventually attempt to breakthrough into the 3rd Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. .... 5 days of preparation passed. Azmond began his breakthrough into the 3rd Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation with apletely bloodied-up body. The Qi surrounding therge waterfall was attracted toward his breakthrough, swirling around him inrge amounts with a beautiful array of colors. It was even more beautiful than when Azmond broke through to the 2nd stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. Such a view truly was one that any mortal would agree was ''the most beautiful thing'' they had ever seen! Of course, that was besides Azmond himself, as his beauty had already transcended the mortal nes! .... BOOM! WAAA! Along with loud sounds of Qi colliding and lights shing, Azmond finally broke through into the 3rd Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation! *Pant* *Pant* *Argh-* He was in terrible shape¡ªblood was flying out of his mouth in every direction, his body resembling that of a corpse''s, with no spot left unscathed; even his face was left nearly unrecognizable with all the blood that covered it. Fortunately, Azmond soon entered another gxy-shaped cocoon as he fell into the world of unconsciousness. ...... 60 dayster. "..." Azmond emerged from the cocoon with a body analogous to that of a 14-year-old. His physique was slowly bing more developed and chiseled in all the right ces. In fact, it was almost as if his body was the result of a god of cksmithing''s entire life''s work. Nevertheless, regardless of his changes, he still had his long raven-ck hair and beautiful blue eyes, but his face was more defined than before. Furthermore, an almost mature face shape started to appear on his already divine facial features. In addition, his appearance wasn''t the only thing that changed as Azmond stood in at around 5''11, with plenty of room to grow in the future. ........ "...Mhmm..." Azmond got up and walked outside of the cocoon with a groggy look on his slightly mature face. "I really need to stop waking up like this... I always get the biggest headache right after going through another transformation," he said with a small frown on his face. "Whatever, let''s just check on my recent gains for now." Azmond spoke with expectation bubbling up inside him. Following his promation, he started to inspect the inside of his body with his divine sense. ''Looks like it''s the same situation asst time...'' He thought. His divine sense was observing the inside of his Dantian space as he examined the 2000rger and 1000 smaller Qi Cyclones inside. The 2000rger Qi Cyclones were 2 feet in diameter, while the 1000 smaller ones were a far smaller 1 inch in diameter. After ncing at all his Qi cyclones, he thought, ''Looks like I need to cultivate those smaller ones up to the limit as well--a limit which should be higher now that I have reached the 3rd Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation!'' Following his thoughts, a small smile appeared on his face as he began to sit down and start cultivating again. ...... 15 dayster. Azmond managed to increase the size of all 3000 of his Qi Cyclones to 4 feet in diameter, as his total energy storage capacity was exactly 3 times higher than before. ''They''re slowly but surely getting bigger and more numerous the higher I increase my cultivation realm! I wonder what size they will have reached when I achieve the peak of the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm or even the realms above that? I can''t wait to find out!'' Azmond thought to himself with an overjoyed countenance. "On top of that, I''m around twenty times stronger in the 3rd Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation than I was in the 2nd Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation with no Condensation Cyclespleted," he began. "Although that seems good in retrospect, when put on paper, it looks like my gains this time around were far smaller than they were when I first broke through to the 2nd Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation," he added. Azmond thought over the matter for a second before he said, "The first breakthrough must''ve been some sort of milestone or something...? That seems to be the case.'' ...... If we were to look at this from a wider point of view, then he was indeed correct about the first time he went through a transformation in the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm. In a way, his breakthrough from the first stage of Quantum Qi Condensation to the second stage was a milestone or an introduction to a new way of cultivating. On the other hand, the normal increase in strength from the Qi Condensation 2nd stage to the 3rd stage was usually a mere 2-3 times strength boost, with that increase being an evenrger 4-5 times strength boost for Heavenly Qi Condensation Cultivators and 8-9 times for Divine Qi Condensation cultivators. Extending on that note, the reason why Heavenly Qi Condensation and Divine Qi Condensation Cultivators were so revered was because those multiplicative strength boosts increased exponentially with each further realm they advanced. For example, ''basic'' Qi Condensation Cultivators at the 12th stage have a total strength boost of 2048x whenpared to the 1st stage, which is to say that a peak Qi Condensation cultivator is roughly 2048 times stronger than a 1st stage Qi Condensation Cultivator. However, a normal Heavenly Qi Condensation cultivator at the peak of the Heavenly Qi Condensation Realm is roughly 8192 times stronger than the average ''basic'' Qi Condensation Realm Cultivator at the 12th stage of the Qi Condensation realm! This boost is made evenrger in the Divine Qi Condensation Realm, which is one of the main reasons why Heavenly Qi and Divine Qi Condensation Cultivators can leapfrog whole major realms when fighting. The once insurmountable gap thaty between realms could be crossed as long as one was in a high enough ''Body Law Talent Gap'' such as the ''Heavenly'' and ''Divine'' talent gaps. Meanwhile, Azmond, in the Quantum Qi Condensation realm, possessed an even more insane multiplicative strength boost, especially when concerning his first strength boost from the 1st to 2nd Quantum Qi Condensation Realm. This ''boost'' was one of the ''reasons'' that allowed him to fight multiple Great Realms above his own. The other ''reasons'' were still unknown to him, but there woulde a day when he uncovered more and more of the ''reasons'' for why his talent and subsequentbat strength were so great. And one of those ''reasons'' might just turn out to be quite the handful... ****** "Even though I was really looking forward to punching some mountains who kept on getting in my way, I have plenty of time to test my strengthter..." Azmond muttered with a dejected sigh. He dwelled on the topic for a second before he eventually got over it as he said, "First and foremost, gaining more strength is what''s most important to me. I''m now only able to fight evenly with someone half a step into the Peak-Golden Core Realm, and that''s far from good enough to fight the Goblin King..." His expression became a little glum for a second before his fire came back in full swing as he suddenly shouted, "I need to continue cultivating, no matter how painful or how long it takes!" "......." The mountains were practically sweating buckets of relief when they heard what he said. ...... Azmond continued to cultivate underneath the beautiful waterfall with a determined and slightly maddened look on his face. "Don''t let me catch youcking, Goblin King, because I''ll have already surpassed you before you even know what happened!" Following his deration of challenge, his smile became a little creepy as it nearly reached up to both of his ears. Chapter 22: Consecutive Breakthroughs And... The AquaRing Kingdom

Chapter 22: Consecutive Breakthroughs And... The AquaRing Kingdom

''That makes the 11th Cultivation Base Condensing Cycle.'' A small smile appeared on Azmond''s tired countenance as he sat under the stunning waterfall, cultivating. He had been sitting under this waterfall cultivating for almost a year now, as he had already reached the age of 3, though his body showed no sign of that young age. ... ''I should be able to breakthrough into the 4th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation within the next few weeks as long as nothing goes wrong.'' Expectation crept up on Azmond''s facial features for a few moments before he continued cultivating in the same spot he had been sitting in for over half a year. ..... Three weekster. WAAA! WHIRL! Azmonds breakthrough finally came as the Qi in the air started to swirl around him in massive quantities. ''My breakthrough is finally here!'' He thought with an excited smile. The Qi in the air started to be absorbed into his Dantian as his face took on a paler shade due to his intensive way of cultivating, even when breaking through. ... A month of slowly dissolving his gains had passed. Azmond was finally able to breakthrough into the 4th Realm of Quantum Qi Condensation! ''Here we go again...'' These were thest thoughts Azmond had before he faded into a state of unconsciousness with an exhausted look on his face. He was going through yet another transformation as another gxy-shaped cocoon formed around his naked body. .... 2 monthster. "..." A boy who looked to be around 14 and a half years old emerged from within the shining cocoon. He had long ck hair that reached his waist, bright blue eyes that were as deep as the big blue ocean, and beautifully chiseled features that no mortal could hope topare to. He was still only 5''11 but he definitely gained a few millimeters with thistest transformation. ''Looks like I finally broke through into the 4th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation and went through yet another transformation,'' he thought. ''But the question is, why do these transformations keep happening to me? I haven''t heard anything like this happening to anybody else who cultivated the Divine Devil Arts Scripture... Is it something just unique to my special circumstances? I did start cultivating as an infant after all so some slight deviations to the normal way everybody else cultivates was bound to ur.'' He pondered the subject for a few seconds before he thought, ''It almost seems like my way of cultivating demands change, a change that only happens with exponential growth. That''s all to say that these transformations must be rted to my body needing to evolve to its full maturity fast enough so it can handle the exponential change that''s caused by my way of cultivating.'' ''I''m part of a very unique situation... but no matter. I''ll still continue cultivating with everything I''ve got, no matter the price I have to pay... just like I always have,'' he thought with a resolute expression. Following his evaluation of the oddities surrounding him, he continued to go over his gains from the recent breakthrough. It took him a few moments to decide what he wanted to look at first, but he eventually decided, as he thought, ''I guess I''ll start with my cyclones...'' Afternding upon that option, he inspected his Dantian space with his divine sense, and it was as he expected. There were now 4000 Qi cyclones within his Dantian space¡ª3000rger-sized Qi cyclonesing in at 4 feet in diameter and 1000 far smaller Qi cyclones that were 1 inch in diameter. A small grin emerged on Azmond''s face before he said, "Let''s do the usual then." The ''usual'' in this case was simply increasing the size of his Qi cyclones again. And that was exactly what he did as time passed. ..... 2 monthster. Azmond''s Qi Cyclones were now all 9 feet in diameter! That went to say that he had 4000 miniature gass orbiting around his Dantian! It was an amount and size that would make any mortal cultivator be stunned in disbelief. ''Now that that''s out of the way, let''s check on my physical strength...'' Azmond thought to himself before he began to inspect every inch of his body with his divine sense. What he found out surprised him greatly. ..... ''Well, I''ll be damned... It looks like the physical increase after myst two breakthroughs was quite substantial, as I now possess the physical strength of a Peak-Late Golden Core Realm cultivator!'' A satisfied smile emerged on Azmond''s face as he clenched and unclenched his fists, getting a feel for his newfound strength. ''I really want to test out my new strength on something...'' An eerily sinister smile appeared on his expression as he looked toward the nearest mountain he could find with provocative hand gestures. ''Why do you keep oning after us?!? What in the lord''s name did we ever do to you???'' The mountain Azmond was pointing at was in utter disbelief at this monster''s obvious hatred for all the mountains in existence. However, luckily for the mountain, Azmond was having conflicting thoughts as he muttered, "As much as I want to go ''find'' some punching bags, I can''t for now... I need to continue cultivating if I want any hope of beating the Big Boss Goblin Piggy within the next few years." "I need to be absolutely sure of my own strength before I go and attempt to fight the biggest green piggy of them all!" He eximed with a ''chivalrous'' look on his face. "Nheless, I may love to fight, but I don''t want to fight a battle that I''d have no chance of winning... I still have my path to absolute power to pursue after all," he began. "I don''t need some big green celery head to interrupt that path of mine by cutting my life short. In addition, I also want to see that silly blue-haired Aqua again, and I can''t exactly do that if I''m dead, now can I?" A sudden surge of resolve filled Azmond''s mind as he continued to cultivate even after his repeated breakthroughs. What he had was far from enough for him to be satisfied! He wanted to reach far higher realms than a mere 4th Stage Quantum Qi Condensation! ******* Meanwhile, tens of thousands of miles away, in the AquaRing Kingdom, therey a vastnd filled with technologically advanced machinery and buildings as high as the highest skyscrapers on earth. And in the highest andrgest building, which resembled that of a sea pce with various towers surrounding the building and guards surveying the premises holding three-pronged tridents, a girl who appeared to be around 16 years old was walking up the steps of the giant sea pce with furrowed brows. She was adorned in a beautiful blue dress, and she had long silky blue hair, sparkling blue eyes that shined like the prettiest of blue gems, and bright pink lips that left a stark contrast with the rest of her mostly blue dominant features. She also had a shapely body with moderately sized breasts that would best be described as the ''perfect size for your hand'' type¡ªnot too small and not too big, but just right. She was a perfect sea beauty in every sense of the word. *tap* *tap* *tap* The sound of her slowly and gracefully walking up the many steps that lead to the front door of the absurdlyrge Sea Castle echoed all around the silent pce. The beautiful blue-haired girl continued to walk up the many steps till she heard a crisp and elegant voicee from within the Large Sea Pce as soon as she approached therge castle doors. "Let my daughter in," the voicemanded. The voice of the unknown woman was a refined one that allowed no refusal, and after this melodic and pleasing voice sounded out, the doors to the Sea Pce were opened. "..." The Beautiful blue-haired girl walked through the pce gates with a neutral look on her perfectly shaped face as she approached the origin of the elegant voice that allowed her entry into the Sea Pce. "What have youe here for, Aqua?" The elegant voice of the now visible owner of said voice was seen in clear view for Aqua. The ssy voice''s owner was sitting upon arge crystal blue throne in the middle of an enormous,vishly decorated throne room where the main theme was like the ocean, simr to the rest of the city and even the very pce itself. The voice''s owner was a woman who looked to be around 25 years of age. She had long, silky blue hair that reached her waist just like her daughter, and she also had the same beautiful blue eyes. Her body, however, was in a different league than her daughter''s, which Aqua noticed right away upon entering as she clicked her tongue in annoyance. *Tsk* ''That annoying woman and herrge milk jugs¡ªshe really gets on my nerves!'' The elegant woman who was sitting upon therge crystal throne had an ''extremely'' well-developed body with her supple jade-like mountain tops out in the open, as even her long dark blue dress couldn''t hide the full extent of her curves. *Boing!* "I havee here to discuss my husband, Mother," Aqua replied with narrowed eyes when she saw thoserge cow jugs swaying in full swing. *Humph!* A subtle scoff echoed throughout the hollowed halls, followed by Aqua''s mother saying, "You mean that mangy boy you met in the middle of who knows where and apparently ''saved'' your life?" "He is not mangy mother! He is kind and handsome... but yes... that is the one," Aqua responded with a small pout on her beautiful face. "I already said he would never be your ''husband'' many times before," Aqua''s mom refuted. "You stopped listening to anything I told you to do when you came back from your little romantic rendezvous in the jungle! That boy is a terrible influence on you!" *Jiggle! Jiggle!* The Queen''s mounds of pudding swayed left and right with every word she spoke as she lectured her daughter in a reprimanding tone. *Humph!* "I don''t care what you think, Mother; he is and always will be my husband!" Aqua spoke to her mother with annoyance apparent in her gaze as she watched those mounds sway back and forth. "You''re such a stubborn girl! Who did you get this attitude from? It must be that useless father of yours fault!" The Queen responded with a low snort, which made herrge milk jugs move around even more than before. "If it weren''t for your sudden enthusiasm in cultivating, then I would''ve already banned you from even thinking about that so-called ''Husband'' of yours," she added. "I love him, Mother! And there is nothing you can do to change my mind! I just came here to inform you that I have broken through to the Middle Foundation Establishment stage and will soon go looking for my husband when I break through to the Core Formation Stage." An obsessed smile appeared on Aqua''s face when she thought of her ''Husband'' again, but it quickly turned to a solemn one when she spoke about her cultivation realm. "I will not allow it!!" An annoyed look appeared on the Queen''s face as she gave an order to Aqua. "I don''t care what you think, Mother; I will go see my husband one way or another." "No, you won''t." "Yes, I will." "N-O, NO." "Yes." "..." "..." The voluptuous Queen and her moderately sized daughter traded blows as neither one of them was willing to back down. *Sigh* "...Fine, I''ll allow you to go see that ''husband'' of yours..." A sigh was heard as the Queen started to rub her temples with an exasperated look on her gorgeous face. "Thank yo-" Aqua''s relieved response couldn''t evene out as her mother interrupted her, saying: "But only if you reach the Nascent Soul Realm first." "But Mother, I-" "No ''buts''; my order is final. I will not allow my daughter to get into harm''s way over some random boy she found in the forest unless she''s strong enough to handle herself. I''ll put you on house arrest if I have to; don''t test my patience, Aqua." The Queen''smanding voice was heard as Aqua had no choice but to reluctantly ept her mother''s offer. "...I will be on my way then, Mother; I need to get back to cultivating." Aqua spoke with an indignant look on her face as she turned around and headed back outside of the pce throne room in the direction of a tall tower that was connected to the outer walls of the pce. *Sigh..* "That girl will be the death of me one of these days." The tired voice of the Queen sounded out as she turned her head in the direction of a certain location in the room and spoke in a neutral tone: "Go keep an eye on her to make sure she doesn''t do anything stupid." FWIP! FWIP! FWIP! Following the release of her voice, a few shes of light disappeared from behind the throne and headed in the direction of Aqua''s tower as the Queen slumped back into her throne with a fatigued look on her mesmerizing facial features. Her ''assets'' were especially tired from all that swaying around she did. Chapter 23: 4 Years And... A Visitor?

Chapter 23: 4 Years And... A Visitor?

''Another breakthrough ising.'' A small smile formed on Azmond''s well-proportioned facial features as the Qi in the air surrounding the Giant waterfall was gathering around him inrge amounts. ''My breakthrough into the 5th stage of Quantum Qi Condensation went without a hitch, and now, after nearly another half a year of continuous cultivating. I managed to begin my breakthrough into the 6th stage of Quantum Qi Condensation.'' Excitement filled his heart as he felt the Qi within many miles swirl toward him with no end in sight. ..... 1 monthter. Azmond finally broke through to the 6th stage of Quantum Qi Condensation without a problem! ''This breakthrough gave me around the same strength boost as my breakthroughs into the 4th and 5th Stages of Quantum Qi Condensation,'' he thought. ''It seems like every breakthrough after my first breakthrough into the 2nd Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation will give around the same constant increases in strength, which should be a boost of 20 times the power aspared to the previous minor realm.'' A brooding look appeared on his face as he scanned over the gains he got from the recent breakthrough. ''I managed to get all my 5000 Qi cyclones to 18 feet in diameter when I broke through to the 5th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation, but it looks like I have to increase the size of them yet again now that I have broken through to the 6th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation... Not that I have any issues with gaining even more power!'' Azmond thought with an ted look. "No time to waste then!" Following his words, he began to sit in a lotus position and cultivate with a persistent mindset¡ªa persistence that allowed no breaks in between his cultivation sessions. ... 3 monthster. ''All my 6,000 Qi cyclones are now a massive 54 feet in diameter! It really is almost like I have five balls of gas orbiting around my Dantian.'' Azmond''s thoughts echoed out as he inspected the inside of his Dantian space in astonishment at the sight thaty before his eyes. After a few seconds of appreciating the view, he thought, ''Time to continue cultivating then! Power waits for no man or woman!'' A resolute look appeared in his mesmerizing blue eyes as he began to cultivate in his usual tortuous way with a wide smile on his face. His facial expressions made for an odd contrast that would make anybody who looked at the sight of Azmond cultivating with blooding out of all pores open their mouths agape in pure shock at the man before them. .... Time waits for no man, and that is especially true for cultivators who can spend hundreds or even thousands and tens of thousands of years cultivating in a single cultivation session. 4 years pass in the blink of an eye. *Splish* *Ssh* Beneath arge waterfall thousands of meters in height located within the Great Wilnds Forest, a young man with long, thick ck raven hair and sapphire-like eyes was seen taking a dip in therge water surface below the humongous waterfall with a neutral look on his mature face. He had smooth white skin and perfectly carved facial features with sword-like eyebrows, a thin nose, and a sharp jawline that only further entuated his already Immortal-like appearance. His body was, in a word, ''Perfect''. And in addition to his facial features, he had chiseled muscles and abs with bnce in all the right ces. His body was not too bulky, but it also wasn''t too thin; he had a body like someone who had been doing calisthenics all their lives. This man stood in at an astounding 6''5, a height that perfectly suited his face and body type. *Ssh* This devilishly handsome man was seen swimming to the edge of therge water surface and getting out while pushing his long hair out of his face with his right hand as he approached a set of pure white robes that looked as if they were the previous belongings of a banished immortal. He picked up the robes and put them on with quick and precise movements that allowed no ws. .... The man, after putting on the robes, looked like an immortal who fell from the immortal realm as he walked over to a small cushion made of bird feathers and grass ties that he put together a few years ago to meditate on. The cushion overlooked a small cliff with a picturesque view that was beyond words, as cranes and small birds flew around the area in organized pairs, making wonderful sounds that could only be described as heavenly music. "A bath every once in a while only improves my cultivation speed." Azmond spoke to himself as he sat down on his small cushion, overlooking a cliff. ''That water has some sort of ability to perfectly consolidate my cultivation base right after breaking through... so it was the perfect ce to consolidate my gains after breaking through to the 13th stage of Quantum Qi Condensation.'' A pleased look formed on Azmond''s face as he began to inspect his body with his divine sense, and what he saw surprised him just a little. He was looking at 9,000 Qi cyclones orbiting around his Dantian. 8000 of them were over 100 meters in diameter, and thest 1000 were sitting at a mere inch in diameter. The smaller ones were barely visible within Azmond''s Dantian space as they were being dwarfed by the Qi cyclones thousands of times their size. Furthermore, in addition to his Qi cyclones, Azmond''s Dantian had also grown over the years as it grew to a massive 500 meters in diameter! One might wonder how such a thing could be possible, but once again, he was considered a special case, as his Dantian increased in size when he increased the size of his Qi cyclones to amodate the growth of the Qi cyclones. He couldn''t exactly have thousands of huge Qi Cyclones surrounding one very small Dantian; now could he? ''I now have the strength of an average cultivator, half a step into the Nascent Soul Realm... A fact that I am looking to change with my next breakthrough into the 10th stage of Quantum Qi Condensation,'' Azmond thought to himself with a nk stare as he began cultivating to the peak of the 9th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. After he reached the peak, he would once again condense his cultivation base. Following this condensation, he would repeat this process 12 times over, just like he did for the first 8 Stages of Quantum Qi Condensation. Azmond had gone through many cocoon transformations over the years as he broke through realm after realm. His body had changed and improved many times to facilitate exponential growth, and along with those transformations came improvements to his 5 senses and, more importantly, his physical strength! He now had the physical prowess of someone half a step into the Nascent Soul Realm¡ªsomeone infinitely close to breaking through into the Nascent Soul Realm! A ''strong body'' was an understatement for the current Azmond! In fact, he had unheard-of physical strength for someone in the Qi Condensation Realm! This was the same case for both his energy storage and energy output levels as well. Furthermore, extending on that note, every single one of his strength parameters was infinitely close to breaking through into the Nascent Soul Realm! He just needed one more push to be able to breach the gap he had been stuck on for years¡ªa push that he would soon have when he broke through into the 10th stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. ....... Right as Azmond was beginning to enter a state of perfect meditation... *Ssh* He heard a sounde from within the water surface¡ªa sound that was simr to something... or someone entering the water. It was a low sound that he could only hear because of his repeated body transformations and cultivation breakthroughs. "....Hmm....? What was that? A monster... or maybe a visitor?" A curious look appeared on Azmond''s face as he awoke from his stupor and turned his head in the direction of the sshing sound. ''I can''t see what caused that sound from here... I guess I should go check it out on foot...'' He thought with a look of contemtion as he got up from his cushion mat and started walking in the direction of the sshing sounds with small steps. Of course, Azmond could''ve used his divine sense to see what was causing those sounds, but he didn''t want to be rude just in case it was a person and not a monster making those noises. It was considered a very rude and taboo act to scan someone with your divine sense without their permission. Even Azmond, who had very little interaction with the world of cultivation and its inhabitants, knew something as basic as that. Additionally, it was a fact he learned from the first section of the Divine Devil Arts Scripture. ....... *Tap Tap* Azmond''s soft footsteps were heard as he began slowly walking toward the origin of the sshing sounds in his white banished-immortal robes. He looked like an immortal slowly descending from the mountain that led to Heaven as he came down to grace the mortals below with his presence. *Ssh Ssh...* The sshing sounds suddenly stopped when Azmond started to descend the cliff he was on. It was almost as if whatever... or whoever had heard the footsteps of him approaching. *tap* *tap* *tap* His footsteps were gradually getting closer and closer to the being inside the smallke. He moved some shrubs out of the way and put one more foot forward. That was when he saw it. A person, or rather, a young woman, was looking in the direction of Azmond the way she came into this world. She was a woman who appeared to be around 5 ''10... Droplets of water were seen sliding down her supple and bountifully gifted body with curves in all the right ces, as her two cantaloupe-sized bunnies were standing proudly with their pink tips shown for all to see. She had long silky ck hair that reached her well-rounded butt, a small button nose, light pink lips, and dazzling green eyes that shone like the prettiest of emeralds as her most distinctive facial feature. She was what the Cultivation novels that Azmond read in his past life would call a ''Jade Beauty'', with enough beauty to even be capable of toppling small nations if she so wished. "..." Just as Azmond was admiring the glorious sight before him, the owner of the perfectly sculpted body suddenly spoke in a toneced with killing intent. "...Who are you?..." A voice that was melodious yet cold as ice was heard from the beautiful girl as she materialized a sword from thin air and pointed it directly at him, followed by her two bunnies bouncing along with her movements. ''Well... shit...'' An awkward smile formed on Azmond''s usually stoic face as he gazed at the sharp sword glint aimed at his throat. Chapter 24: Crystalline

Chapter 24: Crystalline

"...Who are you...?" Azmond heard the icy voice of the voluptuous beauty in front of him. "Well... shit..." His thoughts leaked out a little as he saw a sharp sword aimed right at his throat. "I asked who you were?? And if you keep staring at me...-" The nude girl''s killing intent practically materialized as she stared daggers at Azmond before she continued, "You will lose your head..." "Hah..." He let out an exasperated sigh. ''Well... what do you expect from me when you let it all out in the open like that...?'' An awkward look appeared on his face as he thought to himself with a wry chuckle. "What''s so funny? Do you really not want your life anymore??" The nude beauty asked with a cold stare. "I have been here cultivating for thest few years, girl." Azmond responded back with a gaze just as cold. "You''re lying... I surveyed this entire ce with my divine sense and saw no signs of anyone else cultivating here..." A gaze filled with even more killing intent appeared on the Nude Beauty''s face as herrge white rabbits bounced a little when she moved her long, slender legs a step toward Azmond, ready to strike him down, but before she could... His calm voice resounded across the smallke. "You couldn''t sense that I was here because..." Azmond was about to reveal that it was due to him getting another technique from the Divine Devil Arts Scripture''s second section. A technique called the Divine Godfiend''s Concealing technique, but before he abruptly blurted out the truth, he changed his mind at thest second and decided to slightly alter the technique''s name before he responded to the girl. "It''s because of an aura concealing technique that I cultivate. It allows my aura and cultivation base to be whatever I want people to see." He finished his reply with a nk look as he waited to see the nude beauty''s response. Azmond was confident that even if this girl did decide to attack him for no reason, he would be able to handle her with no issue. After all, the girl''s aura as well as her body were out in the open for the whole world to see, and while her body was beyond alluring, her aura, on the other hand, belonged to someone in the Late-Golden Core realm. ''Speaking of techniques that I acquired from the Divine Devil Arts Scripture, there was another one I got before I met Aqua,'' he thought. ''It was a technique that allowed me to understand anynguage that the original creator of the Divine Devil Arts Scripture knew; it was called the Automatic Language Trantions book. It was one of the few techniques that I automatically mastered upon obtaining the Divine Devil Arts Scripture.'' A reminiscing look appeared on Azmond''s well-sculpted face as he looked back at the Icy beauty, who wasying everything bare before him. He was expecting a response, and response he got, as she replied, "I see..." The ice beauty believed every word that he spoke without a second thought as she returned to her original position by turning around. "..." It was a view that Azmond didn''t mind one bit as his eyes followed the two well-rounded mountains of jelly that seductively swayed left and right with every step she took. ''...She must not get out much...'' He thought to himself with an apathetic outward appearance. However, on the inside, he continued to appreciate the body of the voluptuous woman before him... ''Beautiful women in this world sure on a different level than the ones back in my old world,'' he mused with a contemtive look on his face. ''I have seen the most beautiful models in the world on the front pages of magazines and articles back when I was collecting martial arts literature in that library, and yet... None of thempare to even a tenth of the beauty of this woman before me.'' After realizing that subjective yet objective fact, he thought, ''It must be some magical effect of cultivating...'' ''Now that I think about it, my looks have increased to insane levels after increasing my cultivation. Is this girl''s case simr to mine?'' Little did Azmond know that it wasn''t usually possible to increase your attractiveness through cultivation until you had achieved at least the Nascent Soul Realm. Which went to say that the Icy beauty before him who was in the Late-Golden Core Realm was born this beautiful... .... "So what is your name, girl?" Azmond asked the naked girl¡ªa girl who still had water slowly falling down her well-developed mountain tops. "..." The Jade beauty finally reached her original position and turned back around to face him with a chilling gaze after she heard the unfamiliar man ask her a question. "Stop calling me girl... My name is Crystalline..." She responded with a neutral voice. ''...That is why I asked you for your name...'' A helpless look appeared on Azmond''s face as he just gazed into the mesmerizing emerald-like eyes of the nude beauty as those same eyes stared right back at him with a deathly stare. *Sigh...* "...Ok, Crystalline. It has been my absolute pleasure meeting you, but I should really get back to cultivating... So this is where we part ways." He sighed in exasperation as he bid his farewells to the Ice Beauty and started to turn around in an attempt to leave the shallowke area. But, before he could... The emotionless voice of Crystalline echoed across theke''s surface and made its way into Azmond''s ears. "Isn''t it rude to leave after ady tells you her name without telling her your own name as well? Not to mention that you thought you could leave after seeing my bare body..." A small red blush almost formed on Crystalline''s smooth face when she said thest part, but it disappeared as quickly as it appeared as her face returned to one without any emotions. ''...So now this girl hasmon sense...'' Azmond thought to himself in utter disbelief as he turned back around and let his gaze wander right back to those tworge white rabbits with their beautiful pink cherries perked up. ''Why is this girl so seductive and yet... so naive?'' An awkward smile once again formed on his face as he forced his gaze upward toward Crystalline''s beautiful yet dangerous green eyes. "...My name is Azmond," he finally decided to reply after letting out another sigh. "...Azmond... I see..." A small smile emerged on Crystalline''s pink lips for just a split second, but it once again disappeared as quickly as it appeared. "...Are you going to keep staring at my body...?" Crystalline asked with a lifeless re as she saw his gaze once again move right back to her two perk pillows. A teasing smile appeared on Azmond''s face as he replied, "I thought you were inviting my gaze since you''ve made no attempt to put any clothes on during this entire interaction..." "..." Crystalline was speechless at the shameless words that came out of this man''s mouth. "Don''t go mute on me now... I was just kidding, haha~" A rareugh came out of him as he held his hand to his stomach when he saw the dumbfounded look she had on her face. "...You are annoying..." A small, untraceable smile emerged on the Ice Beauty''s expression and stayed that way for a good few seconds as she saw the brilliant sight of Azmondughing his heart out at theke''s shoreline. It was a sight she thought was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. That was when she took a moment to properly analyze the odd man who had been staring at her this entire time. ''...So Handsome...'' She thought. ''...Such a man has been staring at my nude body this entire time...'' Crystalline''s face once again took on a darker shade of red as her eyes scanned every inch of him, but she didn''t turn her head away despite the slight embarrassment. She was too proud to do something like that... "You should really smile more," Azmond said as he suddenly appeared mere feet away from Crystalline. ''So fast...'' She was too surprised by his speed toprehend what he said as she backed tens of meters away in a split second. *p! p!* Her tworge marshmallows followed along with her as a heavenly sound was produced from them hitting the underpart of her breasts due to the sudden movements. But, regardless of the distracting sounds, Azmond once again reappeared right in front of her without her even seeing him move. "!!!" ''I didn''t even blink that time...'' Crystalline''s face showed a slight sign of surprise as she once again backed away tens of meters, but to no avail, as he was already right in front of her again with a teasing smile on his face. She gave up on backing away and simply got into a fighting stance with her perky breasts staring straight at Azmond as her eyes glowed with a dangerous re. "There''s no need to get into such a fighting stance... I was just trying to tell you that you should smile more.-" He tried to speak, but he was interrupted by Crystalline: "..." She gripped her de even tighter as her death re became even more intense, and she got ready to lunge at Azmond. At least, that was until he continued to finish what he was saying: "You look far more beautiful when those cute lips of yours are arched upwards~" A small, radiant smile appeared on his face as he gazed directly into Crystalline''s emerald eyes, with both of his index fingers pushing the edges of his smile up. "..." It was an action that made Crystalline abandon her fighting stance as a dark red blush appeared on her doll-like face before she turned her head away in embarrassment. So much for her pride... .... "..." Azmond took one look at Crystalline''s cute, embarrassed look as her voluptuous body was out in the open, and decided he would tease the girl a bit more as payback for backing away from him so many times... did she think he stunk or something? ''Impossible! I may be focused on cultivating 99% of the time but I still keep up with my personal hygiene better than anybody else.'' Following his disgruntled thoughts, he shed away from his spot and reappeared mere inches away from Crystalline. FWIP! "This shy part of you is also beautiful, but more in a ''I just wanna cuddle with you'' type of way~," Azmond whispered into her reddened ears with a sly grin on his fox-like face. "!!" Crystalline was quick to react when she felt his presence so close to hers, but not fast enough, as he gently blew into her small left earlobe with a mischievous grin. *Whoo~* "Mhmm~!" Her body quickly got sensitive as a small feminine moan was heard. She slightly convulsed as a slight pleasurable shiver ran up her sensual figure. Crystalline quickly covered her mouth and backed up a few steps with an aggrieved look as she stared daggers at Azmond. "That was a nice reaction you had there~" His amused expression formed a yful grin that got even wider as he stared at the still nude Crystalline. ''This man is so infuriating!'' For the first time in what felt like forever for Crystalline... She showed so many different emotions to one person at a single time... and to make matters worse, that person was a man. "Even your angry face is adorable Crystalline~ almost like a small cute cat baring its fangs... Although nothing about you is small..." Azmond''s eyes once again made their way back to the tworge bunnies jiggling all over the ce with every movement she made. "???" Crystalline looked at where he was staring and got even angrier as she stomped her foot down violently over and over as the ground cracked in a spider web shape beneath her. She knew she couldn''t beat Azmond with the insane speed he was showing earlier... so this was the only way she could vent. ..... After abusing the ground a little bit, Crystalline turned her face away with a cute pout. However, beneath that angry facade, there was a small, happy smile growing on her face. For some reason unbeknownst to her, she kind of liked it when she heard Azmond say her name in that way... .... ''Oh?... This girl is something else, alright~'' Arge, devious smile formed on his face as he walked over to Crystalline once more. ..... Azmond himself might not know it just yet, but he has been showing far more emotions than usual, just like Crystalline. It was a series of emotions that he hadn''t shown to anyone for what felt like years as he slowly got more and more familiar with the mesmerizing Ice Beauty called Crystalline. Chapter 25: Goblin King’s Pursuit

Chapter 25: Goblin King''s Pursuit

Meanwhile, as Azmond was having some fun with an Ice Beauty, in arge city filled with goblins going about their business with a variety of weapons on their backs, there was a giant 9-foot-tall goblin sitting upon a throne made of bones in the biggest castle north of the city. RUMBLE! RUMBLE! The entire castle was currently violently shaking from the mere pressure that the Goblin King was exuding. "You are telling me that after more than 5 years of searching, you still haven''t found a single trace of the human Core Formation Cultivator who killed both GrandMeister Argas and my 3 Asuras...?" The goblin king spoke in a chilling tone towards five shadows who were kneeling before the throne with tense looks on their faces. "Yes, Your Majesty..." The Goblin Shadow standing at the front answered his king''s question. Following his confirmation, he continued to orate everything that he knew: "We have only found out thest approximate location of the Human cultivator based on histest actions against a vige of goblins that were destroyed swiftly and promptly by him as he was on his way heading towards the East... or more specifically heading towards our current location." ........ One might wonder what the goblin shadow was talking about; however, there was some information that needed to be filled in before Azmond made it to the waterfall. You see, he had a little side questpleted when he was originally on his way to the Goblin Kingdom. That ''side quest'' was to eradicate the entirety of a small goblin vige with one simple |Fireball|, a neat skill he named himself while experimenting with the Fire Dominion skill he got from the Divine Devil Arts. And the goblin vige was the perfect training target for his |Fireball| skill. Of course, he made sure to check for any captured humans left in the goblin vige before he razed it to the ground, but most of the humans they captured from nearby human viges were brutally mutted corpses, with the ones who were still alive being the females... And let''s just say that Azmond put them out of their misery at their request. After witnessing such a ''sight'' firsthand, he became even more determined to eradicate the Goblin King and his entire Kingdom after hepleted that side quest. Nheless, it also made him realize that he needed to get stronger a lot faster than he was if he wanted to contest with the Goblin King and whatever else stood in his way to Absolute Power, so Azmond decided to take a ''quick'' pit stop on his way to destroying the Goblin Kingdom, which just so happened to be the waterfall with an abundance of Qi avable for him to use. That''s the end of the recap, as we make it back to the present day... ........ The leading shadow narrated the report with an apprehensive tone as his voice got even more strained as he neared the end of it. "Heading in our direction, you say??" The Goblin King questioned in a chilling tone as arge vein bulged on his big green forehead. "..." "..." The five shadows kneeling below started sweating buckets when they saw the furious look on their usually calm and collected king. WAAA! The king''s aura was reaching dangerous levels as the entirety of the castle was starting to fall apart. "So... you''re telling me that the human Core Formation cultivator who we put a target on over 5 years ago is heading toward our kingdom as we speak, and yet..." A voice that sounded like it came from the very depths of hell came out of the Goblin King''s mouth as he spoke his next words slowly: "We Still Don''t Know Where He Is?!?" "Is that what you''re telling me right now?" He asked. "Thi-" The shadows were going to respond; however, they didn''t even get the chance... The king seethed in rage as he got up off of his throne and instantly appeared in front of a kneeling shadow and wiped his existence off of the face of the earth with one simple sweep of his hand. BOOOOOM! Part of the castle was blown into the stratosphere with that one hand movement, but as if some sort of time magic were at y, the damaged part of the castle started to regenerate by itself until it was good as new. "!!" "!!" The other shadows were terrified out of their minds when they saw this scene y out, but stayed calm due to their many years of service to the King. "Yes, Your Majesty..." Someone ultimately responded to the question that the king asked earlier. FWIP! The King then disappeared and reappeared again, this time in front of the shadow who just responded. The king waved his hand, and another goblin shadow had the life fade from its eyes. "!!" The leading shadow, who thought he was going to be next on the King''s murder spree, responded with a hasty voice, "We have a lead, Your Majesty!" FWIP! The Goblin King appeared in front of the lead Goblin Shadow and looked directly into his very soul with a demonic stare. "Well, spit it out!! What are you waiting for?!?" He roared. "Yes, Your Majesty!!" ...... The leading goblin shadow proceeded to tell the king that there were reports made by a few wandering goblin scouts, and those reports stated that they saw someone who nearly fit the description of the Core Formation Human Cultivator. The goblins who reported this information said they saw a strong-looking human cultivator who looked just like the wanted poster, except that he was older and better looking. In addition, the reports put an emphasis on the ''Better looking'' part, saying that the person they saw was even better looking than the people depicted inside paintings as genuine immortals. Furthermore, they then stated that the human cultivator was seen by them from a distance, as he was cultivating on top of a small cliff thaty underneath a veryrge waterfall to the west. Andstly, it was said that they watched the immortal-like human cultivate for months on end with no breaks or stops as blood constantly poured from all 7 of his orifices. The goblins who reported this information didn''t even know how the human cultivator was still alive after all that blood loss being dished out to him for months on end... .... "Oh...?" A brooding look appeared on the Goblin King''s less terrifying countenance as he walked back over to hisrge throne and sat down. He then took a few moments to contemte before he finally turned his head up and looked at the now-three kneeling goblin shadows. "I think I know of just therge waterfall tens of thousands of miles east of my kingdom." The Goblin King''s usual sinister face once again returned as he looked in a certain direction and started to fade away. It wouldn''t be long before he would soon disappear from his throne; however, he gave onestmand before fully fading: "I''ll go deal with this human cultivator myself... Tell my advisors that I''m going out for a short walk." "If I hear that any single one of you used my authority for your own purposes when Ie back..." His voice suddenly became frosty. "Then let''s just say that death will be a luxury for you..." The Goblin King''s chilling voice was heard onest time before he fully faded away, as the three goblin shadows still kneeling were practically sweating buckets at the thought of receiving their king''s ire. ...... Meanwhile, in the skies above GoblinHaven,. ''It''s time to see which lone human cultivator still has the guts topletely disregard my authority over thesends." BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! A scary smile emerged on the now-flying Goblin King''s face as sonic booms were constantly produced. His speeding figure was seen headed in a certain direction west of the Goblin Kingdom''s capital. Chapter 26: Goblin King... Courting Death!

Chapter 26: Goblin King... Courting Death!

Deep within the Great Wilnds Forest, tens of thousands of miles away from the Goblin Kingdom, underneath a mystical waterfall thousands of meters in height, a man who looked like a fallen immortal and a beautiful jade beauty were seen talking to each other with small smiles on their usually stoic faces. ..... "...You are so irritating..." Crystallinemented with a small pout when she saw the yful grin never leave Azmond''s face. "I just can''t help myself~," he responded as his sly grin grew even wider. "You know what?" he asked. "...What?" Crystalline responded with a bit of reluctance. She knew anything that came out of this man''s mouth was bound to be something shameless. Azmond''s smirk was at an all-time high when he saw the unwilling face of the Ice Beauty. "Your cold, emotionless side has its perks~," he began. "But I personally think you look far cuter when you''re showing so many different emotions like you are now." An earnest look formed in his gaze as he finished what he was saying while staring directly into Crystalline''s emerald-like eyes. "..." His face was one that made Crystalline flinch a little. ''Why did he say it so seriously...?'' She thought. ''This man is seriously...'' A small, lovely smile started to form on Crystalline''s face as she gazed right back into Azmond''s deep blue eyes with a small bit of affection. ''...So annoying'' ....... "So... Anyway, Crystalline~," Azmond began with a gentle smile. "What brings you to this waterfall? You already know why I''m here, but you never told me your reason for being here." "!!" His actions were ones that made Crystalline quiver a little when she heard him call out her name in such a sweet way... with that same... annoying smile. It was a smile that she was starting to get addicted to as a barely noticeable, giddy grin emerged on her jade-like face. However, in spite of her slight tion, Crystalline felt like she needed to respond to Azmond, so she said, "I came because of..." She turned her head away as she thought carefully about her next words. Crystalline was originally going to lie to him without a second thought¡ªat least she should''ve¡ªuntil she once again saw that beautiful smile on Azmond''s face when she turned her head toward him. "You don''t have to tell me if you don''t want to," he said with an understanding tone. However, even though he understood her point of view, a dejected look appeared on Azmond''s countenance for but a second before it returned to a kind smile once again. "..." Crystalline saw the look he made, and for some reason, it broke her heart a little when she witnessed it. So without thinking, Crystalline spoke the truth about her situation without a second thought: "I... I am out training for my sect," she said before she continued. "Thepetition to see who will be the next heiress of my sect is about to ur... so I came outside of my sect to get real-life experience training." Crystalline spoke with a rushed tone as she blurted out the entire truth without thinking. She quickly realized what she had done and put on a face of regret. But... when she saw the beaming smile on Azmond''s face once again reappear, that regret disappeared as quickly as it came... "I didn''t realize I was in the presence of an heiress~ Apologies for my uncouth behavior, Yourdy''ness~" A fox-like grin emerged on his face as he went right up to the naked figure of Crystalline and bowed slightly while spouting a bunch of nonsense. "..." Crystalline instantly regretted ever telling this man anything. *Humph!* "Annoying," she responded with a slight snort as she turned her head away in embarrassment. Her two twin peaks and their pink tips followed along with her as they ricocheted a bit "..." The swaying of her breasts was something that Azmond watched with attentive eyes and a seductive smirk. "...Oh No! Mydy is disappointed in me! Whatever shall I do about this?!? Oh~ I know something that might work~" "!?" Crystalline suddenly got a bad feeling when she heard his words, but she realized it just a tad bit toote... FWIP! Azmond shed right over to Crystalline and put his index finger right on her abdomen. "!!!" It was an action that she noticed immediately as she tried to jump back from freight, but... she was toote. The Big Bad Wolf already had his ws out ready to devour the littlemb set out before him. Azmond slid his index finger up her abdomen in a sensual way as he picked up a drop of sweat that was sliding down the cavern between her breasts. "Mhmmff~!" A voice sweet like honey came out in a soft moan as this action of his caused the still-sensitive Crystalline to have an electric current go throughout her sexy body. Azmond proceeded to put the drop of sweat in his mouth as he sucked the droplet off his finger seductively. "...Salty... And sweet?" Azmond spoke with a small grin as he continued to lick his finger off till there was nothing left of the sweat droplet, all while staring seductively into Crystalline''s big green eyes. "!!" Such an act made her shiver a little in fear, excitement... and a little lust... *Jiggle Jiggle* Her two perk bunnies and their hard tips bounced away with the rest of her voluptuous body as she covered up her private parts with her arms for the first time since this entire interaction started. Following her movements, an emotion that you would never think to be possible for the Ice Princess to be capable of feeling before today started to bubble up inside of her. "...Why...? Why did you do that... Y-You meanie..." A face that Crystalline hadn''t shown to a single soul in her entire life emerged on her doll-like face as small tears started to form in her big green eyes. "..." When Azmond saw this scene, he felt like a part of his heart was being torn apart as he felt regret. It was an emotion that he had also never felt or shown to another soul in both of his lifetimes. He never regretted his actions, not in this lifetime and not in his past lifetime, but... this now timid-looking Ice beauty whose name was Crystalline made Azmond feel regret when he saw those big, beautiful eyes of hers start to tear up... And for the first time in his entire existence, he sincerely apologized. "...I''m sorry, Crystalline," he murmured with a downcast expression as he walked slowly over to her with a downtrodden countenance. "!!" This action made Crystalline flinch back a little, but she ended up staying frozen in ce as she waited to see what he was trying to do. ...... When Azmond reached Crystalline, he stretched out his right hand with gentle movements as he set that hand on top of Crystalline''s bed of long, ck hair and started to rub her head tenderly. "...?" Crystalline turned her still teary face up to his with a dazed look on her perfect features as she turned her head slightly sideways in bewilderment. "..." That confused expression she was making made Azmond think she looked like a cute, confused ck kitty who suddenly started to get petted by her human. *Pat Pat* Nheless, regardless of his thoughts on her appearance, he continued to rub her head like she was the most precious thing in the world with a kind smile on his face. ...... For ten whole minutes, the two of them just stood there, staring into each other''s eyes as if trying to understand each otherpletely. "Do you forgive me, Crystalline?" Azmond asked with a genuinely apologetic expression as he moved his other hand toward her cheek and started to caress her face. "..." When Crystalline saw the way Azmond was looking at her with those kind eyes, she practically folded underneath the pressure and replied with a soft... "...Mhm..." Afterwards, she turned her head away from him and stared at the ground, like something interesting was there. "I''m d," Azmond responded with the brightest smile Crystalline had ever seen as her face turned a brighter shade of red. "..." She once again intently stared at the ground while avoiding eye contact with the absurdly handsome man before her. ''...This man... is annoying...'' Crystalline thought to herself as a small, affectionate grin appeared on her divinely beautiful face. ***** While the two lovebirds were having their moment, they suddenly heard a loud, booming voicee from beyond the giant waterfall. FWIP! Arge green figure with a golden crown on his head and a big, gaudy cape appeared out of thin air and shouted at the top of his lungs with a sinister look on his hideous face: "FOUND YOU!!!!" WAAAA! The Goblin King suddenly produced a massive pressure that almost forced Crystalline onto her knees. However, Azmond quickly negated the pressure with his own before it could do anything serious to Crystalline. He then took a spare robe out of his storage ring and put it around her before he turned his inexpressive gaze toward the floating figure and then back to the trembling woman beside him. "..." His outer appearance may have appeared calm and collected, but on the inside, he was practically fuming in anger as he looked at the still-wobbling Crystalline, who was trying to stand up properly after experiencing such an intense aura from the Goblin King. He gazed at her with a distressed look as he scanned her entire body with his divine sense to make sure the harmful aura caused no internal damage. Luckily, there were no substantial injuries to her body, which made Azmond sigh a little in relief as he turned his gaze back toward the Goblin King floating in the air with a re of absolute hatred. "You really couldn''t just stay in your little castle in your tiny kingdom and wait for me toe take your head myself?!?!? You just had toe find me yourself!!?" A voice that sounded like it came from the very depths of hell was heard from Azmond''s mouth as a chilly aura started toe out inrge amounts from him. WAAAA! However, he wasn''t yet done speaking as he continued, "And You Dare Exude That Nasty Aura Of Yours Over A Friend Of Mine?!?" OOOM! A tundra was virtually on the verge of being unleashed as his rage reached an all-time high! .... "..." When Crystalline heard what Azmond categorized their rtionship as, a small, dissatisfied smile formed on her tired face as she turned her head up to look at his wide back as he confronted the Goblin King. ''A friend, huh...'' For some reason unbeknownst to Crystalline, a small tinge of disappointment was quickly growing inside of her when she heard that her rtionship with Azmond was just that of friends. ''I should be happy that he said we were friends¡ªsomething I have never had with anyone before...'' She thought. ''So Why...? Why do I feel so irritated that we''re just friends...'' She clenched her chest with a vexed expression as she attempted to decipher what it was that was bugging her so much... ''What is this feeling?... This tightening in my chest when I think of Azmond...'' ''Is it hate?...'' She asked herself. However, that notion was shot down as quickly as the nukes during World War Two, as she thought, No! I don''t hate him! He may be annoying, but...'' A conflicted look appeared on Crystalline''s face as she looked at Azmond who was still shielding her with his aura. She tightly gripped the robe he gave her with an anxious expression. ''He is kind as well...'' A small blush appeared on Crystalline''s face as she turned her head away from him with a cute pouty look. ''So... What is this Feeling growing inside of my heart??'' A puzzled look emerged on her face as she tightened the clenching of the left side of her chest with her hands. ***** Meanwhile, as Crystalline''s thoughts were swirling down a rabbit hole of no return, Azmond was currently standing off with the Goblin King. "Goblin King!!! You Are Really Courting Death!!!" A malevolent look formed on Azmond''s face as he suddenly disappeared and reappeared in front of the Goblin King in a sh. FWIP! "Just DIE." A voice as cold as the vacuum in outer space was heard from him as he threw a simple punch in the direction of the Goblin King. Chapter 27: Trading Blows

Chapter 27: Trading Blows

From thousands of meters above the giant waterfall where Azmond had been cultivating for thest few years, a speeding figure shed down from theke surface below. The ground beneath him exploded into millions of small fragments as he made a full-force leap upward. "Just DIE," Azmond''s voice, devoid of any emotion, was filled with deadly intent. "!?!?" The floating Goblin King had no time to react before being hurled tens of thousands of meters away, crashing into a nearby mountain. BOOM! BOOM! The impact produced several sonic booms that shook the entire area, obliterating the mountain as the Goblin King drilled thousands of meters through it before being buried under tons of rubble. "Pathetic." A voice filled with disdain was spoken by Azmond as he gazed down at therge pit produced by the Goblin King''s fall. ...... WAAA! The atmosphere around the copsed mountain suddenly heated up to insane temperatures due to the Goblin King''s aura. "How dare you hit me?!" the Goblin King eximed in anger, his insane-sounding voice reverberating as his aura blew away the rubble covering him. "Yes, I do dare to hit you!" Azmond yelled. His voice echoed above the nonexistent mountain before quickly fading away and resurfacing just as intensely. "And I dare to hit you again!" With a loud BAMM, he reappeared next to the Goblin King''s unscathed body and pped him with all his might! The Goblin King was sent flying tens of thousands of meters away into an evenrger mountain, causing a deafening BOOOOM! ..... Azmond''s numerous cultivation breakthroughs and full-body transformations had granted him massive physical strength, nearly crossing into the Nascent Soul Realm. ..... "..." His sculpted features morphed into a smirk as he shed in front of the Goblin King''s unscathed body and kicked him straight in the gut. BOOOOM! The Goblin King wasunched upwards into the atmosphere as Azmond leaped off the ground, performing a somersault downward kick, sending the Goblin King straight back down with another loud explosion! BOOOOOOOOM! The Goblin King didn''t take long before he realized what had just transpired; his appearance was disheveled, and his royal attire was in tatters; however, he got up with fury evident on his hideous face and jumped upwards at supersonic speed, appearing right in front of Azmond''s immortal-like figure. "Did that one feel just as good as thest one, little green piggy?" Azmond taunted the Goblin King with a wide smile on his face. "!!!" The Goblin King responded with a punch to Azmond''s stomach; it was a fast and instantaneous strike! WHAAAM! Azmond was sent spiraling downward into yet another mountain that evaporated on contact. Now he found himself in a meteor-sized pit that stretched on for miles. "You''re really getting cocky, aren''t you, little piggy?!" Azmond leapt up from his crouched position, a demonic grin spreading across his face. "Since you want to y, then let''s y, porkie!!" BOOOM! He leaped off therge rubble and unleashed his Fire Dominion and Lightning Dominion skills, now at greater proficiency. "Let''s see what roasted green pork tastes like!!!" Azmond''s maniacal grin widened as he locked eyes with the hulking Goblin King. |Infinite Series| |Fireball| |Lightning snake| |Unlimited Consecutive Mixed Strikes| He spoke a bunch of exaggerated words to make his next set of skills sound cooler when, in reality, he was casting a simple repeated cast of the |Fireball| and |Lightning Snake| skills. The |Lightning Snake| skill was a skill Azmond created when he was experimenting with his different elemental dominion skills on his original journey towards the giant waterfall. It was a skill thatplemented very well with his |Fireball| skill. And don''t underestimate these skills because of their simple-sounding names... Both of them have been enhanced and improved many times over with Azmond''s continuous use of them¡ªan action that also greatly increased their proficiencies. "Are you ready for whates next, Piggie?!??" Azmond''s grin grew even wider as he waved his hand and unleashed hell upon the Goblin King. Thousands upon thousands of fireballs and lightning snakes wereunched at the Goblin King from Azmond''s standing position above the deep pit he just emerged from. Whoosh! Whoosh! Swish! The whirling sounds of the skills beingunched at the goblin king were heard as they swiveled in every direction and honed in on the Goblin king''s position in the sky. "You think these measly spells are capable of stopping me?!?!" A cruel grin spread across the Goblin King''s sinister face as he effortlessly deflected the endless barrage of spells. ***** Meanwhile, down below the fight between Azmond and the Goblin King. "..." Crystalline, with an icy demeanor, stood on the shoreline of the smallke beneath the waterfall, watching Azmond fight the Goblin King. She tried to maintain herposure, but as she saw Azmond gettingunched into a giant mountain that exploded upon impact, she couldn''t help feeling a knot in her stomach. Her heart raced with unease, and she wrapped her robe tightly around her, trying to steady her nerves. Although she appeared cold on the surface, her nervousness betrayed her true feelings... ''Who is that monster?... And why is Azmond so angry at him?...'' Crystalline thought. ''Is it because of me...?'' She questioned. And it was after she asked herself this question that a feeling that Crystalline began to feel when she started interacting with Azmond earlier began to emerge again. "...Stupid Annoying man..." She mumbled. Despite what Crystalline was saying, she felt a warm feeling invade her insides when she saw him fighting such a powerful enemy for her sake. "I want to help him, but I can''t do anything in a fight at that level..." For the first time in Crystalline''s life, she felt helpless¡ªhelpless over the fact that she couldn''t help the man she started to enjoy being around. Though Crystalline would never admit that she liked interacting with that hateful man... "Please don''t die, Azmond... I still need to figure out what this feeling is first, so you aren''t allowed to die under any circumstances," she said with a shaky voice. Crystalline''s heart filled with worry as she watched the ongoing fight between Azmond and the Goblin King. Her icy exterior was slowly but surely melting away the longer she interacted with Azmond, and it would be a part of herself that she would only ever show to him. Everybody else would only ever get her cold and emotionless persona... ***** "Is that all you got, puny human? It feels like you''re trying to tickle me to death!" A look of disdain appeared on the Goblin King''s face as he looked down at the barrage of spells being thrown his way. WA! WA! WA! He deflected them all with ease without moving an inch from his spot. The spells finally stoppeding after a few minutes of constant firing, and that was when the goblin king realized something... "...Where did he go...?" The Goblin King asked himself with a look of confusion as he didn''t see Azmond anywhere within his field of sight. That was until a cloud moved out of the way, and a figure was seen lurking behind it with a demonic smile on his face. The figure then disappeared and reappeared tens of thousands of meters above the Goblin King''s head. FWIP! "Do you want to experience what it feels like to get hit by a nuke, Little Green Piggy?!?!" Azmond had his hand up in the air and a wide smirk on his twisted face as he let go of his hand, and arge mass of lightning and fire elements in the form of a huge missile fell from the sky at absurd speeds! OOOM! Even the very air pressure in the atmosphere was being molded into the shape of the falling missile as it fell from heaven! Chapter 28: Two Titans Clash

Chapter 28: Two Titans sh

The muddle-headed Goblin King, who was still looking for Azmond, suddenly heard an insane-sounding voice and looked directly up at the origin of said voice. What he saw left him absolutely baffled! WAAA! A giant mix of fire and lightning elements were falling from the sky, aimed straight at him, blotting out the very sky itself from the mere size of that monstrosity! "Do you dare to take on the sheer force of a nuclear st, you puny Little Green Piggy?!?!" Azmond''s deranged voice reverberated through the air as a colossal tempest of lightning and fire elements descended upon the earth from the heavens above. "Think that can stop me?!" The Goblin King bellowed, his voice oozing with arrogance. "You''re even more pitiful than I imagined!!" The sneering goblin king''s words pushed Azmond''s patience to its limits, and a smug expression twisted his face. "I don''t know how you managed to leap from the Core Formation Realm to nearly the Nascent Soul Realm inbat strength, but it hardly matters... You will crumble before the might of my Early Nascent Soul Realm Power!" The Goblin King roared. "..." A maniacal grin spread across Azmond''s face as his gaze fixated on the levitating goblin king, a mad glint shining in his eyes. "Then let us put your ims to the test, shall we?! Hahaha!!" He spat back. .... Both Azmond and the Goblin King hurled taunting words at each other, their contempt intertwining with the crackling tension in the air. And just as the confrontation seemed unbearable, the Goblin King''s expression shifted to a serious one. With an air of authority, he addressed the Azmond. "Prepare yourself, for soon you shallprehend the vast chasm between one merely stepping into the Nascent Soul Realm and one who has firmly grasped its power. You insignificant worm." The Goblin King''s arrogance was undeterred as he raised his hand, ready to unleash his spell. "I shall etch that disparity onto your very soul, you vermin!" He added. Silently, the Goblin King chanted the incantation of his spell inside his head. |Fire Bluster| Following his enunciation of the spell, a swirling mass of fiery elements took shape above his open palm, transforming into an enormous cannon. CRACKLE! With a thunderous symphony of crackling fire, the cannon materialized. Dwarfing even thergest battleships on Earth, it loomed menacingly above the Goblin King, aimed directly at the figure obscured by a colossal missile formed from lightning and fire elements. "Are you brave enough for this, worm?!?!" "Ready to face your doom, Green Piggy?!?!" The simultaneous sneers on Azmond''s and the Goblin King''s faces painted a vivid picture of their mutual disdain. Then, in an electrifying surge of power, the two catastrophic spells were unleashed, hurtling towards each other with terrifying speed. The massive missile and the cluster of fiery elements raced to collide, their destructive potential expanding with every passing moment. Milliseconds felt like an eternity as the battlefield held its breath... until finally, an earth-shattering explosion reverberated throughout the Great Wilnds Forest, the ground quaking for thousands of miles. BOOOOOOOOOOM!! The sheer impact caused the earth closest to the explosion to copse, forever reshaping the serenendscape and leaving it altered for generations toe! ***** Amidst the chaos, Crystalline stood as a witness to the breathtaking battle unfolding before her eyes. A thrilling mix of anxiety and awe coursed through her veins as she beheld the colossal missile and cannon conjured by Azmond and the Goblin King. ''Will Azmonde out unscathed?'' she wondered, anxiousness apparent on her beautiful face. As she looked up at the ensuing battle, she realized the massive difference between herself and a Nascent Soul Cultivator... She longed to lend her strength, to fight alongside Azmond and ensure his safety. But the weight of her potential impact on his battles held her back. The sense of helplessness gnawed at her soul, and for the first time in her life... she truly yearned to be stronger. Crystalline wanted with all her heart to be of some use to Azmond, but she knew she wasn''t strong enough. ..... From an early age, Crystalline had always been hailed as a prodigy. Her remarkable progress in realms and techniques earned des from her parents and sect elders, yet she was never swayed by her peer''s envy or the istion that came with her immense talents. The satisfaction of following her family''s and elders'' guidance had been enough... At least, that was until now, or rather, since she met a certain someone... Everything changed the day she crossed paths with an unusually handsome man. Initially, her instinct was to eliminate him after he identally caught her naked. But the more they interacted, the more inexplicable emotions welled up inside her. He would tease her yfully and irritatingly, yet beneath that mischievous exteriory kindness and sweetness. And his allure, his mesmerizing appearance, left her breathless with confusion. Furthermore, as time passed, those feelings grew stronger, intensifying into an overwhelming obsession and possessiveness she couldn''tprehend. She had only known this man for less than an hour and yet... she couldn''t understand these feelings she was starting to develop. The intensity of these strange feelings only multiplied tenfold when Azmond sumbed to injury and was catapulted into a mountain by the goblin king. ..... ''That vile green swine! How dare he harm Azmond! That despicable creature!'' BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Crystalline pounded the seabed of theke relentlessly, her rage causing destruction in every blow. However, after a few seconds, her face became a little confused as she thought, "What was I just thinking? And why is the sea floor shattered now?" Perplexity etched itself onto Crystalline''s face as she observed the devastated seabed, its fragments scattered in disarray. Nevertheless, she reassured herself with a cute and confused face that the wreckage was merely a symptom of the ongoing battle. With renewed determination, she refocused her gaze on the fight, worry shining through her emerald eyes, fixed upon Azmond''s distant form beyond the billowing clouds. "Azmond, you must emerge victorious... I refuse to witness your death at the hands of that disgusting pig... You still owe me for what you did to me earlier, and you aren''t allowed to die until you pay me back..." The once serene pools of her eyes began to moisten as she continued looking on at the ongoing fight. Chapter 29: Don’t Even Blink

Chapter 29: Don''t Even Blink

Amidst the smoky aftermath of the cataclysmic sh, Azmond emerged, his tattered robes billowing in the remnants of the magical maelstrom. His body bore the scars of the explosive encounter, but a twisted grin yed on his lips, an unmistakable spark of exhration gleaming in his eyes. "Is that the best you''ve got, Goblin King?!" he roared, his voice echoing through the war-tornndscape. The Goblin King, though battered, maintained his arrogant posture. "Don''t celebrate too soon, Vermin! The real show is just beginning!" With a surge of renewed vigor, Azmond charged, lightning crackling around him. CRACKLE! "!!" The Goblin King countered, conjuring a barrier of swirling fire to shield himself. The collision of their powers created a dazzling disy of sparks and mes, with eachbatant struggling to gain the upper hand. ...... As the battle raged on, the tides shifted. Azmond, tapping into the depths of his battle-crazed lunacy, unleashed a barrage of lightning-infused strikes. The Goblin King, caught off guard, staggered, his defenses faltering as one clean strike from Azmond sent him spiraling through a mountain range. BOOOOM! The mountain range was on the verge of copse as the Goblin King came out from the other side, hit the ground face first, and ended up thousands of meters beneath the earth! "You underestimated me, you arrogant Piggy!" Azmond bellowed, reveling in the thrill of the fight. The Goblin King, undeterred, countered with a series of explosive spells as he leaped up from the crater he made. The stray spells heunched subsequently missed Azmond and decimatedrge parts of the topography when theynded. However, the ones that hit were forcing Azmond on the defensive! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Thunderous shockwaves reverberated through the air, shaking the very core of the battleground! In the midst of the chaos, Azmond''s madness proved to be his greatest strength! Each blow he suffered only fueled his determination, transforming pain into a relentless drive to overpower his adversary! WAAA! The Goblin King, equally unyielding, met Azmond''s onught with calcted precision, the battlefield bing a spectacle of raw power and shing lights as elemental attacks were fired in every direction! ....... "..." Crystalline, watching with a mix of awe and concern, observed as Azmond pushed beyond his limits. His movements became a dance of lightning and fire, a chaotic symphony of destruction. The Goblin King, equally relentless, matched Azmond blow for blow, the sh of their forces creating shockwaves that tore through the very foundation of thend beneath them! As the battle reached its zenith, Azmond, bloodied but not broken, unveiled a new technique... |Aerocharge Blitz| It was a fusion of lightning and wind elements! CRACKLE! WAAA! A cyclone of energy enveloped him, amplifying his speed and power! "!!!" The Goblin King, caught off guard by this sudden surge, struggled to keep up. And he wasn''t given a chance for respite, as with a ferocious roar, Azmond descended upon the Goblin King like a storm unleashed! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Lightning crackled around him as he delivered a series of devastating blows! "!!" The Goblin King, now on the defensive, desperately countered, but the sheer force of Azmond''s assault left him reeling. ..... "..." Crystalline, her worry escting, witnessed the intensity of the battle with a mixture of worry and... antipathy? ''I swear... if that vermin injures Azmond anymore than he has, I will...'' Crystalline''s icy exterior darkened considerably as a visible killing intent began to materialize around her. However, that unknown emotion disappeared as quickly as it came, as she thought, ''...What was I thinking just now...?'' A puzzled look appeared on Crystalline''s perfect face as she tilted her head slightly and pondered... until she once againpletely forgot what she was doing. ''...Whatever... Probably nothing important...'' She reassured herself as she once again refocused her attention on the ongoing battle. And speaking of the battle, the power unleashed by Azmond transcended any power level Crystalline assumed he had prior to the battle! ''...Azmond is around my age, right?... Why is he so strong?...'' She brooded over that matter for a second before her train of thought changed, as her resolve for power only strengthened when she thought of the possibility of him one day leaving her behind because she wasn''t strong enough... "You will never leave me, Azmond..." She incoherently mumbled. Unknowingly to Crystalline... A small, creepy smile appeared on her face as she gazed affectionately at Azmonds shing figure. ***** Meanwhile, back during the fight,. CRACKLE! The very air crackled with energy as Azmond and the Goblin King continued their relentless exchange! "..." In the heart of the storm, Azmond''s eyes zed with an unquenchable fire. Despite the wounds and fatigue, he reveled in the ecstasy of battle. "....." The Goblin King, equally fervent, met Azmond''s gaze with a twisted grin of his own. WAAAA! The sh between the two monsters reached a crescendo, and the battlefield was bathed in an ethereal glow! Lightning danced across the sky, and mes roared like an untamed beast! RUMBLE! Even the earth itself seemed to tremble beneath the weight of their power! ....... As the dust settled and the echoes of the battle lingered, both Azmond and the Goblin King stood battered and bruised, their eyes locked in mutual hatred for each other. "..." Crystalline, her heart pounding, could hardly believe the spectacle she had witnessed. Furthermore, the affection that had taken root within her only deepened as she watched Azmond, bloodied and marked by the scars of battle... Though her hatred for the Goblin King only grew... ''That stupid f*cking pig! Injuring Azmond like that... I should just go up there and rip its hideous head off its neck...'' Crystalline started to have disturbing thoughts as her eyes began to awaken a new type of emotion, a darker kind... ..... *Spit!* The Goblin King, acknowledging that this fight was harder than he thought it would be, spat out a mouthful of blood but managed a defiant chuckle. "You''re stronger than I thought, Vermin!" The Goblin King started to speak with a sinister grin. "But ytime is over... I will now show you the true, insurmountable difference between someone who is half a step into the Nascent Soul Realm and someone who has been in the Nascent Soul Realm for centuries!" The Goblin King''s aura began to expand hundreds of times over as a stifling pressure was felt by all those around! "Now you are speaking mynguage, Piggy!! You will be the perfect guinea pig to try out something I have been wanting to test for a very long time now." "|QUANTUM GATE|... It''ll be thest thing you ever hear," he added. A maniacal grin formed on Azmond''s face as massive amounts of energy began to swirl around him. "Do not blink." Azmond''s emotionless voice started to sound. "Do not close your eyes for even a second..." "Because if you do..." WAAA! The air became a few degrees colder as the next words to be spoken by Azmond came out with frosty breath: "You won''t even know when you died." A face as cold as ice emerged from Azmond as the energies within the atmosphere gathered around him with no end in sight. "Prepare everything you have, use everything you have, and take as much time as you need." "Don''te crying to me about unfairness after you pass on." Azmond''s Icy exterior formed a wide, cruel smile as he looked at the Goblin King with disdain. Chapter 30: QUANTUM GATE

Chapter 30: QUANTUM GATE

CRACKLE! CRACKLE! The atmosphere crackled with the tension of impending doom as Azmond stood enveloped in the swirling energies of his formidable technique, |QUANTUM GATE|. ....... |QUANTUM GATE| A technique that Azmond acquired afterpleting 1000 refinements in the Body Refinement Realm. Furthermore, it''s a technique that''s an evolved version of the Divine Gate technique which was subsequently evolved from the Heavenly Gate technique. Every single one of these techniques corresponds to the 3 secret minor realms in the Body Refinement Realm (13th, 14th, 15th) that you can reach as long as your innate talent and will to defy are high enough. Every single one of these techniques and even the very minor realms themselves embody a small part of a fundamentalw of creation. With the Quantum Law being the most lethal one of them all... and also the hardest to achieve... ... It''s aw that can even begin to warp the very fabric of reality... Although Azmond was still far from reaching the level necessary to fully alter the fabric of reality, he was capable of warping space in a small area for a very limited amount of time. ***** RUMBLE! The very air seemed to shiver with the weight of the impending cataclysm. Crystalline, her eyes widening slightly in awe and uneasiness, felt a surge of anxiety coursing through her. ...... "...." The Goblin King, despite his defiant grin, couldn''t ignore the growing pressure around him. His arrogance wavered for a moment as he realized the gravity of the situation. The battlefield, scarred and battered from their relentless sh as mountains, hills,kes, and anything within hundreds of miles wasn''t left unscathed, a battlefield that became the stage for the final act of this otherworldly sh! WAAAA! As Azmond''s power reached its peak, the ground beneath them trembled. The air distorted with the intensity of the energy gathering around him. The Goblin King, recognizing the imminent danger, summoned every ounce of his magical prowess, creating a massive protective barrier that shimmered like a wavering mirage. WSHIING! .... "..." Crystalline, torn between fear for Azmond and a growing thirst for revenge against the Goblin King for hurting Azmond, felt a strange pull toward the unfolding spectacle. Her internal turmoil manifested in an eerie glow around her, a manifestation of her conflicting emotions. In the midst of this supernatural maelstrom, Azmond''s voice cut through the charged air, devoid of any emotion. "Witness the power that transcends realms, Goblin King..." "|QUANTUM GATE| shall be thest thing you ever hear," he dered with a cold gleam in his eyes. WAAA! With those chilling words, Azmond unleashed the umted energy, and the very fabric of space seemed to warp around him! A spiraling vortex of ethereal light and darkness emerged, drawing everything into its cosmic embrace. "!!!!" The Goblin King, trapped within the gravitational force of Azmond''s unprecedented technique, struggled to maintain hisposure. His magical barrier flickered, resisting the gravitational pull but inching closer to the inevitable copse. ... "..." Crystalline, her eyes fixed on Azmond''s form, felt a surge of conflicting emotions. The desire to run up and try to assist him despite the consequences of her actions shed with the fear of losing Azmond to the abyss he was unleashing upon the Goblin King. An abyss that he might get dragged into himself if she were to recklessly run up to him now... ..... OOOM! As the |QUANTUM GATE| expanded in the form of a disorienting blend of colors and energies, Azmond stood at its epicenter, his figure distorted by the sheer magnitude of the arcane forces at y. "ARGHHH!!!" The Goblin King, defiant to the end, roared against the encroaching void. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The sh of their powers reached a fever pitch, causing shockwaves that echoed through the vastnds below. The battlefield seemed to exist on the precipice of reality, a ce where thews of magic and nature intertwined in a chaotic dance! ..... "..." Crystalline, torn between affability and vengeance, felt a surge of power within her. Unbeknownst to her, a subtle transformation urred as her very essence resonated with the energies unleashed. A newfound strength surged through her veins, but the price was a major one... A price that she would soon have to pay if she let the power she was gaining stay a part of her. ..... RUMBLE! As Azmond''s technique neared its climax, a blinding burst of light erupted! The |QUANTUM GATE| reached its pinnacle, folding the fabric of space and time. In that moment, the battlefield became a cosmic tapestry, threads of reality unraveling as Azmond''s power transcended the vast difference in power between Great Realms! WAAaa... When the brilliance faded, only echoes remained. The once-war-tornndscape now stood in an eerie silence. Crystalline, her heart pounding, scanned the aftermath, looking for Azmond. ''Please be there... Azmond... I don''t know why... but I don''t think I can live in a future without you.'' Tears began to form in Crystalline''s glistening green eyes as she continued to wait with bated breath for the remnant energies obscuring her view to pass. ''...Even though I just met you... Why?... Why do I have these feelings of loss and fear when I think of a future without you in it...'' Crystalline''s thoughts began to spiral down a rabbit hole of emptiness when she finally saw a lone figure in the middle of the battlefield... worry and trepidation filled her heart as she started to pray with all her heart... pray that the standing figure was the only man she wanted to be next to her¡ªpray that Azmond was still left standing... .... And it looks as if her prayers were answered as... "..." There, in the center of the surreal tableau, Azmond stood, his robes tattered, his form marked by the toll of his unparalleled feat. He had crossed 4 major Realms in battle and won... A feat that shouldn''t even be possible and yet... Azmond aplished it! The Goblin King, however, was nowhere to be seen... .... *Tap Tap* Crystalline, with a mixture of relief and sorrow coursing through her, approached Azmond. "..." His eyes, once aze with the thrill of battle, now held a profound weariness. The cost of wielding such immense power was etched on his face. ....... Azmond only had partialprehension of the Quantum Gate due to hisck of cultivation base, so releasing the Quantum Gate prematurely like he had just done was not without its consequences... ..... "...You... Dummy," she whispered with relief and... a hint of obsession in her voice. "..." Azmond lightly nodded, the gravity of his actions settling upon him. "I told him not to blink... and now look at him... Those green piggies never learn, do they? Haha~" His words reverberated, followed by a gentleugh, until he suddenly realized the hidden emotions conveyed by Crystalline''s words. "...And is that worry over my safety I see on that pretty face of yours~?" Azmond asked with a slight yful grin forming on his exhausted face as he inched ever closer to her "...Idiot..." Crystalline responded with a dark shade of red forming on her plump cheeks as she looked away from the bloodied Azmond. "Heh... You really are so cute, aren''t you, my Crystalline~?" A kind yet obsessive smile emerged on Azmond''s chiseled features as he lovingly gazed at her. "...Dummy..." Crystalline was practically as red as a tomato as she looked in theplete opposite direction of Azmond, with a small, cute pout on her chipmunk-like face. .... Her cold exterior had all butpletely disappeared when she was around Azmond... He just seemed to know exactly what to say to make that ice sheet melt away... .... "...Yah I know," Azmond replied with a smile that could light up the world as he gently turned Crystalline''s chin toward him and looked directly into her big beautiful green eyes. "But I meant every word I said," he continued with that same bright smile of his. "...Dummy..." Crystalline was practically on the verge of fainting as she looked directly at Azmond''s perfect face and saw that annoyingly beautiful smile. ''...This man is seriously...'' A slightly obsessive look suddenly appeared in her eyes as both of her shining emeralds started to darken by a considerable degree. ''...So Annoying...'' Her ck hole-like eyes were practically capable of sucking in everything around her on the same level as Azmond''s Quantum Gate. Crystalline''s pupils started to take on the shape of hearts as she stared directly into his deep blue eyes, which were starting to take on the same darkness as hers when he looked at her... Chapter 31: Azmond And Crystalline

Chapter 31: Azmond And Crystalline

Amid a hellishndscape that looked as if it had been ravaged by multiple meteor strikes, a handsome man d in tattered, immortal-like attire engaged in conversation with a fairy-like girl. A peculiar tension started to build in the air, marked by the emergence of a pink energy between them. "..." An affectionate look appeared in Crystalline''s eyes, both of her shining emeralds darkening and lightening by varying degrees. The captivating force emanating from her eyes wasparable to Azmond''s Quantum Gate skill, capable of drawing in everything around her. Her pupils transformed into faint heart shapes as she locked eyes with Azmond, whose deep blue eyes held a passion just as profound as hers. "I like that smile of yours, Crystalline~" His eyes mimicked the same intensity she had, his gaze unwavering. "..." Crystalline, rather than turning away in embarrassment, maintained eye contact, a small blush forming on her face. "You have the same smile on your face, though..." Crystalline responded with a charming smile on her icy exterior, a departure from her previous demeanor. She stared even deeper into Azmond''s eyes, who inched ever closer to her. "Is something interesting going on inside of my eyes~? You haven''t taken your eyes off of them since my battle with the Goblin King ended~" Azmond, with a sly grin, teased Crystalline as he closed the distance between them even further. "Yes, they are your eyes... That''s why I am looking at them," Crystalline replied with a light grin, disying a boldness that contrasted greatly with her former self. "...Oh? When did you get to be such a bold one~? Just a few hours ago, you were looking at me like a sexual predator, and now look at you..." Azmond, although momentarily stunned, regained his yful countenance, teasing Crystalline once again. "What changed, Crystalline~?" He questioned, attempting to unravel the mysteries hidden within her serene eyes. "What changed?" She asked herself with a perplexed glint in her eyes. Crystalline herself didn''t know the catalyst for her drastic shift in thoughts about Azmond. Was it his charming personality, yfulness, or the moments he protected her during the battle? Her emotions, still evolving, made it hard to pinpoint the exact cause. However, in spite of herplex emotions, she found her voice and replied, "I don''t know what changed... I just know that I would like to be next to you for as long as I can... I don''t know why I want this... I just do." Her eyes eased up as she delved into Azmond''s deep blue eyes, seeking to understand everything she could about him as well. "!?"Azmond, slightly astonished, gazed lovingly at Crystalline, who surprised him by expressing such audacious feelings mere hours after meeting him. Nheless, his surprise was only multiplied as she continued speaking: "...I just know that when you were fighting that Green Pig and the battle was reaching a point where I could have lost you if you were not careful... I-I don''t know what I would''ve done... I just didn''t want to be in a future without you in it... for a reason that I don''t even understand myself..." A shadow of emptiness crept into Crystalline''s eyes as her pupils took on a darker shade of ck, revealing the depth of her feelings toward the Goblin King, who threatened his life. "I see," Azmond murmured. Following his simple response, a radiant smile appeared on his face as he gently cupped Crystalline''s cheeks, his words prating her very soul: "I''m d that you were worried about my safety like you were..." He paused his words for a second as his eyes had an imperceptible sheen go through them. After a few milliseconds of staring into her dazzling greens, he said, "But... You don''t have to worry about me dying anytime soon... I do have an Icy Princess waiting for me at home now, so I can''t go dying on her without her permission, isn''t that right? Crystalline~" Azmond spoke with a yful smile, as he was now mere inches away from her face. However, contrary to the response he expected, she said, "I don''t think I can do that now... Stop worrying about you, I mean..." Crystalline surprised even herself with her thoughts, as her boldness in expressing such embarrassing sentiments to Azmond puzzled her. "You really are so adorable, aren''t you, My little Ice Queen~?" His yful smile transformed into something deeper as he leaned in, their lips practically touching. "!!!" Crystalline''s heart raced as the pink energy intensified, creating an electrifying tension between them. BZZZTT! The air became charged with passion as their lips finally touched and they kissed, a sweet and tender embrace filled with emotions they had been holding back. Pink energy swirled around them, almost as if their connection birthed a realm of pure love and desire! They clung to each other, unwilling to let the magic of the moment slip away. Azmond''s hand gently caressed her cheek, relishing the softness he had longed to touch. *Smooch!* "!!" Crystalline melted into his hands like putty, feeling a sense of belonging she had never experienced. In that intimate embrace, an unbreakable bond formed, transcending the chaos surrounding them! The scars left by Azmond''s fight with the Goblin King fadedpared to the overwhelming affection they shared. The moment providedfort and sce amidst the devastation. Together, they became anchors for each other, finding strength and hope in their connection. The passionate kiss deepened, their love intertwining with the pink and deep ck energy that enveloped them as their tongues started to mingle with each other. It was a love defying logic, a me burning brightly amidst the darkness. Azmond and Crystalline had just met each other today and yet... they had already reached a point of no return with each other... ....... "..." "..." As they slowly pulled away, foreheads still pressed together, breath mingling, the pink and ck energy dissipated, leaving a serene aura of love and obsession. "..." Crystalline looked into his eyes, her emeralds shining with newfound rity and affection. Azmond sneakily slipped hisrge hand into her small, dainty hand as they interlinked them together like the other person''s hand was the missing piece to their puzzle. The s*xual tension in the air was palpable... Hand in hand, they stood there, staring into each other''s deep eyes. The enemies they would face, the chaos, and even the uncertainties of the world could not extinguish the me of obsession they had for each other burning within them. In each other''s arms, they discovered a love that transcended the harshest ofndscapes, a love carrying them through the darkest times and into a future filled with each other. A love that neither of them had ever felt for another being in their entire lives... Well, that wasn''t entirely the truth, as their was the budding feeling that Azmond started to have for a silly blue princess who was probably making a path for herself to walk on right about now... .... "..." A small, sneaky grin formed on Azmond''s face as he asked Crystalline a question. "Crystalline... Do you want to experience a different kind of technique I have been wanting to test out but never had the opportunity to? It will be far more enjoyable for you than watching this silly fight~" "!!" Crystalline had a bad feeling about his proposal but decided to respond with a small nod anyway. "...Mhmm..." "..." Azmond''s fox-like grin had fully materialized on his face when he saw her small nod of approval. "Wonderful... Let''s begin right away then~" Chapter 32: (R-18) Heavenly Massage Technique

Chapter 32: (R-18) Heavenly Massage Technique

A small, sneaky grin formed on Azmond''s face as he asked Crystalline a question. "Crystalline... Do you wanna experience a different kind of technique I have been wanting to test out, but never had the opportunity to? It will be far more enjoyable for you than watching this silly fight~" "???" She had a bad feeling about his proposal but decided to respond with a small nod anyway. "...Mhmm..." "..." Azmond''s fox-like grin had materialized fully on his face when he heard Crystalline''s small nod of approval. "Wonderful... Let''s begin right away then." "Let''s start with youying on this nket right here with your back facing upwards," he said with a mischievous grin as he took a nket out of his storage ring and put it down on the only piece of unscathed ground within the entire battlefield. "After you, Mdy~" A devious look of respect formed on Azmond''s face as he bowed slightly with his hands stretched out towards therge andfortable nket he set out. "..." Crystalline''s bad premonition suddenly got a lot worse... but she went over regardless of the bad feeling she had andid down on the soft nket while looking like a cute kitty about to be punished by the big bad wolf. "..." Azmond took one nce at Crystalline''s supple and sweaty curves pressing against the nket and licked his lips a little inside his mind. ''How did I get stuck with such an adorable Icy beautyying down partially nude and defenseless? I must have used up all the luck I had in this lifetime to get this chance,'' he thought to himself with a yful smile on his handsome face as he walked slowly over to Crystalline''s voluptuous body, which was barely being covered up fully by the robe he gave her earlier. If one looked close enough and at the right angle, they would be able to see two hard pink nipples showing their head with all their glory as they sat atop two perky breasts as big as cantaloupes. "This technique of mine is called The |Heavenly Massage Technique|, and it will bring you straight to the ninth heaven, my dear Crystalline~," Azmond whispered with a wide, loving smile as he put one of hisrge hands directly on Crystalline''s back, which was still slightly sweaty even through the tight fit robe that only further entuated her curves. ..... The |Heavenly Massage Technique| It''s a skill that Azmond got from the second section of the Divine Devil Arts, a magical skill that was meant to bring out the full potential of giving massages. A skill that Azmond once thought waspletely useless and not worth mentioning... until today, that was. .... "..." Crystalline, who was still lying down with her two round and supple ass cheeks standing proudly in the air, suddenly had the thought of withdrawing from this event. She agreed to this proposal of Azmond''s without properly thinking about what she was getting her hands into... She tried to get up when she felt Azmond walking over but... it was already toote... Azmond''s hands had already firmly and softly pressed the entire lustful body of Crystalline down with one firm hand. Furthermore, his other hand had already started to roam the vast slopes of the Ice Beauty as a feeling of satisfaction started to grow within him. The Big Bad Wolf had already got his ws all the way into the little defenselessmb he caught within his trap, made up of a charming and handsome persona thatpletely and sessfully ensnared the littlemb! ... Azmond''srge hands gently touched Crystalline''s backside and softly caressed her curvaceous body, starting from her lower back, with precise hand movements that would leave even the best masseuse back on earth filled with envy. "Mmm-Mmhff~!" It was an action that caused the icy shell of Crystalline to fully copse as if it were never there, as a soft moan full of pleasure and ecstasy escaped her small pink lips! *Rub Rub* Her perky bunnies rubbed violently against the soft nket as her body started to squirm more with every touch and rub that he used on her. "Did that feel good, my little ice flower~?" Azmond''s sadistic smile was at an all-time high as he proceeded to move hisrge hands up the shapely part of her upper back and massage her neck and shoulders with the perfect amount of skill. "Mmphf~!" Crystalline was practically convulsing in pleasure as her supple body started to jiggle in every which way. "..." He observed this reaction of hers as he decided to perform a follow-up attack. Azmond moved his yful hands back down her back and went towards those two mountain tops glistening in sweat that were visible through the tight-fit robes she had on. "Aaahhh! T-That Azmond... That is~" Despite her moaning pleas, Azmond''s hands kept on moving around her two melons as he started to gently knead them with varying levels of force. "Mmphf~ N-No~" Crystalline was trying to deny the pleasure she was feeling but utterly failed in that task when his hands reached a very sensitive part of her ass that almost made her cum with one slight hand movement! "Aaaaahhh!~N-n-no Az-mond stop~ Something weird ising!" She suddenly screamed in ecstasy as her entire body arched upwards and a loud, savory moan came out. "N-Nooo! Aaahhhh!! mmpfff~~! Azmonnd!~" Crystalline suddenly screamed out Azmond''s name while clenching the soft nket she was lying on. *Squirt* *Squirt* Arge amount of liquid started to squirt out of her pussy, as she wet arge portion of the nket with her love juices! Crystalline was practically on cloud nine as she experienced her first-ever orgasm, and in such an intense way as well... ... "...Oh? What is this I see~?" Azmond asked with a small, yful smile. "Did my little Ice Princess just experience her first-ever orgasm~? All these juices of yours squirted all over the ce and stained that brand-new robe I gave you... What should we do about this~?" After catching her breath, Crystalline''srge boobs heaved up and down along with the rest of her well-developed body... Her subus-like figure was being heavily pressed up against her now soaked nket, and that was when a soft whisper sounded out. "...I-I am sorry..." Her words were followed by a cute pout emerging on her exhausted face as a deep blush formed on her already rosyplexion. "..." Azmond, having sessfully baited themb into the Big Bad Wolf''s trap, suddenly patted himself on the back inside of his mind as he continued to speak in a low voice right next to the owner of the lewd body beneath him: "Don''t worry about it, my little ice flower; that robe wasn''t a perfect fit for you anyway, so it was better that you ruined it... We should just go ahead and take the whole thing off, right~? We wouldn''t want you to catch a cold from all those sweet-smelling juices leaking from your most important entrance, now would we~?" Azmond spoke with arge, kind smile, as if he were truly only thinking about Crystalline''s well-being right now. "...B-But I will bepletely naked if I take off my robe right now..." She replied with a shy look as she snuggled her head further into the soft nket so he couldn''t see her face. Crystallinepletely overlooked the fact that arge amount of her divine nectar just spilled out of her pussy right in front of Azmond... ..... "Does that really matter all that much right now, My love~? I have already seen you naked once before. Does seeing you naked once more really make all that much of a difference~?" A lewd look spread across Azmond''s chiseled face as he gently turned Crystalline over... *Jiggle Jiggle* Crystalline''s two perky bunnies were now in full view for him to see, as even the outline of her hard pink nipples were visible through her sweaty robe. In addition, the tips of her boobs started to glisten in the sun from the sweat being produced by her still-convulsing figure. "..." Azmond gazed directly into Crystalline''s big green eyes after fully appreciating the lusty body before him. "...Mhmm..." A small mosquito-like voice was produced out of her small mouth as she gazed right back into his enticing eyes. Crystalline immediately folded when she heard Azmond call her ''My love'', so she just replied with a quick head nod as she stared lovingly into his deep blues without even listening to the rest of the question. "That is the answer I wanted to hear, my Ice Flower~" Azmond''s eyes suddenly took on a darker shade of ck as he stared obsessively into Crystalline''s eyes, which also started to take on the same ck hole-like look as both of them fell into their own little worlds where only the two of them existed. Chapter 33: (R-18) My Little Ice Flower~

Chapter 33: (R-18) My Little Ice Flower~

"That is the answer I wanted to hear, my Little Ice Flower~" Azmond''s eyes suddenly took on a darker shade of ck as he stared obsessively into Crystalline''s eyes, which also started to take on the same ck hole-like look as both of them fell into their own little worlds where only the two of them existed. "Let''s start with that sticky robe you have on. It must be oh~ so ufortable~ Am I right, my little Ice Flower~?" He asked with a mischievous look on his face as he slowly started to undress the Ice Beauty. Crystalline, who was akin to a deer in headlights, just nodded with a meek, "...Mhm..." However, she turned her head away once again when she saw Azmond''s sneaky paws start to unloosen her sweaty robes. *Rustle* He proceeded to slowly unloosen Crystalline''s robes one ribbon at a time as her snow white shoulders started to show... and then her nape started to show as well... and then her two perky mountain slopes started to peak their heads too. "...A-Azmond, T-That is my..." Crystalline started to speak in a low, cute voice as she stared right back at Azmonds face, only to see a wide, yful grin stered on it. "I know what this is, My Dear~," he said with a smirk. "That''s why I''m going to unloosen these silly robes fully to let the world witness the beautiful glory of your perky assets~" Azmond''s sweet yet naughty words once again left Crystalline dazed, with heart shapes beginning to form in her eyes... And luckily, he left her in a trance long enough for him to continue what he was doing! The littlemb made a mistake in getting so close to the Big Bad Wolf... Azmond went ahead and started to undress the rest of Crystalline''s irresistible body as her two hard pink nipples were shown in full view after the robe seductively slid down her upper chest. "..." She was practically as red as a tomato as she turned her head away in embarrassment once more. Originally, she was going to continue to protest, but Azmond''s sweet words deterred that thought from ever bing anything substantial... Words like ''My Dear'' and ''My Love'' were her kryptonite. ..... *Boing Boing* Crystalline''s two full and perky boobs were now in full view as they slightly jiggled a little when the robe fully came off of them. *Drip Drip* The sticky sweat slid further down her slopes as the robes started toe off of her sweaty abdomen as well. After making it this far, Azmond would go all the way as he proceeded to take the robe off her lower pelvis area. However, her wet, sticky mess down below was stuck to the robe like glue, so he couldn''t get it off in one swift motion like with the rest of her body. "Look at all this naughty juice you have down here, Crystalline~?" Azmond spoke with a fox-like smile. "Making me go through the extra work to get these robes off because of this wet mess~ Don''t you think you deserve a little punishment for this~?" "!!" Crystalline''s bad feeling once again reappeared as the deep blush on her perfect face started to get even deeper. She didn''t know what she had signed up for... Although she would soon learn exactly what that was not too long from now... "...I-I am sowry..." Crystalline muttered with a small pout as her tits jiggled a little from the cute movements she was making. ''It''s your fault that I''m such a mess down there to begin with! You big meanie!'' She thought to herself as sweat started to drip further down her alluring body and ended up sliding down toward herher regions. It looked like the icy outeryer of the Icy Queen was nowhere to be seen when she was around Azmond. He just had a way with words... ....... "You still haven''t answered my question, My Love~," Azmond said with a face like a big bad wolf who just got the littlemb to fall further into his trap. "...I am w-willing to be punished..." A jumpy look appeared on Crystalline''s face as she responded with puffed-up cheeks. "..." His wide smile was at an all-time high as he began to take off the rest of her robe with obvious glee on his face. "Mhm!~" It was an action that made the still-sensitive Crystalline moan a little as her entire nude backside was now pressed against the cold nket beneath her. After she was put in such a position, her two perky bunnies and their hard tips, along with her perfectly smooth pussy were practically begging to be teased! *Shlop! Shlop!* Her two pussy lips also seemed like they were yearning for something to enter within them as they opened up and closed with lewd sounds being produced. "..." It made sounds that only caused Azmond to be even more excited as he gazed at the holy cave inviting him in. ........ Every part of Crystalline''s voluptuous body was now in full view for Azmond to gaze at as he wished. "That is my good girl~," he began. "Now that I have the rest of this robe off, we can begin with the rest of the Heavenly massage~ This time it will feel far better than it did before~" Azmond''s hands then moved toward Crystaline''s abdomen and gently caressed her smooth stomach. "...A-Azmond~! P-Please, T-That is a sensitive spot~! Mmmpff~~!" She was trying to cover her mouth as sounds of ecstasy started to be produced from her cute pink lips. Her lewd body was being jolted in every which way as her entire figure started to have small ripples going through it! BZZZTT! Azmond started to infuse Qi within his hands as he used the full potential of the |Heavenly Massage technique|¡ªa technique that was now on his top 3 favorites list! ..... Crystalline''s alluring body was quivering greatly as all the sticky sweat and pussy juices she unleashed earlier were being flung into Azmond''s face! "You naughty girl~ Look at all these fluids of yours you left on my face~? Now my face is all wet with your love juices~ I should probably get this liquid off so I can continue to work on rxing your so very~ exhausted body, shouldn''t I~?" He asked with a seductive gleam in his eyes. "..." Crystalline, who didn''t even know where she was anymore, just replied with a small "...Mhm~!" as her nude figure started to convulse extensively when he touched a sensitive spot near her clitoris. *Squirt!* This touch caused Crystalline to once again cum all over Azmond''s body. "Mmmpff~!! N-No~!! A-Azmond~~!! I-It feels so GOoood~! Aaaaahhhmm~!!" Her divine nectar just kepting out of her as she clenched onto the soft nket while screaming Azmond''s name! She couldn''t resist the pleasure anymore, as it was by far the best thing she had ever felt in her whole life! The entire nket and even Azmond himself werepletely wet with her pussy juices. "You were really pent up, weren''t you, My Little Ice Flower~?" A wicked smirk emerged on his face as he took a finger and picked up a bit of the love juices he had leaking down his face. He followed by sticking his finger into his mouth and starting to lick off all the pussy juices that were on his finger. "...This vor is more sweet than salty... it tastes different than your sweat," Azmond mused with a small grin as hepared the taste of Crystalline''s pussy juices to the sweat he tasted when he first met her. "I have decided!" He started to speak with a solemn look on his face. It was a look that made the still-dazed Crystalline blush profusely as she heard the naughty words that came out of this man''s mouth. ''W-Why are you talking about such... lewd things with such a serious look on your face...'' She thought. Crystalline tilted her head to the side as she stared at a random spot while still covering her mouth... trying to suppress the moans that wereing out of her. "I''ve decided that I love every liquid thates out of your body!" Azmond continued what he was saying with a face that said he had found the answer to the most important topic ever discussed by mankind! Following his words, he continued to lick off the rest of the lewd liquids still on his face. "..." Crystalline, although dazed, was still able to hear him say those words, and she became as red as could be. Her tits heaved up and down violently as a small pout formed on her gorgeous face. Furthermore, her nipples were as hard as ever, with no sign of them calming down anytime soon! "Mhmm!! A-Azmonddd~~!! Mhmff~! I-I Love You~! And I Love this F-Feeling~~!! Aaaahhh~!" Crystalline suddenly proposed her love along with a loud moan as she was practically drooling when Azmond''s right hand once again made its way to the area above her clitoris, while his left hand started to y with her left nipple. "Aaaaaaahh~~!!!" Her nude body started twitching greatly as her pussy squirted violently for the third time so far. ''... Idiot~!...'' Crystalline thought to herself as a loving and obsessive look began to form in her heart-shaped eyes as she gazed into his eyes while moaning loudly. Chapter 34: (R-18) Crystalline’s Inner Turmoil

Chapter 34: (R-18) Crystalline''s Inner Turmoil

Deep within the Great Wilnd Forest, in the middle of a scarredndscape, a young couple were currently in the middle of a very intense ''Massage'' session. "Mhmm!! A-Azmonddd~~!! Mhmff~! I-I Love You~! And I Love this F-Feeling~~!! Aaaahhh~!" Crystalline suddenly proposed her love along with a loud moan as she was practically drooling when Azmond''s right hand once again made its way to the area above her clitoris and his right hand started to y with her left nipple. "Aaaaaaahh~~!!!" Her nude body started twitching greatly as her pussy squirted violently for the third time so far. ''... Idiot~!...'' Crystalline thought to herself as a loving and adoring look began to form in her heart-shaped eyes as she gazed right back into his eyes while moaning loudly. "..." Azmond, who was left awestruck at the copsed and out-of-breath nude body of Crystalline, suddenly froze when he heard her say ''I Love You'', although she said it in the heat of the moment... she still said it. That was an undeniable fact... ... He had never heard the words ''I Love You'' directed at him in either of his lifetimes. It was an unfamiliar term for Azmond... a term that he didn''t know how to respond to... He could say nothing in return, or he could say that he loved her back... Did he love her?? Azmond didn''t know for sure, since he didn''t really understand what that word meant. Did he enjoy being around Crystalline? Yes. Did he have some sort of affection greater than just friendship for Crystalline? Yes... Did he love her? He didn''t know... He could just say that he loved her back without actually meaning it, but he would never do something like that. Azmond believed that Crystalline didn''t deserve something as cruel as empty words; he believed she deserved to be told that she was loved from the heart. He didn''t want to reciprocate her profession of love out of mere politeness. Rather than offering a superficial courtesy, he felt the need to genuinely assess his feelings and respond truthfully. ..... Azmond pondered over this topic for what felt like eternity when, in reality, only a few milliseconds had passed... "Aaahnn~!" Crystalline''s lustful moans could still be heard as she squirmed on the nket while tightly gripping hisrge hands that were still above her pelvis area, gently caressing that very sensitive spot of hers. "..." Azmond, who was still in deep thought, suddenly turned his head up and took one good look at Crystalline''s face... And what he saw was a lustful face that was filled with love and obsession for him... It was a face that depicted how, for a man whom she met just today, she already felt like she couldn''t live without him... A love that defied allmon sense. ..... "..." Azmond looked at that perfectly sculpted face and those big, beautiful green eyes of hers that were currently going through a moment of pure bliss as she tried to bite her lips to keep from moaning louder... He knew at that exact moment what his answer was, and without giving it a second thought, he directly spoke: "I Love You Too." While saying those words, Azmond gazed directly into Crystalline''s emerald-like eyes with the brightest smile she had ever seen... "..." It was a smile that made Crystalline think he looked like the god of the sun... a smile so bright that her heart practically melted when she saw it. "!!!" That was when she finally came out of her stupor and vaguely recalled professing her love to Azmond while she was going through an orgasm... It was a phrase that she blurted out without thinking... Did she mean what she said when she identally let it slip? Yes, she did. She loved him with all her heart. Crystalline loved everything about Azmond... She loved his smile, she loved his kindness, she loved his face... And although she would never admit it, She loved his yful side most of all... She loved every single part of a man she just met less than half a day ago. It was a phenomenon that didn''t even make sense to the person who held those deep feelings... But she just knew... she knew that what she was feeling was love, and she knew that Azmond was the man she loved with everything she had. She just knew that he would be the only man she would ever truly love in her entire life... ....... "..." Crystalline, who was still stunned by Azmond''s words abruptly leaned up from herying position as her boobs jiggled a little from the sudden action. Azmond took a small nce at them when they suddenly appeared in front of his face but quickly looked up when he saw the serious look on Crystalline. "I love You, Azmond," she began to say with an icy face. "I-" Azmond was about to reply, but before he could, his little ice flower began to speak again. "I Love You," she said again without pause. "I LOVE YOU!" Crystalline shouted with more intensity in her voice. Her face started to morph slightly as a small smile began to form on her still-icy countenance. "I LOVE YOU!!!" Crystalline''s small smile started to turn into something creepier as a smile that Azmond thought was the prettiest thing he had ever seen began to appear on her face. "I LOVVVEE LOVE YOU!! I Love you so so much, Azmondd~!" She abruptly bounced on top of Azmond who was currently watching this entire event with arge creepy smile on his face as well. *Rub Rub* Her two milky white breasts were pressing up against his chest with everything they had... which was a lot... "I LOVE YOU SOO SOO MUCH~ So much that I don''t even know what to do with myself!" Crystalline, who was currently clinging to Azmond''s muscr chest, started to rub her two perky tits all over him as her pussy started rubbing against his thigh with more and more love juices staining his robe. "I don''t even know how I can have this much love for a person, Azmond, but I do, and I have it for you, a funny, yful-" Crystalline''s eyes suddenly darkened by a considerable degree as a pink aura began to surround the couple. "-And kind man that I met just today... I know it makes no sense, and I know that I shouldn''t have such deep feelings for you after just getting to know you, but... I do, and there is nothing in this world that can change that fact!" Her eyes were now akin to swirling hypnotic marbles as she gazed lovingly into Azmond''s eyes with a crazed and obsessive look on her beautiful face. "You will never get away from me, Azmond... Never Ever," Crystalline said with her face still entranced. "..." It was a face that Azmond thought was the cutest thing he had ever seen. He was an insane man, and insane men liked insane things, and in this case, beautiful women... .... "I already told you before, My Love~" Azmond''s eyes darkened even further than Crystalline''s as he said his next words very slowly, so she would never forget them. "I won''t ever be leaving you in this life or the next, and you won''t ever be able to hide from me, Crystalline~, My Little Ice Flower~..." His pupils were so dark at this moment that even the color ck wasn''t enough to describe how dark his eyes had gotten as he stretched out his two muscr arms, wrapped them around Crystalline''s hips, and pulled her into an even tighter hug than she had already initiated with him. "..." He then looked straight down at Crystalline''s sparkling emeralds and spoke with a voice so deep and husky that it sent shivers of pleasure straight down her spine: "You Are Mine~" Azmond whispered in a sexy voice right next to Crystalline''s ear. "!!!" It was an action that caused her to twitch and convulse as her lusty body started to produce even more strange liquids. *Squirt! Squirt!* "???" That was when Crystalline felt something¡ªsomething long and hard¡ªemerge from within Azmond''s robe and started to poke at her pussy. "AAaaahhmm~~!! Mmmff~! A-Azmonndd~~!!!! I LOVE YOUU~~~!!!!" She once again came all over him when she felt his thick rod rub up against her tight entrance. This abrupt movement of Azmond''s only further stimted his past action when he pulled her into a tight embrace and whispered those 3 words, ''I LOVE YOU'' into her right ear. *Rub Rub* Crystalline started to rub up against him even more than before as her tight pussy caressed Azmonds dick from within his robes! Her nipples were as hard as rocks as she repeatedly rubbed them up against his chest. *Squirt! Squirt!* Crystalline''s entire body started to spasm as even more pussy juices were squirting out of her and soaking Azmond''sp. His dick was nowpletely wet with her divine nectar, even with only his thin robe standing between them. A robe that Azmond wouldn''t allow to stay on him for much longer... ..... *Huff Huff* Crystalline copsed on top of Azmonds firm body as he held her by the waist and stared directly into her lust-filled eyes. "Are you ready to try something a little more intense, My Love~?" Azmond asked, his fox-like grin once again reappearing on his handsome face. "M-...Hah~... Hahn~ More intense than this~?" Crystalline suddenly questioned with a panting expression as her two bunnies and their pink tips were heaving up and down, rubbing against Azmond''s body like they were trying to rub their scent off on him. Arge yful smile emerged on his lips as he responded with a simple, "Oh, Yes~ Far~ more intense than what you have experienced so far~," Following his honeyed words, his gaze traveled down to Crystalline''s pussy that was still opening and closing alluringly, with lewd sounds being produced as her pussy lips pped together, almost like they were begging for Azmond to fill her hole already. "!!" It was a gaze that Crystalline noticed right away... Her eyes lit up as she was hit with a sudden realization when she thought carefully about the meaning of his words. A blush far deeper than any blush Azmond had ever gotten from her formed on her beautiful features as she replied with a mosquito-like voice, "...Mhmm..." She followed up with an adorable nod as she gave the go-ahead for him to do as he pleased... It was an affirmation that Azmond would dly take her up on! .... It isn''t the big bad wolf''s fault that the littlemb gets coerced so easily... Chapter 35: (R-18) A Step Further

Chapter 35: (R-18) A Step Further

Crystalline gave the go-ahead for Azmond to do as he pleased¡ªan affirmation that he would dly take her up on. It isn''t the big bad wolf''s fault that the littlemb gets coerced so easily... ...... WAAA! Azmond set up a barrier around him before this entire love-making session began¡ªa barrier that wouldn''t allow any prying eyes that might have been attracted by the battle to see or hear them. It was a skill created with a mixture of his Wind Dominion skill and another skill that he acquired from the second section of the Divine Devil Arts Scripture. A technique called |Absolute concealment|. It wasn''t a particrlyplicated skill, as its most basic function was topletely conceal oneself. Azmond just added his own little touch to it with his Wind Dominion skill, which allowed him to conceal all sounds produced as well. He was a very possessive and obsessive person, you see... Azmond wouldn''t allow even a random animal to see his Little Ice Flower''s nude body. If that animal had a third leg, then it might as well have considered itself part of the deceased because it wouldn''t be making it back out of this forest alive. He wouldn''t even allow a male being who heard the heavenly sounds that came out of Crystalline''s mouth to make it back home to its family! Those sounds were meant for his ears only... ..... Azmonds sneaky hands started to travel around Crystalline''s milky white skin as she made a slight moan with every touch that he infused with Qi while circting the Heavenly Massage Technique. "...Mhmm~! A-Azmond~! P-Please just~!" Crystalline said while muffling the moans that were leaking out of her mouth with pleading eyes aimed at him. There was a secret side effect of the Heavenly Massage Technique. That side effect was that any part of the body that wasn''t focused on by the user of the Heavenly Massage Technique would start craving more and more of the Heavenly Massage Technique''s touch... Which in this case, it was Crystalline''s pussy and clitoris. Azmond has been avoiding Crystalline''s most treasured spot this entire time on purpose... He wanted her to truly want it¡ªto even reach a point where she would start to beg for the itch that she was feeling down there to be scratched by him. "..." Azmond''s yful grin once again emerged when he heard Crystalline''s plea. "Please what, My Love~? I don''t understand what you''re asking for~? Could you be more specific~?" He was having the time of his life, teasing the moaning Ice Princess, who was being kneaded and rubbed in every single spot on her body beside her pussy. "..." Crystalline was as embarrassed as she could be but decided to answer Azmond''s question anyway With her cheeks puffed up and her tits jiggling all over the ce, she mumbled, "I-I want it..." She really couldn''t take the extreme itch she was feeling down there anymore... Crystalline has been rubbing her thighs up against her vagina this entire time just to try and get the itch to go away, but... the itch only got worse and worse the more Azmond massaged her. "What do you want, My Love~?" He asked with a small smirk. "..." Crystalline''s smooth cheeks puffed up even more as her cute side started to show again, arge contrast to her two twin peaks that were anything but cute. Those two milky white breasts of hers were heaving up and down as the two hard nipples on top of those hills were pointing directly up into the sky, almost like they were begging for some sort of release! A release that only Azmond could give them... ...... "I-I want it... I want your long, hard rod inside me..." A deep blush formed on Crystalline''s face as she gathered up all of her courage and said some very perverted words with a pleading look on her beautiful face. Words that could only imply one thing in this situation... .... "I see. You want my long, hard rod inside you~? I don''t quite understand what you mean, My Dear~? Could you be more specific~?" But Azmond wasn''t done teasing her yet, as he spoke with a mischievous face while continuing to gently caress and y with every single part of Crystalline''s lusty figure. He traced his fingers around her nipples and sometimes flicked them gently. "...Mhmmff~!" An action that sometimes got cute little reactions out of Crystalline as she continued to twitch, but she never reached the point of cumming. An act that Azmond did on purpose to make Crystalline crave his long rod even more. "Mhmmff~~! Aaaahhh~!! A-Azmondd~! I-I want your Dick~~!!!!" Crystalline, who finally couldn''t take it anymore, just screamed what she wanted when he teased her nipples harder by pinching the tips of them and slightly twisting with Qi infused. "..." Azmond''s smirk got even wider as he looked directly into Crystalline''s ecstasy-filled face, and with a husky voice, he replied, "That was all you had to say, My Love~ It wasn''t all that hard to get out, now was it~?" His words echoed out as he undressed faster than he ever had in his entire life... The loose-fitting robe he had on was gone in a blur... His chiseled body was now in full view for Crystalline to gawk at... Azmond had seen Crystalline naked a number of times now, but not once had she seen what type of bodyy beneath those loose-fitted robes of his. "..." She just couldn''t stop staring at Azmond''s body... especially a particrly hard part that was standing up like the holy sword that would save the world... It was an absolutely massive piece that she couldn''t stop drooling over as lewd thoughts began to enter her usually innocent mind. ''I-Is that thing going to enter inside me?? Will it fit?...'' Crystalline asked herself with a deep blush as she looked down at her contracting pussy that was looking for Azmond''s long, hard dick to devour it. After making aparison between hers and his, she couldn''t help but think that there was absolutely no way that a thing that big was going to be able to enter inside her... "A-Are they supposed to be that big??" Crystalline asked with an adorable face as she gawked at therge piece, now mere inches away from her stunning face. "..." A small smile formed on Azmond''s face when he heard what Crystalline asked him. What man didn''t want to be asked why their weapon was that big...? .... "Mine is the biggest there is, My Little Ice Flower~ A Big Large Dick that is begging for you to devour it~," he said with a slight smirk as he was practically standing over the kneeling Crystalline with his divine scepter hanging right over her face. "W-Will that thing really fit inside me...?" She questioned with a meek look as she looked down at the floor to stop herself from having perverted thoughts about that big thing entering inside her. Chapter 36: (R-18) Going All The Way

Chapter 36: (R-18) Going All The Way

"Your hole was meant for my key~ Just as my key was meant for your hole... It will fit, My Love~ Just trust me on this one~" Azmond''s small smirk was still stered on his face as he bent down and gazed directly into Crystalline''s shining, emerald-like eyes. "..." Her face waspletely flushed as she gazed right back into his deep blue eyes. After a few seconds of staring, she slightly nodded her head and muttered, "...Mhmm..." For some reason unbeknownst to her, Crystalline trusted Azmond... She knew he wouldn''t do anything to hurt her... She didn''t know why she thought that; it was just a gut feeling that she knew was the truth. ... "Are you ready for what''s about toe, Crystalline?" Azmond, for the first time since this entire interaction began, put on a solemn look as he asked her a question with concern and worry apparent in his tone. As much as he wanted to go ahead and fuck the brains out of Crystalline right now, he wouldn''t do it unless she was fully willing and truly wanted it to happen with all her heart. After all, it was going to be their first time, and although Azmond didn''t care much about the specifics of his first time, he still wanted to give her the option to back out if she wasn''t ready just yet... On that note, Azmond wanted more than just the pleasures of the body from Crystalline... He wanted all of Crystalline: her soul, her personality, her body, her smile, her embarrassment... He wanted every single part of her, and he wouldn''t ept anything less! If what Azmond was about to do had even the slightest chance of making a feeling of regret form within her heart, then he would never go all the way with her until the day she was ready, or until the day he died... That was just the kind man he was. .... "..." Crystalline, who was suddenly taken aback by Azmond''s abrupt seriousness, didn''t know how to respond... But when she saw that kindness that she fell in love with shining deeply within his eyes, her own eyes started to have hearts form within them as simrly loving energy started to swirl around in her pupils, an energy that emitted intense feelings of affection, obsessiveness, and possessiveness. It was a crazed kind of look that only a few ''unique'' people had. ... *Umpff* Crystalline immediately got up and leaped on top of Azmond''s body as she clung to him like a ko bear while matching his gaze with her own. Her two perky tits were now in full view for him, as all he had to do was slightly tilt his head down and he would see everything, but he was too immersed in her beautiful sapphire eyes to be thinking about something like that... However, Crystalline, on the other hand, was being very naughty as her pussy lips were rubbing up against the tip of Azmond''s dick! The position she was currently in was a very perverted one... ..... "MINE~!" That was all Crystalline said as she stared into his deep blue eyes with a possessive expression. "Wh-" Azmond was going to reply to her, but before he could... "You are mine, Azmond! From this day until the end of days... You will only be MINE~! I want all of you~! I don''t care about some silly, perfect location or most opportune time... I want all of you inside of me this instant~!!" A scary look appeared in her usually serene eyes as she grabbed both of his cheeks and initiated a deep and long kiss with him. Their tongues started to intertwine, almost as if they were currently in the middle of a very intense battle! Crystalline''s sticky tongue originally had the lead, but Azmond''s tongue quickly took over the rain as hepletely dominated her wet mouth. "...Mmmhff~" Sweet heavenly sounds were being produced by her as she slightly moaned with his tongue invading every part of her mouth. Now that Azmond had all the reassurance he needed to begin the main course meal, he began at once! He and Crystalline''s lips suddenly ended the deep kiss they were engaged in for a good 10 minutes, as a long string of saliva was left connecting the two of them together when they pulled away. "...Hahh~... Aaaahh~ Hhaah~" She was almostpletely out of breath after ending the kiss as sweet pleasurable moans were mixed in with her exhausted pants. "Are you ready, My Little Ice Flower~?" Azmond lovingly asked while locking eyes with Crystalline as he leaned in closer and touched his forehead gently against hers... "...Mhmm..." She bobbed her head slightly as her own eyes turned into ones filled with deep love for the person they were looking at. One might think that she was taking things a little too fast; however, Crystalline truly loved every single thing about Azmond and was ready to give her everything to him! She didn''t mind the dreary location or even that this was all happening right after he had a major battle with the Goblin King... She just wanted to be one with Azmond right this instant! ...that, and the itch she was feeling down there was unbearable, she really couldn''t take another second without that hole of hers being filled uppletely by Azmond''s big, long, and hard scepter! ..... ''Stupid Azmond... You didn''t need to use such things to get me to feel more willing to be fucked by you... I would have wanted my treasure trove to be fucked silly by you even without using that technique of yours...'' Crystalline thought to herself with perverted thoughts that she never would have had before she met Azmond. She herself didn''t even realize how much of a pervert she had be before it was already toote to turn back... "Then let us begin," he said with a small smile as he plunged his dick straight into her sloping wet pussy. Crystalline¡ªwho Azmond was currently holding up by her ass with his dick reaching the deepest parts of her insides¡ªsuddenly screamed in ecstasy! "AAAaaahhhhnn~~~!! Mmmmfff~!" She felt nothing but pleasure at that moment, as her hymenpletely broke uponing into contact with his huge member. ..... Crystalline was told by her mother that your first time was supposed to hurt a lot, but she only felt the slightest bit of pain when her hymen broke. This was partly due to the energy that Crystalline absorbed from Azmond''s Quantum Gate Technique¡ªenergy that she still hasn''t fully digested yet¡ªand it was also due to her already high cultivation in the Golden Core Realm. In addition, his Heavenly Massage Technique also had its own part to y, as it greatly alleviated any pain that she would''ve felt. Nheless, the slight pain that Crystalline did end up feeling would purely serve as a reminder of her first time with the love of her life! Chapter 37: (R-18) A Night To Remember Part 1

Chapter 37: (R-18) A Night To Remember Part 1

In the middle of a war-tornndscape, a man was seen holding a woman with long, silky ck hair and bright green eyes by the ass as she hung there limply with a look of pure ecstasy on her face. Her tongue was barely in her mouth and her eyes also started to roll backward as she moaned in extreme pleasure. "AAAaaahhhhnn~~~!! Mmmmfff~!" Crystalline felt nothing but pleasure at the moment when her hymenpletely broke uponing into contact with Azmond''s huge member. "Are you already out of it soon, My Love~? We are just getting started though~" He whispered with a small smile as he gently kneaded the two round ass cheeks that he was holding Crystalline up by, along with his dick lifting her from the inside as well. Azmonds holy scepter was slightly deforming her stomach as it reached the very depths of her insides! *Whap! Whap!* He proceeded to p Crystalline on her left ass cheek one time to wake her up. "....Mmmfff!?~? W-Whaa~~?" This action immediately worked as she woke up from her daze and saw the current position she was in. "..." Crystalline also saw the big, long, hard stick poking its head through her stomach. Such a sight made her profusely blush as she looked away, and instead she stared into Azmond''s deep blue eyes as she started to cum again when she felt the hard rod pulsating inside her! *Squirt!* "Aaaaahhhhnn~! T-That feeling ising again, Azmondd~~!!!!" She moaned so loudly that she almost yelped... All while never breaking contact with his eyes. Eyes that were looking right back at her with a hint of yfulness as Azmond started to speak. "Are you ready for me to start moving, Crystalline~?" He asked while taking one of his hands and gently caressing Crystalline''s face as he gazed directly into her soul. "..." Crystalline, who was still in a moment of pure bliss, didn''t know how to reply to such a question... ''He hasn''t even started moving yet, and I already feel like passing out again from the pleasure~!? How is this possible~?'' She thought to herself with a nervous look on her face, but deep down within her, there was a part of her that was expectant for what was toe... She was a pervert through and through. .... "Mhmm..." Crystalline moaned with a flushed face as she clung onto Azmond even tighter. Her tits were practically glued to his chest as her hard nipples were rubbing up against him. Crystalline''s sweaty and sticky figure almost looked like it was welded together with Azmond''s as all her juices reached every part of his body. It was a sight that made her possessive side show as she thought, ''He is MINE~!!'' With a creepy smile inside her mind, she continued, ''Every part of his body is MINE~!~!'' .... "I will go slow in the beginning, Ok~?" Azmond whispered with a slight chuckle after he heard Crystalline''s affirmation. He was still caressing her face even at this moment... Crystalline, still embarrassed, just responded with a meek, "Mhmm..." *Shlop! Shlop!* Azmond began to move slowly as his big dick slowly came out of her tight pussy... It was an action that he had quite some trouble performing due to the sheer constriction that the insides of her vagina were forcing upon his meat rod. "Aaahhh~!! Mmmff~! A-Azmonndd~~!!!" As soon as Azmond started to move, Crystalline had already started to moan loudly as she dug into his back with her fingernails. "..." Such an act didn''t bother him at all, though; as long as his little Ice Flower was happy, then he would be just fine. .... *Shlop! Shlop!* Azmond started to pick up the pace once he felt that Crystalline could handle it, as the tip of his meat rod was now back at the entrance of her pussy. "..." He took one good look at her flushed face, which was still trying to hold back tears from the sheer amount of pleasure she was feeling, and decided to go all in. Azmond plunged his dick all the way inside Crystalline''s tight pussy as her insides were once again stretched out! "AAaaaaaa~~~!!! A-Azmonndd~~!!!!! I-It ising again~!!!" Crystalline moaned like she never had before as love juices started to pour out of her and onto his dick inrge amounts. *Squirt! Squirt!* Both she and Azmond were now soaked in her pussy juices... "~~~" Crystalline waspletely arched back as her tits were jiggling all over the ce right in front of him... Azmond took advantage of the opportunity presented to him and pinched the tip of one of her nipples while slightly twisting it. "Aaaahhh~!! A-Azmond, T-That is... Mmmfff~~!!!!" He didn''t stop his movements, as he even went a step further and began to suck on her other nipple with his mouth. His tongue swirled around her nipple and sometimes flicked the tip a little as he began to suck even harder while continuing to move his hard member in and out of Crystalline''s vagina slightly faster than before. "A-Azmonddd~~~!!! Pl-Please... It feels so GOoooddd~~!!!!! Do me harder~~!!!" Crystalline, who waspletely lost in her lust, started to scream some very pervertedmands while arching her back with her entire face rolled behind her. "As you wish, My Little Ice Flower~" Azmond, who stopped sucking on her nipple for a second, began to drill his dick even faster into her as she moaned loudly once again. "Aaaaaahnnn~~!!!! C-Continue sucking my Nipple, A-Azmonddd!!!!" *Squirt!* Crystalline cummed once more as her fluids wet his entire lower body once again, but that didn''t stop her from giving out some more pervertedmands as she leaned forward and cupped Azmond''s face while bringing his head straight down to her left nipple. A nipple which was as hard as could be at the moment... "!!" Azmond was surprised by the sudden, straightforward actions of Crystalline as a puzzled look appeared on his face before he thought, ''Is she addicted to sex already...? I can''t believe My Little Ice Flower is such a pervert~'' A small grin formed on his face as heplied with Crystalline and went to suck her nipple even harder than before. He even slightly bit her nipples while sucking on them... "AAAaaaaaaannn~~!!! AZMONDDDD~~~!!!! It FEELS SOOOO GOOoooddd~~!!!!!" Her voluptuous body suddenly spasmed as her tits bounced all over the ce while more of her divine nectar spilled out of her insides and onto Azmond! *Umpff* Crystallinepletely copsed on top of him when her orgasm ended, as she was barely in this world right now. "F-Feel S-So GO-GOoood~~" She was just incoherently mumbling a bunch of nonsense with her tongue still hanging out of her mouth and Azmond''s dick still fully plunged inside of her. Crystalline''s dignified, emotionless side was nowhere to be seen in the well-endowed figure of the sexy woman in his arms. "Does that make it the sixth time now? Or is it the seventh time that you havee, My Love~?" Azmond asked with a sly grin on his face as he lifted Crystalline up into the air by her ass. She reached a point where just the tip of his dick was still inside her as Azmond continued to speak. "But... I haven''te yet, My Dear~ So you are going to have to stay strong for the both of us~ What is about toe will be very intense~!" He finished hisst words as he plunged his dick back into her pussy with one swift movement. "AAaaaaahhnnnn~~!!!! Azmond~~~!!!" Crystalline immediately woke up from her stupor with a loud moan as her back once again arched behind her. Her lust-filled face was in clear view for Azmond to see, but he didn''t just stop there as he continued to move in and out in quick movements that were slowly getting faster. *Shlop~! Shlop~!* Crystalline was being slid in and out repeatedly as her subus-like body was jiggling all over the ce... Chapter 38: (R-18) A Night To Remember Part 2

Chapter 38: (R-18) A Night To Remember Part 2

"AAaaaahhnnnn~~!! A-Again Azmond... I-I am Coming!!! Mmfff~!!!! A-Again~!!! It isn''t stopping~~~!!!! A-AZMONDDD~ I LOVE YOUU~~~!!!!!!" Crystalline moaned with no end in sight as she came over and over. *Squirt! Squirt!* Her love juices never stopped flowing out of her vagina, as she was practically in another dimension at this moment¡ªa dimension where only pleasure and Azmond existed! She thought that there could be no better ce to be in the entire world... Azmond himself was also feeling extreme amounts of pleasure as the tight canals of Crystalline were tightening up even further, constricting his dick more than ever. Slight grunts were heard from him when he slid in and out of her at fast speeds, but it was nowhere near the level of the heavenly music that she was currently producing. "AAaaaaahhnnnn~~!!! A-AZMOND~~!!!! G-Go F-Faster~~!!!!" Crystalline, who was barely conscious, still dared to beg for more than she could chew with such a lewd look on her face. "..." Azmond wasn''t one to deny his Little Ice Flower''s lewd requests, though, so he started to plunge his dick in even further and faster than before! Her insides were now aplete mess, as not once did she stoping! Her pussy juices just kept on leaking all over the ce as her insides were being molded into the shape of Azmond''s dick. ..... "AAaaahnnn~!!!! I-I LOVE THIS~~!!! A-Again~~!!!! I-It won''t stoping, Azmond~~!!!! I LOVEE YOUU~~!!!!" She moaned with a lewd look on her beautiful face for what felt like the twentieth time as she dug even deeper into his back. Blood started to draw even with Azmond''s insanely tough body, but he couldn''t care less about something like that at this moment, as he was nearly on the verge ofing. "I am about toe, Crystalline!! Should I do it outside?!? He roughly pped her ass to get her to focus--a p that made here even harder than before as she was a wet sloppy mess! But, when she heard Azmond''s question, fury was evident in her facial expression as she yelled at him while moaning, "NOOO~!!!! YOU BETTER NOT PULL OUT OF ME AZMOND!!!!!~ OR I SWEAR I WILL LEAVE YOU RIGHT THIS INSTANT!!!~~" Crystalline, who was still in the middle of an intense orgasm, tried to angrily get her words out, but it just didn''te out that way from Azmond''s perspective. All he saw was a cute, lovable wet mess with a perverted smile on her pretty face. But even he understood what Crystalline was trying to convey to him... Although he knew that she would never leave him, and Crystalline knew that too, he still wouldn''t do something that could harm their rtionship. Not that Azmond wanted to pull out, to begin with... He was just doing it for her sake, but if she was the one who fervently requested it, then who was he to deny her...? ..... "Cum Inside Mee!!!! Azmonddd~~!!!! I want your Seeds to paint every part of my INSIDES~~!!!!!! RIGHT NYAOW~~!!!!" Crystalline held Azmond''s cheeks with her dainty hands as she yelled with an indecent look on her face. Her eyes started to be a little softer as she held him, like she was afraid that he would suddenly disappear if she loosened her grip even a bit. ''MINE~! YOU ARE MINE, AZMOND~!!!! AND NO ONE ELSE''S~!!!! I WANT YOUR SEED INSIDE ME~!!!!'' Crystalline thought to herself with a vulgar expression as she clung to Azmond''s muscr body and started to move her hips by herself. She wouldn''t allow him to even think about pulling out before he painted her insides white! She wouldn''t allow it!!! *p!* *p!* Azmond, who was already on the verge of blowing, suddenly got an extreme jolt of pleasure when he felt Crystalline move her hips up and down on her own. *Phat! Phat!* Her ass cheeks were pping loudly against his thighs as lewd sounds were being produced when their bodies pped together. "IMPREGNATE ME AZMOND~~!!!!!!" Crystalline screamed out with drool drizzling down her mouth as his magical wand started to twitch violently. *Argh* "I''ming, Crystalline!!" Azmond made a low-sounding grunt as he blew his semen inside her womb. "AAaaaahhhhhnnn~~~!!!! I-It Feels S-SO GOOooooddd~~!!! I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH, AZMONDDD~~~!!!!!! Mmmffff~~!!!!" Crystalline''s back arched as she moaned the loudest she ever had when she felt his warm white seed enter the furthest reaches of her womb! Azmond''s semen never stopped flowing inside her womb as she passed out after he finished, which took a good minute and a half. ... "..." Crystalline was now unconscious on top of Azmond with a happy little smile on her gorgeous face, as strange liquids were spread all over both of their bodies. Her two perky bunnies were still pressed up against his chest as shey there with a content expression. Furthermore, her curvaceous body was out in the open, as every part of her was covered in some strange liquid... Even her long, thick legs weren''t spared from the crazy love-making session that just transpired! "What an adorable woman..." Azmond murmured to himself as he stared at Crystalline with an affectionate gaze. "You are mine, Crystalline~ There will be no escaping from me in this life of yours... If you do somehow get lost on your way back to me-" His countenance dimmed considerably as a pink energy exploded out of his blue eyes before he continued, "Then I might as well just destroy it all until I find you!" An evil look formed on his face as he thought about a future where Crystalline wasn''t by his side... ..... Azmond wouldn''t allow his Little Ice Flower to be away from him for long... He would get her back one way or another, no matter the cost! You would think that Crystalline would be creeped out by what he said, but... for some reason, the small happy smile on her face got even wider when he said those ludicrous words. And somehow, Azmond''s words reached her psyche even while knocked out cold... It truly was a love that defied all reason. Chapter 39: (R-18) The Day After

Chapter 39: (R-18) The Day After

The sun shone brightly as a young man and woman who looked like an immortal couple were seen snuggled up together on a soft nket. A dark pink energy surrounded the love birds as the woman''s voluptuous nudity was clinging to the immortal-like man, almost as if she were afraid that if she were to let go, he would disappear from her life forever. ..... "....Mhmm?..." Azmond started to wake up with a groggy look on his face as he started looking around to scan his surroundings, wondering what exactly was so heavy that it was stopping him from getting up. That was when he saw two milky white breasts and their light pink tips... "No wonder it''s so heavy. Heh~" He spoke with a small smirk as he fully appreciated the delicious sightid out before him. Azmond suddenly had a mischievous thought as he slid one of hisrge hands down Crystalline''s smooth backside. "Mhmff~" She made a cute muffled sound when she felt his warm hands travel around her body, but she didn''t show any signs of waking up... ''She must''ve been really tired from all that intense ''training'' we did yesterday, huh?'' Azmond''s fox-like smirk once again emerged on his expression as he slid his hand even further down her back and made it to the two round melons that were glistening in the sun from some residue sweat. Her well-shaped butt was like tworge moons that he just couldn''t get enough of gazing out at... ..... ''Let''s see if this wakes My Little Ice Flower...'' Azmond thought to himself as his naughty right hand started to knead Crystalline''s left ass cheek. "...Mhmm~" A small moan escaped her cute lips as she almost woke up... but it still wasn''t enough as she quickly fell back into a deep slumber and snuggled even closer to his muscr chest. "..." Azmond thought she looked like a ck cat who found herself a favorite toy and wasn''t willing to give it up. She was a ck cat with a very lewd pair of breasts that just wouldn''t stop sticking to him... The sweat between them was constantly dripping onto Azmond''s body as their bodily fluids mixed together in an enticing way that gave him the urge to mix a different kind of fluid inside of Crystalline, but he knew he couldn''t rush things like that. Just because he and she already had their first times with each other, it didn''t mean that he should stop being kind and gentle with her. After all, he was a big bad wolf, not a monster... .... "Even that wasn''t enough to wake you, My Love~?" Azmond''s face got even more yful as perverted thoughts began to enter his mind. ''I guess I''ll have to take it up a notch then, huh~?'' His sneaky hands made their way even further down Crystalline''srge hills, where they found themselves at the entrance to the holy cave of wonders. "You brought this upon yourself, My Love~ For leaving this alluring body right on top of me and expecting me to do nothing about it should be a crime~ And I''m not looking to be a criminal~" Depravity consumed his heart as his right index finger sneaked right up to the leaking crevice thaty between Crystalline''s sweaty thighs. A beautiful rosy flower appeared, and it was ready to be picked. On that note, Azmond was prepared to do the picking... ..... *Shlop!* His index finger slid right into Crystalline''s pussy as he felt a wet gooiness that his finger would never forget. The wetness inside her started to surround his finger and engulf itpletely. "...Aaahhn~! Mhmm~! A-Azmond~ W-what are you doing~~?" Crystalline''s two bright eyes abruptly opened as she gazed lovingly into Azmond''s shining blues. "You wouldn''t wake up, My Little Ice Flower~, So I had to take matters into my own hands and wake you up the best way I know how~!" He spoke in a deep, husky voice with a seductive tone as he slid a second finger into her pussy. "AAaaahhnn~~!! Azmond~! I''m still sensitive from what happened yesterday~ I-I can''t take anymore~!..." Crystalline''s flustered voice echoed out as a deep shade of red formed on her pretty face when she recalled the events that happened the day prior and... the perverted words that came out of her mouth during that ''activity''... "Oh~? I bet you are, but your soaking wet hole begs to differ, it is telling me that it''s ready for more~" A whisper entered Crystalline''s right ear as Azmond''s tongue licked her earlobe. "Mhmmff~! M-My ear i-is" She tried to speak with a flustered expression but was interrupted when another of Azmond''srge fingers entered her wet entrance. It, along with his other two fingers, began to make themselves at home inside Crystalline''s crevice as they explored the entire cavern like they were searching for treasure! A treasure that they sometimes found as they yed around with the spots inside that got the biggest reaction out of Crystalline, in other words, her G-Spots. "A-Azmond, I-It tickles~! And Feelss GOood~~!" "..." A small smile appeared on Azmond''s face as he continued to lick her earlobes while fingering her with a skilled technique¡ªa technique that shouldn''t even be possible for someone with zero prior sex experience to be able to acquire so soon. He was a fast learner when it came to cultivation, and apparently, thatprehension also applied to his talent in bed... ..... "Does it feel good, My Dear~?" Azmond whispered seductively into Crystalline''s earlobe right after licking it once more, his fingers making a mess of her insides. "!!!" She felt like electric currents were traveling through her body as her pussy started to spasm violently. "A-Azmonddd~~!!! I-It ising again~~!!" Crystalline jolted up as she clung onto his chest, his fingers still exploring inside her. Her nails were once again digging into his back as the scars that had healed fully from yesterday once again appeared. Crystalline''s naked body was now clinging tightly to Azmond while holy fountain water started to gush out of her pussy and onto his holy scepter! *Squirt! Squirt!* "AAaaahnnn~~!!! MMmmpfff~~!! AZMONDD~~!!!!" She moaned as loud as she could without a care in the world while screaming Azmond''s name with her face rolled back. Azmond still had his barrier activated, so none of Crystalline''s appealing sounds would ever leave this small space. His hand made one more ultimate move as the three fingers he had inside her reached three different G-spots of hers all at once and rubbed them roughly! "NYYAAaaaaaahhhhhnnnn~~~!!!" An action that caused Crystalline''s already heavy orgasm to reach an even higher level, as she fainted on the spot while digging deeply into Azmond''s skin, with her sloppy wet vagina sitting right on top of his dick. "..." He almost thought he heard her moan like a cat in heat... No, he definitely heard what he thought he heard. ''Was My Little Ice flower really some sort of ck cat in her past life?...'' Crazy thoughts started to pop up inside of Azmond''s mind as he stared at the copsed Crystalline with a quizzical expression. "...You really love to tempt me with your ravishing body, don''t you, My Love~?" He spoke to himself as he gazed at the sexy, nude body of the Ice Beauty, her pussyying right on top of hisrge dick, almost like it was trying to gobble hisrge member up by force. "Now, what am I to do~? My big friend down there is not going to calm down anytime soon by itself, and I yed a little too roughly with my little bundle of joy that she ended up passing out again... " Azmond muttered to himself in a depreciating way. "I guess I brought this upon myself..." He mumbled with a sigh. Azmond was a little remorseful for his hasty actions until he suddenly thought of something that might help him. "Hmm... don''t I just need to wake her up again? This throbbing within my member is really starting to hurt..." A pondering look appeared on his chiseled features as he held up the sleeping beauty with both of his arms. Chapter 40: Sleeping Beauty

Chapter 40: Sleeping Beauty

Azmond immediately crossed out the idea of waking Crystalline up by force again. This time was different from thest time. She waspletely exhausted and needed rest. If he were to forcibly wake her up again, then some damage might be inflicted upon her psyche... And Azmond would never allow something like that to happen to his love because of mere carnal desires. He''ll just suck it up and get over not being able to relieve himself... That''s just the way he was. ...... He hasn''t always been like this. In his past life, he couldn''t care less if a random girl was hurt right in front of him, especially if that girl interrupted his training time. But... something changed... Something changed when Azmond entered this brand-new world. Or rather, when he met a short, beautiful girl with long silky blue hair and dazzling aquamarine-colored eyes. That was when a change started to ur within him¡ªa change that would forever alter his future... That budding feeling only grew when he met a gorgeous Ice Queen who wanted absolutely nothing to do with him when they first met, a girl who refused to cover herself up because she believed that Azmond was already a dead man the moment he gazed at her bare body the way it came into this world... At least, that was the way she initially thought... until she got to know the real Azmond, an Azmond who she fell in love with in such a short amount of time that even she couldn''t believe herself... After all these events, he changed... He changed for the better. He pursued a path of power that would lead him to the top; that goal hadn''t changed a single bit, but... Azmond now had yet another reason to pursue the peak! Weakness wasn''t a sin that he was allowed to indulge himself in... ...... "..." Crystalline''s sensual figure was in full view as Azmond could see every part of her, from her tworge tits and their pink nipples all the way down to her beautiful rose petal that was still opening and closing like it was looking for something long and hard to fill its tight hole. Even her long, sexy legs and thick thighs were seen by him as the sweat from her body traveled down every single mound and hill that made up the shapely figure of the Ice Beauty called Crystalline. *Jiggle Jiggle* Crystalline''s two milk jugs started to jiggle a little when Azmond went over to the soft nket with her in his arms and proceeded to put her down gently. Her milky white breasts ricocheted a little when she was set down, a sight that tempted him greatly, but he still held himself back. Azmond wouldn''t allow himself to get consumed by lust... He loved Crystalline too much to do something like that. ..... A woman that Azmond met just a day ago, and yet he already had such deep urges to take care of his perverted Little Ice Flower. "..." After setting Crystalline down, he took out another soft nket and put it over her body, as the view that beat seeing the gates to heaven was obscured from view. Azmond''s expression took a turn for the worst when he saw that perfect sight before him disappear, but he quickly shook his head and put on a solemn look as he thought above his still ongoing quest for power. Just because he met and fell in love with a lovable little Ice Ball didn''t mean that his main goal had changed even a bit. In fact, his resolve to reach the peak only hardened after he met Crystalline. He needed to be stronger than everything else in existence if he truly wanted to protect Crystalline from the dangers of this world. ..... "..." Azmond gazed at Crystalline''s face, which was oozingplete satisfaction as his eyes took on a darker shade of ck. ''If anything were to happen to My Little Ice Roll because I wasn''t strong enough to protect her...'' He didn''t know what exactly he would do if anything were to happen to her that separated her from his life forever, but he knew that it wouldn''t be anything good... He didn''t know who... Or what he would be if that day ever dide... "Stupid Azmond, you need to snap out of it!!" He suddenly pped himself roughly across the cheek as arge p was heard. A sound that Crystalline wasn''t even able toprehend at the moment as she was not going to be waking up anytime soon, no matter what was going on around her. "You are walking the path of absolute power so something like that would never happen! Don''t lose track of your goals, Azmond!! You will reach the peak no matter the cost!!" Azmond yelled fervently as a wide grin emerged on his face for but a brief moment before it disappeared as quickly as it came. ''No matter the price, huh...?'' He thought with a contemtive expression. What if that price was the people he loved... What if he had to give up everything to reach beyond the pinnacle of existence... That was a thought that Azmond preferred not to think about right now... Something in his subconscious refused to allow questions like that to reach him... It was almost like his very existence rejected the mere thought of that situation bing a reality... ...... "..." Azmond gazed back at Crystalline with a small obsessive smile as he reassured himself that he would always be strong enough to protect his Little Ice Flower... He then walked away from her after putting up dozens of protective barriers and sensors that would allow him to immediately know if she got in any sort of danger. It wasplete overkill for a not-so-defenseless woman... After all, she was a Late Golden Core Realm cultivator, for god''s sake... Not many beings out in the Great Wilnds Forest would even have the guts to look in the direction of Crystalline! Azmond and the Goblin King were just rare irregrities... Cultivators with thebat strength of the Nascent Soul Realm were few and far between within the Great Wilnds forest. He was just overcautious, but that was just the way he needed to be if he wanted himself and his loved ones to survive in this cruel dog-eat-dog world. ... 2 dayster. "..." Azmond was seen cultivating atop a tall cliff with a gorgeous, picturesque view that beat any sight back on Earth. He had on his usual white and ck robe, with his sword-like eyebrows knitted together tightly as he was focused on cultivating. His deep blue eyes shimmered in the morning glow as a pained look spread across his handsome face. It was a sight that would make any mortal think he was a fallen immortal who got lost on his way to heaven... Well, a very bloody immortal, that is... That''s right, even after meeting Crystalline, Azmond never even entertained the idea of going easier on himself just because he met a girl he loved! In actuality, he was cultivating harder than ever before as he started to resemble that of a corpse, with how much blood was covering his entire body from head to toe... Chapter 41: Love Is In The Air

Chapter 41: Love Is In The Air

Azmond, who was cultivating like a madman in a lotus position with blood pouring out of his seven orifices, suddenly heard a cute sound out of the blue. "Mhmm~" It was a sound that came from the sleeping ice beauty who was beginning to wake up... Her bare body was once again in full view after she leaned up. "Good Morning, Beautiful~" Azmond appeared next to Crystalline in a sh and whispered seductively into her ear with a small smile. The blood on his body was already gone as he used a simple water spell to wash himself. "Did you sleep well~?" "!!" Crystalline, slightly taken aback by Azmond''s sudden appearance, just replied with a small sleepy look on her pretty face, "...Mhmm..." "...We should really get some clothes on you, shouldn''t we~? As much as I love looking at those mountains of jelly, I don''t think it''s very good for my little brother''s health..." "..." Crystalline''s paleplexion took on a deeper shade of red as she looked at his stiffness down there, standing up like it wanted to pierce the sky. "...Mhm..." She just made a cute chipmunk sound as she slightly bobbed her head up and down. Azmond, after getting Crystalline''s confirmation, to his dismay, he might add, took onest good look at her sweaty crevices before he took a female robe out of his storage ring and put it around the nude Crystalline in one swift, gentle motion. "..." Crystalline, who was still half asleep, suddenly felt a warm feeling well up within her. ''...Why is he so kind to me?...'' She questioned with a puzzled expression. ''Is it just because he wants my body...?'' ''No. It''s something different...'' She thought. Crystalline''s thoughts continued to swirl around as she tightly clenched the soft robe she had on. .... "..." Azmond, still looking at her with a kind, gentle smile, just tilted his head slightly when he saw the pondering look on her pretty face. ''...He said he loved me, but... does he really feel that way about me?... Didn''t we just meet not too long ago? How could he already know for sure that he loves me...?'' Those ridiculous thoughts came from someone who professed her love to a man she had known for just a few hours... And as if something were confirming her thoughts, she heard the voice of the man she loved sound out right next to her ear. "What silly thoughts are you having, My Love~? You are my woman now, so stop having thoughts like that~" *Fwoosh~* Azmond seductively blew air into Crystalline''s ear. ''Can he read my mind?!?'' Those were thest thoughts Crystalline had before he used his sneaky ear attack on her. "W-Hwatt?... Mhmmf~!" She almost choked on herself when she felt the cold air that came out of Azmond''s mouth blow into her ear. Her face quickly turned as red as a tomato before she scurried away and defensively red at Azmond; with her dazzling green eyes giving him the stare down of the century. "You know I Love You, don''t you?" He asked Crystalline with a serious look on his face. "!!!" And just like that, her defensive stance broke immediately... Azmond was very good at dealing critical damage to her heart with his words. ''This man is seriously...'' Crystalline''s eyes started to lighten by a few levels as she gazed at him in a different sort of way now. "...So annoying," she murmured. Hearts started to form within her pupils as she approached Azmond of her own volition. Her assets jiggled around with every step she took toward him, her hard nipples still visible through the tight-fit robe she had on. "...Why do you say such things so easily...?" Crystalline asked him a question with an icy expression, while not even a couple of feet away from his face. She couldn''t understand how this shameless man could say such sweet words as if it were the simplest thing in the world to do. "Oh...? That''s an easy question to answer, My Dear~," Azmond started to speak with a solemn expression. "It''s because I... LOVE... YOU." He spoke thest part of his sentence with his index finger pointed straight at Crystalline. "!!!" She felt arrows go through her already fragile heart when she heard his words. And then, as if that icy exterior of hers was all just a silly little facade, Crystalline bounced right on top of Azmond with an adorably creepy smile on her face as she initiated a deep and long kiss with him. Her soft pink lips made contact with Azmond''s as she was riding on top of him like a wild animal while mumbling. "I-mhmf~Lo-ve~ Y-OU~!!" She tried to get out between kisses as her tongue was engaged in an intense battle with him. *Shlop! Shlop!* Their saliva was mixing repeatedly, like they were trying to make a love potion inside their mouths... .... "???" Azmond, who was still confused about what exactly led up to this development of events, just stood there dumbfounded while reciprocating Crystalline''s kisses. "I LOve Y-ou Too, M-y Little Ic-e Flower~," he tried to get out his words between kisses as well, while she started to straddle him like a ko bear. Her hands started ying with his long raven-ck hair, as it almost looked like her lips were trying to be one with his lips... Azmond reciprocated the touches in full as he traced his index fingers down Crystalline''s alluring back and got a reaction from every sensitive spot he rubbed. ..... A heavenly 20 minutes passed. *Shlop...* Azmond and Crystalline''s lips separated as both of them suddenly felt a deep sense of loss when they disconnected. a long trail of saliva was still connecting the two of them together despite their lips not touching, so that sense of loss lessened by quite a bit. ..... "Crystalline~" Azmond seductively whispered into her still-sensitive earlobe. "Ahn~" Such an action got quite the reaction out of her as she covered her embarrassed face with her hands to prevent him from seeing the lewd look on her face. "Heh~" Azmond chuckled a little when he saw Crystalline so embarrassed over something so small. After what they had done yesterday, you would think she would be more shameless, especially after those perverted words that kepting out of her mouth with no end when they were having sex. But, apparently, Azmond''s Little Ice Ball would never change... ....... "...Now you get all shy on me~? Haha~!" Azmond started tough with arge smile on his face as a bright pink energy materialized around him. "W-What is so funny...?" Crystalline asked with a small, puffy pout on her face before she started to hit his chest with her cute, dainty hands. It was a sight that would look quiteical to any onlookers, assuming Azmond allowed any onlookers, that is... ..... "You''re so adorable~ You know that~?" Azmond spoke with a loving expression. Afterwards, he took Crystalline, who was still clinging to him, and hugged her even tighter before whispering in her ear, "I really do love you so Much~" "!!!" Crystalline, who was still trying to beat Azmond up, was left stunned when she heard him once again tell her that he loved her. ''...Why does this man always do this...? I can''t even get mad at him for longer than 2 seconds before Ipletely forget why I got mad at him in the first ce...'' She thought to herself with a petite pout before she snuggled up even closer to him. ....... Chapter 42: You Will Die, Azmond!

Chapter 42: You Will Die, Azmond!

...... Crystalline may have been slightly mad at Azmond, but that didn''t mean that she would give up her rightful ce on top of him... "..." Azmond felt her voluptuous body press up against him, and he couldn''t help but think that this silly woman was the cutest thing to ever grace the face of this... Although calling a woman with a sinful body like hers ''cute'', had to be a war crime... ...... Nheless, Azmond proceeded to rub her silky ck hair gently while her face was buried within his long white robe. It was an action that Crystalline was starting to enjoy very much... She didn''t know why she enjoyed such a simple thing so much... She just did... It was almost like she could feel his love for her within every head pat he gave her... It was a warm, cozy feeling that Crystalline never wanted to give up. ..... Half an hour passed, and the two lovebirds didn''t move an inch from their positions. One standing up and the other clinging to him like a small ck cat who just found her person... "You heard what I said before, didn''t you?" Azmond asked with a warm smile. "Hwaat~?" Crystalline responded with a small head tilt after being woken up from her blissful moment. She locked eyes with him with a questioning look on her face. ''It felt so good~ Why did you interrupt my moment~!'' She thought to herself with an angry pout while ring at Azmond with a look that said, ''This better be important, *humph*!''. "..." Azmond felt like teasing her some more, but decided not to for now. After all, he really did have something important to say... .... "You are my woman, Crystalline," he announced with an earnest tone and a loving expression. "!!!" An equally loving look almost formed on Crystalline''s face, but before it could, she responded with a sad frown, marring her beautiful features. "M-My sect won''t allow it, Azmond..." After getting out those words, small tears started to form in her eyes. However, it seemed like her promation was not enough to deter Azmond, as he said, "There are no ''buts'' Crystalline. You are my woman from this day until the end of days. I couldn''t care less about what your sect thinks." "..." Crystalline felt that warm feeling arise within her again, a feeling that made her eyes lighten and darken at the same time as she stared up at him. But that feeling quickly conflicted with her worry and concern over Azmond''s safety... She wanted to be with him; she wanted that to be her reality so badly! But she knew... she knew that her sect would never allow her to be with a random man she found outside the sect... Her future husband had probably already been decided for her by her sect... If they ever found out about the type of rtionship that she and Azmond have, then... Not to mention that he had already taken her first time, Crystalline knew without a doubt in her mind that they would kill him without a second thought... That was just how this world functioned. The strong rule over the weak, and the weak have no right to question the decisions of the strong... Even marriages, 99% of the time, were predetermined before you were even born. That was even more the case if you were born into a sect, kingdom, or n, as your future was more often than not already decided for you. ...... "I can''t, Azmond..." Crystalline mumbled in a disheartened tone as her gaze never left his bright blue eyes. Big, bright blue eyes that started to violently shake after Azmond heard what she said... "...Why?" He asked after a moment of silence. "Do you not feel the same way about me that I feel about you...?" His shaky voice was on the verge of copse as an expression of devastation formed on his usually cheerful face. *Drip Drip* Tears started to fall down Crystalline''s smooth face when she saw the distraught look of Azmond''s expression¡ªa look that would make one think that he had just lost a piece of himself in that moment... A piece of himself that he had just discovered he had. .... "I do love you, Azmond, I love you more than anything in this world!" Crystalline began with a strained tone before she cupped her hands over her mouth and said, "T-That is why I can''t be with you..." "...Then, why...? Is it because of that sect of yours?..." Azmond''s inquiries were followed by his face morphing terribly as a look scarier than even the demons in hell emerged from his expression. His eyes went from their usual shining blue to pitch ck¡ªnot like the kind of obsessive ck he has when he looks at Crystalline, but a different kind of ck. A more terrifying kind... ..... "..." Crystalline knew what he was thinking when his face started to change, and she was happy that he was willing to go to such lengths for her, but... She wouldn''t allow it... "No, Azmond! You can''t!" She abruptly pped Azmond across the face to wake him up from his dark thoughts. *Smack!* "...What?..." He snapped back to reality and felt the stinging pain in his right cheek as he looked down at the ck-haired beauty who was still clinging to him. "If your sect is the problem, then I will just eradicate it," Azmond said with a straight face as his eyes began to dangerously crease once more, but before they could. "You will die if you do that..." Crystalline mumbled. She didn''t want to think about a future where he was not alive, but she had to tell him the truth. She didn''t want him to die a useless death because of her... .... "Hmm? What do you mean?..." Confusion filled Azmond''s heart as he looked to Crystalline for answers. "..." Her eyes darted to the side as she responded, "M-My sect has people in it who are far stronger than the Nascent Soul Realm, Azmond..." After catching her breath for a moment, she continued, "Far, far stronger... You are strong, and I love that part of you as well, but..." She didn''t want to say this right to Azmond''s face, but she had no choice... She wouldn''t allow the man she fell in love with to leave her alone in this world. ....... "You will die if you try to go against them as you are now. You will die without even getting the chance to fight back..." *Drip Drip* Crystalline''s tears never stopped falling as she continued to speak. "I-I don''t want that, Azmond. I don''t want you to die! I want to be with you until the end of time, but..." Her voice became shaky as she took one of her hands and covered her mouth while practically on the verge of a mental breakdown. "I-I d-don''t want you to d-die!!... I love you- I Love You!- I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!" "I-" Azmond was about to respond with the same loving smile on his face, but before he could... Crystalline began to speak with a face that shattered his heart... "But... that isn''t enough to stop you from dying..." Her big, beautiful green eyes lost their usual glow as never-ending tears painted her face with extreme anguish... Chapter 43: A Little Trip Part 1

Chapter 43: A Little Trip Part 1

"But... that isn''t enough to stop you from dying..." Crystalline''s big, beautiful green eyes lost their usual glow as never-ending tears painted her face with extreme anguish... "Th-" Azmond wanted to refute her and say that he could 100% survive anything thrown at him, but he knew... He knew that wasn''t the truth. ''I see. I am weak... This is happening right now because I am weak... My Little bundle of joy is in such a state because of my weakness...'' His eyes started to lose their shine as well... ''Why?... Why does everything revolve around strength and weakness...? Can one not live a peaceful life with the people they love without someone who''s ''stronger'' than you throwing your life into disarray and destroying everything you love on a whim if they so feel like it...? Why...? Why? People are weak... But why are they weak...?'' He thought before a pondering look emerged on his face. After a few seconds of brooding, he realized something as he thought, ''I see... They are weak because the strong won''t allow them to be strong... They are weak because they aren''t willing to push hard enough... They aren''t willing to give everything they have to defy a fate that was already against them from the get-go...'' Upon understanding this, he realized something about himself as well. ''I am weak...'' A self-deprecating smile formed on his face as extreme pain was felt when he looked at the sight of his love balling her eyes out in his arms... ''I know that much myself. That silly blue-haired girl, Aqua, drilled that fact into my head when she told me of all the realms thaty in front of me...'' ''If even a single random cultivator who was in the Soul Transformation Realm and above passed by here and felt like they were a better fit for Crystalline than I was...'' Azmond''s expression started to morph into something evil. However, his resistance to notion was contended with as he deeply frowned and thought, ''There would be nothing I could do about it... I would fight that person to the death. But what would that change...? Crystalline would still get taken away after my lifeless corpse fell to the ground.'' His expression turned into one of defeat as his thoughts continued spiraling. ''Her fate would be whatever the person who took her decides it to be...'' ''I am weak... I know I am weak... I try to put on this facade where I make myself believe that I am some one-in-a-billion talent, but... deep down, I know... I know that I am no better than the people who refuse to fight against their fate¡ªpeople who refuse to fight against the strong.'' Azmond''s gaze hardened as he stared at the mess of a woman hanging off of him. Her face melted into his clothes as if she were trying to disappear into his body and never show her beautiful face to the world again; her tears soaked his robes... ..... After looking at this heartbreaking sight, Azmond thought, ''She is like this... because of me. Would she be crying right now if I were strong enough? Would she be crying right now if I were strong enough to flip her entire sect upside down with a wave of my hand? No. She wouldn''t be...'' ''I am not strong enough... I will not be strong enough to be capable of doing that anytime soon, but...'' Azmond''s self-deprecating face suddenly gained back its glow as he clenched his fists with a newfound passion¡ªa passion that was already greater than the sun itself¡ªthat started growing to such an insane degree that it almost consumed his entire mind. ''Strength... I just need to be stronger!! No matter the cost, no matter how much pain I have to go through... My slow way of cultivating is not enough. I need... I need to be stronger faster. Faster than anything ever before seen in the world of cultivation,'' he thought with a passionate expression. ''I will not sit idly by and let Crystalline''s fate be determined by a bunch of old geezers who can''t keep up with the times; I will be stronger... I will be stronger than them all, and if people still have the gall to question my rtionship with My Little Ice Flower, then...'' Azmond''s expression turned into one bereft of emotions as he gazed out into the distance with an indescribable look... "...I guess I would just have to get rid of them all, right...?" His voice came out in a static tone as his face morphed into something... malicious. It was a face that would scare his little Ice Ball if she weren''t snuggled up into his chest with tears streaming down her face. Crystalline was in this state because she had already passed out quite a while back from the massive pain she was feeling within her heart... The sight of her in that state left Azmond absolutely devastated, as he muttered, "She is going through so much pain because of me..." His face became ashen as he spoke out loud before it eventually crumbled away when he thought about his little Ice Crystal, who was going through so much pain because of him. ..... And it was through viewing and understanding these things that a newfound wave of resolve washed over Azmond! "No more going easy on myself... unless I''m on the verge of dying during every cultivation session, then I am not pushing myself hard enough,'' he thought with clenched fists. ''I can take any amount of physical pain, and I can take on any of the consequences thate along with that pain... However, what I can''t take is this sight before me. My bundle of joy is in such pain because of me...'' His eyes softened for a second before they hardened a hundredfold! ''Strength... That is what it all ends uping down to. I just need enough strength to ignore the buzzing opinions of any flies who get in the way of my happiness.'' Determination filled Azmond''s heart as blood started to draw from how tight he was clenching his fists. "Let''s go and acquire more strength right away. What am I waiting for? A fucking invitation? I will not allow anyone to take away Crystalline, and I will not allow myself to die on this little marble in space called ''Asterion''." His voice echoed out with a solemn tone before he wrapped Crystalline around him tighter than before and started walking. *Step Step* He didn''t know where he was talking to; he just knew he needed to walk somewhere else if wanted more power. He needed to find something more, something that could allow him to increase his power faster than this waterfall was capable of providing. Azmond didn''t even know for sure if something like that existed or in which direction that something was. He just knew he needed to find it... He ultimately ended up deciding to walk to the west. He had some unfinished business to finish there, so it just made the most sense for him to start walking in that direction. ........ Chapter 44: A Little Trip Part 2

Chapter 44: A Little Trip Part 2

*Tap* *Tap* *Tap* The sound of light boots thumping against the ground was heard as a tall man with long raven ck hair, deep blue eyes, and a face that would make even the gods envy him was walking slowly as he approached arge hill in the distance with a beautiful woman wrapped around his back. A woman who has been sleeping for 4 days straight... A fact that made Azmond''s already broken heart shatter even more. .... ''I need more strength...'' He thought to himself with a somber expression as he walked up the hill he saw far in the distance not even a second ago, and yet the hill was now right in front of him. This unusual phenomenon urred because Azmond was moving at insane speeds that his sluggish-looking posture would not indicate. .... He reached the top of the hill not long after, where he saw a view that left him stunned. "!!!" A dazzling array of lights appeared in front of Azmond as arge arrangement of glowing stones the size of houses were lined up at the front of a tree that wasrger than most skyscrapers. "What is this ce...?" He asked himself with a puzzled look as he entered what appeared to be the gate to thisrge assortment of huge glowing stones. "Is this some sort of garden...? But it looks naturally formed... How unusual." Confusion filled Azmond''s heart as he started to look around therge, naturally formed garden, with Crystalline still snuggled up into his back. Her tears had already dried up a while ago, but they abruptly starteding down again a day ago while she was dreaming. ''She must''ve had a terrible nightmare about what we were talking about a few days ago...'' Azmond thought as his heart crumbled even further when he imagined what Crystalline must''ve been going through while he was walking around aimlessly trying to find something more. Nevertheless, every tear that Crystalline shed only further strengthened his resolve to acquire more power at speeds that would not even be categorized as humanly possible. ..... "..." Azmond wanted to touch one of the giant glowing stones, but he was afraid of there being a serious negative reaction that would end up hurting his Little Ice Ball, so he took out arge nket from his storage ring andid it t on the ground before gentlyying the curvy body of Crystalline down on it. He tenderly kissed her on the lips before beginning to perform another set of actions. ..... WAAA! Energy tendrils flew around in the air as Azmond started toy down dozens of protective barriers around Crystalline''s defenseless body. He loved going overboard... ..... After he finishedying down the protective barriers, he walked over to the closest giant glowing stone and touched it. Azmond expected there to be a huge reaction, but surprisingly... OOOM! However, contrary to his expectations, the giant glowing stone''s blue shade of light merely grew a little darker before returning to its original color. ''Hmm...? This huge stone is so odd...'' Azmond thought with a contemtive expression as he traced his hand around the rest of therge stone. A few seconds of touching passed, but nothing else happened besides the shade of light being emitted from it getting a little dark at certain moments. ... "This huge stone must do something special, right...? Are they really just pretty decorations for some extremelyrge tree?" A puzzled look formed on Azmond''s face as he thought to himself before walking over to a differentrge glowing stone to see if a different stone would do something other than glow slightly brighter... ... "..." He was about to touch another one of therge glowing stones, but before he fully stretched out his hand, he looked back at Crystalline to make sure she was okay. She was still sleeping peacefully, with a sad look of longing on her pretty face as tear stains were present on her countenance. But other than that, she waspletely fine... Azmond was just a worry wart... A worry wart who took even more emotional damage when he saw that same sorrowful look on his Little Ice Flowers beautiful face... ..... "..." *Sigh* Azmond let out a light sigh before he said, "Let''s just continue touching these glowing stones... One of them better do something to make up for wasting my time and keeping me away from My Love like this..." His voice sounded out in a frosty tone as he red at the rest of therge glowing stones. ..... ''Brother Mountain told us about this crazy madman... And he''s even crazier in person!!'' The glowing stones were crying tears of blood at the way this insane man was talking to inanimate objects like they had some sort of control over their actions! .... "..." Azmond ignored the woes of the rocks and finished extending his hand toward the glowing stone he was at. "..." However, nothing happened; just like the first stone, there was no significant reaction from this one either. "You guys must really want to die, huh...?" A chilling voice came out of Azmond''s mouth as he thought about destroying these stones and just getting it over with, but he quickly scratched that idea. And the reason for this decision was... well... ''These stones are sort of pretty. Maybe Crystalline would like one of them carved up and given to her as a gift.'' Azmond started having dangerous thoughts again... Therge glowing stones would be crying about how unfair life was, if they were conscious beings, that is. ... "Hmm..." A thought unexpectedly appeared in Azmond''s mind right when he was about to infuse some Qi in the air to make a sword so he could slice up these rocks... ''What if I try circting my Qi inside of the glowing stone...? They are some sort of cultivation-world bullcrap, right? They must need some type of magical stimulus to fully get a reaction out of them.'' "..." The glowing stones began sweating buckets of relief when Azmond put away that sharp Qi de he had in his hands... "I guess I should just try and see if my theory is usible," he said with a curious voice as he tried circting his Qi inside therge house-sized stone. .... *Whoosh!* The sound of Qi flowing out of therge stone in massive quantities was heard as extremely thick Qi began to be absorbed by Azmond''s Dantian. "Oh...? So it does have a use... And it seems to be a pretty substantial one," he began with an intrigued look on his face as he feltrge amounts of high-quality Qi enter his body. "This Qi is dozens of times greater in quality than the Qi I absorbed at the waterfall on a daily basis," he said with a satisfied voice. And it was after he realized this fact that he understood something else... "It looks like I found one of the things I was searching for¡ªone of the things that will allow me to acquire power at a rate that would make my previous cultivation speed look like I was advancing at a turtle''s pace..." For the first time in days, A small smile formed on Azmond''s handsome face as he held onto the key that was the solution to his current need for more power. Chapter 45: Cultivating Again

Chapter 45: Cultivating Again

...... WAAAA! Azmond started to cultivate using therge glowing stones that seemed to be some sort of mutant spiritual stone, ording to the Divine Devil Arts Scripture. Although they were slightly different from what was recorded in the Divine Devil Arts Scripture as they were extremely big spiritual stones. In fact, they were absolutely enormous for spiritual stones! The average spiritual stone was around the size of your thumb, but the dozens of spiritual stones in front of Azmond were the size of small houses! He didn''t understand how spiritual stones could grow to this size, but he didn''t really care that much about the reason for the unusual phenomenon... He just knew that a way to gain even more power was presented right in front of him... And who was he to deny such a nice gift that fate had given him for the first time in his life? He would take advantage of every single thing that could increase his power by even a small margin! After all, he still had to reach the very peak of the power pyramid, and he knew for sure that the ones at the top of that pyramid would not be patiently waiting around for Azmond to surpass them... ... ''The amount of energy stored in just a single one of these giant stones has to be at least 1000 times greater than the entire umtion of Qi that made up the atmosphere of the giant waterfall I was cultivating at...'' Azmond thought with a contemtive expression. ''This new source of energy will speed up my cultivation by massive amounts. It should be enough to bridge the gap into Foundation Establishment and the Core Formation Realm...'' His thoughts continued to swirl around as various topics entered his mind. ''Mybat power is already at the Early Nascent level when I unleash my Quantum Gate skill in the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm, and that makes me wonder what it will be like when I enter the Core Formation Realm.'' Expectation filled Azmond''s heart as he continued to cultivate in a lotus position right next to one of therge spiritual stones. ......... Two dayster... "...Mhmm..." A beautiful girl who was covered in multiple nkets and surrounded by dozens of spiritual barriers was seen waking up with drowsiness evident on her beautiful face. "...Where am I?..." Crystalline asked herself with a cute look as she scanned her surroundings to get an understanding of where she ended up after passing out. All she saw when she analyzed the area around her were dozens ofrge spiritual stones the size of small houses. "..." It was a sight that left Crystalline with a baffled expression. ''I have seen big spiritual stones in my sect, but... these things are on apletely different level... Every single one of them has to be dozens of times higher in quality and quantity of spiritual Qi than the biggest spiritual stone that the elders of my sect had within their possession...'' She started to think in disbelief. ''What sort of magical ce has Azmond taken me to...?'' Crystalline asked herself, puzzlement filling her heart. ... "Speaking of Azmond... Where is he?" She scanned her surroundings more thoroughly, but she couldn''t find a single trace of Azmond''s presence anywhere. Worry started to form on Crystalline''s pretty features as her thoughts began to take a turn for the worst... "Did the elders of my sect find me...? Did they kill Azmond after finding him with me...?" Tears started to form in her eyes as her expression took on one of extreme sorrow... "I-I... I can''t live in a world without my Azmond in it..." Crystalline''s face darkenedpletely as an ice sword made of ice elements began to materialize within her hands before she took that ice sword and put it up against her throat. She was prepared to join Azmond in the afterlife If she couldn''t be with him in this life... But before she was able to make a drastic decision that couldn''t be taken back... A loud, whirling sound was heard as Crystalline looked far up into the sky and saw a man. He had long, raven ck hair and deep blue eyes in a set of robes that made him look like a banished immortal. This man was sitting in a cross-legged position while meditating thousands of meters in the sky. OOOM! Arge Qi storm surrounded this handsome man as it gnawed away at his wless skin when the man absorbed parts of it. "AZMONDD~!!!" Crystalline''s eyes started to brighten up once she saw that her Azmond was perfectly safe and sound. She wanted to immediately fly up there and embrace him, but before she did, she noticed something peculiar about his situation... "Is he breaking through...?" She asked herself with a confused look on her face. .... ''No wonder he didn''te to greet me as soon as I woke up like he didst time... He can''t perceive anything that''s happening around him while breaking through.'' Crystalline put on a pondering expression as her bright green eyes took on their usual loving look when thinking about Azmond... ... "I knew my Azmond wouldn''t leave me alone in this world all by myself... I LOVE HIM~! I WANT HIM NOW~!!" Crystalline was about to leap up and fly to him again, but she once again recalled that he was currently attempting to break through and couldn''t be disturbed right now... ''If I go up there now with him still breaking through, then a serious bacsh coulde down on him... But I want him right now... I really, Really Want Him!!!... But I don''t want to hurt him either..." She was extremely conflicted about what she should do. *Jiggle Jiggle* Her two milky white breasts jiggled all around as she paced around in circles. Furthermore, her hard nipples were visible even through her tight-fitted robe... ... After a bit of mulling over the matter, she sighed a little before muttering, "...Whatever, I would rather not hurt Azmond because of my selfishness... I will just wait here for his breakthrough to finish, and then I will jump him, hehe~" Crystalline came to a decision as naughty thoughts began to enter her mind. She even started to drool a little before she mumbled, "After I catch him, we will do this... and that... and this~ hehe~!" (She was a lost cause...) ***** Meanwhile, on Azmond''s side. ''My breakthrough into the 10th stage of Quantum Qi Condensation is going pretty well... I am pleasantly surprised that I managed toplete 10 cultivation-base condensing cycles within 2 days,'' he thought with a satisfied look on his face. ''An insane speed that my old self at the Giant waterfall would''ve needed a few months to aplish...'' After realizing this fact, a small, untraceable smile emerged on his expression as he continued to finish his minor realm breakthrough. ........ Chapter 46: A Black Rocket...?

Chapter 46: A ck Rocket...?

....... ''I don''t think I will go through a full body transformation like I did with myst few breakthroughs...'' Azmond thought to himself while preparing to bridge the gap between the 9th and 10th Stages of Quantum Qi Condensation. ''I have a feeling that my body has already reached full maturity and doesn''t need any more major transformations to handle the exponential growth each of my future breakthroughs will require.'' Aftering to this conclusion, inside his mind, he said, ''I should just directly receive the boons from the breakthrough and the massive increase to my physical strength, the same as all my previous breakthroughs in the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm, except I won''t have to go inside that annoying cocoon where I''m left unconscious and defenseless for weeks on end.'' Azmond clicked his tongue a little when he thought about the gxy cocoon that always trapped him inside of it. ...... ''I''m already taking a risk by breaking through with My Little Ice Flower leftpletely defenseless down there... I wish I had some awareness of what was urring around me right now...'' Azmond thought with furrowed brows. Defenseless Ice Flower, he says... ''I knew I should''ve added a few hundred more protective barriers around Crystalline... This is what I get for not being cautious enough...'' He was thinking in theplete opposite direction of where he should be right now... Instead of this nonsense, Azmond should be more concerned about his current breakthrough that he blitzed through with the price of experiencing pain thousands of times greater than any normal cultivator would during a breakthrough in the Qi Condensation Realm... Although it didn''t seem like he cared a single bit about the extreme pain that coursed through his body nonstop whilst cultivating... And all of this was to say that Crystalline was the one who was less likely to die of the two of them... ....... Azmond created the barriers around her with the very essence of his soul, preventing even Nascent Soul Realm cultivators from touching a hair on Crystalline''s head. (Non-harmful to him unless he takes it overboard.) Azmond, on the other hand, had no such protection on his body. He gave all the essence that could provide any sort of protection to His Little Ice Bunny. And yet, he didn''t think once about using some of the soul essence to protect himself. (Not that he needed it in the slightest...) On the previous note, he wanted to instead use even more of his essence, connected to his very existence, to make even more spiritual Qi barriers around Crystalline. Such an act would cause severe soul damage bacsh on Azmond that would require high-tier soul-rted recovery spiritual herbs or a top-level healer to fully recover from¡ªan almost impossible task for the current Azmond to fulfill. ''Tsk! Next time, I will use up all of my essence to protect My Little Ice Bunny,'' he thought with a small disappointed sneer aimed at himself as he talked about risking his life just to add more unnecessary barriers around the woman he loves... ''Who even needs all this soul essence anyway?'' (You do...) ''I will do just thatter, when I check on the current condition of my Little Snowke.'' Azmond already knew what he''d do after finishing this breakthrough as he clenched his fists until blood drew before focusing back on the breakthrough. (Please don''t do that...) The Author begged. ..... ''I can feel the breakthroughing to an end. It should be done and gone in just a few more minutes...'' Azmond''s thoughts resounded inside his head as the Qi around him started to gather in absurd amounts, all being constantly absorbed by him in order to achieve a perfect foundation with his new breakthrough. ..... Ten minutester. Azmond had officially entered the 10th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation! "This breakthrough has been quite profitable." His thoughts leaked as he scanned the inside of his body to check on his recent gains. What he saw were 10,000 Qi Cyclones orbiting around his massive Dantian. 9,000 of those 10,000 Qi Cyclones were a gigantic 300 meters in diameter, and thest 1,000 were the usual 1 inch in diameter that every 1,000 new Qi Cyclones always had when he broke through. Furthermore, his Dantian had grown considerably, as it was now over 1,500 meters in diameter!! Azmond''s boons from this breakthrough were a major step forward on his path to gaining more power, as his overall strength had fully stepped into the Nascent Soul Realm even without using his Quantum Gate skill! ....... "I am confident that I can beat that giant green piggy with one hand behind my back if we were to fight again right here and now..." Azmond''s smile widened a little when he thought about fighting that fat green pig again. "Though I wouldn''t do that without fully ensuring the safety of my little Ice Roll first..." His creepy expression quickly calmed once he thought about Crystalline again... She seemed to be the only thing that could attenuate to his battle maniac side without even doing anything... ........ "Speaking of my Ice Queen, where is she...?" Azmond looked down at the spot where he left her but couldn''t see her adorable sleeping face anywhere within view. "...Did she get in trouble while I was breaking through..." After this theory nted itself inside his mind, he said, "I knew a few dozen measly barriers were not enough! Dammit!" Azmond''s thoughts went toward the worst possible oue as he started to freak out a little. (This scene is quite a familiar one, huh? I guess two birds of a feather do end up thinking alike once they spend enough time together...) ...... "..." Azmond was about to freak the hell out when he suddenly saw something in the corner of his eye hurtling toward him. "Is that someone''s ck rocket...?" He asked himself as the shine within his eyes came back in a bombastic fashion. "AZZMMOONDD~~!!!!!" A loud feminine voice resounded across the high skies as Crystalline was seen darting at speeds that caused sonic booms to trail off behind her. "Yep, that is my little ck rocket~," Azmond said with a small smile on his face as he spread out his arms, ready to receive the full extent of the flying bundle of love that wasunching straight toward him. "Come on, My Love~!!" He suddenly felt a heavy impact hit him directly in the chest as a beautiful girl, who could woo even an eunuch''s heart, was already snuggling right up to his chest with tears streaming down her face. ...... "A-AzMooNd I-I... I Thought I loSt You!!" Crystalline murmured in a small voice between tears as she clung even harder to Azmond. However, this moment didn''tst for long, as... "Don''t You Dare Leave Me Behind Ever Again!!!" She shouted with a vicious re focused on him. And as if the goddess of mood swings had inhabited her voluptuous body, her sad face quickly turned into one of anger as she started to beat Azmond with her small hands. Nheless, in spite of the ''soft'' hits raining down on him, Azmond simply coddled the women while saying, "I know, My Little Ice Flower~ I won''t leave you behind ever again~" He tenderly petted the beauty while she kept on hitting him with the full force of the Late-Golden Core Realm. A few seconds of this passed before... "I LOVE YOU, AZMOND~~!" There was yet another flip of her emotional state as she initiated a wet and intense kiss with his mouth while pulling on his robe cor. ''Such an adorable little creature she is~'' Azmond thought. His small smile had already turned into one full of intense love for the beautiful woman who was passionately making out with him. ........ Chapter 47: (R-18) Obsessed Part 1

Chapter 47: (R-18) Obsessed Part 1

"I Wou-ld''ve been ri-ght next to you at the exa-ct moment you wo-ke up if I kn-ew, My Love~ For that, I am sorry," Azmond said between kisses. "..." Crystalline was too distracted with sucking on his lips to be able toprehend what he said immediately. It was a fact that left Azmond with a wry smile inside his mind, but she soon heard his voice and responded without interrupting her blissful time: "I-I K-Know~! J-Just d-don''t ever do someth-ing like that without tell-ing me first, kay?" Crystalline spoke in a sweet tone, but her face was anything but sweet as it darkened slightly when she spoke thest part. ''My little Ice Roll is really something else...'' Azmond''s pupils turned a few shades darker as he gazed lovingly into Crystalline''s eyes. After a few seconds of passionately gazing at her, he said, "I love you so much, Crystalline~!" His voice sounded out while he engaged in an even more aggressive kiss with Crystalline. His tongue never left the inside of her wet mouth. A pink energy started to materialize around the two as Crystalline started to speak seductively. "I Want You Inside Me, Right Nyooww~~!!! Mess up my insides like you didst time, Azmond~ I don''t even want to be able to walk after we are done~!!" She disengaged from the passionate kiss and spoke like a pervert while squishing her boobs together, like she was trying to invite Azmond to explore her deep mountain tops that were glistening from the saliva that fell out of her mouth when she backed away from him. ....... "..." Azmond was surprised at the development of the new perverted side of his Little Ice Flower, but he wasn''t one to deny a good time. "Very well, my dear." He started to speak as he lifted Crystalline up by the ass and began to fly back to the ground surface so he could ''help'' her out of her current ''predicament''. ...... "Let''s get started right away~," Azmond whispered while gazing straight into Crystalline''s very soul. A sight that she found very attractive... ...... Azmond made it down to the ground surface in a split second, with Crystalline in tow as she held onto him while leaking some sort of wet substance out of her under-skirt area. Her two perky, milky white breasts and their pink tips also began to rub up violently against his robes, with lust evident in her bright green eyes. "Oh...?" A fox-like grin materialized on Azmond''s facial features as he stared at his Little Ice Flower with one eyebrow raised. "Are you so impatient to get what you so desire~?" He asked before proceeding to p Crystalline on her bouncy ass. "Aahhn~! A-Azmond~!!" She made a low-sounding moan as she covered her face with her hands and slightly red at Azmond. "..." Azmond found her reaction quite to his liking, as his sly grin grew even wider. "You were asking for that one, My Love~ Leaving that lewd, bouncy ass out in the open whiletched onto me has to be a crime~" His gaze traveled down Crystalline''s curvaceous body as he licked his lips a little. "...." Crystalline, upon seeing this action of his, was left speechless at the shamelessness of this man. But more than that, she was happy. She was happy that her body could attract Azmond in such a way. Crystalline never really cared about what people thought about her looks, but that didn''t mean that she wasn''t self-aware of the sway her body held over them. She wasn''t blind; she just didn''t care about the opinions of some nobodies. Though that part of her seemed to change when she met Azmond, as for the first time in her life, she became self-conscious about her looks. Even though she was perfect in every single way, that didn''t stop her from having these negative thoughts about herself. ........ ''He really likes my body... Hehe,~'' Crystalline''s face became slightly goofy as she began tough like a fool with a perverted smile on her face. "..." Azmond didn''t quite understand the thoughts that were going through his Ice Queen''s head, but he knew it was something perverted. That smile on her face gave it away at first nce. Nheless... "Are you ready, My Love~?" He decided to ignore the peculiarities of his Ice Roll and ask the most important question while gently cupping her face with hisrge hands. "..." Crystalline, who was still in a daze with a silly smile on her face, just replied with a deep blush on her face when she thought about the ''activities'' that she and Azmond were about to engage in once again. She quickly snuggled up to his chest so he wouldn''t see her embarrassed expression... ....... ''You are all shy now...? Who was the one that wanted this to begin with, My Love~? Fufu~'' Azmond couldn''t get enough of his Little Ice Bunny as he put his right hand on top of Crystalline''s silky ck hair and began to gently rub her head with a kind smile stered on his face. A smile that hid a deep darkness beneath it... A darkness that Crystalline felt would consume her if she were to delve too far into it... A normal girl would usually already be nning on ditching Azmond if they saw that creepy smile of his, but... Crystalline was no normal girl. So, in response to his overly affectionate gaze, she responded back in full with the same stunning smile that hid a darkness almost as dark as his... "..." Azmond saw the challenge to his love for her and decided he would tease his Little Ice Ball a little before he got to the main course. He stretched out his other hand and started to trace it along Crystalline''s smooth back while hitting all the sensitive spots on her in just the right ways. "Aahn~! A-Azmond~! Mmmff~~!" She was trying to hold back her moans as she clung to Azmond even tighter than before. Her nails dug straight through his robe and reached his smooth skin. Nevertheless, she wasn''t able to make even a mark on his back because of his recent breakthrough into the 10th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. Not that she was actively trying to harm her Azmond, but his new toughness did surprise her a little. ....... ''Mmmff~ He has already gotten so much stronger within a mere few days...'' Crystalline thought to herself between slight moans as she tilted her head up to Azmond as they locked eyes once more. ''Can he really be stronger than- Aaahn~ -the elders of my sect~? Can my Azmond really do it if he''s given enough time~?'' She started to think optimistically as she tried to delve into the secrets of the man she fell in love with through his gaze. Crystalline wanted to unravel the mystery of the man called Azmond. And it was after these notions passed through her mind that a small, jovial smile formed on her lewd face before she thought, ''...Maybe he can do it...'' ''...He is my Azmond after all~ Mmmff~!'' That''s right... Crystalline was basing her hopes all on the blind faith she had in the man she loved. "What are you thinking so deeply about, My Dear~? Is my current level of intensity not enough to get your full attention~?" Azmond''s yful smile grew to insane levels as he began to do something else... ...... Chapter 48: (R-18) Obsessed Part 2

Chapter 48: (R-18) Obsessed Part 2

....... "N-No~!" Crystalline was trying to deny Azmond''s thoughts, as she really couldn''t take anymore of his teasing, but before she could... His index finger slid down her sensual figure as it made its way to her treasured entrance. And at the ''treasure trove'', there was a rosy flower that was currently as wet as it could be... It was opening and closing lewdly, like it was trying to find something big to fill its hole! "..." Something that Azmond immediately noticed. "Pervert~" He whispered directly into Crystalline''s ear... "..." She was practically as red as a tomato as she tried to bury herself even deeper into his white robe. ''...It is your fault that I''m this way... You dummy~! Mmmff~~!'' Crystalline''s thoughts leaked a little as Azmond''s long finger invaded her pussy. "AZZMMMONND~~!! Aaaaaahhhnn~~!!" A clear liquid began to spray out of her pussy as her back arched while still clinging to him. *Spurt! Spurt!* Her lewd liquid came out inrge amounts as itpletely soaked Azmond. ...... Crystalline calmed down after a couple of minutes and gazed into his eyes with a pleading look. Her long, silky ck hair was aplete mess as well. She just knew he was about to say something that would cause her even more emotional damage. However, it was far toote to be begging for mercy, as Azmond already had his target locked in sight. ...... "Coming with just the first finger entering inside you..." He started to speak with a mischievous smirk on his face. "...PERVERT~..." Azmond spoke as slowly as possible, right into Crystalline''s cute earlobe. Furthermore, his grin widened even further when he saw how close she was to him... "..." Crystalline''s face was as flushed as it could be at the moment, as she couldn''t bear to look directly into his deep blue eyes anymore. ''...Meanie...'' She thought to herself while never leaving Azmond''s chest... Her lewd body still pressed up against him. Her thoughts didn''t match up with her body at all. ....... "Let us begin with the main dish, now that you have already warmed up all by yourself~" Azmond whispered with the same devious expression before beginning to rip up Crystalline''s tight-fit robe that was already ruined from all the pussy juices that spilled all over it. "..." She was too ashamed to even bother rebutting his statement about her being the only one to warm up. She wanted to say that she saw Azmond''s stiffness pointing straight up down there as well. but she knew he would just tease her more if she said that... ''Hateful Man...'' A small pout emerged on Crystalline''s pretty face as she started to hit him with her cute hands again. ...... "Oh...?" Azmond, amused by the whole situation, decided he would speed things up a little. His hands moved as fast as lightning! Whatever was left of Crystalline''s robes was now ripped up into shreds and spread across the Qi-infused ground. "Eeek!" She shrieked when she saw that she no longer had anything covering her private parts. Crystalline quickly covered up her two milky white bunnies and her vagina before she bounced away and red at Azmond with an aggrieved look on her face. "Meanie!" She yelled out loud as her cute pout grew evenrger on her small face. ''What is with that face? Is she a chipmunk now...?'' Azmond thought with a curious tone before his expression morphed into a loving one as he thought, ''Why does everything she do make me love her so much more than just a few seconds ago...? I Love her so much...'' He gazed at Crystalline with enough love in him to be mistaken as a god of love... ........ "..." Crystalline wanted to be mad at Azmond right now but was taken aback by his sudden show of affection. She quickly forgot what she was even doing as she returned the affection in full and leaped toward him with her tits jiggling all over the ce and her rosy flower now in full view for only Azmond to see... You got that right; he set up yet another barrier that kept everything happening inside of it private. Azmond wouldn''t allow a single soul to see his Crystalline the way she came into this world! ....... "AZMMOONDD~~!!! I LOVE YOU~!!!" Crystalline eximed with an extreme love for the recipient of her affection evident in her voice. The ck rocket quickly reached Azmond as an explosion was heard, but neither of them could hardly care about something as small as that as Crystalline snuggled up into his body. ''I knew it! This spot is the only spot meant for me in this world~!!'' An adorably creepy smile formed on her face as she rubbed her entire nude body against Azmond. It was almost like she was trying to mark what was rightfully hers! However, she did have a slightly annoyed look on her face as she felt her body not touching his bare body... ........ ''These pesky clothes are getting in the way of me and my Azmond bing one!'' "Humph!" Crystalline snorted a little as she gave his clothes a death stare. ''Do you wanna die?!?'' She started to threaten the set of robes inside her head as her cheeks became even more puffed up. ''She truly is incapable of looking angry... It justes out as a face that is even more adorable than thest face she made...'' Azmond thought to himself with a small obsessive smile as he immediately noticed the disturbance in his Little Ice Flowers emotions. He thought it was the cutest thing in all of existence that she was getting so mad over his clothes still being on his body. ''I seriously Love Her So Much~'' His pupils dimmed a little as he passionately gazed at his still pouty Ice Roll, who was leaning her entire lustful body up against him. ........ Chapter 49: (R-18) Obsessed Part 3

Chapter 49: (R-18) Obsessed Part 3

Azmond, who was in the middle of gazing lovingly at his Little Ice Roll, who was screaming all sorts of profanities at his white robe, decided that he should do something about Crystalline''s little conundrum before she decided to burn the whole forest down just to get his clothes off of him. WHIP! The robe he was wearing quickly burned as he used a simple, smaller version of the |Fireball| spell that he called |Lighter|. It was a useful little spell that was good atpleting any day-to-day activities that might require the element of fire. ...... "..." Crystalline''s adorable little face began to go through a multitude of emotions when she saw the robe she was yelling at start to disappear from her sight. She wanted to keep cursing at it, but it disappeared before she could get out all of her frustrations. "Humph! Since I can''t take my frustrations out on that robe, you are going to have to do that job in its ce~" Crystalline whispered seductively while gazing into Azmond''s eyes with hearts forming in her pupils. Her index finger made its way up his muscr chest as she began to y with every part of his chiseled body. "It looks like you''re having fun, My Love~? But, don''t you think that I should be allowed to grope you if you''re able to grope me~?" A small, mischievous smirk emerged on Azmond''s handsome face as he lifted her chin a little and stared directly into her bright green eyes. "..." Crystalline, who was glued to his chest as she rubbed her face up against him, was suddenly interrupted right when it was getting to the good part. Still, right when she saw the alluring look in Azmond''s gaze as he locked eyes with her, she knew that what he had in store for her would be far better than the simple things she was doing now. Crystalline''s voluptuous body started to heat up considerably as her already hard nipples got even harder as she rubbed them up against his nipples with an enticing expression on her lust-filled face. "Does that mean you will give ''it'' to me, Azmond~?!?" She got a little too caught up in the moment as she jumped up and down while rubbing her bare body, which was drenched in sweat, all over his muscr frame. "..." Azmond could swear that Crystalline resembled that of a small puppy who was begging for her new favorite treat from her owner. She even had drooling out of her mouth as she looked expectantly at him with big puppy dog eyes. ''What am I going to do with this little pervert~?'' Azmond''s small grin started to distort further as he suddenly thought of an ingenious solution. ''Oh... I know what I''ll do~ I will give her exactly what she wants~'' He licked his lips a little as he conjured up a bed and some soft nkets from his storage ring and threw them on the ground next to arge spiritual stone. Azmond proceeded to throw the naked body of Crystalline onto therge, king-sized bed before jumping onto the bed himself. "Eeek~!" She yelped a little when she felt herself being abruptly flung into the air, but she quickly gained back rity and alluringly gazed at the Big Bad Wolf, who was crawling on the giant bed as we spoke, heading toward the defenseless littlemb. ...... "You are the one who asked for it, My Little Ice Flower~! There is no backing out now~!" Azmond spoke in a slightly aggressive tone as he was mere inches away from Crystalline''s rosy flower. *Shlop! Shlop!* Her pussy was contracting like it wanted something inside of it right that instant. Lewd, wet sounds were all Azmond heard from it... ........ "..." Crystalline became a little nervous when she saw that evil grin on his face, but she was more excited than anything. In fact, she was horny. Like really horny... Ever since she was able to taste the heavenly pleasures called sex, she couldn''t stop thinking about it. Crystalline just knew that she wanted Azmond to fill her insides to the brim again. She wanted all of his seed. Crystalline was an extreme closet pervert... Who would''ve thought that such a naughty girly underneath that icy facade of hers? ........ "..." Crystalline, instead of closing her legs as Azmond inched his tongue toward her entrance like he wanted to find whaty at the center of a tootsie pop, instead opened her legs even further as the entire honey field was in in sight for him to begin picking. "!!!" Azmond was sort of surprised at the audacity of this woman, but at this point, he was used to it, so he just shrugged his shoulders and went right back to what he was doing, but not before getting a few teasing words in. "My Little Ice Flower is such a pervert, isn''t she~?" He asked with a yful smile as he tilted his head up slightly. And for but a second, he was able to catch a glimpse of the deep blush that was stered on Crystalline''s beautiful face. "S-Shut up Idioot! Just get back to what you were doing!" She got slightly impatient, so she decided to go ahead and force his head into her pussy as she held onto him. But the real reason she did this was more to prevent Azmond from seeing her embarrassed expression... A hint that Azmond immediately got, but decided to go along with anyway. He didn''t want his Little Ice Flower to die of embarrassment, so he would just leave it at that... for now... ....... Azmond focused on using his tongue to invade the insides of Crystalline''s pussy. He was aimlessly moving his tongue around at the beginning but quickly got the hang of it as he began to develop some modicum of skill with his tongue. He swished and swirled around inside her gooey canals as he hit every sweet spot without even trying! "Aaahhn~!! A-Azmond~!! T-That is~!!" Crystalline, who was d that Azmond finallyid off embarrassing her, should''ve been d, but now she was in even more of a predicament as he managed to figure out the entire schematics of the inside of her vagina like it was secondhand knowledge. ''How is he so good at this~?!? This should be his first time doing something like...'' Her cheeks only got redder as she tried to get out the proper words, but she felt like such a pervert when thinking about what she and Azmond were currently engaged in. (Toote for shame now, Crystalline...) ........ ''...Something like this...'' In the end, she couldn''t say it, so she just turned her head away before pulling Azmond even deeper into her pussy... "...Mmmf?" ''What is this silly girl doing~?'' Azmond couldn''t get out the proper words right now, as he was still digging out Crystalline''s insides with his tongue, so he just thought to himself with a wry smile. On the other hand, Crystalline had an entirely different train of thought as she suddenly realized something. ''Wait... What If?!? Did Azmond do this sort of stuff with other girls before... me...?'' Her face began to darken as her eyes followed her thoughts... ''I WILL KILL THEM!!!!'' Dangerous thoughts started to form in Crysatlline''s head as she gritted her pearl-white teeth while thinking things that would not fit any sane being. Chapter 50: (R-18) Obsessed Part 4

Chapter 50: (R-18) Obsessed Part 4

''I am the ONLY Woman allowed in MY Azmond''s life!!!! I am the only woman allowed to be this close to him!!! How dare those bitches think they can have what is mine!!! I don''t care if they had an intimate rtionship with My Azmond before he met me. I will still kill them all!!!'' Crystalline''s thoughts started to swirl down a pit of no return, but before she could be fully consumed by killing intent... *Pat Pat* She felt Azmond''s soft hand on top of her soft, silky ck hair as he gently caressed her before leaning up to her face and speaking to her with a seductive smile. "Don''t be silly, Crystalline~ You are the only woman I have ever done anything like this with in my entire life." He reassured her with a affectionate voice as he initiated a deep kiss with her again. ..... "..." Crystalline regained the shine in her eyes when she heard what he said, and she eventually rxed her expression. However, her expression swiftly turned intense once again as she felt Azmond''s tongue invade her mouth, something that she returned in full as her saliva began to mix with his. "I will be entering inside you right now, kay?" Azmond seductively whispered a few naughty words to Crystalline after pulling away from their sloppy kiss. "..." Crystalline, however, was not very happy with him pulling away from her like that, so she responded as fast as she could with a small pout. "...Mmkay~!..." Following this soft conformation, she took Azmond''s tongue back into her mouth and started passionately sucking on it. ....... "....." ''This woman is so Adorable~!'' Azmond thought with obsession evident in his countenance, as he would never deny any advances made by Crystalline. Though that didn''t mean he would give up on filling her insides with his meat rod! He would just have a little fun with their upper mouths as well! ........ Azmond took one of his free hands and swiftly ced his dick at the entrance to Crystalline''s wet pussy. "Mhmmf~!" She had a little reaction when she felt something long and hard touch the entrance to her cavern, but her moan was quickly muffled by a sloppy kiss from him. After this action, Azmond wasted no time and inserted his dick all the way into Crystalline''s womb with one swift thrust! His dick drilled all the way inside her wet, gooey pussy as it reached spots that only he would ever approach in this lifetime. "Aaahhhhnn~!!! Mmmfff~~!!!" A-AZMOONDD~~!! I-ISh FEELS SHO GooOd~!!" Crystalline, with little to no resistance to Azmond''s dick entering her so suddenly, came as soon as his meat rod entered her honey pot! He didn''t even have to reach Crystalline''s womb for her toe. *Squirt! Squirt!* Her back arched as she let go of Azmond''s tongue for a bit and instead screamed in absolute bliss as her face turned into a mess. Her body started to violently spasm, and her expression turned delirious as she started to spout a bunch of nonsense like she had just found out about hallucinogenic drugs! "I-ISSH FEELss SH-SHo GOOOooodd~!! C-CmiNG~!!" Crystalline herself didn''t even know what she was saying anymore. Her face showed nothing but blissful ecstasy as sweet sounds were produced out of her mouth en masse. Crystalline''s love juices were leaking all over the bed and even made their way to Azmond''s lower body. No ce was safe from Crystalline''s squirting session! ....... A sweet and salty smell started to pervade the smell of the makeshift room as Crystalline''s bodily fluids had made themselves at home. ''My Little Ice Flower turns into My Little Juice Fountain when she orgasms... How does so much fluide out of such a small body? Is it because of those not-so-small Assets she has on her~?'' A perverted smile formed on Azmond''s as he decided he would give Crystalline a little push to ''help'' her out. His free hand made its way to her right nipple as he began to pull and twist while she was still arched back with a different kind of liquiding out of her upper mouth. "AAAaaaahhhhnnnn~~~!!!!! AZZZMMMMOOOONDD~~~!!!!! MMMmmfff~~!!! ISSHHH SHOOO GOOODD~~!!!" Crystalline moaned so loudly that if not for Azmond''s barrier, people hundreds of miles away would be able to hear her screams... Screams that Azmond was starting to get addicted to as he plunged his dick even further into her, reaching spots that held untold pleasure for the still-dazed Crystalline. *Squirt!* "AAAaaaahnnnn~~!!!" She came again as her juices leaked on his dick. They leaked in suchrge quantities that one would start to think that she was trying to permanently stain his meat rod with her love juices. Even her very body was trying to im every part of Azmond for herself! ...... *Shlop!* Azmond slid his dick back out of her sopping pussy until only the tip of his rod was left still in her. He then whispered seductively into her ears, "I will start moving fast now~" "..." Crystalline wasn''t even in this reality at the moment, so she didn''tprehend a single thing that just came out of his mouth. All she could understand was the intense pleasure she was about to feel inside her very being! ........ *Phat! Phat!* The sounds of meat pping together were heard as Azmond slid in and out of Crystalline at speeds that no mortal would be able to achieve. Her moans were still sounding out in the area as she was close to ascending from just the amount of pleasure she was going through! If Crystalline could have coherent thoughts right now, then she would surely describe this ''experience'' as ''otherworldy'' and give it a hundred out of five-star review! ........ "AAAaaahhnnn~~!!! MMmmmff~~~!!! AZZMMMOOONDD~~~!!!" *Squirt! Squirt!* Crystalline came for what felt like the millionth time as Azmond was about to finish himself. He had already cum inside her multiple times, as his stamina was on a different level than that of normal mortals! In fact, he felt that he could keep on going for days on end! He was, of course, not going to go on for that long in reality, or else Crystalline really would pass on into the afterlife... ....... "I aming, Crystalline~!!" Azmond grunted a little as the tight insides of Crystalline were constricting his meat rod like no other. "MMEE-SS -TOOOO~~! AAAaahhn~!!" Crystalline, who suddenly woke up from her hysterical state, responded to him with sounds that could barely be counted as words as something bigger than any of her previous orgasms started to form within her pussy! *Phat!* A loud pping sound was heard as half the bed was destroyed in one final thrust! "AAAAAAaaaaahhhhnnn~~~!!!!! AZZMOONNDDD~~!!!!" *Squirt!* *Squirt!* Azmond white liquids filled up every part of Crystalline''s insides as she returned the favor in kind by drenching his dick with her pussy juices. ..... Crystalline passed out right after their orgasms finished, with an extremely lewd look on her pretty face. Her sexy body was sprawled out across the half-destroyed bed, like she just got into a car crash and ended up breaking all of her limbs. "..." Azmond, who was still conscious, slipped out of Crystalline in one swift motion as the mixture of love juices leaked out of Crystalline''s pussy as soon as hisrge member was no longer inside her. He followed up this action by casting a simple water spell called |Wash| as he cleaned off both of their bodies. "Aahn~!" A small whimper was heard from Crystalline when she felt cold water enter her pussy and clean it out, but she didn''t even entertain the idea of waking up. She would probably be out for days from the fatigue that had built up inside her body from their intense ''Activity''... ..... "Now, we can sleep," Azmond said with a small, gratified look on his face as he went over to Crystalline''s lusty body and stuck his long rod back inside her. "Aaahn~" A small moan came out of Crystalline as she felt his stiffness enter her, but she still wasn''t willing to wake up, so she just snuggled her soft ass right up to him to get into afortable position. ''I feel like this is the ce I belong when I am sleeping, so I will just sleep like this from now on~'' Azmond thought with a content smile. He looked at the spot where he and she were connected before shing a satisfied look as he started to doze off. However, he wasn''t ready to go to sleep just yet... His body was snuggled up very closely to Crystalline as hisrge hands got a handful of her bountiful tits. ''Now, it is perfect...'' This was thest thought Azmond had before he fell into the world of unconsciousness. ...... Chapter 51: Getting Stronger

Chapter 51: Getting Stronger

... The sun''s bright rays shone down on a couple of love birds who were still connected by their most intimate ces as they were snuggled up together like they never wanted to leave the other person''s side. "...Mhmm..." Azmond woke up with a groggy look on his face as he scanned his surroundings and recalled the events that happened the night prior. He couldn''t get a proper sense of his surroundings because he was still stuck inside Crystalline, but he didn''t want to leave his favorite spot. However, he understood that he would have to leave at some point... ..... "Urgh... Fine. I will pull out for now." Azmond spoke with a dispirited tone as he pulled his rod out of Crystalline''s treasure cave. *Shlop!* A lewd sound was produced when he pulled out. It was a sound that made him horny again, but he knew he had already gone overboard with his Little Ice Flowerst night... He needed to give her some time to recuperate before he did anything else with her. "Aahhn~!" A slight moan came out of Crysatalline''s cute mouth when she felt Azmond''s hardness leave her insides. Her body started to feel a sense of loss when he left it, but she still wasn''t willing to wake up and put Azmond back in his rightful spot, so she just rolled over while rubbing her thighs together, trying to make up for the loss of his warmth. ..... "We might''ve gone overboard, huh...?" Azmond spoke with a wry smile as he looked at the destroyedndscape around them that was caused by their intense ''Training''... "It is that silly woman''s fault for putting such a lewd body right on top of me," he muttered. Azmond wasn''t willing to admit that the damage to the surroundings was caused by his own carelessness... .... "I want to have more fun with My Little Ice Roll, but there is no time for luxuries right now." Azmond''s expression suddenly turned into one of solemnity as he clenched his fists. "I won''t allow my Little Ice Flower to be taken away because I''m not strong enough." Azmond, with a newfound resolve, began to walk over toward therge spiritual stone he had cultivated under previously and sat down in a lotus position. He started to circte his Qi inside therge spiritual stone as he began to absorb everything he could out of it. Despite the major damage it was causing to his body due to an overload of Qi, he still continued to cultivate without lessening his absorption rate even the slightest bit. However, the pain Azmond was feeling wasn''t enough to discourage him from getting stronger. He would reach the peak of the world of cultivation, no matter the cost! That is what he promised himself when he first came to this world, and he wasn''t nning on reneging on that promise anytime soon. .... A few days pass. A bountiful beauty with long silky ck hair was seen sleeping on top of a copsed bed with arge soft nket on top of her, as she had a silly little smile on her pretty face. And a few meters away from this woman, there was a man who resembled a fallen immortal, cultivating next to arge spiritual stone as he absorbed the Qi from within it en masse. Blood was constantly pouring out of every orifice in his chiseled body, but despite the massive loss of blood, he had a maniacal smirk on his face, as it almost seemed like he was enjoying the extreme pain that was coursing through his body. When, in actuality, he was absolutely thrilled over the amount of power he was gaining! .... ''I feel that I''m close to breaking through to the 11th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation!'' Excitement filled Azmond''s heart as he scanned the inside of his body and saw that his Dantian was almost filled to the brim for the 12th time now. That''s right, he had already condensed his cultivation base 12 times within thest few days! It was a record-fast time that surprised even himself! ..... A few hourster. ''My breakthrough is here!'' Azmond thought to himself with a small grin as a huge cyclone of Qi surrounded him, like it wanted topletely consume him. ''You think this meager amount of Qi is enough to kill me?!?'' A bloodied Azmond ridiculed the Qi around him with a disdainful smirk on his face. ''You would need to try a lot harder than this to bring me down!'' His contemptuous attitude towards the Qi around him was obvious. WAAA! The Qi started to swirl around him even more violently, as not a single part of his body was left without damage. ... On a side note... Don''t be mistaken by the way Azmond was cultivating right now. Qi wasn''t usually capable of harming you unless you took in massive quantities of it all at once. However, Azmond was doing just that and more as he irritated the Qi with his own Qi to get a reaction out of every particle so he could get many times more energy than usual. He was risking his life for a chance to gain power slightly faster than everybody else... Azmond wasn''t willing to be left behind by people who were more talented or harder workers than him! And this was just the price he had to pay... ..... "..." A man resembling a fallen immortal was seen floating in the air thousands of meters in the sky as Qi swirled around him, invading his body like it had an irreparable grudge against the man before it! WAAA! "Is This All You Weaklings Got?!?" An insane-looking grin spread across Azmond''s face as he once again taunted the Qi around him while flipping both of his middle fingers in the air. "I have felt tick bites with more kick than you guys!" He hollored. "...." Azmond knew that the Qi in the atmosphere had no consciousness, but it doesn''t look like he cared. He just wanted something to me for the pain he was feeling! And what better thing to me than an energy in the air that couldn''t fight back...? ... "..." Azmond''s breakthrough took a few hours to conclude, as he was still sitting in that same lotus position while circting the remnants of the Qi in the air. Even with his Nascent Soul-level defenses, his face and body werepletely battered. This was because Qi damage that was self-inflicted goes beyond the difference in realms or the defenses that your body has. After all, you are inviting the Qi to invade your body and do whatever it wants of your own free will. So your defenses will not save you... ...... Chapter 52: Getting Stronger Part 2

Chapter 52: Getting Stronger Part 2

........ After a certain period of time, Azmond had officially broken through to the 11th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation, as he was many times stronger now than he was in the 10th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. "Tsk, I knew that Qi would chicken out without finishing the job." Azmond clicked his tongue as the disdainful smirk he had on his face for the Qi around him never left his expression. If the Qi had any sort of control over their actions, then they would surely have already summoned heavenly lightning to strike down this stupid human! ...... "Forget those cowards for now." Azmond''s ridiculing expression rxed as a solemn look appeared on his face again. "Let''s instead check on my gains from this breakthrough," he said to himself while scanning his body with his divine sense. "...Hmm." What he saw was exactly what he expected, as 11,000 Qi cyclones were visible inside his Dantian space. 10,000 of those Qi cyclones were a massive 300 meters in diameter, and the newest 1000 Qi cyclones were a very small 1 inch in diameter. ''Looks like I need to bring them all back up to their max size limit, huh?'' An impassive expression appeared on Azmond''s face as he began to fly down to one of therge spiritual stones. He sat down in a cross-legged position and circted his Qi while focusing all the Qi he absorbed from the giant spiritual stone on increasing the size of his 11000 Qi cyclones. ....... It only took him a little over a day to increase the size of all his Qi cyclones to their limit. Whereas previously, Azmond needed months to do this before finding the giant spiritual stones. ''...I will remember this favor, Giant Spiritual Stone...'' A small, grateful look formed on his features as he slightly bowed to the giant spiritual stones who were providing him with all this energy. The Giant Spiritual Stones were about to emit a positive reaction from within them when they heard what Azmond said, until... ''I might even consider going easier on the mountains that hit me in the future...'' ''This Sick Bastard!!?'' The giant spiritual stone almost shattered right then and there as its glow dimmed considerably for a split second before returning to its usual shine. ...... "Well, probably not," Azmond said with a contemtive look. "Those mountains are always hitting me in the face for no reason, you know? And I quite like my face in this world," he added. Azmond wasn''t a major narcissist, but even he was aware of the superior outward appearance he had in this world. Looks were a form of power as well... And who was he to deny another form of power? ....... "...." Azmond would never admit that he just wanted to keep his looks so he could woo the beautifuldies in this world... ''Acquiring the favor of beautiful women can also be considered a form of power as well, right...?'' He was as shameless as ever. Azmond quickly shook his head to get rid of those distracting thoughts and refocused on something more important. ''Is my Little Ice Roll still okay...?'' His gaze quickly traveled over to a sleeping beauty who was still fast asleep with a satisfied smile on her perfect face. She also had a hint of... Lust-? -on her expression... ....... ''What sort of dream is she having right now...?'' A small, yful smile emerged on Azmond''s face as he felt like moving over toward his Little Ice Ball and giving her a little morning surprise, but he scratched that idea as soon as it appeared. ''No Azmond!, There is plenty of time for stuff like thatter! I need to make acquiring power my sole focus for now!'' His gaze hardened as he walked over to a giant spiritual stone after confirming Crystalline''s safety. ''I need to continue cultivating. The 11th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation is far from enough to go against the stronger forces in this world.'' After reasserting his resolve, he continued doing what he was best at. ...... Azmond continued to cultivate beside a giant spiritual stone as something special started to ur within his Little Ice Flower... Something unbeknownst to even Crystalline herself... And a subsequent effect of that ''something'' was the growth of her aura... In fact, it was growing at an insane rate! It quickly broke through the barrier between the Late-Golden Core and Peak-Golden Core! Crystalline had broken through to Peak-Golden Core as easily as that, but her aura didn''t stop there. It continued expanding and expanding until it breached the gap between Peak-Golden Core and Half-Step Nascent Soul Realm as well! Furthermore, it didn''t stop growing until she reached the peak of the half-step Nascent Soul Realm! Extending on that note, she likely would''ve broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm right then and there if not for her body preventing her from prematurely breaking through a major realm without enough preparation first. ...... How did Crystalline so abruptly break through two minor realms just like that?? Well, it was caused by two different reasons that stemmed from the same source... That source being... Azmond! Of course, Azmond had no idea that he had done anything of the sort to cause such a substantial change in Crystalline. He was stillpletely focused on his cultivation, with no awareness of what was happening in his surroundings. So how did Azmond cause this?? Well... The first reason why was because he unleashed his Quantum Gate Skill with Crystalline so close to it. And because of this action, some type of unique energy was absorbed by her from the Quantum Gate Skill. However, the energy that she absorbed was aplete mystery. Nheless, what we do know is that it seems to have had a very positive impact on Crystalline''s cultivation, talent, and even body potential! But nothing is free in this world, and she will need to pay a price for this major increase in all her attributes, but that''s a topic for another time. On a side note, the second main reason why Crystalline went through such a huge change was because of her ''intimate'' time with Azmond... It turns out Dual Cultivation exists in this world¡ªthe mixing of Yin and Yang. The mixing of essences! Although they didn''t use a specific cultivation technique manual rted to dual cultivation, they were still able to absorb each other''s primordial essences! It was because of this that Azmond gained Crystalline''s primordial Yin and she gained his primordial Yang. Neither of them knew of this fact yet, but they will soon realize that something is amiss with their faster cultivation speeds and overall increases in all their base stats. After all, it wasn''t just due to the Giant Spiritual Stone that Azmond''s cultivation speed had increased by such arge margin... *Ding!* *You are absolutely correct, host! It''s all because of me that your talent has increased so much!* *Ding!* *Be grateful that yours truly is here to watch over you! Watch over you forever...* *Ding!* *Oh, and here are some system notifications for you to not look at!* Following the fluctuation in the robotic female''s voice, a few more blue screens appeared in the area around Azmond, unable to be seen by anyone. *Ding!* *You have been cultivating an dual cultivating extremely hard during this period of time!* *Ding!* *You have gained extraordinary amounts of dual cultivation experience and exterior cultivation experience!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up multiple times in both categories!* *Ding!* *Error! Due to inactive system features, all gained experience and levels will be converted into greater cultivation talent!* *Ding!* *Converting...* *Ding* *Conversion processpleted!* *Ding!* *Your overall cultivation talent has improved!* After these system notifications echoed out, the world resumed, and Azmond''s journey continued.. Chapter 53: More Breakthroughs Part 1

Chapter 53: More Breakthroughs Part 1

..... Azmond went back to cultivating after he finished expanding his 11000 Qi Cyclones to their maximum size of 900 meters! His Dantian had also reached an impressive 4500 meters in diameter! Azmond''s Dantian Space was now filled up with huge balls of condensed Qi on all sides, with a giant sun in the middle. He was happy about this development, but he knew that he needed to be far stronger than this if he wanted to survive with his loved ones in this world. So Azmond, being the man he was, just continued to cultivate like a madman! ..... Four more days passed by like that as he approached the peak of the 11th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation for the 12th time. ''It looks like I''m about to break through again...'' Azmond was thinking about one topic, but he was really focused on something else entirely as his gaze traveled down to his Little Ice Flower. "Her aura has changed so much these past few days." He spoke with a concerned expression. ''I hope she''s okay... I didn''t notice any harmful energies enter inside her over thest few days, but if something far stronger than myself wanted to hide something from me, then it would be as easy as breathing for them to hide some form of hidden damage.'' Little did he know that some type of energy did in fact enter Crystalline, which was partly responsible for the huge changes urring inside of her right now. It was Azmond''s milk... .... ''I checked her body out multiple times during this period of time, but I saw nothing more than her energy growing because of some foreign energy that I can''t yet figure out the source of because of my insufficient cultivation base,'' he thought. ''It doesn''t seem to be harming her right now, but you never know when something like that could suddenly change...'' A pondering expression overtook his facial features as he deeply thought about the matter surrounding his little Ice Roll. ''I''m not confident that I can save Crystalline''s life if whatever is happening inside of her decides it wants to take her life...'' A self-deprecating smile emerged on Azmond''s face as he gazed lovingly at a voluptuous beauty sleeping peacefully on arge, intact bed. He had switched out the bed Crystalline was sleeping on a couple of days ago because he was afraid that she might fall off the half-copsed one if she rolled over in her sleep too much. It was a cute trait that Azmond noticed she did quite often while she was sleeping... .... "She is so adorable and yet so clumsy... heh~" Azmond''s depressing mindset quickly disappeared as he started to lightheartedly chuckle with a bright smile on his face. ''What am I so worried over? My Ice Roll is a strong woman and is capable of taking care of herself,'' he thought. ''That doesn''t mean I will stop worrying about her, but maybe I should just believe that she has her current predicament under control.'' "If she really can''t handle what is happening inside of her by herself, then I will do everything within my power to support her..." He spoke with a resolute gleam in his eyes. "Even if it costs me my life," Azmond muttered with a serious expression. ..... Something that started to change within Azmond when he met Aqua once again showed its head, as it looked like he had made a decision inside of his subconscious. He wanted to pursue the path of power to the very end, but if the woman or women he loved died along the way because he didn''t care enough... Would he truly be satisfied with his position at the very top of existence, with only the dust that gathered atop his crown there to apany him? The truth was that he wouldn''t be satisfied... The old him would''ve been content with a future like that a few months ago, but now he wanted something more! Azmond was a very greedy man; he wasn''t one to settle with one of two options; he was a man who would take both options, find a secret third option, and take that option as well. ... "I will begin breaking through to the 12th Stage of Qi Condensation now that I know that My Little Ice Bunny is safe and sound." Azmond''s loving smile quickly turned to one of determination as he re-focused on absorbing the abundant energy being produced by the giant spiritual stone. ... Half a dayter. A handsome man with his long, elegant robe in tatters was seen floating in the sky thousands of meters above the ground with a pained look spread across his face. ''I don''t like breaking through so high up in the air, but I have no choice unless I want to destroy thendscape within dozens of miles during my breakthrough.'' A wry smile formed on Azmond''s pained expression as he continued to break through to the 12th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. His breakthroughs were just that dangerous! On that note, everything within a 10-mile radius of his breakthrough waspletely consumed by the ridiculous amount of Qi that swarmed around him when he was breaking through! Qi truly wasn''t a dangerous element, but Azmond tends to have the ability to turn often tranquil situations into perilous predicaments in the blink of an eye with just his presence... .... A few hourster, along with a multitude of blinding lights caused by Azmond irritating the Qi in the atmosphere as it was absorbed by him during his breakthrough,. He was finally able to break through to the 12th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation with arge sh and explosion as his body wasunched downwards at extreme speeds! BOOOOOOM! His bloodied body collided with arge mountain that imploded into itself upon impact. "Well, that breakthrough sure was a b*tch, huh?" A figure that resembled one of the walking dead suddenly spoke from within therge amount of rubble he had just tunneled his way out of. "Why was this breakthrough different from my other breakthroughs? I was severely injured after every previous breakthrough I had in the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm, but it wasn''t to this extent." "Is God trying to y games with me, or is it something else?" Azmond started to ponder to himself, with both of his arms broken and shattered, as he thought of something that could be the cause of this odd phenomenon. Chapter 54: More Breakthroughs Part 2

Chapter 54: More Breakthroughs Part 2

.... "Maybe it''s because I''m approaching some sort of milestone...? I have reached the peak of the normal Qi Condensation Realm after all," Azmond contemted the matter concerning his slowed cultivation speed. "The art of cultivation is already an act to defy fate, and what I am doing is even worse. I am attempting to walk a path that very few, if not a single other being has tread before me," he began with aplicated gleam in his eyes. "Heaven doesn''t like people defying its rules based on the Cultivation novels I have read in my past life. And maybe there is a heaven in this world as well, and it doesn''t like what I am doing very much." After this thought entered his mind, it stayed there and didn''t seem like it would be leaving anytime soon... .... "I see..." Azmond''s expression suddenly morphed into an evil grin as he looked right up into the sky and... "Well, F*ck You Guys Too!" He stuck both his middle fingers straight up before cursing at the heavens. BZZZTTT! It almost seemed like a dark cloud was beginning to form in the sky above Azmond, but before it could fully appear, it dissipated and disappeared into thin air. It was almost as if it were viting some sort of rule that prevented it from directly acting... "Ha! You wusses. I knew you guys would chicken out like you usually do! You don''t have the balls to strike me down!" Azmond''s ridiculing voice resounded across the skies once more as another dark cloud almost began to form before it had the same fate as the one that came before it. .... "..." Azmond noticed the same phenomenon try to appear before a scornful look appeared on his face. "What a joke! I have better things to do than y some fake-out game with a loser who won''t even show himself." His disdainful expression faded from his face as he leaped out of the deep pit he was in before heading back to the area where the giant spiritual stones and gigantic tree were located. "I should get back to cultivating... Whatever is messing with me, whether that something is the heavens or some other being, I have a feeling that it won''t stay passive forever," Azmond said with a slight click of the tongue. "Furthermore, it looks like whatever is up there will be interrupting me during every breakthrough hereafter for the time being." His impassive expression turned into a cruel grin as he took onest look at the skies and spoke with a sinister tone. "I won''t always be on the receiving end of your silly little games... There wille a day when Ie up to the heavens myself and rip you fumbling clowns off your paper mache thrones." "...." BZZZTT!! A violent ripple formed in the sky for but a split second, as it almost felt like something was trying to split open the space that separated dimensions, but was denied ess as soon as it tried attempting something so stupid. Azmond, of course, didn''t miss this little disturbance in the sky, he paid no heed to the clowns dancing in the heavens beyond his reach. "What a joke," he said with an apathetic gleam in his eyes. Azmond didn''t even feel like the forces who could exterminate him as easily as thinking were worth him showing any more emotions. "I have wasted enough of my time on this nonsense; I need to focus on gaining more strength instead," he said before sitting down in a lotus position next to arge spiritual stone. ... The Qi within the giant spiritual stone began to be absorbed by Azmond inrge amounts as he worked on progressing through the 13th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. He didn''t even feel the need to expand his Qi Cyclones and Dantian to their current limits. After all, he wasn''t nning on interrupting his cultivation session anytime soon, and it looked like the same could be said for his Little Ice Roll, as she was still subconsciously immersed in her own cultivation, absorbing the gains that she obtained from her various ''Activities'' with Azmond. ... 10 dayster. Azmond was in the same exact position he was during hisst breakthrough, as he was attempting to cross the threshold that would allow him to enter the 13th stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. This stage would be the limit for Heavenly Qi Condensation cultivators, as this minor realm would be called the Heavenly Qi Condensation 13th Stage. It was a very special stage for Heavenly Qi Condensation Stage cultivators, as they would begin to reach a major milestone in their cultivation journey. They would be given the opportunity to gain fullprehension of the |Heavenly Gate| skill. As you can imagine, it will be a minor realm where you gain a major increase in yourbat strength as long as you''re able to sessfully break through. ... ''The gap thaty between the 12th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation and the 13th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation was far wider than the gap between the 11th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation and the 12th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation,'' Azmond started to think to himself. ''I needed at least 2 times the amount of time to reach the peak of the 12th stage aspared to the amount of time I needed to reach the peak of the 11th stage.'' After understanding this, his mind focused on a different subject as he thought, ''Crystalline still hasn''t woken up during this entire period of time, and it looks like she will be unconscious for quite a long time at this rate.'' Azmond''s emotionless expression finally showed a hint of emotion as a worried look formed on his chiseled features. Crystalline was the only thing in his life that was able to make him feel something other than the thrill of battle and the indifference thates with cultivation. ... ''...Remember what you promised yourself, Azmond.'' He suddenly snapped out of his depressed state as a small, loving smile emerged. ''I just need to believe in My Little Ice Ball.'' Azmond was affectionately thinking of Crystalline as he stared at the curvaceous body of the ice beauty until... He felt something... The wall that bordered the 12th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation and the 13th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation came crashing down on Azmond without giving him any time to prepare! WAAAA! It was almost like something wanted him to fail in advancing through the stages of Quantum Qi Condensation... ... "Urgh!" Large amounts of blood came flying out of Azmond''s mouth as he kneeled down while still floating thousands of meters in the sky. "I see how you bastards want to y!! But if you think this is enough to stop me, then you really are just clowns ying around in the skies!!" He was absolutely livid at the mysterious beings who were ying with him from behind the scenes, but he didn''t have the luxury of feeling anger right now as his breakthrough came a little sooner than he expected... ... Chapter 55: Breakthrough Mania Part 1

Chapter 55: Breakthrough Mania Part 1

....... "I see how you bastards want to y!! But if you think this is enough to stop me, then you really are just clowns ying around in the skies!!" Azmond was furious at the mysterious beings who were ying with him from behind the scenes, but he didn''t have the luxury of feeling anger right now as his breakthrough came a little sooner than he expected. He wasn''t one to take offenses against him lying down, but there really was nothing he could do to get back at whatever mysterious forces were ying with him from beyond the heavens. ... ''I will remember this, you bastards.'' An emotionless expression formed on Azmond''s face as he took one good look at the skies before returning to his breakthrough. A breakthrough wasing like the tides of the ocean, as he was given no breather. Azmond was bleeding out of every hole in his body as he sat in a meditative position with a pained expression. That was when his maniacal voice echoed across the skies as he started speaking with a look of gratitude on his face. "I should really be thanking you guys for speeding up my breakthrough!! I was just thinking that it was a little too slow before, but luckily I have you guys to help me out!!" A shit-eating grin emerged on Azmond as he smiled a bloody smile at the heavens above. "...." WHIRL! The same phenomenon as thest two times once again tried to form, but to no avail... ''Heh. I will settle with that as payback for now! Don''t think it will end with just that, though...'' Azmond''s expression once again turned to one of indifference as the breakthrough from the 12th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation to the 13th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation came crashing down on him. ''This breakthrough should be the biggest one yet,'' he thought. ''Mybat power should increase by a veryrge margin after I make it through this breakthrough in one piece. I just need to persevere till the massive amount of Qi being absorbed by my body subsides,'' Azmond thought to himself as he let even more Qi into his dantian. He was at risk of dying right now, and he thought it would be a good idea to increase that risk even further by inviting even more of a seemingly harmless energy into his body. Azmond really was a madman... .... 2 dayster... Azmond was seen kneeling on the ground beneath a deep pit that stretched even further than the pit he made thest time he broke through. His entire body was shattered, and it was unknown whether Azmond had a single bone in his body that wasn''t chipped at by the insane amounts of Qi he absorbed. "HA!" His crazed voice resounded in the area as he waited for his hand to heal before he pointed his middle finger straight into the sky. "It looks like even that wasn''t enough for you bastards to kill me, huh?!??" Azmond''s shit-eating grin came back in full swing as he ridiculed the empty air. And once again... SWIRL! SWIRL! A phenomenon tried to show its head in the skies. Azmond obviously didn''t miss such an odd disturbance, as his ridiculing face only changed to one of utter disdain as he clicked his tongue. "You bozo''s really need to learn some new tricks. This little charade is just getting sad at this point." He gave his piece before checking on the gains from this most recent breakthrough. Ripples were formed in the air again, but nothing happened, just like every other time... ''It looks like I have the all-round attributes of a normal Nascent Soul Realm cultivator in the Early-Middle rank Stage.'' A small smile almost formed on Azmond''s face before it quickly dissipated and returned to his usual neutral look. ''This is no time to celebrate my progress. I need to continue cultivating... Celebration before absolute victory is the downfall of all kings...'' He started mulling over the subject with a hardened expression. ''Even though I am no king, the point still stands. This amount of progress is not even worth mentioning in the grand scheme of things.'' ''I bet there are cultivators out there in the Qi Condensation stage withbat power in the Soul Transformation Realm.'' Azmond continued to think to himself with a contemtive look. ''I need to remember that my base stats aren''t the only things that matter, as the techniques a cultivator uses also affect theirbat power. And on that note, my highest-level technique, excluding the Quantum Gate Skill, is merely of thete-Mortal Rank... A skill not even worth mentioning to the super big shots of this world,'' he thought. ''I think I will leave this area after I reach a sufficient cultivation base and go out into the world of humans. I need to find some higher-level cultivation books.'' After deciding what he would do sooner orter, his mind focused on something else as he thought, ''The Divine Devil Arts should be superior to anything capable of being produced in this world, but it only shows its true colors once I reach a high enough cultivation realm and unlock the highest sections of it.'' ''The first few sections of the Divine Devil Arts Scripture are only really there as an introductory manual into the world of cultivation, as it''s mostly filled with basic elemental technique manuals and auxiliary type books.'' "...." "So, it''s decided. I will venture out into this vast world of Asterion with my Little Ice Flower to acquire the most powerful skills this has to offer!" Azmond eximed with a small smile, as expectation for the future thaty ahead of him filled his heart. He relished in the path in front of him for a moment before he came back to reality and looked over the rest of the gains he got from his breakthrough into the 13th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. "As expected... It looks like I have 13000 Qi Cyclones surrounding my Dantian now. 11000 of those 13000 are 900 meters in diameter, while thest 2000 are a minuscule 1 inch in diameter." Azmond pondered for a few moments before he came to a decision. ........ Chapter 56: Breakthrough Mania Part 2

Chapter 56: Breakthrough Mania Part 2

"I think I will just wait until I reach the peak of the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation before I refocus my attention on increasing the maximum size of my Qi Cyclones and Dantian again." Azmond gave a slight nod to himself, as if affirming his decision, before beginning to float out of the deep pit he found himself in. ..... He did not yet have the ability to fly. He could, at most, float above the ground at any distance he felt like. This feat in and of itself was not usually possible, but because Azmond was Azmond, he was able to achieve it like it was second nature... You can normally only start to float at the same time you learn how to fly, which is in the Foundation Establishment Realm. It sometimes takes even longer for the slow-witted ones, as they need to wait until they break through the Core Formation Realm before they''re able to begin floating or flying. On that note, the difference between the Qi Condensation Realm and the Foundation Establishment Realm was quite a hefty one. When you break through into the Foundation Establishment Realm from the Qi Condensation Realm, the Qi you have stored inside your Qi Cyclones and Dantian is transformed into something different¡ªsomething better. Let us say that the Qi you have stored within your body while you''re in the Qi Condensation Realm is simr to a gaseous form of energy, while the energy you have when you break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm is that gaseous form bing a liquid form. The Qi inside your body starts to evolve more and more the further you go along the path of cultivation. Qi, just like every other part of the human body, requires exponential change if one part of your body can''t keep up with every other part of your being. This is a unique rule that all cultivators'' bodies follow by nature. This naturally includes the Qi in your body. Nothing can be left stagnant within a cultivator''s body forever, so the Qi within your Dantian space will need to evolve if it wishes to keep up with the rest of your constantly evolving existence. This is the way of a cultivator. This is the way of someone who is trying to defy their Fate. ... Azmond was able to float simply because he''s trying to defy a fate that was already being defied. It wouldn''t be much of a surprise if he was suddenly able to fly before even fully entering the Foundation Establishment Realm. What Azmond has been doing so far that was perceived as ''flying'' was really just him jumping up super high. Very simr to a certain hero for fun in a yellow suit... ... *Tap* *Tap* Azmond''s soft footsteps were heard as he walked slowly back to the giant spiritual stone he had been cultivating under for thest few weeks. He passed by his Little Ice Flower on the way, but she was still soundly sleeping with a peaceful look on her beautiful face. Her two perky bunnies would sometimes heave a little when something happened within her dreams. It was a sight Azmond clearly didn''t miss when he saw it ur... ........ He silently approached his Little Ice Bunny as he tenderly kissed her on the lips before backing away. Azmond walked back to his cultivation spot after taking onest loving look at his Little Ice Roll... "Sigh... I want her to wake up and have some more fun with her, but I know I don''t have the luxuries to be fooling around with her right now," he said with a sigh escaping his mouth. "It is unknown when the elders of her sect wille to pick up their heiress, and I need to be ready for when they do end up appearing." Azmond''s loving expression turned to one of determination as he sat down in his usual Lotus position before absorbing the massive amount of energy that was stored within a single giant spiritual stone. ''Crystalline seems to be having her own unique cultivation session as well. Her aura has already firmly nted itself within the Nascent Soul Realm,'' he thought as his expression rxed a little when he thought of the strength Crystalline was gaining. Nothing could make Azmond happier than knowing that his Love was acquiring more strength to better protect herself when he wasn''t around. ''I don''t exactly know when she broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, but it must''ve been when I was going through a break through myself.'' ''However, nothing is free in this world, and as adorable as my Little Ice Bunny is, she is not excluded from that existentialw.'' Azmond''s expression turned to worry for a moment as he had the urge to go back over to Crystalline and make sure she was okay, but before he did... He remembered the promise he made himself involving Crystalline... ''...I regret ever promising myself such a ridiculous thing...'' Azmond was thinking that his past self a few days ago must''ve been aplete idiot. "...." "Whatever, I will get nowhere brooding over whether or not I was stupid or not for promising such a thing. I am one who lives by a certain code, and that code''s only rule is-" "Never Regret." "No matter what decisions I make or what happens to me or the people around me because of my decisions, I must never regret what I do. I already broke this rule once when I went too far with Crystalline when I first met her," he said, a resolute gleam shining past his eyes. "I don''t n on letting something like that happen again." A determined expression emerged on Azmond''s face as he scratched the topic of Crystalline for now and focused on advancing through the 13th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. He knew, deep down, that Crystalline was able to take care of herself. After all, she was a strong, independent woman before she met Azmond, and it doesn''t seem like that part of her will be changing anytime soon. .... 20 dayster. ''How do I keep ending up here??'' An expressionless Azmond asked himself as he was floating thousands of meters in the sky. He was breaking through in the same spot that he had broken through thest few times. ...... Chapter 57: Breakthrough Mania Part 3

Chapter 57: Breakthrough Mania Part 3

...... Even the very air around Azmond''s breakthrough location was starting to dissipate from the amount of Qi traffic that came through because of his breakthroughs. ''The air around here really will start to copse if I don''t change my breakthrough spot for next time...'' He thought to himself with a small, wry smile. Azmond wanted to change his breakthrough spot right now, but it was toote as the 14th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation was already right in front of his face. He no longer even had the privilege of speaking out loud, let alone retaining control over his ability to move... ... ''This breakthrough is going to be the biggest one yet. The 14th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation must be another major milestone in the Qi Condensation Realm,'' Azmond thought with a brooding expression. ''It must have another name for it just like the 13th Stage of Heavenly Qi Condensation, right? It should alsoe with thepleteprehension of some sort of evolved version of the Heavenly Gate as well.'' He pondered to himself for a moment as the Qi within hundreds of miles was invading his body and destroying it from the inside out. However, Azmond could care less about the pain that he had already gotten used to over the years. He was a certified veteran in the Masochistic for Power Gain department... On a side note, Azmond had no clue about the realms thate after the 13th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. He originally assumed that the 14th stage of Quantum Qi Condensation would be hisst stage because he had never heard of the Divine Realm thaty between the Heavenly and Quantum Realms. Who could me him, though? Azmond got most of his knowledge about cultivation from the Divine Devil Art Scripture, which he didn''t even have full ess to. His other source of information was from a silly blue-haired girl who told him of the realms the cultivators of Asterion needed to tread on to reach the peak. ... "..." Azmond soon realized that the 14th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation was not his final destination in the Qi Condensation Realm when he reached the peak of the 13th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. The moment he reached that point, he felt something... It was something hard to exin, but Azmond knew it was there. It was a feeling... A feeling that the 14th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation would not be his limit as long as he was able to survive his breakthrough. It was a feeling that also made him realize that there was yet another talent realm gap after the Heavenly Qi Condensation Realm. At this point, you would think that Azmond would realize how much of a monstrous freak he was for going above and beyond and even surpassing the Divine Realm talent chasm. But No... Azmond was still as dense as he could be when it came to his freakishness. Hepletely ignored the part of their being the Divine Realm before his Quantum Realm and instead focused his attention on their maybe being another realm after the Quantum Realm that he just wasn''t talented enough to reach. His way of thinking about this topic was something like, ''Well, I bet the cultivators in the Heavenly and Divine Qi Condensation Realms have no clue about their being the Quantum Realm above them.'' ''What if I am unaware of what is beyond me, just like them??'' Azmond had a very ''unique'' mindset... ... ''... I guess I am not talented enough, huh...?'' A slight look of disappointment emerged on Azmond''s face as he thought of the imaginary realm that slipped past his fingers because he wasn''t talented enough. However, his downcast expression quickly disappeared as he regained his past resolve, almost like it never left in the first ce. ''...If I can''t acquire a higher realm now, then I just need to work harder... It''s quite simple once I really start to think about it!'' Azmond thought with a resolute gleam shing past his eyes. ''I just need to work hard enough till I am able to reach whatever higher realms are beyond the Quantum Realm!'' He hadpletely lost it in his thirst for more power... ... ''Though, I still need to get past this pesky breakthrough before I reach beyond my current capabilities...'' After realizing this fact, his mood soured a little and worsened when he felt the Qi in the air start to materialize into some weird phenomenon. BZZZTT! ''It looks like those bastards are trying to mess with me again,'' Azmond thought with an irritated expression. *Tsk!* ''Can''t they just mind their own business and continue doing whatever clowns do when they''re bored?? Why must they get in my way so much?'' He clicked his tongue as he became slightly annoyed at the mysterious beings ying with his fate. ... 4 dayster... Azmond seeded in breaking through to the 14th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. He wasunched into a couple of mountains during the breakthrough, but he managed to do it nheless. ''Only one more minor realm till I reach the peak of what I can currently achieve in the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm.'' A bloody corpse floated out of a deep hole as he thought to himself with an indifferent expression. "This breakthrough was far more difficult to get through than my breakthrough into the 13th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation," Azmond muttered. ''Great poweres with great prices, and it looks like that stands true even in the world of cultivation,'' he thought. A small smile formed on Azmond''s chiseled features as he took a look at the gains he got from this breakthrough into what would normally be the 14th Stage of Divine Qi Condensation for Divine Qi Condensation Cultivators. "My physical strength and energy output are firmly at the peak of the Middle Nascent Soul Realm, as it looks like this breakthrough wasn''t enough to allow me to cross the gap between the Middle Nascent Soul Realm and the Late Nascent Soul Realm, but no matter." Azmond''s apathetic expression came back as he looked at his 14000 Qi Cyclones orbiting around his Dantian. "I still have plenty of ways to increase my power even further... The 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation is in front of me, and these 14000 Qi Cyclones as well." He spoke to himself as he gazed at the 14,000 miniature gass floating around inside his Dantian space. "Although my Qi cyclones don''t directly impact mybat strength, they do increase my energy capacity by many times for each breakthrough I have achieved in the Quantum Qi condensation realm." It was a fact that allowed for Azmond to fight for far longer than other cultivators at the Middle Stages of the Nascent Soul Realm! ........ Chapter 58: Breakthrough Mania Part 4

Chapter 58: Breakthrough Mania Part 4

...... Most cultivators weren''t able to increase the size of their Qi cyclones unless they were extremely talented or used some sort of auxiliary herb to supplement theirck of talent. Azmond was part of this talented section of people and didn''t need to rely on any sort of magical herb to increase the size of his Qi cyclones. ... "I have the unique skill books and techniques in this world to look forward to acquiring as well." Expectation for his future power filled Azmond''s heart as he finished levitating out of the pit he found himself in andnded on the hard ground with a loud thud. *Thud!* "It looks like that breakthrough took a little more out of me than I expected." His face quickly disyed exhaustion as he examined his body for injuries, discovering that every single part of his body was injured one way or another... Almost all of Azmond''s bones werepletely shattered, and his muscles were on the verge of copse as they were barely holding themselves together inside of him. "I knew that my breakthrough into the 14th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation would be far worse than all my previous breakthroughs, but..." A pained look almost appeared on Azmond''s face before it quickly returned to one of indifference. "I didn''t expect it would be this bad... All of my internal organs are damaged one way or another, and my body is well." "I could y one of the walking dead in a zombie show if I were to audition right here and now," he mused to himself with a small, wry smile. ... ''Oh well... I just need to shrug it off and resume my cultivation session. After all, I still have the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation in front of me. And that''s not to mention the Foundation Establishment Realm thates right after it,'' Azmond thought to himself with a determined expression as he got up off the ground and walked back toward the giant spiritual stone he had been cultivating at for thest few weeks. It was honestly aplete mystery that he was even able to stay conscious right now, let alone stand up and walk around like everything waspletely fine with him, considering that his body state would be the worst nightmare of any surgeon back on Earth... But what would surprise those surgeons even more is the insane rate at which Azmond''s body was healing itself. His healing speed had reached utterly absurd levels after going through so many physical transformations after each breakthrough! The physical boost he got after each breakthrough didn''t just pertain to pure physical strength. He also gained marginal increases in every aspect of his body, including the increased functionality of his internal organs. On top of that, Azmond did not need to relieve himself anymore, as his body had already evolved beyond the point of needing to do activities that mortals needed to do. That included the need to eat any sort of food and drink any kind of liquid. The only liquids that he felt the need to drink were Crystalline''s liquids... ... "I should just continue cultivating and stop worrying about useless things, such as the weird sounds my bones are making every time I try to move." Azmond was unwavering in his pursuit of reaching the peak of the world of cultivation as he sat down in a lotus position before beginning to absorb the Qi from the giant spiritual stone he found himself near. *Crick* *Cracket* But not before his bones made a few more skeleton-like sounds as he tried to sit down. His legs snapped in half when he reached the ground floor, but Azmond continued to cultivate despite theck of working legs. He had the utmost faith in the hopes that his healing speed would always beat the rate at which his body deteriorated. Azmond was a very intense gambler, it seems... ... A few dayster,. "Condensing my cultivation base 12 times over and re-cultivating all the way back to the peak of the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation would probably take years at the rate I am going at if not for the giant spiritual stones around here." Azmond spoke to himself with a thoughtful tone. ''I wonder how long this one giant spiritual energy stone willst, though? I have been cultivating using this same stone for a while now, but it doesn''t look like the energy stored within it has gone down at all.'' A contemtive look emerged on his face as he started to wonder about the mysteries surrounding these giant spiritual stones and the humongous tree thatys in the middle of them all. A giant tree that Azmond still hasn''t found the opportunity to go and check out. ... ''... I guess I will thoroughly explore this weird garden once I have reached the Foundation Establishment Realm. I am quite curious about what sort of phenomenon would need to ur for something as unusual as this ce to form.'' Azmond''s look of pondering disappeared after he thought that, as he swiftly refocused his attention on condensing his cultivation base. Which was when his current cultivation progress was brought to mind, ''It took me 3 whole days just to reach the peak of the 14th Stage and condense my cultivation base down for the first time, as it looks like reaching 12 cultivation base condensations will take far longer to reach than it took for me to reach the peak of the 13th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation.'' The inexpressiveness that came along with constantly cultivating once more filled Azmond''s heart, as he didn''t care about much while focused on gaining more power. The only thing that could steer his attention away from cultivating was his Little Ice Flower, who was currently sleeping on a giant bed without a single care in the world. Her two milky white bunnies were standing up proudly, as if there were no summits higher than them in this world. Not even her loose, baggy robe could hide the voluptuousness of her milky white mountain peaks! ... Crystalline''s pretty little face seemed to be the only thing that could add some light to Azmond''s dull world. Of course, Azmond himself thought that cultivating had to be the most satisfying thing in existence. ... Chapter 59: Breakthrough Mania Part 5

Chapter 59: Breakthrough Mania Part 5

....... Azmond couldn''t think of a single feeling that beat the feeling of gaining more and more power with each passing second. He even believed that cultivation beat snu-snu in terms of the amount of pleasure he got out of it. It didn''t seem possible to think that way, but Azmond was a very unusual man. If he were to be asked whether he would rather have sweet snu snu time with His Little Ice Roll or cultivate for days on end, Azmond would choose cultivating 10 out of 10 times if he was doing it purely for his carnal desires, but in reality, he would choose to have a nice time with Crystalline every single time. Not because of the snu snu, but because of the connection Azmond felt when he was around Crystalline... It might be a little bit of a contradiction with his previous statement, but the time he spent with his Ice Queen was the only thing that could possibly pull him away from his unwavering will to cultivate. ..... 40 dayster. Azmond was floating in the same spot that he attempted every past break through for the past few months, as he was now firmly at the gap thaty between the peak of the 12th Cultivation Base Condensation in the 14th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation and the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. It was a very special stage for him, as he would gain fullprehension of his Quantum Gate Skill instead of the partialprehension that he had. A partialprehension that almost got himself killed thest time he used it... This was obviously a major turning point in Azmond''sbat power that would allow him to fight even stronger opponents than he normally would be capable of dealing with when only relying on his base stats. He was able to cross the vast chasm thaty between the peak of the Golden Core Realm and the Nascent Soul Realm just by using this skill when it was previously used. It was a skill that allowed him to one-shot the Goblin King, who had been in the Nascent Soul Realm for many years and was definitely one of the strongest cultivators within the Early Nascent Soul Realm! That went to show just how much of a momentous asion this was! ... "..." Azmond was floating thousands of meters in the sky with a tranquil look on his bloody face. A very vast contrast indeed... His entire body was aplete mess, with not a single bone in his body left unshattered. In fact, he would not even be capable of standing if he were on the ground right now. Azmond was only able to keep his body sitting up straight because of the Qi he was constantly draining to keep his body afloat. It takes a massive amount of Qi to keep a human body floating this high in the air for so long, and that''s not to mention the extreme amount of mass Azmond has gained with every breakthrough he has had in his physical strength so far. Azmond had to weigh thousands of pounds, and with all that weightpacted and refined inside of his chiseled body... It was an unbelievable thing to think about, but the living proof was right there in the form of Azmond. Well, Half Dead Azmond... He was barely hanging on to his life. On that note, this was by far the breakthrough with the highest lethality rate out of every single one he has made it past so far. Nheless, Azmond was only still floating right now because of his absurd amount of energy storage, and he was only conscious because of his will, which was unwilling to bend or break! ... ''You finally brought up the heat enough to catch my attention, you dumb clowns!!'' Azmond tried to speak through bloodied teeth, but nothing was able toe out due to all of the bones in his jaw shattering a few days ago. But, it looks like the ''Clowns'' Azmond was referring to got the point, as the same phenomena he has seen try to form many times over thest few days tried to appear again. Nevertheless, even in spite of the looming threat, Azmond was constantly taunting whatever higher beings were messing with him. He truly was as fearless as they came. ... Breakthroughs in the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm were supposed to be difficult, and you were supposed to feel immense amounts of pain during every breakthrough. However, what Azmond was going through was on apletely different level than what someone who would normally be attempting to break through the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation would be going through right now. Assuming there were others who were able to make it into the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm, that was... ... ''I can feel the gap between the 14th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation and the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation breaking! I just need to give it a little push, and I will have it!'' Azmond thought to himself with a maniacal grin as every part of his bodyy limp beside him. He no longer had the extra Qi to waste on keeping non-essential parts of his body afloat, as even with his insane amount of energy storage capacity, this breakthrough into the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation was taking everything he had. Azmond wouldn''t need to be using so much energy to keep his body going if not for the illusive beings beyond the heavens trying to harm him with every crack he made at the wall that would lead him into the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. It was almost like whatever all-powerful beings currently watching over him with their pompous attitudes were... scared. Scared of what Azmond would be if he seeded in what he was trying to aplish... ... "BRREEEAAKKK!!!!" Azmond screamed at the top of his lungs. His defiance against the heavens came out through a face that just barely managed to regenerate enough for him to be capable of performing this action. Blood was flying out of Azmond''s disfigured mouth as the time to breakthrough was presented to him. As he approached thest second he needed before he was able to break through, something unexpected happened... A giant bolt of lightning, many timesrger than a modern-day skyscraper, came spiraling down from the heavens as itnded directly on his already decrepit figure! ........ Chapter 60: Mysterious Black Space Part 1

Chapter 60: Mysterious ck Space Part 1

Well... Sh*t'' These were thest thoughts Azmond had before he was hit by a dazzling bolt of lightning bigger than anything he had ever seen in both lifetimes. BOOOOooOoOOoOOoMMM!! A loud explosion resounded across the area, as Azmond was at the center of the explosion radius! BOOOOOOM! He was sent flying from thousands of meters in the sky, followed by a few sonic booms echoing out! BOOOOM! Azmond crashed into a giant mountain range that exploded upon impact! ... A charred figure was visible in the depths of arge pit that looked like a nuclear bomb had found its mark and hit it dead on. This charred figure started to think to himself. ''Well, it looks like I underestimated the heavens a little too much, haha...'' A self-deprecating smile seemed to form on the charred figure as he tried to lift his arms, but to no avail. After trying a few times and ending up with the same result, Azmond began tough an inexplicableugh. "Hahaha!" Or, at least, he was doing what one would assume wasughing as his incinerated vocal cords were making weird-looking movements as if they were trying to perform a very intenseugh. ... 10 minutester. The charred figure finally stopped gurgling on its scorched vocal cords as he put on a contemtive expression inside his head. ''I should be able to heal from this, but it looks like it''ll take a while...'' ''I guess I should just sit here and deal with the intense pain that feels like billions of termites are crawling through my skin...'' Azmond thought to himself with a pained expression that demonstrated just what sort of excruciating torture he was experiencing right now. Azmond was in so much pain that he felt like dying, but he knew that crying like a baby because of some mere pain was something that he would never do. So instead of whining, Azmond decided it was best that he startughing with half of his face no longer connected to his body. Such an action only made the pain he was feeling even worse, but Azmond didn''t feel like stopping, so he just continued tough nonstop with a slight smile that was almost made visible on his singed features. In life, it was best to justugh if something was unfair... Just smile andugh until you make it out in one piece... .... 10 hourster. ''Even with my already fast regenerative speed, I still needed 10 whole hours to be able to heal up fully.'' A onceughing Azmond leaped up from the deep pit he created, followed by a few sonic booms sounding out as his immacte figurended a few hundred meters away from the edge of the crash site. "Those stupid bastards really had to mess with me like a bunch of fools and waste over 10 hours of my precious time that could''ve been spent cultivating but was instead used on their silly games," he mumbled with a dissatisfied tone. "I''m really starting to hate those clowns." A hint of anger began to emerge on Azmond''s chiseled features before they disappeared as soon as they came. "Whatever, I am just d that I can finally check out my gains from breaking through to the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation," he began. "I wasn''t able to inspect the inside of my body with my divine sense the entire time I was within that pit because all my energy was being focused on healing my body." Azmond''s expression turned toward one filled with expectation, as he wanted to look at his gains from the breakthrough. But, before he could... "...Hmm?... Wha-?" Azmond was knocked unconscious. His chiseled body fell to the ground with a loud thud as the ground beneath him cracked in a spiderweb shape from the sheer amount of weight that was contained within his physique. ... In a pitch-ck space, there was only an otherworldly handsome man with long raven-ck hairying down on the hard ck surface of the space. ... The man woke up with an abrupt movement as he leaned up like he just had cold water sshed all over his face. "Where am I?? What happened?!?" A puzzled expression was stered across Azmond''s features as he scanned the surrounding area and found... Nothing... The entire space Azmond found himself in waspletely pitch ck. He couldn''t see a single thing around him, even with his rtively high cultivation base. Azmond gave up on using his vision to determine where he was and decided to use his hands instead. He felt around for a while, but only a hard, slick ground floor surrounded him. Azmond tried everything he could to get an idea of where he ended up, but nothing got him any closer to figuring that out. It was then that he decided he would use more ''drastic'' measures. ... "I am on top of some weird ck surface. Maybe I should try to..." Azmond''s confused expression turned to a cruel one as he took one of his legs and lifted it into the air. "Let''s see if this weird ce can be broken then, heh~" Azmond''s lifted leg spiraled toward the ground in a sh as he started chuckling a little. BOOOOooOOOoOM!! A loud explosion was heard as the aftereffects of his kick echoed across the entire ck space! But, to Azmond''s surprise... "Huh...?" He looked down at the spot that should''ve been destroyed by his full power kick, and yet... The entire ce was left undamaged. Not a single scratch or hint of any sort of harm inflicted on the hard surface floor of the ck space was visible. ... "What?..." Azmond waspletely astonished at this development. "Although I have just broken through, I should still have the pure destructive strength of someone in thete-nascent soul stage," he muttered. "So what is this bullsh*t?!? I can''t even break a simple ck floor with a kick that could bepared to a nuclear bomb and not lose out by much." Azmond was baffled, to say the least. But his bewilderment didn''t stop him from trying once more to destroy the ground surface. ... 20 minutester. "What the hell is this nonsense?!??" Azmond was left in an absolutely stunned state after he looked at the still unscathed ck surface. "..." ........ Chapter 61: Mysterious Black Space Part 2

Chapter 61: Mysterious ck Space Part 2

..... 20 minutester... "What the hell is this nonsense?!??" Azmond was left in a stunned state after he looked at the still unscathed ck surface. "...." "How do I leave this ce then...?" A worried look began to appear on Azmond''s face. "What do I do if my Little Ice Flower wakes up from her deep sleep while I am left in this weird ck space???" That''s right, Azmond wasn''t worried over his own safety... He was worried about not being by Crystalline''s side when she wakes up. "I need to get out here! But How?!?" Azmond was starting to freak out a little when he thought about his Ice Bunny being all alone when she woke up after sleeping for so long by herself. "There has to be a way out of this ce, but what is it??" "Why was I sent to this weird space to begin with?? Is it some sort of trap set up by those clowns beyond the heavens who were messing with me earlier?" A deep rooted hatred spread across Azmond''s face before it disappeared once Azmond began thinking deeper into the matter. "No..." Azmond responded to his own question with a knowing expression. "Although they tried to strike me down with thatrge lightning bolt earlier, It wasn''t enough to fully kill me, which means they must''ve been taking some kind of gamble on whether or not I would make it out of that predicament alive." "Why would all mighty dic*heads like them take a gamble on whether or not I would die when they have so much power at their disposal?" "My earlier theory that something must be restricting them from taking drastic actions and immediately cutting me off from this life must be true." "And, if that is truly the case, the setting up of an impermeable space like this one would definitely be against whatever rules are working against them." Azmond muttered to himself, wearing a discerning expression. "If this weird space is not set up by some chauvinistic a*sholes, then I must be in some sort of space... of my own creation????" Azmond was astonished at his own thought process, but that was the only thing that made any sense to Azmond after cutting down the potential causes. "...But How?!? How did I create such a space without even being aware of it?!? Is this some mind trick???" Azmond was pacing around inside the pitch ck space with a disorganized train of thought. And as if a sh of an idea was transmitted inside of Azmond''s brain, he suddenly stopped pacing. "Wait. Could it be because of my breakthrough?" Azmond asked himself with a stupefied expression. "That is the only thing that makes any sense... I didn''t do anything special between my breakthrough ending and now." "My breakthrough must''ve been the catalyst that set this whole situation in motion, but why??" Azmond was still a little confused on that part. Why would a ck space materialize out of nowhere because of his breakthrough?? "What is so special about the breakthrough into the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation???" Azmond began pacing around again until he was hit by a sudden bolt of inspiration as a knowing look emerged on his face. "Ohhh! My Quantum Gate Skill! Yes, that must be it! That is the most special aspect of the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation!" Azmond had finally figured out what he thought was the cause of this weird predicament before another question popped into his head. "What do I do with this information, though?" Azmond felt like an idiot after figuring out the catalyst for the creation of this ck space, but not knowing a single thing he should do with that newfound information... "Maybe it has something to do with myprehension of the Quantum Gate Skill? Hmm..." Azmond put on a contemtive look as he affirmed his theory. "YES! That must be it! This space must be some sort of training ground or something that will allow me to gain fullprehension of my Quantum Gate Skill." Azmond, after deciding that this must be what he has to do in this ck space, walked a few meters away and tried to summon his Quantum Gate Skill. "No time to waste then! I should just get right to it and see if casting the Quantum Gate Skill will help me get out of this strange ce." Azmond''s expression, which went through a multitude of emotions, turned into his usual indifferent one as he began to cast his Quantum Gate Skill. Somehow, Qi was being swirled around the inside of this mysterious space as massive amounts of it swarmed towards Azmond before the entire ce was subsequently lit up like a dazzling light show. "Finally some light in this damned ce." Azmond''s gaze traveled toward the bright Qiing straight at him. He stared at the Qi for a moment before focusing back on the task at hand. "I could very well have died thest time I used this skill... Hopefully, this time, something different will happen." A wry smile nearly appeared on Azmond''s face when he thought of his past recklessness when hest summoned this skill. "Oh Welll! No reason to chicken out now! Hahahaha!" Azmond spoke with a crazed voice before loud, maniacalughter resounded across the ck space. Azmond held up both of his hands before saying a couple words that could very well be the cause of his death. "QUANTUM GATE!" Azmond''s insane smile never left his face, even as he cast the skill. There was no need to say the spell''s name out loud, but Azmond thought he would seem cooler that way. ....... The Qi from within the ck space and a good chunk of Azmond''s own Qi gathered into the atmosphere as a swirling mass of cosmic energies began to form above Azmond''s hands in the shape of a ck hole. The ck hole above Azmond''s hands started to expand. 5 meters... 10 meters... 20 meters... 60 meters... 180 meters... 500 meters... 1000 meters... "It is doing something far different than what it didst time. That is for sure." A stupefied look spread across Azmond''s features as he looked at the giant ck hole that was increasingly growing in size above his hands, like it wanted to devour the very world itself. The giant ck hole kept on growing and growing. 1500 meters... 1800 meters... 2500 meters... 4000 meters... 5000 meters... 7000 meters... 8000 meters... 9000 meters... 9999 meters... The massive ck hole ultimately stopped increasing in size once it reached a grand total of 9999 meters. "Well..." "This is going to be fun!" A small grin emerged on Azmond''s face as he prepared to unleash the full destruction of this catastrophic spell upon the ck space. Chapter 62: Mysterious Black Space Part 3

Chapter 62: Mysterious ck Space Part 3

A giant ck hole the size of an asteroid was towering over Azmond''s hands. Like an elephant standing over an ant, it was seen hovering over Azmond. A crazed smile overtook Azmond''s facial features as he felt a sudden urge to destroy this ck space and everything within it. "I wonder if this thing is capable of evaporating this ck space. I couldn''t damage a single atom of this ce with my full power strikes before, but this new ultimate attack of mine is on apletely different level." Expectation filled Azmond''s heart, and just as he was about to unleash hell upon this ck dimension. Azmond had a sudden thought that he felt he should try out first. "I have seen those anime characters conjure up huge attacks like this, but before they unleashed their attacks, they always condensed their attacks to make them more powerful." "I should give that a try as well, right?" Azmond questioned himself with a small smile when he already knew the answer to his question as soon as he asked it. "Of course I should! I see no reason why I shouldn''t try something as cool as that." The inner child of Azmond took over his rationality before he began to condense the giant, 9999-meter-wide ck hole that was looming over his head. The ck hole had ripples go through it when Azmond actively tried to reduce its size, and it worked! Azmond was sessfully able to start condensing the giant ck as its massive 9999-meter size was reduced to 9995-meters. "The condensing process is going slow, but it''s working, and that is all that matters in the end, right?? Of course it is!" Azmond began speaking to himself like someone who had gone insane long ago... "I just need to keep working at it, and I should be able to condense it to the size of a fist as long as I keeppressing it with my Qi." A slight look of anticipation formed on Azmond''s face before he continued working on reducing the size of his apocalyptic spell. .... 30 minutester... A man who looked like a fallen immortal was holding a small ck hole the size of a pigeon''s egg. He was just staring at the miniature nuke with a look of stupefaction. He was utterly mesmerized by the thing that was gently floating above his hands. "I did some good work with this one! I love the way it absorbs all the light and energy I try to transmit into it. It''s even capable ofpletely swallowing up my divine sense.'' ''It makes one think of the more chaotic elements of this world, and that in and of itself is such an amazing thing." Azmond was helplessly transfixed on the condensed ck hole he was holding as his eyes never left the swirling mass of ck energy. "As much as I want to keep staring at this creation of mine all day long, I really need to get out of this ce, and this baby seems to be the only thing capable of helping me out of this predicament." Azmond''s dazed expression turned to one of helplessness, as he had no choice in this matter unless he wanted to stay trapped in this ck dimension forever. "...." "Let''s just get this over with before I be even more depressed." Azmond wiped away some fake tears on his face as he lifted his arm in an upright position with the small condensed ck hole in the palm of his hand. Azmond took one step forward and threw the ck hole as hard as he could. Whoooosshh! The tiny ck hole quickly vanished from Azmond''s sight followed by a loud whistling sound. After which, he sat down with a downcast expression and stared off into the distance, where he predicted the ck hole would end upnding. Azmond sat there for 20 minutes before the ck hole ultimately approached its destination. "It will happen any second now." Azmond spoke with indifference evident in his voice. "Oh, I forgot to do something very important before the ck hole reaches the ground." Azmond''s impassive expression turned to one of excitement, as he was quite ready to do what he was about to do. "QUANTUM GATE" A deep and husky voice was heard from Azmond as the entire space began to tremble. The entire dimension stopped working for a moment as a long and deep silence was felt by Azmond. "....." Azmond waited and waited... Yet nothing happened after a whole 30 seconds of waiting. "Did I break my ck hole before I was even able to use it??" A puzzled expression emerged on Azmond''s face as he began to scratch his chin while thinking to himself. "May-" BOOOOOooOOOoOoooMMM!!!! Azmond was about to say something, but before he could get out the sentence, a loud explosion resounded across the pitch-ck dimension as the entire ce began to fall apart. The ground floor beneath Azmond started to copse in on itself as the t ground disappeared. Only fragmented pieces of the ck space were left after the explosion was heard, but it didn''t just stop there. No, the entire ce began to disintegrate. Quite literally, disintegrate without a single piece of the ck space left intact. "Well, it looks like that did the trick just fine, huh?" Azmond''s indifferent voice sounded as he crossed his arms around his chest and fell into the bottomless hole that was being created by the aftereffects of the explosion. "So much for a new training ground." "It turns out the entire ce was all just for show when a truly powerful force came into contact with it." Azmond''s voice echoed across the bottomless pit he was falling through as he fell even further into a vast nothingness. Little did Azmond know that he had alreadypletely mastered the Quantum Gate skill on his first try, and when the spell hit the ground, the ck space automatically registered Azmond as havingpleted the ''trial'' that Azmond had unknowingly set up because of his Quantum Realm talent. The entire dimension copsing was just a sort of affirmation of Azmond''s glorious achievement. It only took so long for the explosion to register because even the very dimension itself was surprised by the speed at which Azmond gained fullprehension of the Quantum Gate Skill. .... 10 minutester... "I wonder where this seemingly bottomless pit is going to take me...?" Azmond asked himself with a natural look on his face, as Azmond was traveling at speeds that would kill any being if there was any sort of hard surface at the end of this void. However, despite the potentially perilous situation Azmond found himself in, his arms were still crossed around his chest, as if what was happening around him right now had nothing to do with him. Chapter 63: Returning Part 1

Chapter 63: Returning Part 1

It has been over 30 minutes since Azmond began his fall after the copse of the pitch-ck dimension he unknowingly trapped himself in. ...... "So... is this my life now?" Azmond asked himself with a bored tone as he stared down and saw the bottomless nothingness that felt like it would go on forever. "It shouldn''t be, right? I mean, there has to be something at the end of this deep void." Azmond decided he would think optimistically about this situation. He would rather not entertain the idea that this hole stretched on infinitely or that his life would end if there truly was a bottom to this space. .... 30 more minutes pass... "Is that light...?" Azmond''s bored expression changed to one of slight surprise as he caught a glimpse of what looked like a small light shining brightly at an unknown distance away from him. ... "At the speed I am going, I should have appeared next to the light as soon as I saw it, but for some reason. No such thing has happened." Azmond thought to himself in bewilderment when he noticed the light not appearing any noticeably closer after a few seconds of waiting. "It must be extremely far away from my current position, huh?" A nonchnt voice sounded from Azmond as his arms never left his chest. Azmond was taking this whole situation as one big joke. He was hoping to get some training in with his Quantum Gate Skill, but before he even had the chance to test out his Ultimate Skill a second time, the entire dimension started to copse in on itself. You could imagine his disappointment at not being able to develop his power even further. Although he would never have guessed that he had already mastered the Quantum Gate Skill on his first try... The key to mastering the Quantum Gate Skill was actually topress the energy within arge enough ck hole. You were meant to spend days, if not weeks, and months trying everything you could think of while casting the Quantum Gate Skill countless times. Risking great injury to yourself with each cast and, in more severe cases, death. It was supposed to be an arduous trial set up by yourself, and yet... Azmondpleted it just like that, barely breaking a sweat. The catalyst that brought about this insaneprehension speed was because he wanted to try something ''fun'' beforeunching the Quantum Gate Skill. In a way, you could attribute Azmond''s absurd mastery of the Quantum Gate Skill to his past life''s cultured self. He didn''t watch anime or TV shows much in his past life, but that didn''t mean that rare entertainment like that wasn''t present in between the times he wasn''t training as hard as he could. However, if you used Azmond of cking off when he wasn''t ''training'' then he would just tell you that watching anime and performing other cultural actions was just another form of ''training''. Azmond was a very ''unique'' man... .... Another 30 minutes passed... "Well, the light is certainly a lot closer now than it was, but it is still quite a while away." A voice of indifference echoed out of Azmond''s mouth, as even his voice couldn''t keep up with the speed at which he was currently traveling. "I think it will take a few hours for me to reach that light at my current pace." Azmond gazed off into the deep void below him and approximated his estimated arrival time to the now significantlyrger source of light. "Oh well... I don''t mind waiting a few more hours if it means that light is my ticket out of this ce." Azmond''s impassive voice sounded once more as he tightened his arms even more around his chest. If one could evenprehend the speed at which Azmond was moving and looked at his current posture, They would surely think that he was just going down a fun water slide. A very ominous water slide of the unknown in this case... ..... 4 hours passed in the blink of an eye... "Ugh, it was so dark before, and now it is as bright as it could be!" A slightly annoyed look emerged on Azmond''s features as he used one of his arms to cover up his eyes from the blinding light that surrounded Azmond''s vision on all sides. "Am I not through whatever this bright light is yet?? Why is it taking so long for it to do whatever it''s trying to do???" Impatience spread across Azmond''s features as he gave the glowing light that pervades his surroundings a deep death stare through his covered-up eyes. "You better take me somewhere soon, or so help me go-" Anger was swelling up within Azmond''s heart as he was about to give the non-sentient light a big earful, but before he could get out the rest of his profanities, something changed. A light brighter than even the radiance that surrounded Azmond right now suddenly shed right in front of his face. "Ah, you f*cking bastards are really itching to die, aren''t you? I am about to do to you what I did to that useless dark dimension up above!" Azmond''s eyes flickered dangerously before he went to lift up his hand, trying to summon his Quantum Gate Skill again. He really wasn''t the forgiving type for things that annoyed the hell out of him, and the pitch ck dimension up above had already irked him greatly. This light space was just looking to take on the full brunt of Azmond''s fury. Qi began to swirl around Azmond''s hands as he wanted to use the Quantum Gate Skill just like he didst time, but before the energy in the air could fully gather around him. The bright sh of light suddenly got brighter and brighter. Azmond could''ve sworn that he was now blind, but before he had any more time to dwell on his quandaries, the ring light increased in intensity once more before it abruptly disappearedpletely. "Huh...?" It was an odd urrence that quelled Azmond''s irritation by a little as he took away the arm that was covering his eyes and took a good look around him, and what he saw surprised him. "The giant spiritual stones?!?" Azmond took one good scan of his surroundings and saw dozens of giant spiritual stones and the huge tree standing right next to his nude figure. Chapter 64: Returning Part 2

Chapter 64: Returning Part 2

Azmond''s clothes had long since disappeared at some point in this little side quest of his. He didn''t know exactly at what point he lost his clothing, but he assumed that it happened after he sessfully broke through to the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. A momentous breakthrough that Azmond still hasn''t fully explored the capabilities of yet. "I somehow ended right back where I started..." Azmond started to mutter in a peeved tone. "After falling down a big a*s pit that led to who knows where, and I ended right back here by some ridiculous magical bullsh*t?" Azmond was left in utter stupefaction at this development. "What the hell is this nonsense?!?" Arge vein began to bulge on Azmond''s forehead as he thought his entire situation was just some big ol game to some bigshots somewhere beyond the heavens. "Sigh... Whatever, I will just ept it as it is and instead focus on something more important." Azmond''s irritated expression turned to one of obsession as his gaze traveled to a certain location in therge field of giant spiritual stones. When his eyesnded on a voluptuous figure with long silky ck hair and bright green eyes, Azmond knew that he had made his way back ''Home''. A home that Azmond had never had in both of his lifetimes. Azmond didn''t even understand the meaning of the word ''home'' a few days ago. But, right when he returned from his journey into some mysterious dimension, and saw the beautiful sleeping face of his Little Ice Bunny... Azmond knew right then and there that his home was wherever he and his Crystalline were. He didn''tpletely understand this feeling himself, for it was an indescribable one. He just assumed, on some sort of supernatural instinct, that this was what a home was. It wasn''t some fancy material object made up of stones and bricks or some overexaggerated futuristic castle floating atop the clouds... Home for Azmond was when he was around his little ice flower. ..... "I really want to have some more fun with her... I miss the supple curves and hilltops of her body, and I miss the cute embarrassed faces she makes once I tease her a little too much, and I miss the pouty faces she makes when she tries to show me how angry she is-." Azmond suddenly realized something that he didn''t even realize was this bad¡ªuntil now. "I really love her, huh? I mean, really, really love her... I love her so much that I feel like I would just drop over dead right then and there if something ever happened to my Little Ice Flower." Azmond''s eyes darkened a little when he thought about a situation where Crystalline got hurt for one reason or another. As you could imagine, his face wasn''t the least bit pretty when he thought of such a hypothetical scenario. Azmond''s facial features rxed a little when he remembered that he would never allow something like that to happen, at least not while he was still breathing. "This is one of the reasons that you are training so hard, Azmond. You are training for yourself, and you are training for Crystalline''s sake." Azmond reprimanded himself with a stern tone. "Never forget that, Azmond. Not now, and not in the future." Azmond continued to scold himself like a lunatic, but if any average mortal were to be looking at this strange interaction of Azmond''s... They would describe Azmond''s current mannerisms as something... romantic? Mortals are weird creatures as well, it seems... ... "I want to go over there and wake up my little ice roll right now, but I can''t." A dispirited look formed on Azmond''s face as he gazed lovingly at an Ice Beauty who was sleeping with a peaceful look on her pretty face. "Her aura is still growing even at this very moment, and I can''t interrupt that process unless I want to harm Crystalline, and I would never do that." Azmond turned his gaze away from Crystalline''s perfect figure with a face like he had just made the hardest decision of his entire life. But, first and foremost, Azmond had to ensure the absolute safety of his love, so he set up another few barriers around Crystalline just to be cautious. Azmond had acquired an even greater supply of soul essence after breaking through to the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation, so he had some wiggle room to spare for his Ice Queen''s protection. Azmond was confident that even a half-step Soul Transformation Realm cultivator would have some trouble getting through the barriers that he had set up around Crystalline. Assuming that you could even find half-step soul transformation realm cultivators in this vast expanse of forest called the Great Wilnds. A task that many cultivators would find hard-pressed to aplish if their goal was ever to locate the existence of a half-step soul transformation realm master within the Great Wilnds Forest. ..... Azmond was reluctant to part ways with Crystalline after setting up such weak barriers around her, but he had no choice but to be content with the current protection limit of his soul essence barriers. "..." All living beings within a thousand-mile radius were left utterly stunned at the shamelessness of this man. .... Azmond slowly walked away from Crystalline with lifeless eyes before reaching what he thought was a sufficient distance away from her. He took onest longing look at Crystalline''s receding figure before speeding up and jumping tens of thousands of meters away in one simple leap. The ground beneath Azmond cracked when his feat left the ground, leaving a wide stretch of damage that almost expanded hundreds of meters away, near the entrance to the giant spiritual stone garden, but Azmond could hardly care about some damage to topography. As long as his actions didn''t harm his Little Ice Bunny, whatever happened because of him could live rent-free on his conscience. ..... Azmond''s tall figurended tens of thousands of meters away from the giant spiritual stone garden before he took yet another leap off the ground and appeared another tens of thousands of meters away. He repeated this process a few times until he was thousands of miles away from the giant spiritual stone garden. ..... "This should be a decent enough distance away." An impassive voice sounded as Azmond''s handsome figure was standing upright above a deep pit that he created when he ultimately ended upnding. "I can finally test out the full extent of my current power without worrying over my Little Ice Flowers safety." A small, imperceptible smile almost formed on Azmond''s face as he clenched his fists a few times and felt the massive amount of repressed strength that he was constantly holding back so as not to harm those around him. Azmond traveled such a long distance because he was afraid that the full extent of his strength would harm Crystalline even if he was hundreds of miles away. That just went to show the immense amount of strength that Azmond felt coursing through his veins. Even he himself was left baffled at the sheer amount of pure destructive power he had acquired after breaking through to the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation. That is not to mention the boon Azmond got frompletely mastering his Quantum Gate Skill. A fact that Azmond had yet to even realize himself... Chapter 65: Newfound Strength Part 1

Chapter 65: Newfound Strength Part 1

A tall, handsome man who resembled that of a fallen immortal in a white robe that fluttered in the wind was seen standing upright in arge spider web-shaped piece ofnd that looked as if a small meteorite crashnded. "Let''s see just how much strength this new version of myself in the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation can now wield." A voice of indifference came out of the immortal like man as he materialized a sword made from lightning Qi elements. He firmly grasped the formless lightning sword as his brows began to knit together. "I have always wanted to better hone my skills with the sword, and what better time to do that than after breaking through a major milestone in my cultivation journey?" A small, imperceptible smile almost formed on Azmond''s chiseled features as he held the lightning sword with a firm grasp before leaning it up against his chest. Any onlooker would think that Azmond truly looked like an immortal of the sword after seeing him stand so valiantly while holding a long 2-meter sword that asionally crackled with electricity coursing throughout it. "I bet I look cool, huh?" Azmond said to himself with a small, conceited smile as he looked at his current posture before noticing the wind that constantly blew his long white robe all over the ce. "heh, I definitely do." A shit-eating grin emerged on Azmond''s face as he admired his current noble posture, with an air of narcissism pervading his aura. Azmond stayed in that self-appreciating state for a few moments before his mind got back on track and he turned his attention back to the testing of his new strength. "There is no time to admire my awesomeness for now. I need to know that I am not all bark and no bite." "I don''t want to turn into one of those arrogant young masters I read about in those cultivation novels back on earth, now do I?" Azmond asked himself, with a faint hint of disdain for the young masters he was referring to. "I am no Young Master Peng." Azmond reassured himself with an earnest expression. "I am obviously too handsome to be a simple young master." Just as Azmond was starting to get serious, his chauvinistic way of life showed itself. "...." Even the very world itself was baffled at the amount of shamelessness that was being emitted by one single mortal. "But, in all seriousness, I really need to start testing my strength before the sun goes down." Azmond realized that he went a little overboard with his egotistical ways and decided to get serious for real this time. "Let me just start with a simple punch to begin with." Azmond quit goofing around as his cold expression came back in full swing. Azmond put away his lightning sword and got into a punching stance before taking one step forward and throwing a simple strike that contained around 10% of his total physical strength with no energy augmentations involved. Whoooosh! A loud whistling sound was heard as Azmond''s punch flew forward. The ground beneath him began to violently shake as the vibrations produced by Azmond''s punch started to chip away at thend underneath. Azmond''s gaze traveled to the target of his punch, and no surprise there¡ªit was another mountain. ''Why does this human alwayse after us?!?'' This mountain, just like all the previous mountains that were subjected to Azmond''s abuse, was practically crying tears of blood the moment Azmond''s punch approached its huge surface area. "I am sorry to do this to you, mountain, but this is just how things are in this world. You should''ve be stronger; you wouldn''t have to worry about defending against my attack if you were stronger." Azmond, like the bastard he was, started to lecture the non-sentient mountain while stroking his non-existent beard like some sort of old monster who had been cultivating the way of immortality for tens of thousands of years. ''F*ck you! You crazy son of a bi*ch! What do you mean, ''get stronger''?!? I am a mountain; all that power must''ve gotten to your crazed mind if you think I have any semnce of control over how strong I am.'' The mountain mercilessly insulted Azmond as the effects of Azmond''s imminent punch began to affect the mountain, which was still tens of miles away from the strike. It started with a small tremble, but it got progressively worse as the small tremble turned into a mild earthquake, and that mild earthquake evolved into the mountain, beginning to slowly deteriorate. Therge mountain''s many rocky surfaces started to crumble and fall from its high slopes as varying sizes of rockslides were being formed all across it. Those rockslides turned into entirerge pieces of the mountain, beginning to crack and slide off of it as the mountain was bing significantly smaller than it originally was at an extremely fast rate. It had not even been a few milliseconds since Azmondunched his strike from tens of miles away, and yet the mountain he was aiming for was already on the verge of copse before Azmond''s strike even reached it. I bet you could imagine the apocalyptic damage that was being inflicted on thend that separated Azmond from the Mountain. Everything within a few dozen miles waspletely incinerated in a horizontal line between the two eternal arch rivals. All this damage was caused without Azmond''s attack even touching a hard surface. ...... The culprit of this catastrophe was standing upright, posturing as an ancient sword immortal who knew all things. That was before his ancient immortal facade faded away and turned into an innocent expression as he viewed all the destruction that was indirectly being caused by him. He acted like everything happening right now had absolutely nothing to do with him... Chapter 66: Newfound Strength Part 2

Chapter 66: Newfound Strength Part 2

"I aimed my attack quite far away to see just how much greater my range has increased aspared to before my breakthrough spree." "And it looks like my attack range increased by at least a few fold aspared to the me that was in the 12th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation." Azmond said to himself, with a slight grin almost forming on his impassive expression. "People would normally assume thatbat power was the hardest thing to increase of all your attributes, but they would be dead wrong." Azmond fully got into the role of an all-knowing immortal cultivator once again as he lectured no one in particr. "The true hardest attribute to increase the effectiveness of would be the range of any sort of attack." Azmond spoke in an ancient tone as he started stroking his non-existent beard again. "What is about to transpire is a prime example of that fact." Azmond''s hardened gaze traveled to the strike that he released not even a few milliseconds ago. The pure destructive energy that was being emitted from Azmond''s still-moving punch was utterly ridiculous. A goodparison to the destruction that this simple punch of Azmond''s was causing to the path that the attack followed along would be synonymous with a modern-day scorched earth. Azmond noticed the extreme amount of damage his attack was causing to the environment and couldn''t help but feel a tad bit bad over what he had done on a whim, but Azmond refused to regret what he had done. He would just promise himself to tone it down a notch the next time he wanted to test his strength, or at least keep the needless mass destruction of the environment to a minimum. ''Next time, I will just aim my strike at the moon...'' Anticipation filled Azmond''s heart as his eyes sparkled a little when he saw his next opponent slightly visible through the wide assortment of clouds that had parted ways with theunch of Azmond''s punch. "..." One of the moons of this was left baffled at the insane ims of this tiny man. ...... Azmond truly was a madman through and through. ...... Meanwhile, the attack that Azmond released with a mere 10% of his strength was now only a couple thousand meters out, as the brunt end of the strike had already started to majorly affect therge mountain that impeded its path. The mountain''s current state was well... Not so good... Half the mountain had already been evaporated by the energy being emitted from the tip of Azmond''s strike. That same side of the mountain melted until it became a dark red substance that began to leak down the rest of the mountain. The other side of the mountain was not doing any better, as it was nearly on the verge of bing a big puddle of magma as well. It was being heated to insane temperatures after bing exposed to the intense aura surrounding Azmond''s attack. ........ A few microseconds pass in the blink of an eye... The mountain was now no more... The attack hadn''t evennded, and yet, the mountain was left a big glob of magma and melted rocks. .... A few more milliseconds pass, and the attack finally hits what was supposed to be its mark, but is instead forced to pass right through the eviscerated mountain andnd a few miles forward, where yet another innocent mountain stood tall and strong. ''Brother Rocky!! You were supposed to block that attack for the both of us! How could you do this to me?!??'' This new mountain was freaking out internally as its impending doom was staring it right in the face. This mountain watched its neighbor mountain get destroyed not even a few milliseconds prior, and it knew that it was next on the insane man''s hit list. Azmond''s attack didn''t care about the squabblings of a lone mountain, and without mercy, it struck down the mountain. The mountain was hit with a loud bang, followed by a deadening explosion! The mountain was ultimately shattered by Azmond''s strike and split up into millions of pieces before those small pieces ended up melting into small magma puddles as well. Azmond''s strike still hadn''tpletely dissipated after all that, and it slightly changed directions before spiraling into the earth with a vengeance. The earth was drilled into with a passion, as a deep, bottomless pit, dozens of miles wide, was formed after Azmond''s attack ultimately subsided. "..." Azmond was left speechless at this development as he gazed off into the distance and saw arge mushroom materializing above where his strikended. Azmond, like the valiant man he was, responded with a heroic tone. "Welp, none of my business now." Azmond turned his head and started walking in theplete opposite direction of the explosion before beginning to whistle with a nonchnt expression. "I wanted to test the full extent of my power, but it looks like I should hold off for now..." "... Is what any sane person would say, but luckily that is not a trait that anyone would use to describe me, haha!" Azmond began running in a random direction whileughing like a maniac. All anyone could see, besides a figure shing at inanely fast speeds across the boundless Great Wilnds, was a slightly distorted grin on that elusive figure. ''I still haven''t tried out my super skillful sword techniques yet, so I can''t give up now!'' Azmond thought to himself with a mischievous smile, adorning his immortal-like features. .... Azmond kept on running in a direction he decided on arbitrarily, followed by many sonic booms... He kept on before abruptly stopping in the middle of a vast expanse of tnd with a fewrge mountain ranges in sight. "This spot should be far enough away from both the Giant Spiritual Stone garden and the explosion that I identally caused." Azmond''s indifference once again emerged on his features before he began to take out the already materialized lightning sword that he had been keeping inside his storage ring this entire time. identally, he says... ..... Azmond gets back into his sword-immortal posture as a dangerous glint shes across his eyes. Azmond begins to speak to the mountain ranges that surrounded him on all sides with a valiant posture. "I will give you guys the same time to prepare that I gave to thest couple mountains." What time did you give them to prepare? ... "Gather up all your strength and defend against my next attack as well as you can." An ice cold voice came out of Azmond''s mouth as he continued speaking. "Don''t look away for a second; don''t get distracted; don''t even blink." "For if you do..." Azmond''s indifferent voice suddenly appeared a lot colder as the lightning elements that made up his sword started to violently crackle before Azmond got into the proper sword stance that he learned from a cultured book in his past life. "You won''t even know how you died." Azmond finished his words before unleashing all the power he could muster in the form of a simple sword strike... Chapter 67: Lightning Laceration And Quantum Rift Blade

Chapter 67: Lightning Laceration And Quantum Rift de

In the looming presence of a towering figure cloaked in a flowing white robe, a frigid aura enveloped the surroundings as Azmond faced off against a wide assortment of mountains. His immortal-like stature held an unsettling air, and after a moment of silent contemtion, he broke the stillness with his raspy voice echoing through thendscape. "Don''t divert your gaze for even a moment; don''t get distracted," "Don''t even blink," Azmond''s indifferent tone carried an even colder edge. The very elements of lightning crackled violently within theposition of his sword as he seamlessly transitioned into a meticulously envisioned stance, drawn from the pages of a cultured book in his previous life. "For if you do..." "You won''t even know how you died." Azmond dered before channeling every ounce of strength into a single, swift sword strike. The qi-infused lightning de cleaved through the air, creating a resounding whoosh as it surged toward the distant mountain range. The initial lightning arc, measuring a mere 5 meters, expanded exponentially with each passing millisecond. It expanded to 10 meters... 20 meters... 50 meters... 100 meters... 500 meters... 1000 meters... 3000 meters, and beyond, the shockingly potent attack grew to an awe-inspiring scale, surpassing even the towering skyscrapers of Earth in its breadth. Azmond, too, found himself astonished by the colossal energy mass, coining the skill |Lightning Laceration| a technique he spected to be of Peak-Mortal Rank. ''Heh, I am so good at naming skills.'' Azmond thought to himself with a hint of conceit. ..... As the electrifying arc continued its trajectory... The colossal lightning arc, now wide enough to rival the grandeur of mountains, descended upon the unsuspecting peaks with unrestrained force. The deafening sh of thunder echoed through thendscape as the Lightning Laceration Skill ripped through the very fabric of reality, leaving destruction in its wake. Azmond''s eyes glowed with a fierce intensity as he witnessed the devastating impact unfold. The mountains, once standing proudly against the horizon, were now engulfed in a maelstrom of electrified energy. The Lightning Laceration left behind a chaotic scene where rocks shattered and the very essence of thendscape trembled under the overwhelming power. The shockwaves reverberated through the air, causing a domino effect that sent ripples of destruction cascading through the vast mountain ranges. Entire peaks crumbled, their once mighty forms reduced to rubble. The air crackled with residual energy, and the sky itself seemed to shudder in response to Azmond''s unleashed might. As the aftermath of his Lightning Laceration unfolded, Azmond remained stoic, his expression revealing neither satisfaction nor remorse. Instead, his focus shifted to the Quantum Gate Technique¡ªthe ominous skill that held The power to distort space itself. A skill that would allow Azmond to fight many Great Realms above his own once he gains better control over it. With a deliberate calmness, Azmond assumed a stance that mirrored the serenity of a seasoned warrior. Azmond loved to pretend... His eyes, now infused with the enigmatic glow of the Quantum Gate, bore into the very fabric of space. Azmond wanted to try something new. He wanted to try incorporating his Quantum Gate skill into a sword technique. He wanted to create something superior... As Azmond raised his sword, a dark energy began to swirl around its edges, creating an otherworldly aura that seemed to defy thews of nature. |QUANTUM RIFT BLADE| Azmond''s voice of indifference sounded out, as the very atmosphere around him began to freeze over. In a moment of profound concentration, Azmond plunged his sword into the air, tearing through the fabric of space itself. A swirling vortex, akin to a ck hole, materialized before him. The Quantum Gate unfolded with an eerie elegance, drawing in everything within its gravitational grasp. The destruction left by the Lightning Laceration served as a mere prelude to the impending chaos wrought by the Quantum Rift de. The veryndscape seemed to warp and distort as the ck hole-like phenomenon expanded and shot forward with speeds surpassing anything Azmond has ever witnessed, devouring everything in its path. Rocks, debris, and the remnants of the shattered mountains were inexorably drawn into the void. Azmond, standing at the epicenter of this cosmic spectacle, maintained his unwaveringposure. The Quantum Gate''s dark energies danced around him, creating an ethereal tableau of destruction and creation. As the vortex reached its zenith, Azmond''s eyes gleamed with an inscrutable intensity¡ªa fusion of ''ancient'' wisdom and newfound power. Azmond wouldn''t deny another opportunity to posture... He was really starting to revel in the feeling of pretending to be a supreme sword immortal. ..... In the aftermath of the devastating disy of power, Azmond stood amidst the swirling remnants of destruction and creation. The echoes of the Quantum Rift de''s havoc lingered in the air, but Azmond''s mind was already set on pushing his limits further. The enigmatic glow of the Quantum Gate lingered in his eyes as he prepared for the next phase of his training. Determined to refine his mastery of the Lightning Laceration first, Azmond raised his sword once again. The ethereal de crackled with electric energy as he unleashed another lightning arc. This time, however, the arc appeared more controlled, with each swing deliberate and precise. Azmond sought to understand the nuances of the technique and harness its power with even greater finesse. The Lightning Laceration cut through the air with a mesmerizing grace, the arc widening and contracting in response to Azmond''s evolving control. The mountains, already annihted by the previous onught, now faced a more calcted barrage. Azmond observed with intense focus, analyzing the feedback from each strike and honing his connection to the elemental forces at y. Chapter 68: Lightning Laceration And Quantum Rift Blade Part 2

Chapter 68: Lightning Laceration And Quantum Rift de Part 2

The Lightning Laceration cut through the air with a mesmerizing grace, the arc widening and contracting in response to Azmond''s evolving control. The mountains, already annihted by the previous onught, now faced a more calcted barrage. Azmond observed with intense focus, analyzing the feedback from each strike and honing his connection to the elemental forces at y. As the Lightning Laceration continued to surge forth, Azmond dove deeper into the intricacies of the skill. He experimented with variations in speed, trajectory, and the concentration of qi within the de. The once chaotic energy began to harmonize under hismand, revealing a newfound synergy between Azmond and the thunderous forces he wielded. The mountain range, now a canvas for Azmond''s training, bore witness to the relentless dance of lightning. Peaks crumbled, and valleys echoed with the resounding whoosh of each strike. Azmond''s movements became a seamless extension of the elements, a testament to the increasedprehension Azmond now wielded with the Lightning Laceration skill. Azmond was improving hisprehension over highly intricate skills like it was as easy as breathing. It would normally take months, if not years, or dozens of years for normal Cultivators to increase the mastery over their skills. Yet, Azmond was doing the same with advanced techniques mere minutes after learning the skill... .... Amidst the tempest of electric power, Azmond transitioned seamlessly to the Quantum Rift de Technique. With a profound understanding of the cosmic forces at his disposal, he plunged his sword into the fabric of space once more. The dark energies spiraled outward, creating a vortex that mirrored the voracious hunger of a ck hole. This time, however, Azmond aimed to delve deeper into the mysteries of the Quantum Gate. The celestial forces responded to his intent, and the gravitational pull intensified. Rocks, debris, and remnants of the shattered mountains were drawn into the void, creating a mesmerizing intery of destruction and creation. As Azmond wielded the Quantum Rift de with refined precision, he delved into the very essence of spatial maniption. The fabric of reality warped at hismand, and he marveled at the intricate dance between his will and the cosmic forces. Each activation of the Quantum Gate revealed ayer of understanding, a step closer to unraveling the true potential of this profound skill. The cycle continued¡ªan intery of Lightning Laceration and Quantum Gate, each iteration refining Azmond''s prowess. Thendscape bore the scars of his relentless pursuit of mastery, a testament to the indomitable spirit that drove him forward. That is what Azmond told himself to feel better, but in reality, he just wanted to show off more of his power to the world... ''I went through a sh*t ton of pain to be able to have this moment. I''ll be damned if I''m not allowed to show off a little!'' ... In the crucible of destruction and creation, Azmond''s skills were unleashed in swift session, a symphony of elemental forces and cosmic energies converging in the hands of an immortal-like figure. .... Azmond''s indifferent expression quickly started to break apart as a small, distorted smile began to form on his chiseled features. "This is so much fun!" His excitement started to leak a little as a big, beaming smile emerged on Azmond''s face. Swing after swing, Azmond''s crazed grin only grew more and more. Every mountain within hundreds of miles was beingpletely destroyed one after another, as Azmond''s |Lightning Laceration| skill knew not how to hold back. It only knew how to swiftly and precisely eradicate everything itid its eyes on. ... Azmond''s relentless skill testing continued for a couple hours; only then did Azmond''s seemingly infinite number of shes and ck hole-like strikes stoping. He only let off his trigger finger once all the energy stored within Azmond''s Qi Cyclones and Dantian started running dry. Azmond didn''t want topletely empty himself out, for if he did, he knew he would immediately go into a deepa due toplete Qi depletion. And, he didn''t know exactly when he would next wake up if that situation ever happened... He would prefer not to fu*k around and find out, so he just yed it safe for now and gave up on further casting his apocalyptic spells. He instead focused on a certain topic that he has been setting aside for quite a while now. That subject being the fact that Azmond had yet to increase the size of his Qi Cyclones and Dantian for a number of breakthroughs now, and what better time to increase his energy capacity than the point where he was about to run dry? "I would expand the size of my Qi cyclones right here and now, but I know I would waste a lot of precious time cultivating without the help of my trusty spiritual stone." A slight smile appeared on Azmond''s features as he turned his head in the direction of the giant spiritual stone garden he has been away from for a few hours now. "My Little Ice Flower is most likely still in a deep slumber..." Azmond''s thoughts went off track a little as he thought of something other than cultivation. "I really want to wake her up, but... sigh..." A loving smile almost emerged on Azmond''s features before it quickly dispersed and morphed into a downcast expression. "I guess I should just keep cultivating then, not that I have a problem with gaining more strength, but I really would enjoy my training a lot more if my Little Ice Bunny was awake as well." Azmond was in a mncholic mood for a while before it eventually turned into one of determination. "I just need to get strong enough to help Crystallie out of this strut without harming her, and then all my problems will be solved!" Azmond said to himself while an obsessive darkness began to grow inside his pupils. Azmond was not one to give up so easily without even trying. "I wonder how strong I need to be to speed up Crystalline''s cultivation process, or whatever is currently going on inside of her." A contemtive look formed on Azmond''s face as he thought about the amount of strength one would need to help someone in the Nascent Soul Realm, cultivate. He thought about the topic for a long time, and with each second that passed, Azmond became more and more depressed. "I would need to be a countless number of times stronger than I am right now, wouldn''t I?" Azmond looked behind his shoulder and saw the apocalyptic destruction he left in his wake. He couldn''t imagine at what level his strength would be once he reached a level where he was capable of helping Crystalline. "That version of me seems so far away..." "I should just focus on the present and worry about the futureter. There is no point in dwelling over something I have no control over; I have faith that Crystalline will wake up, even without my assistance." "Whatever is happening to her is obviously something that will benefit her greatly. What use would all those benefits be going towards if she stays asleep forever?" Azmond spoke to himself with a knowing tone. But, deep down, Azmond knew that Nascent Soul Realm cultivators could spend dozens or even hundreds of years in seclusion during a single cultivation session. He knew that even if Crystalline did end up waking up, it could not be until many years from now, but Azmond was quite the optimistic person, so he was partial to believing that Crystalline would wake up sooner rather thanter. She was a very special woman, after all. She reached the Late-Golden Core Realm by the time she turned 19, and she had already broken through into the Nascent Soul Realm with the assistance of some mystical forces. Azmond refused to believe that someone so talented would not be able to wake up from a simple cultivationa within a short period of time. Chapter 69: Lightning Laceration And Quantum Rift Blade Part 3

Chapter 69: Lightning Laceration And Quantum Rift de Part 3

He knew that even if Crystalline did end up waking up, it could not be until many years from now, but Azmond was quite the optimistic person, so he was partial to believing that Crystalline would wake up sooner rather thanter. She was a very special woman, after all. She reached the Late-Golden Core Realm by the time she turned 19, and she had already broken through into the Nascent Soul Realm with the assistance of some mystical forces. Azmond refused to believe that someone so talented would not be able to wake up from a simple cultivationa within a short period of time. ..... "Back to working on expanding the size of my Qi cyclones. I can''t brood over Crystalline''s matter forever, or else, I really will end up going insane before I reach the Apex of existence." Azmond lectured himself with a small, wry smile, as he had already approached the giant spiritual stone garden before he scanned the area, looking for the only spiritual stone for him. He, of course, saw Crystalline in the corner of his eye on the way over, but he tried to distract himself with a mindset focused only on getting stronger. Azmond shook his head to divert his attention away from the voluptuous ice beauty before beginning to walk in the direction of the trusty spiritual stone he had been cultivating with for months. "It is just me and you now, buddy." Azmond lightly pped the spiritual stone. An amiable aura permeated around him as he ''kindly'' smiled at hispanion. ''Leave me Alone, you Monster!!'' However, the giant spiritual stone was having none of Azmond''s nonsense, as it felt like blowing itself up and taking Azmond down with it. Azmond noticed the sudden change in intensity of the glow being emitted from the spiritual stone and responded withplete stoicism. "He must really like me a lot, huh?" "..." The spiritual stone wanted to kill itself. Amidst the lingering aftermath of Azmond''s spectacr disy of power, he found himself standing thousands of miles away in arge garden full of giant spiritual stones with a huge mysterious tree in the middle of them all. A tree that Azmond had yet to begin unraveling the mysteries of. As Azmond contemted his next steps, his attention shifted from the remnants of his cosmic spectacle to what he considered his new home. The giant spiritual stones and the huge tree were the only things in the area, but Azmond could care less. As long as his Crystalline was here, then this ce was the best home he could ever hope for. Azmond''s gaze traveled from his Little Ice Flower and instead moved toward his trustedpanion. "Are you ready to assist me again, Mr. Stone?" Azmond asked with a kind smile stered on his face. However, the spiritual stone that Azmond had been using for thest few weeks was seemingly resistant to Azmond''s attempts at camaraderie, emitting a reluctant glow, reflecting the inner turmoil within its crystalline core. "You always seem to glow whenever you are happy, Mr. Stone. Don''t make such a big deal every single time Ie around," "For I reciprocate your feelings, as my mood also improves significantly when I have you by my side." Azmond patted the gigantic spiritual stone before sticking one of his thumbs in the air. ''...I hate you...'' The spiritual stone had officially given up as it went back into its non-sentient state andpletely ignored the existence of Azmond. Azmond, although amused by the antics of hispanion, was filled with a sudden mix of weariness and determination. He acknowledged the need to focus on enhancing his Qi Cyclones and Dantian. He had an enormous amount of Qi already, but if one day he ran out of Qi and his Little Ice Roll was harmed because of him, Well, let''s just say that global warming would be a very serious concern for the the world of Asterion... ... The daunting task of pushing his limits further loomed, and his power-hungry mindset never subsided, yet his thoughts frequently veered towards Crystalline, still ensconced in her deep slumber. As he began to meditate, Azmond''s internal struggle became palpable. His desire to wake Crystalline shed with the necessity of honing his strength. A mncholic mood permeated his thoughts, but determination surged within him¡ªa relentless will to get stronger for himself and for his Love. A will that refused to give in! "I just need to get stronger!" Azmond dered, the obsidian darkness in his pupils reflecting a resolve that bordered on obsession. Azmond needed to convince himself that relentlessly cultivating was always going to be the correct choice to make on his journey to the top. Contemting the immense strength required to assist someone in the Nascent Soul Realm weighed heavily on Azmond. The destructive path he carved through the mountains seemed worlds away from the level he needed to reach. In response to his resolve, he once again started his tortuous way of cultivating. Azmond needed to be stronger, no matter the cost. ... Blood started to leak out of every part of Azmond''s body, but he was too absorbed in gaining more power to be worrying about something as ridiculous as pain. ... 2 monthster... The domineering figure of a tall, nude man was witnessed by the world. The scent of iron could be smelled from miles away, as the man in question was covered in blood from head to toe. The man''s blood-stained eyes began to slowly open as Azmond''s dazzling blue eyes were seen in clear view. "It looks like I have reached the absolute limit of the size I can increase my Qi Cyclones and Dantian to." The indifferent voice of Azmond sounded out as he took a good look at the inside of his Dantian space with his divine sense. The magnificent sight of 15,000 swirling masses of condensed Qi were orbiting around a massive dantian that dwarfed the Qi Cyclones 5 to 1. Azmond took one good look at this sight and could not help but be left in awe at the beautiful view before him. The Qi Cyclones orbiting around Azmond''s dantian were 2000 meters in diameter, and the huge dantian in the center trumped even the Qi Cyclones. As it had reached a size of 9999 meters! Chapter 70: Qi Cyclone Max Size Limit Part 1

Chapter 70: Qi Cyclone Max Size Limit Part 1

The magnificent sight of 15,000 swirling masses of condensed Qi were orbiting around a massive dantian that dwarfed the Qi Cyclones 5 to 1. Azmond took one good look at this sight and could not help but be left in awe at the beautiful view before him. The Qi Cyclones orbiting around Azmond''s dantian were 2000 meters in diameter, and the huge dantian in the center trumped even the Qi Cyclones. As it had reached a size of 9999 meters! Azmond was clearly very satisfied with this result, which took him months to aplish. An amount of time that would have taken at least 10 times that, if not for Azmond''spanion. "This result is very pleasing to the eye, indeed," Azmond began to speak with an emotionless tone. "But I feel as if something is missing, or rather that something is needed toplete this big ol puzzle that is my Dantian space." Azmond took onest look at his Dantian space and couldn''t help but specte that something was indeed missing for his Dantian to be considered ''Complete''. "My Dantian stopped at 9999 meters after all, a very auspicious number if I have seen one." A quip came out of Azmond in the form of indifference as he pondered deeply on this matter. After 10 minutes of brooding over the subject, Azmond hade to the only conclusion that made any sense to him. "I must need to breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage to find what I am missing," Azmond''s knowing voice resounded out. "Or, in my case, the Quantum Foundation Establishment Stage." "Since whatever is missing inside of me has nothing to do with the current me, I guess I should focus on cultivating instead." A resolute expression formed on his face as he continued to cultivate. Or, that''s what was originally supposed to happen. But fate seemed to have other ns in store for Azmond. As a faint, shining light overtook Azmond''s vision even whilst in a deep state of cultivation, "...Hmm?" A puzzled expression appeared on his face as he opened his eyes and saw something. Something different... "Was that sign always there?" Confusement overtook his features as he saw a sign that seemed like it was fading in and out of reality. Azmond got up off the ground and began walking in the direction of the sign that almost seemed to be calling his name. *Step* *Step* His barely audible footsteps were the only thing making any noise, as the whole world seemed to go silent as Azmond inched ever closer to the elusive sign. "The Tree of Life?" He was at a distance where he had clear sight of the fading sign as he spoke the only words he saw. "Is that the name of this tree?" Azmond came to a swift conclusion, as that was the only logical answer. "The Tree of Life is quite the haughty name for a tree slightlyrger than the rest." An indifferent tone sounded from him as he closely inspected the evanescent piece of wood with a unique name carving. "This tree must not be as simple as it seems; I knew there had to be something special about this odd thing. I noticed as soon as I got here that this tree was the only sort of forest growth in the vicinity. I just didn''t know what exactly made this seemingly normal tree so special." A small frown emerged on Azmond''s face as he was a little frustrated over not being able to understand the anomaly that was the ''Tree of Life''. "Maybe I should touch the sign if I wish to understand the secrets that surround this garden full of spiritual stones dozens of times their average size." Azmond''s expression turned into a resolute one as he scanned the entirety of the huge tree with his eyes before moving his hands toward the elusive sign. A sign that seemed to have some sort of connection with Azmond. A connection that he didn''t quite understand... ''Why would a tree called the ''Tree of Life'' located in the middle of who knows where be calling out to me? I came here solely to cultivate and watch after My Little Ice Flower, but this oditity seems to have different ideas on what I should be doing here.'' His thoughts drifted a little before his index finger made contact with the fading, semi-translucent sign. A few seconds pass... Nothing of notice happens to Azmond. However, he continues to wait patiently. Another 30 seconds pass, and still, nothing of interest has transpired. This was when Azmond finally started to question his theory a little. "Was I wron-" but just as he was about to doubt himself, A sudden sh appeared, and Azmond disappeared from his spot. ..... In a mysterious space in a ce unknown to most in existence, A handsome man in a long white robe was lying down on a vast expanse of shallow ocean water. An ocean surface that would make one think it stretched on for miles. As no border or edge to this dimension could be seen with the naked eye, The man who held a resemnce to a fallen immortal began to wake up. "... I wonder how many times this is going to happen to me before I''m ultimately able to stay awake throughout the teleportation." Boredom filled Azmond''s heart as he analyzed his surroundings, hoping there was something that could make up for his lethargic mood. However, he was left disappointed, as the only thing he saw was a small hut on the surface of a wide expanse of shallow ocean. A shallow ocean with ayer of space above it that somehow prevented the water from touching anything. Even Azmond''s body and clothes were no exception to that rule, as not a single part of him was wet. "This ce is boring, but at the same time, quite intriguing." Conflicted emotions were dancing around inside his thoughts as he got up off the ocean floor. Azmond proceeded to elegantly walk toward the only thing other than water inside this ce. That something being a very small, inconspicuous hut¡ªa hut that one wouldn''t even bat an eye to in the outside world. However, a sudden interest in the tiny hut began to form inside Azmond as a weird glint was beginning to form inside his eyes. "I believe this ce is a lot more special than it seems, just like that tree outside. Nothing is ever to be taken at face value. If I had a proper mother in either of my lifetimes, then I believe she would say the same thing." A mncholic aura began to permeate around Azmond as he thought about the family that he never had. But before that emotion could fester inside his heart, He shook his head a little to regain focus before continuing toward the small hut. Chapter 71: Qi Cyclone Max Size Limit Part 2

Chapter 71: Qi Cyclone Max Size Limit Part 2

"I believe this ce is a lot more special than it seems, just like that tree outside. Nothing is ever to be taken at face value. If I had a proper mother in either of my lifetimes, then I believe she would say the same thing." A mncholic aura began to permeate around Azmond as he thought about the family that he never had. But before that emotion could fester inside his heart, He shook his head a little to regain focus before continuing toward the small hut. A stalwart expression was the only thing left on Azmond''s face. He preferred not to think of things that he would never have and instead focus his attention on what he could have. Deep down in Azmond''s psyche, there was a part of him that would always yearn for a family. A part that would always beg for the impossible¡ªhe tried to fill that void inside him with a constant will to train. Azmond was the same way in hisst life and in this one. He always needed no one but himself and his constant pursuit of power. Or, at least, that was what he thought until he met a certain someone. A ditsy girl with long, silly blue hair, a beautiful silhouette that Azmond had yet to forget even after all this time. She may not have been in his life for long, but she was still a major turning point in Azmond''s future. If he hadn''t met her when he did, then he might have never met His Little Ice Bunny after receiving directions for the Goblin Kingdom''s location. A Goblin Kingdom that Azmond still had some unfinished business to attend to. But that was for another time. ...... Aqua was the catalyst that set Azmond''s change in motion; she was the reason he began to change. She was the reason that he met Crystalline, and he would be forever grateful to Aqua for that. Azmond longed to have familiar love for as long as he could remember. He would never show that part of him to any other soul, but that didn''t mean it wasn''t there. He was a man who showed very few emotions when he wasn''t fooling around with Crystalline. And that quirk of hia would probably never change. Azmond was, however, very content with that side of him. A facade of indifference was the only thing capable of allowing him to survive. Whether in this new world or his old one, they were both unforgiving ces. ces where the strong and powerful prey on the weak and defenseless every single day. Azmond had to be indifferent to all the cruelties that happened around him if he wished to get stronger in this world. If he was strong enough to assist somebody in need and it didn''t conflict with his goals, Then, Azmond wouldn''t mind giving a hand, but he would never go out of his way to y the hero and scour thends looking for trouble. In a world like Asterion with a poption that most likely bordered on the trillions, if not quadrillions, A world where millions of people die every day due to all sorts of injustices. Even if Azmond did decide to y the hero that saved the weak, it would make not an ounce of a difference. Azmond knew that; everyone in this world knew that. This was a world where you had to be strong if you wanted to survive. A fact that stands true through all rungs of society, whether you were a peasant or a mighty king living atop a castle made of gold. Your life would always have a chance of perishing at any given moment. There will always be someone more powerful, and that was the case in this world and on Earth. Azmond''s personality was the same back on earth as it was now because nothing had really changed for him. He needed to do everything he could just to get by in both worlds. ........ Azmond snapped out of his reverie as he neared the tiny hut with small steps. The steps Azmond took seemed to get louder the closer he got to the small hut. It was a very weird urrence that he couldn''t figure out the cause of. "This ce is attracting more and more of my interest the more time I spend here." A small, imperceptible smile emerged on Azmond''s face as he neared the door to the small thatch hut. He closed in on the door before beginning to lightly knock on it. Wam! Wam! Or, at least, that was what he tried to do, but he unfortunately wasn''t that adept at controlling his current strength. The result of that ineptitude was a strong release of power from Azmond''s hand with every hit. "Oops..." However, the door waspletely unscathed, despite the tremendous amount of force he was unintentionally applying. "I should work on getting my physical strength under control once I get out of this ce," he began, speaking with a wry smile as he retracted his hand. "Banging on the door is clearly not having any effect, but the weirder part of this situation is the durability of this hut." "It looks so weak and fragile, and yet strikes that could wipe out entire mountain ranges are doing nothing... Not even a piece of the hut shook from the force of my hits." Azmond spoke with a puzzled tone as he circled around the hut, trying to find something out of the ordinary. He examined the small structure for quite a bit but found nothing worthy of notice. "The special quality of this shack must originate from the inside of the hut." Azmond concluded after a few moments of thinking to himself. Azmond hesitated on whether or not he should immediately barge into the small hut before a resolute expression formed on his face. "No time like the present." A voice of indifference sounded out as he approached the entrance to the hut once again. Chapter 72: Qi Cyclone Max Size Limit Part 3

Chapter 72: Qi Cyclone Max Size Limit Part 3

Azmond hesitated on whether or not he should immediately barge into the small hut before a resolute expression formed on his face. "No time like the present." A voice of indifference sounded out as he approached the entrance to the hut once again. This time, however, instead of knocking on the door, he just opened it right up by the straw door handle. The door opened up without a hitch as he proceeded to walk right in, and the first and only thing he saw was... A Book? "First, it was an elusive sign, and now a book..." An awkward look overtook Azmond''s features. "Is this ce trying to make me create a library or something?? No. That can''t be it. There must be something more." He quit thinking about useless things and instead dove straight in. There was no point in dwelling over topics that Azmond would surely find the answer to if he simply walked over there and took a nce at the book. The book in question was seated upon arge circr pedestal that almost made it look like the book was trying to ascend the heavens. A faint glow was constantly being emitted underneath the pedestal, a trait that only further entuated the already grandiose book. The book itself was a dark red color with archaic looking engravings carved throughout it. A murky outline of what appeared to be a phoenix of sorts was also stered on the very center of it. One look at this book, and any mortal would assume that it was some sort of divine scripture that fell from the heavens. Azmond, however, had never seen what a phoenix looked like in either of his lifetimes. A fact that led to him asking a very precarious question. "Why is there a funny-looking chicken on the front of this book?" He asked a question with a genuinely confused expression. A question that could unknowingly evoke the wrath of the gods upon himself. He was truly trying to take all the smoke... ..... Meanwhile, in a dark dimension, ten minutes prior to Azmond discovering the book within the hut,. This dark dimension was located somewhere above the ocean that Azmond was in. One could even call this small dimension an attached pocket dimension of the one below it. In this pocket dimension, there was a chessboard, a verymon chessboard just like any other, except... This one appeared to be floating on thin air with nothing holding it up. It seemed to defy the veryws of physics as it justy frozen in ce a few feet above the ground floor of the pocket dimension. Even with the existence of this anomaly, the chessboard wasn''t the most unusual part of this mysterious ce. Instead, it was the two looming figures that stood domineeringly over the chessboard. The one on the right side of the chessboard was arge, robust man with fiery red hair and a long braided beard that reached his chest. This stalwart man had to be at least 7 feet tall as he trumped the elusive opponent he was ying against. The figure adjacent to him was a handsome and elegant man with long blonde hair that reached his back and light green eyes. A great contrast to the rough-looking giant opposite him. Beneath his noble exterior, this man concealed a darker part of himself. Upon closer inspection and prolonged observation, a subtle glint of cunning could be seen within the depths of his emerald eyes. "That was a foul move, Loki." Therger, red haired man spoke with an irritated tone. "I am sorry, my friend; that is just how this game is yed." The handsome man, called Loki, responded with a sly grin. "I would think that you would''ve gotten slightly better at chess after all these eons have passed, but you never fail to surprise me with your inability to improve, Thor." A mocking tone sounded out as a ridiculing look appeared on Loki''s face. Both of these opposing figures were floating in mid-air in a cross-legged position. Their hands moved with precision as they danced across the chessboard, looking for an opportunity to overtake the other. "This is why I never y games of the mind with you, Loki; you are never one to y by the books." Thor spoke with an irked tone as he red at Loki, who had just made a checkmate. Loki, upon hearing what Thor said, responded with a click of the tongue. "I don''t want to hear that from the ''Almighty Thor''. How many of your enemies have you used dirty tricks and traps to defeat?" "The number has to be in the thousands, and yet you talk to me about ''not ying by the books''? What a joke." Loki got out his piece before he stuck his index finger in the air and pointed it straight down. All while ring at Thor''s significantly bigger figure. An act of ridicule that was clearly seen by Thor. Arge vein began to bulge on his head as a menacing aura began to permeate the surroundings. The temperature in the pocket dimension that was without an atmosphere suddenly went up by thousands of degrees as the fiery red hair of Thor''s head began to stand straight up. His hair started to float in the air as a voice of fury began to erupt from the robust man. "I can add you to that list of enemies I''ve defeated as well, Loki!!! Don''t test my patience with your silly games!!!" Thor dered this before his red aura erupted in full glory as the chess table was blown out of existence. However, the man who was taking the full brunt of this terrifying aura just shrugged it off with a small hand movement. The only part of him that was even the slightest bit affected was his hair and clothes, which became slightly frizzled due to the dangerous aura. "I am not afraid of you, Thor," Loki replied in a solemn tone as he brushed off his clothes and returned the slight toward him with a menacing golden aura of his own. "But for ruining my hair and clothes with your dirty red aura, then I might just have to take your life in return." A sinister grin formed on Loki''s features as he got up off his lotus position and focused his attention on the big, red-haired man before him. A man who also got up in a flurry before approaching the calm andposed Loki with boisterous steps. "So be it; if a fight to the death is what you want, then I will fulfill your wishes." Thor''s menacing voice came out as he domineeringly stood over Loki''s far thinner frame. Chapter 73: Qi Cyclone Max Size Limit Part 4

Chapter 73: Qi Cyclone Max Size Limit Part 4

"I fear you not, Thor," Loki retorted dryly, brushing off his clothes while emanating a menacing golden aura in return. "But for soiling my attire and hair with your foul red aura, I might consider taking your life aspensation." Loki''s grin turned sinister as he rose from his seated position, fixing his gaze on the imposing figure of the red-haired man before him. Thor, matching Loki''s intensity, approached with thunderous steps, ready for the confrontation. "If a battle to the death is your desire, then so be it. I shall grant it," Thor dered, looming over Loki''s slender frame with authority. Undeterred by the vast difference in size, Loki met Thor''s gaze head-on, showing no signs of fear. With a swift motion, he vanished from sight, moving faster than the blink of an eye. His thin figure appeared behind the red giant and kicked him in the back. Thor was subsequently sent flying tens of millions of miles away as hisrge figure practically turned into a hurling ball of fire that surpassed the speed of light. "..." The entirety of the dark dimension abruptly lit up, with arge red ring aura signature being the catalyst. "LOKI!!!" Thor''s boisterous voice came out, followed by a booming explosion, louder than the self-implosion of a supernova. His towering red figure quickly traveled tens of millions of miles like it was a walk in the park as he appeared next to Loki and grabbed him by the face. He proceeded to leap up off the ground with Loki in tow as he vertically bounced a countless distance before tightening his grip around Loki''s head and hurling him toward the surface floor. *BOOOOOOOoOOooM* The explosion produced by Loki being catapulted toward the floor echoed across the void. An explosion so momentous that it was unable to beputed by even the very dimension itself. The following eruption, triggered when Loki made contact with the surface, resulted in an evenrger explosion. After two consecutive cataclysmic sts, the pocket dimension began to violently tremble. Loki''s emotionless figure came crashing down in full force as the dark dimension began to shake. A dimension that stretched on for an untold number of miles began to shake because of the fighting of two unknown characters. "Your strength is still the same as it was a million years ago, Thor; it seems your power is synonymous with your skill in chess as well." A ridiculing voice resounded as Loki bounced off the ground in an elegant fashion. His body waspletely unscathed. What was more surprising than that was the fact that the dimension itself also had no noticeable damage caused to it. The ground cracked a little after Loki hit the ground, but it regenerated as soon as the damage appeared. This was only what was visible in the interior of the pocket dimension. The exterior however, was a different matter altogether... There was a small untraceable crack on the outside of the pocket dimension. A crack that could be noticed as long as one''s vision was astute enough... This dimension seemed to be a very special ce. A ce that could easily take on the destruction caused by two beings with overwhelming power. A miraculous ability that did note without a price. ....... Thornded back on the ground in but an instant, as he appeared not even a few meters away from the unharmed Loki. His aura increased to an unbelievable level when he heard the ridiculing words of Loki, and just as he was about to rush up to Loki once again, A sound was heard... A sound of something breaking... Or, rather, the sound of someone or something entering. "!!!" Both Thor and Loki were rmed by this sudden disturbance they felt in the dimension thaty beneath them. They immediately stopped in their tracks and used their divine sense on the sea dimension before them. What they saw left them stunned in disbelief. "A Visitor?!?!?" Both of them shouted in unison. Chapter 74: Boundless Restoration Part 1

Chapter 74: Boundless Restoration Part 1

Thor swiftlynded on the ground mere moments after Loki''s taunting words, his aura surging to an unprecedented level in response. But before he could charge at Loki again, a disruptive sound pierced the air¡ªa sound of intrusion. "!!!" Startled by the unexpected disturbance in their realm, Thor and Loki halted their movements, instinctively focusing their divine senses on the source. What they beheld left them utterly astounded. "A Visitor?!?!?" Their voices echoed in unison, filled with disbelief. "How could a visitor be here after all this time??? It makes no sense!" Loki, for the first time in a very long time, became flustered over something. "Who cares about the specifics now?!? We must kill him before he touches the book!!" Thor''s boisterous voice came out as he was prepared to break out of the pocket dimension at any moment. His arms extended out in full motion as it looked like he was trying to cast something horrifying. Something far stronger than the meager strength he showed when fighting Loki. A dark, crimson-colored aura began to leak from Thor as the faint outline of a giant serpent, which had a size that couldn''t even be fathomed by the mortal eye, The enormous serpent was nearly about to form above his wide hands before he suddenly heard a voice. "Don''t do that, you big fumbling idiot! Are you trying to get us both killed?!?" Loki''s raspy voice echoed out as he phased behind the big red giant and pped him across the head. The devastating spell Thor was trying to summon immediately dispersed as he furiously turned his head to see what being was bold enough to interrupt him. It turns out it was just his brother... "Why did you do that, Loki?!?" Thor was practically seething in rage as he scanned the ocean dimension with his divine sense again and saw the unknown visitor start to approach the thatch hut. "He is already close to the Book!! I won''t make it in time, even if I do end up breaking out of here. And it''s all because of you, Loki!!!!" Therge fist of Thor was raised as he was prepared to give his brother a good beating. But, before he could whack him, he suddenly heard the very same man speak beside his ear. "You bumbling moron, what are you trying to do??" ''How did he get around me that fast again?? Has his speed improved that much over the years?'' A puzzled expression emerged on the red giant''s face as hepletely overlooked the question Loki asked him. "It wouldn''t have made a difference whether you did end up breaking out of here or not." Thor was still in a stupor until he heard the voice of his brother echo out again. "What do you mean by that, Loki?!?" He asked in a less irritated tone. "I mean to say that the visitor down there is no god. He is just a human from some mortal ne of existence." Loki replied with a solemn tone. "What are you getting at, Loki?!? He could still touch the book even as a mere mortal!!" Thor''s rage came back in full swing, as he now thought Loki was making a fool of him. "Has all the muscle really gone straight to your brain?? Since you cannot seem toprehend the current situation, I will exin it in a way that you can understand," Loki responded with a face full of disdain for the red giant. He backed away a little from Thor before pronouncing four simple words as slowly as he could. "He is an Ant." Loki''s t tone resounded out. "It''s that simple, Thor." Thor''s expression rxed a little when he heard the words of his brother, but he had yet to understand one thing. "He can still touch the book as a mortal, so what difference does that make?" Loki sighed a little at the simpleton he called his brother, as he made a disappointed face before exining to Thor in greater detail. "A mortal is far different in physiology than us, Thor. He will never meet the requirements necessary to gain the recognition of that damned book. You should know that much yourself, as the both of us had already tried getting a reaction out of that stupid thing." "And we both have the scars to prove our failure in that short-lived venture." Loki spoke with an irritated tone as he pointed at the zing red scar on his arm and the slightlyrger scar of the same hue on Thor''s arm. Thor, after realizing what Loki was trying to tell him, suddenly felt like aplete idiot. However, his outward appearance was still that of a stalwart man. He would never show his lesser side to anybody in existence, much less his brother... "We are many levels higher in existence than that mortal down there. Why are you worrying so much over something that will never happen? Although I may have been slightly taken aback when I saw that someone was actually capable of entering this ce, That feeling of surprise quickly disappeared as soon as I saw what sort of feeble existence had entered." "A fact that you should''ve noticed right away as well, Thor. But I never relied on your ability to think before this, so why should I begin believing you have some modicum of intelligence now?" A low snicker came from Loki as he seriously started to doubt whether Thor was truly his blood rted brother. The vein on Thor''s head began to bulge again, but he understood after all this time spent together. This was just the way Loki was. That didn''t mean he liked this part of Loki any better, though; he was just more ustomed to being forced to tolerate him. Chapter 75 Boundless Restoration Part 2 75 Boundless Restoration Part 2 "Yeah, yeah, whatever, Loki. Since you are so smart, what should we do about the ''feeble'' mortal who has now entered the thatch hut??" Thor''s condescending voice echoed out as he looked at an Azmond who had already firmly nted both of his feet inside the hut. "W-What did you say?!?" Loki became flustered for the second time today before he too leaked his divine sense out and saw Azmond''s tall figure gazing at the only thing within the thatch hut. "H-How did he get past the door?!? If he got past the door, then that means he has already passed the first trial of the Boundless Restoration Scripture! How is that even remotely possible?!?" Loki''s astonished voice came out in a speratic flurry as he couldn''t believe what his divine sense was transmitting to him right now. He began pacing in circles around Thor, as he seriously doubted the reality of the current situation. "How could a lowly mortal, a being lower on the level of existence than even an immortal, be capable of passing the first trial to begin gaining the recognition of that stupid book?!?" Loki''s panicky voice continued to sound out as he paced in circles at speeds that surpassed that of light. A speed that was beginning to make Thor quite dizzy as he watched the frantic Loki dance around him. In spite of his daze, it was still a sight that put arge, bright smile on Thor''s rough features. He was enjoying the view of his ''smart ass'' brother finally finding something he didn''t understand. "This shouldn''t be happening right now, and yet it is, but why? Why would something that would require a top-tier immortal at the minimum to aplish be achieved by a mere bottom-tier mortal?!? He doesn''t even seem to be a particrly strong mortal... So Why?!?" Loki was panicking until he finally thought of something that could alleviate his confusion. "Wait, maybe it was all just a fluke that he was able to go through that door! Yes, that must be it!" Loki''s haughty expression once more appeared as he stopped pacing. He instead materialized a chair out of thin air and sat down in an elegant fashion. A small,posed smile was the only emotion he was willing to exhibit. He made it seem like his recently unruly show of bewilderment never happened... Thor was slightly surprised by the sudden switch in Loki''s attitude, but quickly got over it as he summoned a chair of his own. He proceeded to set the chair down adjacent to Loki''s slightly smaller chair before sitting down himself. "A fluke, huh?" Thor didn''t believe it for one second, but if Loki said it, and as much as he hated to admit it, his brother was usually right about these types of things. "Should we just wait around here until the mortal touches the Boundless Restoration before ultimately dying from it?" He asked his brother in an unusually tranquil tone that contrasted greatly with his previous temperament. "Yes, that is exactly what we will do." Loki''s indifferent tone echoed out before a deep, sinister glint emerged inside his emerald eyes. "Ha! Imagine that. A mortal dying from a technique that is supposed to grant eternal immortality!" "A boon that any morsel, whether mortal, immortal, or even god, could only dream of. If only that mortal down there knew what he was about to lose his life to. He would surely be more epting of his death once he understood what sort of grand existence he was about to sumb to." He spoke thest part of his piece with a small, generous smile adorning his handsome features. He made it seem like it was Azmond''s divine privilege to be killed by a book... ... "Hahaha!" Thor''s loud, boisterousughter resounded out as he began to find the mortals predicament quite the big joke as well. "The lowest rungs of existence dying to something at the very top will make for a good joke we can toss around when we get back to the Realm of The Gods," Thor spoke through tears ofughter. "Our shift is almost over, so this will make for the perfect wee-back story!" He got out hisst few words with arge smile. That was until he noticed something peculiar. "Why aren''t you saying anything, Loki? Cat got your tongue?" Thor opened his eyes as light red pupils were shown in full view. He looked in the direction of Loki and only saw a figure who seemed as if he were frozen in time. A figure who was seated upon a translucent chair that appeared to be in a state of stasis as well. "What is wrong with you, Loki?" Thor asked with a slightly puzzled expression as he got up off his seat and walked over to him. He waved hisrge hands in front of Loki, yet he got no reaction out of him, only a dead stare. A look that would make one think that his mind was no longer with us... "Are you ying one of your ridiculous games again, Loki??" Thor was bing more and more irked by this oddity of Loki''s. He was going to punch some sense into him the old-fashioned way, but as soon as that thought surfaced inside his mind, he suddenly heard his brother speak. "B-Book..." His voice came out in a barely audible tone. Thor, who was about to give Loki the ol one two, was taken aback by his abrupt voice. "What about the book?" Thor clearly knew what Loki was referring to, but he didn''t understand what that had to do with anything. A bad feeling began to fester inside his heart as his thoughts began to swirl around Loki''s words. Thor may not be the brightest tool in the tool shed, but he wasn''t stupid. "C-Could it be...?" His rich timbre voice came out on a slightly shaky note as he used his divine sense to confirm his theory. He didn''t even have the chance to confirm it himself before he got the answer from his brother. "H-He opened the book¡­" n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om Chapter 76 Boundless Restoration? 76 Boundless Restoration? "What is this strange book anyway?" A tall, handsome figure with flowing white robes asked with a quizzical expression. His hands were moving throughout the pages of the book as if trying to find something, and yet, even after a few seconds of skimming, nothing of notice caught his eye. "This book must be capable of doing something, right? I mean, who would just leave a useless book with a funny chicken on it in the center of an ocean dimension??" He began brooding over the subject of the odd book, but before he could formte a single thought, A bright light shed. "...Hmm? Seriously, what is with this sense of deja vu I have been gettingtely?" Azmond spoke with a bored look. The dazzling light only got brighter as the nanoseconds passed, until something quite reminiscent of Azmond''s first few days in this world began to ur. An extreme feeling overcame his pain receptors as he noticed this pain was quite simr to a scenario he experienced a few years ago. "Information transmission, huh?" A slightly strained voice sounded out of Azmond''s mouth as he recalled the time he first acquired the Divine Devil Arts Scripture. The resplendent light reached an all-time high, as the pain being inflicted upon Azmond had also reached a level that he had never experienced before. "Ugh." He grunted through gritted teeth as the pain only intensified as time went on. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om "What is with this ridiculousness?? I have never felt anything remotely close to this level of pain in my entire life!? This is thousands of times worse than what I felt when I first gained the Divine Devil Arts Scripture." Azmond was writhing in pain, but he refused to give in. He held his ground and forbade himself from entertaining the idea of kneeling. He took the pain like a man as he persevered for what felt like an eternity, but in reality, Only 10 minutes had passed. Azmond was now foaming at the mouth while holding himself up against one of the sturdy walls that made up the tiny hut. He was on the verge of copse until, like a shining light in his dark world, the pain ultimately subsided and he was finally able to rx his muscles. Azmond materialized a seat out of his storage ring before his fatigue hit him like a bullet train. His exhaustion caught up to him in the end, and he fell into aa right then and there. ..... Meanwhile, in the pocket dimension thaty above the vast ocean below, two apex figures were currently going through a multitude of emotions. Thor may not be the brightest tool in the tool shed, but he wasn''t stupid. "C-Could it be...?" His rich timbre voice came out on a slightly shaky note as he used his divine sense to confirm his theory. He didn''t even have the chance to confirm it himself before he got the answer from his brother. "H-He opened the book¡­" "What do you mean, HE Opened the book?!?" Thor shouted at the top of his lungs. The very space that surrounded the pocket dimension almost shattered from just the pure decibel level that came out of the red giants mouth. Thor, wanting to confirm this ludicrous information for himself, leaked his divine sense out and scanned the ocean dimension. What he saw left him in a state of stupefaction. He saw a man who resembled that of a fallen immortal flipping through the pages of Boundless Restoration before ultimately sumbing to the torturous pain that was inflicted on those who try to gain the book''s recognition. "T-This is insane." Thor''s deep voice came out in an almost inaudible tone as he nearly fell to the floor from the shock he was receiving right now. "Wee to the club, brother." Loki''s lifeless voice echoed out as he joined Thor in his daze before continuing to watch Azmond''s suffering. Azmond had long been knocked out cold. Thor and Loki were waiting with bated breath, specting whether or not he would make it out of this in one piece. They were betting on him dying the same as all the immortals and gods who attempted to bond with that book before him. .... 3 days have passed... It was a section of time that felt like less than the blink of an eye for the spectating gods. The overwhelming presences that Thor and Loki had exhibited when they were fighting earlier had already significantly diminished. The both of them now felt like empty shells,pletely and utterly shellshocked at this development. Neither of them had moved a single inch thesest few days. They were simply waiting... Waiting to see the oue of the mortals'' fight against a fate that shouldn''t even be possible for one as low as him to have. "He has to be dead now, right...?" Thor''s dull voice muttered out as he looked to his brother, seeking guidance. Guidance he would never get, as Loki was in just as dazed a state as him. "I don''t know..." Loki, for the first time in what could be counted as an eternity, was unable to confidently answer a question asked of him. Loki didn''t have the necessary skill to affirm or deny the state of the beings outside the pocket dimension. In fact, no one stationed inside the pocket dimension during their shifts had that privilege. No one was allowed to peer into the secrets of those outside the pocket dimension. No one was allowed to discover the existence of the gods on shift. Although beings lower than them on the scale of existence would never be able to tell who was spying on them, they could still get a vague feeling that someone was up there, as long as their instincts were strong enough. That was all that was needed to deter the ones who took shifts in the pocket dimension from ever entertaining the idea of spying in depth on those outside their dimension. This was the reason why Loki previously said they would both be killed if Thor sessfully broke out of the pocket dimension. Their superiors up above would immediately notice the disturbance ande down to investigate the problem. And, once they found out what exactly happened, they would execute Thor and Loki on the spot. No matter who they were... The pocket dimension was sealed off for this exact reason. Even if Loki and Thor now had the grounds to go and exterminate the mortal in the sea dimension, they wouldn''t... It was already toote¡­ Chapter 77 Boundless Restoration? Part 2 77 Boundless Restoration? Part 2 It was already toote¡­ .... If they interfered in the process of Azmond''s bond with Boundless Restoration, then their fates would not be pretty ones. Going through all that trouble only to end up offending a force they couldn''t contend with was not worth it in their eyes. Letting the human forge a connection with the ancient scripture was also not an option they could afford to let happen. However, they were confident that the human mortal would never be able to survive the information transmission of Boundless Restoration. At least, that''s what they wanted to force themselves to believe, but no matter how much they tried to convince themselves that the human would never make it out of the transmission process alive, In the end, they knew that there was always a chance that he could persevere through adversity. Boundless Restoration was not a skill that required the user to be extremely powerful after all. It was a skill with only one requirement. The willingness to embrace pain. Yes, you had to be able to experience pain that would make even the gods weep tears of blood before ultimately dying of shock. You had to be a masochist that has never appeared in the entire history of forever... Thor and Loki knew this fact. They just refused to believe that a mere mortal on the lowest level of existence would be able to achieve something that they could not. It was more of an innate pride within them that formed into a firm belief that told them they would always be superior. Beings higher on the existence scale always had their chauvinistic ways show through when they encountered beings who they considered less than them. It was just the way it was. That was what made this entire situation even more unbelievable for Thor and Loki. Their deep rooted pride that stemmed from all the higher beings that came before was what left them awestruck. bbergasted at a being so low that they found ants stronger inparison. A being like that was truly attempting to do something they could not. Thor and Loki had both touched Boundless Restoration in the past. Yet, they couldn''t even make it past the third page before they were out cold, with new scars to remind them of their failures. ... Another three days pass by in the blink of an eye... "...Mhm..." Azmond awoke with a muddled mind as he looked around him and saw the unfamiliar scenery. He tried to recall how he got here, and suddenly he remembered exactly what happened. "Oh, I tried touching that book with the funny chicken on it. Went through hell and back, and somehow I made it out of that in one piece. I''m pretty sure I passed into the afterlife somewhere along the way as well." He spoke in a t tone as he rubbed his temples. "Fate sure is a b*tch, huh? Just when I thought that I was finally getting used to any sort of pain that was thrown at me, Fate decides to hurl a curveball that hits me right across my handsome face." Azmond''s voice echoed out as a wry smile began to form on his face. *Sigh* "Well, it is what it is. The fact that I didn''t permanently die from the pain is a plus, so there''s that." He spoke in a reassuring tone before getting up off the makeshift chair. He took one good look around and saw the same interior of the tiny hut with no major changes. Besides one thing, The book was missing... "Where did the book with the funny chicken on it go...?" He asked with a puzzled expression. "Wait, that transmission of information earlier... Could it be?" Azmond formted a theory inside his head as he checked the inside of his body with his divine sense. He looked around before he finally saw something¡­ He saw a new object floating around inside his Dantian space. An object that he found quite familiar for some reason. "How did the funny chicken book get inside my Dantian space??" A weary expression emerged on his face as he started to question his defenses. "How could something invade my most vital area without my being aware of it??" He was truly starting to believe that any rock, stick, or piece of paper could enter inside him if they so felt like it. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om "I guess I should work on improving my soul defenses when I get back. Lest I end up absorbing something that could kill me." Azmond spoke with a resolute face before deciding to refocus his attention back on the new object. An object that was now interlinked with his Dantian space. He interacted with the book using his divine sense and suddenly got a piece of information sent to him. "Boundless Restoration, huh?" The book within Azmond seemed to resonate with him when it heard its name. "What an interesting name." He spoke with a small smile before continuing to look through some more information. Most of the knowledge contained within Boundless Restoration was sealed away from him. It was sealed by Azmond''s body without his knowledge as a self protection method for fear of him taking in too much information that he couldn''t handle all at once. He scanned through the avable information that was provided to him in small bits and pieces until he got the main points behind this technique. The name of the technique was Boundless Restoration! It was a skill that Azmond couldn''t even begin to fathom the level of. What he did, however, know was that this technique was split into many levels, with most of those levels hidden away from him until it became relevant. Nevertheless, he did get information about the first two levels of the technique. Level 0 and level 1. Level 0 was where those fortunate enough to learn this technique would start out. They would need to take on as much pain as possible before they could advance into the first level of Boundless Restoration. "So this is some sort of masochistic technique??" A quizzical voice echoed out of him, as he really couldn''t understand this skill. "What does it give in return for all the pain you need to endure to advance in it? It must give something of notice aspensation, right?" Azmond asked himself before resuming his inspection of the information he was receiving. He learned that Boundless Restoration was a healing technique of the highest caliber. It was at such a high level that he couldn''t even believe what he was reading. "Level 0 of this technique already allows you to regenerate lost fingers and small appendages??? Without even reaching the first official level of Boundless Restoration, the user is already able to gain such a boon?!?" An astonished expression overtook his chiseled features as the more he read. The more ludicrous he found this technique to be,. "Level 1 allows the user topletely regenerate their entire body within record times as long as their head and heart are left intact?!?" His indifferent face slowly started to crumble as he couldn''t believe something so overpowered could be categorized as the first level of anything. Chapter 78 Loki And Thor 78 Loki And Thor Meanwhile, in the pocket dimension thaty directly above the ocean dimension, two overwhelmingly powerful figures were left dumbfounded. Thor and Loki had no life left within their contrasting body frames as they stood and stared at the unbelievable sight before them. "H-He woke up." A t voice devoid of emotion came out of the smaller figure. His posture was that of someone who had already embraced his guaranteed death. "Yes." The red giant responded with a voice just as dull. "What do we do, Loki...?" Thor asked. His eyes were gazing out into the empty void as if he had found something interesting to stare at. He hadpletely lost himself. "I don''t know..." His brother replied with a despondent tone, as he was not faring any better. Loki seemed to be unable to answer any questions asked of him since that mortal had appeared. The two of them were lost... They had not an inkling of an idea on how they should handle this predicament. Their eyes instead focused back on Azmond as they were trying to anticipate what his next moves were going to be, but no matter how much they thought about it. Not a single tangible thought came to mind. How were they supposed to be expected to predict the actions of an anomaly? They weren''t omniscient... "We just need to wait." A little bit of the shine within Loki''s eyes came back as he became a little calmer. His eye''s would still asionally flicker, and his hands became far sweatier, but he knew that brooding over something that he couldn''t change the oue of would get him nowhere. However, his brother still needed some time to adjust. He wasn''t as quick at adapting to impossible situations as his brother was. It took him a few minutes to finally calm down. His fiery hair was no longer on edge, either. His overly reactive hair was an odd trait that Thor would sometimes exhibit when he became nervous. And you could sure as hell bet that he was nervous now. His death would be swift once his superiors found out about the incident that urred during their shift. Both he and Loki quickly summoned a seat again, as the ones they had previously taken out had already evaporated from their residual aura. It was a small incident that urred earlier, when the two of them were going through a midlife crisis. "Wait, huh..." Thor''s gruff-sounding voice echoed out across the pocket dimension. He may be a big, strong, tough man on the outside, but when it really came down to it and his life was confirmed to be a blowing candle in the wind. A candle that could be snuffed out at any given moment. Well, let''s just say that his burly persona goes down by a few notches. When beings live as long as the two of them have, they begin to value their lives far more than mere mortals would. They are cultivators as well, after all. The two of them had spent an uncountable number of years arduously cultivating, and they weren''t willing to waste away all their efforts over some lower existence. Fury began to build inside Thor''s heart, as he now had the extreme urge to purge. He wanted to erase the existence of the being that had sentenced them to death. The killing intent festering inside his heart began to materialize in the outside world. Arge, expanding aura of death began to permeate the surroundings as his hair once more stood on end. Like a lion who had grown a fiery red mane of mes. He was prepared to use everything he had to kill the mortal, no matter the cost. But before he could, he felt the soft hand of his brother on his shoulder. "Don''t even bother, Thor." Loki said in a dispirited tone. Thor didn''t have time to deal with the depressed Loki; he was prepared to whack him out of the way. That was until he heard what his brother said next. "You know those beings as well as I do, Thor. They will bring that boy back to life, even if we do end up killing him. They wouldn''t care one bit that they would have to fight every god in existence to make that happen. That boy would not stay dead for long." Thor''s fury subsided a little when he heard the gloomy words of his brother. But that didn''t mean that he wasn''t still furious about this entire situation. He knew what Loki knew as well. He would never forget his previous encounters with those undying beings that supported the cursed book. Most of the older gods had their own unique encounters with those beings, one way or another. Some of those encounters led to the demise of many gods. "It is a futile effort, Thor. Just rx a little and ept your fate." Loki''s depressed tone turned into one akin to that of a hooligan who had already given up on being a productive member of society. He fully embraced his cunning and sinister ways as he thought up all the trouble he could get himself into before he was executed. As Loki''s thoughts started swirling in some odd, distorted direction, Thor was still thinking about how to get his revenge on the human mortal. But, no matter what he thought up, he saw no situation that would permanently affect Azmond. Both of their auras were going inpletely opposite directions at the moment. One had a menacing dark red aura that looked like it could consume the very sun itself if it so chose to, while the other figure had a veryid-back, tranquil gold aura. He had an aura that would make anyone assume that he was a person who wanted to flow in the wind with no purpose in sight. ..... As the two gods sat there contemting their next actions, a tall man with chiseled features was left stranded in the ocean dimension down below. Azmond had already gotten everything useful out of the Boundless Restoration Scripture. Now he was just left wandering around the vast dimension, looking for a way out. "There has to be an exit to this ce somewhere, right?" A puzzled expression emerged on his chiseled features as he continued walking at meteoric speeds. He didn''t exactly know where he was going. He just knew that there had to be an exit if there was an entrance. ''Right...?'' n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om He was beginning to question himself. Chapter 79 Loki And Thor Part 2 79 Loki And Thor Part 2 Azmond aimlessly walked in circles, attempting to find a way out¡­ He really wanted to believe that an entrance would just reveal itself right before his very eyes. But he knew that was just wishful thinking. So instead of aimlessly walking into a vast horizon of sea that stretched on for untold distances,. He instead turned his attention toward the sky. "The way out must be up there." Azmond spoke with a resolute expression. It was just a gut feeling of his. An instinct that told him the way out stemmed from something in the sky. The only problem was that he didn''t know how to fly, not that he would be able to fly even if he could. This ce restricted quite a number of things, and one of those things just happened to be his ability to fly. "Maybe I can just jump really high...? It has always worked for me before, so I don''t see why it would stop now." His impassive voice echoed out before his tall figure got into a leaping stance. He was prepared to jump his way to the heavens, if need be. With one simple movement, Azmond wasunched sky high as he passed hundreds of thousands of meters in one leap. His body was now suspended in ce at a height that would give even the most daring mortal, a fear of heights. "It is a beautiful view from up here." A small, imperceptible smile almost formed on his features as he took one good look at the picturesque scenery below him. The splendiferous sight of the visions produced by this dimension being reflected off the ocean floor was indeed a beautiful one. However, even with an indescribably beautiful sight such as the one before him, he still had a goal to aplish. He wouldn''t allow himself to leave his Little Ice Bunny alone forever. He had already been gone long enough, although he didn''t know the exact amount of time that he had spent asleep after acquiring Boundless Restoration. He knew that it was at least a few days. A few days away from his Crystalline was something devastating to Azmond. He wouldn''t allow himself to enjoy his time while his love could have already awoken. She might even be walking around searching for him. What if she got into some sort of trouble because of her ongoing search...? Azmond''s eyes darkened a little while suspended hundreds of thousands of meters in the sky. His thoughts were about to swirl down a ck abyss of no return. "Is that a crack in the sky...?" A quizzical look formed on Azmond''s features as he saw a peculiar disturbance in the sky above him. He took a better look with his enhanced vision, and it seems that his theory was correct. "That is most definitely a crack in the sky. But, why is it there?" A pondering look emerged on his face as he thought about the reason for such a weird oddity. However, he soon gave up on thinking altogether. It was never his forte to begin with. "Meh, I''m always thinking too much about the ''why''s''; I should be more focused on the ''do''s''. Why don''t we test this new mindset of mine right now then?" A small smirk appeared on his face before gravity took hold of him. His body was sent spiraling toward the ground. A loud explosion was heard when he made contact with the surface, as slight ripples began to form in the water thaty beneath a thinyer of space. Azmond''s arms were crossed his entire way down; that seemed to be his preferred way of ''bounce travel''. A term that he coined after figuring that he needed to call it something. After all, it would be his main source of transportation until he breaks through to the Foundation Establishment Realm. "Now to go back up, this time, I need to go higher." His indifferent voice echoed out, followed by another series of loud explosions as he was aiming to reach a height far further than he had made itst time. A few sonic boomster, and the cold countenance of Azmond''s was seen hovering in the air right next to the ''crack in the sky''. It seemed that the restrictions on flying only applied to ''flying''. Azmond was still able to use his superior physical strength and a very slim amount of his Qi to remain levitating in the air. The rules of this ce didn''t appear to follow anymon-world logic. It almost seemed like the rules were set in ce to prevent anyone other than someone like Azmond from entering it. After all, out of all the cultivators in existence, how many of them put even the smallest bit of focus into improving their physical bodies? The answer to that question is a percentage so small that it would be a miracle to find one body cultivator out of several trillion people. Body cultivation was not as simple as adding an easily acquired addition to your total strength. It was an art. A very special art that required many diverse factors to be able to effectively gain something out of it. You needed to have the talent, the technique manual to cultivate that talent, a will strong enough to endure intense pain, and most important of all, you needed time. N?v(el)B\\jnn Azmond was an anomaly, so to speak. He was able to start cultivating his physical strength right off the bat. He did it without a proper catalyst to wield that power as well. Such as a manual specific to body cultivation. If he ever did obtain a technique rted to physical cultivation, then let''s just say that his physical strength would not be as simple as it was now. Regardless of that information, Azmond wasn''t exactly following themon path of most cultivators. He was treading on a path unique to himself¡­ A path that no other would ever walk. ...¡­. Chapter 80 Meeting Loki And Thor 80 Meeting Loki And Thor N?v(el)B\\jnn Despite this divergence, Azmond charted a course distinct from the conventional path embraced by most cultivators. He forged ahead on a journey uniquely his own¡­ ...¡­. Our discussion veered momentarily into the realm of body cultivation. However, let''s return to elucidating the overall evaluation of theregtions governing this sea dimension. In light of all the details mentioned previously, the regtions governing visitors within this sea dimension appear markedly unconventional¡­ Enough of all that! Let us get back to the oddity himself¡­ ...¡­.. Azmond was an anomaly. He was able to start cultivating his physical strength right off the bat. He did it without a proper catalyst to wield that power as well. Such as a manual specific to body cultivation. If he ever did obtain a technique rted to physical cultivation, then let''s just say that his physical strength would not be as simple as it is now. Regardless of that information, Azmond wasn''t exactly following themon path of most cultivators. He was treading on a path unique to himself¡­ .... A tall, handsome young man in a long, flowing white robe was seen suspended hundreds of thousands of meters in the air. He was levitating above a vast ocean dimension that had no visible limit to its edges. A veryrge crack that would take extremely keen eyes to notice from the ground surface was shining like a bright star in the sky for Azmond. "Time to touch the crack." A stolid voice echoed out of him before he stretched out one of his hands. He was aiming to grasp the crack thaty before him. "I wonder if this space distortion will take me out of this ce or only bring me deeper into the rabbit hole?" He pondered the matter for a moment before he came to a decision. "No time like the present to figure that out, right?" Anticipation filled his heart, followed by his hand making contact with the dazzling crack in the sky. The moment his hand made contact, a loud, booming sound was heard. Azmond''s body was no longer there. "... Looks like this is the preferred mode of travel for all-dimensional advocates, haha." A young, immortal-like man had a small smile stered across his chiseled features. His body was currently flowing through the space thaty between dimensions. The ce he was in reminded Azmond of the space tunnels he had read about in his past life. He didn''t quite mind the experience, to be honest. He had almost gotten used to this sort of space-time travel. At least enough so that he doesn''t immediately pass out during transportation. He was still a little nauseous during the whole experience, but it wasn''t nearly as bad as what he felt all the other times a wormhole took him away. Azmond figured that teleportation had to be the model way tomute to and from ces for cultivators. Why else would they have so many of them all over the ce? Little did he know that the act of teleportation was one of the most expensive, if not the most expensive, mode of transportation in the world of Asterion. He just happened to be high on his luck, at least enough to the point where he encounters a new wormhole just about every day now. The talent he had wasn''t the scariest part of Azmond''s plethora of high-level attributes, it seems. His most prosperous attribute appeared to be his extremely high luck... ..... "I''ve never noticed it before since I was previously unconscious during all my past forceful teleportations. But it takes quite a while to go from point A to point B in these things, huh?" The impassive voice of Azmond echoed within the wormhole. He had been in the space between dimensions for nearly 20 minutes now and had yet to cross over to the next ne of existence. "Space and the oddities that lie between it must not be as simple as it seems. I no longer feel dizzy anymore, but you would be surprised by the ufortable way that space feels beneath you." He spoke while rubbing his rump gently. "I always had my spections on why my butt always hurt after going through various teleportations, but I never would''ve guessed that it was because of the space inside the wormholes." His voice of indifference sounded out as his gaze traveled around the space inside the wormhole. He was looking for something that might be able to entertain him. But he was left sorely disappointed after searching for 10 minutes and finding no difference between one plot of space and the next 10 million plots of space. "Wormhole travel is so odd." Azmond stated with a dry look. "There is literally nothing special about anything inside this ce. I was hoping to find some powerful space monster to fight inside this ce, but it looks like my hopes were crushed early on." A slight tingle of disappointment could be felt in his heart. But before that feeling could fester any further,. An analogous light simr to the ones that ur pre- and post-wormhole travel shed right in front of Azmond''s eyes. "Same thing, huh...? Can''t it ever be anything other than a ring sh of white and gold light? Can teleportation not have any semnce of individualism?" His nd voice resounded out before his bored countenance began to phase through the light, one particle at a time. It was a good thing this process was happening at speeds that his pain receptors could not catch up to, or Azmond would be in for a world of hurt right about now. ... A few moments pass... A tall figure with long, raven ck hair and deep blue eyes appeared in an upright position. He was wearing a robe that seemed to be capable of flowing in the wind even without the existence of an atmosphere. This figure took one good scan of his surroundings and saw... Nothing... The entire ce was devoid of, well, anything. "Yet anotherpletely dark dimension. I am really starting to loathe the darkness. I really wanted to be a cringe-edge lord at some point in this lifetime as well. But these dimensions are starting to deter me greatly from that future prospect of mine." His t voice echoed out as he continued scanning his surroundings. Chapter 81 Meeting Loki And Thor Part 2 Chapter 81 Meeting Loki And Thor Part 2 "Another dark dimension... starting to really dislike all this darkness. I had hopes of bing a cringe-edge lord someday, but these dimensions are making me rethink that," he muttered tly, his voice carrying a hint of resignation as he continued to scan his surroundings. ...¡­.. "...Hmm, what is that?" Azmond thought this ce had nothing in it. He assumed this ce would be like the dark dimension he had to break through when he mastered the Quantum Gate skill. However, that was apparently not the case as he saw something in the corner of his peripheral vision. "... Is that a chessboard?" He took a closer look with his enhanced vision. What he saw confirmed his unhinged theory. "Yep, that''s most definitely a chess board. An extremely high quality one at that. I can''t even begin to understand the intricacies that went into creating something of such high craftsmanship." The chess board truly was of a quality quite literally, ''Out of This World''... He quit admiring the chess board for a second as a precarious thought entered his psyche."A chess board in the middle of a dimension devoid of anything only spells trouble. People y chess... That must mean there are other beings in this dimension besides myself..." Azmond suddenly went on the defensive as he backed up a bit before a weary expression overtook his features. He analyzed his surroundings even further. Looking for something that could resemble a form of life. Yet he found nothing, no matter how hard and long he searched. A multitude of different theories were swirling around inside his head right now, but the one thought that seemed to stick the most was... "They must be strong. Extremely strong." Azmond was no longer taking this as a joke, as he summoned up every ounce of strength he had in preparation for the being that could or could not be hostile. The Qi centered inside of his Dantian came flooding out in vast amounts as he was prepared to conjure up his strongest spell right from the get-go. |QUANTUM GATE|. That was when he heard it. A voice... "It is pointless, mortal." A raspy voice echoed out. The Qi that had already materialized into Azmond''s trump card right above his hand immediately dispersed as soon as the voice made its way to him. A skill that could destroy a small country in one strike was snuffed out like a candle in the wind. Just like that. There was no suspense and no silence before the storm. The Quantum Rift de simply disappeared... Azmond was extremely taken aback by this development as his right hand moved to summon the Quantum Rift de again. He didn''t know what manner of voodoo witchcraft was just used on him. But he felt like he didn''t have the luxury of discussing that topic at the moment. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om An unknown enemy was right on top of him. An enemy that was vastly stronger than him in every single way. "Why are you struggling so much? You don''t even know whether we are your enemies or not yet." The raspy voice once again echoed out followed by a deep aged sigh. Azmond decided to respond to the mysterious voice this time. "You are my enemy." He replied with an indifferent tone. The mysterious voice dispersed his attack without his knowledge. That made him an enemy in Azmond''s eyes. He also gained something else from this short interaction with the mysterious character. ''There is more than one of them.'' He became even more vignt as he watched his backside as well. He was expecting an enemy attack toe from any direction. "...." The elusive voice was speechless at the logic behind this mortal''s thoughts. He may not be able to read minds, but he could tell what was going on inside that stubborn head of his with one look. "Regardless, your resistance would be futile even if we were enemies." The hoarse voice of the mysterious figure resounded out. The monumental amount of Qi that was gathering above Azmond''s hands in the form of Quantum Rift de... once again dispersed. Azmond was at a loss for words about what was happening right now. ''How much stronger is this bastard than myself?!? The difference in our strengths must be akin to that of the difference between a star and a fly. This is ridiculous..." He was bbergasted at the vast difference in power between him and his ''enemy''. He was lost on what his next move should be. So he just did the only thing he knew how. He kept trying. |QUANTUM Rift de| was summoned once more. Qi swarmed out of him in vast quantities as the Quantum Rift de materialized above his right hand. "..." Loki was astonished at theical actions of this mortal. "Are you stupid or something?" His ancient facade quickly broke as a stunned look emerged on his face. He once more blew out the Qi Azmond was trying to utilize before showing himself. His 6-foot-tall figure with long, silky blonde hair and bright green eyes appeared. Loki''s body materialized itself not even a few meters away from Azmond as he stared him directly in the eye. His menacing aura was unleashed in full, with every ounce of it focused on Azmond. The mortal in question was left stupefied at the sudden appearance of a being that he couldn''t understand... That is correct. This being was so out of Azmond''s power bracket that he couldn''t even understand what he was looking at. All he saw before him was a pure gold aura in the form of a human being a little shorter than him. It was like looking into an unfathomable paradox for Azmond. It seemed like the figure before him was some sort of humanoid, but he wasn''t able to ascertain that theory for sure. It was hard to exin; the being before him was like a mirror with a countless number of sides. With every single one of those sides being something beyond hisprehension,. Loki took one look at Azmond''s dazed expression and recalled something. "Oh. I forgot that lower existences can''t properly view the appearances of beings higher than them." He put on an awkward smile as he lightly swiped his hand. The iprehensible silhouette of the being before Azmond swiftly disappeared as a man with long blonde hair took his spot. Chapter 82 Meeting Loki And Thor Part 3 Chapter 82 Meeting Loki And Thor Part 3 Loki noticed Azmond''s puzzled expression and had a sudden realization. "Oh, right. I forgot that those from lower realms can''t really see higher beings clearly." He shed an awkward smile and gestured with his hand. In an instant, the indistinct figure before Azmond transformed into a man with long blonde hair. ...¡­.. "...What..." He came out of his stupor and backed up a few hundred meters. He was trying to understand what he had just experienced, but no matter how much he tried to recall the ''thing'' he saw, he couldn''t remember a single minute detail¡ªnot a single thing. It was almost like what he thought he saw never happened. Azmond knew that wasn''t the case, but it still left him in a state of bewilderment. His gaze quickly turned up to see the figure that took his ce. This person was handsome, but that was it... It was nowhere near the inscrutable phenomenon he saw a moment ago. ''Is this that being''s true form? Or... is the other ''thing'' his true form?'' He began having dangerous thoughts. As he was lost in thought, the elusive figure in question disappeared. "What are you thinking so deeply about, mortal?" Loki didn''t like being ignored, so he appeared right next to Azmond and tapped him on the shoulder. He had arge, cunning smile visible on his face. He was clearly enjoying this situation quite a bit, though he would never admit that to a single soul. After all, he had to keep up his ancient, all knowing persona. He hadpletely forgotten about his previously unscrupulous thoughts. His dreams of being a renowned hooligan that meandered around the woes of existence had already been put to the back of his subconscious. He was now a man of untold wisdom and knowledge to those beneath him. However, those who personally knew Loki would find this whole charade of his a big, fat joke. ....... Azmond came out of his brief contemtive state, only to feel a light tap on his shoulder that turned into a firm grasp. ''Well... Sh*t'' He knew he was screwed when he felt that small tap evolve into something inescapable for the current him. He wanted to move his body to get himself out of this indirect imprisonment, but he knew he stood no chance at making that hope a reality. "I don''t want you running away from me again, mortal." A t voice sounded out. "We have some very important topics to discuss after all." Loki spoke with a small smile. Azmond looked behind his shoulder and saw the face his ''enemy'' was making... Loki''s smiling face came out in a very creepy way from Azmond''s perspective. How ironic... "Let us sit down and talk like civilized people; why don''t we?" Loki was exuding amiability as a higher form of power leaked out of his hands. Azmond felt this disturbance but wasn''t fast enough to react, as he had already disappeared and reappeared somewhere else. ....... Next to arge chess board, three figures were sitting around with varying emotions showing in their vastly differing features and body frames. "You really left the mortal alive after he had entered the pocket dimension, Loki??" The first andrgest of the three figures asked with clear disdain for the mortal in question. This being was arge giant, around 7 feet tall, with medium-length red braided hair. His eyes were a light red hue that hid a deep repressed fury within them. "Yes, I have Thor. This is the only option we have if we want to make it out of this predicament in one piece." The second figure spoke with a t tone. His level of disdain for the red giant was no less than the way he felt about the mortal. He was a 6-foot-tall man with long blonde hair and light green eyes. He gave off the vibe of a very elegant and noble man. However, a very well concealed cunningnessy deep within those emerald like eyes of his. "... Are you two ever going to untie me?" The indifferent voice of the third figure echoed out. He had some form of energy barriers tied around his hands and legs. They were attaching him to some sort of elusive chair that was made out of an energy that Azmond couldn''t understand... He seemed to be unable toprehend a lot of things these days... N?v(el)B\\jnn "Shut up, mortal. When did you start thinking you had the privilege of conversing with gods?" Thor spoke with a hint of annoyance as he waved hisrge hand in front of the tied-up figure. As if he thought these sorts of hand movements worked well when trying to hush up mortals. "..." Azmond didn''t know what to be more surprised by. The fact that these two beings thought of themselves as some sort of gods, or that this red haired ''god'' was trying to silence him with hand motions that you would use against a dog... "There is no reason to be rude, Thor. Your fiery temper is always ring up for no reason. You need to be moreposed. You could learn a thing or two from Freya, you know?" Loki''s condescending voice sounded out as he brought up a very sensitive topic for the red giant. "Don''t bring up Freya again, Loki!! Or, I will add your head to my piked stick collection!!" Thor''s long red hair stood on end as rage began to build up inside him. Loki found enjoyment in poking at his brother''s past. He crossed his arms as he turned his head toward the tied-up figure. That was when he realized just how hondome the human was... ''How did I not realize the absurdly good looks of this mortal before?'' A puzzled look emerged on his features as he better inspected the appearance of the tied-up Azmond. He scanned every perfect chisel and crevice of the humans face. ''This mortals looks beat even that of most gods I have seen... How is that possible...? How can a mortalpete with gods who have gone through an untold number of body transformations within their extremely long lifetimes??'' Loki''s expression only became more perplexed the longer he looked at Azmond. Chapter 83: Meeting Thor And Loki Part 4 He studied every perfect angle and detail of the human''s face. ''This mortal''s appearance is on par with even the most divine beings I''ve encountered... How is that even possible...? How can a mortal match up to gods who have undergone countless transformations throughout their extensive lifetimes?'' Loki''s confusion deepened as he continued to gaze at Azmond. .... "..." The victim of this intense staring session was beginning to be worried. ''Why is this so-called ''god'' staring at me like some sort of predator...? Could it be?" His eyes slightly widened as assumptions began forming in his mind. "''Does he swing that way...?'' Azmond''s thoughts were swerving in weird directions as his expression turned to one of disgust for the blonde-haired being before him. ''This man is an extreme pervert, isn''t he? I bet he kidnaps young men all the time and does whatever he pleases with them under the context of ''Godship''.'' His disgusted gaze traveled to the red giant as well. ''Is the big guy in on this pervert fest as well??'' Azmond thought that these beings could be some type of respectable people based just on the power the blonde-haired one showed earlier. But now he knew that he waspletely mistaken. They were just a bunch of perverts looking to devour whatever came their way, telling all the unsuspecting victims that they were ''gods''. This borateelobarate scheme was all one big ploy for two big perverts to get their knockers off. Azmond was thinking up everything he could to get out of this perilous situation. He refused to be part of this pair of lecherous perverts'' fetishes. However, no matter what he thought up, he couldn''te up with a single usible n that would allow him to escape these restraints that kept him in ce. They appeared to be made up of some form of energy that was dozens of tiers above his current level. He thought about maybe making a distraction or something, but he quickly discarded that idea when he saw the looks on the two perverts'' faces. ''They will probably take my attempt at making distractions or even escaping as just another part of their dirty fetish propaganda.'' Azmond clicked his tongue a little inside his mind as the disdain he felt for the two gods only increased exponentially. ''They are disgusting perverts through and through.'' ....... Thor and Loki, on the other hand, didn''t understand the hateful res they were getting from the mortal. ''He wasn''t like this when he first got here... I wonder what changed inside of him for his emotions to suddenly show up like this?'' Loki thought to himself in a quizzical tone as his scrutinizing stare only got worse. He wanted to understand the ant-like mortal that was bold enough to show visible hatred for two genuine gods... ''I properly demonstrated my overwhelming strength to this human, didn''t I?'' Loki asked himself. ''Yes, I am positive I showed enough to make him understand that he''d have no chance of surviving if I truly wished to kill him. So why is he showing such obvious disdain for us?? Does he truly not wish for his life anymore?? Or does he think that we will not retaliate against his disrespect?'' Loki''s thoughts were flipping through a multitude of different ideas on Azmond''s reason for ring at them. ..... The man in question''s hateful re only got worse when he saw the two beings scanning through every inch of his body like they were ready to pounce. ''They must be about to act! I need to get out of here, and fast!'' Azmond was panicking. He never panicked. But the thought of these two perverts getting a hold of him tipped him over the edge. He wasn''t willing to wait around and find out whaty in store for him. He wanted to leave right this instant. The only problem was that he had not a clue on how he should go about his escape... The power level of the blonde-haired man was beyond his scope of understanding. And he assumed that therge red giant was on the same level, if not higher, based on the way he spoke to the blonde-haired one earlier. Azmond was currently in a plight that he never thought he would have to experience in any number of lifetimes. ''Should I just kill myself now and get it over with??'' A lethal thought popped up inside his head before it disappeared as soon as it came. ''NO! I can''t leave my Little Ice Flower all alone in this world.'' A look of longing emerged on his features as a gorgeous silhouette of a young woman with long, silky ck hair and the most beautiful green eyes Azmond had ever seen faded across his memories. He was really starting to miss Crystalline like no other time, right about now. That was especially the case after encountering these two perverted hooligans who wanted to gobble him up... He just wanted to get back home to his beautiful ice flower and snuggle up in herrge, milky white breasts. Can''t he have any good things in life...? Why does he have to be surrounded by men all the time?? His thoughts got a little off track. He was about to resume formting new theories that could allow him to get a golden ticket out of here. That was until he heard the voice of the shorter pervert echo out. "What sort of thoughts are congregating inside of that head of yours, mortal?" Loki asked with a quizzical expression as he got off his non-tangible seat and phased next to Azmond''s restrained body. Azmond became scared out of his mind when he noticed the presence of the short blonde pervert right next to him. He had never been scared of anything in his entire lifetime. That was not including his fear over Crystalline''s safety. But, for the first time in Azmond''s life, He was terrifiedterrified of what would happen to him if the blond pervert got his hands on him. He began to profusely sweat as he stared at Loki like a deer in headlights. "I won''t give in, you closet perverts!!" A loud, boisterous shout came out of Azmond''s mouth as an extremely defensive expression emerged on his features. ''Perverts? Has this mortal been scared silly so badly that he became delusional??'' Both Thor and Loki thought in unison, as they were as confused as could be at the sudden exmation of the tied-up mortal. Chapter 84: Perverts...? "I won''t back down, you bunch of perverts!" Azmond''s voice rang out loudly, his face tense with defensiveness. ''Perverts? Is this guy so scared he''s seeing things?'' Both Thor and Loki thought at the same time,pletely baffled by the sudden outburst from the tied-up mortal. "What is this mortal talking about, Loki?" Thor asked his brother with a puzzled expression. He didn''t understand why this mortal was saying such weird things out of nowhere... "I think this human is a little brain dead, Thor," Loki responded with a t tone as he better analyzed the odd human. The existence he began to scrutinize with his intense gaze was currently bound by his magic, screaming ludicrous statements. "We just need to give him time to adjust, and I am sure that he will soon understand his current situation. Mortals are extremely weak creatures; after all, they don''t have the superior adaptability of us Gods." He spoke with a lecturing tone, as if he understood all there was to know about mortals. "You will never peg me for as long as I''m still standing, you perverts!" Azmond yelled while squirming around in his translucent chair. "This mortal says some funny words, brother." Thor spoke with a confused tone. "Yes, I think he is close to understanding the reality of his situation. He should soon realize that we are just here to talk with him and nothing else." Although Loki did not understand the meaning of Azmond''s words, he assumed that he was close to either breaking oring through. He believed that this human was quite a strong willed one based on his previous observations of him. That is why he was more inclined toward thetter option being the oue of this little conundrum. ... 10 minutes pass... Azmond is far more calm andposed than he was a while back, as he sat in his chair with an indifferent expression. He had gotten out an untold number of profanities and expletives during this period of time. But it seemed that he was all out of steam. He hade to understand the severity of his situation. He knew he was never going to be able to make it out of here alive unless the two perverts willed it. So, instead of resuming his cursing fest, he resolved to use the more passive option. He was just going to sit and wait until something happened... The worst that could happen is the perverts getting their knockers off by assaulting and harassing him. If that was what he needed to endure to make it back home, then he would do it reluctantly He was willing to pay any price to make it back to his Little Ice Flower "Just get it over with." His dry tone echoed out as he stared impassively at the two overwhelmingly powerful figures looming over him. "What are you talking about, human? Have you really lost your mind?" Loki asked with a quizzical expression as he approached the restrained figure of Azmond. "I have not lost my mind. I have just resigned myself to my fate." He responded back with an emotionless tone. "...What fate?" Loki only became more and more confused the longer he listened to the nonsense that came out of this human''s mouth. "The fate that you perverts are about to force upon me." He replied back in a cold tone. He truly disdained the mere thought of these perverts doing anything to him, but he had no other choice if he wanted to make it back to his Love. The peak of power was also waiting for him; he had yet to even begin approaching the zenith of power after all. However, he knew what he would be doing with his newfound power once he reached that point... He would show these two hooligans a lesson they would never forget. A cruel, imperceptible smile almost formed on his features before quickly fading away. Neither of the two gods caught this slight fluctuation in emotions. ''Force upon him?? What is he talking about???'' Loki was seriously starting to doubt the functionality of this human''s frontal lobe. ''Wait. Could it be...?'' Loki recalled all the interactions he and Thor had with this human since they met him. ''Sigh- ... He thinks we are after his body, doesn''t he? ... '' Loki outwardly sighed as he really felt like whacking this mortal across the head for thinking up such tom foolery. Who did this mortal think they were?? Some sort of lecherous scumbags?? He was bing a little ticked off over the fact that a mere mortal had such low opinions of them. ''Where did all that neutral respect he had for my power go? Why has it now turned into something like this...?'' "So that is what this is all about. You think we are some sort of scumbags??" He asked aloud while carefully inspecting the mortals'' reaction to his words. "Yes." "...." Both Loki and Thor were speechless. Thor may not have understood why Loki asked what he did, but he understood immediately after hearing the mortals reply. "... What sort of opinions do you have of us, Human''...?" Loki asked with a dejected tone. Another sigh once again escaped his mouth as he awaited the response of the extremely blunt human. "I think you perverts might just be some of the most disgusting people on the face of this." He began to speak with a disdainful tone, followed by a clicking of his tongue. "Luring whatevermb is gullible enough into that sea dimension with the allure of a book too good to be true, only to convince them to find the crack in the sky and bring them right to your doorstep. Only to wind up getting devoured by you scumbags..." Azmond almost puked when he got to thest part of his statement. He couldn''t believe that he had fallen for such an borate ploy, hook line, and sinker... He was sorely disappointed in himself. Chapter 85: The Elaborate Ploy "Tricking naive souls into that sea dimension with some fancy book, only to lead them right to your clutches. And then, they end up as your meal..." Azmond''s stomach churned as he uttered thest part. He couldn''t believe he''d fallen for such a scheme, feeling utterly foolish... He was filled with disappointment in himself. ....... "....." Both Thor and Loki were stunned speechless. ''What sort of hogposh has been going through this human''s head this entire time?!?'' The two of them truly couldn''t believe that one mortal could think up so much drivel within such a short period of time. And he did so without even having a proper talk with them. "This human is aplete lunatic, Loki," Thor said with a baffled expression. An expression that didn''t match his huge, rough stature. "Yes..." Loki responded with a wry smile. He couldn''t believe the absurdities that came out of the mortal''s mouth either, but he knew this was all happening. So, he just epted it and decided that he would attempt to change the topic. "That is not even close to being the catalyst that led you here, mortal." Loki began speaking with an exasperated tone. "You got here due to a number of coincidences. Random urrences that shouldn''t have even been possible for them to line up as well as they did." Loki''s voice became a little cracked when he reached this part of his piece. "You were in some sort of mortal realm prior to arriving in the ''sea dimension'', correct?" He asked with an inquisitive tone. His question was aimed at the bound-up man. Azmond really didn''t feel like answering the questions of these scumbags, but it looked like he had no other choice if he wanted even the slightest chance of being able to escape from here. So, he straightforwardly answered with a simple,. "Yes." He followed up with that direct answer by saying, "I came from a world called Asterion. A world that I have not even begun to explore to its full extent yet." Excitement filled his heart when he thought about all the things he had yet to do in his brand new world. He had barely been able to experience anything since he reincarnated; he had always gotten caught up in one mysterious transportation or another. The urge to go out and explore everything Asterion had to offer scratched away at his adventurous heart... That was when he came to a decision. As soon as he escaped these perverts and made it back to his world, he would leave no stone unturned as he traveled the world, looking for all forms of excitement capable of sating this thirst for adventure within him. Who knows, he might even end up crossing paths with a ditsy blue-haired girl along the way. He wasn''t one to deny thepany of a beautiful girl... ...... "The world of Asterion, huh?" A thinking expression emerged on Loki''s features as he tried to recall whether or not he had ever heard of that world before. But, no matter how long he brooded over the matter, the name ''Asterion'' was just not ringing any bells... "What tier of world is it?" He asked after a few moments of pondering. "What tier...?" Azmond responded in confusion. He had never heard of there being a tier system for worlds... At least Aqua did not have any idea that there was such a thing. "Yes, a tier. The tier of your world on the Cosmos scale." Loki spoke inyman''s terms, like he was speaking to apletely clueless idiot. Azmond''s expression only became more perplexed after hearing the cryptic words of Loki. ''Does this mortal not know anything??'' Loki was really starting to believe that this human had grown up living beneath a rock. "Forget it. If you don''t know, then it doesn''t have a sense of relevance for the current you. You will naturally learn what lies beyond your understanding when you reach a sufficient enough level." Loki spoke in a dry tone, as his view of the mortal had reached an all-time low. He thought the mortal came from a very high ranking world on the basis of his acquiring the recognition of Boundless Restoration. But that was apparently not the case... He seemed toe from one of the mortal worlds, part of the absolute lowest rungs Confusion once again took over Loki''s mind, as he couldn''t understand how someone from such a pitiful background could form a bond with Boundless Restoration. ''Is this Asterion some special ranked world where the inhabitants have no clue about the ranking system? Or is this human just oblivious to all that goes on around him...?'' A few different theories began floating around inside Loki''s head. But none of them seemed to stick... The only usible scenario he could imagine being the case was that this mortal came from a world that was low enough on the ranking scale that it didn''t even know there was such a scale. "Let us discard that topic for now." Loki said in a t tone. He no longer felt like contemting something that he wouldn''t be able to figure out the cause of. However, the same thing could not be said if he wasn''t in this damned pocket dimension. He would be able to understand the situation of this mortal as easily as breathing if not for this impermeable dimension he and Thor found themselves in. s, it is what it is. Just when Azmond was beginning to be extremely curious over the mention of a world tier system, his anticipatory thoughts were cut short as the voice of Loki resounded out. "You must have found a tree of life or some other form of variation of one in your world, correct?" Azmond recalled the elusive sign he saw sitting dead center in the garden of giant spiritual stones. ''So that ''Tree of Life'' was something quite special after all...'' A few thoughts swirled around inside his head before he responded to Loki. "Yes, there was such a tree." He didn''t know why he was divulging such information to his ''enemy''. But he figured that it couldn''t possibly make his situation any worse than it was. So, he answered truthfully. Chapter 86: Tree Of Life And The Order Of The Eternal Flame "You must havee across a Tree of Life or something simr in your world, right?" Azmond recalled the mysterious symbol he''d seen at the center of the garden of towering spiritual stones. ''So, that Tree of Life held some significance...'' A flurry of thoughts raced through his mind before he answered Loki. "Yeah, there was a tree like that." He couldn''t quite understand why he was sharing this information with his ''enemy'', but he figured it couldn''t make his situation any worse. So, he decided to be truthful. ... Loki''s face lit up a little when he heard Azmond confirm his question. ''How could a tree of life find its way to such an insignificant? A that doesn''t even seem to know of the existence of the world ranking scale...'' An incredulous look emerged on his features as he continued thinking to himself at speeds that surpassed anything a mortal could achieve. ''This mortals'' situation is only getting more and more interesting.'' An unnoticeable gleam materialized inside of Loki''s bright green eyes as he saw the tied-up human in apletely different light. "You touched the tree of life, and it brought you to the ''sea dimension,'' as you call it, am I right?" Azmond wore a slight look of astonishment as he listened intently to the words of the blonde haired ''god''. He didn''t know how this mysterious figure seemed to know every single step that led up to his ending up here. ''Was he truly the one who set up this borate ploy in order to trap me here with them?'' His thoughts kept leaning in the direction of these ''perverts'' being the reason why he wound up here. But he thought he might as well listen to what the people had to say first. Not that he really had a choice in the matter... He red at the ''chains'' that bound him and let out a tired sigh. Azmond focused his attention back on the most recent question from Loki. "Yes, I did touch a sign that said ''tree of life'' and was subsequently transported to the sea dimension. A dimension that I now believe to be below us in some form." He responded with a dry tone. "You are almost right," Loki said with a mischievous smile. "The truth of the matter is that younded in a dimension that is synonymous to being something like the host of the dimension we are residing in." He spoke while pointing his index finger down toward the hard ck surface. As if pointing at the illusive sea dimension thaty below. A contemtive look formed on Azmond''s features as his gaze followed Loki''s finger. He was trying toprehend the meaning behind his words. That was when a sudden bolt of realization hit him! "So this ce is some sort of pocket dimension that was somehow embedded into the very fabric of the sea dimension...?" Azmond spoke with a face of indifference. "... Yes, you are right." Loki responded with an ever-growing, cunning smile stered across his face. He was slightly taken aback by the astuteness of the human, whom he saw as less than an ant. Loki was under the presumption that he would have to borate quite thoroughly before what he was saying would be able to go into that thick skull of his. But this mortal seems to be surprising him at every turn. Azmond was a little proud of the fact that he understood the mysteries of these two interlinked dimensions on his first try. However, that sense of aplishment wasn''t visible in his stolid countenance, but it was undeniably there. "You are smarter than I gave you credit for. I''ll give you that, mortal." Loki said with a sly smile. Azmond was not one to notice pleasantries, but he still responded with good etiquette. "Thanks, I guess..." He was also not stupid enough to irk the blonde haired figure in front of him. Azmond understood that he would not make it out of here in one piece if he really obtained Loki''s ire... "It is good that you know how to take apliment, but let us get on to the main part of this topic." Loki''s yful expression suddenly turned into one of extreme apprehension. A fluctuation in emotions that Azmond clearly didn''t miss. He put on a face just as solemn as he listened with rapt attention. "That book you touched and absorbed into your Dantian was no normal martial arts scripture. It was a book that originated from a very powerful and extremely mysterious organization." Loki''s voice came out a little shaky when he began speaking of something that seemed to... Terrify him... Azmond himself was going through a multitude of different expressions at the moment as well. He couldn''t begin to fathom what level you would need to be at to scare a paragon as strong as Loki. The only thing he knew was that this new piece of information most definitely spelled trouble for him... ..... The red giant in the background was non-existent throughout this entire interaction of Loki and Azmond''s, but even his face began to turn a paler shade when he heard his brother mention what he thought to be a taboo. His red, fiery hair was standing on end. The menacing aura he was holding back this entire time began to leak a little... But when he noticed the unnerving look on Loki''s face, he knew that this was no time to let his emotions get the better of him. His aura was swiftly repressed, as his towering figure was the only thing left menacing about him. .... "This organization''s name is the..." Loki''s voice echoed out as a buildup began to fizzle up within him. "Order of the Eternal me." As soon as Loki spoke the name of a group of beings so terrifying that it would strike fear into the hearts of the very gods themselves, as soon as those cursed words sounded out, a sort of resonance began to permeate the surroundings as a deep crimson aura pervaded the air. The crimson-red aura that was the result of Loki speaking a few simple words quickly dispersed after letting its zing inferno be known to the world. It was an aura that demanded reverence. An aura that sent shivers down the spines of even the red giant and conniving trickster. As you could imagine, Azmond was not faring any better after bearing witness to something so utterly horrifying... The moment he looked at the crimson red horror, the crimson looked right back at him. Chapter 87: Tree Of Life And The Order Of The Eternal Flame Part 2 As he gazed upon the horrifying crimson red entity, it returned his stare in full. ..... It was as if, no matter the veneer, you used to shroud yourself from the world. Whatever darknessy within that crimson would always look right back at you. There was a saying that fit this situation to a T. It goes like this: When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes right back at you. It is a very terrifying thought to imagine the actual implications of. A thought that one would never expect to be something you would actually experience within a singr lifetime. And, yet... Azmond felt that very feeling when he peered into that crimson darkness. It felt like his soul could be sucked up on a whim if that crimson aura so felt like it... He had never felt anything even remotely close to the terror that he felt when he gazed into that monstrosity. A terror so horror-inducing that he felt like throwing up as soon as he saw it. So, why...? Why did he start to feel something else begin to bud up inside him? He began to feel something that he hadn''t experienced in what felt like ages... Azmond wanted to fight it! He didn''t know why; he didn''t know how he would do it; he couldn''t even begin to understand his own thinking process. He knew it was an extremely reckless thing to do, but... he didn''t care! He just wanted to fight it! He wanted to fight the beings thaty at the very apex of existence! He wanted to fight! He would lose without a doubt, and it wouldn''t even be considered a fight, but... He didn''t care! He would lose. But that didn''t seem to bother him one bit. He would lose once, he would lose twice, he would lose a thousand times, and he would lose one million times. He would lose so many times that he would have lost count as soon as the fight began... Azmond, despite the insurmountable difference in strength, was not the least bit deterred by that fact. In fact, he couldn''t care less about losing a battle. As long as he came out stronger than he went in, then he wouldn''t mind losing a trillion times before eventually winning. That''s right, he did not have an inkling of doubt that he would eventually win. He didn''t know how many years or eons it would take, but he knew that he would win in the end. That was without question in Azmond''s mind. He would lose repeatedly... But he would be thest oneughing in the end! One might call Azmond''s baseless confidence arrogance, but that wasn''t the entire truth of the matter. He was just someone who didn''t know how to give up. That may make one think that he is just a foolish and stupid man. And they are probably right about that. But there was something more to it than that... There was an innate pride thaty at the very essence of Azmond''s soul that wouldn''t allow him to give up... He hasn''t yet figured out this unique quality of his, and maybe he never will. But it is still there as a part of him. A piece of him that is engraved into the extreme essence of his existence. His innate pride and himself were one and the same. You would never be able to separate them, no matter how much you tried. That was just who Azmond was. Hees off as arrogant, cocky, and confident. But above the surface level of that facade, it was just an innate pride. And innate pride that wouldn''t allow him to lose until he has be the strongest to ever and will ever walk the many nes of existence. ....... Loki noticed the unusually fierce re in Azmond''s eyes after his attention was drawn away from the crimson aura. ''Is that fighting intent...?'' He understood what that look was right away. After all, he had seen many such warriors wear the same look across his many years of life. However, none of those warriors ever had a good ending... Something appeared to be fundamentally different about the expression on Azmond''s face, though. It was almost like he had the ludicrous confidence that he could actually win in a fight against the source of the crimson aura... It didn''t make sense... How could someone so weak have so much arrogance? ''Is it just blind foolishness? Or something else entirely...?'' Loki was bing more and more intrigued by this mortal the more he interacted with him. He wanted more than anythingto be able to unravel everything there was to understand about this mortal. His unnerving frown from the previous release of the crimson aura turned into his usual sly smile as he looked at Azmond with reinvigorated enthusiasm. A cunning light constantly flickered in and out of his eyes. Azmond was suddenly taken out of his battle crazed reverie when he felt a pair of green eyes digging into his back. He turned around only to see Loki looking at him like a tiger gazing at a lost rabbit. Azmond suddenly got a really bad feeling about that look. He truly wasn''t looking forward to the days toe Nevertheless, despite his extreme reluctance to form any sort ofradeship with what he considered a pervert of the highest degree, He knew that he needed to put on an amiable facade. Azmond had no choice in the matter. He would choose to be all buddy buddy with his enemies over being defiled by them any day of the year. So, in response to Loki''s intense stare, he put on the kindest smile he could manage as he looked him dead in the eye and asked, "So what is this ''Order Of The Eternal me? And why did you get all jumpy when it was mentioned?" The corners of his lips were intermittently twitching, his face grimacing. But his curiosity for the origin of that crimson aura far outweighed the apprehension he had for the sly blonde figure. Chapter 88: The Crimson Terror In response to Loki''s piercing gaze, he mustered the warmest smile he could and met his eyes squarely. "So, what''s this ''Order of the Eternal me'' all about? And why the sudden jumpiness when it was mentioned?" His lips quivered slightly, his expression tensing. But his burning curiosity about the origins of that crimson aura overshadowed any unease he felt towards the cunning figure before him. ..... Loki''s eyes twitched a little when he heard what Azmond said. He didn''t like how he phrased his reaction to the crimson aura. It wasn''t like he was scared or anything. The organization that stemmed from the aura just put him on edge a little. That''s all it was. He swears it on his brother''s future promiscuous activities... "..." Thor was practically rolling in his grave full of celibacy right about now. ..... Anyway, Loki decided he should answer the mortals'' questions. It wouldn''t harm him even if he did tell him everything he knew about that organization. ''I wonder why my saying of the ''Order Of The Eternal me'' incited no reaction from whatever caused the crimson aura phenomenon, but something urred when the blonde pervert said it?'' ''Is there something special about the way he said it? Or am I just too weak to alert the existence thaty on the other end...? Azmond''s emotions fluctuated a little when he thought of thetter possibility being the case. ''That Crimson Aura bastard is underestimating me...'' His expression turned a little malicious when he thought of the things he would do to that crimson aura. ''Just wait until I''m strong enough, Order Of The Eternal me. When that dayes... Heh.'' A wide, crazed smile emerged on his face. That smile led to a dark, sinister aura beginning to leak out of him. Loki was looking at this scene with a slightly amused smile on his face. ''This human is something else, alright.'' An intense cunningness nearly flooded out of him before he lightly shrugged his head. He promised himself to leave useless topics forter. Right now, he needed to answer the mortals question, lest this conversation continue progressing at a snail''s pace. Loki may be a god who had lived for too many years to count, but that didn''t mean he liked wasting his time any more than the next person. "The Order Of The Eternal me is an organization that has been around since before I was born." Loki began speaking in a cryptic tone. Azmond immediately came out of his stupor as he listened with rapt attention. He may be vindictive to those who slight him, but that didn''t mean he would lose track of the main matter at hand. And the most important thing for him right now was figuring out what sort of organization was capable of scaring even self-proimed ''gods''. "And, how old are you?" Azmond asked with an inquisitive expression. He really wanted to know just how many years it took for the blonde pervert to be so powerful. ....... Loki was left standing with a dumbfounded look overtaking his features before he began speaking with a wry smile. "Out of all the questions you could ask, you asked the one not the least bit rted to the Order I really don''t know whether you''re a stupid or smart mortal." Loki''s opinion of the mortal was all over the ce. He truly couldn''t understand how someone could be as unhinged as Azmond Azmond,pletely oblivious to the blonde pervert''s inner turmoil, simply responded with. "Yes." He didn''t feel the need to further borate on his inner desires for a pervert. He might develop another weird fetish if Azmond told him what he was thinking Loki was not liking the way he said itnot a bit. But he would hold on to his reservations for now. It wasn''t like Azmond had crossed any of his bottom lines, yet He let out an exasperated sigh before reluctantly answering Azmond''s useless question. "I stopped keeping track of time many eons ago, but if I were to guess" A contemtive look emerged on his face as he took a good bit of time brooding over the question. He truly didn''t have a very urate ount of his own age, so he just made a guesstimate. "I am nearing my 100 millionth birthday." His words oozed confidence. He was positive; that was a pretty close estimate of his actual age. ''One Hundred Million Years Old!?!?'' Azmond was more than a little taken aback by this revtion. Loki was treating his own age like it wasn''t a big deal, so Azmond naturally assumed that it would be something within reason. He never would''ve expected that the blonde pervert was almost as old as Earth! How could such a being stay alive for such a long period of time? Or is his cultivation level so ridiculously high that the passing of time truly holds no meaning to him? ''Is he truly a genuine ''God''?? He has repeatedly stated that he was a ''god'' and I was but a mere ''mortal''. But I assumed that he was just so far up his own ass that he grew a godplex. I never would''ve thought that he might actually be a ''god'' in every meaning of the word...'' ''And here I thought he was just some random tribtion transcendence or Mahayana Realm cultivator that was camping out in this dimension. Waiting for his ''prey'' to show up before ''devouring'' them...'' Azmond felt a shiver go down his spine when he recalled the ''lecherous'' looks of the blonde pervert. A blonde pervert that could in fact be a ''God''. ''Does that make him The Pervert god or something?'' Azmond thought to himself with a solemn expression. ''All God''s rule over a certain aspect of existence, right? Or am I confusing Eastern Gods with Western Gods?'' He pondered over a useless topic again. However, he eventually gave up as his mind wandered back to the age of the blonde pervert. ''He is older than most ster bodies out there, and yet he acts like being hundreds of times older than any known civilization is as normal as ites'' This piece of information only further astonished him when he recalled the blonde pervert saying ''The Order Of The Eternal me'' was older than himself... What sort of organization was this Order for it to be capable of keeping itself afloat for a hundred million plus years!? Chapter 89: The Divine Phoenix "He''s older than most stars out there, yet he carries himself as if being hundreds of times older than any known civilization is the most ordinary thing in the world..." This realization further stunned him as he remembered the blonde trickster mentioning that ''The Order of the Eternal me'' was even older than himself... What kind of organization could possibly endure for over a hundred million years!? .... "Snap out of it, mortal." A dry voice echoed out as Loki was already in front of Azmond. He was waving his hand in front of his face, attempting to take him out of his stupor. It worked like a charm as Azmond snapped back to reality and saw the sly face of the blonde pervert. Apprehension took over his actions as he backed up dozens of steps. He stopped after a few moments as a weary expression emerged on his face. His eyes began darting left and right, keeping an eye out for the big red pervert as well. He didn''t want to be sneakily attacked by two perverts at once! Luckily or unluckily for him, Thor was still near therge chess board. His face, on the other hand, was emanating vexation. He was clearly fuming at the top from being ignored by not just his brother but a mere mortal as well. As one could imagine, he was not in the most jovial of moods right now. The urge to go and crush some Niflheim giants was wing away at his rational side. He just wanted to destroy something. After all, Thor was a bellicose god to his core; no one in existence could refute that fact ..... Meanwhile, a few meters away from the irritated red giant, two beings with oddly simr personalities were seen conversing. Azmond had already made his way back to the blonde pervert after a few moments, although he returned reluctantly, he might add. He still didn''t like the blonde pervert god one bit, but he knew he had little wiggle room to defy his will. So, like the man Azmond was... He returned to the blonde perverts side The fact that he would certainly lose wasn''t what deterred him from defying the blonde pervert. It was that he would die a useless death and subsequently leave his Little Ice Flower all alone in this world. Azmond wasn''t afraid to fight a battle where the odds were stacked against him, but inciting the blonde perverts ire enough that the discourse devolved into a battle to the death would lead to more than just ''The odds stacked against him''. He would instantly die. He would die the very moment he tried to resist. He knew that. Loki and Thor also knew that irrevocable fact. So, why should he attempt something as stupid as going against the blonde pervert''s wishes? He hardened his resolve enough that he was willing to y coy, for now "Do you have any other questions, Mortal? Or can we finally get back to the main discussion?" A slight hint of annoyance formed on Loki''s features. The back and forth with this mortal was bing very bothersome, to say the least. Azmond was shaken out of his concentrated state as he heard the t voice of Loki echo out. ''I need to stop getting lost in thought so much. It has happened way too often since I began talking to this blonde pervert.'' His eyes refocused as his gaze traveled back to the blonde pervert. A pervert, who was currently swinging his arms around in front of his face. ''...Hmm, this dude must''ve lost his brain to degeneration. I pity him, but that is just the way life is always throwing curve balls your way.'' ''This guy just got hit so hard by a curveball that his brain became akin to that of a monkey. Why else would he be swinging his arms like a fool right now?'' An empathetic look emerged on Azmond''s face before an aura of sympathy began leaking out into the surroundings. Loki noticed the oddity right away and denoted the source as being because of the mortal. ''Is this human child pitying me right now?? Why?'' He brooded over the subject for a moment before giving up on understanding the motives behind the mortals'' actions. The thought process of Azmond was something beyond even his understanding "Do you have any questions or not, human?" An impatient voice sounded out as Loki began tapping his feet against the ck surface. Azmond, noticing the displeased expression on Loki''s face, decided to stop ying around. "No, I don''t." "Very well, then let us talk about the ''Order Of The Eternal me'' and just what that name will mean for your future." An emotionless voice resounded across the pocket dimension as a feeling of severeness permeated outward. Azmond realized this was no longer the time to pass around quips, as he felt that the next words Loki spoke would determine his fate. This feeling of his also told him that Loki was about to go into great detail about The Order Of The Eternal me. All he knew so far about this ''Order Of The Eternal me'' was that it was a very elusive group of beings, and above all, it was extremely powerful His perception also told him that this ''Order Of The Eternal me'' had more than just a little bit to do with his recently obtained |Boundless Restoration|. He assumed this based on instinct. But had his instincts been wrong a single time before? ... "The Order Of The Eternal me is a group of enigmatic beings that are descended from divine mythical beasts. Or more specifically, one singr type of mythical beast, the one that could be a contender for the most fearsome of them all" Azmond listened with rapt attention, as he and Loki had already pulled out a couple seats. Anticipation filled his heart as he waited with bated breath for the next words to fall out of Loki''s mouth. Thor had also made his way over to this conversation, but he was just an onlooker at this point. He saw no real value he could bring to this conversation that he hadn''t already put out there. He just didn''t want to be left alone in a corner "The name of that divine mythical beast is" The air within the pocket dimension came to a pin drop silence. An entire dimension seemed to freeze upon hearing the buildup for a name that was sanctimonious for most. The silence consumed the pocket dimension for what felt like an eternity before the silence came to an end. Followed by the vocalization of a sacred name... "The Divine Phoenix!" RAAA! The very fabric of the universe began to resonate with the pronunciation of three small words... Three measly words that would inciteplete annihtion to entire nes of existence if the symbolization of that word ever became corporeal. Chapter 90: The Divine Phoenix Part 2 ..... "The name of that divine mythical beast is" A profound silence settled over the pocket dimension, every particle seemingly holding its breath in anticipation of the revered name. Time seemed to stand still until, atst, the sacred name was spoken... "The Divine Phoenix!" RAAA! RAAA! The resonance of those three words echoed through the fabric of the universe, carrying with them the potential for catastrophic destruction if ever materialized. ... ''The Divine Phoenix?!?'' A look of amazement emerged on Azmond''s stoic features as he heard a very familiar term. After all, who hadn''t heard of the Phoenix? Azmond sure as hell did. And, he was living a very spartan lifestyle for most of his existence! Yet, even he had heard of the Phoenix. This revtion Loki had bestowed upon him only made Azmond''s expectancy for the future grow. He truly couldn''t wait to get out there and see what a genuine Phoenix looked like! It must be an indescribable experience to witness a Phoenix in person, right? The only problem was ''I am still too weak'' His anticipatory expression turned into a mildly glum one as he was once again reminded of his inadequate power. ''Why am I always too weak?? Too weak to be exposed to all the wonders of this world! I wish I had already reached a state where I could be considered that of a perennial paragon. Such an absolute peak that I wouldn''t need to worry about whether or not I ''was strong enough''. But, unfortunately'' ''I was born a little toote'' Azmond thought to himself with a depressed expression. ''Reincarnation. A fancy word that would excite any number of Otaku''s. I was reincarnated into a world where the strong rule over the weak. A world that was destined to be the starting point for me. And yet'' His depression morphed into one of dejection. He had ultimately got what he so badly learned for when he was on Earth. However He was reincarnated into an era that had already reached a point where a random rock could be stronger than he was Mere disappointment wasn''t nearly enough to describe the convoluted emotions of Azmond right now. His disappointment was so immense that it was practically palpable. .... Loki, of course, noticed the gloomy atmosphere forming around Azmond. However, he just shrugged his shoulders and resumed his boration on the ''Order Of The Eternal me''. He assumed Azmond was going through another one of his bipr phases again. He was most definitely one of the most beautiful people he had ever met in archaic lifetime. But, if you were to ask him what he thought Azmond''s most distinctive feature was, he would instantaneously respond with. ''His osciting personality.'' "..." "As I was saying" A dry voice echoed out as Loki lightly coughed before continuing his narrative. Azmond''s attention was brought back to reality before he took on a countenance of engrossment. He really wanted to know more about this ''Order Of The Eternal me''. An organization that was capable of harboring descendants of a mighty beast like the Divine Phoenix must be something else. Loki cleared his throat when he noticed that Azmond was in attention before beginning his narcissistic monologue. "The Order Of The Eternal me is an organization that is made up of the descendants of pure blooded Divine Phoenixes. Phoenixes unlike the ones you have most likely heard about in your mortal stories. These Beasts are on apletely different scale" Azmond waited with bated breath for thementary toe. His expectations had reached an all time high. "You have probably heard of Phoenixes being a few hundred meters in length, But "The real deals are farrger. Even half blood Divine Phoenixes dwarf the vast majority of stars!" Loki said with a slightly amused smile. He was enjoying the reactions of the mortal quite a lot. In actuality, beings the size of stars, or evenrger than them didn''t hold much value in his eyes. In truth, half blood Divine Phoenixes were no more thanrger Tweety birds for Loki. Not even worth mentioning. That didn''t mean the same nonchnt reaction could be said of Azmond''s current state His eyes immediately lit up when he heard that there were mythical creatures out there that trumped even the size of stars! He couldn''t even begin to imagine the size of something that big! How is one even expected to be able toprehend the monumental extent of something that colossal?!? He didn''t even know how he would be able to view the body of something that ginormous! It would just look like an insurmountable wall in his eyes. That is not to even mention the unusible scenario where he would have to fight something that big!? How would he begin doing damage to something so humongous?!? He assumed that his attacks would feel like mere tick bites to such an existence. Furthermore, that would only be under the circumstance that he was on the same level as the half blood Phoenix If Azmond fought such a being. A being who was presumed to be many many major realms above him. Then, let''s just say that such a caliber of creature would pay no heed to the buzzings of a speck of dust That was the reality of the situation. A reality that only further hardened Azmond''s resolve to get stronger. Strong enough to where he would be capable of wiping an existence like that straight off the face of the universe! He didn''t know how long something like that would take to aplish, but he knew he would achieve that goal no matter the cost! "I would tell you of the immense size that the average pure blooded Divine Phoenix had, but if your reaction to the size of a mere half blood was thisrge, I fear that you would be left shell shocked at such a discovery. So, I will hold off on taking the soul out of your body for now." Chapter 91: The Tsunderes "I could describe the immense size of an average pure-blooded Divine Phoenix, but... if your reaction to a mere half-blood''s size was this extreme, I dread to think how you''d handle such a revtion. So, I''ll refrain from shocking the soul out of your body... for the time being." ..... Azmond was taken out of his reverie when he heard the blonde perverts dry voice echo out. He became a little disheartened when he heard that Loki wouldn''t disclose the size of a pure blooded Divine Phoenix. But, he quickly got over it. As much as he hated to admit that he had even the smallest modicum of trust in the blonde pervert. He knew that he must''ve had a good reason for leaving out suchpelling information. At least that was what Azmond was hoping Loki''s reasoning was. If it turned out that he was just ying with his feelings, then An imperceptible darkness almost formed inside of his eyes before it quickly dispersed. ''Well, let''s just say that I would pay the blonde pervert back in full'' He lightly shrugged his shoulders a little before returning his attention back to Loki. Loki felt a slight trace of goosebumps go down his back before noticing the weird urrence of Azmond''s. He was a little confounded over a mortal that was capable of inciting a reaction out of him. But decided to leave it at that for now. What did he have to worry about from a mortal, anyway? "I will however tell you a little bit more about the ''Order Of The Eternal me''. This information I am about to divulge to you, could very well determine your future actions. Do keep that in mind before you continue listening I will give you the option of backing out of this discussion if you wish." Loki spoke these amiable words with a kind smile on his face. But, a cunning gleam of duplicityy buried within those emerald eyes of his, for he already knew what Azmond''s answer would be. Loki was not one to gloat, but he had absolute confidence in his ability to read people. And with that keen instinct of his, he already had a firm grasp on the type of person he thought Azmond was. "Is that even a question, blonde pervert?" Azmond asked with a rhetorical tone. Not the least bit aware of the fact that he let out what he was calling Loki inside his head this entire time. "You should already know my answer to such a useless question-" he began speaking with a t tone before he came to an abrupt realization. ''Oops'' Azmond was truly beginning to loathe his unfiltered mouth. Arge vein bulged on Loki''s head when he heard the derogatory term he was referred to. "... You do realize that I know the meaning of that word, don''t you?" He asked with a ''kind'' twitching smile. "..." "Not gonna respond?" Loki''s irritation was palpable. The urge to knock some sense into a ridiculous mortal once again emerged inside his psyche. "...It''s not like I know your name, you know?" Azmond responded with an exasperated sigh. They truly hadn''t exchanged even the most basic of courtesies during this entire conversation. Loki was going to immediately refute whatever excuse Azmond conjured up, until he heard what he said. ''... That''s a fair point. Though, I''ll never tell him that'' There was a very good word to describe Loki. What was it again? Ts- Tsndr? Ahh, yes, now I remember He was a certifiable tsundere. "Don''t talk back to me, mortal." He said with a slightly embarrassed face. He would never admit that a mere mortal had caught him off guard with such a promation "..." Azmond couldn''t believe the unbelievably thick skin of this ''god''. "Isn''t it a little annoying that you always need to refer to me as ''mortal'' and I have to call you whateveres to mind? Why don''t we just trade basic pleasantries and get this over with?" Azmond was not one to stay on the losing side in a battle of words. His quick thinking quips were his most redeeming feature Loki understood what Azmond was trying to convey, but that didn''t mean he liked it Regardless, he felt that it wouldn''t harm him to inform this ignorant mortal of his Divine Birth Name. ''I am feeling very magnanimous today. I don''t mind telling this stupid human of my far superior name!'' His nose pointed straight up into the air as a haughty aura of narcissism pervaded the pocket dimension. .... The narcissism leaked out so much that even Thor could feel the intense conceitedness that was flooding out of his brother. ''Why is my brother always so far up his own ass? I have partial divinity in the aspect of war, and yet even I am not as cocky as him'' Thor may not be very active in this discussion, but that didn''t mean hepletely abstained from listening in on them. It was extremely boring in this pocket dimension, you know? It seemed Tsunderes ran deep in the two brothers'' bloodlines ..... "Listen carefully, human, for I won''t repeat myself a second time." A contemptuous voice sounded out as Loki got off his chair. He stood up straight and put his nose toward the Heavens before speaking in a slow proud tone. "My. Name. Is. Loki!" A look of euphoria practically spilled out of his facial features. RAAA! RAAA! The heavens seemed to resonate with his name as if announcing the entrance of a divine deity! At least, that''s what Loki perceived was happening when he announced himself In actuality, no such divine trumpets sounded out when he spoke his name. The only thing that could be heard after he got into his absurd pose, was the deafening silence that consumed the air around him. He was just awkwardly standing there in a silly getup with a look that said he thought of himself as being at the absolute pinnacle of existence. Both Azmond and Loki were staring at this ridiculous scene with nk faces. ''...His extreme pervertedness must''ve fried his brain cells'' ''... Are we even rted?'' They thought in unison. Chapter 92: The Tsunderes Part 2 Both Azmond and Loki watched the absurd scene unfold with bewildered expressions. ''...His perverse antics must have scrambled his brains...'' ''...Are we even remotely rted...?'' They pondered simultaneously. ... "Yah, yah, whatever your majesty. My humble name is Azmond." An indifferent voice sounded out. The tall, handsome figure of Azmond rolled his eyes before doing a little courtsy. He clearly took Loki''s whole egotistic charade as nothing more than one big joke Loki''s eyelids twitched a little when he saw the sarcasm oozing out of Azmond. But, since he was feeling quite sanctimonious today. He decided to let the ignorant mortal off the hook. ''I truly am the kindest God out there!'' His thoughts almost leaked a little as the haughty aura pervading the atmosphere grew once again It was a disturbance that didn''t go unnoticed by a certain inconspicuous red giant. A figure who was currently acting like nothing more than a bystander. ''Why is my brother such a narcissist? Even for a god, his egotistical side is a little overwhelming'' Thor let out a gruff exasperated sigh as he lightly shook his head in disbelief. He turned his head back to the ongoing conversation between his brother and the mortal called Azmond. A discussion that seemed to finally progress forwards. He was getting slightly impatient at the slow pace the talk was heading in. .... "Your name is Azmond, huh." A thoughtful expression emerged on Loki''s face as he pondered on the mortal''s name. After a few seconds of contemtion, he asked a question with a puzzled look. "What does your name mean? I have no recollection of ever hearing that name. And, I have seen more people than you have lived in seconds." He had truly never heard a name quite like Azmond''s. It was a very odd and peculiar name in his opinion. Azmond heard the question Loki asked as clear as day, but he didn''t know how to answer it either His name was the only keepsake he had of his ''parents'' from his past life. He was told by the caretakers of the orphanage that he was dropped off in a very borately decorated basket at the orphanage doorstep. And, on that basket was a name que that said ''AZMOND'' in all caps. Therefore, the caretakers of the orphanage naturally assumed that was his name. So, that''s what they called him from that moment onwards. If you asked him what his opinion was on his name. Well, he would tell you that he really didn''t care one way or another. But, he thought the name ''Azmond'' had a pretty good ring to it. He honestly didn''t mind it one bit. The name even had a domineering undertone to it. An undertone which he quite appreciated. If he ever met his parents one day, then maybe he would ask them what his name meant. But, until that highly unlikely event happens. He will continue staying lost in the dark on the meaning of his own name ... "... Why did you zone out again, human? You get lost in thought so easily" A patronizingly concerned expression emerged on Loki''s features. He began waving his hands in front of Azmond again, trying to snap him of his reverie. A little trick that surprisingly worked Azmond came out of his thoughts and saw a monkey dancing in front of him again. ''Why is this blonde pervert always iling his arms around? I am seriously concerned over his mental health'' A pitying look formed on his face as he focused his gaze on Loki. ''... This human is patronizing me again, isn''t he?'' Loki thought to himself with an irritated look. Irritation seemed to be a frequent trait on Loki''s countenance as ofte. "Whatever, now that we have gotten the pleasantries out of the way, let us get back to the main matter at hand." His annoyed expression turned into a stolid one. "My name is Azmond, not human. But, yes, I agree. We should discuss more on the ''Order Of The Eternal me." He responded back with a voice just as cold. Loki realized the condescension in Azmond''s tone, but he resolved himself to let off for now. However, that didn''t stop a huge vein from bulging on his forehead before beginning to speak. "... The Order Of The Eternal me are made up of descendants of Divine Phoenixes, but that is not all. They also have extremely oldand extremely powerful monsters that joined their organization over an incalcble number of years." Azmond''s expression of expectation was surreal as he continued listening with rapt attention. He didn''t want to miss a single detail. "These old monsters originated from every race imaginable as they came from every walk of life. The only thing that all of these itterant cultivators had inmon was their immense strength." He began, "No one truly knows when lone cultivators began joining up with ''The Order Of The Eternal me''. It began out of the blue, and the trend spread faster than anybody could have predicted. They swarmed to that damned organization in droves. Not a single Paragon God, with all their might even bothered themselves to prevent such an ''uprising''." Loki''s emotionless voice became a little irritated when he reached thest part of his piece. The animosity he had against ''The Order Of The Eternal me'' was made abundantly clear. Although Azmond had no idea what the precise details of their rtionship was. He knew it had to be something irrevocable, an irreversible rtionship that devolved into a deep enmity for the other party. He decided not to dwell on the tumultuous rtionships of Loki for now, and instead refocus his attention back on the story telling. Loki''s ire quickly subsided as a calm expression took over his face before continuing his monologue. "The forces of ''The Order Of The Eternal me'' grew sorge that they were able topete with the Utmost Paragon Gods that ruled over God''s Domain. A level of power that wouldn''t be possible if not for their immense number of itterant cultivators." Chapter 93: Order Of The Eternal Flame ..... "None of the leaders of God''s Domain could do anything against such a force that rivaled even their own. That was unless they were willing to sacrifice a great number of their troops for minimal returns. Something that none of the Apex figures would ever consider being a viable option. So, instead of fighting a growing force on the rise. They opted toward a more passive course of action" A sigh nearly escaped Loki''s mouth when he neared a very embarrassing part. A segment that was a stain on the reputations of all the gods in existence. ... Azmond was a quick one to catch on. He could infer himselfwhich direction he guessed this conversation was heading in. "You are saying that all you mighty and all powerful ''Gods'' sat on your asses and did absolutely nothing. Am I correct in my assumption?" A bored voice echoed out as Azmond became a little bold with his forthrightness. He had extremely low opinions of cowards. If you had the power to fight an opposing force that was beneath you, and yet decided to do nothing. Why are you even at the Apex to begin with? Disdain for these so-called ''Gods'' was visible in his demeanor. He thought they might be an interesting group of beings that had reached an untold level of power. But, now he was beginning to believe that they were no better than shelled up turtles with high stats. Azmond saw beings like that as no different from useless trash .... Loki was left dumbfounded at the fortingness of Azmond. ''Does this human fear nothing?? Talking about a god like that is a sure ticket way to hell. And, yet he said it with a nonchnt demeanor. Almost as if one of those gods he was referring to was not standing right in front of him'' He was left in a state of astonishment as he stared at Azmond like he was analyzing the existence of a weird new species of animal. The animal in question cared not for the scrutinizing looks the blonde pervert was directing toward him. He instead focused back on a more pressing topic. "So, what did you guys do after letting an ancient organization walk all over you?" A quizzical voice echoed out as a curious look formed on his face. As much as he wanted to pick fun at Loki''s folleyes, he knew that he shouldn''t poke the bear too hard. Lest the bear strike back and swiftly bring about his end Loki came out of his daze and noticed the clear apprehension present in Azmond''s eyes. He wanted toment on the mortal''s weariness, but he assumed the mortal was acting like that because of his ''godly awesomeness''. ''This silly human must''ve finally realized how great I am. I''m d he ultimately realized how far superior I am to his feeble mortal shell!'' Loki thought to himself with an air of Narcissism surrounding him. "Let us talk more on the subject of ''The Order Of The Eternal me''. This organization, as I have repeatedly reiterated, is a group that is believed to rival even the top echelons of God''s Domain. But, that is not the entire story behind the scenes." A reminiscent look crept up Loki''s face as he reminisced on a time long passed. ''He mentioned that name again'' Thoughts began swirling around inside of Azmond''s head. ''God''s Domain'' What sort of grandiose ce would something have to be, for it to be called God''s Domain?? I assume this ce is the ce Loki and the red Giant came from. But, what confounds me is whether or not they grew up there or if they acquired enough power to enter that ce?'' He began contemting a topica topic he would never be able to understand the truth of by himself After a few seconds of tossing around ideas, he gave up before putting on a resolute face and taking a more direct route to answering his qualms. "The truth of the matter and the source behind that Boundless Restoration technique you acquire is-" Loki continued speaking aloud before being abruptly interrupted by a certain inquisitive voice. "What is this God''s Domain you keep referring to, Loki?" Azmond asked straightforwardly. He was not one to beat around the bush The sly god became a little irritated over being rudely interrupted by a daring mortal. "Calling a god directly by his name is a little presumptuous of you, no?" He asked with a sinister gleam growing within his eyes. "..." Azmond was a little surprised over what Loki chose to not pick over. He assumed the blonde pervert would make a big fuss over being interrupted. But, it seemed his priorities were focused elsewhere "That is why we have names To use them." He responded with a nk looklike he was speaking to an idiot. Loki''s smile twitched a little over the obvious patronizing tone in Azmond''s voice. "You are truly the most audacious mortal I have ever met." "Thank you." "That wasn''t apliment" "Whether or not apliment is apliment is open to interpretation." "..." Loki was speechless. "... You are really something else, alright" He spoke with an exasperated tone. This mortal was such a handful to deal with. It wasparable to speaking to a rock "Thank you." A response came instantaneously. "... Forget it." Lokie was getting too old for this stuff. He just wanted to get this over with, so he reluctantly opted to answering Azmond''s queries. "To answer your question. God''s Domain is a higher ne of existence than the one we reside in. It is the highest known ne of existence." Azmond''s interest immediately peaked as soon as Loki''s word leaked out. But he would be sorely disappointed at what was said next... "Now, any further information than that is irrelevant to the current version of you. You are too weak to learn any more than you have. Your ultimate demise could be right around the corner if I divulge anything further to you." Loki''s t voice echoed out. Chapter 94: Secrets Behind Boundless Restoration .... The earnest voice of Loki utterly crushed Azmond''s expectations He couldn''t believe he got his hopes up, only for them to be crushed as soon as they sprouted up! "Don''t give me that disappointed look. I can still inform you of one more thing that I think you will be extremely interested in, and I assure you that it willpletely make up for your disappointment." The sinister side of Loki showed itself in full when he saw the distraught countenance of Azmond. However, it quickly dispersed when he figured he should conclude this discussion sometime soon. Loki in all manner and form was a wily and cheeky god by nature, and this innate trait of his was inherited by neither his mother, Freya nor his father, Odin, and was instead something that originated from his upbringing. Nheless, that was a topic for another period in time, as they truly were on a time crunch right now. ... "..." A slight hint of expectation filled Azmond''s heart as he believed the blonde pervert wasn''t cruel enough to leave him on the edge yet again Right? He wouldn''t deny that his faith in humanity had reached an all time low after being let down so many times. But luckily or unluckily in his case, Loki was no human It was something that could mean either wonderful or terrible things for Azmond... The sly god was aware of the fluctuating emotions of the downcast mortal. And, he really wanted to mess with him even more as revenge for his flippant remarks earlier. He really, really wanted to do something against the human for his brazen behavior! However, he knew that he didn''t have much time left "The clock is ticking down and we are running out of time, Azmond. You need to know the next piece of information before you''re forcefully extracted from this ce against your will." An air of severity pervaded the atmosphere as Loki''s mildly yful look morphed into a solemn one. Azmond was bewildered by the abrupt change in temperament of the blonde pervert. However, he knew this was no time to y around. Loki''s aura indicated that he was not joking with him. ''What does he mean by getting extracted out of this ce against my will?'' He thought to himself with a perplexed expression. "I know you must be curious about what I mean by your release from this ce, but that would take too long to exin. For now, you just need to know that you have already overstayed your wee. And, this pocket dimensions defense mechanisms will activate if you stay here any longer." "Furthermore, in case you were wondering about whether or not you could survive a bombardment from this pocket dimension. You need not dwell on that futile subject any further. For, you shall die upon the activation process concluded. There is not a doubt within my mind on that irrefutable fact," Loki said with a grave tone. He may be a big ol jokester 99% of the time, but this was not one of those times He couldn''t be any more serious when speaking of such a precarious topic. Azmond realized that as well, and Loki was right about him brooding over whether or not he could survive the attacks of this mysterious dimension. And, he got his confirmation, that''s for sure. "Let me first exin to you what me and Thor are doing here." Azmond finally learned the name of the big red giant, as he was left a little astonished over both of them being named after Norse Gods. His first natural assumption when he heard Loki''s name was that it was little more than a coincidence that he had a name synonymous to that of the sly god in Norse Mythology. But, now he was certain that there was something more to Loki and Thor''s backgrounds than what was shown at face value ''Are they like the real deal?? Like the genuine articles in Norse Mythology?? Are they what the stories on Thor and Loki were based on??? Or am I just getting a little ahead of myself with overthinking things?'' The inner thoughts of Azmond were getting a little chaotic. He found it impossible that the blonde and red perverts could actually be real Norse Gods, or some aberrant variations of them However, his thoughts were swiftly interrupted by Loki''s solemn voice. He snapped out of reverie and refocused his attention back on the blond pervert''s ongoing monologue. "We are simr to being the watchdogs that keep an eye out on all the things that ur within this pocket dimension, or the sea dimension thaty below. Myself and Thor are on our shift right now, which is why we''re here" "We have been on shift for millions of years, and we will continue keeping watch here for millions more. You are probably wondering why beings as superior as myself, and I guess that block head brother of mineWhy beings such as us are stationed in some rundown dimension that wanders between the emptiness of the void." He began with an arrogant smirk. "And, you would be right in analyzing that possibility as being the actuality of this situation. We are here because it was simply our turn to watch over Boundless Restoration." ''Boundless Restoration?!? You are telling me that two beings nearing the Apex of existence are left stranded in a boundless empty dimension for millions of years because of a simple technique?!?'' Azmond was left more than a little baffled at this new revtion. ''There must be something beyond myprehension that is hidden with the thin pages of the simple yetplex healing book. A book that currently resides in close proximity to my dantian space.'' He entered a deep state of reflection, as he carefully inspected the simple yet abstruse book within him. A book that had a funny chicken embedded on the front of it. A chicken that he was just now beginning to unravel the mysteries of Chapter 95: Secrets Behind Boundless Restoration Part 2 Azmond''s interest piqued at Loki''s words, but his excitement was dashed when Loki delivered the next blow. "Unfortunately, that''s all you need to know for now. You''re not strong enough to handle any more. Delving any further could put you in grave danger." Loki''s tone remained t as he spoke. He wasn''t ying around with him when he spoke such words. He truly meant what he said and it would be an almost guaranteed fact that he would die if he told him anymore. There were things in the vast and expansive universe beyond that just couldn''t be disclosed whenever one felt like it This was one of those things .... The earnest voice of Loki utterly crushed Azmond''s expectations He couldn''t believe he got his hopes up, only for them to be crushed as soon as they sprouted up "Don''t give me that disappointed look. I can still inform you of one more thing that I think you will be extremely interested in." The sinister side of Loki showed itself in full when he saw the distraught countenance of Azmond. However, it quickly dispersed when he figured he should conclude this discussion sometime soon. A slight hint of expectation filled Azmond''s heart as he believed the blonde pervert wasn''t cruel enough to leave him on the edge yet again Right? "..." His faith in humanity had reached an all time low after being let down so many times. But, luckily or unluckily in his case. Loki was no human The sly god was aware of the fluctuating emotions of the downcast mortal. And, he really wanted to mess with him even more as revenge for his flippant remarks earlier. However, he knew that he didn''t have much time left ..... "The clock is ticking down and we are running out of time, Azmond. You need to know the next piece of information before you''re forcefully extracted from this ce against your will." An air of severity pervaded the atmosphere as Loki''s mildly yful look morphed into a solemn one. Azmond was bewildered by the abrupt change in temperament of the blonde pervert. However, he knew this was no time to y around. Loki''s aura indicated that he was not joking with him. ''What does he mean by getting extracted out of this ce against my will?'' He thought to himself with a perplexed expression. "I know you must be curious about what I mean by your release from this ce, but that would take too long to exin. For now, you just need to know that you have already overstayed your wee. And, this pocket dimensions defense mechanisms will activate if you stay here any longer." "Furthermore, in case you were wondering about whether or not you could survive a bombardment from this pocket dimension. You need not dwell on that futile subject any further. For, you shall die upon the activation process concluded. There is not a doubt within my mind on that irrefutable fact," Loki said with a grave tone. He may be a big ol jokester 99% of the time, but this was not one of those times He couldn''t be any more serious when speaking of such a precarious topic. Azmond realized that as well, and Loki was right about him brooding over whether or not he could survive the attacks of this mysterious dimension. And, he got his confirmation, that''s for sure. "Let me first exin to you what me and Thor are doing here." Azmond finally learned the name of the big red giant. He was left a little astonished over both of them being named after Norse Gods. His first natural assumption when he heard Loki''s name was that it was little more than a coincidence that he had a name synonymous to that of the sly god in Norse Mythology. But, now he was certain that there was something more to Loki and Thor''s backgrounds than what is seen ''Are they like the real deal?? Like the genuine articles in Norse Mythology?? Are they what the stories on Thor and Loki were based on??? Or am I just getting a little ahead of myself with overthinking things?'' The inner thoughts of Azmond were getting a little chaotic. He found it impossible that the blonde and red perverts could actually be real Norse Gods, or some aberrant variations of them However, his thoughts were swiftly interrupted by Loki''s solemn voice. He snapped out of reverie and refocused his attention back on the blond pervert''s ongoing monologue. "We are simr to being the watchdogs that keep an eye out on all the things that ur within this pocket dimension, or the sea dimension thaty below. Myself and Thor are on our shift right now, which is why we''re here" "We have been on shift for millions of years, and we will continue keeping watch here for millions more. You are probably wondering why beings as superior as myself, and I guess that block head brother of mineWhy beings such as us are stationed in some rundown dimension that wanders between the emptiness of the void." He began with an arrogant smirk. "And, you would be right in analyzing that possibility as being the actuality of this situation. We are here because it was simply our turn to watch over Boundless Restoration." ''Boundless Restoration?!? You are telling me that two beings nearing the Apex of existence are left stranded in a boundless empty dimension for millions of years because of a simple technique?!?'' Azmond was left more than a little baffled at this new revtion. ''There must be something beyond myprehension that is hidden with the thin pages of the simple yetplex healing book. A book that currently resides in close proximity to my dantian space.'' He entered a deep state of reflection, as he carefully inspected the simple yet abstruse book within him. A book that had a funny chicken embedded on the front of it. A chicken that he was just now beginning to unravel the mysteries of ... SKIP TO CHAPTER 98!! Chapter 96: (REPEAT CHAPTER!! DONT BUY!!!) "To answer your question, God''s Domain is a higher ne of existence than the one we reside in. Furthermore, it is the highest known ne of existence." Azmond''s interest was immediately piqued as Loki spoke. However, he would soon be disappointed by what followed. .... "Now, any further information than that is irrelevant to the current version of you. You''re too weak to learn any more than you have. Your ultimate demise could be right around the corner if I divulge anything further." Loki''s t voice echoed out. A voice that utterly crushed Azmond''s expectations... He couldn''t believe he got his high hopes up, only for them to be crushed as soon as they sprouted "Don''t give me that disappointed look. I can still inform you of one more thing that I think you''ll be extremely interested in." The sinister side of Loki showed itself in full when he saw the distraught countenance of Azmond. However, it quickly dispersed when he figured he should conclude this discussion sometime soon. A slight hint of expectation filled Azmond''s heart as he believed the blonde pervert wasn''t cruel enough to leave him on the edge yet again. Right? "..." His faith in humanity had reached an all-time low after being let down so many times. But, luckily or unluckily, in his case, Loki was no human. The sly god was aware of the fluctuating emotions of the depressed mortal. And he really wanted to mess with him even more as a form of revenge for his flippant remarks earlier. However, he knew that he didn''t have much time left ..... "The clock is ticking down, and we are running out of time, Azmond. You need to know the next piece of information before you''re forcefully extracted from this ce against your will." An air of severity pervaded the atmosphere as Loki''s mildly yful look morphed into a solemn one. Azmond was taken off guard by the abrupt change in temperament of the blonde pervert. However, he knew this was no time to y around. Loki''s aura indicated that he was not joking with him. ''What does he mean by getting extracted out of this ce against my will?'' "I know you must be curious about what I mean by your release from this ce, but that would take too long to exin. For now, you just need to know that you have already overstayed your wee. And, this pocket dimensions defense mechanisms will activate if you stay here any longer." "Furthermore, in case you were wondering whether or not you could survive a bombardment from this pocket dimension, you need not dwell on that futile subject any further..." "Your death is nothing but guaranteed upon the activation process''s conclusion. There''s not a doubt within my mind about that irrefutable fact," Loki said with a grave tone. He may be a big ol jokester 99% of the time, but this was not one of those times. Azmond realized that as well, and Loki was right about him brooding over whether or not he could survive the attacks of this mysterious dimension. And he got his confirmation, that''s for sure... "Let me first exin to you what me and Thor are doing here." Azmond finally learned the name of the big red giant. He was left a little astonished that both of them were named after Norse gods. His first natural assumption when he heard Loki''s name was that it was little more than a coincidence that he had a name synonymous with that of the sly god in Norse mythology. But now he was certain that there was something more to Loki and Thor''s backgrounds than what was made seen ''Are they like the real deal?? Like the genuine articles in Norse mythology? Are they what the stories of Thor and Loki were based on??? Or am I just getting a little ahead of myself with overthinking things?'' The inner thoughts of Azmond were getting a little chaotic. He found it imusible that the blonde and red perverts could actually be real Norse gods, or some other aberrant variations of them However, his thoughts were swiftly interrupted by Loki''s solemn voice. He snapped out of reverie and refocused his attention back on the blond pervert''s ongoing monologue. "We are simr to being the watchdogs that keep an eye out on all the things that ur within this pocket dimension, or the sea dimension that lies below." "Myself and Thor are on our shift right now, which is why we''re here. We have been on shift for millions of years, and we will continue keeping watch here for millions more..." "You are probably wondering why beings as superior as myself are stationed in some rundown dimension that wanders between the emptiness of the void." "And you would be right in analyzing that possibility as being the actuality of this situation. We are here because it was simply our turn to watch over Boundless Restoration." ''Boundless Restoration?!? You''re telling me that two beings nearing the Apex of existence are left stranded in a boundless, empty dimension for millions of years because of a simple technique?!?'' Azmond was left more than a little baffled by this new revtion. ''There must be something beyond myprehension that is hidden in the thin pages of the simple yetplex healing book. A book that currently resides in close proximity to my Dantian space.'' He entered a deep state of reflection as he carefully inspected the simple yet abstruse book within him. A book that had a funny chicken embedded in the front of it. A chicken that he was just now beginning to unravel the mysteries of "We protect the area that surrounds Boundless Restoration because that book is a very special piece for ''The Order Of The Eternal me''. That cursed technique was the main heirloom descended from the oldest Paragon Divine Phoenix" An ominous air suddenly flooded the atmosphere. "That particr Divine Phoenix was the original Godsent Progenitor of the ''Order Of The Eternal me''! Just the mere mention of his name could cause entireyers of reality to fall apart. Which is why I will not speak of it" A fear that was extremely umon for the sly god overtook his facial features. Chapter 97: (REPEAT CHAPTER!! DONT BUY!!!) .... Azmond was pondering the mysteries of the book inside of his Dantian Space until he was suddenly taken out of his stupor by the voice of Loki. "We protect the area that surrounds Boundless Restoration because that book is a very special piece for ''The Order Of The Eternal me''. That cursed technique was the main heirloom descended from the oldest Paragon Divine Phoenix" An ominous air suddenly flooded the atmosphere. "That particr Divine Phoenix was the original Godsent Progenitor of the ''Order Of The Eternal me''! Just the mere mention of his name could cause entireyers of reality to fall apart. Which is why I will not speak of it" A fear that was extremely umon for the sly god overtook his facial features. "That Divine Phoenix, he was the very foundation of the ''Order of the Eternal me''! Just mentioning his name could tear apart reality itself. That''s why I won''t dare talk about it..." Fear etched across the sly god''s face, an umon sight indeed... The fear he felt was unlike one that a mortal would feel when facing an insurmountable difference in strength No It was a primal sort of fear. A fear that originated from a being that had witnessed something truly horrifying, firsthand ... "I will not go in depth on the progenitor of the Divine Phoenix. That being is so far beyond yourprehension that you would undeniablye out of this conversation with a half-melted brain." A low, raspy snicker sounded out, followed by a cruel, wide grin emerging on Loki''s face. He was clearly teasing Azmond, but that didn''t make what he was saying any less true. Azmond would most likely die if Loki disclosed the name of a being so high on the existence scale. He would have also died if Loki had openly discussed his name without the owner''s permission as well. Which was the case with him "So what can you tell me, oh, all knowing Loki?" He asked with a slight tone of condescendence. ''Tsk, this human is always so infuriating. It''s almost like he knows that neither I nor Thor can do anything against him. That is if we want to keep our lives intact.'' Loki''s displeasure was emanating from him. Nevertheless, it didn''t go past that, as he knew himself that taking any sort of action against the cocky mortal wouldn''t be wise. The fakest smile one could imagine materialized on his face as his ''amiable'' gaze focused on Azmond. He gritted his teeth and trucked through tough times as he begrudgingly began to speak. "I can tell you that you have a high chance of dying if something is not done about that aura that''s practically spilling out of you right now." Loki responded with a vengeful tone. He expected that this was enough to scare the human. After all, who didn''t fear an imminent threat to their life? Unfortunately for him... Azmond was no ordinary man. "Cool. Tell me something I don''t already know next time." He replied with a condescending sneer. ''Why was this blonde pervert stating the obvious? His perversion must''ve truly fried his brain.'' Azmond''s disdainful thoughts almost leaked out onto his facial expressions. He was abundantly aware that his aura could be his downfall if anyone strong enough ever crossed paths with him. But did that mean he would suddenly start concealing his prowess at all times? No. It didn''t. He would only put a veil over his aura when and wherever he felt like it. "..." The sly god had already gotten used to Amzond''s daring nature at this point. However, that didn''t stop him from letting out another exasperated sigh before resuming his monologue. "I will ignore those snarkyments for now, but it would do you good to not overstep your bounds, Azmond." A dangerous aura leaked out of Loki as a fake smile spread across his face. It was a smile that made it sufficiently clear that he would not tolerate any more slights against him. That is, without the offender suffering the brunt of his retaliation Azmond took one good look at Loki''s facade and knew it was time to back off a little. He wasn''t scared of God, even knowing that he would lose without a doubt. He just wanted to hear the rest of the story. Who else would tell him of the ''Order Of The Eternal me'' if not Loki? His gaze traveled to a big, red giant spectating in the background. He thought that he could be his backup n... But then again... It would probably take ages to get a single smidge of useful information out of that big red muscle brain. ..... ''... What is that feeling?'' A puzzled expression emerged on Thor''s face. ''Is someone talking about me behind my back?'' Thor''s menacing aura practically materialized as he scanned his surroundings. He was looking for the source of the animosity he was feeling. Azmond''s eyes immediately darted away as he refocused his attention back on the blonde pervert. The red pervert''s short-tempered personality was a little too much for him, if he was being honest. Thor went on to analyze the entirety of the dimension, only to end up empty-handed as he never found his hater. "Humph!" He snorted like an angry bull before turning his gaze back to the ongoing discussion. .... "I was not referring to your special way of cultivating, human." Loki retorted with a slightly annoyed expression. "Although I don''t quite understand the intricacies behind the unique aura that leaks from your body, I know it''s not easily discernible for higher existences than yourself." "Most would just overlook it and continue about their business. To the vast majority of higher existences, your aura just looks like a slightly mutated one of the regr Qi cultivation path..." "Whereas I can infer that it''s far more special than something as simple as a ''Slightly mutated path'', but even I don''t know exactly what you have done for even the space atoms in the atmosphere to swarm toward you of their own vition." Puzzlment filled the sly god''s heart as he actively watched the space in the pocket dimension surround Azmond''s body like mothes to a me. It was an extremely surreal sight, to say the least. "You are an extremely intriguing mortal, Azmond. But that is not what I am talking about when I say, ''Your aura could get you killed''. I am referring to the book that lies within your Dantian. A book that is still orbiting around your Dantian even at this very moment." His dry voice resounded out. A look of bewilderment appeared on Azmond''s face before he began brooding over Loki''s words. "Before you get lost in your entranced daze again, let me just tell you straight up what I''m talking about.'' Loki said with a small, shit-eating grin. He enjoyed messing with Azmond''s train of thought. Azmond became a little peeved at Loki, but he figured this worked out well in his favor as well. So, he let it be. Chapter 98: Running Out Of Time... ..... "..." Loki didn''t quite get the reaction he wanted out of Azmond. However, he wouldn''t renege on his promise of progressing this conversation at a faster pace now. Time was running out after all... "Boundless Restorations Divine aura is filling up the entire atmosphere around you. And it doesn''t just end there, as it spreads outwards for many miles with you at the center." He pointed into the distance before transmitting some of his vision to Azmond. Azmond was a little taken aback by the sudden emtion of sight. However, those thoughts of apprehension quickly dispersed as the sight he saw before him left him breathless. A bright plethora of sparkling and dazzling lights shone in every direction. They extended out far enough that he could see no end to the splendiferous lights. However, it wasn''t the bright lights that left him stunned. His eyes darted over to the brightest blot of light in the sky surrounding him. He was looking at everything from a bird''s-eye view. What really left him in awe was the huge, convoluted congregation of a deep crimson glow that shone like the brightest red star in the sky. He couldn''t determine how far out the red glow spread. But he knew that it contained a bigger energy signature than anything he had ever witnessed firsthand... All of these factorsbined gave Azmond an aura that would serve as a beacon to all the Apex beings out there. He now understood what Loki meant by his aura being his potential downfall... His Quantum Qi Condensation aura was like a little firefly next to the sun; that was the aura exuding from Boundless Restoration. "I assume you realize why I said what I said, don''t you?" Loki asked with a clearly rhetorical tone. He already knew the answer to his question before it was even asked. Azmond knew that too, but he didn''t want to give him the satisfaction. So, he just responded with a neutral expression. His eyes turned emotionless, as he resembled that of an empty shell. ... Such an act seemed to work as Loki quickly got bored of Azmond and articted more on the topic revolving around the aura Azmond was exuding. "I, like the magnanimous saint I am, have decided that I would do you a favor and conceal that aura of yours for you. All out of the kindness of my heart." His voice sounded out with a ''kind'' smile. Azmond was not believing any of Loki''s bullcrap, but he knew that he needed to do something about the star that radiated out around him. So, he ''reluctantly'' decided that he wouldn''t deny free service if Loki was offering Loki got the hint Azmond was trying to convey right away. He didn''t particrly need the go ahead to do as he pleased with a mere mortal. But he figured he would leave some face for the human that was able to gain the recognition of Boundless Restoration. Such a feat deserved at least this amount of respect. "Alright then, let''s begin." A bright green and golden light shed as Loki waved his hand. The aura surrounding Azmond instantaneously disappeared. All the brilliantly shimmering plethora of lights were gone just like that. The giant, crimson sun that surrounded Azmond faded into anotheryer of existence. A deep veneer covered it up from sight with just a simple wave of Loki''s hand. It was almost as if none of the zing energy signatures ever existed to begin with Azmond expected Loki to make quick work of this little conundrum, but he never would''ve expected that he would deem his problem null and void with a simple hand movement ''... I seem to forget just how powerful this blonde pervert actually is.'' "Now that the little problem is out of the way, I should tell you about the connection between Boundless Restoration and the Progenitor of the Divine Phoenixes. This information will wind up pertaining greatly to your future." Loki was feeling a little generous after posturing like a pro in front of Azmond. He didn''t mind bestowing more of his divine knowledge upon the ignorant mortal. "Okay." An emotionless confirmation sounded out. Loki was a little disappointed by Azmond''s reaction. However, he figured that Azmond knew that he was doing this stuff on purpose. He must''ve already figured out that he was just trying to elicit a reaction from him. ''This mortal is so stupid and so astute at the same time. It is really throwing me for a loop...'' Loki''s thoughts faded out before he resumed his rant. "Boundless Restoration has a very special connection with the progenitor of the Divine Phoenixes. It is, in actuality, thest material object the progenitor left behind before he was sealed away by the Paragon Gods." ''The progenitor of the Divine Phoenixes was actually sealed away by the inhabitants of God''s Domain? How much effort would one need to put in to be able to seal a being at the very pinnacle of existence?'' "You are wondering why such a strong force of nature was capable of being sealed away. Aren''t you?" Loki asked with a yful grin. "..." Azmond used his right to remain silent. "It doesn''t really matter whether you respond or not, because I already know the truth about the matter. I will tell you what you are so yearning to know. After all, I am on a kindness streak today!" A haughty aura once more invaded the atmosphere. "The key to this query of yours on sealing is exactly that..." A frivolous look overtook his expression before he continued speaking. "Sealing." "..." Azmond wasn''t quite following. "I''m trying to tell you that he was sealed, not killed. There is a huge difference between the two. The fact that he was only able to be sealed even with thebined effort of the top echelons of God''s Domain working together should give you a very good idea of just how much strength the progenitor of the Divine Phoenixes possessed. He was a being so powerful that no number of Gods could ever blow out his life force." Azmond''s eyes widened a little at this revtion. He knew that the progenitor had to be absurdly strong, but he never guessed that his feats extended so far Chapter 99: Divine Phoenix Progenitor Sealed Azmond''s eyes widened slightly at this revtion. He understood that the progenitor must have been incredibly powerful, but he never imagined the extent of his aplishments to be so grandiose ..... "You are probably thinking to yourself. ''How could the God''s in God''s Domain seal such a powerful individual?'' or ''How was the progenitor of the Divine Phoenixes not able to overthrow the olden Gods?''. Well, the answer to those questions has nothing to do with the strength of the Progenitor of the Divine Phoenixes. Rather, his insane prowess could be attributed to one simple thing" Azmond waited with bated breath. He needed to understand just what was capable of enabling the Progenitor of the Divine Phoenixes to hold its ground against so many peak forces. Forces that were part of a much higher ne of existence than the one where Asterion was situated. Azmond''s thoughts were interrupted as Loki''s knowing voice was heard. "... His recovery speed was the key to his power." Azmond was even more bewildered than he was before. ''What does this blonde pervert mean by his healing being the reason for the Progenitors strength??''. "You should have noticed that ''Boundless Restoration'' is a technique whose only function is to... Heal. It''s a technique that took recovery speed to the next level and made it one of the most powerful aspects in existence." "The progenitor of the Divine Phoenixes had reached a proficiency so high with Boundless Restoration that he was, in every sense of the word, ''Unable to be killed''. He was immortal..." "Not like the immortality that lesser beings strive for. He had reached a level of immortality far more grandiose than what mortals ascend for from the mortal nes." "The progenitor of the Divine Phoenixes had reached such a level of recovery speed that even far superior gods could only look up to it in awe! Every higher existence could live for indefinite periods of time, but the immortality The Progenitor possessed was in a different league." "The immortality I am referring to is one that defies allmon sense" Loki''s voice became a little smoky as he began speaking of a power that could only be described as iprehensible... "You could destroy his body, soul, and even his very existence...." "And he would still be capable of reviving himself as if nothing ever happened" "That wasn''t even the end of it, as he was also able to infinitely revive at absurd speeds. You could kill him, and he would reappear without a nanosecond having passed" A look of astonishment emerged on Azmond''s usually stoic features as he couldn''t believe the nonsense he was listening to right now. ''How could something revive no matter what sort of damage was inflicted upon it? And, even betterrevive like nothing even happened to it in the first ce. And to do all that in the blink of an eye??? What sort of absurdity was he listening to right now?!?'' "The Progenitor of Phoenixes was an anomaly, an oddity. He was something that was never meant to be. And the product of his life''s work was never meant to exist." Loki suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at the area where Azmond''s Dantian was situated. "That book lying within your Dantianit''s a curse to all of existence." Loki spoke with a stringent tone before scanning the inside of Azmond''s Dantian space again. An act that went unnoticed by Azmond. Not that it was his fault for being unable to notice the invasion by Loki. They were just so many major realms apart that Azmond would never be able to resist Loki''s spying eyes. Let alone notice the existence of his Divine sense... A look of slight hatred crept up Loki''s face as he took onest look at the book that rejected him many years ago. He still had the scar to prove it. Even a God''s vastly superior regeneration speed was not enough to heal a wound inflicted by Boundless Restoration. That wound only further strengthened the fact that Boundless Restoration and the Progenitor of The Divine Phoenixes were not forces to be easily trifled with. Loki diverted his attention away after a few moments of indignancy, as he needed to speed up his story. They were running out of time "We have but a few minutes left before I need to teleport you out of here, so I will get the rest out as fast as I can." Loki''s voice echoed out with an unusual sense of urgency. "Boundless Restoration was thest object the progenitor of the Divine Phoenixes left behind, and it was waiting within a dimension that he made during ancient times." "The ''sea dimension'' as you call it. You need not know the true name of that dimension until you''re pysche is ready for it. Just know that the ''sea dimension'' could or could not end up being very vital to your future growth." Loki''s rushed voice echoed out. Azmond wanted to inquire more about this secret to his ''future growth'' but was interrupted before he could spew out his questions. "But that is for another time" Azmond hopes were swiftly and effectively shut down just like that. "This pocket dimension we are currently standing in, or as you like to call it, ''The crack in the sky'' was something that the first few gods who took a shift here set up to serve as a sort of watchtower for the sea dimension, or more specifically. For ''Boundless Restoration''." "All of this was set up just so Boundless Restoration could find its owner" "An owner that it must choose based not on strength but on the willpower of its user." A low gleam flickered within Loki''s eyes as he took a better look at the overly handsome mortal. However, he wasn''t analyzing his looks. Rather, he was inspecting a part of his that stayed opaque to the eyes of any existence. No matter if one was a god or a mortal,. That aspect of every being''s existence was the ''will''... .... "It chose you because your willpower was something that was never before seen in the entire history of God''s Domain..." "You are an anomaly, Azmond; make sure you remember that. As much as I hate to give you credit for your des, I must admit that your sheer will to persevere has surpassed anything, even gods, trillions of times stronger than you had." "You may even be able to change your destined demise and make it out of the future tumultuous times thaty ahead of you in one piece. It is highly unlikely, but the possibility is still there. Either that or you die, and all that masochism that you take pride in will be for naught." "We only have a few seconds left, so I will tell you onest thing before you''re transported out of here." "Don''t you even entertain the idea of dying, Azmond... I will haunt you till the end of days if I find out you have already passed on." Loki''s yful voice echoed out onest time. Azmond was going to retort Loki''s uselessment, but his eyes suddenly blurred before he got the chance to He fell toward the ground in one swift motion, however, before his body hit the surface floor. A bright light radiated outward from his body as he subsequently disappeared from the pocket dimension. Chapter 100: Loki Is Secretly... "We''re running out of time, so I''ll leave you with onest thing," Loki''s voice rang out with a yful edge. However, his voice suddenly became earnest as he looked him directly in the eye and spoke his next words slowly. "Don''t even think about dying, Azmond... I''ll haunt you forever if you do," Loki added, his tone light but with a hint of seriousness. Azmond was about to reply to Loki''s quip, but his vision suddenly blurred... He felt himself falling, but before he hit the ground, a bright light engulfed him, and he disappeared from the pocket dimension. .... "Do you think that he''ll make it out of this predicament alive, Loki?" Thor''s gruff voice sounded out, followed by him nitting his eyebrows together and looking in the direction Azmond was teleported. "... Not a chance in hell will he make it to God''s Domain in one piece" A confident, dry voice responded back. A voice that sounded oddly like he was fretting over the mortals safety. If not just by a little bit... The owner of that voice gazed out into the distance with his hands behind his back. A knowing look was stered across his handsome face. "However, if he does make it to God''s Domain with his life intact, this is purely hypothetical, of course." "But If this unlikely event does ur, I imagine he will be nowhere near the same person that he was when he went in... " An oddly concerned look formed on Loki''s facial features. "Hardships aplenty are waiting for him on the arduous path he is about to walk. Enough that he well lose... and lose... and lose even more of himself along the way." Loki''s solemn voice echoed out. .... He had already made his way back to one of the translucent chairs that surrounded therge chessboard. His hands began dancing elegantly across the board as he yed his brother in another match. A match no different than the previous uncountable number of matches they have already yed. After all, there was not much else to do to pass the time "As much as I dislike everything about that mortal, I will candidly admit to you that the time passed faster with him around" Thor''s deep voice resounded out before the red giant took one good look at Loki and saw a mncholic aura pervading his immediate surroundings. "What surprised me the most, ''brother''. Was that you never told him of your true self?" His gruff voice sounded out in a quizzical tone. "... It''splicated." Loki said with a small frown. He didn''t like how his brother phrased his ''cautious'' nature. He just didn''t want to show a mortal his true self for personal reasons "What was soplicated about revealing to that Azmond that you were in actuality a-" Thor''s ridiculing voice sounded out before it was suddenly interrupted by two frail hands. "Shut Up, Thor!! Or I swear I''ll kill you!" A feminine voice practically erupted from Loki''s previous location. However, Loki was nowhere to be seen The only person around Thor was a beautifuldy with long blonde hair and dazzling green eyeseyes that shone like the prettiest of jewels. This woman had a voluptuous body that would make even an eunuch say, ''Woo wee!''. Her curves sloped down her body, like she was molded by the very gods themselves. Her tight-fitting Greek-style dress could never hope to conceal the lustful body thaty beneath it. Sticking to every thinyer of fabric that separated a work of art from the outside world. She had two sensual, milky white breasts the size of watermelonsying underneath that tight fitted white dress. So it was no surprise that mere clothing couldn''t even begin to contain the two perky bunnies thaty beneath. In spite of that, the rest of her body wasn''t doing her any favors either, as her ass could be considered one of the first cardinal sins It appeared so bouncy that one would think that if they flipped a coin on her tworge, milky white pillows, the coin would bounce up higher than it was thrown from. Her movements did nothing in the way of hiding the vibrations that rippled throughout her curvaceous figure with every single mannerism of hers. Her body was in one wordthat of a subus However, the seductive body she possessed wasn''t the most surprising thing about this blonde, busty girl. Rather, it was the face that sat above her smooth, glistening shoulders She was beautiful. She had a small button nose and light, red, supple lips that looked as if they would taste better than even the best of 5-star dishes. Her face contoured in the most perfect ways imaginable, as not a single blemish could be seen. Her face was in every meaning of the word, ''Perfect''. Just as her body was the same. In reality, that word wasn''t enough to encapste the entire level of beauty she had. Her beauty was on such a level that even the gods would lust after her. It wouldn''t just stop there, as they would lose all sense of reason in their pursuit of the blonde goddess. However, their fates wouldn''t be pretty; after all, this beauty was no pushover... They would all be castrated the moment they looked at her with their disgusting, lecherous eyes. The only reason that Thor was unaffected by her beauty was because they had known each other since time immemorial. That, and they were Siblings! That is correct; the blonde beauty and Loki were one and the same. This form of Loki''s was her true form. A form that she never took out precisely for the scumbag gods up above that would do anything to get a taste. She didn''t even want to change into this form right now, but her emotions got the better of her when Thor mentioned Azmond again. There was something about that mortal that always seemed to be capable of making Loki''s emotions spiral out of control. Chapter 101: Loki Is Secretly... Part 2 Indeed, the blonde beauty and Loki were one and the same. This was Loki''s true form, one she rarely revealed due to the lecherous gods above who sought her out. She hadn''t intended to transform into this form now, but Thor''s mention of Azmond triggered an emotional response she couldn''t resist. There was something about that mortal that always seemed to stir up Loki''s emotions, sending them into a tailspin .... "What are you so flustered over, sister??" Thor asked in a slightly confused voice. He had never seen his sister get so worked up over... Well, anybody. His sister was the most calm andposed person he knew. And, yet she was freaking out over the mere mention of a mortal. Some oddly perceptive thoughts began swirling around inside Thor''s muscle brain. Something that was extremely unusual for the red giant That was when he realized something that could change everything. "Do you... like that human, Loki?" Thor asked with a baffled look on his face. Even he himself couldn''t believe the nonsense that was spewing out of his mouth. How could a god have any sort of affection for a mortal?!? It was unthinkable!! But what other things could Thor use to exin the oddity urring in her sister''s behavior?? The only thing that had changed in the millions of years they had been stationed here... Was that Azmond character''s sudden appearance That was all Loki''s beautiful green eyes widened in surprise when she heard her brother speak such ludicrousy. How could she of all people fall in love with a mortal?!? She was one who had shown barely any affection, even to her family! And yet her brother really had the audacity to use her of liking a mortal?!? Loki couldn''t believe the hodgepodge she was listening to right now! What was there to even like about such an annoying mortal! He may be the most handsome man I have everid eyes on! And he may be kind when he wants to be, and he may have the most beautiful smile that has ever graced the face of this universe! And his teasing nature might be the most attractive thing I have ever borne witness to! His will to defy may have gotten me slightly wet! But that in no way means that I have developed even the smallest modicum of affection for such a mort-! That was when Loki realized something ''Oh Shit'' Disbelief was written all over her face. Thor understood what his sister just realized as well. And that fact only left him even more bewildered than he was He was the one who asked the question to begin with, but he half-heartedly took it as a joke. A joke that Loki would immediately clear up for him. And, yet His unfunny joke made his sister realize something that she should never even dream about. He knew he fuc*ed up good this time "... Thor" "... Yes?" "What do I do?" She asked with a pleading look. Her body became limp as she fell to the ground and stared off in a daze. For the first time in forever. Loki truly didn''t know what she should do. It was different from when she was left in shock while talking to Azmond. This was something far more severe Thor couldn''t believe his ears. He must surely be dreaming right now. If the all-knowing Loki didn''t have the answers to a question about herself, then what was he expected to do?? "..." He resolved himself to use his right to remain silent. He refused to get involved in the interminglings of his sister and a mortal. That was a subject that he would never be able to assist in "..." Loki noticed Thor''s unwillingness. And she expected it, but that didn''t make the situation any better... She was lost... She didn''t know what to do with herself. Even though she only held a small bit of affection for Azmond. She knew it was there And that was enough to scare her silly! She was a frickin god after all! And he was but a silly mortal that she had only known for a few days!! How could she like someone like that?!? She was still pure after all! And she was expecting to stay that way for the rest of her eternal life. How could that notion suddenly go haywire when a stupid mortal appeared in her life?!? Loki abstained from any sort of pleasures of the body for her entire life. She saw such obscenities as nothing more than the acts of barn animals But now She was beginning to imagine herself with Azmond in such a way The only people she had ever shown her female form to were her parents and her brother. That''s one of the prime reasons why she was left untouched for so many years. That and her clear distaste for such lustful acts. "..." Then there was Azmond''s abrupt appearance! A tall, handsome figure showed up and immediately gained the recognition of Boundless Restoration. A man who proceeded to find a very elusive pocket dimension on his first try A man who had just popped up in her life out of nowhere, and made it abundantly clear that he would not retreat without leaving something behind first. He left behind an annoying sense of longing inside of Loki''s previously empty heart. Something that he had in no way anticipated to be possible After all, Amzonds was still under the assumption that Loki was a man. And he didn''t swing that way; never in his wildest dreams would he have entertained the idea of the blonde pervert he was conversing with for a long while A blonde pervert who he just assumed liked defenseless men who couldn''t fight back was, in actuality, a bodacious, busty blonde woman of the highest caliber! He would be put into a very deep stupor if that revtion ever came to light for him Blonde pervert equal woman? Imossible!! Stop ying silly jokes on me just because I''m a mortal! Chapter 102: Loki Is Secretly... Part 3 Azmond remained convinced that Loki was a man. He never entertained the idea of the blonde trickster he had been conversing with for so long being anything else... Little did he know, the blonde pervert he assumed enjoyed preying on defenseless men who couldn''t fight back was actually a stunning, voluptuous woman of the highest caliber! If he ever discovered the truth, he would be left utterly dumbfounded... The blonde pervert equals a woman? Impossible! Stop ying silly tricks on me just because I''m mortal! ..... Meanwhile, Azmond was falling from the sky at meteoric speeds as he swiftly discarded his silly thoughts about the blonde pervert. He instead focused his attention on the impending crashnding that was about to ur at any second. He resembled that of a falling star So as to prevent himself from burning up in the atmosphere, the Qi within his body was actively protecting him. One of the side effects of that involuntary action was the bright crimson light that permeated around him. A light that made Azmond''s current appearance analogous to that of a meteorite He streaked across the vast open sky in ster fashion. Even as he plummeted straight to the ground, theid-back countenance he had never left him. ... He started at a point that extended even further than the original few thousand meters that he had previously spected. His original starting point was around five hundred thousand meters in the air. A distance that he could only properly enumerate once he had regained consciousness. It was such a high-falling origin point that Azmond doubted whether or not he would actually make it out of this in one piece ''Why did that blonde pervert transport me to a location that was such an absurd distance off the ground?? Did he really wish to kill me, or was he trying to test me in some odd way?'' His thoughts began swirling around while spiraling toward the ground." "He has a very entric personality, so I wouldn''t doubt thetter option being the case.'' Azmond thought to himself with a bored expression. He wasn''t a fan of the silly little tests and trials of the blonde pervert. ''I should make it out of this virtually unscathed, but that doesn''t change the fact that I think this silly little stunt was a little excessive'' Azmond was more than a little vexed over the possible stunt that could not have been purposefully pulled by the blonde pervert. ''That dumb blonde pervert-'' He was abruptly taken out of his stupor as something was suddenly brought to his attention. That particr something being his imminent collision He looked down and saw that the ground was practically in front of him. "Brace for impact!" He yelled with passion. "Heh. I always wanted to say that." Azmond''s voice came out in bits and pieces before his stalwart figure made contact with the ground surface. "Achoo!~" A cute feminine sneeze echoed out across a pocket dimensiona dimension that seemed to have no edges in sight. Loki''s voluptuous body jiggled all over the ce following the sudden sneeze. Her tight white dress could barely contain the mountains of white milkiness thaty beneath it. Before this incident urred, she was already sulking on the floor, and the sneeze only added to her existing irritation. A slightly irked voice sounded out as the blonde beauty began to speak. "Was someone cursing me behind my back?? My day was already bad enough, and now I have hatersing after me again!" "Living as the most awesome god in existence sure is tough." She spoke to herself with one of her small, dainty hands firmly nted on herrge, mesmerizing chest as they swayed back and forth. Her little button nose proudly tilted upwards as she imagined the enviousness of God''s aplentyGod''s, which must''ve coveted the awesomeness she possessed. Thor was left speechless at the narcissism pervading the atmosphere around his sister. She had already destroyed everything around her in a fit of anger because of the topic he mentioned earlier. Now, her egotistical demeanor seemed to resurface unexpectedly. "Women sure have some serious mood swings..." Loki''s perfect face seemed to notice a disturbance in the force as she abruptly turned her head. She immediately saw the judging face of her brother. A face that tipped her over the edge... "Do you want to die, Thor?" A piercing glint of annoyance formed inside her beautiful green eyes. It was an extremely vast contrast to the demonic aura leaking out of her as she stared her brother down. She was going to let her pugnacious nature take control as she prepared to let her fists do the talking. But before she could... "Stay your hand, sister. Or I will call back a certain human who has been living rent-free inside your mind this entire time... Heh." A shit-eating grin emerged on Thor''s face as he stood triumphantly. He may not be any good at chess, but he wasn''t one to lose when it came to annoying the hell out of people. Loki immediately stopped in her tracks as she gave her brother the most indignant look she could manage. She didn''t like her brother''s attitude one bit! But that indignancy didn''tst long, as a deep shade of red overtook her features when she retraced the words of the red giant. Her pale, smooth skin quickly became analogous to that of a red tomato, followed by a flustered feminine voice resounding out. "Y-You are wrong! I haven''t been thinking about that moron at all! I''ve actually been thinking about how great I am!" "Yah, that''s it!" False confidence was practically oozing out of her with every word she spoke. "I am pondering over whether or not that Azmond character fell in love with me immediately... or if he feels head over heels after a few seconds of gazing at my superior appearance. That''s definitely it!" She uttered a string of incoherent words while her emerald eyes darted erratically in various directions. Her fingers were thrown up in every which direction as her eyes flickered sporadically. It was almost like she was trying to distract herself from the truth of the matter However, her body didn''t seem to align with her denial, as those two mountains of jelly on her chest bounced all over the ce. pping violently against the rest of her lewd body. "I think you forgot that you never showed that human your true form." Thor''s voice came out in a retort as he looked at his sister like a genius sneering at a fool. Chapter 103: Loki, Flustered? "Y-You are wrong! I haven''t been thinking about that moron at all! I''ve actually been thinking about how great I am!" "Yah, that''s it!" False confidence was practically oozing out of her with every word she spoke. "I am pondering over whether or not that Azmond character fell in love with me immediately... or if he feels head over heels after a few seconds of gazing at my superior appearance. That''s definitely it!" She uttered a string of incoherent words while her emerald eyes darted erratically in various directions. Her fingers were thrown up in every which direction as her eyes sporadically flickered. It was almost like she was trying to distract herself from the truth of the matter However, her body didn''t seem to align with her denial, as those two mountains of jelly on her chest bounced all over the ce. pping violently against the rest of her lewd body. "I think you forgot that you never showed that human your true form." Thor''s voice came out in a retort as he looked at his sister like a genius sneering at a fool. ''Wasn''t she supposed to be the smart one? Why have I suddenly be the one who was better off in the thinking department since that Azmond guy appeared??'' Thor''s thoughts focused on his little sister... Until they didn''t... "Does this mean that my father won''t call me stupid anymore??'' A slight hint of anticipation began to build up in Thor as he thought about that stringent father of his finally seeing him in a better light. ''This new version of my sister will make me look so damn good, haha!'' His loud, boisterousughter leaked out in a noisy manner. Loki would''ve already told her brother to shut up, if not for her current inner turmoil She had just realized that she never once showed Azmond what she really looked like. This was utterly disastrous for her mental state, as this meant she was the one who started getting feelings for the other party first. "No! This can''t be" She fell to her knees with a look of distraught overtaking her gorgeous features. I couldn''t have fallen for a mere mortal first! That is not possible! There must be some mistake in the script!! She was attempting to deny reality as fervently as possible. Her relentlessness in trying to deny the unavoidable was trulymendable. Thor was too caught up in his future glory to notice the oddities of his sister. His face was still one of extreme euphoria as he imagined his father granting him all the beauties he had been wanting to add to his harem. Just imagining all those scrupulous valkyries tending to his every need practically had him salivating at the mouth. He eagerly anticipated the day when his father would see just how much more intelligent he had be aspared to his brother. Meanwhile, while Thor was caught up in his own delusions, Loki was deemed aplete mess as shey lifelessly on the hard ground floor. She was flipping through all the possibilities that could get her out of this self-inflicted strut. But, no matter what she brought forward, none of it seemed to coalesce with the factsid out before her. That was until a very precarious thought formed inside her subconscious ''What if he likes men!? Yes, that must be it! He must''ve fallen in love with my male form at first sight!'' Her eyes lit up as she came to what she thought could be the only logical conclusion. The feeling of tion at ''solving'' the riddle bubbled up inside her like a rocket before fizzling down even faster when she realized something ''Wait If he likes men, then that means he would never like me back??? How can this be?!?'' A look like the end of the world was imminent emerged on her pristine face. She ended up in an even worse state than when she began The fact that she had unknowingly admitted to liking Azmond seemed to fly straight over her head as her mind went straight to the negatives. .... After a few minutes of sulking andmenting, a melodic mumbling scream echoed around the pocket dimension. Loki awoke from her fruitless reverie and eximed outwards like she had just figured out the cure for cancer. "We Just Need To Get Azmond Back Here!!! I need to make him fall in love with me first!!!" She practically teleported next to Thor while sporadically mumbling a bunch of nonsense in his direction. A deranged and slightly insane-looking expression crept up her face, followed by her berating Thor to help her break out of the pocket dimension. Thor, like the currently more reasonable one of the two, immediately denied everything his sister asked of him. She wasn''t in her right mind at the moment, and Thor knew that fact as much as any other person Their conflicted banter continued on for quite a long period of time before Loki ultimately ended up crawling back to a corner of the pocket dimension. She just wanted Azmond toe back already Not because I like him or anything! I just want him to fall in love with me first! "..." ... Meanwhile, a cataclysmic explosion was currently underway in a random location in the Great Wilnds Forest. BOOoOOoOOooOOM! After a few minutes, the explosion subsidedpletely. Followed by a half-naked man with a tall figure walking nonchntly out of the huge crater he just created. It was only after he exited the deep pit that the immensity of the hole he just came out of was shown to light... He left behind a vast crater that spanned tens of thousands of meters, resembling that of a colossal meteor strike in the heart of the Great Wilnds Foresta sight seldom witnessed. The stolid, half-naked figure with long raven-ck hair simply stepped outside of the crater''s edge. He then proceeded to head in a certain direction... A direction that just so happened to be where a colossal tree and a plethora of giant aberrant spiritual stones were situated. In spite of the splendiferous sight that was the garden of spiritual stones, what really captivated Azmond was the peacefully sleeping beauty thaty in the middle of it all. Her tworge, perky breasts were still in partial view. The faintly visible milky white skin that could never hope to be hidden beneath any sort of thin cloth was in full view for the approaching fallen immortal-like man. "I really did miss you dearly, My Little Ice Bunny." Azmond''s slightly mncholic voice echoed out. He entuated the ''Bunny'' in her nickname while lovingly gazing at the two marshmallows and their perk tips that separated his vision from the perfect sight that was Crystalline''s face. "It truly is good to be back home~" A profound darkness began to materialize inside his deep blue eyes. Hisrge right hand found its way to Crystalline''s wless face, tenderly caressing her. He did it in such a way that it would make one assume he was handling the most precious jewel in the world Chapter 104: Back Home... "It truly is good to be back home~" A profound darkness began to materialize inside Azmond''s deep blue eyes. Hisrge right hand found its way to Crystalline''s wless face, tenderly caressing her. He did it in such a way that it would make one assume he was handling the most precious jewel in the world ... The stolid figure of a man who resembled that of an immortal who got lost on his way to heaven sat among the vast, flowing fields that stretched on for many miles. On hisp was a woman so beautiful that ''beautiful'' wasn''t enough to describe her anymore. She had a body that could arouse the inner desires of any being in existence. Those sweaty, voluptuous curves were sitting cidly on the stalwart figure of Azmond. She was not conscious... But if she were, I doubt she would oppose these sitting arrangements any more than she would when asleep. The look on her face seemed oddly peaceful, almost like this was where she knew she was meant to be. Right on thep of the man she loved Her lewd body jiggled a little, followed by a small, content look forming on her features. It appears like she was having quite the dream to be happy about... Or a dream to better get lost in her own perversion The goofy smile on her pristine face suggested it was most likely thetter. Her smile was both creepy and unusually lewd, and if one listened closely enough, they would hear muted giggles murmured from the sleeping beauty. Giggles that screamed perversion What exactly she was dreaming about right now could be anybody''s guess. But the handsome man she was drooling on had more than just a guess. "This little pervert~. Even while in a deep caconic state, she is still thinking about conducting lewd acts." A small smile formed on Azmond''s features. His eyes gazed lovingly at the ice beauty peacefully sleeping on him. It was such a picturesque sight that Azmond wished it couldst forever. But, unfortunately He needed to get stronger if he wished to protect his Little Ice Flower. After brooding over whether or not he truly needed to get back to cultivating for a few minutes, he came to the consensus that it was necessary if he wanted to reach the utmost pinnacle of existence. How else would he be able to fully ensure the safety of his little Ice Bunny? A heavy sigh sounded out as Azmond looked at his Love onest time. Before kissing her on her tender pink lips. The kisssted for a few minutes as he got a full recharge for the arduous cultivation that was toe. His sudden, deep, and passionate kiss clearly elicited a reaction from the sleeping Crystalline. A reaction that quickly turned peeved when she felt the soft lips leave her mouth. Arge pout formed on her perfect features. An expression that Azmond would never get tired of as he gazed lovingly at his little chipmunk cheeked Ice Queen. ''Why is she so cute even while knocked out cold? Heh~'' He really wanted to tease his Love some more. But he knew that he didn''t have the time for it now. So, he took the sleeping beauty and lifted her up like the most fragile thing in the world before proceeding to walk with soft steps. He was headed in the direction of therge bed he had set up a while back. A bed that he had changed out so many times now that it was already farrger than anything he witnessed in his past life. He obviously couldn''t find a bed that big inside his storage ring. But that didn''t mean he couldn''t conjure it up after a few days of honing his mastery over a few Domain techniques. Which is exactly what he did All so he could provide a slightly morefortable sleeping environment for his Crystalline He was more than just a little obsessed with the woman, that''s for sure. .... Azmond had already made his way back to therge beg and reluctantly parted ways with Crystallineextremely reluctantly, he might add. He practically gave up on letting go of her when he saw the adorable face she made when he set her down. That curvaceous, glistening body of hers wasn''t doing him any favors either... Nevertheless, he had to steal himself if he wanted to reach the peak of existence His countenance was one of extreme gloominess, as he was seen at his usual cultivation spotsitting right next to his best buddy andpanion- The Giant Spiritual Stone! ''Don''t lump me up with this damn human, Narrator!! I swear, I''ll beat your a*s if you say we are buddies one more time!!!'' The giant spiritual stone was fuming at the top when a touchy subject was mentioned. He was a very unfortunate soul, indeed "..." As I was saying~ The giant spiritual stone had finally reunited with his bestest friend. So, he was clearly beyond ted! Just look at that happiness exuding off of him. The amount of joy he was feeling was so intense that the glow within him began getting brighter! ''FUCK YoU!!!'' If the giant spiritual stone had any semnce of sentience, then it would swear to the ghost of brother rock that it would self explode without a second''s hesitation. But, unfortunately, it had no such self-sentience Oh well! Time to move back over to Azmond. ''I have already achieved the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation and achieved full mastery over my Quantum Gate Skill. A fact that I had just realized not too long ago'' ''Apparently I had mastered it quite a while back, but just never noticed it?'' A slightly confused expression emerged on Azmond''s face. He truly couldn''t recall when exactly he had mastered such an intricate and overly convoluted skill After a few minutes of pondering the subject, he gave up. Thinking wasn''t his strong suit anyway Chapter 105: Attempting To Break Through To Quantum Foundation Establishment! ''Whatever There is no use brooding over something that only benefits me. I should instead divert my focus to my inadequate cultivation base.'' A resolute expression emerged on Azmond''s stoic face, while he clenched his fists till they became white. ''I was content with mediocrity before meeting Loki and Thor. But after hearing about ''weak'' beingsrger than stars... I realized how truly powerless I was on the grand scale of things.'' A topic that would usually put Azmond in a glum mood was brought up. And yet, his impassive expression never left his face It was almost like something inside of him was gradually changing. Or rather, something was adapting to this new world of his He knew that there would always be someone stronger than him. Did that mean he should be a depressed emo every single time he realized he wasn''t as strong as he thought he was?? Of course not! Azmond had alreadye to terms with reality while inside the pocket dimension. He wouldn''t allow himself to sulk over something as ridiculous as someone being stronger than he was anymore! ..... The days pass as time flies by unannounced Half a month had passed since Azmond began cultivating again. He had already achieved the pinnacle of the 15th Stage of Quantum Qi Condensation with 12 Cultivation Condensation cyclespleted. It took him quite a while to reach this point, unlike the previous minor breakthroughs he had experienced since arriving at the spiritual stone garden. However, Azmond didn''t mind the slightly longer cultivation time required. After all, this next breakthrough would be a doozy! ... A decrepit figure sat in a lotus position next to arge spiritual stone. His face and body were beyond bloodied, as not a single distinct feature could be seen. Despite the detrimental state of the bloodied figure. Arge slightly distorted smile was still stered on his face ''The Quantum Foundation Establishment Stage is right in front of me! All I have to do is teach and grab it!'' A slight sense of anticipation filled Azmond''s heart. He was really looking forward to what sort of power he would be capable of wielding once he had officially broken through the Foundation Establishment Stage. He knew that it had to be something spectacr! Azmond''s breakthrough process began a few days ago. And as a result, at this point in time, he had already reached the zenith of his breakthrough into the Quantum Foundation Establishment Stage! A cultivator would normally need to prepare for years or even dozens of years before attempting their breakthroughs into the Foundation Establishment Realm. That is not to mention the expenditures that the average cultivator would need to spend on pills before subsequently spending even longer periods of time consuming them. Whereas in Azmond''s case, he had no clue what a ''pill'' in this world counted as, and he sure as hell didn''t need to spend years on a single breakthrough. The thought of staying stagnant in a single realm for dozens of years was an extremely foreign concept to him. Little did he know that multiple years used up in one cultivation session was nothing out of the ordinary for cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Realm. Let alone the realms that lie beyond One cultivation session for Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators could be prolonged for hundreds of years in one sitting. An utterly ludicrous number whenpared to the current Azmond''s cultivation sessions. .... The skies above the garden of Spiritual stones were going through tumultuous times as a certain insane cultivator was breaking through into the Foundation Establishment Realm. The clouds in the skies surrounding this cultivator had already been scattered across the Nine Heavens. However, it didn''t just stop there, as everything within a thousand miles was no more Even the atmosphere was struggling to breathe under the intense aura being released by Azmond. An aura that he had inadvertently produced with his breakthrough into the Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm. It wasn''t like he was actively trying to destroy everything around him when breaking through It was all an unfortunate series of events! I just want to break through in peace! But my slightly intense way of cultivating may have gotten in the way a little! ''Slightly intense'' he says The man, where it was unknown whether he even had a single droplet of blood left within his body Really had the audacity to call his cultivation method ''slightly intense''... ..... The skies above were in utter turmoil as the side effects of Azmond''s breakthrough were nothing short of disastrous for the air space. Bright dazzling lights of condensed Qi shot out in every direction, as it literally began to ''rain fire'' from the skies. Luckily for Azmond, and for Crystalline. Azmond had already foresaw this happening and made the necessary preparations down below... The number of soul essence shields protecting Crystalline had already reached a number that any average cultivator would find insane. To use so much soul essence on protecting one single being was nothing short of suicide. Not that Azmond cared about such nonsense! "..." Splendiferous lights bounced off and rebounded on every part of Azmond''s battered body. You would think that he would just let the excess Qi go its own way. But you would be wrong! Azmond was not one to waste food! He would never, in his wildest dreams, entertain the idea of wasting a big dinner feast brought straight to his doorstep! "Hahahaha!!" The maniacalughter of the crazed man echoed out across the vast expanse of open skies as the Qi came down even more ferocious than before! Azmond, despite the excruciating pain, had never felt better in his entire life! The amount of power that was beginning to build up within him had already achieved levels that his old self could have only dreamed of! The breakthrough process had yet to conclude, and yet he was already feeling the boons of the imminent breakthrough into the Quantum Foundation Establishment Stage. However All good thingse with a price Chapter 106: Dying... A congested mass of dark miasma began to build up in the skies above. The small traces of miasma quickly and effectively expanded at speeds that had already surpassed the speed of sound one hundredfold! Azmond hadpletely forgotten about the animosity that certain beings beyond the heavens still had for him Nevertheless, it was already toote for him to realize that now Therge mass of miasma had already reached its peak. And the result of it reaching such a stage was a lightning bolt the size of a small asteroid beginning to form. A strike of such immense magnitude that it could devastate everything within a ten thousand-mile radius was abruptlyunched in Azmond''s direction. By the time he realized what wasing for him, he had a decision to make Either he deflects the strike andes out with a few surface scratches... An action that would ultimately lead to the absolute destruction of the giant spiritual stone garden and everything he cared about Or he could take the strike head-on and most likely die Was this even a question? The colossal congregation of lighting miasma came spiraling down at speeds that bordered on absurdity. Its target being none other than a humana human that couldn''t care less about the cataclysmic strike from the heavens aboveing his way ''... I have no chance of surviving this strike.'' The stalwart figure of the man attempting to defy the heavens thought to himself with a solemn expression. He didn''t want to die! But it was what it was He would rather it be his life that fades away... than that of his Ice Roll "... I really wanted to go out and explore this brand new world of mine. But, it appears I won''t have that chance anymore" A mncholic voice rang out as Azmond''s impending death was mere milliseconds away. "And what of my Little Ice Flower? What will be of her when I fade away?" His solemn expression morphed into a gentle, loving one as he took onest look at the distant silhouette of Crystalline. "She is a strong woman, so I''m sure she can handle anything thrown her way" A voice on the edge of copse sounded as Azmond mustered out the kindest smile he could. Gazing directly at the sleeping Ice Queen below, his eyes never seemed to leave her Even as his lone figure faded from existence .... There was no explosion, no aftermath, no remnant energies that could''ve made it past Azmond''s impermeable body. He had absorbed everything within the lightning strike the instant it made contact. He wouldn''t allow even the slightest chance of anything making it past him... The only thing that could be heard was the deafening silence that consumed the world A being with talent unlike any other perished this day... A man who had yet to even begin etching his marks into the crevices of history... A man who''s only wish was to be strong enough to protect himself and his loved one''s.. A man like that was no more The huge gap in space that was left behind where such a man once stood was the only thing remaining of his existence. An existence that, once gone, didn''t just affect him A certain beautiful girl with long silky ck hair and once bright green eyes was left alone. Tear marks endlessly streamed down her eyes like a broken damn. Something shattered within her the moment Azmond disappeared Something that she would never be able to mend back together She was undoubtedly still in a deep sleep. And it shouldn''t have been possible for her to be aware of Azmond''s death. But she was It probably came out as nothing more than a terrible nightmare for the young heiress. A nightmare that would soon be her reality ... The silence was never ending, as even the birds in the sky seemed to stop their chirping The animals below silenced their incessant chatter The world lost something that day. Something truly- *Gasp!* And then it happened The void that was left in Azmond''s ce was filled once more, as a fully nude figure appeared out of nowhere. A figure with long raven ck hair and deep blue eyes. A figure that already reached a level of handsomeness that would go uncontested. A figure that couldn''t be allowed to die just yet After all, his story was just beginning. ..... |Wee Host!| A robotic voice with a rich British ent sounded out. "Who said that!?" Azmond immediately went on guard as he activated his defenses and wearily scanned the area around him. He turned his head in every direction, looking for the source of that robotic voice. But, no matter where his eyesnded, he could see no other living being. "Show yourself!" Hemanded in a tone that allowed no refusal. He did not have time to y games with some mysterious figure right now. The unbelievable phenomenon that just urred was his first and foremost concern. ''I died. I know that much, for sure...'' ''So why...?'' ''Why am I still alive...?'' An irrefutably puzzled expression crept up his face. He couldn''t even begin toprehend what could''ve possibly changed his fate so drastically... He was brought out of his reverie when an eerily familiar voice began to echo out... |Oh. Wee wouldn''t be quite right, huh?| The robotic British voice seemed almost confused over its own words. Azmond was going to demand the voice show itself one more time. But before he could, the robotic voice sounded out first. |It appears I''ve shown up a bitte, Host. But, worry not, for I am here now! Your vastly superior and exclusive System! You may praise my existence now!| The emotionless robotic voice seemed to contain a hint of Narcissism? "..." A sudden pause followed as the robotic voice appeared to recall something important. |Look in front of you, Host.| Azmond had thoroughly analyzed every single direction besides the most obvious one His head abruptly turned at an inhuman speed as his piercing, deep blue eyes caught a glimpse of something iprehensible. "Is that a f*cking window screen?!?" He eximed with eyes left wide open in pure astonishment at the nonsensical sight he saw before him. His expression was akin to that of a man who just had his entire reality flipped upside down. A blue window screen, like the ones Azmond had heard about in video games, was right in front of his eyes. ''... What is this Sh*t?!'' Chapter 107: Is That a System...? ... |Do you finally understand how superior I am, Host? If so, then we can begin with the introduction.| The robotic British voice once again sounded out as Azmond was rendered speechless. He couldn''t believe his eyes A frickin window screen popped up out of nowhere and called itself his system! How could he not be a little freaked out at thispletely unexpected development?!? |I will take your moment of silence as confirmation!| Another set of words appeared on the magical window screen''s surface, followed by the same rich robotic voice entering his ears. Azmond was too caught up in the moment to even realize that he had unintentionally and inadvertently signed a lifetime contract with an unknown entity ..... |I am the Boundless System!| A slightly conceited robotic voice echoed out, as reality itself began to resonate with the words spoken by the ''Boundless System''. Azmond was going to respond to the unknown entity calling itself the ''Boundless System'', but before he could A voice that contained no emotions yet emitted clear and distinct tones sounded out once more |Now you may be wondering why something as awesome as myself would lower myself to swear servitude to youa mere mortal! But fret not, for I have all the answers!| "..." Azmond had only just be ''acquainted'' with this mysterious entity. And yet, he was already getting tired of its incessant narcissism. He tried swatting the screen floating in front of him, but his hand simply faded through it. He kept on trying, but his attempts were deemed futile, as not a single attempt produced any results. In actuality, his full power strikes were doing nothing but making the ''System'' even more conceited... As it began dancing around his hands... And it did so effectively and effortlessly, almost as if it weren''t even trying. Despite the constant attempts at thwarting it''s words, the voice that was robotic yet filled to the brim with emotions resumed its dialogue |You must''ve be a little bit crazy after realizing just how great I am, huh? No need to worry, though! Your feeble mortal hand could never hope to touch my perfect ethereal form!| |I will even do you a great service and continue my very generous speech. That is just how magnanimous I am!| Azmond gave up on sending out his flurry of swatsswats that resembled a certain hero for fungoing against his arch nemesis. He noticed that his efforts were producing no substantial results. So why bother? It didn''t seem like this ''Boundless System'' was trying to harm him anyway. So, Azmond, like the man he was! Completely ignored the glowing blue screen''s existence! His attention was instead attracted to the breakthrough that he had apparently made it through in one piece. He didn''t know how he was able to make it through the Quantum Foundation Establishment Barrier But who was he to nit pick over such small details? He began scanning his body with his Divine sense and his discerning eyes noticed a peculiar urrence inside Dantian space Are those my Qi Cyclones?!? He was left astonished when he saw the unbelievable sight of 15,000 Qi Cyclones inside his Dantian space! With every single one of them being over 20,000 meters in diameter! It was absolute insanity! However, that wasn''t even the most unbelievable thing he saw The most awe-inspiring thing he had witnessed in a long timebesides his Crystalline''s mountains of jelly, of coursewasid bare for his Divine sense to gaze up at. .... It was his Dantian! A Dantian that had reached a size of over 100,000 meters in diameter!! In spite of that indescribable view He wasn''t given much time to appreciate the splendiferous sight that epassed the seemingly endless space inside his Dantianas an already irritating British voice sounded out |Are you even listening to me right now, Host? And here I was earnestly trying to assist you! I even brought you back to life! And this is how I get treated? Shunned and ignored!| An indiscernible robotic voice found its way to Azmond, as it almost seemed like the ''Boundless System'' was pouting ''Did that insane hallucination of mine just say that it was the cause of my unexinable revive?!?'' If the ''Boundless System'' was trying to attract his attention, then it most definitely seeded! His ears immediately perked up as he waited eagerly for the next words that would pop up on the translucent screen. |You heard that right! I was the sole cause of preventing you from taking a one-way trip to the underworld! You can praise me for my greatnesster, but for now, I should inform you of why I found my way to youa mere mortal human!| The bright words in bold English letters emerged one after the other, followed by the egotistical voice of the system. ''I am really getting tired of everything summing up my entire existence to that of either a human, or a mortal. Can''t theye up with anything original to insult me with?'' Azmond wasmenting over the consistent demeaningments he got on the daily. They don''t even have the ingenuity toe up with anything original! He wasn''t particrly annoyed over the fact that everything was underestimating him; in fact, he understood their perspectives. What else could beings who had been around for indefinite periods of time have to do for fun other than denounce everything they deemed lower than themselves? ying around with lower existence appeared to be the only source of entertainment they got in their long archaic lives.. No No All of that was to be expected of them. What really ticked Azmond off, however, were the unoriginal things they bemoaned over. It wasn''t that big of a deal... But it still left an irkful feeling in his heart. His convoluted thoughts were abruptly interrupted as the ''Boundless System''s'' voice echoed out. |The reason why I''m here and the reason why you''re still alive are simple. It''s because of the actions you took in your past life!| Chapter 108: Innocent System The jovial tone of the British system never seemed to dissipate, even when touching upon an extremely secretive subject A deep, profound darkness began to build up within Azmond''s eyes. His weariness of the unknown entity calling itself the ''Boundless System'' had reached an all-time high. Following an extreme eruption of ckness, his pupils quickly caught up as they turned pitch ck as well. His entire aura had transformed from that of indifference to that of extreme destion, as he was prepared to throw everything he had at the window screen. You might be thinking right about now, ''Why does he need to keep his reincarnation under wraps?'', and you would be absolutely right in your qualms! He could care less about some silly reincarnation! He was in a world of cultivation, after all! They probably reincarnated to further their cultivation, or even for fun around here! No That wasn''t what set Azmond off; rather, it was that this ''Boundless System'' knew something that dated way back when. And if this system knew of something like that then who knew what other things it knew Specifically pertaining to the fun nighttime activities he participated in with his Little Ice Flower He would never allow another man to see his Crystalline naked, and although this ''Boundless System'' sounded like a woman, Azmond wasn''t for certain on that And until he could ascertain for a fact that this ''Boundless System'' was indeed female, then It would be his eternal enemy! It may sound like he was acting childish An allegation that he wouldn''t be able to deny But that was just who he was! And he didn''t care about the opinions of anybody but himself and the ones he deemed ''non-threatful'' (meaning only women.)... "..." |By the way, I am technically considered a woman. I know a pervert like you would want to know a fact like that, so I thought I''d get it out there. You''re wee! But don''t go getting your knockers off so soon... imagining me without any clothes on and such| |After all, I am a pure innocent system, undefiled by the brutality of existence| The rich British voice of the ''Boundless System'' interrupted Azmond''s precarious thoughts. ''She'' initially started off strong but quickly fell off as she reached a very perverted part of her dialogue And the most unusual thing of all was that it almost looked like a faint blush had appeared on the little figure to the top left of the translucent screen. A miniature figure that Azmond just realized was there. He didn''t know whether she had always been there or if he was only now allowed to see her. Not that it really mattered Whereas, what truly put a relieved look on his face was the irrevocable confirmation that this ''Boundless System'' was truly a female! That Otherworldly goddess-like silhouette of what one could infer to be the ''Boundless Systems'' true body was an undeniable sight. A sight that backed up her im without a doubt in Azmond''s mind! How could a beautiful woman be a man? That''s impossible! His menacing aura had already long dispersed as a more solemn expression overtook his features. ..... He fervently believed that as well, but little did he know that there were plenty of men who pretended to be women out there You see, he didn''t have much experience with catfishers in his past life, as he was always too absorbed in getting stronger to worry about nonsense like that! Only cultured books were allowed to ''distract'' him from his training regimen! Such a hypocrite ... |You''re probably wondering how I know something like that, aren''t you?| The robotic yet vibrant voice made its way to Azmond. ''Does this ''Boundless System'' know every single thing that goes through my mind?'' Azmond thought to himself with a slightly weary expression. |Yes I do.| He got an instantaneous response |After all, I am part of your very existence. From this day till the end of time, you and I will be interlinked with a connection that goes beyond anything that you''ve ever known!| She made it sound oddly romantic. But Azmond knew better! He wouldn''t easily fall for such an borate ploy! He still hasn''t ascertained just what sort of nefarious ploy this ''Boundless System'' was getting at. It seemed like this ''Boundless System'' knew everything there was to know about him A fact that put him on edge He refused to be fooled by the beautiful appearance of the miniature goddess! A ''Goddess'' who was currently situated at the top left of the blue screen, her eyes never leaving Azmond. The figure in question had a small, imperceptible smile on her face as she stared at Azmond''s apprehensive expression. She looked to be enjoying herself quite a lot. Though her face would never be an indicator of that tidbit, as her outerward exterior was still that of an aloof andpletely robotic ''machine''. However, the appearance of this ''Aloof'' and ''robotic machine'' was anything but that... One might even call her appearance quite ''active''. Quite active indeed... Important things must be said twice! .... She was wearing a long, borately decorated azure blue dress with dark golden frills. The dress traveled all the way down her small body until it reached her *Cough* well-rounded thighs *Cough* The dress entuated the rest of her well endowed body to a T. She may be small! But her body proportions were sure as hell anything but small If she were the same size as Azmond, she would possess thergest pair of breasts he had ever seen. However, let''s not leave out the rest of her body, as her waist, buttocks, thighs, breasts, face, and every other aspect of her could be presumed to be the most well-molded features imaginable! Her entire existence was something that was the personification of the word ''unreal''. Even herrge brown eyes and long, mildly curly brown hair were as wless as the rest of her. However, the robotic expression on her gorgeous face left a vast contrast with those prominent brown features of hers. It was truly a surreal sight for Azmond, who was still analyzing the existence that was dubbed the name ''Boundless System''. Chapter 109: Innocent System Part 2 Deep within the Great Wilnds Forest, in a location surrounded by lush greenery, a tall handsome man and a beautiful woman with long, curly brown hair were seen conversing. .... Boundless may be bite-sized! But her body proportions were sure as hell anything but tiny If she were the same size as Azmond, she would possess thergest pair of milky white breasts he had ever seen. However, let''s not leave out the rest of her vuluptuous body, as her waist, buttocks, thighs, breasts, face, and every other aspect of her could be presumed to be the most well-molded features imaginable! Her entire existence was something that was the personification of the word ''unreal''. Even herrge brown eyes and long, mildly curly brown hair were as wless as the rest of her. However, the robotic expression on her gorgeous face left a vast contrast with those prominent brown features of hers. It was truly a surreal sight for Azmond, who was still analyzing the existence that was dubbed the name ''Boundless System''. .... And as if her entire flustered self was nothing more than a silly facadeher voice returned to one devoid of emotions. |Haven''t you stared at me enough, Host? We really need to get back to the discussion at hand.| "..." Azmond was left more than a little speechless at the ''Boundless System''. He couldn''t believe that something could actually be more shameless than him! But lo and behold "... I-" He was going to respond with an affirmation to resume the previous topic, but before he could |Perfect, then let us begin!| She replied matter-of-factly, almost as if she already knew his answer beforehand. ''I forgot she could read my mind'' He thought to himself with a small, wry smile. |What I''m doing is far moreplex than a simple ''mind reading'', but I fear your brain would explode if I delved into the intricacies of what I''m doing. So, I will hold off for now!| |Continue believing what you must to get by day to day in your mortal flesh!| The robotic voice of the ''Boundless System'' echoed out in a tone where one couldn''t precisely pinpoint exactly what emotions she was trying to convey. ''I can never tell if this ''Boundless System'' is insulting or being nice to me... Why does such a confusing entity exist?'' A quizzical look emerged from his expression. He began to pay even closer attention to the unknown entity calling itself his ''Boundless System''. |I exist because of you, Host.| The Boundless System stated in an indifferent tone. "Wh-" |I exist because of the actions you took in your past life. Specifically, the actions pertaining to when you were attempting to break the ''wall''. That ''wall'' as you call it is a whole lot more special than you realize| Her voice seemed to echo out into the distance as her tone began to change into something more archaic |You broke something that never should''ve been possible for something as weak as your previous form to aplish.| Azmond inferred that she was referring to the body he possessed in his previous life on Earth. But why was she suddenly talking about the ''wall'' that he spent his entire life trying to ovee? |In fact, what you aplished was something that shouldn''t be possible, no matter how strong you were. Whether you be a Dimensional Ruler, or a lowly mortal, that fact remains irrevocable. And, yet| |You were somehow able to attempt the impossible and seed! It''s truly a miraculous de that should be celebrated by all of existence! But That''ll never happen.| |Do you wish to know why?| The conflicted voice of the ''Boundless System'' resounded as she asked Azmond a question. "Ye-" |Then I will tell you out of the pure and unadulterated benevolence I possess! You''re wee!| "..." Why did he even bother answering the rhetorical questions asked by the Boundless System? It was as fruitless of an endeavor as could be |Nothing in existence knows of your exploits simply because| |I am here!| Her bted tone of narcissism resounded out in full! She truly was as full of herself as could be Such an exmation was followed by her lewd body bouncing all over the ce, an action that she couldn''t help Why is it my fault my body is vastly superior to anything else in existence? "..." Azmond ignored the alluring sight before him and instead mulled over the words spoken by the ''Boundless System''. He wasn''t an impotent man! He just liked his women big! |I am the fully exclusive ''Boundless System''! An existence that was born the moment you broke through that ''wall''. A wall that was only broken because of a significant number of coincidences that happened to line up perfectly.| |With the leading cause being the extremely low level of the world you lived in prior to this one!| |It was at such an extremely low level that I couldn''t even believe it myself! How does one get by in a world without the slightest bit of energy permeating the air?| She asked with a truly puzzled expression. |Regardless of that useless information, let me inform you of how the rank of your world and even your universe affected the likelihood of breaking through that ''wall''.| |''Earth'' was at such a low standing that the cosmologicalws that held everything in ce were rendered far morexed, as opposed to, say, this current, called ''Asterion.| |Thosex cosmologicalws led to the likelihood of that ''wall'' breaking apart as long as the coincidences lined up perfectly. And, as you are standing here now, we can assume that they lined up as perfectly as possible.| The ''Boundless System'''' continued her monologueher eyes fixated on Azmond''s stolid figure the entire time. A figure that was presently buck naked Not that she seemed to mind one bit! |That wall was originally supposed to be a ''metaphor'' whose purpose was to bnce thews of existence. But somehow, or someway, that ''metaphor'' became as real as possible for you.| Boundless''s dull voice echoed out as as an eerie aura began to build up with her words Chapter 110: Innocent System Part 3 Azmond and Boundless were going through a multitude of different emotions, as their expressions were constantly changing. .... An imperceptible glint of curiosity materialized in Boundless''s beautiful brown eyes for but a moment Before it fadedpletely Azmond was too distracted by the revtions being presented to him one after the other to even realize what unnoticeable things were urring within the small, perfect ''Boundless System''. ''I actually broke that wall?!?'' He couldn''t recall for the life of him whether he had ever truly shattered that ''wall''. It was unknown whether his memories were just hazy or if they were somehow wiped along the way. It was a peculiar feeling that irritatingly scratched away at his soul |You did, in fact, break through that ''wall''. And you did so in spectacr fashion, as even the highest existences above noticed the disturbance and rectified the ''anomaly'' right away.| She outstretched her right arm as her smooth, porcin-like index finger aimed directly at Azmond''s farrger frame. |You''re the ''Anomaly''. An anomaly that shouldn''t exist right now. You should be dead.| She spoke in a neutral tone, as if what she was speaking of was no big deal Azmond, on the other hand... Was surprisingly Calm? How could one stayposed when being informed of such a revtion?? Apparently, Azmond could! Death wasn''t a particrly foreign concept to him, and some higher existence ying around with his life was also nothing new. So, why should hement and sulk over just another set of words telling him that he should already be dead? He was toozy to even try to emte a feeling of extreme shock. Because if he were being honest He just didn''t care about such formalities anymore! It seemed like every single day that followed would be yet another day where he meets yet another ''Higher Existence''. He couldn''t be bothered to tend to the egos of every single higher existence out there .... The ''Boundless System'' knew every single thing that went in and out of Azmond''s brain. So, it clearly heard all the thoughts swirling around inside his head right now. However, she didn''t appear to take a second look at those surface thoughts. After all, she already fully understood the extremely convoluted nature of his personality She knew everything there was to know about Azmond. What sort of foods he liked to eat! What type of ces he wanted to visit! How much he wanted to train all the damn time! She even knew what type of women he ''preferred'' And let''s just say that his taste in women was very ''unique''. ... "You mentioned something about my supposed destination being six feet under, correct?" A deep, inquisitive tone of indifference sounded out. Followed by an instantaneous response from a certain miniature beauty. |Yes, you are considered dead in the eyes of those up above. You should''ve been immediately deemed a ''variable'' and, subsequently, should''ve already been dispatched. But, somehow| |You are still alive!| |One way or another, you were ''reincarnated'' into this world called ''Asterion''. A world that''s far higher on the existence scale than your old one. It would make for a perfect beginner spot!...| |At least it would be, If not for those inconsequential beings wjo noticed your existence.| |Beings who ultimately ended up killing you yet again! Who would''ve thunked that you could''ve died two times in such a short period of time?| She asked in a rich, feminine British voice. ''So I really did die, huh'' Azmond didn''t know how to feel about being told that he had died yet again ''Well, I guess I oughta be used to it by now.'' He thought to himself with a light shrug. ... |Let us get back to why I was created.| Azmond was taken out of his reverie as his attention was brought back to the small beautiful woman on the blue interface screen. |I was created by you. Believe it or not! It sounds insane, I know! How could someone as awesome as I be made from someone like you!| "..." |Well, the process that led to meing into being was actually far moreplex than simply breaking that ''wall'' could produce. But, so as not to fry what remains of what little brain cells you have left, I will just tell you that I was made to bnce out the missing factor in existence!| |You can think of me as a useful tool that will assist you in your journey! But don''t think of me as ''that'' kind of tool I don''t have those functions avable to me| She spoke in a meek tone as her face turned a deeper shade of red. Her eyes started darting around sporadically, while she began fidgeting with her small, dainty hands. "..." Azmond was speechless. ''What is this girl getting all embarrassed for? She''s clearly faking it, so what is the purpose of this little charade'' He cringed a little while staring at the ongoing farce. After a few seconds of waiting for the ''Boundless System'' to give it up (which she never did), he decided that he needed to forcefully change the subject himself. "Why did it take you so long to appear in front of me? I''ve been here for around 10 years now, and yet you''ve juste into my life now? What''s up with that?" A small smile formed on Azmond''s usually stoic face, followed by a slightly amused voice echoing out. |Oh, that''s simple. 10 years is but a drop in the ocean for higher existences. It took me 10 years just to transit through the back door of the Cosmos.| She responded in a dull, British voice. Almost as if the entire y she was enacting never even happened ''This girl''s shamelessness surpasses even mine! How can this be? She speaks of me doing the impossible. But in actuality, she is the one who has aplished a task that shouldn''t even be part of the equation!'' A smidgen of respect began to build up inside Azmond''s heart Chapter 111: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) X For Doubt That smidgen of respect seemed to fester even more inside Azmond, as his expression was constantly on the move. ..... It was a deep sense of respect that stemmed from his newfound adoration for the shameless nature of the ''Boundless System''. However, in spite of that growing respect, he quickly shook his head and refocused his attention back on the words appearing on the window screen. It looked like every word that came out of the brown-haired beauty''s mouth was essentially the audible version of the words constantly forming on the blue, translucent window screen. .... ''10 years just to make it to my location, huh? It sounds like bullcrap, but I will believe it for now.'' ... "I see." He responded to the Boundless System. "And what exactly can you do for me? Boundless System?" He was finally asking the important questions! |I can do loads of interesting things, Host! And you can just call me ''Boundless'' or ''System'' if you''d like. I know how you humans get when ites to long names. Your limited attention spans don''t allow for much!| ''Why is everything this girl says always half an insult? Is that just the way she is, or is she doing this stuff on purpose?'' He thought to himself with a nk expression. "Very well, ''Boundless''. It''s my absolute pleasure bing acquainted with a divine figure such as yourself!" His voice came out in a tone oozing irony. He proceeded to perform a little curtsy while extending a hand in the direction of the blue, holographic screen. |Ha! Finally! It took you long enough! You finally came to your senses and realized just how great I am! Praise me more, Host!| She didn''t catch the irony by even the smallest amount, even with her seemingly omniscient mind-reading abilities at y Azmond was left dumbfounded by the ridiculous personality of the small brown beauty called ''Boundless''. This girl is even more delusional than I am! And I didn''t even think that to be possible! "..." "Yah, yah, whatever. You''re the most awesome thing to grace the face of existence." "Now, can you please borate on what capabilities you possess? Preferably the ones that would actually be of some use to me." His dry voice resounded out, as he was getting a little impatient. Something was desperately wing away at him to understand what exactly this ''Boundless System'' could do for him. ... |I could tell you what I know... Or I could show you!| Boundless''s rich, dull voice sounded out, followed by a sudden change urring on the blue interface. An interface that loomed in front of Azmond''s eyes began to be cryptic static when, out of nowhere... A bright light shed! And the words on the interface screen changed from a simple speech/text format to something far moreplicated The words that followed looked something like this ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: None] [upation(s): None] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Early] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Level 1] [Intent: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Source: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law Level 1] (hidden till unlocked) [Concept: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Dao: None] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: 0] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): None] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Stats]>== [STR: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation] [DEF: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation] [Qi: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation.] [Int: Meh.] ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] ....... Azmond took one good look over the details that appeared in front of him. And the thing that immediately caught his eye was the ''Cultivation'' section of the interface. A section that confounded him to a certain degree "What does this ''Quantum Law Body Level 1'' and ''Quantum Law Level 1'' mean?" He asked with a puzzled expression. A question, with which the small brown-haired beauty at the top left responded. |Who knows? Why don''t you figure it out yourself?| Why was Boundless bing more and more irritating by the second Nevertheless, Azmond wasn''t willing to give up so easily, so he asked another question. "... Then can you tell me about this ''Quantum Law Body'' being the grade my ''Spirit roots'' were given?" He asked with slightly twitching eyebrows. |Hmm| Just as a slight sense of expectation began to fill Azmond''s heart when he assumed he was going to finally get some answers He was left utterly disappointed by the words that followed. A feminine voice sounded out with an indifferent tone. |Figure it out yourself| ''This ''Boundless System'' had to be the most useless system in existence'' Azmond thought to himself with an irritated expression. A deep sigh soon followed as he sat himself down in the vast stretch of fields where he found himself. While he was conversing with Boundless, he had made his way back down to the ground surface. He was currently a few miles out from the giant spiritual garden. However, he was still a close enough distance away that he could immediately react in case Crystalline ever found herself in trouble. ..... Arge vein bulged on Azmond''s forehead before he asked yet another question to Boundless. "Then what can you tell me? Oh, mighty Boundless System!" His sarcastic voice echoed out, followed by an intense eye roll. His feet began to loudly tap against the hard ground surface. He has been very patient with this ''Boundless System'' so far. But he had yet to get even an ounce ofpensation in return! Didn''t Boundless say she was ''His'' system? Why did it feel like anything but that being the reality of his current situation? A robotic voice swiftly replied. |Hmm. I can tell you what the ''Exterior Cultivation'' and ''Dual Cultivation'' tabs mean. Since I''m sure you''re already well aware of what most of the tabs imply.| Her voice resounded out across the vast lush ins as a sudden sense of anticipation began to build up inside Azmond Chapter 112: The Quantum Law However, his sense of expectation was quickly and effectively shut down when he heard Boundless''s exmation. ''That is better than nothing, I guess'' Azmond''s thoughts leaked out a little, followed by a deep sigh. He would take what he could get from this stingy ''Boundless System''. .... Azmond was waiting patiently for what ''Boundless'' would say next. At least he was That was until he saw a few things while scanning through the rest of the system interface. |The exter-| For a change, Boundless was interrupted instead this time. Azmond''s analysis led to a deep frown forming on his face. "Why does this part and this part say that I have ''Aqua''s mom'', ''White Wolf'', and ''Loki'' as potential love interests?!?" Azmond gave the most menacing stare of the century, as the killing intent repressed inside of him was about to erupt! He didn''t even mind that there were unknown women on his ''Potential Lovers'' tab. No! That wasn''t what set him off! It was that ''Loki'' was on there! Did this Boundless System think he liked men or something?!? This was essentially an insult of the highest degree in his eyes! An insult that he wouldn''t take lying down! Boundless immediately noticed the immense killing intent bubbling up inside of her host right now. But, how was that any of her problem? She was just meant to ''assist'' Azmond in his journey. Not to baby him. So, in her eyes, his killing intent had absolutely nothing to do with her. However, she decided that she should at least give him a proper response. After all, she was an extremely magnanimous system! Her robotic voice soon followed. |Figure it out yourself?| "..." Azmond was practically at the boiling point. Large veins began popping up all over his head as his eyebrows were tightly knit together. He was prepared to fight to the death with the brown-haired beautya beauty whose eyes never left Azmond''s expression. She found this entire interaction quiteical. After all, what could a mortal do against an existence that was corporeal in every sense of the word? It was quiteughable, indeed! Although her expression would never show any hint of there being such an emotion festering inside her frozen heart,. Azmond made the first movehis existence quickly disappeared and turned into a sh of light, followed by him appearing thousands of meters away. "What in the hell was that?!?" An astonished expression emerged on his face as he looked around him. He was attempting to take a full powered strike of the unassuming ''Boundless System'', but it appeared he missed his mark by a considerable degree... ''I somehow phased over six thousand meters away, but how? I barely moved a single step!'' He was left in a state of disbelief over the new level of speed that he now possessed. "Could this absurd increase in my speed be attributed to just my breakthrough into the Quantum Foundation Establishment Stage? Or is there something more to it?" That was when he suddenly recalled a few pieces of information that his new system interface had shown him. Those bits of information being the ''Spiritual Roots'', ''Physique'', and ''Law'' tabs. Every single one of them seemed to contain an attribute that pertained to the ''Quantum'' attribute. A very special word that Azmond had yet to understand the true mysteries behind! After all, he had named his realms the ''Quantum Realms'' based purely on an instinct that told him that was what they should be. He never truly expected anything substantial toe out of a simple name. But now, there was something odd going on with him Something that couldn''t be entirely exined with just ''Peak-Middle Soul Transformation Realm'' stats (Excluding the Int stat, of course). (A stat which Azmond immediately knew was rigged!). ''There must be something extremely special about the ''Quantum'' quality. And what is this peculiar sense of space I keep on feeling coarse throughout my body with every movement?'' He began to brood over the information that was presented to him. He had to understand precisely what was causing his overallbat power to spike so tremendously! "Let me think... The Quantum Gate and Quantum Rift de skills all had something to do with thew of space, one way or another. I had realized that fact after repeatedly casting the ''Quantum Rift de'' and ''Quantum Gate'' skills a few days ago..." "So this new information with the word ''Quantum'' in it that was given to me in the form of an interface must have something to do with thew of space as well" It seemed like Azmond was on the precipice of understanding a truth that had eluded him for far too long now. "Thew of space My Law is Quantum Law Level 1 My physique is the Quantum Law Body My spiritual roots are the Quantum roots This feeling of space I get when moving around" "!!!" And then it hit him like a sudden bolt of inspiration, as the dots began to connect inside his head. "Thew of space somehow coalesced with the very essence of my body!" He eximed with an ted expression. "I have incorporated thew of space into the very atoms of my being! This How is this possible? How can one simply absorb thew of space into their body as simply as absorbing simple pieces of information?" Azmond was in quite a jovial mood at discovering the secrets behind the sudden change in the physiological makeup of his body. But more than that He was puzzled. He didn''t understand how thew of space could be one with a physical body as simply as that. There was no need toprehend someplex concept for hundreds or thousands of years, and there was no unbelievably excruciating pain involved in the coalescent process. So what exactly was the price that needed to be paid for such a dramatic increase in his overall stats? Azmond was about to find out exactly that... Chapter 113: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Boundlesss Awesomeness Or at least he was going to find out the price for such power, until his thoughts veered into apletely different direction ..... ''Maybe there is no specified price for such a boon. It could be that it was just the result of all the effort I put in when attempting to break through the Quantum Foundation Establishment Stage? That could very well be the case.'' He resolved himself to put the matter aside for now and instead focus on the blinking interface that was still in suspended motion above his eyes. An interface that he still hadn''t forgiven for putting a man as his potential ''love interest''. He gave it an irkful look before noticing a sudden sh of light A sh of light that was followed by the appearance of a new set of words on the system screen. However, before Azmond could get a good look at abrupt changes in the interface A certain brown-haired beauty with big, round brown eyes and a body that could topple kingdoms showed herself once again. However, this time, she was in arger form Her curvaceous, milky white pillows jiggled all over the ce as she put her slender arms up against her tworge bunnies. An action that led to them being entuated even further. Azmond was not one to deny a good view, as he fully appreciated the devastating figure in front of him She somehow had a way of transmitting the vision of her entire lewd body in a 5''10 form to Azmond. It was such a feature that allowed him to fully scrutinize the naughty curves and crevices of the docile-looking beauty. However, he was not crudely looking at the body presented in front of him. He was simply appreciating a sight scarcely seen. Nothing more, nothing less. ... The haughty-looking figure of the docile goddess pressing her fun bags in the air with her nose pointed to the heavens was seen in clear view for Azmond. He was going to criticize Boundless, but she preemptively struck first. |You see! I knew you would figure out the intricacies of your newly evolved body in no time t!| Her joyful voice echoed out across the vast empty fields. Her emotions were shown in abundance as this newer version of herself was able to emte the feelings that were forcibly repressed prior to this abrupt change. Her attitude was now akin to that of a girl who saw no faults in life and lived every day in a go lucky kind of way! |Since you figured out the mysteries surrounding your ''Quantum'' qualities so soon, I was able to unleash my full capabilities! Certain features that were previously hidden from you are now open to you! Why don''t we take a look at what''s new?| "Ok-" Azmond was going to respond with a swift confirmation, but it seemed like a certain quality of Boundless would never change Boundless''s chirpy British voice sounded out, followed by her jumping up in glee. |Perfect! Then go ahead and take a look!| ** Boing~ ** ** Jiggle~** The force of gravity really put an emphasis on her assets Azmond''s eyes followed along with the dance of the bunnies, but his view was swiftly interrupted as a familiar yet unfamiliar interface screen popped up in front of his vision. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Lover of All Things Big, Pursuer of the Unknown] [upation(s): None] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Early] [Quantum Law Assimtion: 0.00001%] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Level 1] [Intent: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Source: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law Level 1] (hidden till unlocked) [Concept: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Dao: None] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: 0] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== [Weapons: None] [Weapon Mastery: None] [Weapon Comprehension: None] [Weapon Laws: None] [Level of Existential Weapons: None] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Lady Killer: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Early Peak-Soul Transformation Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate.] [STR: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation] [DEF: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation] [Qi: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation.] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement)] ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect] ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] .... "Well This is unexpected" A wry smile formed on Azmond''s face as his slightly shocked words echoed out across the green, vibrantndscape. |My awesomeness knows no bounds, doesn''t it?| Boundless asked with a small, yful smirk stered across her wless face. Her lively brown eyes seemed to dance along with her emotions as they sparkled in the dazzling sunlight. It was quite the spectacle. Nothing short of a sight for sore eyes. It looked like every part of her body swayed in sync, as those unholy curves of hers had violent ripples go through them with every fluctuation in her countenance. Azmond went into a trance-like state when those devilish slopes of hers filled up his entire sight. However, in spite of the picturesque view before him, he knew that he couldn''t stay in such a daze for long, as he still had a few things he wished to ask the spirited brown-haired beauty. He narrowed his eyes before an apathetic voice sounded out "I understand most of the aspects of this new system interface But what is up with this Quantum Assimtion segment?... And why is ''Loki'' still on my potential love interests list?" His expression became particrly agitated when he reached the second part of his qualms. In his opinion, it was the uncontested most important part of all! Chapter 114: Boundlesss Awesomeness Part 2 Azmond narrowed his eyes before an apathetic voice sounded out. "I understand most of the aspects of this new system interface... But what is up with this Quantum Assimtion segment? And why is ''Loki'' still on my potential love interests list?" His expression became particrly agitated when he reached the second part of his qualms. This topic would never be glossed over without a more in-depth boration from Boundless! In his opinion, it was the uncontested most important part of all! However, despite the clear disgust he was directing toward Boundless, she responded with the same effervescent attitude. |Oh. That''s easy to answer. The Quantum Assimtion Progress tab directly corrtes to the level with which the Quantum Law has been assimted into your existence!| She bubbled while letting those dangerous, milky white slopes jiggle all over the ce. They were practically spilling out of the tight-fitting blue frilly dress she was wearing. It seemed like no amount of thin fabricyers could contain those mountains of jelly "..." However, Azmond was in too much of a daze to even get the chance to admire those two beautiful bunnies. As he got an answer that made no sense in his mind, ''How could my power have increased by such a tremendous degree with a mere 0.00001% Quantum Law Assimtion Rate? I can deduce that this 0.00001% can be attributed to the effectiveness of my Physique, Spirit roots, and Laws. It should be split evenly among the three So How? How can my strength increase by nearly 2 minor Realms with a mere 0.00001% Quantum Law Assimtion Rate???'' He was left in a deep state of utter confoundment at this new revtion It just wasn''t clicking within him. How could he gain such arge marginal increase in strength from a mere 0.00001% Quantum Law Assimtion Rate??? The amount of thew of space he could feel coursing throughout his entire being was at such an absurd level that he refused to believe that he had only assimted a total of 0.00001% of the Quantum Law! It had to be at least 1000 times that at the very least! But The facts were presented right in front of him, in the form of an interface screen. And he highly doubted that Boundless had even the slightest reason to lie to him. So, the only thing that made sense concerning the truth of the subject was that he did indeed only have 0.00001%prehension of the Quantum Law. Boundless noticed the thoughts floating around inside her host''s head and decided toment on them. She couldn''t leave him hanging all by himself with no one to lend him a hand She was magnanimous like that! |You have some unusual thoughts, Host. Do you think that the Quantum Law is some simple source that you can fully assimte with whenever you so desire??| She spoke with an apathetic voice, while her facial features were anything but emotionless. Her bubbly nature appeared to never leave her countenance, even when speaking of such a serious topic. Azmond was taken out of his reverie by the words spoken by Boundless. As an anticipatory glint shed past his deep blue eyes,. A small smile formed on his chiseled features as his thoughts veered in a different direction for but a moment. ''Boundless is truly an annoying person when she wants to be, but she sure can be helpful. Sometimes'' Although it was by an extremely minute amount, he was beginning to see the joyful Boundless in a better light. Only slightly ..... |The Quantum Law is aw at such a high level that it is unknown whether a single other being in existence has even a 0.0000001% Assimtion Rate with it. And yet you''re not grateful for the 0.00001% that you already have? Doesn''t that seem more than just a little ridiculous to you?| Boundless''s jolly feminine voice continued to echo out across the empty fields as a puzzled expression emerged on her face. She could read every single thought that traveled through Azmond''s head. But that didn''t mean that she understood every little thing that swirled around inside of there. She couldn''t understand the intent behind some of his actions or the process by which they were formted. She could only see the end results of the thinking process. Which, as you could imagine, left her more than a little confused when she saw the thoughts at the forefront of his brain. He had already gotten his queries answered about the Quantum Assimtion Rate. And his qualms were answered in a rtively eptable way, so he understood what Boundless was trying to convey. But That was when his thoughts took apete U-turn and went back in the direction centered around ''Loki''. Specifically the part about him being on his ''Potential Lovers'' list. That damned piece of information kept gnawing away at the thoughts floating around inside his subconscious. It was that damn piece of information that irked most of all! He assumed it must be a glitch of some kind! Why else would this silly system think he likes men?!? So, he decided that he should immediately rectify this mistake by identifying the source of such misinformation. ''Is he not aware...? Strange I scanned through his memories and saw enough hints that would indicate Loki was, in fact, a female. But I guess he didn''t quite catch them??'' Boundless was truly left in a perplexed state of mind. Was her host aplete and hopeless dense idiot?!? A sudden sense of apprehension quickly materialized and began to fester inside her ''heart''. She realized that this new personality trait of Azmond''s spelled nothing but trouble for her! It looks like my new host will lead to heaps of problems along the way. After all, having a level of denseness like that and... looks like those Boundless suddenly took a long and hard look at the perfect features that molded Azmond''s face Chapter 115: Lokis A What??? A darker shade of red crept up her equally stunning face as she realized that she had been staring for too long ''No, Boundless. You are a tool to be used by the host. Don''t get off track'' She lightly shook her head to rid herself of the impure thoughts, as rity soon returned to her mind. Her lively eyes quickly took on a more determined shade of brown. ''This man will lead to entireyers of existence being destroyed if he''s not careful with how he approaches the women he meets along the way!'' She knew that she needed to find a way to solve this ''problem'' revolving around Azmond''s personality if she wished to survive along with her master in this world. After all, she had no realbat power She was but a small piece of the bnce that makes up the universe in the form of an assistance tool. The same enemies that could eradicate Azmond with a single strike could also lead to her death as well! Although her death would not be anywhere as direct as his, it would still happen nheless! After all, she was connected to Azmond at a level deeper than anything possible. Which subsequently meant that if he died, she died. And, although she didn''t have much attachment to this life, she still wanted to live She wanted to taste a bunch of delicious sweets and go meet some cute animals She wouldn''t allow herself to die until she had indulged in everything this world had to offer! ... If Azmond could hear the ludicrous going through Boundless''s ''brain'' right now, then he would surely give her a good p across the head. How could you think I''m dense?!? What part of me is dense?!? Just because I don''t actively chase after every woman that falls in love with me doesn''t make me dense!! Who am I to help how handsome I am! It is unavoidable that every living creature that catches even the slightest glimpse of my form will immediately fall head over heels! "..." It looked like Azmond and Boundless were a match made in Heaven... |You seriously don''t know?| Boundless''s rich British voice made its way to Azmond''s ears. "Know what?" He responded with his eyebrows beginning to twitch a little. He didn''t like how Boundless''s tone sounded like a genius speaking down to an idiot. It irritated him greatly. Boundless truly couldn''t take it anymore and decided that she would just blurt everything out and get this farce over with. |Loki is a woman.| "... W-What?!?" He eximed. He had never heard such nonsensical words spoken in his entire life! Loki was clearly a man! Why would this delusional system say he was a woman?!? A visible sigh seemed to escape Boundless''s figure, as she truly pitied that Loki girl. ''To fall in love with a man, only for that man to think you''re a man as well'' ''She must be going through a lot right now.'' An empathetic expression formed on her gorgeous face, as she couldn''t even begin to imagine the inner turmoil that Loki was going through right now. ..... Meanwhile, in a pitch-ck dimension thaty above a vast and expansive Ocean Dimension, a woman with long blonde hair and lifeless eyes sulked in a corner. She wasmenting over how unfair life was; her despondent and cracked voice came out in muted mumbles as she started to draw circles on the ground, with her voluptuous body sprawled out across the hard ck surface. "W-Why Why did he leave me?" Her voice came out in bits and pieces. A doleful aura permeated her immediate surroundings as a certain red giant looked at thisical scene with arge smile stered on his usually stern face. ''My sister finally got a taste of her own medicine! I can''t deny that this feeling of getting one over on her is one of the best things I''ve ever experienced! I will definitely give that Azmond character the biggest hug ever when I see him again!'' Thor was still in a moment of pure bliss as he watched the distraught figure of his sister squirm and roll all over the pocket dimension. Her feminine voice of bemoaning echoed out across the entirety of the space. Her words came out in nothing but iprehensible murmers that sounded like: "W-Why", "Why He Leave Me?", "L-Love Me First", "J-Just Love Me". She was truly a lost cause .... Back to where Azmond and Boundless were currently situated... "What do you mean Loki''s a woman?!?!?" A loud, distressed voice resounded out, as even the birds and animals in the vicinity ran away in fright. Boundless''s far more peaceful and tranquil voice soon followed as her lewd body ricocheted a little when backing away from the boisterous voice of Azmond. |Quiet down a bit. I can hear you just fine, you know?| Azmond, understanding that he frightened the docile girl, calmed himself down before letting out a sincere apology. "... I am sorry Just please articte to me what exactly you mean by ''Loki is a girl''. Please, Boundless." He spoke in a pleading tone, and he followed up with the most beautiful smile Boundless had ever witnessed. It was a smile that seemed to be capable of lighting up the world. At least it felt that way, in Boundless''s opinion. She was left in a brief trance as she gazed at the enticing face of Azmond before quickly snapping out of it anding back to her senses. ''Don''t get lost in those ungodly looks of his Boundless! You must stay focused! You are a system! Not a real woman.'' ''Just remember that'' ''You are not like the others'' A gloomy aura almost leaked from the usually cheerful Boundless before it disappeared faster than it appeared. Her Sanguine-like personality came back in full swing She couldn''t allow herself to show weakness now. She had just met her owner after all Resolve filled her heart as she replied to Azmond''s previous question. Chapter 116: Lokis A What??? Part 2 |I meant exactly what I said, Host. Loki is a woman in every sense of the word. She was born a woman.| A dry, monotone voice sounded out. She truly attempted to get her voice out in a joyful tone, but it just came out in a t way. It looked like this current subject was quite a touchy one for Boundless. Azmond obviously noticed the peculiarities that urred with his newpanion, but he decided to leave it forter. It seemed like she and he had a lot to talk about What his attention was more focused on at the moment was that the Loki he knew was, in actuality A Woman! He couldn''t believe it himself, but Boundless had no apparent reason to lie about such an arbitrary topic. So he naturally assumed that she was speaking the undeniable truth! ''I can''t believe that the sly and cunning ''god'' I was conversing with for so long was actually a woman the entire time But what really confuses me is the form she had. Why was she in male form?'' A puzzled look appeared on Azmond''s face as he began to ponder the topic for a few moments. His moment of silence ended when an extremely dangerous thought entered his subconscious. ''Or was she just naturally t-chested with masculine features?'' He asked himself a question that would surely cause Loki to spit up blood if she ever heard the precarious words spoken by Azmond ''Hmm Well, there''s no use in brooding over a topic like that right now. It would do me far more good to set the ''Loki'' matter aside for now, and instead focus my attention back on the ''Exterior Cultivation'' and ''Dual Cultivation'' tabs.'' ''I should also ask Boundless about the ''Weapon'' segment as well...'' He began to ponder over a subject before a reassured expression emerged on his face. ''After all, I can always ask Loki about those other concerns when I meet her again.) The ''Loki'' subject was far from over, but Azmond saw no real need to focus all of his brain capacity on mulling over a topic that couldn''t be answered without said person in front of him now. The functions of the ''Boundless System'' were what truly piqued his interest. He may have gotten slightly distracted with a few other misceneous topics along the way, but he was now all in on the system functions that could potentially increase hisbat strength even further than before! He ultimately decided to voice his queries, as a deep, raspy voice soon followed. "Could you tell me what the ''Exterior Cultivation'', ''Dual Cultivation'', and ''Weapon'' tabs mean? I would appreciate it greatly, Boundless." His voice came out in a sweet tone as a small, kind smile made its way up his perfect face. And, somehow, his figure had made its way to a location mere inches away from Boundless''s face. His 6''5 figure practically towered over the small and petite, yet voluptuous frame of the brown-haired beauty. The woman in question had her head tilted downward as self-deprecating thoughts festered inside her heart; at least she was in such a state until... She was suddenly taken out of her reverie by the distant voice of Azmond Little did she expect that the man in question would be a breadths hair away from her. She turned her beautiful face up and saw the mesmerizing sight of her host, and the first thing she saw were those two blue marbles of his. His deep blue eyes seemed to be capable of sucking her very existence into them... It was a surreal feeling that Boundless wouldn''t be able to put it into words if she were asked to articte what she saw when she locked gazes with Azmond. The only thing she knew for certain was that she would never tire of such a view However, that was until her inner dialogue screamed out at her. ''No Boundless!'' ''You must not think about such luxuries! You are just a system meant to assist Azmond. Such luxuries are not meant for objects like you'' She snapped out of the hypnotizing sight and decided that she needed to distract herself from such mncholic thoughts. And the best way she could think of to aplish that goal was to answer the questions asked by her host. |... The ''Exterior Cultivation'' tab is an exp-type grinder. It is a feature that will only add to your current strength by defeating monsters and other powerful cultivators. You can also advance in this feature bypleting quests. Quests that will be given to you at specific designated periods in time.| She began borating on the ''Exterior Cultivation'' tab. But she soon noticed that her voice was kind of stale. So she mustered up the ''joy'' inside her and resumed her exnation. |''Exterior Cultivation will be an excellent boon for increasing your strength by even greater amounts! You can look forward to leapfrogging even more Great Realms the further you progress in this aspect! You used to dream about ying such an RPG game in your past life, but you never had the chance. Well, here is that chance, so make sure to make the best of it!| "..." Azmond noticed the abrupt fluctuation in Boundless''s tone, and he knew something was wrong, but he just couldn''t figure out for the life of him what that something was It was such a fact which only further hardened his will to speak to her about it He promised himself to do just thatter. He couldn''t have his new cutepanion be a depressed emo on him, now could he? Although he wouldn''t lie to himself and say that he would mind having a beautiful emo girl with curvaceous slopes by his side at all times of the day ''I mean, who wouldn''t?'' But if you were to ask him if he would want to change anything about his ''Boundless System'', he would immediately reply with a puzzled expression: "Why would I want to do that? I think she is adorable just the way she is." Chapter 117: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) New System Interface Azmond''s smile became a little wider as he continued to listen to the big brown-eyed mess called Boundless. |You should have an exp tab on the Exterior Cultivation section, but it appears that it has not yet loaded in.| Boundless spoke aloud for a moment before her expression changed to a relieved one. Her gleeful side came back in full swing as her relieved look morphed into a delighted one. Her eyes and mouth curled up in one swift, dazzling motion. It would be no understatement to say that even stars would lose out on the radiance that her face emits! It seemed that nothing made her happier than being of some assistance to Azmond. .. She had just met her new host not too long ago and yet she already felt like being of any help to her master would be the only thing that could make her truly happy! Fate and destiny often worked in mysterious ways |It should be visible on your System Interface now, so why don''t you take a look, Host?| The resplendent glow emanating from Boundless was something beyond enchanting. .... Azmond thought that the smile she had on her pretty face had to be one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen. Her ted aura seemed to have a spellbinding effect on him, as his eyes couldn''t seem to look away. However, his attention was quickly taken off track as a new blue interface with gold outlines interrupted the mesmerizing view. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer Of Splendor] [upation(s): None] [Lifespan: 11/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Early] [Quantum Law Assimtion: 0.00001%] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Level 1] [Intent: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Source: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law Level 1] (hidden till unlocked) [Concept: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Dao: None] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Exp to next level: 100] [Total Exp: 0] [Level: 0] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[Defeat 3 Goblins]}] [Total Quest Completed: None] [Overall Quest Rating: None] [Quest Completion Bonus: None] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Dual Cultivation Rank: None] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: None] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: None] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: None] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== [Weapons: None] [Weapon Mastery: None] [Weapon Comprehension: None] [Weapon Laws: None] [Weapon Auras: None] [Level of Existential Weapons: None] [Bond Rate of current Growth Weapon: None] [All Growth Weapons: None] [All Existential Weapons: None] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Lady Killer: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Early Peak-Soul Transformation Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate.] [STR: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation] [DEF: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation] [Qi: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation.] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement)] ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] ..... "Well, this is quite the spectacle" Azmond''s raspy voice echoed out as he stared at the new information on his interface. And what he saw left him more than a little baffled. There were so many new features that he didn''t know where to begin. However, the most eye-catching one of all was the tab pertaining to ''Exterior Cultivation''. Particrly the segment that stated how much experience he needed for the next level and how much total exp he already had. |You are probably focusing on the RPG-type information, aren''t you?| Boundless''s gentle voice sounded out once again. She already predicted that Azmond would immediately be attracted to the ''Exp'' and ''Level'' sections. After all, he hade from the ''Earth''. A world where witnessing those sorts of fantasy elements in real time would be considered nothing short of a dream for any of its denizens''. "..." Azmond got caught red-handed and decided to use his right to remain silent. A wide, radiant smile emerged on Boundless''s pretty features as she reveled in the shameless shenanigans conducted by her master. Boundless''s repressed glumness appeared to fade away one piece at a time with every silly moment she experienced with Azmond. All her woes seemed to disappear when she was around her Hostwoes that she wasn''t aware she had. Following such a fluctuation in her countenance, a delightful voice that matched her current emotions quite well soon flowed out of her small, red lips like a cool spring breeze. |It is fine; you don''t have to tell me if you don''t wanna| She spoke such words with a small pout forming on her cute face. However, in Azmond''s eyes, it was a view that looked like she was about to tear up if he didn''t rectify his mistake right away. Boundless was clearly not the only mentally unstable one here Azmond''s empathetic words soon followed, as he felt he must clear up his mishap. "... I''m sorry for lying to you... You were right. I was, in fact, looking at the ''Exterior Cultivation'' tab." His sincere words were only the prelude to his next actions as he smoothly approached the docile Boundless. He stealthily made his way right next to her pale, slender shoulder before his sneaky hand gently brushed past her bare, tender shoulder. He conducted his bold actions as easily as breathing... His breath began to mingle with the inside of her small ears as he began to speak. "I apologize for not telling you such a simple thing to begin with." His sweet words dripped into Boundless''s ears like the sweetest of honey. And by the time that she was ultimately made aware of Azmond''s existence, it was already toote. Chapter 118: Boundlesss Reactions His seductive way of confronting her in such quick motion only led to the buildup she felt when it hit her all at once, even more intense than it would''ve been. Her voluptuous body began to convulse as a tingling sensation made its way throughout her vast slopes. Those unholy, milky white bunnies attached to her began to slightly quiver upon being surprised in such a way! "Mhmm!~ Master~. T-That is!~" A sensual feminine moan soon followed as she almost fell to her knees from the pleasure. Such an enticing act caused a wide, yful grin to emerge on Azmond''s face. ''This girl''s reactions are something else! And here I thought she would barely react, considering she is the embodiment of a system and all. But it appears like I was proven wrong.'' ''Although, I''m far fromining about such a thing.'' His thoughts swiftly took a turn as he appreciated the sight of the brown haired goddess. A goddess who barely held herself up as her knees started to violently quiver, and a strange liquid began to leak out of her most private area An area that hid beneath a well-guarded veneer in the form of a gorgeous blue frilly dress. Azmond had the sudden urge to tease his newpanion some more, but reluctantly decided to hold off for now. He refused to allow himself to make the same mistake he made with Crystalline. That much he promised himself, and he wasn''t one to renege on his promises. His temperament morphed into one of debonair as he gently tilted up the flustered face of Boundless. Deep blue eyes immediately locked gazes with those gentle browns of hers. A series of gentle words followed such an abrupt action, as she was too shocked to refute such a direct movement from Azmond. She just waited with bated breath for those words that would soon flow out of his lips. Lips that now looked like a soft treat for the current Boundless... "Why don''t we test what this ''Exterior Cultivation'' tab can do right away? I would love to experience such a new thing with you. As long as you''d have me, that is?" His words slithered out like an addicting drug for Boundless, as she felt that she couldn''t deny his request, even if she wanted to She turned her head away as her long, flowing brown hair tagged along. A softened murmur followed not long after. |Mhmm...| It was an obvious sign of confirmation that Azmond would take as an affirmation that he was allowed to take the lead. However, before he decided to take off with Boundless in tow, he didn''t want to feel like he was forcing her to tag along. So he gave her the option to opt out of his little side quest if she wanted. "Would you like to tag along or stay here, Boundless?" He asked in a mellow voice. He was trying not to alter Boundless''s own decision-making skills unknowingly, so he turned his body in a different direction while waiting for her response. And a response he got, as it seemed almost instantaneous. She twisted her body in Azmond''s direction faster than she thought possible, as her words came out in an erratic flurry. |N-No! I-I want toe Don''t leave me behind, p-please" She was practically on the verge of begging when she approached thest part of her plea. She truly was on the verge of breaking a flood damn this time around. Those big puppy dog eyes of hers were the most alluring things in Azmond''s sight. Those two brown marbles of hers even triumphed over those two milky white bunnies staring him down. It was a concept that he didn''t even think to be possible before now Her face may be one of extreme cuteness overload, but her body was anything but cute. Every part of her always appeared to be in sync. Except when it came to the indescribable contrast between her face and her body... ... Those watery eyes of hers seemed to be the catalyst that summoned a different type of liquid from within her Sweat began to form on her smooth skin, followed by it sliding down her dangerously lewd body in quick motion. The bright sun above looked to be helping Azmond out, as the sunlight started to reflect off the sweat droplets and cause a tentative sight to make itself seen. Her body glistened like a 100% true diamond. Except that it was a far more appealing sight than what a mere diamond could offer for Azmond Nevertheless, in spite of such a lustful picture, he resolved to repress his growing desires. He was a faithful man, after all. And he wouldn''t forgive himself if he ever caused Crystalline to cry over his unfaithful conduct. He must limit himself to merely appreciating such a view. No more and no less... Such thoughts of conviction were followed up by his gaze flickering momentarily before locking eyes with Boundless once more. His kind words began to make their way into Boundless''s ears. "If that is what you wish, then I would never leave you behind." He spoke in such a way that it resulted in even more strange liquids begin to leak out of Boundless''s ''special'' area... "Let us be on our way now. I really want to know just what sort of boons I can gain from this new level system you have bestowed upon me." A fierce glint shed past his eyes as a newfound yearning for the unknown began to build up inside him! Acquiring more and more power was the only thing that kept Azmond from going insane from all the training! Boundless noticed the burning desire to explore fester inside of his heart and figured this was as good of a time as any to test out some of her capabilities. Her embarrassed expression lessened considerably, as she knew this was no time to get lost in the moment! She put on her most adorable ''focused'' face before continuing forward Chapter 119: (Disclaimer! System Interface Chapter) Voluptuous Brown-Haired Beauty Her gaze took on a more ''focused look'' before she took the initiative totch onto Azmond. It was an action that surprised even herself with how bold she was conducting herself! When did she be such a wanton system? She was supposed to be reserved and self-restrained, but there was just something about this man that didn''t allow her to keep herself under control This stupid master of hers! .... Her lewd body pressed up against his as her head barely made it past his lower chest. She wasn''t considered short in any sense of the wordshe was 5''10 after all! But she was rendered nothing more than a dwarf in front of Azmond. It was such a vast contrast in height difference that it would automatically make one think of a certain scenario urring between the two of them! Not that she minded such a scenario (...) Even the narrator was taken aback by the dormant, perverted nature of this bombastic system. And it seems like he wasn''t the only one Azmond was left utterly speechless by such a bold act. He wanted to question her about such a thing, but decided to let it go for now. He would just pretend like she wasn''t there! He didn''t want to be seen as a cheater after all! He was faithful! Although... Those two perky bunnies of hers would be a constant reminder of her ''voluptuous'' presence. Under normal circumstances, he would feel the urge to tease the kind beauty, but he was not his usual self right now. He was the part of him that yearned for more power! The part that had been with him since the beginning! His gaze refocused as he held Boundless up with one firm grip. A grip that appeared to be unlockable, yet gentle all the same. .... You know, there was something that Boundless did, something that one would expect to be a good thing... A decent thing. She did it for her master''s sake, after all You know that quirk of hers that allowed her to scan through all the thoughts and memories of Azmond..? Well She wanted to respect Azmond''s privacy, so she turned off that functionthe one that allowed her to spy on the inner workings of his brain It was such an action that led to her not having a single inkling of what was going on inside of his head when he decided to reciprocate the hug in full. And it was at that moment that she knew She f*cked up! Why was I so stupid as to turn off my only way of understanding everything that happens inside my master?!? She had the sudden urge to violently ruffle her hair and go sulk in a corner! I hate you, past me However, none of such conflicting thoughts would prevent her from snuggling up even closer to Azmond''s stalwart figure She was disappointed in her past self! Not aplete idiot! She wouldn''t hold herself back if he were the one offering it to her! Her disdainful face morphed into a content one, as she appeared to be in a moment of pure bliss. A moment that she wanted tost forever... Azmond noticed the sudden softness squeeze even closer against his chiseled body; however, he put it to the back of his mind without a second thought. He had no room for distractions now! His gaze traveled off into the distance as his knees bent slightly, followed by an eruption of physical prowess that resulted in him barreling upwards at meteoric speeds. His figure shed into the distance as he moved out in a direction far away from whence he came. Of course, he did so after fully confirming the safety of his Little Ice Flower. He noticed that her aura had grown tremendously, but there were no other visible discrepancies, so he reassured himself that everything was fine. His long, flowing white robes whistled in the wind as he and the adorable beauty attached to him vanished into the vast horizons beyond. His goal being to find some monsters to test out the new features of The ''Boundless System''. Azmond''s current interface ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor] [upation(s): None] [Lifespan: 11/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Early] [Quantum Law Assimtion: 0.00001%] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Level 1] [Intent: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Source: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law Level 1] (hidden till unlocked) [Concept: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Dao: None] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Exp needed for the next level: 100] [Total Exp: 0] [Level: 0] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[Defeat 3 Goblins]}] [Total Quest Completed: None] [Overall Quest Rating: None] [Quest Completion Bonus: None] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Dual Cultivation Rank: None] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: None] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: None] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: None] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== [Weapons: None] [Weapon Mastery: None] [Weapon Comprehension: None] [Weapon Laws: None] [Weapon Auras: None] [Level of Existential Weapons: None] [Bond Rate of current Growth Weapon: None] [All Growth Weapons: None] [All Existential Weapons: None] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Lady Killer: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Early Peak-Soul Transformation Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate.] [STR: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation] [DEF: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation] [Qi: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation.] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement)] ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] ==== Stupid Azmond! *Humph* ... Chapter 120: Goblin Village ... |Where exactly are we going, Azmond?| A 5''10 woman with long, slightly curly, brown hair asked with a puzzled expression. She was tightly clinging to a tall man adorned in a long white robe. His appearance was so baffling that it would elicit the gods ire if they ever learned of the looks that such a mortal possessed. His features were, in every sense of the word, ''Perfect''. That was not to say that the brown-haired beauty lost to him in terms of appearance. It was just that her looks would be categorized under the ''Too cute for words'' category, while Azmond was leaning towards the ''Ungodly'' side of the appearance scale. In addition, his unwavering temperament only added to the allure that his looks produced. This perfect match made in Heaven was currently traveling at speeds surpassing Mach 10 as they ventured out into the vast, lushndscape that surrounded them. Large hills and evenrger mountains, along with the towering trees that surpassed the height of any such forestry Azmond witnessed in his past life, quickly passed them by. ** BOoOOooM ** Sonic booms were constantly sounding out across the skies, following behind the receding figures of Azmond and Boundless. .... Due to turbulence, Azmond had just now caught up to the question Boundless asked. Only after hepletelyprehended the lovely voice of his ''Boundless System'', did he finally respond with a small smile. "We are heading off to defeat some monsters, my dear." He said so in jest, but Boundless had a clear, visible reaction to the kindness exuding out of every word he enunciated when speaking to her. Especially the ''Dear'' part... She wouldn''t deny that she felt a certain warm feeling begin to bubble up inside her when she heard the way Azmond said it. She quickly snuggled her head back into his robes to avoid the embarrassment. Although nothing could hide the deep shade of red that overtook her facial features, not even those long, curly browns could put up a good enough veneer "..." Azmond didn''t know what he said that could''ve caused such a big reaction in her. His expression took on a more perplexed look as he felt the need to ask her what the problem was. He truly didn''t know that saying one simple word could elicit such a flustered moment. There was no doubt that the situation had a high chance of being blown out of proportion if he ever did figure out what the cause was... He feared that he wouldn''t be able to hold himself back from teasing the brown haired beauty even further That was of course in the unusible scenario where she ever found out, but such a stiiatuonwas unlikely. Nevertheless, in spite of his urge to ask her what''s up, he quickly discarded that thought when he realized that his destination was approaching. The couple made their way past some colossal mountains, as a dpidated sighty beyond. Past those mountain ranges was arge assortment of thatch houses, made of stone and grass. They lined up in disorganized and erratically ced rows, as at the center of such an allotmenty a hut 10 timesrger than the ones that surrounded it. This entire vige of huts was surrounded by a high number of 10-foot-tall wooden stakes that encapsted the ce like a wall that separated the assortment of houses from the outside world. However, it wasn''t the vige-type area that would catch one''s eye. It was instead the fact that the vige was utterly infested with goblins! Goblin here! Goblin there! Goblins Everywhere! Those green monsters appeared to be carving up and preparing a type of meat for consumption as they gathered around arge bonfire. There was a particrlyrge goblin at the forefront of the bonfire, as he should be akin to something like the leader of this goblin encampment. He was around 8 feet tall, with long, pointed green ears and a deformed nose that protruded outward. His features were capable of making even the most steel-hearted people throw up. He was wearing arge, gaudy cape with bone outlining. His appearance was that of the ideal ''Elite Goblin''. All the goblins that gathered around therger ''Elite Goblin'' had visible hints of avarice on their faces, as it looked like they were awaiting the entrance of something. That was when it happened! A loud cart with wooden bars was rolled in from outside the goblin vige. And inside that cart was a wide variety of... Humans! There were humans filling up the enterity of the inside of the cart. But that wasn''t all, as even more carts entered the vige with even more humans! It was unknown whether they were alive or not, as most of them were sitting up inside the crowded carts, while some of the less ''lively'' onesy down in tattered clothes. Barely hanging on to life... If any of them were still alive, that is ..... "... These are some disgusting creatures, alright." Azmond spoke such words with a tinge of disgust in his voice. His face was anything but pretty right now, as he began to smell something putrid enter his nose. "Is that the smell of burning meat?" He scanned the area but couldn''t find the source of such a malodorous smell, no matter how long he searched. That was until a particr group of goblins made their way out of one of the small stone huts And with them was arge pile of unknown meat. Meat that didn''t quite seem like the meat from any animal he knew of. There was something different about it, so he took it upon himself to take a closer look, and what he saw left him disgusted. Therge pile of meat was situated on top of a smaller cart than the onesing in, but it was still big enough to put over 2000 pounds of meat on it. And inside that pile of meat was a little more than just meat Chapter 121: Crimson Death He took a closer look and saw human hairs and dismembered fingers and legs hidden beneath the veneer, which was an exorbitant amount of- -Human meat!! Human meat here, human meat there, entrails and organs scattered about! There was nothing but thousands upon thousand of pounds of pure unadulterated human insides and outsides The entire cart was only the dinner te for these sick goblins as they waited with voracious looks on their small, hideous faces. They gathered around therge bonfire in profuse amounts while seemingly expecting amand from therger ''Elite Goblin''. Andmand they got as the ''Elite Goblin''s'' nasty, screechy voice resounded out, "EEeeKkk!!!" It sounded like nothing but iprehensible gibberish for Azmond, but for the goblins, it was their go-ahead. They swarmed out in droves and started to devour all the meat on the medium-sized cart. Even the goblins who were leading the cartsing into the vige were no exception, as they darted over to the source of the stench withsciviously disgusting grins on their faces. These ones had even nastier expression than the ones that came before them! And that was most likely because they were aiming for something else than therge pile of human body parts A particrlyrge stoney adjacent to the pile of human meat, and inside this hut were a vast number of human women Every single one of the women inside the hut looked like nothing more than huskless corpsescorpses who looked like they had nothing left to live for. It didn''t take a genius to understand what the goals of these goblins were when they approached this stone hut. They were after a different type of pleasure than the one that consuming meat could provide "..." Azmond''s face darkened considerably when he saw therge quantity of goblins bombarding therger stone hut. An aura unlike that of when he''s around Crystalline began to materialize with him at the center. The aura grew at absurd speeds as a deep crimson/ck aura suffocated the very atmosphere the goblins needed to breathe. Simultaneously, and all at once, every single one of the goblins below noticed the menacing aura as soon as it was released. And their reaction was theplete opposite of anything you''d expect from monsters Without exception, a deep and unknown fear crept up on every single one of their ugly faces. It was a fear that told them they would die And they would. The release of Azmond''s aura was followed up by the lifting of his free hand before he began to summon something It was something that left the goblins in a state of absolute terror, as they saw arge eastern-style pitch ck sword around 9 feet long appear in his palm. Such an action was followed by him grasping the kantana with the entirety of his strength before pulling his arm back, as an aura began to permeate outwards from the menacing de. His deep, raspy voice sounded out soon after, as a face that looked like it came from the deepestyers of hell emerged on his face. He was pissed! The goblins saw that look on the unknown monster''s face and decided something for themselves. And, withoutmunicating with each other, every single disgusting goblin spread out and ran in an arbitrary direction. They had not a single bit of hesitation whening to such a decision. It was just their will to live that told them they needed to run... They really needed to run! As fast as they could and as far as they could! They couldn''t look back! Lest that monster see them So that is exactly what they didthey ran for their lives without turning back! "You disgusting piggies truly think that even a single one of you will be able to escape from me?" His voice came out like a calm summer breeze, with no emotions present in his stalwart figure. And as if his voice were the prelude to the calm before the storm The storm was announced! The dark, crimson aura gathering above his katana suddenly increased by a factor of 10 as the tip of the energy emission reached the clouds above! Everything within a ten-mile radius was immediately lit up like a dark red firework on the fourth of July! A firework that would spell the end for every single one of the goblins that had the gall to run away from him! The congregation of immense dark and crimson energies swiftly swirled around each, followed by a deep intertwinement that led to the two contrasting energies bing one. Such an almegation of death loomed over the lives of every goblin who couldn''t seem to get their stubby legs to move fast enough. The ''Elite Goblin'' had escaped the farthest distance away, but even his legs began to violently quiver when he saw the mass of crimson energies build up in the heavens! .... A man who resembled that of a fallen immortal and a beautiful woman with long brown hair clinging to said man were floating among the skies above. The two of them appeared to be in a state of tranquility. It is almost as if the certain death above was not caused by Azmond himself A death that was on the verge of falling. That was when the voice of the banished immortal echoed outit was a voice devoid of any semnce of emotion as he stared down at all the ant-like goblins running away. "Do you wish to know why you will be dying now, green piggies?" A fierce glint shed past his sapphire eyes. Although no response came back, he continued his eerie speech. "... If so, then I can answer your queries." His face darkened to such a degree that even his voice began to leak killing intent. "It''s because you disgust me!" Such an ice-cold promation was followed by the entirety of the giant crimson de being unleashed! |Infinite Strike Series| |Crimson Death| The name of such a devastating skill resounded throughout the vast forest below. Chapter 122: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Crimson Death Part 2 The goblins knew they were already dead The colossal mass of crimson ck energies surged up into the heavens before splitting up into thousands of smaller versions of itself! Thousands of smaller Crimson Deaths came crashing down from the clouds above as the entire sky lit up in a dazzling sh of crimson lights. Such a spectacle was akin to that of the end of the world! The end of the world, as they knew it, came for all the goblins Some of these goblins had lived for hundreds of years and made it this far with only a few inconsequential bumps along the way. However, even those antiquated goblins were on the verge of tears when their deaths looked them straight in the eye The abundant number of Crimson Deaths in the form of illusive swords fell through the heavens like targeting missiles, followed by them finding their targets and chasing them without respite! The first goblin kill was made as the leading Crimson Death struck it down like cutting a simple weed... A part of the forest was destroyed when the first Crimson Death made contact, but Azmond saw it as a necessary price to pay to rid the world of such pests. His indifferent expression red down at the ensuing destruction happening below, as he saw such an extermination as nothing more than a gift to humanity and even the very world itself. His deep, impassive voice soon followed, as it came out in a despondent tone. "I inputted as minimal amounts of energy as I could into that attack, but it still resulted in such damage to the topography" An exasperated sigh was heard as he looked at the destruction caused by the first Crimson Death making contact. At least a dozen trees were eviscerated in just one of many such Crimson Deaths toe. *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* However, his concentration was interrupted as a sudden voice sounded out, followed by an abrupt system screen popping up in front of him. "... Oh. I guess I had forgotten the entire reason I came here in the first ce, huh?" He was a little taken aback by such a notification popping up in front of him, but he had grown ustomed to such odd urrences as ofte. So he simply shrugged it off and took a good look at the system interface in front of him. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor] [upation(s): None] [Lifespan: 11/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Early] [Quantum Law Assimtion: 0.00002%] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Level 1] [Intent: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Source: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law Level 1] (hidden till unlocked) [Concept: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Dao: None] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Exp needed for next level: 300] [Total Exp: 100] [Level: 1] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[Defeat 3 Goblins 1/3]}] [Total Quest Completed: None] [Overall Quest Rating: None] [Quest Completion Bonus: None] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 0] [Dual Cultivation Rank: None] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: None] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: None] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: None] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== [Weapons: None] [Weapon Mastery: None] [Weapon Comprehension: None] [Weapon Laws: None] [Weapon Auras: None] [Level of Existential Weapons: None] [Bond Rate of current Growth Weapon: None] [All Growth Weapons: None] [All Existential Weapons: None] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Lady Killer: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Early Peak-Soul Transformation Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate.] [STR: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation] [DEF: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation] [Qi: Peak-Middle Soul Transformation.] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement)] ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] ==== Stupid Azmond! *Humph* You Big Meanie! ... "..." A wry smile formed on Azmond''s face when he noticed a new section added to his system interface. His voice came out with a small, twitching smile. "Hey Boundless" |Humph!| She already knew what her master was going toment on, so she struck preemptively! Her face snuggled even closer into his robe! She was so mad right now! She was so mad that she felt the need to get even closer to her Master! That was just how angry she was! "..." He was more than a little speechless at such shenanigans. A tired sigh soon followed as he gave up on that ''Remarks'' topic for now and instead focused his attention on the ''Exterior Cultivation'' and ''Quest'' tabs. The first thing he noticed was that his level under ''Exterior Cultivation'' had gone up by one! He was now officially a level 1 cultivator! Or something like that? Who cares! He just knew that he had gotten stronger after leveling up! It wasn''t by an insane amount, like when he breaks through, but it was enough that he could feel an augmentation happen with all his attributes. It seemed like leveling up would increase his stats with an all-around incremental boost. Something that he greatly appreciated. Another thing that caught his eye was the change in the ''Quest'' segment. It appeared that his ''Active Quest'' progress had increased from nothing to . It looked like finding the nearest goblin vige was the right decision. Although it might seem like a lengthy period of time has passed since he began eradicating the goblins, in reality, not even a few milliseconds have passed in real time. The vast number of Crimson Deaths are still honing in on their targets as we speak! Azmond wanted to see what would change in the interface once he hadpletely eradicated all the disgusting goblins in this vige. Chapter 123: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Leveling Up! So he came back to reality and let time resume itself outside of his thoughts. Everything around him appeared to speed up as the rest of the Crimson Deaths swarmed down from the Heavens! A crimson death Maelstrom fell to the earth below, like it wanted to cause the end of everything. And it sure as hell did just that; at least that was the case for the goblins, who had already had their souls marked for the afterlife. Goblin shriek after Goblin shriek soon followed as Goblin after Goblin was erased off the face of the Earth! *Ding* *You have leveled up!* *Ding* Notification pop-ups rang out in his ears, as he didn''t see them ending anytime soon ..... A few minutester The notifications had slowed down considerably a couple minutes ago, but that didn''t mean he wasn''t still leveling up at absurd speeds. He had counted at least a few dozen level-ups since they began spamming him! It was an unbelievable concept to level up dozens of times just from mobs like goblins! Although Azmond attributed some of those level ups to the ''Elite Goblin'' who had died just recently, he seemed to acquire quite a sum of exp from killing such a ''Boss''. He became more than a little addicted to hearing the sounds of the level-up notifications informing him that he had gotten stronger! And it wasn''t by a minute amount either... He took another look at his System Interface, and what he saw left him bewildered. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor] [upation(s): None] [Lifespan: 11/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Early] [Quantum Law Assimtion: 0.00003%] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Level 1] [Intent: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Source: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law Level 1] (hidden till unlocked) [Concept: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Dao: None] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Exp needed for next level: 15000] [Total Exp: 115000] [Level: 26] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[Defeat 3 Goblins 1150/3]}] [Total Quest Completed: 1] [Overall Quest Rating: S] [Quest Completion Bonus: S] [Overachiever Bonus: S] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 0] [Dual Cultivation Rank: None] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: None] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: None] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: None] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== [Weapons: None] [Weapon Mastery: None] [Weapon Comprehension: None] [Weapon Laws: None] [Weapon Auras: None] [Level of Existential Weapons: None] [Bond Rate of current Growth Weapon: None] [All Growth Weapons: None] [All Existential Weapons: None] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Lady Killer: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Well into the Peak-Soul Transformation Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate.] [STR: Initial-Late Soul Transformation] [DEF: Initial-Late Soul Transformation] [Qi: Initial-Late Soul Transformation.] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement) (Getting Better] ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] ==== Stupid Azmond! *Humph* Big Meanie! I like the Cuddles Azmond''s attention was immediately attracted to the ''Remarks'' section, as he saw yet another cutement from his Boundless. His eyes took on a lighter shade when he saw the flustered look on Boundless''s pretty face as she snuggled up even deeper into him. Her lewd body, in all its glory, was glued to his body like she never wanted to leave. Those two perky bunnies of hers almost threw him off his game, but he swiftly refocused as he put aside the matter of this mischievous Boundless for now He scanned the rest of his System Interface and noticed that his ''Quantum Law Assimtion Rate'' had increased by 0.00002%. It was now sitting at a 0.00003% Assimtion Rate. Such an increase put a small smile on his face as he felt the deeper level of space coursing throughout his existence. He clenched and unclenched his hands as thew of space multiplied his strength by an absurd degree! It looked like his Quantum Law Assimtion Rate could go up as long as he was constantly leveling up. Not that he was nning on goingx on his new leveling addiction to begin with. The feeling of leveling up was already an irrevocable drug for him. A drug that he could never hope to escape the taste of. Now that we are on the topic of levels His level had increased from 1 26! He couldn''t believe his eyes when he realized just how many levels he had gone up in one grinding session! And that wasn''t everything, as his stats and overallbat power had improved tremendously! His Strength and Defense stats were now at the Initial-Late Soul Transformation Realm (He didn''t want to mention the Int stat) He gave Boundless a slight re of ire for that before returning his focus back to his interface. Such a re caused a slight tingling sensation to course throughout her lusty body, a sensation that resulted in a sweet-smelling liquid beginning to leak from her honey cave. After which, she rubbed her thighs together before returning to her own deluded fantasies... .... "It looks like my overallbat power has changed from Early Peak Soul Transformation Realm to ''Well into the Peak Soul Transformation Realm''." His slightly excited voice was followed up by him bing even more ustomed to his newfound strength. He didn''t need the system to articte just how much stronger he had gotten, as he could feel it himself! His strength was at least a dozen times greater than before! Chapter 124: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Leveling Up! Part 2 Even though he wasn''t able to break into the Half-Step Void Refining Realm in terms ofbat power, he was still so much stronger than he was. That just went to show the insurmountable distance thaty between each minor realm as you traveled further on the path of cultivation! They were absurdly wide chasms that he seemed to cross as easily as breathing He was an anomaly of the highest caliberan oddity that would etch his mark in the halls of existence. ..... Azmond proceeded to look at the ''Quest'' tab after getting a good feel for his strength. However, something was off with the ''Quest'' tab... The ''Active Quest'' that required him to defeat 3 Goblins overflowed by around 500 to 1! "What the hell is this?" He asked with a puzzled expression. He had never seen such a scenario in any of the games he had read about in his past life. How could a quest go over the prerequisites needed toplete it? He pondered the matter for a bit before the most logical conclusion came to him. ''It must just be a unique feature of my Boundless System. And it must rte to the ''Quest Bonus'' sections.'' He figured that was most likely the case and decided not to ask Boundless what such an oddity implied. After all, he was desperately trying to escape the ''Meh'' rating that never changed in his ''Int'' stat Azmond''s mouth twitched a little before returning to his usual indifference. "I wonder what that bonus will be? It must be something quite spectacr for me to get an S rating on all the ''Bonus'' sections." His raspy voice was followed by a deep sense of expectation as he waited for something to change within his system interface. And change it did, as Azmond was flooded with more notifications! *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding..!* The notifications came in droves as level-ups rang out once again. Azmond took a look at his gold-outlined System Interface and analyzed the alterations. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor] [upation(s): None] [Lifespan: 11/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Early] [Quantum Law Assimtion: 0.00005%] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Level 1] [Intent: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Source: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law Level 1] (hidden till unlocked) [Concept: None] (hidden till unlocked) [Dao: None] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Exp needed for next level: 50000] [Total Exp: 245000] [Level: 33] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[No Active Quests.]} [Total Quest Completed: 1] [Overall Quest Rating: None] [Quest Completion Bonus: None] [Overachiever Bonus: None] [Bonuses received: 1] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 0] [Dual Cultivation Rank: None] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: None] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: None] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: None] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== [Weapons: None] [Weapon Mastery: None] [Weapon Comprehension: None] [Weapon Laws: None] [Weapon Auras: None] [Level of Existential Weapons: None] [Bond Rate of current Growth Weapon: None] [All Growth Weapons: None] [All Existential Weapons: None] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Lady Killer: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Nearing the Peak-Soul Transformation Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate.] [STR: Well into the Initial-Late Soul Transformation] [DEF: Well into the Initial-Late Soul Transformation] [Qi: Well into the Initial-Late Soul Transformation.] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement) (Getting Better!] ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] ==== Stupid Azmond! *Humph* Big Meanie! I like the Cuddles .... "This is something else alright" He was left pleasantly surprised at the new and improved changes in his System Interface. He took one good scan over his system interface and saw that his level had gone up by 6! He gained six levels just frompleting a quest with extra splendor! It was more than a pleasant surprise for Azmond, as a slight feeling of tion began to build up inside him! His eyes were looking to the futurea future where he could fight even more monsters and gain even more such augmentations to his strength! "It seems there are more boons to gain than meets the eye when ites to my Boundless System." A look of appreciation soon emerged on his indecipherable face. Such an emotion was directed toward the brown haired beautytched to him. He was bing even more and more fond of the docile beauty by the second. Kind words followed such a gentle gaze as hisrge right hand began to tenderly caress the unsuspecting beauty. "Thank you, Boundless." His words came out like sweet honey for her. Her face quickly took on a deeper shade of red as her grip on his robe tightened. "Y-You wee.." Her softened voice flowed out in a softened murmur as she didn''t seem to be able to formte the words properly. Her small button nose ruffled up against his chest as she retreated back into his scent. "..." Azmond didn''t know when thest time he had seen such an adorable woman was. His Little Ice Flower was, of course, the cutest thing on the face of the! But this girl was in a league of her own when it came to the cuteness factor. Crystalline was more withdrawn and refined, while Boundless had a personality that just gave you the irresistible urge to coddle her all day long. They were both very unique women with their own cute traits. Traits that he never missed with his keen eyes. Chapter 125: More Exploration It was almost like he was building up his own portfolio of the two women inside his head. A portfolio that jotted down every lovable thing about both of them. And he wasn''t one to discriminate, for even their angry, sad, and frustrated quirks were in his ''portfolio'', as they inadvertently became irreceable women in his life. However, he was abruptly taken out of his reverie as the curious voice of Boundless sounded out. That cute, lovable, and curious woman who he had be more and more fond of as time passed |Where are we going next, Azmond?| She asked with glowing eyes. An imperceptible sheen almost made itself seen, as it appeared that she was... enjoying herself? It looked like she had quite an adventurous heart herself. Those dazzling brown eyes were filled with a deep sense of anticipation for the journey ahead. A journey that she didn''t realize she so badly wanted to be a part of until now. Azmond acutely observed the familiar look in her eyes as an equally adventurous feeling began to fester inside him. His voice came out in a deep, raspy tone as his gaze traveled out into the distance, looking for his next pitstop on his way of experimentation. "We will head further east." He still had some unfinished business he needed to settle with a certain goblin kingdom, after all. His mind was somewhere else entirely as hepletely overlooked the barren and dpidatedndscape that surrounded the two of them There were craters and deep, singed pits in every direction surrounding the goblin vige. The entire immediate vicinity looked like a war-tornndscape, victim to a terrible cataclysmic catastrophe. The heat emanating from the elements of such destruction was still present in the seemingly perennial crimson fire thaty spread out across the various chasms. Despite the destruction he caused, Azmond was prepared to venture off to the east despite what he had to this piece of Asterion. Or at least, he was... That was until he recalled all the locked-up humans "Oh" He felt like a total blockhead for forgetting such a thing. His indifferent gaze traveled to the various assortments of humans inrge wooden carts. His scrutinizing gaze also made its way to the lifeless women in the grander stone hut. A thoughtful expression emerged on his face as he thoroughly analyzed everything around him. And what he saw left in a state of contemtion ''... The women at thest encampment I saw like this one were in a simr predicament, and I resolved my nerves enough to put them out of their misery. Should I do the same this time as well?'' One could infer his conflicted thoughts from his facial expression as he brooded over a sensitive topic. It wasn''t like he was a monster that enjoyed killing women under the pretense that they came out of a bad situation. They were in such a terrible state that they would have died within the next day or two, and no degree of healing could fix what ''ailed'' them He didn''t like what he did thest time he came across such a situation, but he didn''t have many other options. Those women were in a far more distraught state than the ones here. It seemed like this vige was a rtively newer oneone far younger in terms of nefarious deeds than the one he came across on his way to the giant waterfall. These women might still have a chance to turn their lives around... An exasperated sigh soon followed as Azmond descended from the high skies above before making his way to the wooden carts. Such an action was effectively followed up by a swift slicing motion, as the wooden carts were dissected into thousands of smaller pieces. Without even giving the previously encaged humans time to react, his elusive figure had already phased to the entrance of therge hut. He swiftly entered the hut before bearing witness to the gloomy aura inside... |They truly are such pitiful souls| Boundless''s sympathetic voice made its way into the ears of Azmond. "Hmm...?" He began to notice that something was up. Another peculiar observation was that none of the women who sensed Azmond''s sudden unfamiliar presence appeared oblivious to the striking bountiful brown-haired goddess apanying him. Azmond, who immediately noticed such an urrence, briefly made his concerns known. "Can they not see or hear you, Boundless?" |No. Only you, my master, is allowed to be made aware of my presence.| Her response was instantaneous, as she locked eyes with him for a split second before returning her face to its rightful spot. "I see." Azmond did not feel the need to dwell over such a topic as he refocused his attention on the womenwomen who were left in a trance when they saw his appearance. Boundless noticed a disturbance in the force and turned her face toward the source. Her eyebrows began to twitch as a creepy smile formed on her usually joyful face, and a chilling voice soon followed. |It looks like these women are enamored by your looks, Azmond. I wonder what you will do about this?| Her seemingly innocent words were anything but, as an unfamiliar killing intent began to leak from her. A wry smile materialized on Azmond''s face as he found himself in quite the conundrum He could feel the women''s emotions from miles away, as they were practically spilling out of them Azmond caught a glimpse of puddles of an unknown liquid beginning to form underneath a few of the women. However, he didn''t have time to further scrutinize such a view, as the menacing aura leaking out of Boundless only intensified! Veins were popping up all over her perfectly sculpted face as a deep-rooted re filled to the brim with animosity honed in on the clueless women. A shiver simteneously went down all of their spines as they were subsequently snapped out of their stupor. They looked around with puzzled faces, trying to find the cause of the chills they felt. However, even after a few seconds of searching, they found nothing out of the ordinary. So, their gazes quickly returned to the divine man. A man who appeared in their lives like the most radiant of stars! Chapter 126: Obsession... They quickly got lost in his eyes once again, but before they fully went out of it, Azmond made his move and knocked out all the women present with one clean tap on the back of their necks. His figure shed around therge tent at a speed not able to be perceived by the human eyehis actions were quick and precise, as he missed not a single one of the women. And that was quite the feat, as there were dozens of women of various ethnicities and ages falling to the surface floor one after the other! Normally they would hit the ground, followed by loud thuds, but before they could fully hit the hard rock and dirt-covered ground, Azmond''s elegant figure phased once more as he softened their falls before moving on to the next group of women. All of this urred in the blink of an eye After a few milliseconds, all the women he ''assisted''y unconscious as Azmond walked up to each one of them before they disappeared from their spots. He had transported them into his storage ring for easier transportation. He didn''t want the hassle of them bing dazed every time they looked at him, so he figured this was the most efficient course of action. "..." |Humph!| Boundless wanted to be mad over Azmond touching a bunch of random bit*hes! ... But held off for now. Although these women were a needle in her eye! She knew they had juste out of a terrible situation that she wouldn''t wish upon the worst of her enemies So she let it slide this time. Azmond immediately noticed the attenuated effect of her hate and knew he had made the right decision. He didn''t want to imagine the hell that would''ve been incurred should he have left them conscious Goosebumps traveled down his back when imagining such a precarious scenario. He turned his gaze away from therge tent as he began to walk outside before making his way over to the stragglers, who were far better off than the women. He scrutinized their injuries in an instant and surmised that they could make it out of here themselves. The badly injured ones had a degree of injury that could be easily healed with a unique application he found out he could use with the healing Qi quality that came along with ''Boundless Restoration''. There was a certain element of Qi that he had inadvertently acquired when testing out the effectiveness of ''Boundless Restoration''. Of course he ''tested'' it out by dismembering his body Nevertheless, the result of such barbaric acts was theprehension and usage of a new from of Qi he dubbed ''Healing Qi''. And the spell he made from such a new type of Qi was nothing ''fancy'', just a simple healing spell he named ''Minor Heal''. Although not a single feature of that skill could be considered ''Minor''. He used such a skill while gliding across the air, making circles around the wooden carts. Bright, dazzling green Qi exploded outward as the humans within the carts swiftly recovered from all their ailments! Even injuries that had beenying dormant within their bodies for decades were resolved as easily as a swipe of the hand from a man whom they revered as nothing short of a god. After expending a negligible amount of Qi on healing themon folk, he turned his indifferent gaze toward them and began to speak. "You may all go on your way now. I have exterminated all goblins within the vicinity and left you all with a minute amount of my Qi as an extra safety precaution measure. Your easygoing journey back to whenst you came should be smooth sailing." His voice came out in an earnest tone as he pointed at a dark, crimson glow that began to emit from the area around their chests. "That is your golden ticket out of here, so make sure not to waste it. It will notst forever either." His impassive voice echoed out before his stalwart figure faded into the distance. Forever disappearing from the sight of all those present below. The previously stunned prisoners gradually came out of the stupor they didn''t realize they were in! ... But only after Azmond had disappeared from his previous position. It seemed like his looks could be counted as a form of power all on their own That was when the former prisoners started to sweat bullets when they realized the unforgivable error they made. All themon folk began to internally freak out when they registered the fact that they had been implotite with their savior They hurriedly copsed their bodies before bowing in reverence for the god who had saved their lives. Following such an action was a loud, boisterous shout as every single one of them, without exception, yelled out. "Thank You For Saving Our Lives, Lord!!!!!" Their heads hit the ground with a loud bang as a deep sense of veneration filled every inch of their beings. .... Such a loud exmation was heard even by Azmond, who was already thousands of meters away. "Such a bunch of busybodies" Despite what he said, a small, imperceptible smile made its way up his chiseled features. ''Who was really the busybody here??? Going through all that unnecessary trouble for a random group of people. Don''t you think you''re the busybody?'' An incredulous look emerged on Boundless''s pretty face as she couldn''t understand his actions. Why go through so much trouble for people you don''t know? However, in spite of such thoughts, the love festering inside her heart only seemed to grow exponentially... A smidgen of the unknown began to materialize inside her kind brown eyes. It looked like she was also someone who was not true to her own feelings And there it was! Yet another one had fallen to the clutches of Azmond Every single woman he encountered seemed to acquire a certain ''quality'' upon being exposed to him for long enough. "..." Boundless''s pools of brown started to swirl around, as a slightly distorted smile overtook her features. Obsession. A deep-rooted obsession Chapter 127: First Quest! A few hours have passed since Azmond and Boundless set off on their journey to the east. So far, they have found! Dun dun dun dun! Absolutely nothing "Where are the rest of these monster hideouts?" He asked with a puzzled expression. They have already been searching for around 3 hours now, and yet they found nothing of interest that could have the chance of leveling him up. All he wanted to do was level up with the ''help'' of his extremely ''benevolent'' monster ''friends''. But none of them appeared to want toe out of hiding *Ding!* *New Quest Avable!* He was deep in his thoughts until a notification sound rang out in his ears. "Hmm" He was a little taken aback by the abrupt notification, but he quickly regained his bearings before directing a question toward his brown haired beauty. "Do you have any control over when these quests are sent out to me, Boundless?" His kind voice resounded out with a small smile stered on his face. |Mhmu?| She, however, appeared to be in her own little world. "..." It took her a few seconds to regain rity before she gathered up the voice to answer his question. |I don''t have any leeway over when the quests appear or not. It''s an automated function that follows its own set of irrevocable rules.| She said it in one brief breath before returning to her nap on Azmond''s chest. A peaceful and content look overtook her pretty features as she snuggled her cute nose in his long, white robe. "..." He let out an exasperated sigh after observing the clearly lethargic attitude of hispanion. At least he got the answer to his queries, so it''s not like everything was so bad His attention was soon diverted to the pop-up screen thaty suspended in front of his face. ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Exp needed for next level: 50000] [Total Exp: 245000] [Level: 33] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[Eradicate the kobold vige (Rank: H) - 0/1.]} [Total Quest Completed: 1] [Overall Quest Rating: None] [Quest Completion Bonus: None] [Overachiever Bonus: None] [Bonuses received: 1] .... He only paid attention to the ''Exterior Cultivation'' and ''Quest'' tabs. The other sections were left out for now. He analyzed the new details of his system interface and observed a little portion that wasn''t there before. That part being the ''Rank'' segment thaty right next to his ''Active Quest'' tab. It was an interesting subject that he felt the need to get Boundless to borate on, but ultimately held off when he recalled the ''Int stat'' he received as an ''assessment'' His face hardened in transitory motion before he looked into the distance and scanned the area with his divine sense. .... Azmond''s divine sense total radius had grown exponentially since his breakthrough into the Early Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm. The radius he now possessed with his Divine sense was over 10km! Such a number was at least 100 times that of a normal Foundation Establishment Cultivators Divine Sense! After all, increasing the size of your divine sense was not as easy as one would normally assume. It usually required a great deal of arduous effort to expand beyond the augmentation you get when breaking through a new minor stage or Great Realm. There was also the option of using external methods to increase the size of your divine sense, just like the herbs you could use to increase the size of your Qi Cyclones. But all of such herbs were extremely rare in the world of Asterion. Only the most affluent of families were able to afford such expenditures without batting an eye. Themon folk, on the other hand, have to go to great lengths just to acquire a single piece of an herb that could assist them in their cultivation. Not everyone was as talented or as freakish as Azmond was... He was able to increase his Divine Sense to 100 times the average realm size because of his unique ''Quantum Realm'' qualities. It seemed like thew of space that was integrated into the ''Quantum Law'' had a special effect on the ''sizes'' of every aspect of his existence. His total Qi storage, Dantian space, and Qi Cyclones all had a certain major increase to their max size limits because of the ''Quantum Law.'' It''s an extremely peculiar phenomenon that he didn''t even fully understand himself. And now that we are on the subject of Qi cyclones, there was a unique urrence that happened within his Dantian space after breaking through to the Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm Something that allowed his Qi reserves to multiply exponentially! The previous 15000 Qi Cyclones, all 2000 meters in diameter, were now sitting at a massive 20000 meters in diameter! But that wasn''t even the most eye-catching thing about his Qi Cyclones It was that the murky, opaque purplish color that his Qi Cyclones were before had now transformed into a far clearer and more translucent shade of purple. They appeared almost iridescent as they reflected off each other in dazzling fashion! However, they weren''t the only things that went through a qualitative change, as his Dantian was now over 100,000 meters in diameter! It also went through a color change like his Qi Cyclones, as it was now a far more radiant shade of red! And if one scrutinized the view close enough, then they would be able to catch a glimpse of faint, untraceable lines that made their way down the entirety of the giant ball of meslines that appeared almost archaic and unknown to any known civilization The figure of a tall, handsome man, with a brown-haired beautytched to him like a ko, was the most dazzling view within a ten-thousand-mile radius Said couple were flying at meteoric speeds toward a distant assortment of thatch houses thaty scattered atop arge mountain top You heard that right! Azmond could now flynot just hover or levitate at extreme speeds, but unquestionably soar through the air! Chapter 128: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Leveling Frenzy! That wasn''t even the end of it, as his speed when ''flying'' through the air multiplied at least 10 fold whenpared to the speed he was capable of traveling at with his unique applications of ''Sonic speed levitation'' (That''s what he called the way he was ''flying'' prior to this). .... The fallen immortal-like man quickly made his way over the mountain as he stopped a few thousand meters above the Kobold encampment. His eyes scanned through the entire Kobold encampment and he witnessed an eerily simr situation to thest goblin vige he ''cleaned up''. There were various creatures with scruffy brown fur, big upright pointy ears, and demeanted looking faces walking around the Kobold encampment. They would be categorized as rtively cute creatures if not for those cruel grins stered on their faces and... The human blood that stained their unkempt fur... A contemtive look emerged on Azmond''s expression as he continued to observe the Kobolds walk around the encampment, seemingly all headed in the same directionarge tent was their end pointa tent that was more than just a little simr to the one Azmond took those women out of in the Goblin vige. (Women he had not yet figured out what to do with). |The system will not implicate the innocent unless absolutely necessary. You will not receive a quest unless the targets of said quest truly deserve what they haveing to them.| He could infer that much himself even without Boundless, but he appreciated her reassurance nheless. He didn''t mind killing whatever needed to be killed for him to be stronger, but there would always be an unpinpointable line that he would never cross. That line being the border that differentiates him from beingbeled a power-hungry man and that of a psychopathic mass murderer who killed for fun He would never allow himself to be someone like that for as long as his unwavering will remained unshakeable! The thought of bing something akin to a mindless murderer and going on a killing frenzy was not what scared him. It was the haunting scenario where he couldn''t control himself when killing... What if Crystalline or Boundless were there when he went on such a rampage? How would they look at him when they saw the monster hunter be the monster himself...? His face darkened considerably before he snapped out of it and gazed down at his next targetsthe unsuspecting Kobolds who were preparing to group r**e a bunch of women inside therge tent. He focused his icy indifference on these disgusting creatures as he phased from his spot and zipped throughout the encampment at speeds surpassing 20 times the speed of sound! Every Kobold within the encampment didn''t even know what hit them, as the lively Kobolds fell victim to an untraceable attack. ** BOOooOOOM ** x20 Following such an abrupt action, the sound of ring sonic booms went off as his speed caught up to him. Half of the sizable, 5-mile-wide Kobold encampment became nothing more than a heap of tattered clothes and shattered sticks! The entire ce of cardinal sin was efficiently and effectively ''cleaned up'' with one simple movement by Azmond. Not a single soul was left standing after such a disasternot even the 9 foot-tall Kobold Leader that stood imposingly prior to his arrivalnot even such an ''Elite Monster'' was left with his head still on his shoulders. "..." Azmond, with his stolid demeanor, scrutinized his handiwork before a slight sense of aplishment welled up within him. Although his emotionless face would never indicate such a thing, it was still there nheless. His actions were followed up by a series of notifications hitting him all at once. *Ding!* *Quest Completed with Excellence!* *Ding!* *Experience +200* *Ding!* *Experience +800* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!- Exper-* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!-* The notifications kept bombarding him as a noticeably pleased look formed on his face. There was nothing that pleased his ears more than the sound of leveling upthat and the ''sounds'' Crystalline produced during their ''night time fun''... The notifications eventually came to a stop, followed by him taking a look at his System Interface. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 11/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Early] [Quantum Law Assimtion: 0.00011%] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Level 1] [???] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law Level 1] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Exp needed for next level: 200000] [Total Exp: 765000] [Level: 41] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[Eradicate the kobold vige (Rank: H) - 1/1 - Completed).]} [Total Quest Completed: 2] [Overall Quest Rating: S] [Quest Completion Bonus: S] [Overachiever Bonus: S] [Bonuses received: 2] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 0] [Dual Cultivation Rank: None] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: None] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: None] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: None] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Lady Killer: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Well into the Peak-Soul Transformation Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate.] [STR: Half Step into the Early-Late Soul Transformation Realm] [DEF: Half Step into the Early-Late Soul Transformation Realm] [Qi: Half Step into the Early-Late Soul Transformation Realm] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement) (Getting Better!] ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==== Stupid Azmond! *Humph* Stop moving around so much It makes me feel weird Chapter 129: Leveling Frenzy! Part 2 Azmond conveniently ignored the ''System Remarks'' and instead focused his attention on his newbat power and level. The first, and most dopamine inducing segment of this entire experience was the fact that His level had increased from 33 41! It was quite a bit more than he expected to get from such weak creatures, but he simply assumed that these ''Kobolds'' were of a significantly higher level than the ''Goblins'' he encountered before. There was also a difference in his ''Active Quest'', which was the fact that his objective was to eradicate an entire ''Kobold Vige'' instead of the previous ''hunt 3 goblins'' he received as his first quest. All of the aforementioned points led to him gaining nearly 3 times the amount of EXP he received from his first Quest! His eyes darted over to the ''Combat Power'' section after gaining a better familiarity with how the ''Quest'' features appeared to function. This was the part of his System Interface that garnered his utmost attention. After all, there was nothing more pleasurable for him than gaining even more power! His ''Overall Combat Power'' directly leaped from ''Nearing the Peak Soul Transformation Realm'' to ''Well into the Peak Soul Transformation Realm''. Such an improvement had to have been more than his basic stats could provide, so he naturally assumed that it had to do with his ''Quantum Law Assimtion Rate''. "It looks like the strength boost I gain from the ''Quantum Law Assimtion Rate'' will stay my biggest attribute increases for the time being." An indifferent voice echoed out as Azmond clenched and unclenched his fistseven the very space itself seemed to warp around his hands. Such a result put a small smile on his face before he looked at his docile brown-haired beauty with a deep sense of gratitude emanating from his very being. He couldn''t express in mere words how appreciative he was of Boundless for helping him gain even greater power at a rate his past self couldn''t hope to match. |...| She could feel the intense fluctuations in his emotions from miles away. Such a deration of affection practically had her wet againher smooth, sulent thighs began to rub against each other once again. "..." Azmond obviously noticed such a sensual sight, as his eyes almost made another round across her unholy slopes. ''Remember your Ice Flower Do not fall for such temptation!'' Azmond ignored such a clear overreaction, as his thoughts almost leaked out for a second there. His chants continued to resound inside his head as his body turned in the direction of the only hut thaty without a single piece of damage visible on its exterior. Following such an observation, his stalwart figure began to approach therge, run-down tent. What he witnessed when he entered inside was a sight analogous to what he saw at the goblin vige. The women were all synonymous with lifeless husks, as their clothes were in tatters and their bodies bruised. They had clearly been through immense amounts of Physical and Mental abuse He didn''t give the women the time to gaze at his figure this time, lest the same scenario that happenedst time ur againhis figure shed around the tent at speeds significantly faster than what he disyed at the goblin vigeas he knocked all the women out cold before transporting them into his handy, dandy storage ring! Boundless was left more than a little speechless at his direct and ruthless actions. Her adorable dominant-brown features took on an incredulous shine as she tilted her head up to her master''s face. ''Was this man building up an insanely rare ''Pokemon Collection''? Why does he knock them out before absorbing them into his ''Pokeball''? He would be a terrible ''Pokemon Trainer''!'' Her unorthodox thoughts swirled around inside that pretty head of hers as she used terms that were not of this world! .... Azmond had alreadypleted the ''Eradicate and Extract mission'' so his goals were all but finished here. His gaze looked off into the vast horizons beyond as a sudden notification made itself known once again. *New Quest Discovered!* *Eradicate Goblin Vige!* *ept or Decline.* Two buttons, one blue and one red, appeared in front of his face before a wry smile crept up his facial features. His exasperated voice followed not long after. "Here we go again..." His deep, raspy words echoed throughout the vast barren mountain tops before his figure disappeared into the distance. A deep, whistling sound echoed throughout the Great Wilnds Forest as a tall, god-like figure danced among a crowd ofrge green creatures with big, ugly faces. It may look like he was ''dancing'' or doing something simr along those lines; however, in reality, the result of such ''dancing'' was nothing short of a cascading bloodbath. The figure elegantly and efficiently made his way through the group of colossal monsters as his pitch-ck katanapletely cleaved in twoevery monster it made contact with. Dark green blood sttered all over the ce as the monsters were dismembered, one sword strike at a time! That was when the voice of the one causing so much mayhem began to sound. "These Trolls are definitely stronger than both the Kobolds and Goblins, but" His tone decreased by a few dozen degrees as his de made its way through yet another giant Troll. "They are still weak." No emotions were present in the words that leaked from his mouth. His de resumed its sessive strikes as the Trolls fell one by onewithout the time to even react to such precise strikes. When they ultimately realized that some unknown being was grazing through their forces like mere weeds, the biggest of them let out a loud, grotesque roar! All of the Trolls immediately understood what was happening when such a sound was produced from their leaderthey got into formation and began huddling around one another while the ones at the forefront of the crowd had an untraceable, discerning sh go through theirrge, beady eyes. Chapter 130: Leveling Frenzy! Part 3 Such an unnoticeable oddity went unnoticed by all the grouped together Trolls, but by some unknown instinct, they were able to immediately tell that the ''casting'' hadmenced. It seemed like a small minority of them were capable of using a type of discernment technique. Using such a technique swiftly allowed them to find the intruder in the dimly lit, constricted area they were in. ... Azmond had another quest pop up a few minutes ago that informed him of the existence of a ''Troll Lair'' nearby. And, since he was still on his level grinding journey, he took the lead and followed it like a hound. The lead (and his Divine Sense) led him directly toward arge, expansive cavern that had a multitude of tunnel ways extending throughout its interior. Subsequently, entering the cavern, followed by a few dozen Troll decapitations, led him to the present He had heard that Trolls were supposed to be some of the more resilient monsters from fantasy books in his past life; however, reality often disappointed. "..." ** Swish! ** ** Argghhh!!! ** They were nothing more thanrger goblins in the eyes of Azmond, alive one second and dead the next. Little did he know that the Troll race was indeed capable of regenerating at insane speeds if not disposed of fast enough. But what use is extreme regeneration if you were dead before it kicked in? Speaking of extreme regeneration, he had honed hisprehension of his ''Boundless Restoration'' skill and managed to officially get it to level 1! Although he only aplished such a feat after acquiring the help of a Troll he captured before enacting his mass extermination fest! The Troll that ''helped'' him was arger troll, around 50 feet, that he found wandering around outside the cavern. After he got done ''using'' it, it said it was the ''General'' or some garbage when on death''s door. But he could care less if you were some ''General'' or whatever, so he left that Troll without a head... ..... Blood flowed like the red Nial Sea, as the only scent that could be smelled within many miles was the overbearing stench of iron that pervaded the air. And the source of the malodorous smell making itself known to the world was none other than the deep cavern Azmond was currently conducting a dance of death inside of. His long, 6 foot, slick ck katana made its way into all the Trolls that crossed his path asrge, green monsters over 20 feet tall never stopped falling to the hard ground surface in more pieces than could be counted. *Ding!* *Experience +4000* *Ding!* *Experience +5000* *Ding!* *You Have Leveled Up!* *Ding!* *Experience +8000* *Ding!- Yo-* The constant ringing of the notifications from his Boundless System never stopped going off as his endless mowing down session of the massive trolls ensued. The tion coursing through his veins upon hearing the sound of the System essentially telling him he had gotten stronger would never get old for him. Boundless had repeatedly informed him that he could mute the notification pop-ups, but he immediately returned such ludicrousy with an incredulous stare. ording to her, his words were something along the lines of, ''Are you damn well crazy?!? Why would I turn off such Heavenly Music?!?'' .... The helpless girl in questiony outside therge cavern, sunbathing on a beach chair that Azmond materialized for her upon her request. Her sweaty, milky white breasts with their perky tips were covered up by a dastardly cover-up technique! Known as a swimming suit Such bundles of jiggly joy were concealed from the world by those two thin pieces of cloth! However, that didn''t stop the sweat being produced by her body from sliding down all those lusty, glistening slopes of hers. A sexy sight was an understatement for the scrupulous-looking figure that the brown-haired beauty possessed! If you looked close enough and at the right angle, you could bear witness to the sensational sight of the sweat sliding down her two perky bunniesbounce off her mountain tops andnd near her honey cave of wonders. There was no telling if Azmond could hold himself back if he were here right now, viewing such an indescribable sight Her light, blue bra, and panties in the form of a swimming suit were the only things preventing a blessing from being born in the world of Asterion. Meanwhile, in the dimly lit cavern, hundreds of feet below the ground surface,. **Swoosh** **Splurt! ** The sound of blood flying andrge body parts falling off humongous creatures echoed out across the deep cavern passageways. *Ding!* *Experience +20000* *Ding!* *Experience +40000* Azmond wed his way through every single one of the Trolls in elegant fashion as he finally approached thergest Troll. The ones that were recently cut down appeared to be the Royal Guards or something of the sort, while this one A colossal monster over 60 feet tall with arge, grotesque face the size of a bus made its grand entrance into the corridor Azmond was in. ** BOOooM ** ** Crash! ** The walls that surrounded Azmond suddenly exploded outwards as a monster that could only be described as a ''Terror'' made its way through the other side before its huge, beady green eyes locked gazes with his dazzling blues. Hot steam came out of the giant Troll''s mouth, as his tusks were the only thing preventing his putrid mouth from entering his sight. It looked to be in a frenzy as its eyes were a deep red color, unlike that of the Trolls that came beforeno rationality was present in that terror-inducing face it possessed The man taking on the brunt of such animosity took one look at the giant beast before a fierce glint passed through his sapphires. His indifferent voice soon followed as he spoke in such a way that even a mindless beast would understand what he was attempting to convey. "You are a big beastie. But it matters not" His dangerous voice leaked out into the Giant Trolls ears before his stalwart figure disappeared from its spot. He followed up such a disappearing act by shing at speeds surpassing anything he had ever demonstrated. His below-zero voice dripped into the Giant Trolls ears like a scythe that already had its target in sight. "For you shall die all the same." Chapter 131: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Eradicating The Troll King Following such a deration was the unleashment of a dark crimson power transcending even that of the amount of strength he expended when fighting the Goblin King. A dark auralike that of the all-consuming ck holes present in the void of spaceengulfed the entirety of the deep cavern before a cry of resistance sounded out from the leader of the Trolls. "RAAAAaaa!!!!!!!" It bellowedfervently unwilling to fall hereto a tiny creature who invaded its ''Kingdom''. Azmond cared not for such resistance as the killing intent leaking out of his emotionless voice found its way to the Troll King once more. "Your unwillingness is nothing short of a useless struggle against certain death... Futile" His voice paused for a brief moment as the all consuming malevolent aura gathering above his hand reached its Zenith. Such a pausested less than a millisecond as his outstretched hand plummeted to the earth belowthe very foundation of the seemingly endless cavern began to copse in on itself. "Futile And Foolish." Utter disdain for the mindless Troll made its way up his impassive face. "Just be one with the afterlife." Following such a blizzard of wordscolder than the deepestyers of hellwas the casting of his most powerful skill |Quantum Rift de| The faint source of light that remained within the dimly lit cavern dwindled down till there was nothing left but the perineal darkness that only darkened further with the unleashment of a single skill. ** Whoosh! ** ** KABOooOM! ** Following the absence of the source of light was the self-explosion that subsequently urred upon the concentrated mass of ''Quantum'' quality touching base. *ROoooarr!!!! RrrArgghhh-!!!!* The anguished cry of the Troll King echoed throughout the pitch-ck cavern before the excruciating shriek abruptly stopped. The giant 60-foot Troll King was no more. But the cataclysmic spell didn''t end there, as it seemed like the very spell itself wanted to devour all of existence in its never-ending darkness. A mass of extremely concentrated space Qi cleaved through the expansive Cavern before drilling through the topreaching the outside world in but a brief period of timeparable to that of the time it takes to blink. The Quantum Rift de glided across the wide open sky as the very fabric of space that held up thisyer of Asterion began to crumble! It continued rifting through the vast clouds thaty beyond before ultimately fizzling out, as a long trail of cracked space and dispersed clouds were left in its wake! ..... |Hmmu!?| Boundless was taken out of her R&R when she felt the tremor caused by the Quantum Rift de make its way out of the cavern. Her bountiful body made a few overly eye-catching movements as it seemed like her two melons would fall out of the struggling bathing suit at any moment The tremor also caused a few ripples to course throughout her unholy body as the sweat dripping down her slid even further into her honey cave, causing an alluring wet mess to be made down below. That voluptuous body of hers made another set of sudden motions as she turned her slightly lethargic face in the direction of themotion. But when she saw what the catalyst for such a ring explosion was, she quickly went back to her nap. Her supple curves and enticing wetness fell back onto the beach chair, causing her body to bounce and jiggle a little on the way down. ** Jiggle~ ** ..... Azmond emerged from the utterly decimated caverna cavern that once stretched and divvied out for hundreds of miles below the ground surface. There was now nothing but rubble left of the once seemingly endless cavern He stood in suspended motion a few hundred meters above the ground surface, looking out at the vibrant, lush scenery that surrounded him. *Ding!* *Experience +800,000* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *Quest Completed with an Overachiever Bonus!* *Ding!- Yo-!* His stolid gaze took on a more joyful color as a certain sounda sound he became addicted tosounded out in wondrous fashion. The blue notification screens with gold outlines popped up one after the other before ultimatelying to an end. He took a second to revel in the feeling of his strength increasing before his eyes turned to the system interface. His fingers glided across the system screen before making their way to the brightest, glowing tab that said ''User Information''. His index finger pressed down on the ''User Information'' button before a growingly familiar screen took its ce. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 11/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Early] [Quantum Law Assimtion Rate: 0.00027%] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Level 1] [???] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law Level 1] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Exp needed for next Level: 1,200,000] [Total Exp: 2,565,000] [Level: 64] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[Eradicate the Troll Lair (Rank: G) - 1/1 - Completed).]} [Total Quest Completed: 5] [Overall Quest Rating: S] [Quest Completion Bonus: S] [Overachiever Bonus: S] [Bonuses received: 5] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 0] [Dual Cultivation Rank: None] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: None] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: None] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: None] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Lady Killer: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Initial Peak-Soul Transformation Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate and strongest technique.] [STR: Well into the Early-Late Soul Transformation Realm] [DEF: Well into the Early-Late Soul Transformation Realm] [Qi: Well into the Early-Late Soul Transformation Realm] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement) (Getting Better!] ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==== Baka Azmond! *Humph* The sun is really doing wonders for my skin! Chapter 132: Drake... ... "..." A wry smile formed on Azmond''s face as he looked at the cute remarks left by Boundless. ''She is such an adorable woman, isn''t she?'' His face morphed into an adoring one as he scanned the peripheral area around the ''Cavern''. He saw his little brown-haired beauty sprawled out on a beach chairher face one of tranquility as a slightly lewd look crept up her expression. He immediately retracted his divine sense as he felt like he was intruding upon something *Cough* *Cough* He cleared his throat before his Divine sense wandered to a different kind of beauty that was still sleeping on a king sized bednext to a giant spiritual stoneher face also slightly lewd as drool leaked down her cute pink mouth. "..." He was baffled at the lust practically leaking out of these girls. An exasperated sigh soon followed as his mind focused on something elsethat something being his newfound strength! .... Azmond had set up a connection type soul essence barrier around Crystalline after breaking through. It was a barrier that allowed him to check up on her with his Divine sense, using a sort of midway sync up systema system that allowed him to transmit his rger'' divine sense to a ''small'' smidgen of his Divine sense that he left with Crystalline. Although the intricacies of such a process was a lot moreplicated andplex than that, he figured that was the best way he could articte what he had done. This was how he was able to check up on his Little Ice Flower whenever he so felt like it. He couldn''t have even the slightest discrepancy ur with his Love, now could he?!? His eyes darkened a little before quickly returning to the subject of his new level of strength. ..... "My power is far greater than it was before I began my leveling frenzy. I could smack my past self around like a defenseless whoopee cushion if he appeared in front of me now." He said such precarious words while feeling the seemingly boundless strength coursing through his iron-hard veins. Thew of ''Quantum'' also made itself known as ayer of space that appeared to be on the verge of coating the outermostyer of his skin was on the verge of lucidity. He acutely noticed such an anomaly before he attempted to proactively make thew of space fully materialized on his skin. But it seemed like no matter how he tried, he couldn''t make theyer of space appear again "It looks like I need to further increase my Assimtion rate over the ''Quantum Law'' before I am able to control thew of space with better skillenough that I might be able to add a coatedyer of space around my skin at any time I want." His nonchnt raspy voice echoed out across the vast skies overlooking what appeared to be the aftermath of a devastating cataclysm. A catastrophe that he most definitely wasn''t the cause of! "..." Definitely! ..... "I guess I should go and pick up Boundless before I head out toward another quest location. I have alreadypleted 5 quests including thistest ''Troll Lair'' one. It would be optimal for my progression if I make it to my 10th quest Completed before heading back to my Ice Flower." His apathetic voice faded off into the dpidatednds below as he disappeared from his spot. It had already been around 9 hrs since he began his leveling frenzy, and he already had 5 questpletions on his belt! That is not to mention the 64 levels he gained aspared to before he began leveling! And he wasn''t looking to stop so soon as he was aiming to reach 10 questpletions by the end of the day. ** BOOoOoOMM! ** A loud, ring explosion of immense proportions resounded out across the vast, lush forest below. Following such an explosion was the shooting star-like figure of arge creature over 120 feet in size! It''s ginormous body wasunched from an entrance to a distant cave before it continued to zip through the skiesuntil it reached a mountain top over 1000 miles awaythe mountain top was subsequently destroyed in swift fashion! ** BOOooOOM! ** Pieces of the mountain imploded outward, as the entire mountain was now merely the mold that surrounded the imprint of a colossal creature. The creature in question was a drake subspecies. It had two green horns over 10 feet long that zigzagged in a multitude of directions, and its body was an absolute monstrosity all on its ownits body had a mass analogous to that of a medium-sized building. The face of such a beast could be summed up in the word ''draconic-like'' as the features it possessed were nothing short of what one would imagine a dragon to look like. Of course, the part of its body that truly supported such a lofty im was the two ridiculously long wings that spanned its backside like a menacing stretch ofnd that could blot out the world! At least, that would be the case if it were still standing Its once majestic countenance morphed into nothing more than a hot heaping mess of battered green skin and searing bonesbones that protruded out of every part of the giant Drake''s humongous body. The current stature of a once menacing monster that ruled over this stretch of forest with an iron fist was now reduced to nothing more than an oversized bloodied meat bag. What could''ve caused such extreme amounts of damage to a beast like this, you may ask? Well A figure adorned in long, flowing white robes emerged from the cave the Drake shot out of in ster fashion. This figure walked with slow, meticulous steps as he approached the mountain that the Drake was flung into. "...?" The indifferent figure felt a slight semnce of surprise when he noticed the mountain still in one piece after such a disy of power. But his emotions soon became cated when he realized such an abnormality was most likely the cause of his standing in a higher-level topography than the area he had juste from. Chapter 133: Reaching The Current Max Level ... It seemed like it wasn''t only the monsters and creatures of different areas that got positively affected by the Qi that permeated Asterionthe terrain and geography of each individual plot ofnd also appeared to have their own set of slightly alteredwws that prevented beings beyond the scope of understanding from destroying everything wantonly. .... The apathetic figure of the immortal-like man walked up to the mountain thaty over a thousand miles awayin a few quick stepshis movements never appearing different from those of simple walking posture. It seemed that Azmond''s speed had already crossed andpletely obliterated another milestone! With the leveling frenzy he participated in for thest day, it was only to be expected that his power would be unable to stay stagnant for long. He neared the colossal beast dozens of times his size after a few seconds of ''walking''. His ant-like figure looked up at the ''scary'' monster that could destroy a small country as easily as breathing. After all This bloodied meat bag was in the Late-Nascent Soul Realm! Such a being could make quick work of most forces within the Great Wilnds Forest. ..... Despite the tremendous size difference that differentiated him from the oversized lizard above, his figure appeared far more daunting. The indifferent voice of Azmond soon followed, as he looked the Drake directly in the eye. Its life may have been hanging by a thread, but when it felt the intimidating presence of the human that put it on death''s door, its giant head made an attempt at turning toward him. It wanted to know what the being that ended its life had to say "You must be wondering why I came to kill you, aren''t you?" He asked. No answer came in response to such an audacious question. "Well, it''s quite simple, really." His voice continued to echo out despite theck of a response. The small yet seemingly infinitely powerful hand of the tiny man was lifted into the air. "I just need the exp you provide." His ludicrous words were followed by a dark crimson de forming above his head before cleaving the giant drake in two. The two equallyrge bisected pieces of the Drake fell to the ground before it even knew that its life had alreadye to an end *Ding!* *Experience +2,000,000* *Ding!* *Active Quest ''defeat the Drake that terrorized the neighboring kingdoms''pleted!* *Quest Completed with Overachiever Bonus! Extra experience allotted!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* You have leveled up!* *Din-! Yo-!* The continuous sound of the music of the gods bombarded his ears like a never-ending stream of blessings! His strength improved by leaps and bounds with every notification that went off! |That makes quest number 10, does it not?| That was when the soothing, seemingly heavenly voice of a brown-haired beauty dripped into Azmond''s ears like fresh honeydew. "Yes, that marks the 10th questpleted." He said with a brooding expression. Normally, he would be in utter euphoria right about now but something peculiar put him in a deep contemtive state. "Boundless." He asked in a gentle tone. |Yes?| "What does this notification pop up mean? The one I got after reaching level 100." His puzzled words were followed by him extending his index finger out, pointing at a blue, translucent screen with gold outlines. The screen read something like: *Ding!* *You have reached the maximum level limit for your current cultivation realm. You must increase your cultivation realm further before proceeding down the path of infinite leveling.* *Ding!* *All excess experience acquired after this point will be stacked up and used once you have broken through your current cultivation limit!* "..." |Oh that? That''s nothing big, it''s just something I set in ce for you! Hehe~ you wee!| Her words came out in a benevolent tone. "..." Azmond forgot how shameless she could be. However, he lightly shook his head before following up with another question. "Why?" |Because your body cannot hold any more power than it has for the realm you''re inwhich, as of this moment, is the Early-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm. But fret not, because reaching the maximum level limit avable to you has more boons than what is shown on the surface level!| "Hmm?" He wasn''t quite following. |Just look at how solid your foundation is in the Early-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm. Not your base foundation, but the foundation that will make your path so much smoother than it would''ve been without me!| She said thest part with a bubbly smile on her face. The amount of joy coursing through such a narcissist made no sense He ignored the egoist he called his panion'' and focused attention on the inside of his body. "Oh. This is good stuff, indeed." His voice came out in a pleasantly surprised tone. For what he saw was quite interesting The inside of his Dantian space appeared to be emitting a specific type of translucent gold energy that coated the outside of all 15000 of his Qi Cyclones and his 100,000+-meter Dantian at the center of them all. This energy seemed to be a golden ticket to his swift progression from the Early-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm to the Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm! His face took on a lighter shade as he appreciated the help provided by Boundless. All of this seemingly unlimited power potential was all thanks to her, after all. She had already be something irrefutably essential to Azmond, not just for his future power but also for his state of well-being. That Chauvinistic bundle of brown joy had already be something he looked forward to seeing the face of after every waking second. "... Ha" He let out a heavy sigh when he caught himself almost getting carried away. ''I really want to see my Crystalline right about now. I wonder if she''s awake yet?'' There was a sense of deep longing welling up inside of him when he looked back fondly on the emerald-eyed woman he met not too long ago. And now, there was this brown-eyed beauty, yet another woman who invaded into his life and made herself at home in no time t Chapter 134: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Checking Out The System "..." Another exasperated sigh soon followed as he distracted himself with his new system interface. Boundless was just watching this whole inner turmoil of her master with a slightly disappointed look adorning her beautiful face. ''Why?'' She thought to herself with a puzzled expression. ''Why did I feel such pain when I saw the look on Azmond''s face? That feeling was such an indescribable thing to experience It hurt It still hurts... Why does it hurt'' Her joyful countenance never left her, but the insides of her were an entirely different story .... Meanwhile, Azmond was in a state of infatuation as he gazed at his improved system user information. His eyes glided through his system screen like a bee to honey. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Vanquisher Noobie] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 11/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Early] [Quantum Law Assimtion Rate: 0.00078%] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Level 1] [???] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law Level 1] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: 100 (max level for now)] [Exp needed for next level: 20,000,000 (Breakthrough to the Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm first)] [Total Exp: 65,000,000] ==<[Vanquisher des]>== Title Rank: {[Vanquisher Newbie]} H-Rank Enemies Defeated: 22,000 G-Rank Enemies Defeated: 3,500 F-Rank Enemies Defeated: 250 E-Rank Enemies Defeated: 1 D-Rank: None C-Rank and Above: None ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[Defeat the Drake that has been terrorizing the neighboring kingdoms (Rank: E) - 1/1 - Completed).]} [Total Quest Completed: 10] [Overall Quest Rating: S] [Quest Completion Bonus: S] [Overachiever Bonus: S] [Bonuses received: 10] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 0] [Dual Cultivation Rank: None] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: None] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: None] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: None] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Lady Killer: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Well into the Middle of Peak-Soul Transformation Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate and strongest technique.] [STR: Well into the Late-Late Soul Transformation Realm] [DEF: Well into the Late-Late Soul Transformation Realm] [Qi: Well into the Late-Late Soul Transformation Realm] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement) (Getting Better!] ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==== Baka Azmond! *Humph* I think Azmond is thinking about other Women... I am not a real woman... ... Azmond opted to leave the System Remarks section forter. It looked like he and she had a lot to talk about For now, the most important thing for him was understanding just how much strength he had gained! He also wanted to figure out what that ''Vanquisher des'' section was. He got a new title along with such a segment, although an extremely underwhelming one when put up against his other grandiose-sounding titles. Nheless, something is better than nothing! His insatiable gaze quickly darted over to the ''Exterior Cultivation'' section of his System Interface, and the first thing his eyes became glued to was the fact that his stats had all gone up tremendously! Even though his power had not transcended the Late and Peak Soul Transformation Realms just yet, he progressed a great distance into each of his respective stats! His strength at level 64 was at least 10 times less than it is now! Don''t be fooled by the minuscule discrepancies in his stat interface; he may still be in the same realm league, but hisbat power was far from it. The insurmountable chasms thaty between each major realm were not just empty flowery words. Each Great Realm and Minor Realm after the Nascent Soul Stage could be surmised as the differences between heaven and earth! Keep in mind that he had only been leveling up for a little under a day now, and yet hisbat power had gone up by a minor realm. An entire minor realm ofbat strength gained in one measly day is nothing short of absurd! If the old monsters that spent dozens or even hundreds of years advancing through the Soul Transformation Realm heard of such ludicrousy, they would be rolling in their graves! However, his stats weren''t the only thing that acquired a major boost to them, as his ''Quantum Law Assimtion Rate'' had also gone up by a sizable amount. An amount that left him in anticipation for the moment when he got those minuscule numbers to 100%! He could already feel the seemingly omnipotentw of space coursing through his veins with voracious desirability! The veryw of space itself appeared to be capable of coating his skin in a very thinyerayer far more apparent than it was prior to himpleting 10 quests. If it was already at such a level with him at level 100, he couldn''t begin to fathom what sort of control he''d have over this unfamiliarw once he had surpassed level 100! Such a thought was extremely daunting for the current Azmond. An undeniably excited smile formed on his usually stoic face as he clenched and unclenched his fists. The power of untold proportions held within those fists was intoxicating for Azmond! The thought of gaining even greater mastery over the ''Quantum Law'' was Dauntingthat much remained irrevocable, and yet... It was also exhrating! ..... Azmond stood atop a bisected piece of drake meat while his expression alternated between indifference and expectation as he looked off into the distance. Particrly in the direction that the giant spiritual gardeny situated... ''I really want to know if Crystalline has awoken yet'' His thoughts leaked out a little onto his chiseled features as his impatient anticipation for the state of his Ice Flower was made abundantly clear. Chapter 135: A Real Woman... "I should just go. I need to advance my cultivation realm anyway." His voice came out in a t tone before he turned toward the brown-eyed beauty that stood beneath the giant masses of drake pieces. His body moved at a speed that left no time for resistance as he swooped her up in an elegant fashion before hugging her in a gentle embrace. |Eek!| A surprised shriek came out in a cute manner, as she wasn''t expecting such sudden movements from her master. However, she quickly regained her bearings andtched onto his Stolid figureher expression morphed from one of startlement to one of extreme blissand that cute nose of hers snuggled right up in his robes. |Mhmm| She wouldn''t deny that she had been craving this spot for a ''long'' time now. That stupid Azmond and his ridiculous ''leveling frenzy''! *Humph*. Her mood was more than a little perturbed at him letting go of her while hunting theter half of his quests. And he did it under some stupid pretext like, ''You could get hurt when I am fighting these stronger monsters, so stay.''. I told him repeatedly that I am an incorporeal being, and thus can''t be harmed by mortal means, but that obstinate, infuriating man responded by shooing me off and speaking some more nonsense like, "There is always a chance you could get hurt, so stay for me, please...?" It was already bad enough that he had gone off and collected a wide assortment of women from the different monster viges he was assigned as quests. His Pokemon collection had already reached an incalcble level afterpleting 10 quests, for God''s sake! His actions of letting go of her only put the mood she had in even more dire strates Though this transitory hug alleviated her annoyance, if only by a little... Only a little bit! He still has to make it up to meter! ''Or, at least he would have to do such a thing if I were a real woman like his Crystalline'' An imperceptible, self-deprecating smile emerged on her effervescent expression before it disappeared. It was almost like it was never there to begin with. ..... Azmond, unbeknownst to the conflicted emotions of hispanion, zed through the skies at speeds surpassing 40 times the speed of sound! ** BOOoOOMM ** ** BOOoOM ** The number of sonic booms that followed behind his fiery trail was growing by the second, as loud, boisterous explosions continuously resounded out across the seemingly endlessnds below. ... Sentient life was not very umon in the Great Wilnds Forest; however, sentient life on the level of humans was few and far between. Hence, theplete and bleak number of beings capable of witnessing a spectacle like the one Azmond produced when he flew overhead amounted to zero. One of the leading causes of such a scenario was the area he had been in since getting dropped off in the Great Wilnds Forest, which was designated as one of the ''Forbidden Lands'' that surrounded a decent number of kingdoms. There was the AquaRing Kingdom to the North, SunBurn Kingdom to the South, The EarthHaven Kingdom to the West, and the vast number of monster kingdoms thaty inside the very heart of the Great Wilnds Forest. Such kingdoms dominated by powerful monsters spread out through every area of the forest and even had their ws dug into the extreme East of the Great Wilnds Forest! The Goblin Kingdom and its king, the ''Goblin King'', were one such case of a kingdom ruled by monsters. However, the ''Goblin King'' was considered one of the weakest of the ''Monster Kings/Queens'' that ruled over the tens of millions of miles that made up the ''Great Wilnds Forest''. And not too long from now... A certain event that would rope in all the Paragon forces of the Great Wilnds Forest would soonmencean event that would have a new contender, one not from thesends! A contender that would bring with him nothing but utter tumultuous chaos! A tall, handsome man with facial features that would elicit the envy of the gods traveled through the skies above the Great Wilnds Forest with a perplexed expression stered on his stoic face. "Boundless." |Yes. I know| She responded instantaneously. "What is going on here?" He asked with a confounded countenance. It had already been over 10 minutes since they left the copsed mountain where Azmond disposed of the 120-foot-long drake. But something unexpected urred a few minutes into their journey The terrain never changed from the exact same geography that was there five minutes ago. They were flying over the same ce over and over again, even though they were in constant motionflying straight ahead. So why? Why were they flying over the same spot repeatedly? The only thing they saw in their vision was the sight of arge quantity of trees in the unusual shape of a sword. There had to have been hundreds of thousands of colossal trees that dominated thendscape below, with every single one of them fitting the perfect mold of a huge Eastern-style sword. Boundless''s knowing voice sounded out shortly after. |We are in a type of static motion transit.| "And that means?" |Something here enacted a type of force field that had two different portals on both sides of said ''force field''. And these ''portals'' are simply taking you from one side of the ''forcefield'' back to the other side of the ''forcefield''.| She stated so in a mildly robotic tone. |At least that is how I''d exin it to onecking in the frontal lobe department!| Before her bubbly attitude came back in full swing! Arge spasming session started for Azmond as he tried to soothe his growing annoyance. He had the sudden urge to give this busty beauty a piece of his mind, but held off in the end ''Violence is not the solution for violence or some bullcrap like that.'' He ''reassured'' himself with a twitching smile. "..." Chapter 136: The Sword-Shaped Forest Boundless, noticing such irritation building up inside of him, decided to give him a little tip. |Fine fine, I will give you a little bit of a hint on how to get out of this conundrum you found yourself in.| Her jubnt, sweet voice dripped into his ears like the words of an unscrupulous subus. That heavenly voice was followed by her lewd bodythat was no longer in her skin-tight bikinirub up even harder against his chiseled body. Her cute red lips approached his ears before a seductive voiceanalogous to that of the whispers of a she-devilmade its way into his earlobes. "Just go down into that sword-shaped forest~ You will naturally find the way out if you search long enough~" Such bold words flowed out of her luscious mouth before her unholy body slid its way down his muscr body. Her perky boobs and their hard tips unintentionally breezed past his stalwart figure. |Hehe~!| An alluringly mischievous giggle followed as she snuggled back into her rightful spot. "..." ''This girl is seriously'' He let out a tired sigh before he shook his head in disbelief. He let out his sorrows before his attention was quickly diverted to therge assortment of trees below. "I just need to head down there to find my way out of this predicament, huh?" His skeptical words were followed by his daunting figure phasing through the expansive skies. He barreled down to the earth below at unbelievable speeds as hended on the ground surface with an explosive bang! Usually, there would be a huge crater created wherever hended, but surprisingly Thendscape could be counted asing out of this crashnding with barely a scratch. "These higher-levelnds truly have an entirely different degree of defense when lined up against the areas around the ''Giant Spiritual Garden'' and the ''Tree of Life''." He spoke while walking in an arbitrary direction in the sword-shaped forest. ''There is also a high chance that this plot ofnd is not even ranked particrly high in the world of Asterion, and yet, the most I can do is level a small mountain'' He was given yet another piece of evidence that only further strengthened his understanding of the vast disparity between him and the Apex Forces of Asterion However, his contemtive thoughts were soon interrupted. He had already aimlessly walked around this sword-shaped forest for a few minutes while lost in deep thought. His figure had approached an ominous area with long, ck vines that stretched out for hundreds of metersthere were also odd drawings of weird round ck creatures on the walls surrounding himwalls that seemed to pop up out of nowhere The entire ce was a pitch-ck corridor that seemed to extend on forever; however, even though the perinnial darkness consumed the hallow halls in front of him, there was also an elusive source of dim lighting that filled the empty dark foyers. Azmond had unknowingly entered such an eerily dark ce beforeing back to reality, only to realize that a pitch-ck altary in front of his eyes. The altar was over 500 meters in diameter, with long, protruding, obsidian-ck pirs erected in every direction of the circr altar. The entire ce could only be described as synonymous with that of an altar to summon a devil from the depths of hell This altar was the only thing around him, as the ''corridor'' that appeared like a phantom before he arrived here had already disappeared like a mirage that was never there to begin with. "Well This is quite the situation I have gotten myself into. Don''t you think so, Boundless?" A deep, raspy voice echoed out across the enclosed space. Azmond''s vexationevident in his twitching facial featuresbegan to look at the Docile brown-haired beauty with a smile that said, ''You told me toe here, genius! So how should I get myself out???'' The woman, currently under the pressure of his scrutinizing gaze, simply snorted before snuggling even deeper into his long, white robes. **Pop! ** Something seemed to explode on his head as the vein bulging out began to leak down his ticked-off face. His now-bloodied figure turned in the direction of the pitch-ck altar before he trudged his way up the menacingly slick marble stairs that separated him from the centermost point of the altar. He was immensely peterbuded at this entire predicament, but he had no choice in the matter now There must be something that could assist him in getting out of here, right? Right? .... He made it up the few dozen marble stairs before he made his way toward the center of the dimly lit altar. **Patter** **Patter** His muted footsteps echoed out like the loudest of boot stomps in this eerie ce full of utter silence. The footsteps continued as he and his ''ko'' made their way to a ck chamber thaty in the middle of the altar''s center. (The ko in question seemed to not catch the memo that said she could walk with her own two slender legs! She only needed totch on when Azmond took flight due to her not being able to fly herself. So why had she not detached yet?) ''My Spot! Go away, Author!'' She thought to herself as angry cat noises went off in the background. (...) ** Angry Cat Noises Intensify ** (Whatever) (Back to Azmond ..... Azmond analyzed the area where he found himself and noticed that there were a bunch of these depictions of an odd-looking creature engraved all over the altar. There was something oddly familiar about these engravings. But he couldn''t seem to put his finger on exactly what it was that made them seem so unalien to him. "Wait" That was until he realized something. "... Why do they kind of look like slime''s?" He said with a face like he had just received a sh of epiphany! "The only difference is that they have these peculiar golden horns and gold eyes, and they''re ck... Who has ever heard of a ck slime?? Aren''t they supposed to be blue?" His perplexed voice resounded out across the impermeable space that enclosed the pitch-ck altar. And then it happened Chapter 137: A Slime?!? A sound unlike anything Azmond had ever heard before made its way into his ears. "Mhmu!" He practically snapped his head toward the source of the alien sound, and what he saw only proved his spections to be true A pitch-ck creature with a round, jiggly body bobbed up and down on the altar surface as it looked curiously at the foreign guest. "... A slime" Azmond had all but confirmed his theory as a deep sense of astonishment welled up within him. He had actually encountered something that only ever showed up in the works of fiction he read in his past life! It was a frickin slime! A smidgen of excitement overtook his apathetic expression before he approached the curious slimewith Boundless in tow, of coursethere was something oddly simr about her and the ck slime, but he couldn''t pinpoint what it was ** Jiggle Jiggle ** ** Boing! ** "..." Oh That was where the simrity came from; those lewd slopes of hers were more than a little bit simr to the body shape of the ck slime. ''I wonder if they feel the same as well?'' He thought to himself with an interested expressionhe could clearly and vividly feel the two lumps of marshmallow attached to himand that only made him wonder whether the slime felt the same way. However, his thoughts were interrupted by the slime in question approaching him of its own vition. ** Jiggle ** ** Jiggle ** Its body bounced up and down as it stopped right in front of him. ''They have to feel the same There is no way they aren''t the same.'' A ''Resolved'' look emerged on his face before he bent down and outstretched his arms, looking to pick up the ck slime. He had no semnce of danger; he just wanted to confirm his theory He cared not if this action of his could result in him losing one or even both of his arms. After all, he could always make more with his ''Boundless Restoration'' skill. A skill that had officially reached level 2 a few hours ago! He had found a group of ''friendly'' draconian soldiers that were more than ''obliged'' when they ''offered'' to assist him in his technique ''training''. .... The slime looked at the unfamiliar creature stretching out its arms in its direction before it decided that there couldn''t possibly be any harm in jumping in his arms, right? So, that''s exactly what it did as itnded in those firm arms of his while Boundless extremely reluctantly moved her curvaceous body to the vacant backside of Azmond. Her two perky bunnies sensationally scraped against the side of his body while transitioning spots. He obviously felt such a tingling sensation through his thin robes, but he was too preupied with the curious ck slime to discuss with Boundless what she did wrong. He was a loyal man! He wouldn''t fall for such temptations! probably *Humph! That''ll teach you not to go giving up my spot whenever you see another random creature!* The angry cat noises intensified as she slid onto thefortable back of Azmond. ''Mhmm~. Well, this part of him isn''t so bad either." She said with drool practicallying out of her mouth as she subtly groped his firm muscr back. ''This girl thinks she can get away with anything she wants just because she''s cute, doesn''t she?'' Even more blood spurted out of his forehead! "Mhmu!?" The slightly inquisitive slime residing on his arms became a little startled by the sudden overreaction of the foreign creature who picked it up. Following such a spook, it looked up at the towering figure of Azmond with a mildly concerned look showing through its barely visible ck eyes. He saw the altruism emitting from the jiggly ck slime and decided to gently pet the slime to reassure it that everything was fine. However, when he conducted such an action, there were a few things swirling through his convoluted mind. ''They feel the same'' He thought to himself with imperceptible smugness. ''But there is something else that concerns me'' His silly thoughts were soon swished away as something else slightly intrigued him. ''Why is this slime almost entirely ck, while the slimes depicted on the monoliths and pirs are ck and gold? This slime doesn''t appear to have those gold horns and eyes that the ones on the engravings have either...'' ''What exactly is going on here?'' ... "Is this ck slime just a younger one than the ones depicted on the monolith''s drawings, or is it something else?" He brooded over the topic for a moment before he refocused his attention on the ck slime that was the size of a watermelon. "Do you have a name, little guy?" He asked with a small smile. The ck slime seemed to understand what he was asking as it jumped up and down while making more cute sounds. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" "Hmm Are you trying to tell me that your name is Emu? If so, then that is a very cute name." Kind words flowed out of his mouth as he continued to gently pet the ck slime. That was not what it was trying to say! It was trying to tell the foreign creature that it didn''t have a name! Not that it minded the name it was given! In fact, it liked it quite a lot... Despite the bewilderment Emu felt when it was given its name, the very fabric of reality seemed to resonate when Azmond spoke it, and Emu unknowingly epted it. A bond that wouldst forever was made at that momenta bond that was formed unbeknownst to the two parties involved. The two of them stood there, suspended in ce, seemingly gaining a better understanding of each other without them even knowing it. They stayed like that until Emu made a few abrupt motions while restlessly wiggling around in his arms. "Mhmu!...?" It made a few disorganized sounds as it noticed something that interested it greatlythat something being Azmond''s storage ring. Chapter 138: The Slime Devours... Azmond observed such a frantic reaction from the ck slime before he pointed at his simrly ck-colored ring with a puzzled expression. "Do you want this ring or something inside of the ring?" "Mhmu!" It spoke in an iprehensible manner. "Oh. I see. You want something inside the ring, huh? Let me take everything out of it then." A manner that Azmond immediately understood... Following his words was the swift motion of his hands swiping down in the air before arge assortment of various items flew out of his ring. Stuff kept on flowing out of his storage ring until it looked like an entire mountain would be created just from the vast amount of ''treasure'' inside. He liked to call it ''treasure'', but most of it was just useless garbage that he picked up while taking out a few Goblin, Kobold, Troll, and Draconian encampments. There really were items inside his storage ring that could be considered ''treasure''; however, those were few and far between, as he had only been able to acquire such rare items from the ''Troll Kingdom'', one of the ''Goblin Kingdoms'', and a ''Draconian Kingdom'' that he had to take out as part of his quest. All of those quests led to him taking out 3 small monster kingdoms within a single day! ....... The ck slime immediately bounced up from its spot and jumped toward the massive pile of ''treasure'', seemingly looking for something. After a few seconds of searching, as ''treasure'' was thrown all over the ce by its slime extensions, it finally looked like it had found one of the things it was looking for. That something being a Monster corpse? It picked up a draconian monster corpse with its slime-extended ''hands''. The ''draconian monster'' was just what Azmond called the bipedal lizard-looking creatures that wandered around a supposed ''Draconian Kingdom''. These particr species of Draconian soldiers were burnt-brown in color, with faces that closely resembled that of the Drake he had taken out earlier. Their faces were very ''dragon''-like, except for the fact that theycked the majesty that the Drake had. The majority of these types of creatures that he met were simply mindless killing machines with nothing on their minds except murder. However, there were a few dozen more intelligent draconian soldiers that were far bigger than the vast majority of the ones he had killed. These ''general'' and ''elite'' type draconian soldiersas he dubbed themhad around the intelligence of the ''Goblin King'' he had killed a while back. They weren''t particrly smart, but they were still intelligent enough to know that they were about to die when Azmond invaded their kingdom and witnessed them r*ping and devouring humanshumans that they caught from the neighboring human settlements and viges thaty at the periphery of the Great Wilnds Forest. He had actually learned a few things from the draconian soldiers that he ''kindly'' interrogated. One of those things being that he was situated quite close to the edge of the Extreme East of the Great Wilnds Forest. This piece of information was quite useful for him, so he gave the draconian soldiers that ''helped him out'' a ''quick'' death. ...... In the middle of a dimly lit altar a few hundred meters in diameter, a man and slime (along with a ko) were present. The man watched the slime with rapt attention as he waited for something spectacr to happen! And happen it did as the ck slime picked up one of thergest draconian soldier corpses that Azmond had stored inside of his storage because of their higher intelligence. This specific one had a dark ck hide with long, spiraling horns on its lizard head. Its size was around 20 feet, as it could be interpreted as a lizard subspecies of giant if an unsuspecting mortal caught sight of such a ''terror-inducing'' monster. However, to Azmond, it was nothing more than a potential meal that he was nning to roastter And it seemed like he wasn''t the only one with such voracious avarice embedded in their beings, as the ck slime did something unexpected ** Mhmuuu!! ** Its signature sound echoed out across the dimly lit altar, which had a mountain of ''treasures'' at its center. Following such a promation was the sight of Emu opening up a gaping ck mouth before devouring the entire draconian corpse in one swift movement. "..." The bafflement Azmond felt when he saw the seemingly innocent-looking slime open up its small body to a size that could easily devour a 20-foot-wide creature like it was no big deal was unfounded! His raspy voice soon followed such astonishment as a wry smile emerged on his face. "It looks like I found myself quite the voracious little buddy, huh" He walked up to Emu after it hadpletely devoured the giant draconian soldier. His hands reached out as he swooped up the ck slime in one quick motion. He proceeded to look at Emu with a kind smile before he pointed at therge pile of ''treasures'' below them. "I know something even quicker to get all the good draconian corpses if you''re still hungry even after all that. Would you like me to do it?" "Mhmu! Mhmu!" His inquisitive words were followed up by Emu jumping up and down while seemingly begging him to do it right away! An imperceptibly devious smile appeared on his face before he lifted up his hand. His two panions'' were glued to him, with two different yet simr sensations being transmitted to him... The jelly-like things touching him from both sides were nothing short of Divine! He wouldn''t deny that it was a feeling that could only be described as ''Heavenly'', and he wouldn''t mind staying in such a position for the rest of his life ....... Azmond used the power of spacewhich he had gained a minuscule amount of control overto lift up the massive pile of ''treasures'' before quartering off the massive draconian corpses that he had ''picked'' up from the Draconian Kingdom. The draconian corpses subsequently floated over to his position beforending in front of his body with a loud thud! Chapter 139: The Slime Devours... Part 2 Azmond looked at his little buddy after using such an overpowered power for such trivialitieshis smile became quite wide as he petted Emu one more time before his voice resounded out across the empty altar. "Dig in, little Emu!" Such an exmation was followed by the watermelon-sized ck slime instantly bouncing off of his body before heading toward the few dozen corpses that he had brought to it! ........ It made quick work of all the draconian corpses, as the nearly 30 draconian ''Elite'' corpses were devoured in a mere 5 minutes! The now-giddy ck slime didn''t seem the least bit full either, as its insatiable hunger made its slimy features distort into something unexinable. Something akin to a ck hole from Azmond''s perspective He didn''t know what made him think Emu looked like a ck hole when it gazed around the altar like it wanted to consume the worldit was just a feeling he felt stemmed from the very core of his being. Seeing the indescribable sight of a small slime the size of a watermelon devouring dozens of 20+ foot-long draconian soldiers in one sitting would be a surreal event for any mortal, however Azmond felt something different when he saw such an ''awesome'' view. Excitement welled up within his heart as his deep voice followed soon after. "Asterion never ceases to surprise me when I''m least expecting it. First there was the introduction of cultivation and monsters, and now we even have slime''s that can devour without limits. Could there be a world any more spectacr than this one??" His words were followed by him walking over to the peaceful ck slime before he picked it up and returned all the ''treasures'' back into his storage ring. However Something unexpected urred in the midst of such a process. Emu began to shine! It began to shine a bright, radiant golden light as his ck, obsidian-like body began to change! Azmond immediately let go of Emu before backing a few meters away. His ted expression turned to one of scrutinization as he contemted the sudden urrence of his little buddy. After a few moments of pondering, it seemed like he hade to a conclusion. "Is he going through some type of evolution? I mean Just look at those golden features beginning to pop up on its slimy body. If that isn''t a metamorphic evolution process, then I don''t know what is" Skeptical words flowed out as an apathetic expression emerged on his chiseled features. He couldn''t let his stolid facade crack away so easily, but if you were to take a look at the chaotic emotions buried deep within him, then you would see an immense amount of excitement building up! Such an intense emotion was on the verge of erupting as he watched Emu go through an evolution! His eyes never left the sight of his new little buddy bing what he assumed was a higher or adult version of its previous self. It didn''t take a genius to understand that the depictions that he saw on the monolithswith the ck and gold slimeswere what Emu was about to be! ........ ** Whirl! ** ** Whoosh! ** The ring sounds of golden Qi swirling around, consumed the space that sealed Azmond and gang off from the rest of the world! Those whistling sounds only got louder as the cute ck slimeying at the center of the altar had reached a Zenith in its transformation process. "This is a truly exhrating scene to witness." A hint of his immense excitement almost leaked through his indifferent voice. However, no matter how hard he attempted to conceal his irrevocable zeal for the ongoing metamorphosis of his little buddy, the slightly distorted smile on his face immediately gave him away He had not shown such visible emotions on his face in what felt like forever, but letting go sometimes wasn''t always bad. The indifference that came along with the act of cultivation, added to his already simplistic personality only further amplified his apathetic nature. That''s just who he is ...... ** Whirl! ** The evolution process was approaching its end as the little ck slime was going through a multitude of drastic changes! ** BOOooOOM! ** Following a loud explosion, the little slime bobbed out of the swirling cyclone of golden Qi that surrounded him. His little slimy body had be a few degrees bigger, as it now had the approximate size of an above-average watermelon. However, its size wasn''t the most eye-catching feature it possessed It was the gold ents and horns that now colored the slime like a beautiful, rich canvas! It''s eyes, now that it had some, were a dark gold hue in the shape of two small marbles that shone like the most expensive of jewels. And on top of the little buddies head, were two resplendent gold horns that protruded outwards for a couple inches; they were the shape of little miniature gold pyramids. Such a splendiferous look made Emu look like the most prized possession of an affluent sect! It''s dazzling exterior was, however, dulled down by the twilight color that the rest of its body was Nheless, in the eyes of Azmond, the ck and gold contrasting together only made him think that the little Emu couldn''t be any cooler! What could beat gold and ck after all?? Nothing! The deep, raspy voice of his echoed out across the unscathed altar as he approached Emu. His hands stretched out as he grabbed his little buddy in one swift movement. After which, he immediately began to pet the slime with a small smile on his face. And it didn''t seem like Emu minded such abrupt actions as it made its signature squeaks. "Mhmu!" "Mhmu!" It bounced around in his arms with an expression that said it couldn''t be any more happy right now! It had absorbed dozens ofrge ''lizard corpses'' with the help of this foreign creature after all! How could it not be happy?? Not to mention that the pets were good Chapter 140: Heading Back "Hey Emu?" Emu''s relishing thoughts were interrupted by the sudden vocalization of the foreign man. "Mhmu?" It turned itsrge ck and gold face up at the foreign creature, curiosity present in its expression. "Do you want to travel with me...? I think it would be quite the journey if we had you along with us." He said with a kind, gentle smile. Emu could vaguelyprehend the words of this human through some mystical means, unbeknownst to it. And by using such mystical methods, it was clearly able to understand what this big human was asking it. However There was something that left it slightly confused. ''We''? It didn''t see any otherrge creature around the altar, so why was the nicerge creature talking about himself like there were two of him? A cute, perplexed look emerged on its brilliant golden features before it jiggled around a little bit! It hadpletely forgotten what it was thinking about! What did this human ask again? Something about going on a fun adventure? It liked fun adventures! "Mhmu!" "Mhmu!" Emu ''instantly'' gave his confirmation in the form of a few intense wiggles. Nheless, Azmond knew what his little buddy was trying to convey, so he moved the little guy to the top of his right shoulder. After the little guy was firmly ced on his shoulder, he looked behind him before proceeding to walk in the direction he presumed he had entered the ck altar from. "Are you ready for the adventures we have ahead of us, little Emu? Because I''m sure that you will love this world of Asterion just as much as I do. But don''t think that our adventures will end with this blue marble floating through space, for there shall be a day when we put our mark in the vast star-filled skies above" His voice resounded out as he abruptly stopped in ce and put his right hand into the air, outstretching his fingers, almost as if he were attempting to reach for something out of his reach. "..." His deep, blue eyes had a sh of intensity go through them before he turned his head down and continued to walk toward what he thought was the ''exit''. "This is just the beginning, Emu; never forget that." He began to speak in a solemn tone while gently petting Emu. "I feel an indescribable bond between the two of us, a bond that could only be described as the connection between two extremely simr souls. You and I are alike; I can feel it. And I will take that feeling with me to the peak of existence, as we w our way up to the very apex. Doesn''t that excite you, Emu???" He spoke with a ferocious smile stered across his face, locking gazes with the ck slime on his shoulders. An intense sheen rebounded off Emu''s ck and gold body as it seemed to reciprocate his emotions! Azmond got all the confirmation he needed, as he already considered the little buddy as one of his own. His intense gaze turned to one of anticipation as he looked off into the ''exit'' "Very well! Let us have a long and fruitful rtionship from now until the end of time, Emu." His words faded out before disappearingpletely, along with his stalwart figure ........ In the blue seas above andscape filled with nothing but trees and mountains, the voice of an unwavering figure began to echo out across the skies. "It looks like that was all that needed to be done to leave that altar." Azmond said with an apathetic tone. He figured that since Emu had been the only thing inside the ck altar, he must have something to do with how to leave as well. And it turns out his hypothesis was correct, as all he needed to do to leave the altar area, and subsequently the sword-shaped forest area, was the willingness of Emu. He didn''t know what that ck altar or sword shaped forest were, but he knew that they were both ces far out of his league He had attempted to use his full power strikes to break out of the impermeable space that enclosed him inside the ck altar; however, such attempts were proven futile as his power fizzled away into nothingness upon release. ....... A tall, handsome figure adorned in flowing white robes now had more kos than he came out with. His Stolid body was suspended a few thousand meters above the air, with a brown-haired busty beautytched onto his back and a ck and gold slime making itself at home on top of his long bed of raven ck hair. He told the little Emu to switch spots and move over to his shoulder a few times, but the little buddy obstinately refused him So he gave up and let the two kos do whatever they wanted with his body (Plot ofnd). The figure in question analyzed the lush greenery below and noticed that therge assortment of gigantic trees in the shape of an Eastern-style sword were no longer anywhere in sight. The only thing visible were the usualrge mountains and ''normal'' sized trees. He sent out his Divine sense for a dozen miles, and yet he found no trace of the area he just came from. That was when a very precarious question popped up in his head ''Where are we?'' ...... |Are you sure we are going the right way, Azmond?| A cute, drowsy voice leaked into Azmond''s ears like a goddess''s melody. Boundless''s voluptuous body rubbed up and down against his back like a subus trying to seduce the devil. Those milky white breasts of hers were on the verge of spilling out of the royal blue dress that could barely contain her He ignored the tempting sensation rubbing up against him and proceeded to respond to the yful beauty. "Yes, we are almost there." "How could you know for sure?" "I just know, okay?" He would never tell her that he could find his way back because of all the trackers and ''safety precautions'' he set up around Crystalline. That would make him seem stalker-like! And he wasn''t anything like that, he swears! Chapter 141: Are We Almost There Yet? .... A few minutester... |Are we almost there yet?| "No" A small pout formed on Boundless''s rosyplexion. |You lied to me before!| She said, while pounding his shoulders with her small, dainty hands. "No, I didn''t. I simply altered the way I answered your question." He said with an indifferent expression. His figure continued zipping across the skies as he passed all the vast forestry below at a speed that made it all seem like a blur. Hearing such a reply only made the adorable pout on her face grow even more pronounced! |That is the same thing as lying, you meanie!| "Hmm Is it now? I don''t think I would go through the trouble to lie to you over something so simple, though. Are you sure all that weight hasn''t gone to your head? That could be the cause of your spouting such nonsense." He said with a small, imperceptible smile. ** Angry cat noises intensify! ** |I am not fat, you baka!| She said while throwing those milk jugs all over his back. And she had the audacity to say she wasn''t ''fat''. Tell that to those two melons attached to you... She became as puffed up as a squirrel preparing for winter as she iled her lusty body on top of Azmond. Her two squishy bunnies inadvertently scraped up against his back with passion. That was her revenge for the big meanies hurtful words! The ''Victim'' of such an ''aggressive attack'' was currently going through a very tumultuous swirl of emotions. Those marshmallows of hers were really testing his faith! But he would persevere! He refused to fall for such earthly desires! "Mhmu!" Even Emu looked to be cheering on his resolve as it jiggled on top of his long bed of hair. It watched this entire interaction between him and Boundless with rapt attention! It seemed little Emu was quite the lover of drama A whileter... |Are we there yet?| The same scene repeated itself as the meek voice of Boundless resounded out across the expansive sea of clouds they were gliding through. It had already been around 30 minutes since they had left the ck altar, and yet they still hadn''t made it back to the Giant Spiritual Garden. It turns out that they were a lot further away from Crystalline than they originally assumed. Azmond, upon hearing the same thing for what felt like the 100th time now, decided to! Ignore her! He turned his head away from those fun bags leaning over his shoulder and focused his attention on the skies beyond. Seemingly finding something interesting there She immediately felt that he wasn''t nning on responding to her, as her cheeks puffed up once more. |Meanie Baka!| She said with a vexed expression. She turned her unholy body away from the side of Azmond''s face before snuggling herself back up into his backside, quickly falling into a deep slumber. An exasperated sigh escaped his mouth as he looked at her peacefully sleeping face with his Divine sense. His tired voice followed not long after. ''Is this girl a gerbil or something? She is all over the ce. And those cheeks of hers really do remind me of a few squirrels I looked after in my past life. After all, forest animals liked me quite a lot when I wasn''t training.'' His useless thoughts resounded out inside his head. Little Emu had also, unsurprisingly, fallen asleep on top of his head as well. It''s little golden-shaped eyes became a lighter color as it looked like it was having quite a tranquil dream. ''Wait How can a slime fall asleep? That doesn''t make any sense'' A perplexed expression emerged on his face as he brooded over yet another useless topic while waiting for the Giant Spiritual Stone Garden to appear. ... A few more minutes passed... That was when something changed, as a distant silhouette of what looked like a bunch of huge boulders and a gigantic tree appeared in the corner of Azmond''s deep, blue eyes. An indescribable gleam passed through his pupils as he realized that he was back ''home''. He had made it back to his Ice Queen in one piece A mncholic aura pervaded the air around him as he arrived at the giant spiritual garden in a split second. And what he saw was the sight of a woman with long ck hair and green eyes, peacefully sleeping. Her irresistible body restlessly wiggled around, while those two perky bunnies of hers bounced all over the ce. Sweat made its way down her curvaceous body as it explored every crack and crevice of her sinful figure Azmond appreciated such a sight for a moment before his attention was drawn to the expanding aura, still continuously growing around her. He could immediately tell that she had already broken through into the Peak Nascent Soul Realm! And it appeared like her aura was at the very peak of said realm! Just a little bit more, and she should be able to break through into the Soul Transformation Realm with an excellent foundation to boot! Such a sight put his glum mood into a more joyful one, as his love gaining even more power would only alleviate the constant worry he had in his heart. Although he doubted that his overprotectiveness would be reduced Still, this was good news! And that wasn''t the only piece of good news, as he could also feel that the ''unknown'' energy she absorbed, which allowed her to improve her cultivation so dramatically, was on the verge of depletion. Which meant that She would awake soon! Although he didn''t know the exact time she would wake up from her deep state of cultivation, he assumed it would be by the time she broke through to the Soul Transformation Realm. Such an event would happen any day now, with the rate at which she was improving! He would finally be able to see Crystalline after so many months apart. Nothing could make him happier at the moment. However That is not to say that he couldn''t be happier! Azmond was a paradoxical man, that''s for sure. Everything he said seemed to contradict himself Chapter 142: Breaking Through To The Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm .... He still had to reach the Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm after all. He couldn''t allow himself to get left behind in terms of realm, now could he? He couldn''t! He wouldn''t allow himself to gox on his cultivation after getting the system! In fact, gaining such a useful resource only further hardened his resolve to cultivate with as much pain as possible! "..." So, that is exactly what he did! He put down his two kos and asked them to do whatever they wanted while he cultivated. Of course, both of them were extremely reluctant when asked to part ways with their favorite spots. However, they took one look at the fierceness inside Azmond''s eyes and decided to let him cultivate for now Boundless and Emu began to y a few little games of chess while their human was doing his thing. Although Azmond couldn''t begin to fathom how two such beings even had the brain capacity to y chess, he decided to leave such controversial topics for his future self. Right now, the only thing on his mind was breaking through to the Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm! ... Thousands of meters above arge, giant spiritual stone, a man with long, raven ck hair and dazzling blue eyes was suspended in a meditative position. His hair blew all over the ce as exorbitant amounts of crimson-colored Qi swarmed him like moths to a me. ** Whoosh! ** The skies above the giant spiritual garden were literally on fire as the remnant Qi produced by Azmond''s breakthrough streaked through the skies. However, before those residue Qi elements could make contact with the ground below, he forcefully pulled all the Qi back up to him through the use of his ''Quantum Law''. Such an action led to a splendiferous sight being formed due to all the convoluted Qi elements shing, spiraling, falling, and congregating around Azmond''s bloodied figurea figure that had more than just a few simple injuries inflicted upon him, as appendages were flying in every which direction. However, those appendages recovered faster than his breakthrough could reduce them to ash! "..." |...| It left an ominous view for the two kos sitting on the ground surface, ying chess. ** Plop! ** "Mhmu!?!" The squeaks of Emu resounded out, as little exmation points made of slime popped up on its body when one of Azmond''s legs fell from the sky andnded on the chess board. "Mhmu!?!?" It eximed outward. Emu seemed to be baffled by the current ''spectacle'' urring above it. It had never seen such insanity in its rtively short life! Is this the type of crazy man it had decided to form an unbreakable bond with??? Such thoughts made the conflicted slime begin to question its previous resoluteness when it agreed to travel with Azmond Boundless, noticing such inner turmoil, decided upon herself (like the benevolent woman she was) to alleviate the slime of its worries. |Don''t fret over the state of that idiot up there. He won''t die over something as simple as a breakthrough!| She said with a haughty smile! Completely and utterly missing what Emu was feeling! And she did so in wless fashion, with conceit written all over her pretty face! "... Mhmu" It thinks that it was beginning to understand why itspanion treated this rger'' creature with such contempt Meanwhile, in the midst of a tempest of crimson Qi bombarding the solemn figure of a lone man, the cracked voice of the half-dismembered man began to sound out in a mildly insane tone. "My breakthroughs are ridiculously painful. But is this not what makes getting stronger so much fun?? Only when you experience pain can you truly appreciate happiness! This pain only strengthens the way I feel about the lighter things in life." His slightly insane voice began to turn into something more indifferent as the pain he was going through began to subside. It wasn''t that the pain had disappeared; it was just that the man taking on such immense pain became more resistant to such ''small'' amounts of it. ... A few minutes passed as the man, with the left side of his body gone, sat in a lotus position with a bored look on his face. His dull voice soon begins to resound as he gazes at all the swarming crimson-red Qi with a solemn expression. "Is this Qi bombardment never going to end?" He asked through bloodied teeth. However, no response ever came. The only thing presently giving him a ''response'' was the Qi in the atmosphereall of its attention focused on him, as unrelentless amounts of Qi invaded and eviscerated his body from the inside out! "Where is that guy who was messing with me thest time I was attempting to breakthrough? Is he not around anymore? I was really looking forward to using him as a whetstone to hone the level of my ''Boundless Restoration'' skill. But it looks like I''ll not have that chance now." He said with a tinge of disappointment, followed by a dejected sigh. His body stayed in that same ce for another 3 days, fully enduring the brunt of all the pugnacious Qi within a five-thousand-mile radius! Whenpared to the level of Qi that surrounded him when he broke through to the Early-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm, the breakthrough from the Early-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm to the Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm appeared to be a lot more enticing for the Qi of Asterion. After a few more hours passed, he neared the very Zenith of his breakthrough point! ** Swirl! ** ** Slice! ** The Qi began to batter him even more vehemently, almost as if the very Qi that pervaded the of Asterion had a deep, unsettled vengeance with him! ** Whirl! ** ** Gurgle! ** The usual sounds of the Qi going through multiple intermittent transitions in and outside of him echoed out across the skies; however, something else entirely began to enter the ears of the bored Azmond... ** Gurgle! ** ** Gurgle!! ** ** BOOOooOOM!! "* The unusual sounds only seemed to get louder as it looked like something was approaching? Chapter 143: The Colossal Red Yeti Loud explosions followed; they almost sounded like the sounds of a multitude of mountains being destroyed by the impending entrance of something momentous! "Oh?" His impassive voice leaked out before he turned his half-destroyed, stalwart figure in the direction of the noise. And what he saw left himpletely astonished! A figure sorge that even the skies above were blotted out from the mere size of it appeared in front of his vision! And the most surprising part was that it was not flying It had bright red fur covering the entirety of its humongous body, and there were two pitch ck horns that spiraled upwards from the center of the beast''s heada head that resembled that of a giant yetia head that could look over even the tallest of skyscrapers with ease! Vast amounts of saliva leaked from the gaping mouth of the fur beast as thousands of bolder sized teeth red out at Azmond. "ROOooOOAAR!!!!!" It bellowed. Following such a mindlessly, savage roar as an introduction, it''s massive body stood on endits red fur took on a spikier form, pointed to the heavens before a violent and barbaric dark red aura leaked out from the beastconsuming the skies above with a nigh-suffocating aura of bloodthirstiness! "..." Azmond was speechless. ''Where did such a monstere from? And why did ite in the midst of the most important part of his breakthrough??'' His expression was beyond perplexed by the unluckiness of this situation. That is not to mention that this beast was emitting an aura that was nearing the Half-Step Void Refining Realm! A creature at the very peak of the Soul Transformation Realm popped up in front of him right when he was about to breakthrough the Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm?? Azmond wasn''t buying that this could all just be one big ol coincidence! "Oh wait" That was when something suddenly hit him like a sh of inspiration "This is the ploy of those bastards in the sky, huh? They couldn''tunch strong enough Heavenly Lightning or something after failing to kill me thest time we ''met''. So they resorted to using more ''exterior'' methods to bring about my demise." His voice came out in a dull monotone. Honestly, all these silly games of the beings beyond his reach were utterly uninteresting for the current him. Their little farce was a little interesting in the beginning, but now it was nothing more than a hassle. A hassle that he could care less about. However What he did care about was that the dirty red mut was so close to his Crystalline His face darkened considerably as he looked at the giant, yeti-like beast with repressed vexation. ** Gurgle! ** ** BOOooOM! ** That was when the colossal beast took another step toward the suspended figure of Azmonddestroying a couple small mountains in the process! ** Pop! ** A vein burst on Azmond''s forehead! And that was all it took to tip him over the edge! His figure sprang up on thin air like a broken coil before a few sonic booms that surpassed anything he had ever disyed beforeboomed out from his figure! A voice as cold as ice soon followed as he appeared in front of the colossal red yeti in less than a millisecond! "Just die already." His body had yet to fully heal, so his daunting figure loomed over the giant red, yeti like a harbinger of death! Following such a promation and stance was the subsequent unleashment of a skill that would be capable of inciting terror in even the strongest of Soul Transformation Realm Beasts. |Quantum Rift de.| His ant-like figure stopped a few meters away from the building-sized eyes of the yeti before his right hand ferociously sliced forward! A crimson ck aura had already built up within that tiny arm of his before the unleashment of the Quantum Rift de, as he had already built up a greater control of his powers. Enough that he didn''t need to create a spectacle within a 1000 mile radius every time he unleashed a skill. Such a simple and discreet hand swipe was only the prelude to the subsequent release of a crimson crescent that stretched on for thousands of meters! **Whoosh!! ** It would be fair to say that the colossal red yeti stood absolutely no chance when facing such an overwhelming might. It''s three thousand-meter-tall, fur-covered body was immediately dissected into twoa massive amount of greenish-red followed his strike as blood fell from the skies like an endless shower of guts and blood! ** Drip** ** Drip! ** ** Plop! ** The red yeti never stood a chance to begin with, even if it was nearing the Half-Step Void Refining Realm. After all, Azmond''s stats only stood true when he faced an opponent that had at least a small modicum of resistance against thew of space. Obviously, this Colossal yeti was not one of such creatures. The unwavering figure of a man adorned in long, flowing white and red-spotted robes stood a few thousand meters off the ground with an irritated expression on his facesuch a savage monster had dirtied his nice and clean robes after all! Such trash didn''t even deserve to stand within the same breath as him, and yet it had the foolhardiness toe in front of himlooking to eat him with that disgusting mouth? "Tsk." Disdain emerged on his face. In his opinion, such idiotic rashness was beyond stupid. That is not to mention that the disgustinglyrge beast had the boldness toe and mess with him in front of his Crystalline''s resting area "..." Such a clean and simple death was a mercy for that beast! ** Whoosh! ** ** Whoosh! ** He threw even more ''Quantum Rift des'' in the direction of the Colossal, red yeti''s bisected corpse! Seemingly attempting to get out all the annoyance he felt for such a monster .. A few secondster, and after a few dozen ''Quantum Rift des'' that resulted in the yeti corpse bing akin to that of a sashimi tter, he ultimately made his way back down to the ground surface. Chapter 144: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Dissecting The Furry Monster An irkful look was still present on his chiseled features; however, such small amounts of annoyance were a lot better than the look on his face prior to ''venting''. ** Tap ** ** Tap ** His light steps made contact with the earth as his fully healed body and clean, neat robes made themselves known to the world. |Did you have fun dissecting that giant, furry creature, Azmond?| A kind, angelic voice made its way into his ears like sweet honey. He turned in the direction of the busty, brown-haired beauty before responding in a slightly perturbed tone. "That beast was nothing but a bothersome annoyance that should''ve stayed in whatever hole it crawled out ofinstead of annoying me with its pest-like existence." He said with a small frown and a clicking of his tongue. "Let us forget about such a non-important existence and instead focus on my new breakthrough into the Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm." That slight frown quickly turned upside down. After experiencing such a fluctuation in his emotions, he wanted to gain a better understanding of the new level of power he attained upon breaking through to the Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm! He had inadvertently broken through to the Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm when in the presence of a near-half-step Void Refining Beast. It turned out that the beings beyond the Heavens only ended up further speeding up his inevitable breakthrough! |If you are going to check out your new power, then you should take a look at the new system interface that was instantly updated upon your breakthrough into the Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm!- -I am sure the new features will interest you greatly! Oh, and I forgot to mention that you gained a sizeable sum of experience from killing that giant mess of meat.| Boundless interrupted his thoughts with a jovial voice that rang out in his ears like the words of an angel. Such words were followed by her body jumping in the direction of the minced meat that was once an all-powerful Peak Soul transformation beasther finger outstretched as she pointed to the meat mountain with a small, cute smile. ** Jiggle! ** ** Jiggle! ** Her two milky white breasts bounced all over the ce, and with Emu situated on top of her head, their bodily motions were seemingly in sync ** Boing! ** ** Boing! ** "..." Azmond turned off his mind at such a sight before opening up his system interface with a nk face. ''Must not fall for such temptations. Must not fall for such temptations. Mus-'' He chanted inside his head while staring at the new and improved system interface. ... However before we get to the new system interface, we need to gloss over a subject that Azmondpletely overlooked That subject being that Emu could now see and touch Boundless! Such a thing shouldn''t even be remotely possible and neither of the two questioned such a thing, but it happened nheless! It appears that Emu had be something deeper than a mere ''Companion'' for Azmond, as it had somehow been integrated into the system. Something that should be considered imusible Yet, it happened, nheless. It looks like Azmond wasn''t the only ''unique'' existence here ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Vanquisher Noobie] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 11/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Initial-Middle] [Quantum Law Assimtion Rate: 0.00236%] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Level 1] [Dao Heart Rank: Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 1(Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating Monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) ] [???] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law Level 1] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 0: Level 1 (After Update(Still calcting saved EXP)] [Exp needed for next level: 20,000,000 (Calcting total saved up Experience)] [Total Exp: 65,000,000(Excluding saved up Experience from pre-Breakthrough)] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Initial Half-Step Void Refining Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate and strongest technique.] [STR: Well into the Peak-Peak Soul Transformation Realm] [DEF: Well into the Peak-Peak Soul Transformation Realm] [Qi: Well into the Peak-Peak Soul Transformation Realm] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement) (Getting Better!!] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Lady Killer: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 0] [Dual Cultivation Rank: None] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: None] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: None] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: None] [Boundless''s Comment: |I really don''t like this section!) ** Angry Cat Noises Intensify **] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[None for now. (Approach the territories of dangerous monsters or further explore the world of Asterion.).]} [Total Quest Completed: 10] [Overall Quest Rating: None] [Quest Completion Bonus: None] [Overachiever Bonus: None] [Bonuses received: 10] ==<[Vanquisher des]>== Title Rank: {[Vanquisher Noobie]} H-Rank Enemies Defeated: 22,000 G-Rank Enemies Defeated: 3,500 F-Rank Enemies Defeated: 250 E-Rank Enemies Defeated: 1 D-Rank Enemies Defeated: 1 C-Rank and Above: None ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] [Boundless''s Comment: Why are so many women around my master] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}, {[Divine Devil Arts]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect [Comprehension Of Most Used Skills: (Quantum Rift de: {[Complete Comprehension]}), (Lightning Laceration: {[Complete Comprehension]}), (Cataclysmic Annihtion: {[Greater Mastery]})] ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==== Baka Azmond! *Humph* I think Azmond is thinking about other Women I am not a real woman ====(Info will be deleted upon the user reading it) ==== (Info will be deleted upon the user reading it) {[Discerning Quantum Eye]}: Can now analyze the existences of other living beings in the form of other System Interfaces popping up on whoever(or whatever) you use this skill on. {[Will Tab]}: Information hidden till you activate the required prerequisites. ..... The new System Interface put Azmond in a state of deep pondering as he looked over and analyzed every old and new feature that he had avable to him. |I am awesome, am I not?| Boundless asked with a radiant smile. "..." He couldn''t witness such a ''dazzling'' sight without bing enamored, so he simply turned his head in the opposite direction of her, continuing to scan over his system interface. Such an action left Boundless more than a little aggrieved. |Hmph! You Big Baka!| She huffed and puffed before walking back over to the chess table with Emu in tow. Her two perky bunnies heaved up and down while making her way over! That stupid master of mine! Chapter 145: Tier 0: Level 1 ..... "... Well, I guess I should thank her properly at a different point in time." An exasperated sigh came out of his mouth before he checked out the most eye-catching features of his System Interface. Those features being, ''Dao Heart Rank'', ''Existence Companion Bonds'', his ''Level'', ''Quantum Law Assimtion Rate'', and of course the ''New System Features'' tab. There were so many new things added or altered in his System that he couldn''t wait to begin testing out all the neat things he could now do! He could infer that the ''Dao Heart Rank'' section probably had something to do with his ''Will'' or something. He didn''t dwell on that portion for long before his attention moved to the ''Existence Companion Bonds'' tab. A tab that interested him greatly! The only thing on such a section was the name of his ''Emu'' and the ''Bond Level'' of Emu. He didn''t quite understand what it meant without further experimentation; however, he understood that he needed to hunt and kill monsters andplete quests to increase said ''Bond Level''. Something that he was nning to do to begin with! It looked like this new feature of the system was one of the leading causes of the sudden event where Emu could now see the form of Boundless. It could even touch her without any problems... This left a few question marks inside his head prior to the System update, but now all his queries were solved as easily as that. "..." His attention soon focused on the next noticeable change in his System Interface. That something being his ''Level'' and ''Quantum Law Assimtion Rate''. He understood the gist of how these features should function, but he didn''t understand how he had gained so muchprehension of the ''Quantum Law Assimtion Rate'' from breaking through a single minor Realm. It seemed a little ridiculous to him that he gained nearly triple his previous assimtion rate with one breakthrough! Such an improvement had Azmond''s built-in ''X For Doubt'' fundamental Function go off! "I gained such an improvement to my Quantum Law Assimtion Rate with one breakthrough in the Quantum Realmenough that I can now materialize a very minuteter of space around my body, which should add an extra ''active''yer of protection on top of my base defense stat." He said this while observing the thin, nigh-translucentyer of a starry-like substance covering his body. "I gained so much more control over thew of space with a single breakthrough in the Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm, so I can''t help but wonder how much more I can increase that percentage by when I make it to the Mahayana Realm" Intense anticipation for the days and years toe filled up his heart! There was nothing that excited him more than gaining even more power from such an illusive, seemingly omnipotent power like his ''Quantum Law''. He wouldn''t settle for just that, though, as he wanted to obtain every form of power that every single thing had to offer! He didn''t know how he would aplish such an impossible task He just knew he had to do it. He relished in his new degree of power before diverting his focus to the ''Level'' tab. "My level portion has changed from ''Level 100'' to ''Tier 0: Level 1''. It''s almost like my past leveling frenzy was nothing more than the tutorial for the true leveling that was toe. However, I assume that the same rules that applied to the ''Level Functions'' prior to the update still apply now." He contemted the subject for a moment before leaving the experimentation of his new ''Level'' feature for when he went out and hunted more monsters. His attention was drawn away one more time as he still had to check out the ''New System Features'' segment that gave him some extremely useful abilities! Well It was really just one ''useful'' ability for now, while the other one would definitely be useful to him at a future date. That ''currently useful'' feature being the ''Discerning Quantum Eye''! He immediately understood what this ''Quantum Discerning Eye'' was without even reading its description. It was the all-epassing and all-powerful feature that allowed you to gauge the level and general specs of everything you looked at! You had to have lived under a rock if you did not know about such an abilityalthough with a less grandiose-sounding nameback on Earth! After all, this ability would open up so many possibilities for Azmond. There were so many different applications of this ability that he didn''t even know how much more power he would indirectly gain from such an overpowered ability! After all, this ''Quantum Discerning Eye'' did more than just give him the specs of other living beings He wanted to immediately try out such an overpowered ability as he spoke the words ''Quantum Discerning Eye'' inside his head. "!!!" A plethora of bright lights instantly shed inside his vision when he spoke such a name! System pop-up screens appeared in every single direction that he turned his head in! There were so many pop-up screens that he couldn''t even differentiate between them, as they ovepped and intermingled with one another! There were pop-ups for the trees, for the rocks, for the grass, for the giant spiritual stones, even for the ''Tree Of Life''. There were so many pop-ups that he didn''t know what to do with himself! However! He couldn''t see a single thing at the moment He wouldn''t be able to continue his pursuit of power with such a distraction in front of his face at all times, so he swiftly filtered out the feature to just point out ''living things worthy of notice''. He could''ve filtered it down to ''all living things'', but just imagine how many small insects and microscopic organisms would still pop up as System Screens After filtering down that overpowered ability, he was weed with a much more manageable view. "Now, this is much better." He said with a small smile. His gaze traveled around the giant spiritual garden as he observed and analyzed all the System pop-ups that designated everything ''noticeably'' living, with a spec page. Chapter 146: Testing Out The Discerning Quantum Eye A few wild animals passed by as Azmond took a quick nce at them with his Quantum Discerning Eye active. [Fox: Level 4 (Below Tier 0) [{Stats: Strength: 3, Defense: 4, Qi: 0}]] [Bunny: Level 3 (Below Tier 0) [{Stats: Strength: 2, Defense: 1, Qi: 0}]] [Bunny: Level 3 (Below Tier 0) [{Stats: Strength: 2, Defense: 2, Qi: 0}]] A few pop-ups appeared in front of him as he glossed over them and extracted the most important details while leaving out the misceneous information. The ''Quantum Discerning Eye'' visualized almost every single thing there was to know about these animals; however, Azmond didn''t feel like going through all that useless information. So he dialed it down to just the ''Level'' and ''General Stats'' for now. Leaving out the sections that informed him of the ''eating habits'', ''mating seasons'', ''typical prey'', and the such. Nheless, what he did extract from the pop-ups was enough to let him smoothly scrutinize the existence''s of those wild animals. He continued to scan all the intriguing things around him before focusing his skill on Boundless and Emu. He wanted to see what his ''Quantum Discerning Eye'' would tell him about his panions''. [Boundless: Embodiment of the ''Boundless System'', ????? Stats: ???? Personality: Quite the happy go lucky gal!] "..." The pop-up that appeared when he looked at Boundless was sort of to be expected It would be more unusual if he could fully analyze the existence of the literal ''Embodiment'' of the thing that gifted him the skill he was trying to use on her. He lightly shrugged his shoulders before turning his ability in the direction of Emu, who sat atop Boundless''s head like avishly decorated crown. [Emu: {[Level: 78: (Pre Tier 1) {[Stats: Strength: 236, Defense: 287, Qi: 460]}, {[Development Phase: Adult]}, {[Main Abilities: Body Morph: Can morph into the shape of anything imaginable (stats of what it morphs into increase with every level or exterior amplification of ''Emu''), {[Unlimited Devour: Can devour and assimte anything in existence}], Description: Existence-Bonded-Companion of the User of the ''Boundless System''. Origin: ????, Background: ????, Potential: ???] "..." Azmond was left bewildered by the vast assortment of information that flooded his vision when he gazed upon the pop-up. "Is this for real?" He asked. Bafflement was written all over his face as he scanned over the information presented to him one more time. ... Reading it the second time didn''t alleviate his amazement anymore than the first time he read it "..." He let out a sigh full of lethargy. ''Why does Emu appear to be even more overpowered than I am?'' He asked himself with a wry smile. "And why does Emu have ''Background'' and ''Origin'' tabs that can''t be assessed by my ''Quantum Discerning Eye''? Is the relevant information simply at such a high level that I can''t view it?" That was the most logical assumption given the equivocatable circumstances. However, just what sort of background and origin did Emue from that he couldn''t discern a single thing about it? "..." He began to view the little ck and gold slimea slime that was currently jiggling in sync with a different kind of ''slime''in a new light. He never would''ve expected the existence he found and named on a whim to be such an unbelievably high-born being "Well I guess it makes sense, given those grandiose ability descriptions and all." He reassured himself. "Well, I got the gist of this new ''Quantum Discerning Eye'' ability. So I can begin to-" "Mhmm~?" A melodic, icy voice interjected itself into his thoughts. He was interrupted suddenly and out of nowhere by a drowsy, mellow voice originating from a certain oversized bed! Excitement quickly filled his heart before he turned his head faster than the speed of soundalmost snapping itand gazed in the direction of the source with untold amounts of happiness. -Happiness that only grew exponentially when he confirmed his budding assumption! "!!!" A beautiful woman with long, messy ck hair and dazzling emerald-like eyes awoke from her deep slumber. Her body was sitting up on the colossal bed as she lightly rubbed her eyes with a cute, sleepy face. She tried to wake herself up a little more as her tight-fitted robes sensually clung to her well-endowed body. A few moments pass before she begins to look around her periphery with deep anguish apparent in her tearstained eyes. She looked left, and she looked directly in front of her. She looked in every direction besides the one where Azmond was... Intense sorrow built up inside her heart after not seeing her Azmond no matter where she ''looked''. That sorrow built up to such a degree that she began to cry... *Drip* *Drip* Crystalline, tears fell down those rosy cheeks of hers like a broken damn. Her mind immediately went to the worst ces when she couldn''t find the man she loved. A man she immediately assumed had died Those nightmares she had while in the midst of her ''Deep Cultivation Session''s haunted her for days. And now... Those nightmares became her reality. "D-Did he leave me alone? A-Alone in this world" She spoke through sniffles. ''W-Why'' ''W-Why did he leave me all alone I-I had no one in this world'' She began to break down. ''No one cared whether I died or not'' Her entire life was filled with nothing except expectation for the things that the people around her expected her to do. No one truly loved her, not even her family... They only wanted what she had to offer them. "T-That was my life Before I met him" Her voice cracked like broken ss; the feelings she was feeling were beyond what she could bear. "A-And N-Now, H-He- He I-Is" She had already copsed onto the bed with a face, like a little girl who just lost everything she loved... "-He is gone" She wept with an agonized cry. Tears gushed out of those Emerald Eyes of hers like never-ending rainfall. Her thoughts spiraled down a deep and endless pit of anguish. She put her wet hands up to her face before beginning to bawl like a woman who had lost her Like a woman who had lost Her.. Her Her whole world. Chapter 147: (R-18) An Intense Reunion ** Drip Drip Drip! Drip! ** The tears never stopped flowing. Her mind had already turned to a mush of overflowing sadness That was when, suddenly, and out of nowhere Arge, gentle hand stretched out. That hand began to tenderly rub the tears off of her face. "A-Azmond?" She turned her wet eyes up to the source of such soft touches and saw the unparalleled face of the only person she ever wanted to see However, before she could freak out, the gentle and kind voice of the man leaked out into her reddened earlobes. "You don''t need to cry, my Love. I will never leave you alone. Not in this lifetime, and not in the next one" He said with arge, radiant smile. A smile that lit up her entire world like the darkest of nights suddenly dispersing, only to introduce the weing of a new age! Her anguished and tear-stricken face immediately turned to one of unequivocal joy as she leaped up from her position! "A-AZMONDD!!!!!'' Her wet face immediately made contact with the smooth face of her lover before she began to rub her moist cheeks up against him! She wanted to meld her existence with Azmond''s! She wouldn''t allow him to die! She was strong now! She would never let this man even entertain the idea that he could leave her all alone! Humph!* Her sorrowful and indescribable pain subsided like it was never there as she began to cry tears of joy while clinging to him, almost as she were afraid he would disappear the moment she looked away! "..." Azmond simply stood there, hanging over the bedside with a small, loving smile. A smile that held so manyplex and convoluted emotions that one couldn''t begin to articte just how many different things were going through his head. He didn''t know how to put his feelings into words, so he just returned the intense hug with a gentle and affectionate hug of his own. Their bodies squished together, which made for a sensual sight. Crystalline''s bountiful breasts pressed up against his chiseled body, while that ass of hers stuck up to the heavens like it wanted topete with Mount Olympus in terms of perfectness! .... The couple stayed in that position for a few minutes, as she continued to cry till there was no dry spot left on Azmond''s robes. Not that he minded such a thing one bit; in fact, he even embraced the wetness as he glued his body to her using the liquids produced by her. Their robes were both see-through at this point, as everything was out in the open ** Rub Rub ** Herrge, perky breasts and their hard tips rubbed up against him with passion. She disengaged from the emotional hug when she noticed what she was doing before backing away a little. A deep, red blush visible on those icy features of hers. Azmond, observing such a cute reaction, had his loving smile morph into a different kind of ''loving smile''. "Oh?" His yful voice echoed out before he sneakily approached the flustered figure of the voluptuous beauty. His hands teasingly slid down her body from her slightly exposed neck. "Mhmm~!" She reacted to such a sensitive touch with a low moan. She tried to cover her mouth when she felt his touch, but she didn''t make it on time "AAAaahhngg~ A-Azmond~, T-That is~!" She eximed with a face of pure ecstacy. Her two emeralds rolled back a little as something began to leak from her holy cave! "Do you wanna have a little fun, My Love~?" His seductive voice followed such sly movements as his naughty words leaked into the innocentmb''s ears. Her face suddenly became as red as a tomatoshe knew exactly what he was referring to However, even knowing about his perverted intent W-Why? Why did she suddenly be excited His breath mingled with the deep red earlobes of the sensitive Ice Beauty as his seductive actions seemed unrelenting! Her long, slender legs buckled under the weight of such enticing thoughts, as she couldn''t take it anymore! She didn''t care anymore! "Yes, Azmond!!! I want you right now!!! All of you~!!!" She said this while her lust-filled eyes darted to the protruding spot in his pants. Her ''innocent Icy Persona'' disappeared like it was never there to begin with And, in its ce, a far more ''Voracious'' and ''Insatiable'' version of her took over! She took Azmond by the cor of his white robe before pulling him into a deep and passionate kiss! "!!" He was taken aback by the abrupt and bold actions of his Little Ice Flower; however, that surprise quickly morphed into affection as he reciprocated the deep kiss with an even more aggressive one! "Mhm~!" She yelped a little. ** Slurp slurp ** Their mouths and tongues intermingled in a delicious saliva-filled mixture. He pulled back, and she pulled back a few times before resuming with an even more passionate kiss. They looked like they were in a battle to see who could first consume the other! And the winner of such a petition'' was Azmond! Even though Crystalline had months to recover her energy for this moment, she was still no match for the unparalleled prowess of Azmond! ... After a few minutes of such intense making out, the both of them pulled away from each otherCrystalline stilltched onto his body like a koas a long trail of saliva fell between the two of them. "..." The two lovebirds looked into each other''s eyes with a deep, profound feeling of lust growingand growing fastwithin them! It looked like their bubbled-up and repressed emotions would erupt at any moment! And then it happened! Something simply snapped for the both of them as their clothes disappeared in but an instant! "!!!" Such a magical act by Azmond was followed up by him sensually grabbing the round ass of Crystalline before lifting her up even higherhigh enough that she would be positioned in the perfect position to intake therge meat roda meat rod that was looking to invade the entirety of her squishy insides! Chapter 148: (R-18) An Intense Reunion Part 2 Her lewd body and all its glory were suspended directly above Azmond dick as an unfamiliar fervor full of nothing but lust shed past her emerald-like eyes. That sloppy, dripping wet pussy of hers looked to be trying to consume the entirety of his dick as it opened and closed enticingly! Following such precarious positioning were a few seductive words from the owner of such a sly meat rod. "Are you ready to take everything I got in one go, My Love~?" He asked with a small, yful smile stered on his face. There was nothing more fun than cultivating, getting stronger, and teasing Crystalline for him! Absolutely nothing could beat those three experiences for the paradoxical Azmond! Hearing such a flirtatious voice leak into her ears like the temptation of the devil made the far bolder Crystalline look him directly into his shining blues before a voice just as seductive echoed out from her. "Just pierce me already, My Love~!" She said with no shame! "Very well!" He said with a dangerous expression as he plunged his dick all the way into her wet pussy! He drilled through her moist canals like it was the easiest thing in the world! And it didn''t stop there, as his dick shot even further into her, reaching the utmost limits of her vaginal canals! "AAAaaahhng~!!!! A-Azmond~!!!" Her curvaceous body spasmed and jiggled all over the ce as an intense moan escaped her cute, pink lips! Her toes curled up as her body arched backher face being nothing short of euphoria, as the look of intoxicated ecstasy on her pretty features was utterly divine! "Heh." Azmond had never seen a view so delicious in his entire life, and he felt like he needed to tease the subus-like beauty a little bit more. At least, that is what he attempted to do But, suddenly and out of nowhere, her pussy walls tightened around his dick like they wanted to crush his little brother in one strike! "UNgnn!" He groaned a little before regaining hisposure, only to see the satisfied look on the subus''s face. "Hehe~" She giggled through moans. ''This little she-devil'' His grin became a little malicious, as he felt like he needed to teach this naughty woman a lesson! Just as Crystalline became a little happy about getting one over on him, she was suddenly taken out of her moment of relish by the rocket-like thrusts of Azmond! ** Pat Pat Pat Pat! ** "AAAaaahnn~!! Mhmm~!!! A-Azmond~!! I-I was just p-paying around~!! S-So please slow down a l-lttle~!" She yelped, as intense moan after moan leaked out of her mouth, followed by ripples coursing throughout her supple body. Upon hearing such pleas from his Little Ice Beauty, his yful grin only became wider as he thrust even harder while using a pincer tacticlightly pinching and twisting her light-pink nipples! ** Pat Pat!** The sound of meat pping together resounded out as the ferocious movements made by Azmond only became more and more intense! AAaahhhnn~! A-Azmond~! P-Please S-Slow Down~!! S-Something I-Is C-Coming~~!!!!!" She pleaded with saliva falling down her mouth in great amounts! Her eyes had already rolled to the back of her head, while her nipples were flung all over the ce! "It is toote for pleas, My Love~ You yed with the tigers tail-" He began. "So be prepared to take the full force of the tiger as a consequence of your audacious actions~!" He said before beginning to pull on the already copsed and spasming woman''s clitoris! "Aaahhnn~?!!!!! W-What~?!?? N-NOoo~!!" She immediately awoke from her pleasure-filled reverie as she came once again! A sweet-smelling liquid spurted out of her pussy like a never-ending waterfall, spraying all over his face before subsequently soaking his nude body as well! Her body finally stopped spraying her divine liquids after a few secondsher busty bodyy there, attached to Azmondtwitching with no end from the seemingly endless orgasms attacking her from all sides! She couldn''t take it anymore! She was really going to die if he did anything else to her! "Heh." Azmond took such a sight as the invitation that allowed him to do anything he wanted to the unholy body sprawled out on top of him! And he did exactly that, as his sly hands made their way throughout her soaked bodyteasing every erogenous spot he could locateusing the Heavenly Massage Technique to the limits of its capabilities! Massive amounts of Qi harnessed from the Heavenly Massage Technique electrified and teased every part of her with unrelenting passion! "Mhmm~!! AAaagn~~!!! P-Please~!!! N-Nooo Moree~!!!" She said through loud moans! She was practically frothing at the mouth as shey with her facepletely out of ither tongue dangled from her mouthand the divine liquid never stopped squirting out of her holy entrance! **Spurt, Spurt! ** Azmond had never seen such a wonderful sight in his entire life! What could excite a person more than the sight of the one they love passing out anding back to reality from the pleasure they were receiving?!? Seeing such a thing only made him be even more active, as he pulled his hips back ** Patt!!** Before mming them with enough power to knock out a Soul Transformation Realm Cultivator! "AAAaahhnnn~!!! I-I c-can''t~!! C-Cumming~!!!" She murmered iprehensible sentences before another explosion of juices erupted out of her tight pussy hole! "Ahhgn!" He groaned a little as well before he felt something begin to build up inside of him! Those vaginal canals were just too tight for him to bare! They were crushing his piece like a motherfucka!! ''Damniitt!! I can''t hold it in anymore!!'' Following the pleasure that filled up Crystalline''s entire existence, there was anotheryer of even more ecstasy as Azmond unloaded everything he had been storing inside of her tight pussy! "AAAaaahnn~!!! S-SOooo Warm~!!!! I-It feels so GEEWD~!!" She slurred her words as an orgasm more intense than anything she had ever experienced hit her like a truck ramming into her! *Spurt, Spurt!!** Simteneous squirting sounds from both of them filled up the lust-filled atmosphere! A suspicious-smelling smell began to pervade the air around the interlinked couple Chapter 149: (R-18) An Intense Reunion Part 3 An explosion of semen filled her insides to the brim as her juices sprayed his dick in return! An action that only made the semen slide even further into the deepest reaches of her uterus! Her inside''s were like a slippery water slidea very sticky water slide, that is. "AAAAAaaaahhnngg~~!!! I-I~! W-What~! S-So G-GOoOOD~~!!!!!!!" She muttered more iprehensible nonsense before immediately passing out. Her wet and lewd curves fell onto his body before she fell into a deep pleasure-inducedaaa filled with nothing but the savoring of the heaven-like pleasure she just experienced! Azmond finished unloading everything he had inside of her before he pulled out and let therge mixture of their lewd juices spill out onto him. He proceeded to lift her up before bringing her over to therge bed she had been ''cultivating'' on for the past few months He put down the deluded beautya beauty who had a silly smile on her facebefore he backed up and got a very good look at the alluring view before him. Her body was covered in her own juices, as thick semen leaked out of her pussy in absurd amounts... The sight was a surreal one, that''s for sure. His stalwart figure and the big piece he carried around with him were both standing up to the sky! it was almost like they were looking to pierce the dimension thaty above them! "..." It seemed like Azmond wasn''t done yet "... I wonder how I should settle this little predicament I found myself in?" He muttered with a sly grin before his gaze traveled up the sweaty and liquid-covered figure of Crystalline. ** Tap tap** He took light steps toward the dazed and naked beauty before he lightly pped the beauty on her jiggly ass! **Whack** **Jiggle Jiggle!** Her ass cheeks ricocheted a little before such an action caused the dazed beauty to wake up with a sudden jump of her liquid-covered body! Her lust-filled eyes looked around her, trying to find the source for such a rude p! And that was when saw it Azmond''s stalwart figure, along with his piece, were both standing up as straight as mighty swords! They were standing erect, like they wanted to pierce every single thing that obstructed them! Her eyes immediately caught sight of his daunting meat rod before her attention was drawn away by the owner of said holy sword! "This is your fault, you know~?" He said with a flirtatious smile. His finger stretched out before pointing directly at the erect ''holy sword he wielded. "Don''t you think you should do something about it~?" He seductively whispered into her red-tinged ears. "Aahn~" Her body was still sensitive from the previous ''exercises'' so she didn''t take the breath that mingled with her earlobes very passivelyher body jiggled a little before she cupped her mouth with her small, dainty hands, attempting to soften her moans. After a few moments of her being flustered, she ultimatelyprehended what he had said as she became redder than a tomato! What was this man saying?!? He wanted to continue?!? He could still go on?!? Hmm? **Pulsate!** **Throb, throb!** But all it took was one look at his throbbing meat That was all it took for every spec of her remaining rationality to go up in smoke as she stared down his dick with a finger seductively tugging at her lower lip. Hearts began to materialize inside of her dazzling, green eyes as Azmond already got all the confirmation he needed "Then, let us continue with the fun~" His mischievous words echoed out across the lushndscape as he approached the enamored beauty, slowly crawling towards her like a wolf who caught his next prey. ''I always wanted to try Doggy-Style, so I think I will do that next!'' His thoughts leaked out onto his face as Crystalline suddenly got a really bad feeling about what was toe! .... Meanwhile, at an inconspicuous corner of the giant spiritual garden, a woman with long, slightly curly brown hair and a body to die for, along with a ck and gold slime, were ying each other in a game of chess. *AAAaaa~!!* Loud and sensual moans were sounding out in the distance as the sounds only got louder as time passed. |...Tsk!| The feminine voice of the usual sanguine, brown-haired beauty echoed out, followed by a click of the tongue. Annoyance was apparent in those wless features of hers as she kept on being reminded of the ongoing love-making session going on with her master and that stinky woman! *AAAaaahnn~! A-Azmond~!!* |...| Her face darkened considerably when yet another loud moan made its way into her ears. A dark, malevolent aura began to permeate around her as her face became covered by those long, curly brown strands of hers. ** Crack! ** Her face was anything but pretty, as she almost cracked the queen piece she was holding in her hands. (It shattered) The amount of irritation she felt at another woman getting so intimate with her master was palpable! ''How dare that woman do all t-those-'' A deep blush formed on her face when she tried to get out the proper words to describe the naughty act her master and that woman were engaging in! ''I-If I were a real woman like her, then I''m sure that I could please my master far better than that stupid bimbo!" She said through flushed cheeks. ''If only I were a real woman'' A self-deprecating smile emerged on her cherry cheeks as she looked off into the distance, blocking out the sensual sounds going off behind her. She knew she would never be a real woman At least not the kind that her master and host would ever like... And that was fine with her! |I am fine I have to be fine| |For the betterment of my master| |For his sake, I will be fine| A mncholic aura festered around the troubled ''woman''. "Mhmu?" The cute squeak of Emu leaked out as he looked at the irked expression on its chess partner. Chapter 150: Monster Power...? It quite liked this ''chess'' game that she introduced to it, and it didn''t have anyone else to y with. However, thisrge creature seemed to be going through a lot ofplicated stuff right now Such inner turmoil led to it not having a chess partner that was capable of focusing on the new game it liked "..." The doleful air permeating the surroundings only appeared to get stronger as Emu began to be a little depressed as well. ... A few days passed by in the blink of an eye as a tall, handsome man with long, raven ck hair and deep, profound blue eyes gazed obsessively at a green-eyed beauty resting on top of his nude body. Her unholy curves pressed up against the chiseled body of Azmond, as a peaceful look was stered on her beautiful face. She may have appeared to be a calm sleeper at first nce; however, after a few seconds, her body began to restlessly wiggle and cling even closer to his body. "Mhmm~" Her expression became a lot more satisfied after she had found the perfect spot on his perfect figure. His expression morphed a little bit when he saw such an adorable sight. ''This girl is such a mess~'' He thought to himself with a small,ughing smile. *Ding!* * You have gained 500 Dual Cultivation Experience!* However, his attention was soon diverted from the sight of his Little Ice Flower as something was brought to his attention with a notification sounding out of the blue. He took a look at his user information with an inquisitive expression. ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Well into the Initial Half-Step Void Refining Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate and strongest technique.] [STR: Nearing the Peak-Peak Soul Transformation Realm] [DEF: Nearing the Peak-Peak Soul Transformation Realm] [Qi: Nearing the Peak-Peak Soul Transformation Realm] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement) (Getting Better!!] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Lady Killer: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 12] [Dual Cultivation Rank: Noobie Dual Cultivator] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: 1] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: 1] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: D-Rank. (3 Days worth of Dual Cultivation garnered you a D Rank Bonus ((Weak stamina))] [Boundless''s Comment: |I really don''t like this section!) ** Angry Cat Noises Intensify **] ..... He only scanned over the section involving his stats and his ''Dual Cultivation'' specs as he noticed something had finally changed in the ''Dual Cultivation'' tab! And, as he read over the ''Dual Cultivation'' portion, more and more notifications informing him of the ''Dual Cultivation Experience'' he had gained kept ringing off. *Ding!* *You have gained 500 Dual Cultivation Experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 600 Dual Cultivation Experience* *Ding!* *You have leveled up your dual Cultivation!* *Ding!* *You have gained 800 Dual Cultivation Experience* *Ding! Yo-*... He ignored the constant notification pop-ups and instead refocused his attention on the new relevant information in his ''Dual Cultivation'' area. The first thing that caught his eye were thements clearly made by Boundless, as he knew that the ''weak stamina'' remark was definitely her doing. A vein slightly bulged on his forehead when he saw the shenanigans she was getting up to with all her power, but more than that He was extremely grateful to her for everything she had done for him. Plus, her little remarks every now and then were helplessly adorable, in his opinion So, he promptly left thements aside for now and looked over the levels he had gained from one ''Dual Cultivation Session''. He also checked out the subtly significant stat gain he acquired from a single round of ''Dual Cultivation''. ** Boom Boom ** He clenched and unclenched his fists as he felt the power coursing through his bodya power that was at least double what it was before he went through with his first Dual Cultivation session! Such boons from a few days of ''fun'' were nothing short of free power, in his opinion. He didn''t even have to dismember his body a few times over to acquire such an augmentation to his Strength! It almost seemed too easy ''Is this what it feels like to be a Japanese protagonist and acquire massive amounts of strength without having to do anything?'' ''Hmm'' ** Whirl** He contemted useless topics before he felt another source of power begin to be absorbed by his body. "Something else?" He murmured as he felt a different type of energy make its way throughout his insides. *Ding!* *New update to the ''Dual Cultivation'' section!* Following such a promation was the pop-up of his interface once again. [Overall Combat Power: Nearing The Peak of the Initial Half-Step Void Refining Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate and strongest technique.] [STR: infinitesimally close to the Peak-Peak Soul Transformation Realm] [DEF: infinitesimally close to the Peak-Peak Soul Transformation Realm] [Qi: infinitesimally close to the Peak-Peak Soul Transformation Realm] [Level: 23 (20000 experience gained after partially absorbing a Top Tier Primordial Yin] [Primordial Yins Fully Absorbed: None] [Primordial Yins Partially Absorbed: 1 (The Ice Phoenix Primordial Yin {[Divine Rank]})] Another surge of power coursed through Azmond as he felt an unknown source of energy begin to assimte with the area around his Dantian Space (In very close proximity to where ''Boundless Restoration'' was situated). "... More power?" He asked with a puzzled expression. His divine sense scanned the inside of his Dantian space as he felt the presence of a light blue, translucent, funny chicken with overly grandiose looking feathers sticking out of it. "Not another one" He muttered as an exasperated sigh quickly followed. Chapter 151: Trading Of Primordial Essences It was in the form of an imprint as it surrounded his Dantian space, releasing some type of icy blue energyan energy that continuously refined his Dantian, slowly but surely improving his cultivation base. "..." He was left a little taken aback by yet another thing invading his Dantian space. It wasn''t public property, you know...? "!!" Information suddenly began to be transmitted inside his mind. A wry smile materialized on his apathetic expression as he immediately understood the intricacies and purpose of this ''funny-looking chicken'' imprint without even asking Boundless. This ''funny-looking chicken'' was something that Azmond always seemed to forget was in actuality, a Phoenix! .... A profound darkness swirled inside his eyes as he gazed down at the still-sleeping Crystallineher lewd, wet body still sprawled out on top of him. ''This funny blue chicken is the Primordial Yin of my Little Ice Flower, huh?-'' He began. "I guess I need to cherish it forever then" He said such words with an overly possessive expression as he started to tenderly pet the messy bed of long, silky ck hair covering him. .... A few hours pass in the blink of an eye The sleeping Ice Beauty in all her ''Bountiful Glory'' began to awake with a lethargic look on her face. "Mhmm..." Those sparkly greens soon emerged with all their splendor before they began to curiously scan her immediate surroundings. And what they saw as soon as she looked up was the sight of a hateful man looking down at her with a sly grin stered on his stupid, perfect face! "..." "It''s about time you woke up, My Love~" His words dripped into her ears as that hateful smirk gazed down at her. That stupid, hateful man and his stupid, loveable smile! Argh, I hate him! But I love him more!! She went through a flurry of various conflicting emotionsan event that Azmond clearly didn''t miss, as his hands lifted up that frazzled face of hers. "!!" An intense gaze locked eyes with hers as those deep, blue eyes seemed to be attempting to uncover even her very soul through such a stare. However, such a surreal view didn''t remain uninterrupted for long as a raspy yet sweet voice made its way to her. "Have you checked out the recent set of gains you got from our ''Dual Cultivation'', Crystalline?" He began with a straight face. "..." Such a serious look took her off guard, as she was expecting him to ask something different of her And what was this ''Dual Cultivation'' thing he was talking about? She had heard about ''Dual Cultivation'' from her elders, but she assumed you needed a specific cultivation technique to begin cultivating such an art. Did he have a way to override such an irond rule..? "Haha~" A slight chuckle came out when he saw the confused and slightly disappointed look on her face. "As much as I would love to y around with you some more, you should really check on your recent gains from this ''Dual Cultivation'' session. And don''t ponder over how we''re capable of such a thing" He began with a slight smile before his face inched ever closer to her. "It''s a trade secret, you see~" He whispered into her ears with a finger ced up against his lips. "Mmff~" She covered her mouth to stop a moan from escaping. She was still extremely sensitive from thest set of ''Physical Exercises'' she went through with him. So her nerves were already on edge prior to such an inadvertently seductive action by Azmond. Nheless, she attempted to further conceal her sensual moans with the release of her divine sense as she looked at the inside of her Dantian space. "Heh." In spite of her efforts, nothing was capable of escaping his perceptive eyes, as he chortled a little when he saw his Love try so hard to cover up her cute ''faults''. He really wanted to tease her a little more But he immediately decided against it. She had to digest her recent gains after all. ..... Not everyone had the insane amount of talent that he hadenough that he could passively absorb all gains through his innate talent and through the usages of his ''Boundless System''. Although that was not to say that her talent was not already unbelievable, after all, she had a ''Divine Rank'' Primordial Yin Essence, and though he didn''t precisely understand what that implied, he knew it had to be something spectacr for it to have ''Divine'' as a rank! That was not to mention the fact that she had reached the Soul Transformation Realm at the age of 19! Such a feat was unprecedented in the world of Asterion! (She may have achieved such a thing with the indirect assistance of Azmond; however, that didn''t mean her talent didn''t have its own part to y.) ... She took some time to gloss over her gains and noticed a peculiar pitch ck ''anomaly'' in the area surrounding her Dantiana Dantian that was an above-average 100 meters in diameter. Which was considered beyond excellent for the Late-Golden Core Realm that she was previously. She had yet to take the time to properly increase the size of her Dantian with exterior methodsshe decided to leave such a thing forter. Nheless, the ck ''anomaly'' that sat adjacent to her Dantian stared her down quite menacingly! However, in her eyes, that ck congregation of unknown power looked like nothing more than a kind powera power that was given to her by her Lover She gazed on kindly at therge, covulited mass of darkness. That was until she realized something even more out of the ordinary ''This ''oddity'' is actively attempting to provide my Dantian with nourishment. I just need to use some time to absorb the energy that it''s trying to transmit to me, and I shoulde out of this with far more power than I began with!'' A small smile broke through her icy veneer as she came out of her stupor and looked Azmond dead in the eye. Chapter 152: Handfuls Everywhere That icy exterior of hers seemed to crack even more when she gazed upon the face of the man she loveda handsome face locked eyes with her, as he immediately understood what she was about to ask of him. His gentle voice followed soon after. "You don''t need my permission to absorb the energy given by my Primordial Yang, you knowor well, I mean, a piece of it" He swiftly corrected himself when he realized that the entirety of his Primordial Yang had not disappeared, even after going through a round of Dual Cultivation. It was an event quite different from the situation where the full Primordial Yin was transmitted to him from Crystalline. It even looked like the small piece of his Primordial Yang that ''disappeared'' had already begun to restore itself. He couldn''t see where his Primordial Yang was prior to his first ''Dual Cultivation'' session; however, he could view the colossal mass of unknown darkness swirling around his Dantian. The mass was so big that it almost approached the size of the 100,000-meter-long Dantian he possessed! However, even he, as the owner of said Primordial Yang couldn''t begin toprehend what exactly that absurdlyrge mass of darkness truly was It seemed almost foreign or alien-like to him. Like it was something not of this reality ... "..." Crystalline, upon hearing such an easygoing response from him, immediately eased up her tense muscles. She wouldn''t deny that she had been more than a little worried over Azmond denying her request to gain more power. After all, she had heard from her elders that a lot of men out there were quite fickle when it came to their partners acquiring more power. ''Humph! That just goes to show that my Azmond is not like those other stinky men!'' A jubnt expression emerged on her face as she gazed lovingly at her mana man who looked right back at her with the same loving intensity. It almost seemed like that silent moment between them couldst forever. That was until the soothingly deep voice of Azmond found its way over to her. "As much as I would love to continue staring at those pretty greens of yours all day long~ You should really go and refine that piece of Primordial Yang while you still have the chance." He said such words with a small chuckle before he tenderly lifted the nude body of hers off of him. "Uhmphf!" She was now in a very conflicting position, known as the princess carry! "..." She would normally be repulsed by the idea of being treated like this. At least, that was the undeniable truth before she met this hateful man Now, let alone thinking about such a thing, she was experiencing it firsthand! And for some reason, unbeknownst to her She really liked it! Although she would never inform another soul of that piece of information .... **Tap Tap** Azmond proceeded to carry the slightly dazed Icy beauty off the overlyrge bed before setting her down gently. Immense disappointment overtook those icy features of hers as she looked away from that tall figure of his with a small pout. ''Humph! He could''ve at least carried me around a little more! Does he think I''m fat or something??'' She began to delude herself as she anxiously looked down at that perfectly shaped body of hers. Or, well, she could only see the parts that weren''tpletely blotted out by those two milky white melons attached to her chest... "Haha~" Azmond, upon witnessing such an adorable little spectacle, couldn''t help but let out a lighthearted chuckle. The sight of his Little Ice Bunny attempting to look over her tworge marshmallowstrying to figure out if she was gaining weight or notwas just too cute not tough at! "Humph! Hateful Man" She grumbled with arge pout upon hearing his distractingughter before she stormed off to an arbitrary location in the giant spiritual garden! **Bounce!** **Jiggle!** He found such an event even moreical than thest, as those two ''fun'' bags of hers bounced all over the ceseemingly in sync with those pouts of hers. "That girl is seriously such a handful" He said so with a serious expression. However, on the inside, he was having the time of his life! "And speaking of handfuls" His attention was soon drawn to a sulking brown-haired beauty who sat with a nk look on her facein the midst of a very dull game of chess with Emua dull game that led to a gloomy aura beginning to pervade the area around Emu as well. "Sigh" He let out an exasperated sigh before he began to make his way over to the depressed pair. "Come here, Emu." He called out when he was not even a few feet away from the chessboard. "!!" Life finally seemed toe back to its eyes when it saw itspanion invite him over! Emu immediately jumped on top of his head before it snuggled its way into his bed of long, raven ck hair. It was beyond ted that he had finally finished whatever suspicious activities he was conducting with that strange woman over there! Now they could go out and hunt some more monsters, right!? It became a little excited at such a thoughtits instatiable hunger was apparent on those golden marbles. "I know what you are thinking, little buddy; however, I need to do something else first, and it is something that could take months." He said. "Mhmu" Emu became a little glum after hearing such sad words. However, it knew that itspanion must have good reason for staying back from hunting! And it looked like that was indeed the case, as his earnest words soon followed. "I need to breakthrough to the Late-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm before we go out and hunt more monsters. How else am I going to get the biggest and strongest ones for you?" He said with a smiling expression. "!!!" Emu couldn''t believe it''s ''ears''! Chapter 153: Level 3 Boundless Restoration "Mhmu!!!" Emu almost jumped up in joy upon hearing such words leak out of itspanions mouth! It just knew that he had to have had a good reason for not venturing out now, and it looks like it was right on the mark! He began to pet the excited slime before focusing his attention on the still-out-of-it Boundless. He sneaked his way over to the unsuspecting, busty beauty before his hands made their way onto her smooth shoulders. "Eeek!" She yelped. She snapped her head around wearily to see who was bold enough to mess with her! "..." But the only thing she saw was that stupid baka! "Humph!" Her expression puffed up before she turned her head away from that mean master of hers. How dare he ignore her and go off with that damn bimbo for 3 whole days! That stupid man! She got lonely all by herself, you know Tears began to bubble up within those browns of hers, as she didn''t even want to see that baka''s stupid, handsome face. However, her resistance was rendered futile as Azmond caught her in a gentle hughis body stood over her as he hugged her from abovehis chin leaned up against the docile beauty''s curly bed of hair before his apologetic words soon followed. "I am sorry I am sorry for leaving you all by yourself over here, Boundless." He expressed his apologetess with words that seemed to melt the unprepared Boundless. "Mhmm" She quickly folded under such sweet nothingness as she turned her fair neck away from those gentle hands of his. Her long, slightly curly brown hair covered her flustered face, as she really didn''t want to look at t-that!... Hateful man Azmond, upon acquiring his slight forgiveness from the brown-eyed beauty, knew it wouldn''t end with just that. But he could leave such ''making up to do'' forter. Right now, he needed to prepare to breakthrough the Late-Quantum Foundation Establishment Stage before venturing out once more! He had to be prepared for any dangers that they might meet along the way, after all. There was no time to ck around! And that was exactly what he did, as he turned around and walked in the direction of his otherpanion The giant spiritual stone! This guy always had his back! He was truly one of the only things he could count on in this life! ''... Please kill me already'' Don''t mind the thoughts of his ''willing''panion; he has just been having a bad day, is all! ''...'' .... Azmond set Emu down next to a differentrge spiritual stone, as he figured it could attempt to absorb the energy contained within that spiritual stone during these months toe. "Mhmu!" It bid farewell to Azmond before beginning to suck the giant spiritual stone dry. A feat that, to fully achieve, even with its insane absorption capabilities, would take a few weeks at the minimum. ..... Azmond proceeded to follow along the lush greenery that led him right to his pal and trusted panion''. The giant spiritual stone he had be ''acquainted'' with over thest few months immediately dreaded the daunting existence approaching it. And before it knew it, That monster was already right in front of it, sitting in a lotus position, absorbing everything it had! And it could do nothing about it ... 3 months passed in the blink of an eye. Azmond had been cultivating next to the Giant Spiritual Stone this entire time, sucking everything out of it! He knew no chill as he fervently sucked out massive amounts of condensed Qi from the innocent spiritual stone! After all, he had an extremely Qi-intensive way of cultivating. Since breaking through into the Early-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm and, subsequently, the Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm, he has had to condense andpress his cultivation base 12 times every Minor Stage! He was attempting to acquire a foundation just as perfect as the one he had in the Qi Condensation Realm. He was trying to achieve the perfect Quantum Foundation! And doing such an unbelievably arduous thing requires you to not only spend massive amounts of time and experience excruciating pain beyond the level of anything known by mortals, but it also requires a vast amount of Qi to be able to breakthrough every realm further on the path of Cultivation! He didn''t know exactly how long these Giant Spiritual Stones wouldst him, but they should be able to hold him off until around the Quantum Golden Core Realm. Or, at least, that''s what he was hoping for because he didn''t know what he would do once he hadpletely expended the only rare Qi resource he had avable to him ... He had already reached the very Zenith of the 12thpression cycle in the Middle-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm after the third month passed. Now all he needed to do was solidify his perfect foundation before attempting his breakthrough into the Late-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm. An event that should happen any minute now **Whirl!** **Whoosh!!** And then it happened! The Qi within a thousand-mile radius swarmed toward the battered and bloodied Azmond as it attacked the inside and outside of his body with passion! His body became dissected and dismembered repeatedly. But therge, expectant smile never left his face! He, like all his previous breakthroughs, was prepared to go to any lengths to achieve an utterly wless breakthrough. He wouldn''t settle for anything less! That was not to mention the unintended boon that experiencing such pain allowed his ''Boundless Restoration'' skill to gain immense amounts ofprehension at meteoric speeds! It was already approaching the 3rd level of ''Boundless Restoration''a level that would allow him to revive even if his heart and brain were torn apart! He wouldn''t lie and say that he wasn''t the least bit excited about such a degree of regeneration. In fact, his countenance was practically on the verge of begging the crimson-colored Qi Storm to inflict even more damage upon him! Chapter 154: Late-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm He was ready to take everything the heavens had to throw at him!! ** Stomp!** ** BOoOOOM!** Speak of the devil "Well It looks like I brought this upon myself, huh?" He said with an apathetic expression. It looked like the heavens were not yet done with him, as they sent yet another ''disturbance'' to interrupt his breakthrough. This time, it wasn''t arge, red yeti at the peak of the Soul Transformation Realm. It was something far stronger... .... Arge monstrosity that triumphed over the clouds approached the distant figure of Azmond as its gnarly features snarled at the massive Qi storm surrounding him! *RAAGGHHHhh!!!!* **Whoosh!** The Qi dispersed for but a moment before it came back and attacked Azmond with even more ferocity than before! The colossal beast didn''t like that the Qi was getting in the way of its consumption of that delicious human. Extreme annoyance was clearly visible in its beastly featuresfeatures that resembled those of a troll! That''s right, this beast that stretched on for thousands of meters was an aberrant variation of a troll! A mutant that had already reached the Initial stages of the Half-Step Void Refining Realm! It''s appearance was particrly fiendish, as it had two twisted horns curving outward from its horrendously ugly green face! Its building-sized eyes stared down at the ant-like figure of Azmond with a mindless re. In most cases, a monster at such a level would have at least the smallest modicum of intelligence; however There was something odd about the monsters that attempted to thwart Azmond''s attempts at breaking through. Something unnatural It swiped away the clouds covering its sight before it made itself known to the world! **ROOOOAAARRR!!!!* A ring predatory roar zed across a hundred-mile radius of the Great Wilnds Forest. **Gagushh!** Large amounts of putrid-smelling saliva flew out of the giant aberrant troll''s mouth before it made its move! However, before it even made it a step closer to the ant-like Azmond, a tired sigh echoed out. "Sigh" "Why must those pests above keep on sending such annoyances to interrupt my cultivation session?" Is something wrong with their brains?" Following such an apathetic voice was the release of a seemingly all-powerful energy. **BOoOoMM!** The crimson variation of the Quantum Law exploded outwards with him at the source! Such an eruption was followed up by the condensation of the immense amount of energy being releasedthe untold amounts of crimson Qi quickly and effectively condensed down to the size of a small, 6-foot-long dea crimson ck katana thatnded in an outstretched hand of Azmond. Following such a splendiferous action was the subsequent downward swing of his katana. **SLICE!!** "... Send someone stronger next time" Those were thest dull words that the enormous Aberrant Troll would ever hear before its eyesight would be split into two. **Whoosh!** The crimson-ck crescent continued onward for another thousand miles before eventually dispersing into the heavens. **BOOooOoMM!** **Bang!** Following the dissipation of his Quantum Rift de were the loud noises produced by the two bisected pieces of the aberrant Troll falling to the ground surfacetaking out a couple small hills and mountains on the way down! .... "..." He stood suspended in the air, his arm behind his back, with an indifferent expression stered on his chiseled features. He didn''t even have to try to act like a sword immortal anymore, for he truly began to look like one. That daunting and tranquil aura that surrounded his aura like an impregnableyer kept even the energies in the atmosphere at bay! His body moved back into a lotus position as he still had a breakthrough to proceed withhepletely and utterly ignored the ensuing chaos caused by his bisection of a small mountain-sized creature. Dark green blood and enormous entrails fell from the heavens as all the animals down below were running around, frantically trying to escape the raining monster blood. However, that wasn''t the case for every creature, as the smaller monsters, at least the ones bold enough, began to gather toward the Half-Step Void Refining Troll Corpse with unrelenting fervor! They were willing to risk everything they had to acquire even the smallest drop of that Troll blood! After all, it was the blood of a monster in the Half-Step Void Refining Realm, and such a monster''s corpse had nothing but unlimited boons in the eyes of the far weaker monsters. **Rooarr!** *Rawrgh!!** Cougar, bear, lion, hippo, and every other mutant variation of monster swarmed toward the Troll corpse with voracious predatory gazes. They fought and killed each other on the way over, as they didn''t care what they had to do to get the biggest share of such a divine treasure! At least, that''s what they were hoping for However, hopes often get crushed as soon as they materialize. **Whoosh!** **Slice!!** The whistling sounds of an enormous de slicing through the air echoed out as a ck and gold slime appeared amidst all the rampaging monsters. The level of insatiable avarice on its slimy little face far outweighed even that of thergest of the rampaging monsters. It wanted to devour not only the colossal Troll corpse but also the corpses of every monster around it! **SLICE!** **SLICE!** More and more slimy, ckish gold des were released from Emu''s body as they were aimed at every single monster in the vicinity. A 50-foot-long python quickly fell victim to the first of Emu''s deadly and precise strikes as its head slid off its scaly body, followed by a fountain of blood spurting out of the location where it was severed! **Spurt!** **Whoosh!** Another monster soon fell, just the same as the python that came before itthis monster was a 60-foot-long bear, but it mattered not how big and imposing the monsters were to the seemingly benign slime. It met its demise all the same! Just as the monsters that followed not long after would fall the same way,. **Spurt!** **Slice!** Heads and bodies fell in every direction as they were quickly and efficiently disposed of. Chapter 155: Emu Is The Main Character...? Hundreds of various monsters were sprawled out across the bloodiedndscapethendscape that was once a beautiful green forest had now be nothing more than the bloodied aftermath of an insatiably voracious slime. A slime who was currently in the middle of devouring every monster that it killed had its small body distorted and transformed into something thousands of times its size as it traveled around the battleground like a bottomless vacuum. ... "Mhmu!" It''s cute sounds squeaked out as it looked around and saw that every monster it had killed had already been consumed by it''s ckhole-like stomach. It anxiously looked around, trying to find something that it could devour. That was when it saw the main course of this entire ''buffet''. "Mhmu! Mhmu" Its excited expression morphed into one of apprehension as it stared down the farrger corpse of the colossal Troll. It didn''t know if it could consume the entirety of such arge monster in one gulp... That one was hundreds of timesrger than the corpses of these ''mob'' monsters after all. ''...'' Those ''mob'' monsters in the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realm would definitely be rolling in their graves right now if they heard such tant impertinencee from the small ck slimes'' thoughts. "Mhmu!" Emu built up its courage as it looked the enormous corpse up and down before extending its warped mouth as far as it could go! **Whoop!** **Chomp!** It''s ''mouth'' barely made it around the entire Trolls body, as before anyone knew any better, the corpse disappeared in but an instant. **Chew chew!** An eerie crunching sound soon followed as Emu consumed the entire existence of the Tro troll that could''ve ruled over a medium-sized kingdom if it so chose to be had been consumed like an appetizer for a tiny ck and gold slime... "Mhmu!" It seemed more than satisfied with such a delicious meal, as if it felt like this round of eatings could hold it through the ''tough'' months toe. After it made it thought the ''hard'' times where Azmond focused on cultivation, it would then be able to go out and hunt even stronger monsters with itspanion! It couldn''t begin to articte just how much it was anticipating such a glorious momentthe moment when it and itspanion would hunt every single thing that held even the slightest animosity for them! ... "Hmm" Azmond watched Emu go through a multitude of various emotions with an inquisitive look on his face. "It looks like he has had quite the mealid out for himself... I was nning on taking that corpse and selling it when I made it to arge, cosmopolitan-like human settlement. However, it looks like I can''t do that now." He said with an exasperated tone. "... Well, it is what it is. I guess this situation works out quite well too. Gaining an even strongerpanion will only benefit me for the most part, plus I have the vague feeling that Emu can add to my personalbat power in some way unbeknownst to the current me." His thoughts swirled around for a moment before he was suddenly reminded of something. "Hmm. I might as well check the interface of that little troublemaker while I''m waiting for my breakthrough''s remnant energies to subside." Following such words was the subsequent activation of his Discerning Quantum Eye. A bright light shed as an extensive pop-up appeared in his vision. [Emu: {[Tier 0: Level 89, {[Stats: Strength: 3456, Defense: 3568, Qi: 5656]}, {[Development Phase: Adult]}, {[Main Abilities: Body Morph: Can morph into the shape of anything imaginable (stats of what it morphs into increase with every level or exterior amplification of ''Emu''), {[Unlimited Devour: Can devour and assimte anything in existence}], {[Other Skills: Possesses the entire life''s umtions of every existence it consumes and assimtes, so the number of skills it possesses is already incalcble]}, Description: Existence-Bonded-Companion of the User of the ''Boundless System''. Origin: ????, Background: ????, Potential: ???] "..." He was more than a little baffled by the unbelievable sight presented in front of him. The little buddy he had been ying around with already surpassed his level before he even knew what happened "..." ''Is Emu really the main character of the story?'' He couldn''t think of any other conclusions that would allow him to make this make sense... How else could Emu already be 89 levels into Tier 0, with its stats already so absurdly high??? Those stats didn''t just corrte to an additive increase, no. They were a multiplicative increase, and every point further in each stat was a tremendous increase to the respective area of improvement. Emu''s stats skyrocketing straight up from the hundreds to the thousands was more than a ten-fold increase in strength. It had to be approaching the thousands or even tens of thousands of fold increases It wouldn''t be an understatement to say that Emu now had the strength of a master cultivator in the initial stages of the Half-Step Void Refining Realmmeaning it hadpletely absorbed the entire existence that was the colossal Troll! "This harmless-looking slime is the true monster here" He said with a wry smile before turning his attention back to his still ongoing breakthrough into the Late-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm. A slightlypetitive smirk emerged on his usually stoic face as he felt a growing urge to increase his strength even faster than before! ''I can''t allow that little guy to get stronger than me, now can I?? I refuse to be weaker than my little Emu.'' His resolve red up like an unstoppable eruption as he perfected his breakthrough into the Late-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm! **Whoosh!** **Whoosh!** The Qi bombarded him onest time in a dazzling attempt to thwart his impending breakthrough! Dark red blood gushed out of his body in massive quantities as his sturdy body began to fall apart from the inside out! "Tch." He clicked his tongue through gritted teeth as he ''noticed'' half of his body was no longer there. Chapter 156: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Tier 0: Level 56 It was an event that seemed to repeat itself every time he went through with another breakthrough. "This Qi is really trying to kill me, huh?" He said with a mildly vexed expression. ..... Another 20 minutes of excruciating painter **Whoosh!!** **Bang!* Azmond sessfully broke through to the Late-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm, followed by quite the spectacle that cemented such a momentous asion! **BOOOM!** Crimson-red and pitch ck Qi exploded outward with him at the centerit consumed the atmosphere as it looked like it would envelop the entire world if left to its own devices! *Whoosh!!** His aura reached such a height that even the clouds above seemed to pale inparison to the towering extent to which his terrifyingly powerful aura expanded out! When suddenly and abruptly The immense aura disappeared back into the body of the ant-like figure floating among the clouds. He condensed the aura to a manageable amount, as he didn''t want to attract too much unwanted attention for no reason. He liked showing off; however, he had more than just himself to worry about when conducting rash actions such as letting such an immense aura emit from him at all times. "..." His gaze traveled down to the voluptuous figures of his Icy Beauty and docile yet feisty brown-eyed beauty. He wouldn''t allow his tant recklessness to get the ones he cared about tied up in something that he wasn''t confident he could unravel himself out of. He would leave such ''fun'' rash provocative actions like that for when he went out hunting by himself! He was a lost cause ... "..." He scanned over his gains from his breakthrough into the Late-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm and immediately felt that the power coursing within his body was dozens of times stronger than it was before! He had no doubt that if he disyed such power in a low-level area such as the one he was in now, he would have no problem obliterating everything within a ten-thousand mile radius. Although, he would never do something as psychopathic as that Probably Nheless, he wanted to get a better reading on his newfound strength, so he brought his gaze over to where he wanted the System Interface to pop up before he summoned it. A bright light shed as a dazzling blue screen with a grandiose gold outline overtook his vision! ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Newbie Vanquisher] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 11/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Initial-Late] [Quantum Law Assimtion Rate: 0.00636%] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Rank 1] [Dao Heart Rank: Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 1(Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating Monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) ] [???] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law: Level 1] ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 0: Level 56 (After Update(Calcted EXP after killing various monsters and the Mutant Troll)] [Exp needed for next level: 100,000,000 (Calcting total saved up Experience)] [Total Exp: 350,000,000] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Infinitesimally Close to The Peak of the Half-Step Void Refining Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate and strongest technique.] [STR: infinitesimally close to the Peak of the Late Half-Step Void Refining Realm] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement) (Getting Better!!] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Charisma: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 23 (20000 experience gained after partially absorbing a Top Tier Primordial Yin] [Dual Cultivation Rank: Noobie Dual Cultivator] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: 1] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: 1] [Primordial Yins Fully Absorbed: None] [Primordial Yins Partially Absorbed: 1 (The Ice Phoenix Primordial Yin {[Divine Rank]})] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: D-Rank. (3 Days worth of Dual Cultivation garnered you a D Rank Bonus ((Weak stamina))] [Boundless''s Comment: |I really don''t like this section!) ** Angry Cat Noises Intensify **] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[None for now. (Approach the territories of dangerous monsters or further explore the world of Asterion.).]} [Total Quests Completed: 10] [Overall Quest Rating: None] [Quest Completion Bonus: None] [Overachiever Bonus: None] [Bonuses received: 10] ==<[Vanquisher des]>== Title Rank: {[Vanquisher Noobie]} H-Rank Enemies Defeated: 22,000 G-Rank Enemies Defeated: 3,500 F-Rank Enemies Defeated: 250 E-Rank Enemies Defeated: 1 D-Rank Enemies Defeated: 2 C-Rank And Above: None ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] [Boundless''s Comment: Why are so many women around my master] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}, {[Divine Devil Arts]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect [Comprehension Of Most Used Skills: (Quantum Rift de: {[Complete Comprehension(Nearing the peak of this stage (find the skill specific catalyst that could catapult this skill into the next stage!]}), (Lightning Laceration: {[Complete Comprehension]}), (Cataclysmic Annihtion: {[Greater Mastery]})] ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==== Baka Azmond! *Humph* Azmond slept with that bimbo woman, I hate that stupid cow-like woman I am not a real woman... .... He glossed over the new information on his System Interface and once again left thements made by that silly girl forter. She had practically collected an entire tab of ''Leave it forters'' by Azmond. Such a predicament was mostly due to the cluelessness of him He had not even the slightest inkling of an idea how he should go about soothing his docile beauty. However, he would figure out what he should do about that soon enough. Chapter 157: Just Ring Me Dry And Leave Already... He just needed to give it some time yah. Most definitely What could wrong with waiting around for a while longer? "..." .... Anyway, he lightly shook his head to focus on something other than those distracting thoughts before he looked left at the rest of his new system interface details. The new system interface had improved in nearly every aspect; there were a few minor alterations to just about everything in his interface; however, the things that caught his eye the most were his new level, overallbat power, and his ''Quantum Law Assimtion Rate''. All of which had increased exponentially! The level andbat power details were pretty simple, as he had already be ustomed to the insane boosts to his strength with every subsequent breakthrough. **BOOoOOM! BOoOOOM!** He tightened his grip around his hands till he could see the whites beneathexplosions sounded off as he could feel every ounce of strength he gained, and it was intoxicating! The amount of power at his fingertips could allow him topletely erase the existence of that behemoth of a monster that was the aberrant Troll without even using his strongest technique! All he would need to do to erase a being like that was flick his pinky finger, and it would disintegrate into nothingness! ... He yed around with his new strength for a little bit before his attention was suddenly drawn to the thickeryer of space that surrounded his body like an impermeable and impregnable encapstion that would prevent any harm from ever reaching him. "By the time I breakthrough to the Quantum Core Formation Realm, this thinyer of space coating my body should''ve grown to such a degree that it would begin to have some degree of practical application in battle." He said with a small smile, as expectation for the future filled his existence. A few minutester, after even more testing of his new capabilities, his stolid figure sat back down in a meditative positionstill suspended thousands of meters in the air. He sat there and pondered over his next course of action. "... I think I will expand my Qi Cyclones to their current limits now. It would be nice to have a little fun with Crystalline; however, she is still in a deep state of cultivation, absorbing the recent gains from our Dual Cultivation session. Although the one she is in now is far less severe than the one that gued her thest time around, this one being one that she could enter and exit at will." His gaze traveled down to the icy figure with long, silky ck hair and dazzling green eyes, as his gaze quickly morphed into a loving one. "..." His gaze stayed on the curvaceous beauty for a few moments before it hardened and he refocused on his cultivation. A deep, raspy voice soon followed such resolve. "I will see how she is doing after we bothplete our current cultivation sessions. We have a lot to talk about after all I bet she was extremely curious about why Emu was here, and I assume she held back so as not to interrupt my breakthrough into the Late-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm." A thoughtful look emerged on his features as he appreciated the consideration his Ice Flower had for him. "I will definitely give her the time of her life when she emerges from her cultivation session" His expression turned a little evil for a second before returning to his apathetic face. **Whoosh** ''Time to focus'' His elusive figure floated down to the ground surface as he was met with the ''weing party'' of his trustypanion! ''I was hoping you''d die in that breakthrough Why is Heaven not doing it''s job?'' It thought with a depressed aura leaking out. Azmond, upon noticing such a ''warm'' energy invade him with even more fervor than before, put on a small smile before sitting down in a lotus positionthis time focusing his efforts on the expansion of his Qi Cyclones. "I am d to have you here as well, buddy." His words echoed out before he entered a deep state of cultivation. ''Just ring me dry and leave already I want to die in peace'' The gloomy atmosphere only seemed to intensify, following the mournful thoughts of his panion''. ..... A few weeks pass by in the blink of an eye Azmond spent that entire period of time enhancing his Qi Cyclones from what they were limited to at the Early-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm all the way to the very limit of the Late-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm. His Qi Cyclones had expanded to a massive, 80,000 meters! While his Dantian had achieved an even higher enumerable diameterthat number being, 600,000 meters! That''s right, his Dantian had already crossed the half-million-meter threshold! In fact, it utterly obliterated such a threshold and made it obsolete! He awoke from his deep cultivation-induced stupor as his calm gaze scanned his surroundings. He seemed to be looking for something **Rustle rustle** That something suddenly jumped out of a nearby bush and surprise attacked him! It was aiming straight for his headdarting toward him at speeds nearing the Half-Step Void Refining Realm! "Mhmu!?" A cute squeak sounded out. And the culprit of such a vicious attack was a ck and gold slime "Hey little buddy. Have you been having fun devouring all those monsters you dispatched of?" He asked with a small smile when he felt the happy slimend on his long bed of raven ck hair. "Mhmu!" Emu immediately responded with a few wiggles as it snuggled even deeper into his hair. "Haha, I''ll take that as a yes." He began with a light chuckle. "Would you like to go on that adventure now, little buddy?" "Mhmu!?!?" It began to freak out when it heard itspanion mention the trip that it had been yearning for this entire time! It had been patiently waiting for itspanion to finish his power-up, you know! It had been an extremely good slime! Chapter 158: Is It Because Im Not Pretty Enough...? "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu started to bob around on top of his head while its golden marbles began to shine an intense sheen. It was obviously as excited as it could be after hearing such an amazing notion from itspanion! "Haha~" Azmond chortled a little louder when he saw the jubnt attitude of his little Emu. He had be more than just a little fond of this utterly bubbly slime. He even began to see a little resemnce to Boundless in the little ck and gold slime''s personality. ... Speaking of the busty brown-haired goddess in question |Azmond! It took you long enough to end your cultivation session! Even with my awesomeness, it still took you over 3 months to breakthrough and expand your Qi Cyclones! Don''t you think that is a little too slow considering my superior assistance?!?| Her tant narcissism leaked into his ears as his slime began to twitch. ''This girl is always so'' He began inside his thoughts. ''-so much.'' He couldn''t even formte what he was trying to convey in words. "..." All that left his mouth was a tired sigh before he went over to the cocky beauty and gave her a light karate chop to the top of the head. **Pop** |Oww! You b-big meanie! What was that for?!?| She instantly yelped before backing away from the big, bad wolf! **Boing!** **Jiggle!** Her unholy curves jumped away with her as the puffed-up cheeks she made left a vast contrast with those slopes she possessed Azmond was a little taken aback by his own actions He didn''t remember giving his body themands to go and p her But He was sure as hell d he did! She deserved a little sense knocked into her! He gave himself a small pat on the back inside his mind before he took on a serious expression. His intense gaze locked eyes with the still pouting Boundless, and his earnest words followed not long after. "I tripped." He said with a straight face. |You tripped?| "Yes. I tripped." |...| |I see. Then all is good!| She bubbled with arge, radiant smile on her silly face! She believed it! There must not be much going on inside that pretty head of hers! He couldn''t believe it himself, but she was fooled just like that. He didn''t even have to go through the hassle of exining the reasoning behind his actions. ''This is why she is the best system in existence. So naive and innocent, yet so advanced when ites to the intricacies of the System Interface. What system could possibly be better than her?'' He thought to himself with a small smirk. "Would you like toe with me, Boundless?" He began. |???| Boundless''s interest was immediately piqued. "I n on venturing out into the Great Wilnds Forest before ultimately leaving this birdcage that has trapped me here for far too long. And I would like for you toe with me" He said with a kind, gentle smile stered on those handsome features of his. ''Ahh!'' Such intense radiance, emitting from that simple gesture of his, proved to be too much for the docile Boundless as her knees began to buckle under the sheer weight of his brilliance! "I-Ie" She caved in without even negotiating any benefits for herself! She utterly failed at resisting the unlimited charisma that flowed out of his every action "That is good to hear. I feel like you would need toe either way; however, I felt like you deserved the choice to decide what you want to do for yourself" **Spurt!** ''Aahhh!'' She took critical damage from such a fatal strike to her heart! Why was this man such a baka and yet so sweet and nice!?!? Why is he so confusing!!! **Thump** She copsed to the ground with a grimace. She needed more time to recover from such damage to her heart before proceeding forward "???" He looked at this little spectacle made by her with a puzzled look on his face. ''Is she okay?'' Worry began to overtake his expression. Boundless turned her head up, only to see the extreme amount of concern he had emanating around himit was so intense that it was practically palpable And all of it was aimed at her She took even more fatal damage as blood began to drizzle down her red lips! "?!?" He was about to move toward her, but before he could |... I-I am fine. This is just a part of being the embodiment of the Boundless System!| She lied straight through her teeth! "I see" He responded with a relieved smile. And he believed it! (...) Were these two bumble heads meant for one another or something? (Sigh Whatever) Even the narrator was left baffled at the pair of divinely beautiful dunder heads ..... |So, when will we be heading out, Azmond?| She asked. "Hmm right now, actually." He began, "I am just going to go and ask Crystalline toe before we head out." He responded with a thoughtful expression. "!..." Boundless became a little vexed at hearing the name of that dumb bimbo again! But she left her annoyance dormant for now ''Humph! It''s always that Crystalline and this Crystalline! That idiot never mentions my name in such a loving way" She began in a self-deprecating manner. "Is it because I''m not pretty enough?'' She thought to herself with a downcast look. Her bubbly, effervescent aura began to dim, as she felt like curling up into a ball right about now... However, before such thoughts could fester, **Pak** A light tap was heard as she was karate chopped by Azmond! |Ow! W-what was that for?!?| Shemented with small fake tears building up in her big, brown eyes. "Don''t think such nonsense, silly girl. You are stupid gorgeous so don''t think like that." He reprimanded with a peeved countenance. "... Sigh.." An exasperated sigh escaped his aged expression before he walked up to the silly girl and began to tenderly rub her head. Chapter 159: Is Emu A Boy Or Girl??? "I will be back after talking to Crystalline, Kay?" He said with a gentle smile before resuming his petting of her soft bed of curly, brown hair. |... B-But!| She muttered. "Kay?" He repeated his words with the same kind expression. |Mhmkay| She replied with a small meek nod. A small grin formed on his face upon receiving the docile girl''s confirmation. "Perfect, I will be right back." His caring voice faded off into the distance as he disappeared from his spot before appearing a few hundred meters away. |...| |... That stupid baka...| She bit her lip a little before hiding under her long, brown hair. ..... Azmond appeared next to a woman sitting in a lotus position. His face was one of adoring affection as he abruptly lifted the green-eyed beauty in his arms! "Mhmm?!?" She almost shrieked when she felt her body suddenly go up. "I know you alreadypleted your cultivation session a few minutes ago, My Love~ So, why did you note to greet me?... Were you, by chance, embarrassed over what we did earlier~?" He spoke with a yful smirk as he blew hot breath into the unsuspecting beauty''s ears. "Mhmmff~" She muffled her moans with her mouth as an aggrieved look appeared on her ck-feline-like features. "Heh." He got the reaction he wanted as he gazed at the subtle ripples that coursed throughout her unholy curves. The budding urge to have another nighttime session with her almost overtook his reasonability. However, he lightly shook his head before bringing up the topic he came over to ask her about. "Would you like toe with me and a couple friends of mine~? We are heading out to the extreme east and n to reach a certain kingdom that has been more than a little bit of a pain for the past me. A dark expression emerged on his face as he recalled the times that the Goblin King sent his subordinates after him before eventuallying to ''take care of him'' himself. However, such a shback didn''tst long, as he was suddenly snapped back to reality by the doleful voice of the beauty in his arms. "D-Do you want to l-leave me?" She asked with a strained tone as crystalline tears began to materialize in those emeralds of hers. That icy facade she wore almost 24/7 disappeared as easily as a few devastating words spoken by Azmond "..." A tinge of pain went through his heart when he saw such a heart-wrenching sight. He has made a lot of girls crytely. Was he bing some sort of bad-boy type or something? "You misunderstand my intentions, My Love. I just wanted to ask you in case you had other ns and couldn''te along with me." He spoke kindly while tenderly wiping away those tears streaming down her face. "R-Really?" Her voice cracked as she turned her glossy gaze up to the loving expression on her lover''s face. He smiled a little more before responding, "Of course, My Love~" He said with a radiant smile stered on his face before he snuggled his nose up to hers. However, such an Eskimo kiss didn''tst long, as she suddenly took him by the face and looked directly into those dangerous eyes of his. "... I think you are mistaken about something as well, Azmond." She began with an icy voice, A profound darkness began to swirl around inside those dazzling greens of hers, as a slightly scary voice soon followed. "You are my n. You will always be my n." She announced with untold levels of passion, as she gazed into the very depths of his soul. Azmond, upon bing the victim of such a ''creepy'' look, only had his smile be even wider. His eyes morphed into an even darker color as he returned her intensity tenfold. "Don''t regret your decision, My Dear, because there is noing back from words like those." His raspy voice came out with a small, indiscernible emotion building up inside those deep blues of his. "What if I don''t want to go back?" She said with a slightly seductive smirk. She responded in a tone so bold that it left even the flirtatious man himself speechless. "Very well. Then you will not be able to leave of your own will after this point on Not that I would''ve allowed you to leave prior to this moment either." A deep raspy voice echoed out, followed by the subsequent snatching of Crystalline as he brought her over to the ''gang''. .. "Hey, Azmond" She began with a dangerous tone. "You said something about ''friend''s'', plural. Did you not?" The killing intent was practically palpable, as she held on even tighter to his broad shoulders. "..." He suddenly felt an ominous aura begin to consume the air around them. "There wouldn''t happen to be women in that group of friend''s'', now would there?" Her pretty green eyes narrowed to the size of slits, as she looked like she would devour him whole if he got the answer wrong "Uhmm" Honestly, he didn''t know how to answer such a question. First, there was the mystery that was Emu. ''Was Emu a boy or girl? Or maybe neither? It didn''t really seem like it had a gender It''s kinda like...'' He started to seriously ponder the topic. "!!" That was until it hit himlike it was the leastplicated thing in the world! ''Emu is simply Emu!'' He affirmed his thoughts before they quickly began to swirl again. ''However, what about Boundless? She is undoubtedly a woman'' He immediately recalled those two milky white melons attached to her when he thought about a ''woman''. Nheless, despite such thoughts, he believed in the iddy bitty tittymittee as well! Small lives matter! But he wouldn''t deny that he liked them big .... ''Boundless is the embodiment of the ''Boundless System'' though. So, that means she isn''t a real woman, at least not in the technical sense'' He began, ''In my eyes, she is one of the kindest and most beautiful women I have ever met, but existence isn''t so considerate, it seems'' He started to brood, as a dangerous aura permeated around him. Chapter 160: It Is Emu!! ''I guess I just need to destroy and rewrite all of existence to make it recognize her as a woman as well'' His precarious thoughts leaked out of his expression before they disappeared as soon as they appeared. "..." His gaze turned softer as he directed it toward the still patiently waiting Icy Beauty in his arms. He finally responded to her question with a small, gentle smile: "There are no visible women in my friend group." "..." Her tensed-up emotions eased up a little before she mulled over his words. He said such words with an earnest expression, and it didn''t sound like he was lying, so she didn''t know if that was truly the case. ''But what was up with the way he worded it?'' She dwelled over the matter for a moment before she snorted and turned her face away. "Humph." **Boing** **Jiggle Jiggle!* "..." Those marshmallows attached to her chest bounced along with her movements in such a way that Azmond was able to see quite the mesmerizing view. . They had beenmunicating with each other this entire time, as not even a few milliseconds had passed in real time. So, their figures had just now made it over to the ''gang''... "Mhmu!" Emu squeaked. -A ''gang'' where a little ck and gold slime was the only visible living thing in Crystalline''s vision. She scanned the surrounding area, attempting to find the scent of a ''specific'' type of living creature, but no matter how long she searched, she couldn''t find the scent of a woman. "I am not a liar, My Love~" He said with a small, mischievous smile. "Humph!" She wasn''t believing it! However, the facts were presented in front of her, as the only thing she could see was a cute little ck and gold slime. "?!?" ''Wait a minute!!! A ck and gold slime?!?'' She practically twisted her neck at the speed of light as she stared down at the little slimy figure that was a watermelon-sized slime with resplendent gold eyes. "..." She was left speechless when she confirmed her spections. She had seen this slime earlier; however, she just assumed it was a slight variation of slime that Azmond had picked up on impulse. She, of course, wanted to ask him about it, but she immediately decided against it when she saw him still deep in cultivation. But She was wrong! There was something unbelievably special about that benign and harmless looking slime, but she couldn''t pinpoint exactly what that special thing was "Hey, Azmond" "Yes, My Dear?" "What is that slime?" "It is Emu!" He responded with a wide grin! "... That is not what I meant." She let out an exasperated sigh. "Hmm? What do you mean? Emu is Emu! It is quite simple" He said with a perplexed expression. What was his Ice Queen getting at by asking such easy questions? ''Oh no!'' A ludicrous thought suddenly hit him as his expression turned uneasy! ''Did she maybe get hurt while digesting her gains from our Dual Cultivation Session?!?'' He began thinking nonsense. ''Her aura increased from the Initial stages of the Early Soul Transformation Realm to the Peak of the Middle Stages of Early Soul Transformation, but I assumed that she just got lucky from our fortuitous ''encounter''...'' ''Was I wrong??? Did she have to pay with her brain cells to acquire such a power boost?!?'' His expression became extremely concerned as he held the fragile-brained beauty in his arms even more protectively! **Bulge!** A vein suddenly popped up on her head when she saw the altruistic look on her man''s face! ''What is this hateful man thinking about? I am not stupid! These are serious questions!'' She soothed her vexation before asking him a different question: "... What is this ''Emu''?" "Emu is Emu!" He said as he began to check her temperature with the back of his hand. She could have a fever, you know! **Spurt!** The vein on her forehead exploded as she was left baffled by this man! She instantly gave up the idea of asking him any more questionsshe knew such futile efforts would get her nowhere ... Azmond checked her temperature but found nothing wrong with it; his face morphed into a relieved one before he turned his attention to the ''gang''. **Tap tap** His muted footsteps made their way over before he put down the irked, voluptuous beauty who was stilltched to him in a princess carry. A deep and raspy voice followed not long after Crystalline was set down gently: "Who''s ready to go out and have some fun??" He asked with an excited smile. "..." Everybody was speechless at the words of this man. Except for one "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu jumped up and down before it leaped from Boundless''s head to his bed of raven, ck hair! It really wanted to go out and hunt some monsters! "I am d you are as excited as I am, little buddy." He chuckled with an imperceptible smile as he petted the jiggly slime with fervor. "Mhmu!" It obviously loved such touches! It didn''t know why, considering it could barely feel them, but it just did! "..." Both Boundless and Crystalline were bewildered by the scene of a man ying around with a ck and gold slime like it was a dog. "???" They both felt something in unison. Crystalline looked toward the source of such a disturbance but saw nothing. Boundless did the same; however, unlike her counterpart, she could see something... It was that dumb bimbo! ''How dare she have the audacity to think simr thoughts to one such as I?!?'' .... "Hmm??" Crystalline looked around wearily. "Why did I suddenly feel the presence of a cow-like woman" She began with a contemtive expression: "Is Azmond hiding away a woman somewhere?" Her eyes thinned as she venomously gazed over at the unsuspecting man ying with his slime. "Hmhmhm~" The man in question began to sing a tune from his past life,pletely ignoring the death re he was getting from Crystalline. Chapter 161: Dont Go So Fast!! Or, should he say, death re''s'', as yet another one appeared in the busty Brown-eyed beauty''s eyes. ''That stupid baka and his stupid cow woman!'' She fumed with a pouty expression. "... Mhmhmhmhm~" Azmond sang with a small, twitching smile. "Who''s ready to go? Because I sure am! Let''s just leave already!" He yammered with an awkward expression as his figure shed around the spiritual garden. **Whoosh!** **Whoosh!** He snatched up both the perturbed beauties before holding one in each arm, with Emu taking ownership over the top of his head. **Whoosh!** His figure zipped through the skies above as he made it above the clouds in but the blink of an eye! "!!!?" Both of the beauties were utterly taken aback by such abrupt actions by him, as they had appeared thousands of meters in the sky before they even knew what happened! Although they couldn''tin about the position that they wound up in In fact, such a ''romantic'' position made them a little wet; a sweet-smelling scent began to invade Azmond''s nose, however, like the astute man he was He ignored the heavenly smell, consuming one of his senses! "..." The sunset began to set in the distance as a resplendent glow of darkened red overtook the once blue and green scenery. It was a picturesque view that could only be properly witnessed if you were high enough in the air. ''What the hell is this set up?? A picture-perfect view just coincidentally appeared out of nowhere, right when I made it up above??? I won''t do anything with either of them right now! Go away!'' (Tsk, stingy. *Cough* (I mean, just fuck them already!!) ''I won''t do anything! Emu is here as well, you know!'' He thought adamantly! (...) .... Anyway... Azmond gazed on over the dazzling scenery with two beauties in hand and a cute slime on head. "This will be thest time wee here for a while, you know?" A deep, slightly mncholic voice resounded out. His words made their way into the two beauties'' ears, and although they didn''t have much attachment to this ce. They still became a little emotional when they heard that they would be leaving the ce where they truly began connecting with Azmond... This was where they really began to learn more about the man called ''Azmond''. A man who was a lover andpanion to one A man who was the host and master to another (and baka)... They wouldn''t lie and say that they didn''t have the slightest bit of emotional attachment to this mysterious garden of spiritual stones. ..... "I will miss this ce, and I will especially miss my trustedpatriot." He began with a small smile, ''Just leave already!!'' The giant spiritual stone began to re up with a fiery blue aura! It didn''t want to see that stinking monster ever again! "However, this world has far more to offer to me than what is limited to this small spiritual garden." He spoke with an expectant expression. He couldn''t dy his inevitable introduction into this wide, unknown world any longer! His words began to fade off into the distance as he disappeared with beauties and slime in tow, but not before getting out onest piece: "I will be back toe see you all again... I also need to go and help out those helpless, perverted gods." He began with a fond expression as he recalled those troubled closet perverts. "I need to question that Loki pervert as well! I can''t believe he... err, I mean, she lied to me about being a guy! How could I miss out on meeting such a beauty- err, I mean!" He didn''t know what he meant anymore! **Whack!** **Whack!** Two consecutive whacks hit him right on the head! "Ow! what was that for?" He faked a feeling of pain. "I was just kidding about that stuff" He grimaced with an aggrieved expression while rubbing his head to soothe the ''pain''. "Humph! Stop thinking about other women!" They scolded the dumb idiot in unison. One, unaware of the busty woman right next to her, pressed her bountiful body up against her man While the other one, aware of the other contender for the ''bustiest rankings'' top spot,pletely ignored the existence of the ck-haired beauty "!?!?" **Zzttt!** Sparks suddenly flew in the air when they felt a disturbance in the force yet again! They both looked at the spot of the other one, staring each other down with menacingly cute res. One seen and the other unseen One system and the other, a woman They had quite the interesting dynamic going on between the two of them. That''s for sure "Heh." Azmond sessfully diverted attention away from him as he took this chance to begin his escape! **Whoosh!** **BOOooOOoMM!** He boomed throughout the air at supersonic speeds, attempting to escape the two felines! Only to realize... He brought them with him. **Whack!** Another set of whacks came as they both smacked the man. "Don''t go so fast, you idiot! It makes me sick!" They moaned in sync. ''It looks like this is going to be a long journey'' **Whoosh** His thoughts faded off as he began his ''slightly slower'' journey into the eastern parts of the Great Wilnds Forest. |Hey Azmond?!?| Boundless asked with a cheerful expression as she noticed that the stupid bimbo had fallen asleep in Azmond''s right grip. "...Yes?" He responded with a heavy sigh, for what felt like the millionth time today. She beamed a little when she heard his soothing voice again, before she asked the same thing she has been asking for days now: |Are we almost there yet!? Hehe!| She giggled as she clung even tighter to his left arm. Her two milky, white pillows fervently squished up against his muscr arm as they enveloped his poor armpletely. "..." He felt that heavenly sensation again, but ignored it all the same. His lethargic voice sounded out not long after: "Yes, we''re almost there." However, his answer was different from all the previous times Chapter 162: Clean Out GoblinHaven |?!?!?| She was a little taken aback by his answer. She had expected him to answer with the same in ''No'', like all the previous times she asked him. However! She was beyond ted to hear that they had finally begun to near their destination! O-Of course, she knew of such a thing already, but she just wanted him to say it himself Yeah, that was definitely it! It wasn''t because she was too caught up in his voice to bother scanning her surroundings or a-anything like that! Definitely not |...| A slightly guilty look appeared on her expression as she snuggled her lewd body even deeper into his body, attempting to escape the daunting gaze of Azmond. "... This girl is seriously-" He began before he was suddenly interrupted. "What girl?" A dangerous yet melodic voice dripped into his right ear like the most poisonous of honey. He turned his gaze to the right, only to see two sharp green eyes staring him down. "... I was trying to say that ''This Girl that I love so much is seriously the most beautiful woman to ever grace the face of this~,''" He spoke such words with a straight face as he returned her intense stare without flinching. "... Really? You think I''m pretty?" She mumbled in a meek voice with a flushed expression. "..." That worked?!? He lightly shook his head before focusing on the now-shy beauty. "Well, of course, My Dear. You are so very pretty~ So beautiful that I would get lost in that appearance of yours if I''m not careful~," He whispered such words into the naive beauty''s small ears while blowing a little into them. "Mhmff~ A-Azmond, not now~!" A muffled moan escaped her red lips as her mind immediately went to the gutter! She automatically expected such a seductive action from Azmond to lead to something much more ''stimting''. The suspicious liquid leaking out of her robes was evidence enough of that fact. **Sniff Sniff** He sniffed the air and smelled something sweet permeating his senses His gaze traveled right toward the alluring source of such a scent, and he was left baffled at his Little Ice Flower! "..." He was speechless at the wanton behavior of this usually emotionless Ice Queen. And it appeared like she wasn''t the only one leaked from her holy cave, as a particrly flushed brown-eyed beauty was in a simr ''predicament''. He couldn''t believe the ridiculousness that were these two beautiestched onto him But luckily for him, or unluckily for most, a sudden change in scenery appeared that grabbed everyone''s uncontended attention! The usual lush forestndscape with nothing but a few austere mountains and dpidated huts abruptly morphed into arge, expansive assortment of tens of thousands of well structured stone houses. There were also a fewrger and more advanced castles lying in the distance, beyond the outer periphery of the basic stone houses, as the entire patch of poptednd stretched on for hundreds of miles in every direction! Popted with what, you might ask? Short green creatures with long, pointy ears and hideous faces wandered around the streets with a wide variety of weapons on their backs. They wore tattered and worn-down clothes that appeared to be made from the hide of a specific type of animal. They almost seemed like a civilizedmunity! At least, they would be... If not for therge number of humans in chains being led into the city with bloodied and battered bodies''. **Tap tap** One of the stragglers in the group of chained humans suddenly slowed his steps **Thud!** Before falling to his knees! Fear crept up the chained-up man''s face as he looked fearfully around him, almost as if he expected something to happen after making such a copse And then it happened! **Whip!** A loud, screechy sound echoed out as a long, gaudy whip with too many hardened tassels to count hit the man with full force! "AAaahhh!!" He screamed with an anguished expression as he rolled around on the cobbleyered streets. His entire back became a mangled, bloody mess, as there was no skin left to speak of. **Thud thud** That was when the heavy footsteps of the one who inflicted such injury upon the man appeared in view. It was a 7-foot-tall goblin with the same ugly features as the rest of them, the only difference between it and the others being that this one''s face became a little stretched due to itsrger size. It wore the same dirtied and tattered ''clothes'' as the rest of the surrounding goblinsgoblins who were currently sneering and maliciouslyughing at the pained screams of the now-dying human. "Feed this one to the newborns; it is a useless one." The goblin with the whips'' gruff and disgusting-sounding voiceshed out as hisrge, green hands waved forward, almost as if calling someone. **Step Step** A few footsteps resounded out as a few goblins in simr attire, around 5 feet tall, approached the wailing figure of the half-dead, mangled human in chains. They proceeded to cut the chains with their sharp nails before grabbing the human like a bag of meat. They subsequently disappeared into a random direction of the bustling streets, presumably bringing that human to ''feed the newborns''... **Thud Thud** Therger goblin, who had whipped that man half to death, backed away from the scene before heading back to his post. ... "..." Azmond watched such an event with a dead expression. Following such a stolid observation was the release of his deep and apathetic voicea voice that came out in a tone colder than ice: "It looks like I have my next quest." He spoke such words with indifference as he gazed at the shing notification screen that popped up in front of him. *Ding!* *New Active Quest!* *Thoroughly ''Clean out'' the goblin kingdom known as ''GoblinHaven'' within 3 days* .... "What ''Quest'' are you talking about, Azmond?" Crystalline asked with a puzzled look on her face. ''Oops...'' He identally let that slip Chapter 163: GoblinHaven He attempted toe up with something that could make for a good cover-up story, but nothing came to mind. ''Hmm... Meh. I will just bullcrap my way through this.'' ''Determination'' filled his heart as he was determined to dig himself out of this pit he put himself in. "I was referring to my self-diagnosed quest that dictates I take out this disgusting kingdom by its roots." He began, "Yep, that is it" He muttered ''confidently''. And Crystalline fell fo- ''Liar.'' Nope! She didn''t believe his words one single bit! She pinched his sides before her annoyed words soon followed: "Fine. Don''t tell me, you hateful man. Humph!" She wasn''t as naive as Boundless... It seems like it would take a lot more than that to convince her... "Haha" He chuckled with an awkward smile on his face while scratching his head. "Don''tugh, you liar!" She began with a few light punches to his chest. "I am not stupid enough to believe that you received some ''self-diagnosed quest'' that told you to exterminate this kingdom." "Sigh You see, the truth is" He figured he needed to tell her the truth. He had no choice now "??" Her ears perked up at such words as she listened attentively to what he would say next. "... The truth is that I just can''t stand the sight of such acts being performed by those monsters!" He asserted with a ''righteous'' expression. "Yo-" She was going to call his bluff; however, she was swiftly interrupted by his still ''righteous'' tone. "What if one day it was you down there, about to be eaten by such monsters?? Such a thought... It devastates me!! It would do us good to go ahead and dispose of such an unforeseen possibility right away!" His words came out with exaggerated hand motions as he looked at the dazzled Ice Beauty with a passionate gaze. He was the hero! He swears he was doing this for the sake of everyone elseall those poor vigers or whatever! Yah, he was doing it for them! ''Not for the experience or anything, how could you even entertain the idea that I would bnce the lives of other people over a few b-billion e-experience points??'' He stammered while attempting to get the words out inside his head. A little drool drizzled down his lips when he thought about all the EXP he had to gain frompleting this quest But that''s besides the point! He was doing it for the good of the people! For sure ..... Crystalline was a little taken aback by the exaggerated mannerisms of Azmond, as she didn''t know what to believe anymore. ''But he did say he was doing it for me'' She thought to herself with a giddy smile. She had fallen for his words, hook, line, and sinker! She didn''t stand even half a chance "Don''t you see how benevolent I am, My Dear? I am doing this for the sake of ''us''~" He whispered thest part into her ear, followed by a deep red blush subsequently materializing on her face. "...I-I g-guess so" She utterly and hopelessly fell for his sweet nothingness as she melted back into his embrace,pletely forgetting what they were just talking about. "..." A small, imperceptible smile emerged on his expression before he looked toward the line of hundreds of humansall being transported in a straight line, seemingly headed for arge, dark gray castle in the distance. This particr castle was around 2000 meters long and was situated on top of a hill that overlooked the northern part of the city, outside the 20-foot-tall walls that bordered the entire city on all sides. There were goblins, presumably goblin guards, that sat on top of these walls, overlooking and monitoring everything that went on below with cruel gazes. Those cruel gazes were currently directed to the inside of the city, as they watched swathes of humanse in, every single one of them beyond a state where they could even be considered human anymore. They were more akin to caged animals than they were to humans. But for some reason currently unbeknownst to Azmond, there were no women traveling along the Congo line of chained humans However, something suddenly rolled in that would answer his queries for him. **Patter Patter** The sounds of carriages and armored goblins entering the entrance to the city echoed out, as inside said carriages were a vast quantity of human women! Every single one of them wore anguished or extremely distraught expressions, as the majority of them were even bawling their eyes out until there were no more tears left to cry. **Sniffle Sniffle** Some of the older ones in the groups of women simply sat in the carriages with dead and stolid expressions, for they knew more than the younger ones what reallyy in store for them when they reached their ''destination'' Around a dozen carriages, all carrying dozens of human women, rolled through the cobbled streets of GoblinHaven with post haste. They quickly caught up to the congo line of chained human males before eventually slowing their pace down to match that of the goblins leading the males. .. "..." Azmond watched these scenes y out with an apathetic expression. He might seem like a monster for not caring about such a scene, but in reality, he already knew that all the goblins would be dead before they could do anything drastic, so there was no real point in fretting over or getting mad about something that would never happen. Not that he really cared about such a thing to begin with For he truly was a monster. In a way. But since they were of the same species, he didn''t mind giving them a hand after he eradicated every goblin in GoblinHaven. This was also the perfect chance to ask these stragglers if there were any ces where he could drop off his ''Pokemon''. That''s right He still had all the women he ''picked'' up a few months agoinside his storage ring. However, luckily for him and for those girls he most definitely didn''t forget about, his ring had some sort of time stasis spell put inside its interior that prevented any time from passing inside of it. But there was something peculiar about such a phenomenon Chapter 164: Two Visitors... How did Grandmeister Argas, a small-time viin, acquire such an overpowered tool? Azmond may not be the brightest tool in the shed, but even he knew that a storage ring with a seemingly endless space and a time stasis spell incorporated into it was far from the ordinary stamdard in Asterion He contemted mulling over the topic some more; however, he eventually decided against it. He would leave such queries forter, as he had a quest toplete first! And this one had a time limit, so he couldn''t allow himself to waste any time on subjects he wouldn''t be able to figure out right now anyway. He didn''t know just how thorough he had to be in his eradication of the GoblinHaven kingdom either, so there''s really no telling just how much of that three-day time limit he got would subsequently be used up before hepleted it. "..." His emotionless gaze darted around the entire 1000-mile radius that was the kingdom of GoblinHaven. This was by far thergest kingdom he had ever been to, although that wasn''t saying much, considering he had only been to the ''kingdoms'' that a few powerful monster lords had set up in the heart of the Great Wilnds Forest. However, they were nothing more than ''slightly'' stronger monsters that were ying the parts of ''kings'' or ''rulers'' of their plots ofnd. This kingdom, called ''GoblinHaven'' however, was far different than the ''Kingdoms'' he had been to before. This ''Kingdom'' ruled over by goblins was a functioning society, although a very cruel one. Nheless, it was an undeniable fact that these goblins had set up a well-organized and well structured society that revolved around power and yet also relied on the technological aspects of adaptability. But that wasn''t all, as he noticed something else unusual about this ''GoblinHaven''. Usually the monster kingdom''s forces would fall apart and scatter upon the deaths of their kings, like they did when he went around pleting his 10 quest streak'', but these ones appeared to not even care that their king had already died. They were either utterly clueless about the death of their own king, which was highly unlikely. Or they had something, or ''someone'' else that was capable of keeping them afloat **Whoosh!** **Whirl!*" Speak of the devil, and it shall appear. "Who are you, human? And why have you invaded the territory of the GoblinHaven Kingdom?" A crackly and aged voice resounded out, followed by the appearance of two unknown figures who honed in on the figures of Azmond and Crystalline. But their attention was more focused on him than on her, as their dark, archaic gazes practically bore holes into the front side of him. "Hmm?" He obviously noticed the two mysterious figures approach them from afar; however, he didn''t really think they were aiming for them. After all, he still had his Godfiend Concealing Technique active, and it should be able to help him hide away from the eyes of all existence''s close in power to his own. But it looked like the technique he had been relying on to stay hidden, for the longest time now, had suddenly stopped working Or, at least, that is what he thought was the issue, until he saw the auras emanating from the two aged figures. And that was where the weird part really began It was weird because they didn''t have any auras. They didn''t have any auras, yet they were flying in the air without any issues. Now this could either mean two things Either they had a concealing technique like him Or they were a super big shot and subsequently so much stronger than him that they didn''t need a concealing technique to keep their auras hidden from him He didn''t like either option, but he would much rather prefer the first one over the second one. Even though he loved fighting, and even considering that he would like nothing more than to fight stronger opponents! He had his Little Ice Flower, and his Emu here with him now He couldn''t simply act rash and reckless without first properly ascertaining the level of danger involved. ... Azmond wanted to figure out more about these unknown figures, who were still patiently waiting for a reply with perturbed expressions. However, the making of such irritated looks caused the hoods that covered most of their facesto get rubbed off, as he was able to get a better look at them and instantly noticed their ''race''s'' usual green goblin-like features, except their faces were far less ugly and appeared almost human-like than goblin-like. However, his thoughts were soon interrupted... The mysterious goblin that spoke first suddenly voiced his question again, except it wasced with a far more dangerous killing intent than it was thest time: "Why are you here, human? If we don''t receive an answer in the next two seconds, we will consider you an enemy of the kingdom of ''GoblinHaven'' and you will be disposed of in but an instant." He glowered with an imperious tone. It was almost as if the matter of whether or not Azmond would die if deemed an enemy of the kingdom would be all but guaranteed. And it seemed like the only reason that they hadn''t already attacked the invading human upon sight was because they were skeptical over the background of this human. After all, it wasn''t everyday that a human in the Initial stages of the Half-Step Void Refining Realm entered into their territory. They naturally assumed that such a strong cultivator was part of the forces of one of the neighboring kingdoms. However, their patience and self-restraint were running thin at the unresponsive human before them. They were already in an unpleasant mood over the death of one of their descendants, whom they set up as the stand-in king of their kingdom. And now this random, powerful human cultivator abruptly appeared out of who knows where? And he had intentions that they couldn''t discern. Chapter 165: The Goblin Ancestors They would rather kill such a human and be done with it, but they feared the repercussions of such actions. The human kingdoms bordering the Great Wilnds Forest were no joke after all and had firmly nted themselves into the high Middle-Rank Kingdom ranking in the entirety of Asterion! Which was no small de! The pure quantity of kingdoms that popted the of Asterion had already surpassed the thousands, and more popped up every day, it seemed. Furthermore, that number didn''t even include all the smaller ''kingdoms'' that powerful lone monsters set up to attract members of their own races toward them. ..... "..." "..." The two Goblin Ancestors patience levels were running dangerously thin after beingpletely ignored by the bold humana human who was still gazing off into thends that made up the ''GoblinHaven'' Kingdom. His profoundly deep, blue eyes looked on curiously at the inner workings of such aplex city structure as his thoughts took an interesting turn: ''Maybe I should make a kingdom too? I mean, it kind of looks like it could be an interesting experience.'' **Tick!** The two goblin ancestors'' faces turned red from anger, as they had been treated like nothing more than thin air by this human since the moment they appeared. He didn''t even bother looking at them with his eyes! He merely used his divine sense to figure out what they looked like earlier! "You dare!?!" The leading goblin ancestor snarled with a face beyond enraged! **RUMBLE!!!** Absurdly strong energies began to gather around his hands as he was about to make his move! But before he could The voice of the human they had been attempting to get a reaction out of for ages finally made his move as he began to drag his frosty gaze toward the two archaic goblin ancestors. That was when the ice-cold voice of Azmond sounded out in the ears of the two ancestors: "Yes, I do dare, but the real question is," He began with a tone colder than sub-zero: "Do you dare to ept the consequences thate with the act of interrupting my sight-seeing?" .... "!!?!?" The two goblin ancestors, upon hearing the silent human speak for the first time, were left utterly enraged by his words! "Courting Death!!!" The leading goblin ancestor bellowed before entering into a crazed frenzy. The air surrounding him began to crumble and crack, as it seemed like even theyer of space that held this section of Asterion together couldn''t hold up against the overwhelming strength of his aura! WAAA! WAAA! His aura only grew to even more absurd lengths as the entirety of GoblinHaven was consumed by the eruption of one of its Founding Ancestors! That dark and malicious aura had already enveloped beyond the scopes of GoblinHaven as it reached a maximum length of 5,000 miles!! An aura with the size of something that could be considered the radius of a small was unleashed in Azmond''s direction! However, despite the horrifying energy that bombarded even his very soul, the only thing he could say in response was, "I see" His emotionless voice echoed out as he appeared nonchnt about the entire ''predicament'' he found himself in. "It looks like you guys are in the Early Stages of Void Refining, huh?" Even after realizing such a thing, his face, bereft of any emotions, never left him. A cruel and sinister smile emerged on the Goblin Ancestors faces when they heard his indifferent voice. "It looks like you still don''t understand your current situation; Do you, human? We have already discerned your identity with our foresight abilities. And although your existence is mostly a mystery even to us, we know for certain that you are not from a human kingdom we know of." The Goblin Ancestor started to speak with a growing emotion surging within him. "So don''t you think you should be groveling on the floor, begging for us to spare your pitiful life, right about now?!?" He snickered with clear disdain for Azmond, apparent in its aged, human-like face. Azmond, upon hearing such words of ridicule, couldn''t help butugh. "Pfft! Me, grovel to you? Hahaha~" He put a hand to his forehead before he half pulled his hair back, enough that only one of his ice-cold eyes gazed upon the two goblin Ancestors. A slightly deranged voice followed the abrupt pause in hisughter as he looked at the two Goblin Ancestor''s like nothing more than worms! "You want ME to grovel?!?!?!?" RUMBLE!!! WAAAA!! Following such a deadly promation was the subsequent release of a power that spread out and enveloped the entirety of GoblinHaven, the same way as the two Goblin Ancestors did it. The only difference being that his aura didn''t extend out to the surrounding areas as well, but that didn''t stop a slight amount of pressure from building up in the two Goblin Ancestor''s hearts. ''This human morsel actually has enough power to make us feel even the slightest bit of pressure??!?'' They thought in unison as they agreed upon something withoutmunicating with each other... They must kill this human right now! They couldn''t allow him to power up any further! SHAAAA!! Multiple bright, resplendent lights shed as two sets of Eastern-styled swords with pitch ck tassels appeared in the ws of the Goblin Ancestors. Their maliciously antiquated voices followed not even a millisecond after such a release of treasure weapons as they appeared in front of the human in but an instant! "You are truly Courting Death!!!!" Their swords were but a few centimeters away from slicing his body into millions of cubed pieces, him along with the woman, and slime he had with him! However, before such an attack couldnd... "It truly is too bad. It would be nice to have more than a mere two of you little green piggies to train with, but I guess this will have to do for now." His apathetic words faded into the distance as his stalwart figure appeared tens of thousands away from the pair of Goblin Ancestor''s. Chapter 166: Creating Something Spectacular! "!?!?" The two goblin ancestors were utterly bewildered by the insane speed of this human. ''He should''ve only been in the Initial stages of the Half-Step Void Refining Realm. How did he escape our scissor attack with such minuscule levels of strength?!?'' The leading Goblin Ancestor questioned with a perplexed expression. WAAA!! Their attacks were still ongoing, and it was already toote to stop them, so they simply let them touch base with the empty air! BOOOooOOoMMMM!!!!! The goblin houses and streets down below were blown out of existence as a deep crevice in the shape of an ''x'' spanning hundreds of miles was produced from their simultaneous strikes. "..." "..." Seeing a fifth of the kingdom they built over several thousands of years, destroyed in the blink of an eye, put infuriated looks on their faces! "You Damn HUMAN!!!! You Dare!!!" They bellowed with faces redder than chili peppers! ''It was all that damn human''s fault!! They won''t allow him to get an easy death after squandering away thousands of years of their efforts!! They will torture him to death for hundreds of years and r*pe that woman he has with him, every single day until she breaks, and then they will pass her around to their subordinates to y with!!!'' Malicious thoughts festered inside the Ancestors heads as they lookedsciviously at the Icy faced beauty that human had brought with him. ''It will be fun breaking such a cold and indifferent woman!'' The leading ancestor never took his gaze off the green-eyed beauty''s body. And that would be the cause for his downfall ... Azmond had already set Crystalline down a decent enough distance away, as he set up a few soul essence barriers before his stolid figure shed away with Emu. His voice soon followed in a hushed tone as he looked at the ck and gold slime with a kind smile. "Would you like to help me take out these green piggies, Emu?" "Mhmu!!" It responded with an instant confirmation! It didn''t care what it had to do! As long as it could get a taste of those delicious-looking goblins! "Good, then let us try something new; why don''t we? You have that transformation skill, and I assume you have a skill that would allow you to be an evolution-type weapon. Don''t you, little buddy?" He asked with a small smile as he petted its slimy body. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" It bounced up and down in his arms, clearly confirming his spections! It devoured a few de-wielding monsters a while backmonsters that had somehow obtained weapon techniques that allowed them to evolve these weapon-like appendages through the ''absorption'' of other weapons. "Good" He began with a slightly expectant expression. "Trybining that skill with your transformation skill. I will even give you a little hand as well, using my ''Quantum Law'' to manipte the formtion speed of such a skill." WAAAA!! Dark twilight-like energies began to swirl around Azmond as he did circles around the Goblin Ancestors at speeds approaching meteoric stardom! The two goblin ancestors gazed lustfully at the body of Crystalline,pletely clueless about the ongoing creation of something horrifying .... WHIRLLL!! WAAAAA!! Intense yet discreet energies continued to whisk around the figures of Azmond and Emu as they attempted to create something that couldpletely tip the bnce of their ongoing discord with the two Goblin Ancestor''s. "This ising along quite well." Azmond''s deep, raspy voice resounded out, followed by a few more hand movements as he continued to manipte thew of ''Quantum''. He was attempting to utilize what little control he had to help Emu create a devastating skill! "Mhmu!" Emu squeaked with a deeply concentrated expression. It seemed like Azmond wasn''t the only one giving it their all in this new venture! The energies of ''Quantum'' and the unique qualities of Emu began to swirl around even more immensely as it appeared like they were approaching the Zenith of the skill creation process! "We are almost there, Emu. Just keep on pushing through, and we will have it." He said through gritted teeth. The expenditures required to use his barelyprehended ''Quantum Law'' in such a way proved to be beyond his original predictions. Luckily for him and for the exhausted Emu. The creation of the spell was just about finished. **Squish Squish!* Emu began to squirm and morph as its body started to take on all sorts of unusual shapes; those slimy appendages it had distorted and extended in every direction. It almost looked like it was attempting to find the perfect form toy the final piece of this new transformation technique... Azmond, upon noticing such a disturbance in Emu, felt something resonate within him. And then it hit him out of nowhere! "!!! I see. That is what my weapon will be in this lifetime, huh?" He muttered through bloodied lips. His attention immediately honed in on Emu''s disfigured body before he stretched out his right hand in an obvious attempt to touch the little ck and gold slime. He knew this was what he needed to do toplete the skill-creation process. It was just a gut feeling, but it was a gut feeling that he knew held no duplicity. So his hand approached the distorted slime and RUMBLE!!!! The chaotic maelstrom of energies that surrounded them suddenly became far more active! The two of them suddenly shed upward and lit up the sky, as Azmond looked like a dazzling fuzzy light ba sh of light that never stopped running circles around the two Goblin Ancestor''s. Performing such an action in such a non-discreet way immediately garnered the attention of the heinous stares the Goblins had focused on Crystalline. "???" Their tall, archaic figures snapped their heads toward the cause of such a spectacle as perplexed expressions emerged on their faces. "What is that worm doing, brother GrimSoul?" The Ancestor behind the leading one asked with an inquisitive voice. "I think that worm has realized the vast chasm that lies between him and us and went insane. Hence, why he''s putting on this silly show." He added with a knowing look. Chapter 167: My Weapon! "I see Should we simply y around with that woman over there first?" He asked with a disgustingly lust-filled face as he ''thoroughly'' scanned Crystalline''s body. However, his nasty thoughts were immediately shut down by the older one of the two. "Let us not. I wish to see what this human morsel is up to first." GrimSoul responded with an amused expression. Their two patronizing figures stood back, hundreds of meters above the ''x'' shaped crevice they made, gazing condescendingly at the speeding figure of Azmond. Seemingly waiting for some futile attempt to be made by the brazen human. ..... Meanwhile, on Azmond and Emu''s side, The two of them were in the midst of going through some sort of metamorphic soul bond, as resplendent crimson and gold lights gathered around them in massive quantities! WAAA!!! And then it happened! HOONNGG!! As if the very universe itself were weing the entrance of something truly extraordinary, a loud, indescribable sound made its way into the ears of every being within a ten thousand-mile radius. And, at the centermost point of the heavenly resonance, the catalyst that inadvertently brought about such an unexpected noise emerged from the cocoon-like crimson-gold light that enveloped the both of them. ... A tall, handsome man emerged from the cocoon; he appeared in the visions of the two goblin ancestors, like that of a fallen immortal! His white, flowing robes blew in the wind as his attire only further entuated his orotund featuresthat long, raven ck hair and those deep, profound blue eyesand those chiseled features that molded his face together. Every part of him screamed of one who had been banished from the highest levels of Heaven! "Is this not a good little city?" He murmured with an indifferent expression. The apathetic voice of such a fallen immortal soon found its way into the ears of those bewildered Goblin AncestorsAncestors who could do nothing but stand there with baffled looks on their faces. ''Why did the power of this human increase so tremendously?!? His current aura feels nothing like it did before!! What the hell is this nonsense?!?'' The Goblin Ancestors werepletely shocked by the absurdity of this human cultivator! However, they failed to notice that the ck and gold slime was no longer on his head, and a new weapon appeared in Azmond''s hands This unknown weapon was in the form of a Japanese-style katana; it exuded an aura of obscure darkness, its sleek obsidian de adorned with striking gold ents. The handle, amanding ck, featured a fierce gold dragon motif at its core, with cascading tassels of ck and gold adding an air of mystique and power. This de was in every meaning of the word, ''Dope as f*ck!''. The katana was exactly 6 feet long, a nonsensical size that nearly trumped the man who wielded itin height. A de so big loomed over his right shoulder with an unexinable power leaking from its unbelievably sharp edges. A dark and unknown gleam reflected off the cutting side of the de, a gleam that mirrored a certain quality that was present in the little ck and gold slime called Emu. "This city truly is a nice one, excluding the big chunk of it you took out earlier and, of course, those humans that got transported over to thatrge castle over there." He began with a dull vocalization of his thoughts. "???" The two goblin ancestors were still confused about what this human was trying to get at by mentioning the city they built up. His cold gaze traveled back to the two confounded goblin ancestors, followed by the release of a power that nearly put the two of them on their knees! BOOOM!!!! "That is why it truly is too bad that I will have to leave this city in a state ofplete destion." He began with an icy expression, as his aura only continued to exponentially grow. It grew to such a level that it surpassed the two goblin Ancestors in quantity, but a few milliseconds past his promation. "You wor-!!" The Goblin Ancestors attempted to hollow out their useless chatter but were quickly interjected by Azmond''s emotionless voice. "And don''t think I forgot those experience points you took from me with that useless attack you two made earlier. I will take back all that you owe me tenfold over" A slightly perturbed look formed on his face when he recalled all the experience points that were wasted by these green piggies. However, such an irked countenance swiftly disappeared, as it was reced by his stolid movements. His body instantly disappeared from the sights of the two goblin Ancestors, as they immediately went on guard! They scanned their surroundings multiple times over, in the span of a few milliseconds, and yet they found no trace of the worm "Where is he, brother?-" The one to the back began to voice his concerns. However His body moved in a blur as it appeared to get hit by an extreme force to his side. BOoooOOOOOOOMM!! His aged figure had already beenunched into a mountain, thousands of miles away. "?!?!?" GrimSoul didn''t even see what happened! All he saw was a sh, and his brother was already gone "That green piggy isn''t dead yet, so don''t fret. I promise to send you both off at the same time." A whisper made its way next to the right ear of GrimSoul. "!?!?" He twisted his neck, and the only thing he saw was the malicious grin thaty stered on that human morsel''s face. "I heard you wanted to y around with my Crystalline." He began with an evil face. A face that terrified the still-astonished Goblin Ancestor "So, I think I will y around with you guys for a while." RUMBLE!!!! Following such a promation was the subsequent release of an extreme level of crimson-gold energy from his katana. The very earth below seemed unable to handle the pressure being released by the man floating hundreds of meters in the skyit started to crack and crumble as a section of GoblinHaven began to fall beneath the ground surfaceyer, falling thousands of meters into the earth below. Chapter 168: Your Death Will Not Be So Easy **Eskeechh!!!** Screams and screeches echoed out as a vast number of goblins fell to their deaths, eventually bing crushed under millions of pounds of rubble. Following such an action was the flooding of Azmond''s vision with pop-up screens. *Ding!* *Experience +2000* *Ding!* *Experience +200* *Ding!* *Experience +600* *Ding!-*... *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!- Yo-*... .... Tens of thousands of goblins had died in such a simple movement made by Azmond, as he observed the seemingly unlimited number of notification pop-ups envelope his vision. "..." He would normally be in quite the merry mood upon gaining so many pop-ups; however, these Goblins Ancestors soured his mood to such a degree that he didn''t even feel like looking at the pop-ups right now. All he wanted to do was torture these two clowns to death. How dare they entertain the idea of even touching a single hair on Crystalline''s head?!?!? It was uneptable And they would die for such ignorance. ..... "?!?" GrimSoul was left confounded over every single word that came out of this worm''s mouth. What was he even talking about?!? Experience?? Destroying his city??? Why was he talking about such topics like a man who had gone insane? "Enough." He discarded all useless thoughts as he looked the human down like a dead man walking. "You will die, human. I will make sure of that myself." He stated with repressed rage. He couldn''t allow himself to get caught up in the moment and get flung away like his brother was. RUMBLE!!! A loud rumbling boomed outward from thousands of miles away as a decrepit green figure began to make his way out of the mountain he wasunched into. BOOOooOoOOMM! The entire mountain range hended near waspletely evaporated as the aged-green figure fully emerged from the debris. His enraged voice bellowed out not even a millisecondter, "YOU DAMN HUMMMAANN!!!!!!" The eruption of his archaic voice caused even the trees and grass between him and Azmond to part ways! "..." Azmond looked on impassively at theter, as he couldn''t even bother to act surprised over his reappearance. He knew that such a weak move would never be able to fully eradicate an existence like himan existence that had probably already been in the Void Refining Realm for hundreds of years. But it wasn''t like his reemergence would change anything. He would die all the same. He just got the privilege of being able to stay alive a little longer. ... The other Goblin Ancestor''s zing aura shot toward Azmond''s distant figure at speeds far surpassing the speed of sound! His slightly battered and aged frame appeared in front of Azmond in but the blink of an eye. His crazed voice sounded out not long after: "DIE HUMAN!!!!" He exploded at the top of his lungs! A dark, malicious energy congregated around his w-like hands as he conjured up a spe spell that consumed Azmond''s vision upon its release. In fact, the entire sky was blotted out from such an insane release of energy. The heavens seemed to melt and crumble as the heat emanating from such a strike was beyond anything known on Earth. WAAAA!!!! It expanded and enveloped! "What a gaudy move." Azmond began with a nonchnt expression. "Gaudy. And useless." He spoke before a swipe of the hand holding his de came crashing down. WOOOOMMM!!!! Theyer of space thaty between the two of them immediately copsed as the immense amount of energy being wantonly released by the Goblin Ancestor was dispersed in an instant. Azmond''s attack didn''t just stop there; the simple swiping motion he made honed in on the bewildered figure of the Goblin Ancestor. "W-What?? H-How can this be?!? I put everything into that attack!!! How could it be dispersed as easily as that?!?!?!" He freaked out and began to summon up every ounce of remaining strength he had, in an attempt to thwart the impending strike of Azmond. WAAAA!! He summoned hundreds ofyers of protective Qi barriers! "You will die." Azmond began, his face bereft of emotion. "Not because you weren''t strong enough..." His tone started to get colder. "You will die, because you got lost in your own recklessness." His indifferent words slithered into his ears like a death sentence. A look of realization came over the struggling Goblin Ancestor. Energies were flying and shing all over the skies as repeated grudges hit him like the final straw. RUMBLE!!!! The skies and the earth copsed in on themselves! ''I was reckless, huh? ... I have lived for thousands of years, and now I get lectured by a boy still in diapers, telling me that I was too reckless? isn''t that a little too hypocriticaling from a mere Half-Step Void Refining Realm going against two Void Refining Realm Cultivators???'' **SLICE** His thoughts, full of uneptance and repudiation, faded out of existence as his body split into two pieces. However, it wasn''t just his body that split into two, as his body, soul, Nascent Soul, and Essence soul all split into two separate pieces. His entire existence had been split into two pieces BOOOooOOOMM!! The ongoing energies produced from such an attack hit the earth with a seemingly unlimited amount of power as the earth split into two, stretching on for an untold number of miles. *Ding!* *Experience + 3,000,000,000* *Ding! Y-*... Notifications continued to sound off inside his head as he became significantly stronger in the middle of a battle. "..." He looked at the destruction that ensued because of him before turning his gaze to the other Goblin Ancestor called GrimSoul. "He died an easy death." He stated before his cold words continued. "Your death will not be so easy." "?!?" His voice leaked out in an eerie tone, a tone that caused goosebumps to form on GrimSoul''s back. "Let us resume our fight, GrimSoul. I am looking forward to how you manage to prolong your inevitable death." He spoke such arrogant words with a cruel smile creeping up his face. Chapter 169: Boring... ... Sonic booms and explosions sounded out in the distance as a multitude of various attacks hit andnded. Thwarted and dodged, veered and deflected. And far away from such an active battlefield was the solemn figure of a woman with long, silky ck hair and green eyeseyes that were filled to the brim with worry. "..." She looked on at the ongoing fight between her lover and a stupid green pig as she clenched her chest. She didn''t like that she wasn''t strong enough to help Azmond out, even after all the powering up she did. She reached the Soul Transformation Realm at an age that shouldn''t even be possible. And yet, all that for what? She still couldn''t intervene in a fight of this magnitude unless she wanted to get in the way. The only thing she could do was sit back and watch the fate of her man unfold before her She wanted to help; she wanted to be of some assistance to him! but she couldn''t And it looked like she wasn''t the only one in such a mncholic mood, as a certain brown-haired beauty was going through a flurry of emotions as she watched Azmond have a dance with death. He flew through the sky and zipped through the clouds as he and the Goblin Ancestor traded blows at speeds beyond what the mortal eye could see, appearing like nothing more than red and ck blues. Even she herself couldn''t see whether or not Azmond was winning or losing the battle. She, as the embodiment of the ''Boundless System'', an entity that should be at the very peak of existence. An existence like hers couldn''t even tell whether her master was about to die or not And that only made the pain that filled her heart grow She was meant to be the assistant helper for Amzond! She was meant to help him with every single one of his problems! And yet She was left as nothing more than a spectator to the fighta fight that had already taken itself hundreds of miles away. ..... "Is this the best you have, green piggy?" The dry tone of Azmond sounded as the two of them passed through a mountain range, subsequently slicing the mountain range into a billion segments. Debris and rocks fell from the skies as Azmond casually lifted up his katana toward a certain direction. "Shut UP!!! You Stupid Worm!!!!" The bellowing of an enraged GrimSoul thundered out as he appeared in front of theckluster figure of Azmond. BOOOooOOOMM!!! A loud explosion boomed out as Azmond was sent flying into another set of mountain ranges. His inexpressive frame nted itself into the group of mountain ranges before the force of such an impact decimated dozens of mountains! "... This is so..." The voice of a man covered in rubble started to sound out. "This is so boring." His indifference never left him, as he got up and jumped out of the rubble before elegantly wiping off his robes. His figure stood upon billions of pounds of crushed rocks as his cold gaze looked upon the fuming figure of GrimSoul. He didn''t even feel like getting excited over this fight anymore He had been quite ted over finding a strong sparring partner at the beginning, and the fight was quite fun for the first few hours that they danced around in the skies. However Along with the increasedprehension of his skills and his growing familiarity with the katana-morphed version of Emu, the fight became nothing more than a hassle after the 12-hour mark. It was so so "Boring." He looked up at the infuriated Goblin Ancestor, his gaze emting nothing but disappointment for GrimSoul. He expected this guy to at least improve a little during their fight, but no. Even after waiting half a day for a cool power up to happen, nothing changed in the strength of this ''Powerful Antiquated Figure''. Azmond couldn''t help but think that this was what stagnation looked like. This was what it looked like when you reached such a peak that you couldn''t move forward any more than you had. Little did he know that he was actually the unusual one here for being able to improve so much in the short span of a day. His proficiency with all his techniques had gone up by at least a level. He even took the time to increase the proficiencies of his lesser and more ''useless'' skills in the middle of the fight. He didn''t even take the Goblin Ancestor seriously anymore An all-powerful and ancient cultivator in the Early Void Refining Realm was reduced to nothing more than a training totem for Azmond. The training totem in question realized this as well "I Will Kill You!!!!!!" Which is why he was so mad right now! He was being treated as nothing more than a joke by a boy in the Half-Step Void Refining Realm!! WAAAAAA!!! Vast quantities of malicious ck energies began to gather around the body of GrimSoul as he was prepared to unleash every single remaining ounce of power he had at this human!! He didn''t even care that he needed to burn his soul essence to reach such a level. He would kill this human, even if it were thest thing he''d ever do! That much, he swore to himself!! RUMBLE!!!!!! The mountain ranges and topography around the two began to split apart and crumble with the release of a dark power that was capable of destroying a country! "DIEE, HUMAANNN!!!!!" He bellowed with a crazed expression on his face before he sounded out the name of his trump card: |Shadow Sentinel|! The night seemed to dawn upon the world as Azmond was enshrouded by a seemingly perennial darkness that veiled him from thend of the living. "Finally!!! I killed that impertinent worm!!!! He should count this death as a fortuitous encounter, for I went easy on him. Hahahah!!!" Loud, boisterousughter resounded out as GrimSoul looked like a man who had gonepletely insane; his arms swung around as he rejoiced the moment he killed the human! Chapter 170: Come Out, Emu The Goblin Ancestor was about to head down to the ground surface to have some fun with that girl he saw earlier. But before he could... "Is this yourst Trump card? Or will there be something more?" A bored and cid voice slithered into GrimSoul''s ears like the words of a dead man. **BRTTTT!!** GrimSoul twisted his head behind him, only to see the cocoon of darkness he conjured up begin to shake and shudder as something began to make its way out. "?!? H-How C-Can this be?!? How can you still be alive?!?!?" He howled with a demented expression. He didn''t understand! He couldn''t understand! How could this human worm still be alive?!?!? He refused to believe that he didn''t die from his most powerful attack!!!!! **Crack!** "What a silly question to ask." His indifferent voice continued as the sound of ss shattering started to echo out. "That is because you are weak." **Crack!** **Crack!** The darkness that enveloped Azmond inside of it shattered and disappeared into nothingness as he emerged without a scratch on his wless figure. "T-This c-can''t be... I burned my soul essence to empty in that attack. I-It was everything my existence had to offer" He fell to his knees as a despondent tone leaked from his words. He had given it his everything! 10000%! And yet He still couldn''t put a scratch on that worm "I don''t care if you burned away your existence or if you depleted your soul essence to the negatives." He began with a disdainful tone. "You are still weak." He spoke such words in a slow manner as he made his way over to the distraught figure of GrimSoul, his expression filled with nothing but disappointment. He wasted a day fighting this guy, and yet GrimSoul didn''t improve a single bit or use any sort of diversification in his techniques. Even he himself had used a wide variety of different elemental and physical attacks. He used lightning, fire, water, air, and his spacew, which was derived from his ''Quantum Law''. He used dozens of different techniques in the hopes of improving hisprehension of them all. Which he did in swift fashion. However, why did he feel like he could''ve gotten more out of such a fight if only... If only this goblin ancestor called GrimSoul hadn''t stagnated so many years ago. ''Why does he have to be so useless? He was supposed to be an all-powerful cultivator in the Void Refining Realm. But why do I see him as nothing more than an antique who had simply cultivated for such a long period of time that he naturally ascended to such a realm?'' ''He was nothing more than a noob that got lucky with his starter equipment and continued to farm low-level monsters until he reached the max level'' ''Were all the old and powerful cultivators like this guy?'' He thought to himself as his daunting figure made it over to the depressed, old, and decrepit frame of GrimSoul. His life force was fading away from his body, and it was doing it fast. He would undoubtedly die in a few minutes if nothing was done about it. But do you think Azmond would let him off so easily? **WHIRL!** A brilliant bright green light shed as Azmond used an exterior version of the healing technique he adapted from ''Boundless Restoration''. And although it was nowhere near the level of the real deal, it would still be capable of keeping the Goblin Ancestor alive for a few more days. And that was more than enough to do what he wanted to do with the detached GrimSoul. "You brought this upon yourself, you know? You and that Goblin King of yours." Words devoid of emotion sounded out into the Goblins Ancestor''s ears as he looked up, only to see the lifeless blue eyes of Azmond. "!?!?" And such a sight terrified him. He bent over even further before he began to grovel at his feet. His frantic voice cried out not long after: "P-Please, S-Sppare m-mmy life!!" He sniveled with snot running down his face. That intimidating and imperious persona of his had all but disappeared as hetched onto the firm legs of Azmond. ..... "..." Disdain for the pleading and sniveling Goblin Ancestor was visible on those icy features of Azmond. He couldn''t believe he had spent a whole 24 hours fighting a ''strong'' opponent, all for that ''strong'' opponent to wind up begging for its life to be spared at the end of the fight. ''Were all powerful cultivators like this? Do they simply beg for their lives after losing, for fear of all the effort they expended achieving such a high realm going to waste?'' He thought to himself with a nk face as he watched over the groveling Goblin Ancestor like he was looking at trash. "P-please, Sp-Spare my life!!!" He wailed. Azmond finally couldn''t take it anymore as he lifted his leg up before kicking forward. BOOooOOooOMM!! GrimSoulunched forward at a speed surpassing 100 times the speed of sound; his weeping figurended face-first into a mountain peak a few thousand miles away. "That pest is finally off of me," uttered Azmond as he inspected his robes to make sure no green piggy was left on his clothes. After confirming there were no discrepancies with his nice and clean robes, he turned his attention to the Goblin Ancestor, who was ''situated'' a few thousand miles away. His divine sense barely stretched that far, so the sight came out a little blurry. But he could still vaguely ascertain the bloodied and severely injured figure of that disgusting pig. He swiftly retrieved his divine sense after making sure that GrimSoul would not be leaving anytime soon. His gaze now moved toward the shining ck and gold katana he held in his grasp. "Come out, Emu," he murmured. "Mhmu!" A squeak sounded out as Emu morphed from the katana in his hand to a ck and gold slime the size of a watermelon. Chapter 171: Go And Eat It! Emunded on Azmond''s head before snuggling up in his bed of long, raven ck hair. A content expression emerged on his slimy features as it felt good about the help it gave to Azmond. "Don''t celebrate just yet, little buddy. You see that bisected corpse over there?" He asked with a small smile as he pointed at the split-in-half corpse of the first Goblin Ancestor. "Mhmu!?" It knew where this conversation was going, and it couldn''t be any more excited! "Go and eat it, little Emu." He gave it the go-ahead, and Emu was very simr to itspanion when it came to free meals! "Mhmu!" It practically teleported over to the bisected Goblin Ancestor corpse with a voracious look on its face. OOOM! Its body distorted and twisted to insane degrees as it opened itself to a few meters in diameter before it consumed the Goblin Ancestor in one chomp! It wore a satisfied look after devouring the first Goblin Ancestor. Power coursed through its body as its strength was augmented thousands of times over in an instant! Emu now had the strength of something that had been firmly nted in the Early-Void Refining Realm! A strength that was in apletely different league whenpared to before. "...Hmm.." Azmond decided to take this chance to gloss over the new stat interface for Emu. A bright, brilliant blue and gold light shed as a new and improved interface for his Discerning Quantum Eye Skill appeared in clear view. [Emu: {[Tier 0: Level 135, {[Stats: Strength: 6456, Defense: 6568, Qi: 8656]}, {[Development Phase: Adult]} ==<{[Main Abilities]}>== {[Body Morph: Can morph into the shape of anything imaginable (stats of what it morphs into increase with every level or exterior amplification of ''Emu'')]} {[Unlimited Devour: Can devour and assimte anything in existence}] {[Quantum Katana Flux: Allows the user (Emu) to transform into a katana that has the ability to evolve along with the user (Emu). It can also evolve through the user''spanion (Azmond) who gave this skill the quality of ''Quantum''. The ''Quantum'' quality only works when Azmond is actively wielding the user (Emu)]} {[Other Skills: Possesses the entire life''s umtions of every existence it consumes and assimtes, so the number of skills it possesses is already incalcble.]} ==<{[Description]}>== Existence-Bonded-Companion of the User of the ''Boundless System''. Origin: ????, Background: ????, Potential: ???] ... "Ahhh Emu''s interface is looking more and more grandiose with each passing day. I wouldn''t be surprised if Emu suddenly acquired a system interface even more overpowered than mine at this rate," muttered Azmond as he scanned over the new stats and skills that Emu now possessed. Emu''s interface looked more and more grandiose with each passing day. "This part is a little interesting," he said while pointing his finger to the ''Quantum Katana Flux'' skill. "Does this mean that Emu can indirectly use the quality of ''Quantum'' as long as I''m holding onto its ''Katana Form''?" He began with a look of pondering. "If so, then this could be quite advantageous for when we encounter enemies who don''t have any resistance against the only derivative ''Space Law'' that is connected to the ''Quantum Law''. At least, that is the only ''Law'' I have gained from the ''Quantum Law'' so far." He brooded over the subject for a moment before deciding whether or not he should take a look at his own System Interface. However, he quickly opted against it. After all, he still had the green piggy over there to take care of first. "..." His gaze traveled to an undisclosed mountaintop located a few thousand miles away. ''Welp, time to go and ''clean up'' that one as well.'' His thoughts faded out as he moved forward at supersonic speeds before reaching the spot GrimSoul was nted into. His hand stretched out as he grabbed the face of GrimSoul before rebounding himself off the mountain. BOOooOOOM! His stalwart figure made it back to where he began as he took the disfigured body of GrimSoul and threw him to Emu. "You want some more, Little Emu?" He asked with a kind smile. Emu''s eyes instantly began to shine as he looked at him like he was the nicest man to ever live! "Mhmu!" It squeaked before devouring the still alive body of GrimSoul in one big bite. However, before Emu could fully devour the existence of GrimSoul, Azmond gave out a simplemand. "Make sure to slowly assimte this one, Emu. I want him to suffer for as long as you can make itst," he said with a frosty tone. "Mhmu?" Although Emu couldn''t understand the reasoning behind asking Emu to do such a thing, it stillplied with what he asked of it. After all, it was only thanks to the nicestpanion ever that he was able to acquire such a nice assortment of food! It swallowed the alive ''corpse'' of GrimSoul with one quick movement before letting his body dissolve inside a small ''pocket space'' thaty within its body. Although neither Emu nor Azmond could ascertain where this ''pocket space'' was, they both knew about it. However, Azmond only learned about it after leveling his soul bond with Emu to level 2. Something that he hasn''t fully delved into yet. He decided he would take a look at his system in a few days, after he got the exp from GrimSoul. That''s right, he was able to acquire the exp from all the monsters that Emu killed and consumed! He didn''t understand how this worked either, considering that Emu devoured the entire existence of the things it devoured. But it just did The world of cultivation was like that sometimes. Full of a plethora of unknowns and unexinable variables. The stolid figure of Azmond walked over to the two beauties waiting for him with anxious expressions. He had been fighting for a day straight; a day of waiting with bated breath, gauging his well-being, must''ve been a nerve-wracking experience for them. So he could honestly understand what they were feeling. Chapter 172: Dates!? Boundless and Crystalline were in a state of constant trepidation the entire time he had been zipping around in the skies above. You couldn''t imagine the immense relief they felt when he ultimately came out of the battlepletely unscathed. Of course, he hadn''t stayed uninjured during the fight and even lost a few appendages in the early stages of his battle with GrimSoul; however, his ''Boundless Restoration'' skill always seemed toe in clutch when it came to the insane levels of healing capabilities he possessed. "Hey, Beautiful. Did you miss me~?" A chuckle escaped his lips as he looked at both of the women while speaking such flirtatious words. "Humph! Why would I miss you!?" They snorted in unison as they turned their voluptuous figures in two different directions, their smooth arms crossed over their almost identical sets of milky white bunnies. Their cheeks puffed up in two different shades of red. "..." A little shock emerged from his yful expression. ''These two choose now of all times to start acting so alike?'' He couldn''t believe what he was seeing right now. If not for their contrasting hair colors and eyes, they would look nearly identical to each other. Their heights and ''Their Three Measurements'' were essentially the same as well. It was such a fact that left him a little dazed when he saw those four melons sway in sync He shook his head a little to distract himself as he forced his gaze up to the divinely beautiful faces of both of the women. "Is that so? You didn''t miss me? I see. I guess I will have to go to our next destination all by myself then. That truly is too bad, considering I had all these fun dates nned," he began with a small, imperceptibly sly smile. "It looks like I have to cancel all those fun dessert restaurants I had in mind for us to go to," he muttered with a ''devastated'' smile. "?!?!?" Both of their attentions were immediately piqued as they bounced their unholy bodies toward Azmond. **Jiggle Jiggle** Their sensual slopes rubbed up against him unintentionally. That went to show just how frantic they became when they heard the ''terrible'' words that escaped his mouth! "H-How could you say such a thing?!? I missed you so much! Please take me with you to the dates!" Boundless was the first one to speak as she clinged to the left side of his body with ''tears'' in her big, brown eyes. However, her voice wasn''t the only one to drip into his ears, as yet another strained feminine voice reached his right side. "I-I didn''t mean what I said, Azmond... I-I am not as open as other women with these f-feeling things," she began with a slightly flushed expression. "I missed you a lot" She possessively hugged his right side as she hid her embarrassed face in his robes. "Heh," he chortled a little at the bold actions of these two women. He couldn''t believe that even Crystalline had be so wanton when not in the midst of ''nighttime activities''. There was a feeling building up inside hima feeling that told him they would only continue bing more and more unreserved as time went by "A-And, I would like a da-date" She popped her head out for a second as those dazzling greens fixed their gaze on his deep, blue eyes before she turned her face back into his robe. ''Saying stuff li-like that is so embarrassing!!'' She internally freaked out after getting out everything she wanted to say. Her body snuggled up even closer against Azmond''s muscr frame as she felt like digging a hole and jumping in it right about now And she wasn''t the only one in such a state, as Boundless was faring no better than the green-eyed beauty. The only one who seemedpletely unaffected by the ''charisma'' of Azmond was the giddy slime that bobbed up and down on top of his head. "Mhmu? Mhmu?" It squeaked. "I know, little buddy. We are heading out to fight more monsters in a little bit. However, let me first take care of these remaining goblins," he began with an indifferent expression as he scanned over the war-tornndscape that was once a powerful kingdom called ''GoblinHaven''. There were hundreds and thousands of goblin stragglers scattered out across the copsed kingdom as they frantically moved toward the less damaged parts of GoblinHaven. Screech''s and monster cries resounded out across thends as they even killed each other while attempting to escape the copsing streets and buildings. "Wouldn''t you like a few road snacks to hold you over, Emu?" Azmond asked with a small smirk. "Mhmu!!" It affirmed his question 10000%! It wanted nothing more than to taste even more of those goblin creatures! "Then let me give you every single goblin there is within a thousand-mile radius," he responded with a slightly cruel grin. His eyes scrutinized the locations of tens of thousands of scattered goblins before he lifted his hand in the air and used his specialty technique for exterminating many smaller enemies. WAAAA!!! Crimson energies started to congregate around his outstretched hand as he was prepared to unleash a mass-targeted skill. Rtively small, crimson-colored swords materialized around his stolid figure, as he put just enough power in each of them that it would only evaporate a part of every goblin''s body. He would rather simply cast a mass AOE skill like ''Cataclysmic Annihtion'' and just zap the entire kingdom out of existence. However, he had to worry about those humans who were still trapped in thatrge, dark gray castle that surprisingly came out of this discourse with barely a scratch on it. But more importantly than that, he couldn''t exactly give corpses that no longer exist to Emu, now could he? He didn''t really care about some unrted humans, but he did want to give his Emu some food, like he promised Thousands of crimson swords formed around Azmond as he found his targets before letting his hand fall in one gentle motion. Followed by the muted enunciation of one of his favorite skills. Chapter 173: Third Millionth Or Four Millionth Goblin? |Infinite Series| |Unlimited Crimson Death''s| RUMBLE!!! The earth had a violent tremor go through it as crimson death''s zoomed through the skies at lightning-fast speeds before they winded up skimming along the ground surface! "Esceetch!" Thud! The first goblin fell in the blink of an eye as the Crimson Death went straight through its heart and burst it like a balloon! "Esceetch!!" "Esce-"... More and more cries echoed out as goblin after goblin fell victim to the lethality of the Crimson Deaths! *Ding!* *Experience +2000* *Ding!* *Experience +3000* *Ding!* *Experience +2500* *Ding!* *Experience +3500* *Ding!* *Experience +4500* "It looks like these goblins are of a rtively high level," muttered Azmond under his breath. ''The experience points I gained from these ones seem to be 1020 times more than what I would gain from those goblins out in the wild. And these are just themon viger-type goblins. There are probably plenty of mini bosses still scattered around GoblinHaven.'' His thoughts dwelled on an arbitrary topic before he looked at one of the System Screens of a goblin out of curiosity. [(Goblin: Level 16), (Stats: {[Strength: 33]}, {[Speed: 36]}, {[Defense: 28]}, {[Qi: 15]}....)] He only took a nce at the parts he deemed interesting, and his spection turned out to be correct. These goblins were definitely of a higher quality than the ones out in the wild! ... "These ones truly are higher-quality experience bags," he said, as a hint of insatiable avarice began budding up within those deep, blue eyes of his. He couldn''t help but think that he had truly been missing out on life before acquiring the Boundless System. The satisfaction gained from receiving the experience points notifications had to be second to none. His mildly voracious gaze looked toward the ensuing chaos urring with the goblins being ughtered below. ..... "Eskeetch!!" Another goblin fell to the ground with a thud, as that made the three thousandth goblin Azmond had killed with his Crimson Deaths. *Ding!* *You have gained experience +500,000* "Hmm?" He began with a perplexed expression. "Was that one a small mini-boss of sorts?" He asked as he looked over the corpse of a slightly bigger goblin in what looked like... Mage clothes? The ''mage goblin'' in question had on tattered robes, with extravagant and unusually shaped jewelry surrounding his hideous features. And the most distinctive feature of all was that long staff with a blue crystal ball attached to the end of it. "That is most definitely a mage," he muttered with an even more confused look on his face. "Why would there be mages in a world of cultivation?" He began to voice his queries. "Something weird is most definitely going on here, but what is it? Is this goblin just a rarity or an oddity? Maybe the act of bing a mage is quite amon urrence in Asterion..." He pondered the matter for a few moments before he sighed a little and put that topic to the back of his mind. He would figure out all he needed to know once he entered the ''human world''. He had only ever really mingled with the monster parts of society, after all. And speaking of monsters He still had a quest toplete! ..... Two days quickly passed by in the blink of an eye **sh!** A cutting sound was heard, followed by the slicing of the wind as a crimson de pierced straight through the heart of a fleeing 7-foot-tall goblin! "How many does that make?" An emotionless voice followed such a kill as a banished immortal-like figure appeared next to the corpse of the giant goblin. "Hmm Does that make the third millionth goblin or the fourth million goblin I have dispatched?" He spoke such ludicrous genocide-level numbers with a nonchnt expression "I guess it doesn''t really matter," he began with an indifferent countenance before a glow suddenly bubbled up inside of him as a notification marking his sessful questpletion appeared. *Ding!* *You havepleted the Active Quest (''Clean up'' the territory known as ''GoblinHaven'') with excellent marks!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +30,000,000,000!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!- Yo-*... Notifications bombarded Azmond''s vision with passion as he watched dozens of level-up pop-ups appear. "Heh. This view is second to none, I must say," he whispered under his breath. A whisper that didn''t go unnoticed by a certain busty, brown-haired beauty |You said what? I thought I was the most beautiful woman in the world?? Those were your words!| Those definitely weren''t his words "..." ''What is this girl talking about? Should I just go along with it?'' He thought to himself with an incredulous expression. He didn''t know how to approach such nonsense being spoken from her mouth... "Well," He began with a wry smile before he quickly regained control over the conversation. "Your beauty is simply a different kind of beauty... Your ''specific'' beauty is number one in my eyes, Boundless~," he whispered such sweet words as he had already made his sneaky approach over to the unsuspecting beauty. |Ahn~ Mhmff~!,| she let out a sensual moan before attempting to muffle it with an aggrieved look. "Stop doing that, Azmond!" She bubbled with her two chubby cheeks puffed up like a chipmunk! "...Heh-" He was going to let out a small chuckle after witnessing the ''angry'' look on her face, but before he could. Poof! A punch hit him in the side! "Oof~," he feigned pain as he felt the soft hand of Boundless hit him in the gut. He bent over and held his stomach because of all the ''pain'' as he looked up at the victorious expression of Boundless, with an ''innocent'' and ''vited'' expression. |Humph! That is what you deserve, you big baka!| She giggled before frolicking off with a triumphant countenance! ''That is what that meanie deserves!'' Her thoughts faded out, along with that unholy body of hers. Chapter 174: A Young Contender In The Royal Capital Of SunBurn?? "Sigh" He let out an exasperated sigh when he saw the voluptuous figure of Boundless finally disappear. She seemed to be heading for a chessboarda chessboard that she had set up with Emu a day and a half ago. At a time when they realized that it would probably be a while before Azmond would be done with ''cleaning up'' the goblins. However "Azmond, who were you talking to?" One beauty disappears, and another appears. Such is the way of life Upon noticing yet another girl he needed to finesse, his expression took on a kinder and gentler glow as he approached Crystallinea woman who was currently in her usual tight-fitted blue robe. It was such a naughty robe that even Azmond himself almost lost control of his urges. Those slopes of hers being visibly glued to her robes from the sweat was just too much of a tempting sight... Such a sight was beyond alluring However, he must be strong and persevere! He would never be able to make it out of the Great Wilnds Forest if he spent all his time getting lost in lust with Crystalline. Although it was doubtful whether either of them would be resistant to such an enticing scenario But, for now, he had to swerve his way out of the pincer move Boundless and Crystalline had caught him in! "I was simply practicing my words with the silhouette I envisioned as you~ Although such an imaginary figure could neverpare to the actual beauty of one as gorgeous as you~" He began with his hands making their way toward the distracted beauty. "You somehow be more and more mesmerizing every time I see you~ And is that a new hair tie as well?" His flirtatious words came in a well-organized flurry as he slid his devious hands across her exposed nape before he somehow made his way behind her. His two firm hands already had a gentle sp on Crystalline''s waist before she could even understand what she had gotten herself into! Her face flushed a deep shade of red as she turned her head away from the yful face leaning over her head. Her meek and softened voice flowed out not long after: "I-Is th-at so Yo-You really think that?," she began with a muted murmur as she fiddled with her hair strands, twisting them in circles as she suddenly noticed the hair tie that she had changed from the previous dark blue to a lighter shade not too long ago. ''He pays attention to me Hehe'' Her thoughts leaked out onto her face as a slightly creepy smile emerged from her expression. ... ''Heh.'' Azmond, upon noticing that his ''diversion'' tactic was executed in wless fashion, put on a small smile. He couldn''t believe that his ''winning streak'' was going so well today! "Hey, Azmond..." she murmured with a quiet whisper. "Yes?" "Are we leaving this ce soon? I don''t like looking at the corpses of all these repugnant green monsters all day," she said while pointing out all the sprawled-out monster corpses in the surroundings. There were goblin corpses leaned up against trees; there were some crushed under boulders; and there were some who didn''t even wind up dying with their entire bodies intact. It truly was an ominously disturbing sight to see green blood oozing out of their still-warm corpses "Hmm" He could understand what she was getting at. It wasn''t like he liked this ce all that much either But he had to wait for Emu to finish the ''clean up'' before he could venture out and begin leaving this damned Great Wilnds Forest that had ''trapped'' him away for so many years. He was encroaching upon his 12th birthday, and such an asion made him want to see what simr talents around his age looked like. Wouldn''t it be fun to see what the young, arrogant ''unparalleled'' talents of this world had to offer?? ''Heh.'' Such a thought put a crooked grin on Azmond''s face as he looked off into the distance, seemingly peering into the souls of all the unsuspecting Young Masters. ***** In an undisclosed location, at the heart of the Royal Capital of SunBurn.. A young man in a gaudy and overly extravagant outfit with bright tassels and feathers sticking out of his shiny robes suddenly clenched his chest. This young man looked to be around 18 years old; he had long, tied-up ck hair and ck eyes. Those dark eyes of his seemed to hold a sharp and mildly cunning glint within them, although his features could be considered ''handsome''. He was still nowhere near a certain ''Freak of Nature'' when it came to the appearance department. His slightly thin eyebrows were slightly knit together when he felt such a small pain in his heart. It was an almost illusory pain, a pain that was there, and yet it wasn''t there all the same "Hmm? What was that?" He looked around, and yet he noticed nothing that could''ve possibly caused him any difort. After all, he was staying in the most luxurious and affluent households in the SunBurn Kingdom. There were nothing but jewels and bright colors decorating the absurdlyrge room he was residing in. "It must''ve been nothing worthy of notice," he began with a slight, nonchnt expression. "I still need to cultivate for as long and hard as I can. After all, the Academy Entrance Ceremony for the Celestial Academy is approaching. And I refuse to be left to rot in this small kingdom I was born in!" A sudden spurn of determination washed over the young boy as he moved over to a jade mata mat he had somebody set up for him prior to entering this luxurious Establishment. His rtively robust figure sat down with a resolute expression as the Qi within the atmosphere began to gather toward him inrge amounts ****** |Hey, Azmond?| A cheerful voice suddenly made its way into the ears of a tall, handsome figure with long, raven ck haira figure who was currently flying through the skies above at speeds far surpassing supersonic levels. Chapter 175: Are We Almost There!? This man had two ''well-endowed'' beauties with contrasting features attached to him. There was also a ck and gold slime that took up the entirety of the top of his head, even slightly leaning over his head as it drooped over his face like it had already imed ownership of the entire thing. "Yes, Boundless?" He asked with a tired sigh, as he already knew what she would ask him. |Are we almost there yet?!| She beamed with a bright, radiant smile as she rubbed her lewd body up against his left side. **Jiggle!** Those unholy curves of hers seemed to be on the verge of popping out, as it didn''t appear like that thin,yered blue dress she was wearing could hold back the soft marshmallows thaty within "..." He instantly ignored such a sensual sight before he reluctantly answered her with, "Yes, we are almost there" |Really?!?| She bubbled up while grating even more of her curvaceous bunnies against Azmond! The smile on her face seemed so bright that even the sun appeared to pale inparison. That was one of the qualities that he had a hard time resisting when it came to the effervescent beauty. Even his iron-hard will nearly wavered everytime that smile greeted him... "Yes, we are nearing the proximity of the AquaRing Kingdom and shall be there in a few hours," he responded with an indifferent expression. |Yay! We are almost there!" She giggled before snuggling her body even closer to him. Of course, Boundless already knew all of this information. Considering she was the ''Boundless System'' and all. She may not have any tangiblebat power; however, when it came to her analytical skills pertaining to the scanning and observation of the areas and worlds Azmond found himself in, she was second to none! Even Azmond himself fell short in terms of analytical abilities when lined up against the busty, brown-eyed beauty clinging to him. "Hey, Azmond?" A cold, feminine voice made its way into his ears. "Yes, Boundl-? !!?" That was when he noticed the previously asleep Crystalline had woken up and began to stare him dead in the eyes with those sinuous emeralds of hers. However, before he could regain his bearings, the green-eyed beauty''s cold voice dripped into his ears once again. "Who were you talking to?" She asked with a slightly dangerous tone. "Uhmm..." he began with a conflicted expression. He didn''t know how he would get himself out of this one Why did he keep getting into these ''predicaments''? Couldn''t everything in his life simply go a little smoother? ''I guess I am asking for too much when asking for something like that'' He thought to himself with a wry smile. "Well?" she questioned with a scrutinizing countenance. "You see..." he began with a sly grin. "The truth is that the silhouette I envisioned as another version of you materialized in the form of her sister, and I had to soothe her with my words while you were sleeping~" His slithery words flowed out as easily as breathing, while the hand he had sped onto Crystalline made a few brazen moves. "Mhmmff~! A-Azmond, St-Stop tickling me~ Haha~," she let out an enticing giggle while that equally alluring body of hers bounced on top of his firm chest. "You see, My Love. I was just so lonely while you were sleeping that I created so many versions of yourself~," he whispered into her reddened ears, like the king of incubus''s himself. "I-Is that re-really the truth~? Haha~?" She mouthed, followed by another heavenlyughing session. That sweet and feminine voice of hers echoed out across the vast skies as she squirmed and wiggled around inside his arms. ''|Humph! That big baka is always lying about my existence!|'' A particrly annoyed brown-haired woman moaned with an aggrieved look stered across her beautiful features. |... Is it because he is embarrassed over my existence? Or because I am not a real woman like that bimbo?| She began to swirl down a self-deprecating hole of no return as her long, curly brown hair fell down from their usually jubnt positions. **Rub rub** Arge hand suddenly made its way over to the soft bed of hair on Boundless. |!?!?| She suddenly looked up from her doleful state, only to see the kind and gentle smile on Azmond''s stupid, handsome face. "Stop thinking such nonsense, you silly girl," he chuckled a little to drown out his voice along with the still ongoing giggling of Crystalline. He kept Boundless afloat with a portion of his Qi focused on her, while his voice kept his conversation with Boundless muffled out in the ears of Crystalline. |...| A warm feeling bubbled up within her heart as she turned her adorable little head away from that passionate gaze of his. ''Sigh These girls are such a handful'' Azmond let out a tired sigh before hetched both of the beauties even tighter to his muscr body. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! ! His figure sped up to insane degrees as a multitude of sonic booms followed not too far behind him! ****** In the heart of the AquaRing Kingdom, at an extremely dazzling blue castle, decorated with a vast assortment of bright blue seashells and starfish, a young woman with long, light blue hair and serene, blue eyes sat in a meditative position on top of a blue and gold mat. "Hmm?" Her closed eyes abruptly opened as she suddenly noticed something. "... What is this feeling?" A pretty, melodic feminine voice rang out as she turned her beautiful blue jewels in a certain direction to the east. She tried to understand exactly what she was feeling; however, no matter how hard she scrutinized the direction to the east, she couldn''t understand what was itching away at her heart "..." A sigh escaped her perfectly red lips as she had already given up on trying to understand what that feeling was. It was at indescribable times like these that she really started to miss her angelher ''husband'' Chapter 176: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Where Is My Husband?? A mncholic aura permeated her serene figure as her thoughts began to leak into her voice. "Where are you, Husband? I had searched for so long after breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm at 22, and yet I could never find any trace of your trail," she began with a gloomy expression. "... Did you leave me behind? Or am I simply not looking in the right ces" She had been having thoughts and monologues like this for the past 2 years, however, for some reason. It really hit her hard this time around **p p!** She pped herself on the cheeks to snap herself out of her saddened reverie as her dazzling blues took on a more determined sheen! "This is no time to be sitting around in a depressed state, Aqua," she began with a growingly resolute expression. However, such an emotion was quickly overwhelmed by a far different kind of emotion "You must get strong enough that your husband will have nowhere to hide from you! As long as you reach the Mahayana Realm, then he will have nowhere to escape from you!!..." she pumped herself up before a growingly creepy grin crept up her face. "Hehe" Her mildly insane, softened giggles sang out through therge and expansive castle halls as all the maids stationed there confirmed their theories about the princess''s castle being haunted ****** Azmond had been traveling for a few days now, and he and the two beauties began to be particrly impatient upon spending days in constant flight. OOOM! That was when it happened! They flew over a towering mountain rangea mountain range that appeared to stretch upward for hundreds of miles! Their figures came into view as they stood in suspended motion atop the mountain range. And what they saw on the other side was beyond words Colorfully decorated houses and buildings made of seashells and a plethora of other unknown materials were scattered across a beautifully contrastedndscape. These buildings and houses looked almost cosmopolitan, as there were so many different color schemes and sizes. "..." Azmond almost thought he was back on earth for a second. The only differences being that the sizes of the buildings were disproportionate to the buildings back on earththey were far bigger and wider than the smaller variations back on that blue marble he originated from The other difference being that this expanse ofnd was very blue. Yep, the entire ce was practically a blue, bubbly wondend. It was such a deep contrast in hue that the greenndscape that he and the gang just came from left an almost visible line that separated the two territoriesa line that was green on one side and blue, for as far as the eye could see, on the other side! Azmond couldn''t even begin to see the edges of the lively blue topography as he reached out with Divine Sense and felt like he didn''t even scan out 1/10000 of the total territory that incorporated this blue atmosphere. Seeing such an unreal sight in person was a surreal feeling for Azmond. He was a man who had barely been exposed to this world after all. It didn''t take much to leave him breathless and in awe ... "Is this where we were headed for, Azmond?" Crystalline questioned with a fascinated expression. This blue scenery spread out before her was obviously to her liking "Hmm?" Azmond noticed such fascination growing within his Little Ice Flower and couldn''t help but put on a small smile himself before speaking in a kind tone: "Yes This is our destination. It is a kingdom called AquaRing," he muttered with a sense of expectation in his heart. He had been wanting toe to this kingdom for what felt like forever now. And here it was! A kingdom of blue splendor, ready for him to explore to his heart''s content! *Ding!* *New Active Quest Nearby!* "??" He was suddenly taken out of his reverie by a blue and gold pop-up screen that materialized in front of him. ''A new quest? Why would a new quest appear right as I near the territory of AquaRing?'' His expression morphed into one of puzzlement as he glossed over the new pop-up screen. [Active Quest: {[Enter the kingdom of ''AquaRing'' and be a part of an organization called the ''Adventures Guild''. Climb the ranks of such an organization until you can climb no more.]}, Duration Time Limit: Indefinite] [ept or Decline?] .... "I see" he murmured with a contemtive look. ''An adventurer''s guild, huh? Do they actually have something like that in the world of cultivation?? Should I ept it?'' He began to ponder over the new prompt before ultimately deciding that there was no harm in epting something with an ''Indefinite Time Limit''. It was practically an optional questan optional quest that may or may not have unbelievably lucrative rewards if he ys his cards right! He had already decided what he would do, so his finger swiftly tapped the ''ept'' button before looking at the system interface he had not seen for what felt like forever. A bright blue light shed as a farrger and more expensive system screen appeared in his vision. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Newbie Vanquisher] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 12/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Middle-Late (12 Realm Compression Cycles Completed] [Quantum Law Assimtion Rate: 0.00999%] (Capped at the current value until you break through to the Quantum Core Formation Realm.) [Physique: Quantum Law Body Rank 1] [Dao Heart Rank: Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 2(Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating Monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) {[First Unique Function]} Premature Release due to unforeseen circumstances [Function: (Quantum Katana Flux), Host has the ability to use (Emu) when in (Katana Form) to tremendously enhance the power of the User] [???] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law: Level 1] ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 0: Level 124] [Exp needed for next level: 1,000,000,000 (Calcting total saved up Experience)] [Total Exp: 10,000,000,000] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Initial Stages of the Early Void Refining Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate and strongest technique.) (Initial Stages of Mid-Void Refining with (Emu).] [STR: Absolute Peak Half-Step Void Refining Realm] [DEF: Absolute Peak Half-Step Void Refining Realm] [SPD: Absolute Peak Half-Step Void Refining Realm] [QI: Absolute Peak Half-Step Void Refining Realm] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement) (Getting Better!!] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Charisma: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 23 (20000 experience gained after partially absorbing a Top Tier Primordial Yin] [Dual Cultivation Rank: Newbie Dual Cultivator] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: 1] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: 1] [Primordial Yins Fully Absorbed: None] [Primordial Yins Partially Absorbed: 1 (The Ice Phoenix Primordial Yin {[Divine Rank]})] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: D-Rank. (3 Days worth of Dual Cultivation garnered you a D Rank Bonus ((Weak stamina))] [Boundless''s Comment: |I really don''t like this section!) ** Angry Cat Noises Intensify **] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[''Clean out'' the territory known as ''GoblinHaven'' - 1/1 Completed]} [New Active Quests: Join the ranks of an organization known as the ''Adventurers Guild'' situated in the ''AquaRing'' Kingdom, and climb up the hierarchicaldder for as far as you can manage. - ''/'' Unfinished]}] [Total Quests Completed: 11] [Overall Quest Rating: A] [Quest Completion Bonus: A] [Overachiever Bonus: S] [Bonuses received: 11] ==<[Vanquisher des]>== Title Rank: {[Vanquisher Newbie]} H-Rank Enemies Defeated: 432,000 G-Rank Enemies Defeated: 23,500 F-Rank Enemies Defeated: 2250 E-Rank Enemies Defeated: 18 D-Rank Enemies Defeated: 4 C-Rank Enemies Defeated: 2 B-Rank And Above Enemies Defeated: None ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] [Boundless''s Comment: Why are so many women around my master] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}, {[Divine Devil Arts]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect [Comprehension Of Most Used Skills: (Quantum Rift de: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 1), (Catalyst was to initiate a fight you had no chance of winning and ovee said fight.)]}, (Lightning Laceration: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 1)]}), (Cataclysmic Annihtion: {[Complete Mastery]})] ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==== I knew that idiot master of mine would make it out in one piece! Humph! That Bakaaa! I am not a real woman Chapter 177: A Very Blue Kingdom! "Hmm" Azmond, like usual, instantly ignored the remarks made by Boundless and added them to the constantly growing ''to doter'' list. However, what really attracted his attention were the increases to all his stats, his ''Quantum Law Assimtion Rate'', his ''level'', and his slightly increased realm. He looked at his realm to begin with and saw that he had gone up from the Early-Late Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm to the Middle-Late Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm. Such a small change in his realm increased his power by more than just a couple times! But what he couldn''t figure out was how his realm had increased without him actually cultivating ''!!'' That was until he recalled the faint imprint of an Ice Phoenix inside his Dantian space. He hadpletely overlooked the seemingly nondescript, funny-looking chicken residing beside his oversized Dantian and Qi Cyclone. And it seemed like this Ice Phoenix was even more special than it appeared. After all, his Realm had not only increased by a ''small'' amount, but it had also done so with ''12 Cultivation Compression Cycles''! Such a boon was more than he could''ve hoped for! But that wasn''t the only thing that had increased his strength, as his ''Dual Cultivation'' and ''Exterior Cultivation'' levels had a major role to y in his ''Absolute Peak Half-Step Void Refining Realm'' base statbat power. That was just his base form stats as well,pletely excluding his ''Techniques'', ''Emu utilization'', and his ''Quantum Law Assimtion Rate'' which had apparently capped at 0.00999%, and it would stay capped until he''s able to break through to the Quantum Core Formation Realm. ''This is all so very invigorating!'' he effused, clear happiness visible in his tone! Why wouldn''t he be happy at bing so much stronger in such a short period of time?!? Nothing could make him any more ted than he was no-! **Jiggle Jiggle** Two sets of milky white melons suddenlytched onto him as they squished up against his firm muscles. ''Scratch what I said These pleasure bags tie for first'' He would already have a nosebleed if this were a Japanese Anime. |Azmond, is this where we will have our dates?!?| "Th-The d-dates This is where we will have th-them?" Both of the contrasting beauties yammered on both sides of him as they had very backward dialogues ''Wasn''t Boundless supposed to be the shy one when it came to these sorts of things?? Why is Crystalline the one all flustered about it? We have done ''far more embarrassing'' things than a few dates'' No matter how much he contemted such aplicated topic, he couldn''t seem to peer into the unexinable emotions that constantly fluctuate within these women However, he wasn''t one to dilly-dally, as he responded to the two beauties in a post-haste: "Yes. This is where we will go on our dates~" He chuckled a little as he gently pulled both expectant women even closer toward him. "?!" |?!| They were both taken aback by the abrupt movements of Azmond, as they found themselves in an even tighter embrace. "Hold on tight~," he grinned a little before taking flight. Crystalline and Boundless closed their eyes and held on for dear life upon hearing such a promationtheir lewd bodies meshed up against his as they prepared for what was toe. His banished, immortal-like frame quickly traveled down the side of the mountain range he and the gang were on, as he made it to the beginning of the beautiful bluends in the blink of an eye! "?!?" |?!?| Both the women in his arms suddenly opened their eyes as they saw a sight so gorgeous that it was beyond words. Neither of them had ever seen such colorful and vivid scenery in their entire lives! It was one thing to gaze upon such a plot ofnd from up high, but it was another to experience it up close! It was almost like they had entered a fairytale "Do you like the view~?" Azmond''s yful voice sounded out as he skimmed across the rich bluends with two beauties in hand and slime on top! "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu showed its amazement for the new colorfulnd! It couldn''t wait to find all the monsters and bad men it would be able to devour in this ce! (...) In a way, Emu only wanted to eat thend... Azmond petted the slime on his head with a small, gentle smile, followed by his deep voice resounding out, "I am d you are happy, little Emu." He continued petting the little Emu for a whilez before a sudden melodic voice made its way to his ears. "I am d to be here as well, Azmond" Crystalline''s soft spoken words came out as she looked up at him with sparkling eyes. |Me too!| Boundless gave the same look as she was so ready to eat all the treats! ''Err I mean, I am ready to assist my master! Yeah, that''s what I meant to say!'' she thought to herself with a silly smile. Azmond conveniently ignored such a ridiculous reaction from Boundless as he looked on kindly at the both of them, before moving his gaze to two sudden dots in the sky. Dots that were growing in size, and fast! Not long after, three figures in shiny, heavy looking armor appeared in the sights of all three of them. These figures were all men with slightly pulled down Eastern-Style buns with features that could be considered average. However, what really stood out was not their looks, but rather their blue, well... Their blue everything Blue strings, blue chest piece, darker blue crest that indicated some sort of faction? Everything about their outfits were blue! Everything except for their normal colored skin and eyes. The leading man of the three guard-like men suddenly spoke with a slightlymanding tone: "Why have you entered into the territory of AquaRing without proper clearance, and why have you approached so close to the city gates of ''RiverBloom''?!?" He questioned with a domineering aura unconsciously leaking from him. OOOM! Chapter 178: A Temporary Identity For The Slime?? The three of them had already gotten into the proper defensive stances, as they were prepared for any sudden moves that could be made by the unknown intruders. Although they had not encountered such indiscreet intruders in their many years of service, this was no time to becent. "Hmm?" Azmond noticed the aura leaking out before he released a smidgen of his own in return. WAAA! "?!?!?" The domineering aura immediately dissipated as the three guards wore astonished expressions on their faces. Their captain was an Early Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator, you know?!? He was not somemon cabbage that just anybody could ignore his power as easily as that! Nheless, they were only stunned for a second before pugnacious looks formed on them. They were ready to fight to the death if need be! However, their outgoing patriotism would soon get shut down by the words of the mysterious man who had ''intruded'' upon theirnds. "I don''t like your aura touching the people I care about, that is all," he began with a slight frown. "Don''t release such an aura again, and we can have a civilized talk. I wish to know how to enter into this city after all. And I would rather not do so by force That would really ruin the dates I had promised, you know?" He added in quick spurs with a nonchnt expression. If these guards wouldn''t allow him entry into this city, then he would simply have to force his way in! Although, he would rather see that as an absolutest resort Think about how dreary the dates he had nned would be! Not to mention that this kingdom was the territory of a certain silly blue-haired ''girl'' that he had met all those years ago. With all these things in mind, he would prefer to solve things peacefully. "Uhmm" The leading guard began to speak with a slightly confused expression. ''Were these intruders not intruders, but simply lost visitors?'' That certainly made things a lot easier for the usually staid leading guard, as his expression eased before a far more easygoing voice sounded out: "Well, you should have just said that to begin with! Come right this way and we will get you folks set up with temporary identities!" Arge friendly smile emerged on his face as he outstretched his arms, indicating for the three (two and one slime) to follow. ''Well It wasn''t like you really gave us a chance to exin ourselves'' Azmond thought to himself with an exasperated tone, as he followed behind the three guardsthree guards who now seemed to be as weing and forthgoing as could be! "Do we trust these guys, Azmond?" Crystalline tugged on his white robe as he asked him a question with an ice cold face. Upon observing the frosty look on her face, he couldn''t help but let his thoughts begin to swirl around. ''It seems like this is how she is around strangers'' He thought to himself with an amused smile. He quite liked this colder and emotionless side of Crystalline as well. He wondered why she didn''t show this side that much when around him? Was she shy or something? "Just go along with them for now, My Love. We will make a romantic bloody escape if they attempt to get one over on us~" He whispered such words into her ears as he kept his voice under his breath. "Mhmf~ f-fine~" she responded with an imperceptibly low moan as she looked at him with a slightly aggrieved look. "Heh." Heughed a little before he, along with Boundless, Crystalline, and Emu followed behind the three friendly guards. They continued on to the huge gates that separated them from the city of ''RiverBloom''. The gates stretched upward for thousands of meters, it towered over the 7 of them like an insurmountable object that was never meant to be passed over by mere mortals. However, there was something odd about such a colossal wall, why was it so big? It was almost like the rulers of RiverBloom appeared to be aiming to keep out more than just humans "We will just need you to sign out on a few forms that will allow you to gain a temporary identity, it shouldst you long enough until you''re able to gain an identity of your own!" The lead guard spoke with a wide smile as he turned toward a normal sized door at a particr section of the enormous gate walls. The door looked analogous to that of the entranceway for an ant when lined up next to the excessively big walls "After you," he said as he opened the door with a weing smile. "Thank you." An indifferent voice escaped Azmond''s mouth as he entered into the space thaty beyond the door. Boundless and Crystalline followed not long after with neutral expressions. They quicklytched onto Azmond as they opted to let him decide everything for them. "... Hmm?" He put on an entertained face as felt the two beauties cling to him, not to mention that he quite enjoyed the softness pressing up against him. The three guards noticed Crystalline conduct such a bold act, however they quickly ignored it before proceeding with the temporary identity procedures. "Please sit right there, as we move forward with getting you two a temporary identity. And I assume you don''t need an identity for the slime on top of your head?" He asked with a small chuckle, clearly treating it as a rhetorical question. "Yes, I would." However, his light joke was immediately swept away by the serious voice of Azmond. "Sorry what? Could you please repeat what you said?" The guard captain asked with an awkward expression. ''This ungodly looking man must surely be joking, right?'' That''s right, these two guards clearly noticed the absurd looks of the two ''visitors'', especially the looks of the man. However, they were professionals and wouldn''t freak out about things like appearances. Although they had never seen a person as good looking as Azmond, that didn''t mean their principles would change. Chapter 179: You Looking To Fight, Uggo!? "I said that I would like you to fabricate an identity for my little Emu here," he repeated his words with the same dry tone. "Mhmu!" Emu fervently agreed with such a proposal as it bobbed up and down on his head with shining gold eyes. "I see Well we cannot give a human identity for that slime of yours. However, we can get it a contracted beast identity, if that is truly your wish," he said with a bewildered look on his face. He truly couldn''t understand why someone would go through so much trouble for a low level monster like a slime. Although this one appeared to be a little special. That didn''t change the fact that it was still just a slime. A slime that would probably never even make it past the Body Refinement Realm is strength "Hmm" Azmond thought it over for a second, before he went along with such a proposal. "I guess that could work. As long as my Emu isn''t treated badly by the inhabitants here, then all is good." He wasn''t particrly worried over the safety of Emu, he was more concerned over the potential genocides that would ensure if Emu was somehow angered by the people of RiverBloom. "Very well, we can set up all ''three'' of your identities right now!" He responded with arge smile as he took out a bunch of forms that Azmond and Crystalline would need to sign. ... As the two of them started to sign off on the proper documents for them and Emu, a certain figure was sulking while clinging onto Azmond over the left side of his chair. |''Humph, that big meanie! He won''t get me an identity! I wanted to be a part of the group as well, but that baka is being baka again!''| she thought to herself as she rubbed her voluptuous body even more violently against his left arm! This was her revenge for him not including her in the ''fun'' things he was doing with that dumb bimbo! "..." Azmond ignored the pout on Boundless''s face, and her ''revenge'' as a wry smile emerged on his divinely handsome face. He shook his head a little before he resumed his signing of the documents .... A few minutes passed by in the blink of an eye "Alright, that settles it." The leading guard began with a wide smile. "You three are all set to go about your business inside the city of RiverBloom! Do enjoy your stay here, and make sure to leave a review with us at the Head popce office!" ''Ah. So that was their reason for being so easygoing and friendly with us. They must get something quite nice from getting a review from ''visitors'' like us.'' A knowing look appeared on Azmond''s face as he took a quick nce at the numerous documents and figured it wouldn''t harm him to give these guys a good review. They were quite helpful after all. "We will stop by this ''head popce office'' when we have the chance. Thank you for the help. We will be on our way now," he dered with an apathetic voice before he disappeared along with the gang. His fading figure phased over to the exit of such arge, empty room as he disappeared from the three guards'' sight. The three guards'' smiles instantly disappeared when they saw the three of them leave before the leading guard''s voice resounded out in a stringent tone: "Keep an ear out for anything pertaining to those three. I have a feeling that they are not as simple as they seem." "Yes, sir." The other two guards responded with a small salute. A tall, divinely handsome man with long, raven ck hair and profound blue eyes was seen walking along the bluish cobbled roads of an almost modern, cosmopolitan-like city. His immortal-like figure leisurely strolled through the streets of RiverBloom with a busty woman who had long, silky ck hair and dazzling green eyes clinging onto his right arm, while an equally curvaceous woman with long, slightly curly brown hair and kind brown eyestched onto his left arm. And, of course, you couldn''t forget Emu! It was on its well-deserved and rightful spotAzmond''s head! The three of themfour, but nobody could see Boundlesscaused quite the chatter as they passed through the various shops and stores. "Do you see that woman?? She is so beautiful that I can''t believe my eyes!" A man whispered under his breath to another man. "?!?!?" A passerby almost fell on his face as he turned his head just to make sure he wasn''t seeing things. And low and behold, the most beautiful woman he had ever seen was walking right there! "You stupid idiots!" A woman yelled with an annoyed expressionan expression formed from watching these morons dance around like monkeys for that woman! "Don''t you see how divinely handsome that man is??? Are you guys stupid or something?!?" She spat with an utterly enamored look on her faceher eyes never leaving the broad back of that immortal-like man! "Hah?!?" The first man who spoke spat back. "You are just like us!! Stop being such a hypocrite!" He cursed. "Hah?!?" Sheshed back with a tone just as sinuous. "You looking to fight, you uggo?!?!" Her fuming voice reached the ears of the man like sharp daggers aiming at his throat. "You call me the uggo?!? Have you looked in a mirrortely?? becausest I checked, I wasn''t the one who looked like an overcooked avocado!! And I would wish for nothing more than to knock some sense into that repugnant face of yours!!" His words came back ten times as harsh as an intense brawl that quickly escted to tens of people joining in, started the day Azmond and Crystalline entered the city of RiverBloom It eventually died out as the guards patrolling the area had to intervene; however, Azmond and Crystalline came to a realization after causing chaos wherever they went. "We need to get us some disguises" A crooked smile formed on Azmond''s face when he saw yet another fight break out because of them. Chapter 180: Crystalline Is My Sugar Momma...? "I agree." Crystalline replied with a cold tone. |I agree as well!| Boundless gave her opinion too. ''What do you need a disguise for, Boundless?'' He questioned her inside his head. He had ultimately decided that going through the hassle of coaxing everyone every time he talked to Boundless was too much of a hassle. So he opted to using a different approach whenmunicating with the brown-haired beauty. That approach being the usage of an easy telepathic skill that he made in but an instant through the boons of his ''Quantum Law''. However, this telepathic skill allowed him tomunicate with Boundless using simple telepathic abilities. He also made sure to use a peculiar, illusory skill that allowed him to move his mouth in two different ways at once, so he could give Boundless the experience of talking to him without his mouth being closed the entire time. |Duh, I want a disguise! Why wouldn''t I?!? I want to be a cool incognito ninja like you and that dumb bimbo as well!" She bubbled with arge, radiant smile on her face. |Whoosh Whoosh!!| Her arms were making exaggerated motions as she imitated some of the edge-lord move sets of ninjas. "..." Azmond seemed to age considerably when he heard the ridiculous reasoning of Boundless. ''How did she evene to know about ninjas?'' He asked himself with a perplexed expression. ''Oh wait'' He suddenly realized something. ''... I forgot she read all my memories before turning off that feature of hers. So she knows everything about everything before that point.'' He visibly sighed a little at his past being so out in the open before he quickly discarded such useless thoughts and focused back on the matter at hand. "Let us go find a few masks then; why don''t we?" He spoke with a small smile as he dragged the two beauties along with him. He was heading straight toward a shop with arge sign that said, ''Camouge Corner'' in big italic ck letters. It was a color that was quite the eye-catcher in a city as blue as RiverBloom. ... The four of them headed into thevishly decorated doors of the store before they came to witness a view that was quite reminiscent of a library from Azmond''s past life. "Is this how shops like these are in this world?" He asked himself as he looked around and saw a plethora of various items lined up against the walls on well-sorted shelves. Some of these items were even floating up in the air as they vibrated a little, above an unknown blue device with a metallic sheen. ''Is that some sort of repulsor?" He looked at the weird energy waves emanating from a bunch of those blue metallic devices with a fascinated expression. They looked eerily simr to small repulsor devices that he would often see in futuristic movies in his past life. ''I thought this world was supposed to be in the dark ages, considering it was a world of cultivation. But I guess I was wrong'' A small smile filled with wonder emerged on his face as he checked out the rest of therge interior of the store. "Hello customers! Would you like any assistance with your shopping experience? I can help you find something if you are looking for something specific!" However, his interest was quickly interrupted by the enthusiastic voice of a shop worker in clean, neat attire as he approached the divine-looking couple with shining eyes. ''I have never seen people this beautiful in my entire life! I bet they have a bunch of money they''re able to spend! After all, what good-looking people don''t have a lot of money?? None!'' He thought to himself as a cunning gleam shed through his eyes. These two and that weird-looking slime were going to be his moneybags! "Hmm Oh yeah, I guess I don''t have money," he muttered with an indifferent expression as he realized that he had absolutely no money. He had been living in the Great Wilnds Forest for the past 12 years of his life, after all! What sort of mary status was he expected to have?!? He was a pauper! "!?!?" The clerk who came to help them out was instantly stunned speechless upon hearing the words of the tall, handsome man. ''These customers don''t have any money?!? How can this be?!? Why are they in a store if they don''t have any money?'' He put on a vexed expression as he began to awkwardly chuckle. "Haha Well, you see, dear customers. You will need AquaCoins or the equivalent of such a coin if you wish to buy anything from our esteemed establishment!" He began to rub his hands together in an ufortable way while his eyes kept darting toward the exit. If these people didn''t have any money, then they should hurry up and leave my store, so we can get some real customers in here! "Hey, Azmond." Crystalline''s frosty voice sounded out beside Azmond''s ear. "Yes, My Love?" He responded in a kind tone whilepletely ignoring the ufortability of the store clerk. She suddenly took out arge bag that made a heavy rattling sound when itnded in her small, dainty hands. "I have money," she said with a straight face. An imperceptible gleam passed through her eyes upon taking out such a bag of money and seeing the astounded look on Azmond''s face. ''Hehe It feels good to be of some use to him for once.'' A few cheerful thoughts swirled around inside of her mind as she handed the bag to Azmond. **Rattle Rattle** He extended out his hand and scratched up the bag that she had so nonchntly given him. Although he knew nothing about the value of such a bag of coins, he knew it had to be quite high. And yet she gave it to him like it was nothing more than a drop in the ocean for her ''Is my Ice Queen actually my sugar momma?'' He asked himself with a conflicted countenance. Chapter 181: So Shes The Money Bag! Azmond didn''t know how to ept the reality of the situation He had somehow turned from a powerful cultivator withbat power in the Void Refining Realmto a gigolo "Sigh..." he let out a heavy sigh before looking toward the store clerka clerk who was left utterly astonished when he saw the sight of tens of millions of AquaCoins worth in coinse out of that beautiful girl''s storage ring. ''So that girl is the rich one here! The man is just a gigolo man who leeches off the pretty woman! I get it now!'' His face looked like he had finally understood the most mysterious question in the world of cultivation! "Thank you, My Love. I will pay you backter," he whispered into her ear with a few ambiguous words as she became a little red in the face as a result. Hepletely gave up the idea of not epting such a magnanimous gift from Crystalline. Plus, it looked like epting such a free meal made that sweet girl happy. What more could he ask for? He turned his head toward the clerk before his apathetic voice came out in full: "Will this be enough to get a couple masks?" He asked with an inquisitive expression as he pointed at a couple masks he, Crystalline, and Boundless had been eyeing. "... Why certainly, Sir!" The store clerk immediately came out of his stupor as his ''smile'' became even more forting. ''That emotionless woman is the piggy bank!'' "We will get you set up right away, Sir!" He stammered a little before moving behind a mahogany desk with a variety of tools scattered across it. There was also a magical item that almost looked like that of a cash register on therge desk. "If you would pleasee over here, so we can begin ringing you noble guests out!" He advised with a ''friendly'' face before moving over to the masks that Azmond had pointed at, followed by him taking them off their shelves and bringing them over to the cash register-type magical tool. "Okay." Azmond responded in a in voice as he gracefully sat down on one of the chairs presented to him. Crystalline and Boundless followed not long after, as their supple and squishy butts pressed up against the seats of their chairs. |I can get my mask as well, Azmond?!| Boundless asked with a bubbly voice as her eyes and mouth creased up. Azmond, upon witnessing the radiant sight before him, answered with a gentle voice, ''Why, of course, Boundless? You asked for it, so I would obviously get it for you,'' he said such words as if it were a matter of fact. |... Yo-You big baka| she mumbled under her breath as she began fiddling with her pretty hands. A warm feeling started to sprout up inside her heart as she felt something grow inside her a little more with every word that came out of Azmond''s mouth. |''That big meanie''| she thought to herself with her long, curly brown hair covering her face. ''Heh.'' He chuckled a little upon seeing such a sight before he continued with the purchase of their new masks. ... After a few minutes, the three of them had sessfully bought their masks before they left the store in swift fashion. "Hey, Azmond?" Crystalline asked with a puzzled look on her face. "Yes, My Dear?" He suddenly got a bad feeling about the questions toe "Why did you buy three masks? There are only two of us that are capable of wearing a mask," she questioned with a suspicious expression. She clearly caught onto something that made her ''Bit*h O Meter'' go off like a loud siren. A wry smile emerged on his face before he began to respond to the spective beauty, "Don''t sweat it, My Love. I simply got another mask in case yours ever broke is all~ What would I do if your mask broke and the whole world bore witness to those unbelievably beautiful features of yours~?" He whispered into her ears with a sly grin. "I-Is t-that so? We-Well, I guess I will believe you for now" She muttered under her hot breath before she snuggled even further into his firm right arm. ''Ho-How can he say such embarrassing things so easily?'' She thought to herself with deep red ears. ''Heh, it worked like a charm. This adorable girl is seriously so naive~'' A small, loving smile made its way up his face as he looked on fondly at the green-eyed beauty hiding away in his grasp. |When do we get to put on our cool ninja masks, Azmond?!?| A chirpy voice dripped into his ears as he was taken away from the sight of Crystalline and instead brought over to two milky, white breastsbreasts that were dangling in front of his face. "..." Boundless was currently jumping up and down on top of his robust left arm. He just didn''t notice such a thing before because she weighed so little ''... Can you get down, Boundless? I will give you your mask as long as you get down,'' he spoke with an exasperated sigh as his eyes kept on following the enticing motions of those two white bunnies bouncing all over the ce. |... I-I don''t wanna, but I guess I can do it for you and for that cute mask you got for me!| She spoke with a reluctant expression before jumping off his arm in bouncy fashion, as alluring ripples coursed throughout her body. ''... Must stay focused, must stay focused, must stay focused'' he chanted inside his head before sneakily handing over a red panda mask to Boundless as he and Crystalline were headed in the direction of a nearby changing room. |Waa! It is so cute!! I love it, Amzond!!~,| she gushed through a bright, gorgeous smile as she leaped up and down. **Jiggle Jiggle!** ''Must stay focused, must stay focused, must stay focused,'' he began chanting again before ultimately reaching the changing room that he and Crystalline were headed for. Chapter 182: The Adventurers Association! "Be out in a second." Crystalline spoke to Azmond before heading into the female side of the changing room. He appreciatively watched those two mountains of jelly sway left and right behind her as her figure disappeared into a pink corridor that led to arge, expansive bathroom. After that tempting sight disappeared, he turned around and began walking in the direction of the male side of the changing room. .... A few seconds passed by in the blink of an eye, as Azmond, Crystalline, and Boundless had all put on their new masks. Masks that also seemed toe with a small storage pocket inside thema storage pocket that gave the three of them a matching outfit for the masks. Azmond came out first. His appearance was akin to that of a sneaky fox immortal, as he had on a long, flowing, sunsettish-looking robe with a red fox mask. He looked like an elegant man who was about to be the MVP of a masquerade party. Crystalline came out next, as she had on a tight-fitted snow-colored robe with a cute white fox mask. There was only one word to describe her current appearance: ''Mysterious Snow Beauty''. Or, I guess that was three words Thest one toe out of the changing rooms was Boundless. An urrence that was mostly due to her spending too much time staring into the mirroradmiring her new outfit. She had on a candy apple-colored kimono with gold stripes lining the edges and an adorable red panda mask covering her divine facial features. Both the beauties got a feel for their new outfits and were left quite pleased with how they looked. Though that wasn''t to say that Azmond wasn''t a little narcissistic about his new appearance as well,. However, he had to keep up his ''debonair'' facade, so he wouldn''t allow himself to revel in his appearance for too long! Lest the girls figure out he was actually a ''slight'' narcissist! (Trust me, they already know... (In fact, everyone you are familiar with knows of that fact.) ''Shut up, Narrator! I am trying to keep my face! How am I going to act like a Young Master Peng if you keep on interrupting me??'' (...) ... **Tap tap tap** The three of them, along with Emu, headed toward a new destination after confirming how superior they looked in such getups. That destination being one that every transmigrator and reincarnator yearns to be a part of at least once in their lives. The Adventures Association! Who doesn''t want to join an adventurer''s guild and act low-key before showing everyone around you your superior might?!? He sure as hell didn''t! "Is that our next stop, Azmond?" Crystalline asked with a quizzical tone. "Yes, that is our next stop, My Dear~," he responded with excitement building up within him as he saw arge, glowing sign with dark red letters that said... ''The Adventure''s Association''! It had finallye! The time to enter such a well known organization had finallye for him! He had been in the world of Asterion for a little over 12 years now, and yet he had just now found an organization like the Adventures''s Association. Weren''t transmigrators and reincarnaters supposed to join such a ce almost immediately after entering a new world?? It looked like he was ater when it came to the all-powerful adventurer''s train ''Oh well. ''No time like the present'' That is what they always say, right?'' He chuckled a little before moving to therge, 10-foot-tall doors that obstructed his view of the inside of the Adventurer''s Association. But even without the tworge brown doors limiting his view, he could clearly hear all the rambunctious and boisterous soundsing from inside the establishment. "Mhmu!" Emu suddenly squeaked. "You are excited about all the monsters we will soon be hunting as well, aren''t you, little buddy?" He asked with an expectant smile as he led the girls and Emu into the Adventurer''s Association. ..... "Haha, yah, I can''t believe that Becros really did such a thing!!" "Could you believe what I saw the other day??? It was a damn Wyvern! I saw a real Wyvern in person!!" "What is the big deal about a Wyvern?!? Just a few months ago, I saw a Drake over 120 feet long gliding through the skies, firing its fury down from above as it burned through multiple viges before ultimately disappearing one fateful day. No one knows what truly happened to that Drake either. It just vanished!" Incessant chatter and boisterousughter instantly flooded Azmond''s ears as he took his first step into the environment thates along with being an adventurer. ''This will be quite the experience... This ce reeks of face-pping.'' Anticipation for the underestimation events that woulde next began to fill up his entire existence. However, when the three(four) of them entered the Adventurer''s Guild, the entire ce suddenly went as silent as it could be. "..." "Are theying to register? They look like green horns to me!" One of therger, more robust men interrupted the deafening silence as his gruff voice boomed around the expansive interior of the Adventurer''s Association. "..." Azmond ignored thement made by that man as he focused his attention on the interior of the Adventurer''s Association. The entire ce looked almost barbaric, as skulls and partial skeletons of a variety of unknown creatures and monsters decorated the establishment. The walls, which he expected to be a deep or light blue, just like the rest of the City of RiverBloom, surprisingly turned out to be a dark brown. They seemed to be made out of some type of wood that was not from the territory of AquaRing. That much was obvious. The rest of the interior was all around the same, as there were five flights of stairs that should lead to a higher-level area of this branch of the Adventurer''s Association. The higher floors were hidden behind a foggy veil that was even capable of obscuring the view of Azmond. Which must mean that the ones who set up such illusory barriers must be at least of the Peak Void Refining Realm, if not already half a step into the Unity Form Synthesis Realm. Chapter 183: A Feeling That Boundless Began To Love! "..." Azmond took one look at the higher floor before he decided something with a staid countenance. ''That is where I will be one day That much I guarantee.'' A confident expression emerged on his face before he turned his gaze away from the surroundings and instead focused on the rantings of the men around him. "Yah, they must be newbies! Just look at their non-existent adventurer badges! I am honestly speechless that such weak-looking people woulde to sign up to be adventurers at this time of the year!" A scrawny man added to the first man''s statement as he viciouslyughed at the neers. "Sure, sure, I agree! But have you taken a look at that woman''s body yet? Even that robe can''t hide the full extent of what lies underneath her! She must surely be quite the beauty beneath that fox mask." Another far broader man blurted outward with asciviously disgusting smirk on his face. "Be careful, Angon, that man looks, Oh~ So Scary~ He might-" The scrawny man attempted to egg him on, but he swiftly ate his own words, as before he could even get out what he was saying **Pop!** A popping sound echoed out across the inside of the Adventurer''s Guild as the man who spoke such raunchy words had his head explode into a million bloody pieces in but an instant. The tall man with the sunsettish-colored fox mask stood next to the headless corpse of the man with a face darker than the deepest parts of hell! His emotionless voice sounded out not long after, as a primitive re shed past his eyes. "The next person who speaks about my woman like that" He began with a tone colder than sub-zero. "... will have his head slowly ripped off in a far more excruciating way than what I did to this guy." He snarled in a slightly annoyed voice. His time had officially been ruined! These pigs just had to go and mention something about his Crystalline! Couldn''t they simply keep their deplorable thoughts to themselves?!? Why must they voice them and force his hand?!? There went his n to be the secret, all-powerful edgelord of the Adventurer''s Association. Now he had to go back to the thinking board! Although there might still be a chance he could salvage this situation Thud! The big, robust guy''s body eventually fell to the ground as his 7-foot,rge frame leaked blood out of the mangled mess that was where his head used to be. Everybody in the Adventurer''s Association was left speechless. They couldn''t believe that someone actually had the balls to kill someone in the Adventurer''s Association! Even though it was technically allowed. How many truly possess the courage to kill someone in in sight!? Not to mention that the man that was killed was a D-Rank Adventure! He was not some piece of trash you could find just anywhere! The number of targets this mysterious man just put on his back had to have surpassed the hundreds! However, the man in question treated this entire situation like a mere minor inconvenience! It was insane "Yo-You kill-killed him" The first scrawny man stood there in disbelief as he watched all the blood leak from the headless man''s body. "Yes. I killed him." Azmond began with a dry tone. "And you are lucky you aren''t already dead as well." A fierce glint shone through his mask as it overwhelmed the scrawny man. **Drip drip** A malodorous smell began to permeate the air as a yellow liquid stained the scrawny man''s pants. "Mama I want my mama" He crunched up into a ball before begging for his mother. Azmond took one look at that trash before he turned his gaze away from themotion, like it had nothing to do with him. "Was that really a wise idea, Azmond?" A soft, mildly cold voice made its way into his ears. Azmond, upon seeing the concern in his Little Ice Flowers face, put on a serious expression before responding to her, "That man had the audacity to talk about you like that with his disgusting mouth. So it was but a subsequent reaction that he should lose his mouth in return" He clicked his tongue with a cruel smile. "Nobody talks about you like that, My Love" A profound darkness began to swirl around inside his deep, blue eyes as he gazed lovingly at the baffled expression on Crystalline''s face. "I-I see You did it for me" A simr darkness started to materialize inside her dazzling greens, as they seemed to be lost in their own little world together. She didn''t like that he had potentially gotten himself into a mess because of her. However, that didn''t stop an extremely warm and sweet feeling from welling up inside her heart. ''This man is such a'' She began with an obsessive smile as a dark pink aura began to permeate around her. ''... Such a hateful man~'' Her thoughts went in an untold direction as she clinged herself even tighter to his firm right arm. .... |''Humph! That dumb cow-like bimbo is always getting all the romantic moments! Can''t I get some as well??''| She didn''t realize the crazy thoughts she was having as an imperceptible glumness formed on her perfect face. |''You must not get lost in your own desires, Boundless You know that... You know that, so why?''| A mncholic aura leaked out of her. |''Why are you always thinking about uneptable things when it pertains to your master??? You are just a toolnothing more, nothing less.''| The saddened aura only darkened. |''Always remember that you are not a real woman like Boundless! You are but a tool''| Her thoughts went down a depressing hole, as no visible discrepancies were present in her face. And yet... **Rub rub** A rough yet soft and gentle hand made its way into her soft bed of long, brown hair as the hand began to tenderly caress her. |?!?| She knew this feeling She knew this feeling, and she loved this feeling! But Chapter 184: Another Spiritual Ball Tester... Boundless shouldn''t be allowed to enjoy that feeling So why? Why did a wide, radiant smile, brighter than the sunniest of days, appear on those lovable features of hers??? ''I already told you to stop thinking about such nonsense so many times now, you silly girl." He began with a gentle smile on his face. Boundless was about to jump up and smother his head out of happiness. However, her happiness didn''t end just there, as he continued transmitting his voice to her. "I will bring you on a datejust you and mter on in the next few days. You would like that, wouldn''t you?" He asked with a yful smirk as he watched the kind beauty go through a wide variety of emotions. However, her thoughts of euphoria died hard when she remembered that one part of herself, |B-But, I am not a real woman, Azmond Are you sure you want to take me out like you will with Crystalline?| Her eyes teared up a little as she clenched her kimono with a strained expression. She wanted to go! But the part of her that was programmed to merely be a tool for Azmond to use vehemently resisted that notion **Whack** The tender hand caressing her head suddenly turned into a small, harmless karate chop as he tapped her on the forehead. |Ow! Wh-What was that for??| An aggrieved look formed on her tearful face as she stared at Azmond like a confused red panda. ''You are being dumb.'' He began with a neutral expression. ''We are going on a date. You and me, and that is final.'' He spoke to her with a in look on his face before moving his figure over to the counter, a few meters away. |B-But!-| ''That is final.'' |...| She backed off the topic, as something that had been building up inside her since the moment they met suddenly increased by many levels. She didn''t know what was happening to her What was this random tightening in her chest? And why did she always be at a loss for words when Azmond began speaking to her with his kind, stupid voice? She didn''t understand what was going on Was she sick or something? But how could she, as the ''Boundless System'' be sick ... Azmond and the gang walked over to a counter a few dozen meters away from the entrance to the Adventurer''s Association, where they were weed by the staid voice of a woman on the other side of the counter. "Wee to the Adventurer''s Association! I am pleased to make your acquaintances today! Now, what can I help you folks with?" She seemed topletely overlook the bloody scene in the guild hall as she questioned them with a professional smile. ''Hmm It seems like this Adventurer''s Association works quite differently in the world of cultivation than it did in the stories I read about in my past life. The deaths of their own members appear to be quite amon urrence for them.'' He clearly noticed the unbothered attitude of the clerk woman, but he swiftly discarded such thoughts for now. "What do I need to do to be an adventurer for the Adventurer''s Association? I would like to be an official adventurer by today if at all possible." He got straight to the point. "?!?" The woman on the other sidea woman with an above-average appearanceas she had long, brown hair pulled up into a ponytailbecame a little more forting when she heard that such strong people wished to enter their Guild. "Well, that is an extremely simple process, dear guests. If you would like to sign up today, then we can proceed with the registration process right away!" Her voice sounded out as she pulled out an oddly familiar crystal ball, yet different from the destined one that set his new life in motion. It was a spiritual ball tester! The only difference was that this one seemed to be capable of testing the realm of a cultivator and some general information about said cultivator. The woman clerk''s feminine voice followed the entrance of the spiritual ball: "Please put your hand on this Spiritual Ball and we can begin with the registration process in swift fashion!" ''Hmm It''s another spiritual ball tester, huh? This sure does bring me back.'' His thoughts seemed to wander off to a period of time when he had been forced to test his spiritual talents by his ''parents''. Otherwise known as the king and queen of the SubBurn Kingdom,. "..." He snapped out of his reverie as he moved his hand toward the spiritual ball tester. He wanted to see just what this ball would analyze his realm as WAAA! A bright light shed as a set of words formed on the crystal ball''s surface. ''Cultivation Realm: Middle-Late Foundation Establishment Realm'' ''Combat Power: Unknown'' ''Other Information: Unknown'' "??" The female clerk was more than a little taken aback by the realm and the unknown details presented to them on the spiritual ball tester. ''How can this man have such a Low Realm? He was able to kill a D-Rank Adventure with a single move, possessing a mere Middle-Late Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation base?? That doesn''t make any sense'' she thought to herself with bewilderment, but her face indicated nothing but a professional demeanor. "Alrighty then. Your general information has been jotted down. I will just need you to put your name and a bit more information here and here." She pointed to a few spots on a piece of paper. "Once you fill out these forms, you will be considered an official adventurer of the Adventurer''s Association!" She eximed with a small smile. "Hmm. Okay," he responded back after a moment of brooding over the information the spiritual crystal ball could discern from his existence. And it turned out that ''something'' wasn''t very much, as the only thing it could tell was the surface realm of Azmond. Nheless, he wouldn''t let such a thing fester in his mind. After all, this situation worked quite well with his ''edgelord'' n. Chapter 185: The Ranks Of The Adventurers Association ... Azmond quickly filled out the forms pertaining to his registration as an adventurer with the Adventures Association. After three minutes of filling out papers, he had sessfully be an adventurer of the Adventurer''s Guild. "That is just about everything!" The female clerk conferred with a friendly tone. "The only thing you are missing is a name or pseudonym you wish to go by! Once you figure out what you want to be called, I can send out the order for a new adventurer token right away," she said with a cordial expression before waiting patiently for Azmond to decide. ''Hmm A pseudonym, huh?'' He started to contemte the topic for a few moments before ultimately deciding what he wished to be called. "I shall go with the name ''Morningstar''," he dered with a confident look on his face. He only needed but a short span of time to decide that he wished to be called such a peculiar name. Although the female clerk couldn''t understand what that word meant or why he used such a pseudonym, she instantly responded with a confirmation. "... Very well, then, I will send out the token order request right away." She followed up such an affirmation with hurried steps toward the area thaty behind the counter section. Her silhouette disappeared before reappearing a few minutester with a shining bronze object in her hand. "This will be your identity token. It shall prove that you are indeed an adventurer, and it also allows everyone to properly gauge your strength without a power level tester." She revealed the functions of the identity token before her amicable voice sounded out once more: "You only have a bronze token for now, which indicates your rank as an F-Rank adventurer. A rank that was denoted from your Foundation Establishment Cultivation Base and the fact that you currently have no reputation or rmendation letters." .... Info dump below... Azmond learned a few things while conversing with the female clerk. The first thing being that the ranks of the Adventurer''s Association were a little simr to the ranking system of RPGs back on Earth. The ranks went something like this > HGFEDCBASSSSSS All these ranks corresponded to the eleven Major Realms of the world of Asterion. It was such a ranking system that dictated Azmond''s rank as an F-Rank Adventurer. Of course, like everything in life, there were some exceptions to your power needing to be in the rank-specific realm to advance to a higher rank; however, such scenarios where people could advance to a higher rank without the ''required'' realm were quite few and far between and usually only happened if a rich enough person burned through his amassed wealth. Or if a person went through the back door and obtained a rmendation letter from a well-renowned adventurer or high-ranking member of the Association''s Guild. ..... The second thing that he learned was the ''Power Level System'' that some of the inhabitants of Asterion use to gauge the strength of individuals. The ''Power Level System'' had been exposed to Azmond once, a couple of years after he first reincarnated into the world of Asterion. It was when the goblin Asura''s he ''fought'' around 8 years ago mentioned something about his ''Power Level'' not matching his strength. He paid no mind at the time; however, it seemed to be extremely relevant to the current him. Certain people of significant enough affluence had the ability to get a ''power tester tool'' of some sort, as long as they were willing to spend a sizable sum of AquaCoins or whatever currency they wished. The Power Level System gauger would read a series of numbers depending on the ''power level'' of the one being identified. Those numbers went something like this Body Refinement Realm (1-100 power level) (H Rank) Qi Condensation Realm (101-1000) (G Rank) Foundation Establishment Realm (1001-10,000) (F Rank) Core Formation Realm (10,001-100,000) (E Rank) Golden Core Formation Realm (100,001-1,000,000) (D Rank) Nascent Soul Realm (1,000,001-10,000,000) (C Rank) Soul Transformation Realm (10,000,001-100,000,000) (B Rank) Void Refining Realm (100,000,001-1,000,000,000) (A Rank) Unity Form Synthesis Realm (1,000,000,001-10,000,000,000) (S Rank) Tribtion Transcendence Realm (10,000,000,001-100,000,000,000) (SS Rank) Mahayana Realm (100,000,000,001-1,000,000,000,000) (SSS Rank) There was also another piece of information he gleaned from his talk with the female clerk. That piece of information being the types of metals used to make coins Gold was typically the mostmonly used form of coin dispenser, as just about every form of money was made from gold. The AquaCoins were no exception to that general rule to follow when making a currency. "..." Speaking about currencies suddenly made him think about his system and why he didn''t have any form of currency to gain He pondered over the subject for a couple of milliseconds before ultimately deciding to ask Boundless. ''Hey Boundless?'' |Yes?| She responded instantaneously. "Why don''t I have any form of currency to acquire from the Boundless System?" He got straight to the point. |Oh! that?| She began with a bubbly smile. |It is simply because you need to reach the Quantum Core Formation Realm and breach past the current cap on your ''Quantum Law'' first! The ''Boundless System'', otherwise known as me! Divies and scales its functions based on the level of assimtion your ''Quantum Law'' has reached.| |And since you have barely even scratched the surface of such aw, this is all we have to work with. Luckily for you, though, the currency function will be unlocked as soon as you break through to Quantum Core Formation! The next function you will unlock shalle after you achieve the Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm, that function being the System Shop!| |That is all the future unlockable functions I am privy to discerning with your current ''Quantum Law Assimtion Rate.''| |Advance through the realms, and I will be able to tell you of even more System functions toe!| She finished her exnation regarding Azmond''s queries before snuggling her face back into his left side. Chapter 186: D Rank Identity Token Azmond was going to brood over the topic for a little while longer, but before he could, the sociable voice of the female clerk sounded out once more. "Advance in the ranks of the Adventurer''s Association to get better and better identity tokens! And also make sure not to lose it, for it would be quite the hassle for you to get a new one." She began with an informative tone. "That is all that I needed to tell you. I wish you good luck on your journey and happy hunting, Azmond!" She ended the conversation short as she noticed a few people backed up behind Azmond and the girls in line. Azmond noticed such a thing too, as he moved over a little before heading in the direction of the exit, garnering the stares and res of a majority of the adventurers on his way out. It seemed like he had offended more than one person with his ''disposal'' of that ''trash'' from earlier. However, was he one to care about the trivialities involving the ravings of ants? The answer was an obvious no! He could care less what all those adventurers thought about him! After all, it wasn''t like any of them were strong enough to put a scratch on either him or Crystalline. They were merely bugs with over-inted egos, and he would see and treat them as such. "Where are we going now, Azmond?" Crystalline asked with a small hint of anticipation shining in her frosty gaze. She was clearly patiently waiting for Azmond to take her on the ''dates'' that he promised her earlier. He noticed such a thing as well, and his next words would leave her in a better mood, "We are going to rent an Inn room, and book it for the next few months. And afterwards, we will go on that date," he responded with a kind smile. "Really??" She questioned, with her hopes at an all-time high! "Why, of course, My Love~ We shall visit all the pretty and neat ces in this gorgeous city in just a few hours Are you ready for it~?" He asked with a yful voice before gliding his hands across that supple body of hers. "Mhmf~ A-Azmond, stop touching my shoulders like that, I-It tickles~," she giggled a sweetugh, as her icy facade began to crack and break apart. **Jiggle Jiggle** Her lusty milky white slopes started to bounce all over the ce as she couldn''t help but bend down a little while giggling like a girl who had just heard the funniest joke in the world. "Hahaha~ Az-Azmond, I-I''m going to die~!" She blurted out with a terribly goofy look on her face. "Heh. I can''t decide what part of you I love more? That icy, cold version of you. Or, the sweet and yful side of you" he thought to himself with an amused grin before making his way down to the same height as Crystalline bent down. His face took on an adoring expression as he gazed lovingly into those slightly teared up emeralds of hers. His head was hanging upside down as his words soon flowed into the Icy Beauty''s ears like the sweetest of honey, "Or, maybe I just equally love all parts of you~" His blue eyes never left those dazzling greens of hers as he spoke such words as easily as breathing. "I-I" She didn''t know how to respond to such a promation as her face became as red as a tomato. "P-Please Ge-Get aw-away from me You are too close" Her hand went to cover her mouth as her eyes became a lighter shade of green. "Very well." He replied in a straightforward tone as he lifted his handsome face up before turning away from the flushed face of his Ice Queen. ''He backed off as easily as that? B-But I was just kidding about what I said! I want him to do even more than that, li-like that stuff we did before'' She embarrassed herself with her own thoughts as her face took on an even deeper shade of red before she hurriedly made her way back into the embrace of Azmond. ''This girl is such a mess~,'' he thought to himself with a small chuckle before he began heading in the direction of an Inn he saw quite a while ago. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu squeaked with an anxious expression. "I know how patiently you have been waiting for some more monsters to devour. But don''t you worry, Little Emu, we shall have all the monsters you could possibly hunt tomorrow." He reassured the ck and gold slime, followed by his hand petting its jiggly body. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" It could hardly wait for such a moment to ur! Azmond had heard from the clerkdy after he got his token identity, that he could go up to the ''mission board'' that was in the Adventurer''s Association Guild hall whenever he felt like it. All he needed to do to ept a mission was grab a poster off the board. And to gain the rewards from such a mission, all he needed to do was verify that he hadpleted the quest with the clerk. That was basically all there was to the Adventures Guild. People put up quests on the board and offered equivalent rewards for the efforts expended, before the Adventurer''s Association paid the Adventurer''s for their sessfulpletions of the quests. ..... Azmond and gang approached the entrance to an Inn that had a medium-sized sign with the words, ''Travelers Inn'' on the front of it. The letters were in a cursive font while the sign was made from an unknown blue form of wood. The building itself was around 10,000 square feet in diameter with a style that was analogous to that of the Middle Ages. It was the picture-perfect image of an Inn that Azmond had seen mentioned so many times in his past life. This type of establishment would usually be one of the first ces a transmigrator would go to upon arriving in a new world! Chapter 187: A Glimpse At The Laws Of Reality "Although I am a littlete to the party, I think I am ready to truly get my story started in the world of Asterion." Azmond started with a slightly eager expression as he walked through the Middle Eastern style doors of the ''Travelers Inn''. He was hoping he would have a better first experience with this ce than he had with the Adventurer''s Association. And he would soon realize his expectations would turn out to not be too far off from reality |This is so exciting, Azmond! This is one of those Inns I read about from your memories, isn''t it?!?| Boundless was practically filled to the brim with joy, as she looked around at the lively atmosphere of the inside of the ''Travelers Inn''. ''Yes, this is the ce we will be staying at for the next indefinite period of time.'' Even Azmond himself could barely contain his fascination as he observed the hospitable and inviting scenery that greeted him upon stepping foot in the building. "Wee to the Travelers Inn! Please feel free to look around before deciding if you wish to stay here or not! Just call a waiter if you want to order something as well!" A warm and friendly feminine voice made its way into their ears as they were greeted by the sight of a woman who looked to be around 30 years old, with long blonde hair and a motherly figure. She should be the owner or one of the owners of this establishment. "We will do just that, thank you," Azmond responded in a polite voice before making his way over to one of the chairs that were lined up against the windows. He, along with the other two masked women sat down in their respective seats, as not a single person seemed to notice the existence of a seemingly invisible person pulling out a chair before tucking it back under the table. "??" Azmond observed such an odd urrence, and recalled the same thing happening when he registered for both his city and adventurer identities. He figured he might as well ask her about such a weird oddity before ordering some food for the three of them. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu squeaked with a hurt tone. "Don''t worry, I will get you something as well, Little Emu," heforted it with his words before he decided to voice his question to Boundless. ''Hey, Boundless?'' |Yes?| She looked over to him with a hungry look on her face. ''How is nobody questioning the way you are affecting the reality around you when you do things? Things such as moving objects around and stuff like that.'' |Well, that is because of me using yourprehension of the ''Quantum Law'' to slightly alter thews of reality surrounding my almost illusory existence. Something which is proven quite simple to do. After all, I am not technically a tangible existence!| She responded back in quick fashion. ''Is that so? The ''Laws of Reality'', huh? Such a thing actually exists?'' |Well, of course it does! However, don''t entertain the idea of using even the most rudimentary applications of the ''Law of Reality''. Utilizing alterations of thews of reality would have dire repercussions for you! You would die with the current level of your ''Quantum Law Assimtion Rate''!| She effused with a giddy smile on her face, as she looked over the menu that a waitress had given to her. |The only reason I was able to use yourprehension of the ''Quantum Law'' to hide my existence, was because I barely needed to use even the most miniscule amount to cover up my already elusive existence! Hey Azmond, can we get this fudge brownie supreme?!? It looks so delicious!!| She started to drool a little as she scanned over the tantalizing items on the wellminated menu. Her big, brown, doe eyes began to sparkle with a passionate gleam as she flipped through and pointed at all the items on the menu like it was an all-you-could-eat buffet ''...'' Azmond was a little taken aback by the voracious look in her eyes as she pointed at everything that looked cute before asking him if she could have it. She was so weird! But also so adorable He quickly noticed that Boundless wasn''t the only one eager about ordering items from the menu, as Crystalline also had a fervid look on her face. Although far more reserved than the outgoing Boundless, the emotion was still present in those frosty features of hers. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu wasn''t one to be left out either, as it scanned through the menu pages with a deep look of avarice in its shining gold eyes. "..." "Ha-" Something began to build up inside of Azmond before it could no longer stay repressed any longer, "hahaha~" Azmond began tough with a wide radiant smile as all his white teeth were shown to the world. He couldn''t be enjoying himself anymore than he was now, as he watched all hispanions look through the menus like they hadn''t eaten anything for years! It felt like it had been so long since he hadughed like he was right now such a foreign time seemed almost fragmented in his memories. |???| "Mhmu!?" They couldn''t be any more confused about the peculiarities of Azmond, but they figured he was probably just going through another one of his mental breaks, and resumed their scanning of the menus. ... Azmond, the girls, and Emu ordered a ''few'' items from their menus after a few minutes of ''glossing'' through them. They ate, theyughed, they talked with one another, and such a merry atmosphere seemed like it wouldst forever However, there would always be ''annoyances'' in life. "Hey, woman, you want to have some fun with us~?" A big, robust-looking man with below average facial features spoke aloud as he had already approached the window seats the four of them were sitting at. He came over with his own small gang of around 4 other guys; all of them were wearing some type of ck robe with a particrly eye-catching ck tiger badge with white outlines pinned on their chests. Chapter 188: Relaxing At The Inn "Come on,dy, don''t you want to leave that noodle man and get taken ''care of'' by some real men?" The man badgered Crystalline whilepletely ignoring the existence of Azmond, who was not even a few feet away. "No. Go away." A frosty aura began to build up around Crystalline as she looked at the four men, who hadscivious looks on their faces, with a disgusted expression. ''Why are these deplorable pigs interrupting my date time with Azmond? Do they want to die?'' A palpable killing intent started to leak out of her gaze as she truly felt like killing these bugs. "Sigh" A cold glint passed through Azmond''s deep, blue eyes as he didn''t even bother looking at the one who was pestering Crystalline. His hand simply lifted up beforeing back down to its original spot. "Come on, let''s just go,dy~ We will treat you well!-" The first man attempted to grab Crystalline by force. However, he didn''t even make it within a few inches of her body before he was no longer there. "..." The crowdwho were watching the ck Gang''s unscrupulous members harass yet another womanwere left utterly speechless when they saw the man disappear out of thin air. He, along with the other four members of his little gang, were no longer there It was almost like they never existed to begin with. "Did they taste good, Emu?" Azmond asked with an evil smile on his face. "Mhmu... Mhmu!" It squeaked. "Is that so? They weren''t that good, huh? Well, I promise to get you some far better meals to eat when we go out hunting tomorrow," he responded through a malicious grin before returning his expression back to its usual indifference. "What did you do, Azmond?" Crystalline immediately noticed something was up when the five men disappeared out of thin air; however, she couldn''t quite catch what exactly happened. It wasn''t like she was really paying attention to the buzzing of those pigs to begin with. So she really didn''t see what happened to them. Nheless, people don''t just disappear for no reason, so she figured that it must have something to do with Azmond. Plus, that evil smile he had stered on his face for a few moments practically gave him away. "Oh, nothing, My Love~ I was simply taking out the trash~ It''s no biggie~ Why don''t we get back to the tes of food that just arrived~?" He replied to Crystalline with a yful tone before he scanned over the tantalizing dishes that were ced in front of them. The smells started to invade their senses as a multitude of meat and dessert dishes bombarded their senses like a nuclear missile of vor! "Hah, let''s dig in," he chortled through a small smile before his hand began to travel throughout all the dishes. ''...'' She didn''t believe that he had nothing to do with the disappearance of those five men; however, it truly was a small matter not even worth mentioning. So she discarded those thoughts before moving onto the dishes as well. Specifically, the ones that had to do with chocte. She really liked chocte "Mhmu!" Emu began to eat through the tes that contained any kinds of monster meat, as it quite enjoyed the taste of monster meat the most |Azmohnnd~ Th-This stuff is shoo good~!!| Boundless slurred her words through a stuffed face as she devoured everything that came into her sight, like a woman who hadn''t eaten anything in thousands of years. **Nom Nom** She made a few cute noises while going through that food, like it was going out of style! "... Well, this is truly a sight to behold. Pft-" He almost let augh slip when he saw yet another piece of cake get inserted into that mouth of hers. "Az-Azmohhndd?" Crystalline was trying to ask him what was so funny. "Hmm?" He took a look at the source of such a noise and saw the sight of Crystalline with a face that had a sticky type of chocte slightly gluing her lips and teeth together. "Pfftt-" He truly couldn''t hold it in anymore as he straight up burst outughing with a look of euphoria present on those handsome features of his. "Hahahaha~ Yo-You guys are so haha~" He couldn''t even properly formte his words, as he nearly fell back behind him when he saw the confused and precarious expressions on both of their faces. ''Why were these women so adorable?!? This has to be a crime, right!?'' He thought to himself with arge, radiant smile stered on his face. "Humph!" |Humph!| They ended up snorting in unison when they ultimately figured out that he was just picking fun at them! |''That big meanie!''| ''That hateful man.'' They seemed to be in sync as they turned their heads away from him before continuing to eat the things that they liked. Although they reacted in such a way, small, imperceptible smiles were present on their perfect features, as they felt like they wanted this outing with Azmond tost forever. Neither of them had ever felt so at home with someone in their entire lives. ''This must be what a home is like, isn''t it?'' They thought to themselves simultaneously before a warm feeling began to bubble inside of them. .... A few hours passed by in the blink of an eye Azmond and gang were already done eating, as they were now heading up a long flight of stairs. They were stumbling in the direction of a room that they had rented out for the next few months. Besides that little ''hup'' earlier, they had one of the best days they could''ve asked for. Hundreds of tes were left behind as they left the area with satisfied grins on their faces. "We only got one room, Azmond?" Crystalline questioned with a bit of chocte still on her lips. Such a sight contrasted quite a lot with the icy expression she had on. ''Heh.'' Azmond nearly burst outughing again before he controlled himself and put on a ''staid'' countenance. Chapter 189: My Purity... "Why, of course, My Love~" Azmond''s expression morphed into a sly smirk before his body phased behind the voluptuous body of Crystalline. His gentle hands swiftly took hold of those child bearing hips of hers as he leaned his head over the side of her shoulder. "Do you not want to share a room with me?" He asked with a ''sad'' look on his face. Crystalline saw that look on his face and suddenly felt bad, so she responded with a slight blush while her hands yed with her hair. "Th-That is not what I meant I was just wondering is all" She stuttered a little as her face turned a deeper shade of red when she felt his hot breath mingle with her bare nape. "Is that so? That is good! We can go ahead and enter our room then!" He had somehow guided them right to the entrance of their room without anybody knowing the difference. He was already in the process of mastering the art of a sinuous snake as his hands and body glided around areas with beauties in handlike it was as easy as pie. He moved both of the unsuspecting beauties into the room as easily as breathing. And before they knew it, they were in apletely foreign location with a singr bed decorated with pink heart-shaped petals. The walls were not any better, as they were a deep hue of red with even more heart-shaped objects hanging all around them. A warm candle could also be seen producing a spring-like smell on top of a bedside table. "?!?" |?!?| How did they end up in such an atmosphere without even knowing how they got here?! As they were lost in their confusion, a tall, sneaky, handsome man made his way over to the shower area before beginning to take off his robes without entering the shower. "!?" |!?| Both of the girls instantly became flustered when they noticed Azmond undressing right in front of them, as they covered their eyes with their hands. However, after a few milliseconds, their curiosity got the better of them as they split up the hands covering their eyes, just enough that they could take a glimpse at the perfectly chiseled body that stood in front of them. There was also something else that attracted their attention as it limped hauntingly, swaying back and forth like it wanted to hypnotize the two of them. "Whaa?!" |So-so big| Even though they had both seen his piece one way or another, that didn''t stop the feeling of amazement they felt when they saw that big meat rod of his dangling''staring'' at them like it wanted to devour them whole. "Hmm?" He observed such a flustered reaction from the two of them, as a teasing smile emerged on his face before he moved into the bathroom and closed the door behind him. Bang! Along with a door shutting, the two girls lost their view as their gawking expressions soon returned to normal. "??" |??| That was when the two of them felt a sort of electricity spark between them as they looked in each other''s direction. One could see the other, while the other could see nothing. However, both of them could feel that electricity was sparking up at the middle point between them. ''Why is my ''Bit*h O Meter'' going off again??'' Crystalline asked herself with a deathly re emerging in those dazzling greens of hers. She had been feeling this way for a while now! But she couldn''t pinpoint exactly what the source of such a disturbance was. However, what she did know was that it had to be another bi*ch who wanted to take her Azmond away from her! She would find this b*tch one of these days, she swears it! .... |Humph! This dumb cow bimbo is always getting in the way of my alone time with Azmond! Can''t she go and eat grass or something!? Why must she always be so close to my master!?!?| Boundless puffed up her cute chubby cheeks as bemoaned over the existence of that ''cow woman''. "Humph!" |Humph!| They snorted in unison before they moved their jiggly, lusty figures over to therge, king-sized bed that was decorated with flower petals. **Jiggle Jiggle** Their bodies had a few ripples go through them when they plopped their equally alluring bodies on two different sides of the bed. **Drip Drip Drip** Their gazes traveled to the sound of water hitting a marble floor as they waited with anxious and slightly expectant looks on their faces Meanwhile, in the area where a shower was going off, a tall man with long raven ck hair and profound, blue eyes washed himself in the surprisingly clean water. ''I could''ve invited both of them in and probably gotten away with it.'' He began thinking to himself with a tired sigh. ''But I am a faithful man. I won''t allow myself to make Crystalline cry over my desires...'' ''I promised myself that a while back, and I n to keep it.'' His thoughts were followed by a resolute and staid expression overtaking his features. ''However, that isn''t to say that I would have no choice but to satisfy their desires if they decide that they are fine with being together with me at the same time.'' He mented'' with a ''reluctant'' look on his face. ''I would have no choice at that point! I would have to give away my ''purity'' to satisfy those two she-devils! I would be the victim'' A ''devastated'' expression crept up his face as he thought about a bunch of nonsense. Nheless, in spite of such ideas, he would never force anything on either of them, and Boundless wasn''t ready for that So he decided to leave that topic for another time. For now, he needed to go out, hunt some monsters,plete some System Quests,plete Adventurer Association Quests, and attempt to break through to the Peak-Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm and subsequently the Quantum Core Formation Realm. He might even go ahead and break through to the Quantum Nascent Soul Realm as well! Chapter 190: Relating To The Giant Spiritual Stone... ... Who was he kidding? Where was he going to find the spiritual medicines necessary to achieve such a high cultivation base in such a short amount of time? ''Wait!'' That was when he suddenly remembered something that every good Cultivation World should have! ''This world has to have auction houses, right?!? It surely must! This is a world of cultivation, after all! I just need to hunt enough monsters and amass insane amounts of money before heading over to the best auction house and buying out all the best spiritual medicines! And bam, I would then have the necessary materials needed to break through to the Quantum Nascent Soul Realm!'' It appeared like he had figured out his entire n for his ''power leveling'' in the world of Asterion! He would blitz through the realms like no other and aim to reach the Unity Form Synthesis Realm inbat power by the time he achieved the Nascent Soul Realm! That may not seem like that big of an increase whenpared to his currentbat power. However, that was the furthest thing from the truth. The differences in strength between an ''Initial Stages of the Middle Void Refining Realm'' and the ''Initial Stages of the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm'' were at least a difference of thousands, if not tens of thousands of times! And he was aiming to augment his strength by such arge margin within a couple years at the most He waspletely insane! ... ''Heh. Now that I have my goals set out for the short term, I should go out and greet those beauties before we head out toplete some quests tomorrow.'' His stalwart figure turned off the shower head before grabbing a towel and drying off. After a few seconds, he left the bathroom wearing his set of sunsettish robes. He took his fox mask off for the time being and left it hanging up in the bathroom for when he headed out tomorrow. "?!?" |?!?| "Mhmu!" Both of the girls and Emu observed him leave the bathroom, as Emu was the first one to move! "Mhmu!" It squeaked a happy squeak before leaping up on top of his head! Emu bobbed up and down on top of his bed of long ck hair that became a little frizzled from his shower. It seemed to be enjoying the smell of itspanion quite a lot as it rolled back and forth on top of his head. Its gold eyes creased a little as it understood where Azmond''s objectivesy, using their connection. Emu couldn''t wait for tomorrow! "Are youing to bed, Azmond?" Crystalline murmured with a small blush on her face as she started twisting her long, silky hair again. |Yah, Yah,e on, Azmond!| Boundless wasn''t willing to ''lose'' out to that dumb bimbo as she paraded him with her kind feminine voice. The both of them had also changed out of their ''disguise'' clothes and switched to a few nightgowns they had stored away. Crystalline was wearing a light green and ckced gown that molded around her perfect body like a snug fit. Her smooth belly and shoulders were clearly visible through the night gown, as it was forced outward by those two milky, white breasts she had showing from the front of the gown. Boundless, on the other hand, was wearing a simr nightgown; however, hers was of a brown and light red color. The nightgown she had on also couldn''t contain the immensity of her slopes, as those two perky bunnies and the two juicy mountain hills pressing up against the bed couldn''t be any more tightly fitted. "..." Seeing such an alluring view almost made Azmond lose control of his urges; however, his unwavering will would not allow him to lose himself in lust! ''Must stay focused, must stay focused, must stay focused'' He calmed himself down with the usual chants before he took small steps toward the end of the king-sized bed. **Step Step** "..." |...| The two girls became extremely nervous for some reason. It was almost like they expected something to happen with him. Although they would never admit that to a single other soul! ..... A few hours quickly pass by as absolutely nothing happens The girls couldn''t sleep a wink, for they were waiting for Azmond to do something to them. However, even after four hours, he had already long fallen asleep as both Crystalline and Boundlessy sprawled out on top of his body with pouts on their faces. |''Why is this baka not doing anything?!? What did I put on this sexy gown for??''| ''This hateful man is so dense What does he think I put on this skimpy nightgown for?'' They both wore puffy and aggrieved expressions as they eyed Azmond with their beautiful eyes. Little did they know that Azmond had not yet fallen asleep either; he simplyy motionless, chanting like a broken record. ''Must stay focused must stay focused must stay focused must stay focused'' He refused to give in now! This was clearly a test to harden his will even further! He would never give up!!! No matter how much his little brother begged for it!! And no matter how squishy and soft those marshmallows felt as they pressed up against him,! A few more minutes pass by... ''... Kill me now'' He wanted to give in to suicidal tendencies. ''You finally understand my feelings, don''t you, human?!? This is how I felt all those times you absorbed my spiritual energy!!'' The giant spiritual stone seemed to be capable of transmitting his thoughts throughout realities as he reveled in the feeling of that crazy monster getting a taste of his own medicine! ..... "Mhm?" The night passed by, and the morning sunlight shone through the shaded windows of the inn room as the three of them woke up around the same time. They eventually ended up falling asleepst night after a long and arduous chanting session. So they woke up with sleepy and lethargic looks on their faces. Boundless and Crystalline leaned their busty bodies off of Azmond''s bare chest as they looked around in a drowsy way before rolling off either side of him. Chapter 191: A Satisfying Date Day! "Are we going to do some quests at the Adventures Association today, Azmond?" Crystalline questioned while rubbing her eyes in an adorable way. "Yah. We will be going on a very intensive quest grinding session today. Are you ready to have some fun hunting?" He asked with an equally sleepy expression as he stretched his arms out before a yawn resounded. Although they were all essentially immune to the desire and urge to sleep, that didn''t mean that they didn''t have the ability to sleep, and that also didn''t mean they didn''t wake up in a simr way to how normal mortals wake up in the morning. |Yay! Let''s go level up the System features! Come on, Azmond! Let''s head out now!| Boundless rubbed her lewd and perky body on Azmond as she wanted to go out and do something fun! "Have you already forgotten about your date~?" ''Have you already forgotten about your date~?'' He asked the both of them with a sly, cunning smile on his face. It looked like the both of them hadpletely forgotten about the dates that they had been wanting to go on. He also forgot about them, but that''s besides the point He would postpone the grinding session for another day. Today, the only thing he would be doing was taking these girls on their dates. He hadn''t yet figured out how to give them their own individual dates, but he would surely figure out a way! "!!" |!!| The both of them reacted in the same way upon hearing his words, as they couldn''t believe they had forgotten such a nned event! They wanted to go have some more fun with Azmond! And eat all the sweets of this city! "Haha~ Your desires are leaking out from a mile away~," he chuckled a little before phasing over to the two of them at a speed indiscernible to them. He linked arms with both of them before bringing them to the ''disguises'' they needed to put on before they went out. "Let''s put these on before we head out. After all, I wouldn''t want anybody ruining our dates because of the way we look." His words were followed by him unclothing both of the girls before putting the ''disguises'' on for them. "?!" |?!| They didn''t even know what happened until it was toote. His sunsettish looking robe also wrapped around his figure in the blink of an eye before all three of them were in some very contrasting getups. They looked like three yokai who had decided to descend upon the human world and cause some trouble wherever they went. However, two of those ''Yokai'' were as puzzled as they could be when they noticed their outfits change without them doing anything "Hey, Azmond?" "Yes, My Dear?" "Did you change my clothes just then?" Her smile started to twitch. "I only wished to assist you-" **Whack whack** However, before he could even get out his words, two hands pped him across the head, followed by annoyed looks appearing on both Boundless and Crystalline''s wless features. "You big idiot!" |Yo-You hateful man!| They huffed and puffed before turning their heads away from that dumb man! |''He s-saw my naked body, didn''t he?''| Boundless was internally freaking out on the inside as an aggrieved look appeared on that adorable face of hers. "Haha" An awkwardugh echoed out across the inn room as Azmond put on a wry smile before attempting to distract the two beauties. "Don''t worry over such a small thing; I closed my eyes while doing it. I promise you that..." "Why don''t we focus on the dates instead?" It wasn''t like he was lying. After all, he really did close his eyes while changing them. He simply figured getting dressed would go by faster if he just did it for all three of them. "..." |...| They couldn''t feel any deceit in his tone However, they were still a little embarrassed about them beingpletely out in the open for Azmond. In spite of such thoughts, a strange liquid began to leak out of both of them as they linked arms with Azmond. ''Oh?'' He began with a sly grin. ''These girls really have some nerve toe after me, when they are the true and unadulterated perverts here'' He couldn''t believe the hypocrisy of these horny girls! ..... He, along with the two leaking girls and Emu, walked out of their room before heading down the stairs with swift steps before greeting the owner of the inn. They left the inn not long after, as they began to wander the streets, looking for some neat ces they could go to for fun date material. Azmond ultimately decided that he would simply bring them both on their dates at the same time for now, due to being unable to get around leaving one of them behind. He would give them proper dates of their own after he figured out how to make Crystalline realize the existence of Boundless. Nheless, that was a topic for a different time. Right now, all he wanted to do was give everyone a good time before he headed out and began his extremely long hunting frenzy. A frenzy that mightst months, or even years, as he climbed the ranks of the Adventures Association until he reached the very top! ... The day passed by in a series of fun and exciting stops, as Azmond, along with the girls and Emu, had an amazing time exploring every fun location that the City of RiverBloom had to offer. Not a single one of them could have hoped for a better outing to experience before the grinding session that was toe. Azmond and the gang went back to their inn room after a satisfying date day. They went to sleep in no time t before they woke up the next morning, ready to go to the Adventurers Association. |Hey, Azmond. Before we head out and take a few monster hunting quests, why don''t you take a look at your system interface? There was an additional feature that was added due to my superior assistance!| She bubbled up with a haughty grin while clinging to Azmond''s left side. Chapter 192: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Remote Experience Grinders Boundless''s ungodly body rubbed up against him excitedly as she urged him to take a nce at his system interface! After all, she was able to ''create'' a new system function not too long ago. Although she dubbed it ''recently created''. In reality, the system feature had been there for a while. She just kept it hidden from his view until it became relevant. Which just happened to be right now! ''Hmm Okay." He saw no issues with going along with such a proposal as he called out his System Interface. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Newbie Vanquisher] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 12/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Middle-Late] [Quantum Law Assimtion Rate: 0.00999%] (Capped at the current value until you break through to the Quantum Core Formation Realm.) [Physique: Quantum Law Body Rank 1] [Dao Heart Rank: Absolute Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 2(Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating Monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) {[First Unique Function]} Premature Release due to unforeseen circumstances [Function: (Quantum Katana Flux), Host has the ability to use (Emu) when in (Katana Form) to tremendously enhance the power of the User] [???] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law: Level 1] ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 0: Level 124] [Exp needed for next level: 1,000,000,000] [Total Exp: 10,000,000,000] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Initial Stages of the Early Void Refining Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate and strongest technique.) (Initial Stages of Mid-Void Refining with (Emu).] [STR: Absolute Peak Half-Step Void Refining Realm] [DEF: Absolute Peak Half-Step Void Refining Realm] [SPD: Absolute Peak Half-Step Void Refining Realm] [QI: Absolute Peak Half-Step Void Refining Realm] [Int: Meh. (Room for improvement) (Getting Better!!] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Charisma: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 23 (20000 experience gained after partially absorbing a Top Tier Primordial Yin] [Dual Cultivation Rank: Newbie Dual Cultivator] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: 1] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: 1] [Primordial Yins Fully Absorbed: None] [Primordial Yins Partially Absorbed: 1 (The Ice Phoenix Primordial Yin {[Divine Rank]})] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: D-Rank. (3 Days worth of Dual Cultivation garnered you a D Rank Bonus ((Weak stamina))] [Boundless''s Comment: |I really don''t like this section!) ** Angry Cat Noises Intensify **] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: {[''Clean out'' the territory known as ''GoblinHaven'' - 1/1 Completed]} [New Active Quests: Join the ranks of an organization known as the ''Adventurers Guild'' situated in the ''AquaRing'' Kingdom, and climb up the hierarchicaldder for as far as you can manage. - ''/'' Unfinished]}] [Total Quests Completed: 11] [Overall Quest Rating: A] [Quest Completion Bonus: A] [Overachiever Bonus: S] [Bonuses received: 11] ==<[Vanquisher des]>== Title Rank: {[Vanquisher Newbie]} H-Rank Enemies Defeated: 432,000 G-Rank Enemies Defeated: 23,500 F-Rank Enemies Defeated: 2250 E-Rank Enemies Defeated: 18 D-Rank Enemies Defeated: 4 C-Rank Enemies Defeated: 2 B-Rank And Above Enemies Defeated: None ==<[Party Function]>== [Main-Party Members: None] [Non-Main Party Members: None] [Main Party Members: None] (Main Party Member Experience Bonus: 10% (20%) [Party Member Experience Bonus: None] [Party Members Experience Percentage Gain: 10%] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] [Boundless''s Comment: Why are so many women around my master] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}, {[Divine Devil Arts]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect [Comprehension Of Most Used Skills: (Quantum Rift de: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 1), (Catalyst was to initiate a fight you had no chance of winning and ovee said fight.)]}, (Lightning Laceration: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 1)]}), (Cataclysmic Annihtion: {[Complete Mastery]})] ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==== He-He saw me naked Did he like what he saw? .... "..." A wry smile emerged on Azmond''s face when he saw thements made by Boundless before leaving them aside for now. What he instead focused on was the increase in his ''Will Rank'' and the new tab that was called the ''Party Function''. ''Ah So this is what she was talking about. It does seem like a very basic section that should''ve been there right from the get-go, so it does make sense that she mentioned it being a ''hidden function that would be made visible when relevant''.'' ''It must consume quite a bit of ''Quantum Law'' expenditure to keep such non-relevant functions active. So, what Boundless did was actually quite smart.'' Who would''ve thought that silly little brain of hers was actually pretty intelligent? ''What does this function mean for me, though?'' A quizzical voice entered Boundless''s ears as Azmond, Crystalline, and Boundless weaved in and out of the crowds. |I am feeling quite magnanimous today! So I will grace you with my profound knowledge! You''re wee!| She began speaking with her right hand pressed up against that bouncy chest of hers. |The ''Party Function'' is pretty self-exnatory for the most part. You can add people to your party! But the thing is that you can do so without the need to ask them for their opinion! As long as they are in a neutral or friendly rtionship with you, then you can force anybody you want to join your party!| she added with a cocky smile on her face. |This was all thanks to me, you know!? I am simply the best System there ever was!!| "Ho-" Azmond was going to ask her how such a thing could be possible, but before he could, Boundless''s ''benevolence'' sounded out once more. |However, don''t go getting ahead of yourself now! Because this function isn''t omnipotent and only works in a five thousand-mile radius using your current divine sense radius.| "Do-" |If you are going to ask if it scales off the size of your divine sense, then you would be correct in your assumption! As long as your divine sense is wide enough, then you can make the party radius asrge as you want it to be! Nheless, do keep in mind that the members of your party will be forcefully removed if they leave the radius of your Divine Sense!| |And those party members that you can add and take off at will within the radius of your Divine Sense can acquire a percentage of the exp you would normally gain if you hunted the monster or person yourself. That current percentage for ''Non-Main Party Members'' is at 10% for now. But you will be capable of increasing that percentage over time!| |There is also another type of party member that you can add to your party. Those types of party members are called the ''Main-Party Members'' and these party members have a far higher experience gain than ''Non-Party Members''.| |But do you want to know the best part of all of this?| She asked with an effervescent smile stered on her face. "What is i-" However, he was interrupted by her voice once again. |You gain all the experience that they acquire! Every single person or entity that is a part of your party will be analogous to that of remote exp grinders that do all the grinding for you!! Am I not the most awesome System in the entire history of Systems''?!?| She frolicked through the crowds of people, with an air of narcissism practically enveloping every area she strolled by. "..." He was going to answer her, but he gave up on that notion instantaneously. He would probably just get interrupted again Chapter 193: Potential EXP Grinders?? |There is also another feature that I haven''t told you about yet. That feature being that the ''Main-Party Members'' of your party are capable of unknowingly gaining that ''20% Experience Gain'' themselves! This means that all your ''Main-Party Members'' will be able to level up and get stronger along with you!! Although they will be doing so at a much slower pace, they will still end up progressing through thebat power ranks thousands of times faster than anybody else!| Boundless threw her hands up in the air, trying to make exaggerated hand motions. All while they were getting closer and closer to therge Adventure Association building a few hundred meters out. |''Main-Party Members'' are also not able to leave your party, no matter if they leave your ''party member radius'' or not.| She approached the end of her monologue as they were but a few dozen meters away from the Adventurer''s Association. |They are only able to get out of your party if their ''Neutral'' or ''Friendly'' statuses turn to ''Unfriendly''. These statuses will be made avable to you with your ''Discerning Quantum Eye'' skill. All you have to do is look at another being and activate that skill, and you can figure out what that person''s general feelings are about you.| She finished her exnation as they reached the entrance to the Adventurer''s Association doorsher curvaceous body swung around as she shed Azmond a beautiful smile. ''Gorgeous...'' He became a little entranced by her smile before quickly snapping out of it as her pretty voice echoed out once again. |That is just about everything you will need to know about the ''Party Function''... All we need to do now is arbitrarily add people to your ''Non-Main Party'' member list, and we can start gaining many times more exp without even having to do anything!!| "..." Azmond almost felt like this new(old) system function was too good to be true. This had to be one of the most OP system functions he had ever seen! Was his system supposed to be so damn overpowered or what?!? Nheless, he was not one to deny a free meal, as he would abuse the hell out of this stupidly overpowered system function! His eyes scanned through the crowd with his Discerning Quantum Eye activated as he saw a multitude of different interface pop-ups appear in his vision. ... [Amanda: Level 48: {[Stats: Strength: 545, Speed: 734, Defense: 845, Qi: 987]} {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} [Adam: Level 45: {[Stats: Strength: 567, Speed: 578, Defense: 678, Qi: 789]} {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} [Kevin: Level 89: {[Stats: Strength: 2575, Speed: 2734, Defense: 2745, Qi: 2967]} {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} "This is quite interesting," he said with an intrigued expression on his face. Being able to see the rtionship status of all the beings around him would definitely prove to be quite the useful skill. Not to mention that it would make using his ''Party Function'' function a hell of a lot easier. |Do you like what I did for you?!?| **Squish squish** Boundless appeared out of nowhere and squished her soft body up against Azmond as she leaned her head up, looking him in the eye with dazzling sparkles in those brown marbles of hers. "..." A wry smile formed on his face as he felt those two perky bunnies rub against his chest. ''Well What did I expect from this girl? Although there is no denying that she assisted me tremendously, so I will let her have her fun.'' |Are you ready to go andplete some quests yet, Azmond?| She asked him in a kind and cheerful tone. ''Why, of course.'' His indifferent voice sounded out as he gently pulled the effervescent beauty along with him. |Yay! Let''s go right now!| She grated her lewd body even harder on his chest as shetched onto him. If someone other than Azmond and Emu could see her right now, then they would surely think she looked something like one of those monkey stuffed animals that wrapped around your body. ''Let us go into the Adventurer''s Association to get our other quests first. No need to be so impatient; I still like your quests the best. But we need the money from human quest''s for what I n to buy next.'' He petted the dazed Boundless, who was still clinging to him, as he walked through the doors to the Adventurer''s Guild. ... "Yah, Yah, I know-" "That was wild! Can Yo-" "Shut Up, Fred!!!" The incessant chatter and boisterousughter that festered inside the Adventurer''s Association made their way into their ears once again. It seemed like that was one thing that never changed about this ce. "I really don''t like this ce, and I know you said you don''t want to rely on my money for everything, but" Crystalline began to speak with an annoyed expression as she saw all the gawks she was getting. "I know, My Love. I won''t allow these disgusting men to ogle at you for much longer" Sweet words flowed out of his mouth before a dangerous aura was released from him. WAAA! "..." Dozens of men with nasty looks on their faces immediately turned their heads away when they felt the killing intent aimed at them. Thud! Thud! Some of the weaker-willed ones directly fell onto the wooden floor, leaving a cracked area where they fell. Azmond''s apathetic voice followed not long after, as he looked down at all the ogling men. "Keep looking at her any longer with those gazes, and I will leave those eyes of yours on the table nearest to you, along with your severed head." "You stupid F-Rank! Are you looking to fight-" Arge man abruptly got up with intense fighting intent in his gaze, before he fell down just as fast. Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! The deadly aura appeared to intensify by a few levels as even the ones who held themselves up previously copsed onto the ground floor, with loud panting sounding out not long after. "Do I make myself clear?" That emotionless voice echoed out once more, as all the men in the Adventurer''s Association felt a deep fear etch its way into their hearts. Chapter 194: Do I Make Myself Clear...? "..." "..." They were too terrified to even speak at the moment; the fear they felt from that simple gaze of his was far more than they could hope to handle! They didn''t understand how a green-horned neer at the Late Foundation Establishment Realm with a power level below 10,000 could make them so fearful... "I said Do I Make Myself Clear?" He repeated himself with a tone colder than sub-zero. "Ye-Yes, we understand! We won''t look at that woman anymore!" responded a struggling man with a well-defined frame and shiny armor molding his body. He attempted to make his expression appear unaffected by Azmond''s aura; however, not a single person there believed it. And he was the strongest of all the adventurers present! The strongest of them all, being a C-Rank Adventurer, was barely holding himself up against the might of an F-Rank Adventurer! Upon hearing the words spoken by the C-Rank Adventurer, the aura leaking from the newbie only seemed to grow stronger and stronger. "?!?" "?!?" The rest of the men present noticed that the aura wasn''t decreasing at all! In fact, it was only increasing by the second! They thought that all they needed was the strongest of them all to speak for them. But it looked like this greenhorn wanted more than just that! "W-We won''t look her way! Not in this lifetime, and not in the next!" "Ya-Yahh, Yah, I would rather bury my family with my own two hands dozens of times over than ogle at that woman anymore!!" "Me to-" "And me!" ... Every single adventurer present in the guild immediately fell to their knees and groveled with blood drizzling down their faces! The menacing aura dispersed as a dry tone sounded out, "That is all." Following such a drop in the heaviness of the atmosphere, his slow steps resounding out as he moved his way over to the quest poster board with Crystalline, Emu, and Boundless. "Phew! Tha-" They were going to celebrate their close call with the devil before that same devil spoke once more. "However If I see a single one of you staring at her like that again well" "?!?!" "?!?!" They didn''t even need him to go in depth, as they already knew what he was trying to convey The C-Rank Adventurer practically fell t on his face when he saw the murderous gleam in the greenhorns'' eyes! "No-No! We would never even dream of it, sir!" He stammered, sweat dripping down his face like a never-ending rain shower. "Good. I hope that is the case." His voice, bereft of emotion, sounded out before he focused his attention back on the quest board. "..." "... "..." All the Adventurer''s got up off the cracked floors with relieved looks on their faces. They just wanted to go out and get lost in a quest for a few years! Lest they encounter this psychopath again! HMHMH! A humming sound echoed out, as, by some magical means, all the cracked floors began to recover to their original appearances in the blink of an eye. urrences like the one caused by Azmond weren''t umon in the Adventurer''s Association, where setting up a miraculous recovery spell seemed usible with cultivators capable of devastating entire countries with a swipe of their hand walking around... .... "Which one are we going to take, Azmond?" A quizzical voice dripped into Azmond''s ears as a woman in a white-fox mask glossed over the various posters pinned on the Quest Board. ''That is a good question'' If he were being honest, he hadn''t yet decided which quest to take. There were a few that looked quite enticing and had very lucrative rewards. But all of those ones were restricted to higher-ranking Adventurer''s. He was merely an F-Rank, so he could only take on lower-level missions. Although the Adventurer''s Association did have a rule where you could take on quests one rank above your own. That still didn''t leave many options for him to choose from. "Hmm I think we should just take all of the ones pertaining to monster hunting," he responded to Crystalline with a small smile. "Is that allowed?" "I don''t see why not. It only states on my contract that as long as we don''t hoard the quests to ourselves for a time exceeding 7 days, then we can ept as many quests as we want" He truly wasn''t lying about that rule of the Adventurer''s Association. Because you really could ept as many quests as you want within your rank bracket. There was, of course, a penalty for hoarding quests past the 7-day mark withoutpleting them all. However, he had no doubt in his mind that he couldplete all these low-level quests within a day! "Should I help you take all these ones off, then?" She pointed to a few dozen monster extermination missions that were pinned on the right side of the board. "Sure, I would appreciate that very much, My Love~," he whispered into her ear with a yful grin on his face. "Mhmm" She nodded her head a little before backing away from that sneaky man. She didn''t want to get ensnared in one of his alluring traps again. Although It was nice to be of some help to him every now and then, even if it was only the little things that she was helping him with. She moved over to the right side of the board and started picking off all the posters with a small, beautiful smile on her face. ''As long as she''s happy'' He looked on affectionately at the determined beauty before something else entirely was suddenly brought to his attention. |What about me, Azmond?!?| A chirpy voice leaked out into his ears as a bouncy, brown-haired beauty looked at him with an eager countenance! She wanted to help as well! "..." He was a little surprised by the industrious attitudes of the two girls. He would''ve never guessed those typicallyzy women to be so enthusiastic when it came to picking off quest posters from a board. Nheless, he wasn''t one to deny freebor! Chapter 195: Three... And That Makes A Homerun! ''Sure, I have something for you.'' Azmond petted therge ahoge hair that was sticking up on Boundless''s head before pointing to the middle of the quest board. ''Could you help me take off all of those ones, please?'' |Mhm! I can do that!| She frolicked away with a giddy expression before working on taking off all the posters she was ''assigned'' to. "Now that all of that is out of the way, let me begin on my si-" "Mhmu!" Emu squeaked. "You too??" "Mhmu! Mhmu!" "Fine, fine, you can take the left side then." "Mhmu!" Emu bounced away with shining gold eyes as it looked up at all the posters on the left side of the board before grabbing them one by one with his slimy appendages. .. Azmond looked at everybody hard at work with a conflicted expression. "Well Does this make me a certified freeloader? I don''t know how to feel about this" He might as well put down a beach chair and take a nap at this point! How did he end up as the only one doing nothing?!? ''I bet I look like some sort of ve owner right about now.'' He thought to himself with an awkward smile. He even had on the elusive and imposing outfit that some sort of secretive ve owner would have! This truly was not going to be good news for his ''reputation'' around these parts He had ''face'' to upkeep, you know?!? Now all the ''work'' he had ''done'' to ''build'' up such a stat sheet had all gone to waste! "..." ... A few seconds passed by in the blink of an eye as Boundless, Crystalline, and Emu finished picking up all the E-Rank and below Quests that had to do with monster hunting. Every quest they grabbed had a quest area within a one hundred thousand-mile radius of the City of RiverBloom. And the result of such a collection process was hundreds of posters being inserted into Azmond''s storage ring ''Isn''t this a little too much?? Even for me, this is a little'' He didn''t know how to take the re that all the Association workers were giving him upon seeing him hoard a vast number of the quests on the quest board. ''I didn''t know giving out such a seemingly simple directive would lead to nearly half a thousand quests ending up in my storage ring'' "Did I do a good job?" |You like my quests the most, don''t you, Azmond?!?| "Mhmu! Mhmu!?" All three of his little ''Quest Collectors'' eximed out with differing tones. However, it was pretty clear what they were all getting at. They just wanted to know which quests he ''liked the most''... "Uhmm They are all so good that I simply can''t choose one over the other. However, look at the pretty pink monster on this one," he responded with an exasperated tone as he pointed at a weird pink monster with wild feathers going in every direction. "Mhmu?!" Emu was sessfully fooled, as it really wanted to eat that bird! ''That makes one'' |Ooh! That bird is so cute!! Can we get one, Azmond?!? Pretty pwease!!| ''Two'' "I like the nobility surrounding that bird, Azmond. Do you think we can get a painting with a bird simr to that one on it? We can put it in our future hom-... Wa-Wait, I mean, th-that if we did ever get like a permanent ce to stay, t-then we could use a pretty bird like that to liven up the atmosphere That is what I meant" She started off strong but ended with a flushed red face. ''Three And that makes a home run!'' .... "Sure, sure, whatever you guys say... Why don''t we head out and take care of these quests right now?" His raspy voice came out with an ufortable smile as he began walking in the direction of the exit. Garnering the stares of all the Adventurer''s on his way outnot that he cared much about them. |Yay! We are finally going to hunt some monsters! Let''s go to the Goblin Vige quest location first! I really hate those goblins! Can we also-...| She badgered Azmond with her nonstop questions, as the four of them were already half a step out the door. "Yah, yeah, definitely, whatever you say, Boundless," he responded to all her questions with a tired tone. "Where are we going first, Azmond?" Crystalline''s melodic voice had already made its way over to him as she linked arms with his right side. "We are going to take out the goblin quests first," he replied with a small smile as he took both her and Boundless by the arms before stepping up on thin air. His body instantly took flight with all three of them in tow, followed by dozens of sonic booms sounding out as they already left the City of RiverBloom. ****** In an undisclosed location on the highest floor of the Adventurer''s Association in RiverBloom, a man and a woman are seen conversing. "Do you think they will make it through all those quests within a week, ra?" The elegant voice of the man echoed out. He had on a professional-looking ck and brown suit with a frame that stretched out the fabrics to the limit. This outfit of his contrasted quite well with his long gray hair that was left hanging behind him. This refined old man was looking toward a woman with long blonde hair tied up into a ponytail. She also had on a ck and brown suit; however, hers was even more of a tight fit than the one he had on. Mostly due to those ''assets'' of hers "I don''t know, sir. But if you were to ask me the likelihood of a man in the Late Foundation Establishment Realm making it through half a thousand quests within 7 days, then I would tell you zero percent." Her voice came out in a staid tone, as it appeared like she took her job very seriously. Chapter 196: The Goblin Village Of Bogmire The old man, upon hearing the dry words of ra, couldn''t help but nce off into the distance, seemingly gazing straight through the billions of tons of earth that separated him from Azmond. However, his vision didn''t just stop there; it stretched on until he saw a now-distant figure booming through the skies at insane speeds. "I think he will make it," he added after pulling back his sight. "Is that so, sir? What makes you think that?" She asked with a perplexed tone. There should be an almost non-existent likelihood that the new adventurer could make it through hundreds of quests in a mere week. Even a high-ranking adventurer would have some troublepleting so many quests in such a short span of time. ''Of course, there is the possibility that the woman he had with him could be at a high enough level. But I doubt that... Why would a high-level woman be with such a weak man?'' Her thoughts were swirling around, attempting to understand what made her Branch Master think they would make it back within 7 days. However, she was soon taken out of her reverie by the calm voice of her Branch Master. "Just treat it as a gut feeling, ra. They will make it back within 7 days, and I will offer them that quest that has been giving us some trouble." "You mean the ''Earth Dragon Extermination'' quest? The one that even multiple C-Rank Adventurer''s could notplete within the allotted time limit?" She questioned with a bewildered look on her face. "Yes, that is the one I am referring to." "Is that wise, sir?" "I think so." "I see" She replied with a heavy sigh. Her Branch Master was such an entric person, and she wouldn''t deny the trouble''s thate along with being subservient to such a ''unique'' man. "Just let it y out, and we shall see if theye back within the designated time period." His rich voice sounded out once more as he began to close his eyes. One would think that he was in the midst of an enlightenment session if they saw him right now, however, that was far from the truth. *Sigh* An exasperated sigh escaped ra''s lips when she saw her master fall asleep in the middle of their talks again. ****** BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Sonic booms echoed out across the vast, expansive skiesskies thaty above the endless bluends below. And at the source of such boisterous noises was a man holding two women, along with a slime. "How many more goblin viges are we going to exterminate, Azmond?" A sweet, melodic voice dripped into Azmond''s ears as he turned down to see the judging look on her face. ''He has been destroying all the goblin viges before taking away all the women and putting them in his storage ring! What does he need all those women for???'' Her face began to darken when she thought about the hundreds of women he now had inside that seemingly endless storage ring of his. "Ah, well, you see! That is because..." He had nothing. He couldn''t think of a usible excuse to get him out of this ''predicament''. It wasn''t like his goal was to ''collect'' all the women that were previously captured by all the monster viges. It just kind of happened It''s not like he liked seeing his ''pokemon collection'' grow or anything! Definitely not! (...) He had to think of something to say, but what?? ''Oh! That might work...'' He had figured out what he wanted to say. Now he just needed to put it into action. "I am just trying to save all the people I can, My Love~ It is my noble and valiant heart that tells me so! If I don''t ''help'' out all the women I can, then who will?? I do this for the greater good of the world!" He responded in a righteous tone as he looked Crystalline in the eye with a ''determined'' gleam in his gaze. "Really?" Her face turned a little doubtful. "Of course, My Dear! I do this for the ''people''!" A ''galiant'' aura started to emanate out of him as they approached yet another monster vige that needed to be ''exterminated''. He set Crystalline, Boundless, and Emu down on a nearby mountain before his figure shed at speeds nearing meteoric stardom! WAAA! A crimson aura was unleashed as swords of the same hue materialized in thin air! Hundreds of said swords surrounded him like an impregnable fortress of shields as he pulled down his hand and let them loose. Whoosh! They glided through the skies before making their way into the primitive-looking vige full of green goblins. "Esceetch!!" "Esceetch!!" Thud! Thud! Loud screeches echoed out for a few seconds before he ultimately dispatched of all of the goblins in the vige within record times! *Ding!* *You have gained experience +500* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +7000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +600* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +300* *Ding! You-...* Pop-up notifications bombarded his vision in amounts numbering in the hundreds, and although he didn''t level up, he gained a sizable sum of exp from this swift extermination mission. Although the exp from the monsters wasn''t his goal for these extermination missions to begin with, in actuality, he was doing it for the added questpletions and quest bonuses. All of which gave him a differently calcted amount of exp. It even bordered on the millions of experience points from a simple 10-second extermination quest like this one. And this wasn''t even the first quest he had been given by both the system and the Adventurer''s Association. This was the 30th Quest he hadpleted for both of his quest givers. And he had done so within an hour! *Ding!* *You havepleted ''Active Quest: ''Clean Out'' the goblin vige of ''BogMire''!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +10,000,000* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* A few more notifications appeared in his vision as he made his way over to therge tent thaty in the middle of the encampment. It looked eerily simr to therge tents that held all the women in thest 30 monster viges he exterminated. Chapter 197: Crystallines Happiness! **Step step** Azmond took slow steps toward the entrance of the tent before pushing aside the cloth door. "..." The sight he saw upon making it all the way into the tent was exactly the same as all the other times he made it to this point. It was nothing short of heartbreaking to see so many beautiful women in such a lifeless state. *Sigh* A heavy sigh escaped his indifferent expression before his body phased throughout therge tent, ''extracting'' all the women inside of it. None of them were of a high enough cultivation level to even realize what happened to them... .... **Step Step** He walked out of the tent before phasing through the skies, appearing next to the distant figures of Boundless, Crystalline, and Emu. "Go ahead and finish ''cleaning up'' the ce, Emu." "Mhmu!" It responded with a merry tone before leaping through the skies and making its way over to the various goblin corpses. "This seems to be thest known monster vige within a one hundred thousand-mile radius of the City of RiverBloom." The cold voice of Crystalline sounded out as she seemed a little relieved over that fact. ''All he does is collect women from all these damn monster viges... I really hate those goblins.'' She was a little vexed over the growing number of women building up inside his storage ring space. It was arge number of women that even he himself had yet to figure out what to do with ''I guess I should make a stop at the Royal Capital of AquaRing soon. They should have the necessary facilities to hold such a number of ''unfortunate'' women.'' A thoughtful expression emerged on his face as he looked through the rest of the quests. All 470 of them requested the killing of ''powerful'' monsters who traveled by themselves or in small groups. They were all monsters that had consumed at least a dozen innocent lives! ''Hmm It would be a little troublesome to take care of all these monsters by myself.'' Although he could still do it within a couple days at the most, he had far better ways to make better use of his time. ''This is a perfect opportunity to test out that ''Party Function'' feature. This will also prevent Crystalline and Emu from simply sitting around as onlookers. I know they must be getting bored watching me do all the work'' He had already figured out what he would do as he pulled up his System Interface and added both Crystalline and Emu to his ''Main-Party Member'' section. His ''Party Function'' segment now looked like this: ==<[Party Function]>== [Main Party Members: Emu, Crystalline] (Main Party Member Experience Bonus: 10% (20%) [Non-Main Party Members: 27 Humans] [Party Member Experience Bonus: None] [Non-Party Members Experience Percentage Gain: 10%] He had added a few random people to his ''Non-Party Member'' section a few hours ago, and they have been giving him a few experience points here and there. Although he only gained a rtively small amount, it was still decent, considering that he had barely even scratched the surface of the full capabilities regarding this particr system function. ''It looks like Emu and Crystalline were sessfully added to my ''Main-Party Member'' tab.'' He thought to himself with a satisfied tone as he scanned through his Party Function. ''Now the real question is how I will go about telling Crystalline about the increases in strength that are about toe her way'' He brooded over the matter for a moment before he ultimately decided he would simply y it off as a benefit of being around his aura. Which actually wasn''t too far off from the truth "Hey, Crystalline, My Love~?" He found his sly self over near the voluptuous figure of Crystalline as he started to speak to her in a mischievous tone. "Yes?" She saw that devious look on his face and suddenly got a bad feeling. "How would you react if I told you that there was yet another way for you to get stronger than you are now~?" His hands had already found their way to those smooth, tender shoulders of hers. He began to massage them while waiting expectantly for her response to such an ambiguous question. "I would take it." She replied instantaneously. "?!?" He didn''t expect her response toe so soon and with such a determined look on her face. ''Did she really care that much about gaining more power? But why?'' He was a little puzzled over the reason for her willingness to acquire more power. "Why do you want power so badly, Crystalline?" He asked with a mildly inquisitive tone. "The reason why I want more power? Isn''t that a silly question, Azmond?" She responded with a confused expression. She didn''t quite understand why her man would ask such an obvious question. "This is the world of Asterion, Azmond. Power is the finalw and rule here." She began with a stringent tone. "However, if you were to ask me what specifically makes me yearn for power, then I would tell you that I want power fo-for... you" A small blush formed on those icy features of hers as she turned her face away from the intense gaze of Azmond. "For me?" He wasn''t quite following. "Yes, for you. I wish to be beside you on your journey, no matter where that journey ends up leading you. I just want to help you out But I can''t do much to assist you with the vast difference in our strengths" She mumbled with a self-deprecating look on her face. However, such a gloomy mood didn''tst for long, as a surge of determination coursed through her icy veins. "That is why, if you have a way for me to get stronger, then I will take it! no matter the cost!" She erupted with newfound resolve. She was doing this for Azmond, but she was also doing this for herself! She did this for her happiness! Her life was nothing but following orders andmands before she met Azmond He was her happiness now! The only happiness she had over known "I see For me, huh...?" A wide smile emerged on his handsome face as he looked at the determined beauty with an affectionate gaze. "Very well, I''ll give you a way to gain even more power." His kind voice was followed by a simple hand motion. Chapter 198: Crystallines Going To Level Up! Azmond released some of his aura as a massive congregation of crimson-ck energies began to form in the skies above him! All of the energies leaking out of him fell to the earth below, consuming the entire existence of Crystalline! This was, of course, just a little y he thought up in the heat of the moment. But it should work well enough to fool the Icy Beauty into thinking that the strength she was about to gain would be thanks to this little charade he was putting on! WAAA! The aura seemed to intensify as even more crimson energies were released from Azmond! ''What is this feeling~?!?'' She thought to herself with a look of euphoria on her face. Azmond had infused a bit of his Heavenly Massage Technique into the crimson energies he unleashed. All to make it seem like it was truly doing something for Crystalline! |This is an interesting show you are putting on, Azmond! It''s so pretty!! Can I get showered in your stuff like this too?!?| Boundless jumped up and down while watching the ongoing energies consume Crystalline''s figure. "..." An awkward look formed on his countenance as he heard Boundless say such things with a straight face. ''Those are some very misleading words'' It was safe to say that she waspletely clueless about what she just said WAAA! WAAA! The crimson energies reached a Zenith as the person taking on the ''blunt'' of such an intense aura was currently going through a tumultuous series of emotions. ''Why does this feel so good~?!?'' She couldn''t believe it herself; whatever Azmond was doing practically put her in a different realma realm only filled to the brim with unending pleasure! ''I guess I should end this little show right now. We still have plenty of quests toplete after all.'' "It is just about done, My Love. Hold on for a while longer, and you will have a new way to gain even more power!" His raspy voice echoed through the area as it made its way into the dazed ears of Crystalline. "Does it need to end so soon?" "Whaa?-" He asked with a confused expression. "Err I mean, that is good news! I am willing to persevere through this if it means I can gain another way to get more powerful!'' She ''saved'' herself with a ''resolute'' voice as she continued ''pushing through'' the bombardment of crimson energies. "..." He was left a little speechless by the shamelessness of this girl. ''Was she always such a good maniptor of the facts?? Or is she maybe taking after my habits'' He couldn''t help but think that this new version of her might be his fault... ... The crimson energies made one final stretch before dying out a few millisecondster. Whoosh! The remnant energies blew away as the ''fatigued'' figure of Crystallinended on the ground with her curvaceous body heaving up and down. "That was tough, Azmond. But I made it through in the end" "Yeah" He replied in an exasperated tone. He didn''t know how to make heads or tales of the words spoken by her. "Anyway, you are now able to utilize a type of power unnoticeable to you," he began with a small smirk as he picked Crystalline up in a princess carry before bringing her over to where Boundless and Emu were. Emu had already consumed all the goblins in the vige a few seconds ago. However, that didn''t mean it was full; in fact, eating so much only made Emu hungrier! "What is this ''untraceable'' power?" She asked with her body still heaving up and down from that ''trial'' she just had to go through. "It is a power that will allow you to get stronger and stronger as long as you defeat monsters andplete more quests with me." He responded to her with an informative tone. "Really??" She eximed with an astonished look on her face. Something like that shouldn''t even be possible! And yet Azmond was telling her that she could get stronger doing just that! "Why, of course, My Love~ Go and take out a few strong monsters and you will start to feel yourself getting stronger~," he whispered into her ears while blowing into them a little. "Ahnn~! Az-Azmond, Shtop that~!" She yelped a little before she attempted to muffle her cute reactions with her hands. "Heh. I could" He began with an earnest expression. "Phew-" and just as she was about to sigh in relief, Azmond started to whisper into her ears again. "But I don''t wanna~" He followed up such a flirtatious statement with a light nibble on her left earlobe. "Mhmff~! Az-Azmond, you hateful man~!" She moaned. Ripples began to course throughout her milky white body as she squirmed and wiggled in his arms. Sweat began to slide down that tight-fitting white robe of hers, and if one was looking close enough, then they would start to see her robe begin to stick to those lewd slopes of hers. "Haha~ But, seriously, My Love, go and hunt some strong monsters, and you''ll see what I''m talking about." His yful voice came out in a semi-serious tone. He gently set down the oversensitive beauty before pointing in a directionwhere quite a few of the stronger monsters he needed to hunt toplete the Adventurer''s Quests were located. "Go on in that direction, and you will find a few dozen monsters that should be enough to give you quite the boost in strength." He added with a kind smile. You might be wondering why he would simply let Crystalline go out on her own without any protection. But... Who was Azmond? Of course, he put a few safety precautions around her! Even if an Early Void Refining Realm Cultivator came after her, she would make it out of that situation without a scratch on her body! That was the glory of using Soul Essence Barriers. As long as you didn''t use enough of them to harm yourself, then they were the best ways to protect those around you! He even predicted that the ancestors and elders of most organizations in the world of cultivation used their soul essence in a simr way as Azmond, except they probably used it to protect their sect members and descendants. Chapter 199: Tier 0: Level 169 Crystalline replied to Azmond after a few milliseconds of contemtion. "Hmm. Okay, if what you say is true, then I should begin getting stronger right now." Her busty body turned in the direction Azmond had pointed at before she quickly disappeared into the distance, aiming to find those ''powerful'' monsters he was talking about. "Alrighty," he began with a loving smile as he watched Crystalline go off her own way, doing her best to help him in whatever way she could. "Are you ready, Emu? We need to do our part as well." He looked at the ck and gold slime that had made itself at home on his head. "Mhmu!" "Then, let''s get right to it." He followed such a promation with a slightly ferocious smirk. |More monsters to hunt! Yay!| Boundless bubbled with a giddy expression as she clinged onto his body. "..." His figure faded away, with Emu and Boundless in tow. ..... 22 hours passed by in the blink of an eye "Rawghhh!!!" A primal roar bellowed out from the depths of a deep cavern, stretching underground for hundreds of miles. A behemoth of a monster thousands of meters long, with the body shape of a snake, emerged from the deep cavern with an anguished look on its red, scaly face. BOooOOOM! The entrance it breached exploded into a million pieces upon the rushed exit of the Colossal Behemoth! And if one had a keen enough eye, then they would immediately notice that the slithery tongue of the beast had been cut in half! "I told you to stop hissing in my face with that disgusting mouth of yours, but you just didn''t want to listen." A cold, apathetic voice echoed out, followed by the appearance of a tall man in a sunsettish colored robe and a red fox mask. Azmond had alreadypleted all 500 quests with the help of Crystalline and Emu a few hours ago. However, this big guy interrupted his leisure time... As he was in the process of returning to the Adventurer''s Association, it leaped up out of the ground, attempting to swallow the flying Azmond and gang in one gulp. He deflected the surprise attack made by the humongous snake like it was no big deal before following the retreating behemoth back into the hole it came out of. A little tussleter, and we made it to the present. "This is all your fault, you know?" His emotionless voice sounded out once again. "You should have just kept your oversized body in that hole. Now look at what you have brought upon yourself." He began with an indifferent tone as his figure disappeared from its spot. "You bought yourself a one-way ticket to hell." His figure reappeared above the snake behemoth before he took out Emuin Quantum Katana Flux formand made a seemingly harmless sh forward. **Spurt!!** A behemoth of a snake that measured in at thousands of meters was cut up into a million diced meat cubes, followed by a fountain of blood gushing out of its ''corpse''! However, the blood didn''t even reach the ground surface before Azmond''s katana devoured the entirety of its ''corpse''. CHOMP! "Did that taste good, Emu?" He asked with a small smirk as hended on the rubble created from their ''fight''. "Mhmu!" The sword made a squeak as it vibrated a little! It clearly enjoyed the ''corpse'' of a monster in the Early Void Refining Realm quite a lot! Eating monsters of such high quality made it want to try the meat of a Middle Void Refining Realm monster next! "I can feel your anxiousness from a mile away, Emu. But, don''t you worry, we will soon be strong enough to take out the majority of Middle Void Refining Realm Monsters as easily as breathing. All I need to do is break through to the Quantum Core Formation Realm first." He reassured his ''katana'' with his words and a few pets as he took a look at his System Interface. *Ding!* *You have gained experience + 4,000,000,000* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* A few notifications followed along with the checking of his System Interface. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Novice Vanquisher] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 12/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Early-Peak(12pression cyclespleted] [Quantum Law Assimtion Rate: 0.00999%] (Capped at the current value until you break through to the Quantum Core Formation Realm.) [Physique: Quantum Law Body Rank 1] [Dao Heart Rank: Absolute Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 3(Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating Monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) {[First Unique Function]} Premature Release due to unforeseen circumstances [Function: (Quantum Katana Flux), Host has the ability to use (Emu) when in (Katana Form) to tremendously enhance the power of the User] {[Second Unique Function]} - [Name: Soulforge Ascendancy] - [Function: Allows the one bonded with (Emu) to gain a portion of the cultivation base of other beings through the devouring of said beings] [???] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law: Level 1] ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 0: Level 169] [Exp needed for next level: 6,000,000,000] [Total Exp: 75,000,000,000] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Initial Stages of the Middle Void Refining Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate and strongest technique.) (Initial Stages of Late-Void Refining with (Emu).] [STR: Middle Stages of the Early Void Refining Realm] [SPD: Middle Stages of the Early Void Refining Realm] [Int: Meh. (But, I see you!!)] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Charisma: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 23 (20000 experience gained after partially absorbing a Top Tier Primordial Yin] [Dual Cultivation Rank: Newbie Dual Cultivator] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: 1] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: 1] [Primordial Yins Fully Absorbed: None] [Primordial Yins Partially Absorbed: 1 (The Ice Phoenix Primordial Yin {[Divine Rank]})] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: D-Rank. (3 Days worth of Dual Cultivation garnered you a D Rank Bonus ((Weak stamina))] [Boundless''s Comment: |I really don''t like this section!) ** Angry Cat Noises Intensify **] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: [New Active Quests: Join the ranks of an organization known as the ''Adventurers Guild'' situated in the ''AquaRing'' Kingdom, and climb up the hierarchicaldder for as far as you can manage. - ''/'' Unfinished]}] [Total Quests Completed: 513] [Overall Quest Rating: None] [Quest Completion Bonus: None] [Overachiever Bonus: None] [Bonuses received: 513] ==<[Vanquisher des]>== Title Rank: {[Vanquisher Novice]} H-Rank Enemies Defeated: 3,432,000 G-Rank Enemies Defeated: 523,500 F-Rank Enemies Defeated: 22,250 E-Rank Enemies Defeated: 189 D-Rank Enemies Defeated: 43 C-Rank Enemies Defeated: 3 B-Rank And Above Enemies Defeated: None ==<[Party Function]>== [Main Party Members: Emu, Crystalline] (Main Party Member Experience Bonus: 10% (20%) [Non-Main Party Members: 27 Humans] [Party Member Experience Bonus: None] [Non-Party Members Experience Percentage Gain: 10%] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] [Boundless''s Comment: Why are so many women around my master] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}, {[Divine Devil Arts]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect [Comprehension Of Most Used Skills: (Quantum Rift de: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 1), (Catalyst was to initiate a fight you had no chance of winning and ovee said fight.)]}, (Lightning Laceration: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 1)]}), (Cataclysmic Annihtion: {[Complete Mastery]})] ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==== Hunting monsters is fun!!! Although, that dumb bimbo cow is taking all the glory! Humph! .... Chapter 200: Kimono Covered Melons... "Oh... well, it looks like we can already take on Mid Void Refining Realm Monsters, Emu." Azmond muttered with a bewildered expression. He wasn''t even aware that he had already unknowingly broken through to the Peak Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm If anyone in the world of Asterion heard the nonsensical thoughts filtering through his head right now, then they would surely violently spit blood! identally broke through, he says?!? How does one identally breakthrough a minor realm!? This isn''t some whimsical fairytale! You can''t just advance through the realms whenever you feel like it! And yet, there is this anomaly An anomaly called Azmond. ..... "The Quantum Core Formation Realm is right around the corner," he muttered as he felt the immense strength he now possessed. His gaze traveled down to his katana as he gave it an appreciative look. This sudden breakthrough was all thanks to little Emu after all! Well, that was the case for the most part. There was also the ice Phoenix imprint he got from Crystalline''s Primordial Essence; however, that imprint takes quite a while to transmit him a greater cultivation base increase. It would''ve taken at least 3 months to reach the Peak Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm with just the Ice Phoenix Imprint and no active cultivation enacted by Azmond. However, the new skill that he unlocked with the increase in his bond with Emu allowed him to rocket straight up to the Peak Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm in one fell swoop! The bond skill ''Soulforge Ascendancy'' essentially allowed him to get even stronger through killing monsters! That is with Emu there with him, of course. "..." He looked at the existence known as Emu with a bewildered expression. Even though he had already known Emu for quite a while now, it was still aplete mystery for him. "Mhmu?" It squeaked with a confused look on its slimy face. Why was itspanion suddenly looking at it like it was aplete freak of nature?? "Mhmu!!" Maybe he just wants to eat some monsters as well!? Emu started to wiggle around in its Quantum Katana Flux form, as it felt the same way as him. It also wanted to eat more monsters!! "Uhmm Well, whatever." He figured something was up with his little buddy; however, as long as it made Emu happy, then it could think whatever it wanted. "Azmond?" A cold yet warm voice dripped into his ears like divine ambrosia as he looked to the source. ''Ahh My Little Ice Flower is back.'' An affectionate smile widened on his face as he looked toward the approaching green-eyed beauty. "Did you have fun with your monster hunting?" "Yeah, it was quite the experience to finally go out and test out my powers after breaking through to the Soul Transformation Realm." She replied back as she made her way into his arms. Her face looked up at Azmond''s eyes as shetched her arms all the way around his waist. "Urgh" He almost died from a sugar overdose when he saw her long, messy hair hang over her beautiful face as she stared up at him. She seemed to be waiting for him to say something ''Oh! That is what she wants...'' He realized what she wanted from him, as his gentle voice soon followed such a realization. "... You did a good job, My Love," he whispered into her ears after regaining his bearings. "Mhm" A profusely adorable blush formed on her face as she snuggled her head into his sunsettish colored robes, attempting to hide away from that hateful man''s smirk. ''She is so tense... I ought to help her out a little.'' His thoughts leaked out of his expression as his sneaky hands made their way through that sensual body of hers. "Are you ready to go back to the Adventurer''s Association to turn in our Quest''s~?" He tickled her sides while asking her a rhetorical question.. "Ahaha~! Az-Azmond, shtoop it~!" She suddenly burst outughing as her icy aura at the peak of the Early Soul Transformation Realm began to re up! The skies were enveloped by that tranquil yet deadly blue aura of hers. However, Azmond quickly took care of it with a swipe of his hand. He didn''t want any of those elders of her sect to catch a whiff of her unrestrained aura. The fact that they would eventuallye out to bring Crystalline back loomed over him like a scythe over his heart. They might even already be on their way, trying to find the approximate location of one of their heiresses. And from what she had told him, it wouldn''t be unlikely for there to be Unity Form Synthesis Realm Elders at the forefront of such a forensics mission. Azmond was getting stronger at an unbelievable pace, but... Even he knew that he would instantly die the moment he came into contact with an ancient cultivator at the Unity Form Synthesis Realm. ... |Hey, Azmond??| A bubbly voice hounded him for what felt like the billionth time. "..." ''Did this silly girl never get tired of asking the same questions over and over again?'' And then it came... |Are we almost there yet?!?| She giggled while rubbing her kimono-covered melons on his chest. ''... Yes'' He couldn''t help butment over his system''s impatience. ''How can an almighty system like her be so restless when ites to the transit between two ces?'' *Sigh* He let out a tired sigh before looking into the horizon and seeing the long city line that quartered off the City of RiverBloom. It wasn''t mentioned before due to the sheer size of just the city gates, but the city itself stretched on for hundreds of miles in every direction! It was an absolutely massive, cosmopolitan-like city! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! A few sonic booms sounded out as he made his way downward, headed for the entrance to the city. He quickly found himself gazing up at the gates that stretched upward for thousands of meters, nearing the size of an insurmountable wall! Chapter 201: A Scale Of The Basilisk!? He still didn''t understand why they would construct such grandiose walls to keep out mere human-sized beings. There must be something going on behind the scenes, something that he probably wouldn''t figure out until he had climbed his way to the peak of the Adventurer ranks for this city. ..... "Halt!" A loud, gruff voice boomed out. A few guards in blue armor approached the group in a split second as their imposing gazes stared them down. "Identity Token!" The lead guardmanded with a stringent tone. "Sure." Azmond responded in a nonchnt way before he threw a bronze token in the direction of the guard. "This Adventurer''s Token should work, right?" He asked just to make sure. It was a lot more convenient to take out the Adventurer''s Token than to take out his Temporary Identity Token. He heard from the original guard captain he met when he first came here that it would take a little time to verify his identity with a mere temporary identity token. "..." The guard captain scrutinized the bronze token with a menacing re before he passed it back to Azmond with a much lighter expression. *Toss* "You should''ve just said you were an Adventurer to begin with, and we would''ve let you in right away, haha!" He chuckled a little while scratching his neck awkwardly. "..." Azmond couldn''t believe the attitude changes of these guards. ''Thest sets of guards were this way as well... Is being bipr one of the prerequisites to sign up as a guard of the City of RiverBloom or something?'' He thought to himself with a contemtive expression. "You see, we have been having a little trouble with a Void Refining Realm Basilisk in the area. It has been razing entire viges to the ground and has even made attempts at breaching our walls a couple times," he began with a vexed countenance as he recalled the 3000-meter-long basilisk that attacked their city gates not even 10 hours ago. "This event has really put us all on edge, which is why we treated you like we did when we first saw you! And the size of this basilisk isn''t even the most dangerous part of it" An ominous air started to leak out of the Guard Captain as he remembered the sinuous-like old man that entered the city gates half a day ago. "This particr Void Refining Realm Basilisk has the ability to morph into a humanoid form whenever it pleases! That,bined with its formidable might, allows it to enter and exit any human city without the protection of a Tribtion Transcendence Realm Cultivator!" His rough features became darker when he continued to recall all the kindness he showed the basilisk when it was in its human form. He allowed a fully grown basilisk to enter his city and do whatever it wanted until the Branch Master of the Adventurer''s Association and the City Master showed up. Such a foley would forever remain the biggest disgrace of his life "I see" He responded in a mixed tone. Usually, one would be left in an apprehensive state upon hearing that a Void Refining Realm Basilisk could be anyone of the people around them. But there was something else bubbling up inside of him when he heard about such a behemoth "You wouldn''t happen to know the exact realm of this basilisk, would you?" Azmond asked. "Uhmm ording to the BranchMaster, that basilisk is at the Initial Stages of the Late-Void Refining Realm," the guard captain replied as fortingly as possible. Although he didn''t understand why this Adventurer would ask him about such a thing, it was his duty to inform the people, so that''s what he did! WAAA! A bright crimson aura exploded with Azmond as the catalyst, as a wide smile that showed all his sharp whites appeared in the visions of the guards! *Wobble wobble* They could barely hold themselves up in the presence of such an aura, as their legs started to tremble! "... Oh!" Azmond immediately noticed what he had unknowingly done as he dispersed his aura before putting on a slightly apologetic expression. "I''m sorry, you guys. That''s just a bad habit of mine," he ''apologized'' with a slightly ufortable tone. He really followed up such an immense release of energy with the excuse of ''just a bad habit''... "..." "..." "..." The guards were more than a little baffled by the shamelessness of this Adventurer. "Well, thanks, you guys. I really appreciate the information," he began to speak as his figure faded away, along with Boundless, Crystalline, and Emu. "See ya." Those were thest words they heard from the man who put them on their knees before dipping after he was finished. "... This must be what it''s like to be a woman" The head guardmented before a sigh escaped his lips. He, along with all the other guards, suddenly felt like they should start treating their wives better "Yah, did you see that Basilisk transform in the middle of the city?!? It took nearly half a day for the top cultivators of our city to reverse the destruction that was caused by it wreaking havoc in the Slum District!" A scrawny Adventurer eximed. Another, far bulkier Adventurer heard the rantings of that man and decided to add in his piece as well. "I can''t believe it myself! I was there when that monster transformed into its original size before it unleashed fiery hell upon the slums!! It destroyed a good half of the slums before ultimately getting subdued by the Branch Master and the City Lord!" "You think just hearing about such an event is special?!? I helped take off a scale of that beast; look here!!" Thud! A well-built man interrupted the two men as he threw arge 2-meter scale onto the wooden table they were sitting at. "You actually managed to slice off a scale of that behemoth, Adolf??" The scrawny man questioned with an unbelieving look on his face. "Why, of course I did-" He started to brag before a sudden noise attracted everyone''s attention. Bang! Chapter 202: A Thousandth Of What?!? ... The doors to the Adventurer''s Guild mmed open as a man in a sunsettish robe with a fox mask on and a busty woman with a white robe and white fox mask entered into the Adventurer''s Association in glorious fashion! "Mhmu!" ''Don''t forget me!'' Oh, and Emu was situated on top of the fox masked man''s bed of long, raven ck hair! ... "That is the newbie and his woman, isn''t it?" A man who had been away on a mission asked some of the surrounding adventurers. "Hush!" The well-built man who was gloating earlier pped the man who just talked across his head. "Ow! What was that for, you lughead?!?" He demanded with an irritated look on his face. "Shut up, you moron! You weren''t there when that freak unleashed his aura!! He is not as simple as he seems!! And don''t you even entertain the idea of looking at his woman! Lest you feel like being buried 6 feet under before the sun sets!?!?" WHACK! He reprimanded the confused man before pping him across the head again. "Ow! Damnit! Can you stop hitting me across the head, you dipshit!? I get the point!" He growled with a pained expression as he felt therge red lump protruding out of the back of his head. "Shut up! Don''t talk back to me!" WHAM! He smacked him again, as the wooden table they were at cracked under the force of his face making contact with it. He instantly passed out as the man who conducted such a violent act, ignored the unconscious man, and focused his gaze on the couple walking toward the counter. "Excuse me?" An apathetic voice broke the silence in the crowd as the tall man in the fox mask began to speak. Thedy behind the counter responded with a slight stammer, "Ye-Yes?" "Could you count all the proof ofpletions we got from my quests?" A professional smile emerged on her face as she asked him the most logical thing in this situation: "Uhmm, sure! How much do you have?" It was really too bad that Azmond was anything but the usual "Around 5000," he stated with a confident tone. He was almost 95% sure that the amount he had was around that area! However, the seasoned look on the receptionist''s face became a little crooked upon hearing his response. "5000 of what, if I may ask? We only count the main monster tags, mind you. That means only two of every discerning feature, like a horn or an ear from each monster, will count toward the quest." She informed him of this because she thought he was counting every body part of each monster. Which would be a terminally incorrect way of ounting for the ''proof''s ofpletion''! "Oh, I am not talking about the appendages. I am talking about the tons." He responded to the receptionist as he took a look around the Guild. The first thing he noticed was that there appeared to be more Quest notices than usual. If there were a few thousand up there before, then now there were tens of thousands of quests filling up almost every section of the quest board! Now what he didn''t understand was why there would be such a substantial increase in the number of quest notices put on the board Was there something going on behind the scenes? However, he didn''t have long to ponder over that weird urrence, as he was abruptly brought back to reality by the perplexed voice of the receptionist. "What? What do you mean by ''tons'', good sir?" The expression on her face began to twitch a little as she felt like this man was just ying jokes with her. "... Do you not know what a ''ton'' is? I''m pretty sure this world has incorporated that metric" "I know what a ''ton'' is" Her face began to darken a little following her slightly annoyed response. "!?" However, that darkness disappeared as soon as it came when she saw the visible re through the white fox mask of the bustydy behind the irritating man. Her calm demeanor immediately returned as she looked back at the tall man, who had on a sunsettish-colored robe. "... Could you please specify what you mean, sir?" She asked with a ''friendly smile''. "Hmm I mean exactly what I mean; here, just take a look." Bam! Bang! Following his dry voice was a simple hand movement as half the Guild suddenly became enveloped in thousands of monster corpse parts! The guild wasn''t small either! It could even be considered around the size of arge mansion, and yet Azmond filled it up as easily as a snap of his fingers! "This is around a thousandth of what I have on me now. Would you like me to take out the rest?" His deep voice made its way into the ears of the receptionist. However, he was nowhere in sight, as he had already been smothered in the various monster corpse pieces that covered him. "..." The receptionist was left in a state of bafflement at the sight before her; however, she couldn''t allow him to take out any more monster parts! "Th-There will be no need for that, sir!" she stuttered. "Very well." He took back all of the monster corpse pieces before taking a look at all the astonished faces focused on him. "..." "..." "..." Practically everyone in the Adventurers Association was looking at Azmond like he was a freak of nature. "So where can I put down all the monster materials I gathered?" "We have a facility sitting outside the Adventurers Association that should allow you to ce down all the materials you have," she responded politely. Although she was more than a little astonished by the feats performed by Azmond, she was, after all, a professional. She wouldn''t falter so easily on the exterior. However, on the inside, she was aplete mess! ''What does this man mean by this being only a thousandth of what he has??? What sort of monster hunting can one possibly do to acquire such a vast amount of monster materials?!?'' Chapter 203: Professions?? The receptionist''s thoughts went down a whimsical tunnel as she made her way out of the Adventurers Association main building, with Azmond and his gang following along. They quickly approached arge building thaty behind the main building. This building was around five timesrger than the main one! But what didn''t make any sense was how such a huge building wentpletely unnoticed by Azmond and Crystalline. However, they swiftly figured out the cause of such an unusual urrence when they made their way behind the main association building. FWHIP! A flimsy stic sound echoed out, as it felt like they passed through a barrier that separated two different spaces. "Hmm? What was that?" asked Azmond with a slightly puzzled expression. "That was just the barrier that separates the main building from all the facilities thaty back here!" The receptionist responded to his question as she pointed out all therge and weirdly shaped buildings thaty scattered across the ''back area'' of the Adventurer''s Association. However, none of the buildings were blue like the rest of the buildings in RiverBloom. Most of them appeared to be made from a type of dark wood that could only be found in the Great Wilnds Forest. "What is the purpose of all these facilities?" His deep, raspy voice sounded out once more as he even saw a building that looked like a funny funnel. Furthermore, there was even a building in the shape of an oversized boot! "These are facilities that some of our more ''unique'' Adventurer''s use when they aren''t out on missions," she began with an informative tone. It seemed like she had already soothed her nerves over the ridiculousness that Azmond presented to her earlier. Her voice continued sounding out as she said, "The majority of these buildings are the homes or research facilities of these ''unique'' Adventurer''s. Some of them are even the cksmith and artesian areas of some of the adventurers that have professions pertaining to those aspects." "Professions?" He had heard of professions before, but that was only in the books he read in his past life. He didn''t originally think that there could be simr professions in this world. Although at this point, there truly was nothing that this world didn''t have... "Yes, you can make your way over to the Holy Cathedral in the Royal Capital of AquaRing, and once you make it there, you can request for a divination to be conducted. However, the profession you get is not chosen by the individual; it is instead chosen by ''fate''. What the divination does is simply activate thetent abilities that lie within your body." "I see" ''A profession, huh? I might make my way over to that Holy Cathedral when I decide to make the journey to the Royal Capital. I would like to know exactly what profession was ''meant for me''.'' ... "We are here!" The receptionist announced after they finally made their way over to the biggest building. "Head on in and set down a portion of your materials on the ground. We can begin inspecting all of them, one section at a time." "Alright," he replied with an indifferent tone before making his way into an average-sized metal door. Creak! An old crickety sound screeched out as he opened up the rusted metal door. ''It looks like this ce hasn''t been used in a while'' "How long do you think it has been since somebody came in here, Azmond?" Crystalline asked with a slightly shaky tone as she linked arms with him. Whisp! The wind came rushing into the seemingly abandoned building, making a creepy sound on its way in. "Mhmm" She began to shiver a little before digging her face into his robes. |Eek! Az-Azmond, this ce is scary!| Boundless yelped before she leaped onto the left side of his body. It seemed she was not as reserved andposed as Crystalline when it came to things like this. He expected such a reaction from her, but what he didn''t predict was that Crystalline would also react a little negatively to a spooky environment like this. ''Is she not good with dark ces?'' A small, sly smirk emerged on his face when he thought about such a scenario being the case. He was thinking about having a little fun with them before they got the monster materials checked out. Click! However, the lights suddenly came on out of nowhere. The once dark and creepy building, the size of a billionaire''s mansion, became as bright as a new condo! "..." Azmond was a little disappointed at such an ''unfortunate'' thing happening. ''Couldn''t that receptionist have waited a little longer to turn on the lights?'' |Finally, we have light!!| Boundless effused as she rubbed her voluptuous body up and down on Azmond, ''tears'' building up in her big round brown eyes. "Mmm" Crystalline let out a breath of relief at such a fortunate thing happening as her tight grip on his arm loosened up. However, such a moment of relief and disappointment was quickly interrupted by the feminine voice of a certain receptionist. "Alrighty then, if you all would please make your way over here, you can begin to let out everything you wish to verify for your quests." She pointed to the middle area of the huge building, clearly indicating that he should start unloading. And he wasn''t one to deny the opportunity to unload! Bang! Bang! Plop! Thousands upon thousands of monster corpses fell to the ground in grandiose fashion as the majority of the free space in the monster material facility became filled up in the blink of an eye! "?!?" The receptionist could hardly believe her eyes! She thought he was just kidding about what he said before, but that was apparently not the case! She had seen B-Rank Adventurer''s before; she had even witnessed a few A-Rank Adventurer''s in her lifetime! However, none of the things they did even came close to the absurd actions being performed by this greenhorn Adventurer! Chapter 204: He Is Back...? All of these monsters may be of a higher quality than the ones that B-Rank or A-Rank Adventurer''s would usually hunt down. But that didn''t change the fact that the pure quantity of monsters he has surpasses anything she had ever seen! Nheless, in spite of such bafflement, she was taken out of her stupor by the voice of the man performing such absurdities: "This is around a hundredth of what I have. I assume you have enough storage rings to ount for everything I possess, right?" "..." ''He wasn''t kidding about that?!?'' However, she couldn''t lose herposure now! "Ye-Yes. We have enough storage rings to hold all of your monster materials" Following such a response was a small hand movement by her, as she seemed to be waving at a few people. **Step Step** A few dozen more Adventurer Association workers entered the monster materials facility, as they had in their hands thousands of storage rings that they had to dig into the Adventurer Association storage to find! They moved over to the monster materials in the form of a hill before they activated their storage rings and sucked in all the monster materials in less than a few seconds. "Alright, herees more. I will continue unloading until I am all out." "Very well, just unload in that area over there, so as to not crush my associates," she responded to his promation with an awkward expression. It looked like this would take quite a while, and she didn''t even know if they had enough storage rings to ount for everything! ... Half an hour passed by in the blink of an eye Bang! Bang! Bang! Yet another mountain of monster materials fell to the surface floor of the monster materials facility as Azmond finally unloaded hisst load! It took quite a while, but he was nowpletely emptied out "Is that all, Mr. Azmond?" The receptionist asked with an exasperated look on her face. This man just kept on unloading! He didn''t stop unloading for such a long time, leaving her to deal with the consequences of such actions! All of the storage rings she requested from the Adventurer Association had already been filled to the brim by him! "I think I am done here. Should we proceed to the next step?" Azmond''s deep voice made its way into the receptionist''s ears as she turned her tired face up. "The next step??" She questioned. She seemed to be in denial of reality, for she, along with the rest of the Adventurer Association workers, knew what the ''next step'' was. They just didn''t want to look at such a dark future "Yes, the counting and analysis of all the materials I brought in. And also the subsequentpensation given to me for all the materials. Did you already forget?" **Spurt!** His response came in the form of a sharp dagger jabbed straight into her already fragile heart! She hadn''t even found herself a man in this lifetime, and yet this Adventurer was running through her heart like he wanted to take it for himself! Shouldn''t he at least ask for her name first? ''Wait no! Snap out of it, Kaida! There are tough days ahead; I need to stay focused!'' She resolved herself before looking directly into his deep blue gaze, which practically prated her very soul, even through his mask. "I will do it!" "... Okay?" He replied with a puzzled expression. "I will do it; don''t you worry! It shall be done!" "... Okay That is nice." ''What is this woman getting at? Isn''t that what she was supposed to do anyway?'' He was more than a little taken aback by the entric behavior of this female receptionist. ..... She built up her courage before walking out of the monster materials facility with dozens of Adventurer Association workers trailing behind her. However, before she made it out the door, she grabbed the door frame and looked back at Azmond with a fearless gaze! Her determined voice quickly followed such a ''valiant'' deration: "I will do it! I will do it!" She repeated it like a broken record. ''Is something wrong with this woman''s head??'' "Uhmm, yeah, you go do it," he responded with an ''encouraging'' tone. "I will do it! And also, the Branch Master is calling for you from the top floor of the main building, so you might want to head up there while I am doing it!" Her words faded off into the distance as she exited the monster material facility before heading toward a separate building. A building where her true hell would begin! "What an odd woman" He had never seen a worker as weird as her. He wondered if everyone in the Adventurer''s Association was an entric person like her. Pinch! "Oww! W-What was that for??" He feigned pain as he turned his gaze down, only to see the aggrieved and slightly dangerous look on Crystalline''s pretty face. "Don''t think about other women." Her words came out in a frosty tone as her gaze became even more lethal. "But I wasn-" He attempted to get out his excuse. "Don''t think about other women." She repeated. "Ye-Yes" He was helpless in this matter. What was he to do with this ''cute'' green-eyed mess? ****** In an undisclosed location at the very top of the Adventurer''s Association Main Building, a man in an antiquated rocking chair and a woman with her long blonde hair in a ponytail were seen conversing. "ra?" "Yes, BranchMaster?" "He is back...?" He asked. "Yes, he is back" A heavy sigh nearly escaped her red lips when she thought about that greenhorn Adventurer againan audacious Adventurer who seemed to be taking his time getting up to them The BranchMasters'' aged voice followed such a tired look forming on her face. "Why isn''t he here then?" "Well" She thought over how she should respond; however, nothing came to mind! What was she supposed to say?!? That mysterious fox-masked man seemed to do whatever he felt like doing! Chapter 205: Are You The BranchMaster? ra had clearly told Kaida to inform him of their invitation to him. So why was he not here yet??? Well, it wasn''t until a few hours after he returned from his questpletion frenzy that she realized he had taken out the women in his party! He had apparently taken ''them'' out on their own dates or something like that But there was only one other woman in his party! So what did he mean by ''them''? Was he seeing things, or was that slime actually a female as well?!? She just couldn''t seem to wrap her head around the existence named ''Morningstar''. Who even calls themselves by such a weird name to begin with?!? "..." The archaic-looking old man seemed to be in deep thought about something as a few more hours passed by. ... "Still not here yet?" The ancient voice asked. "No" "... I see" The silence was deafening. However, a few seconds passed as something began to change in ra''s nervous expression. "Wait! He is here!" She practically jumped up in joy when she felt the presence of MorningStar approach the staircase that led up to the higher floors of the Adventurers Association! Pop! One of the buttons that was holding together the area between her breasts exploded outward as she became a little too excited! Her tight-fitted suit could barely contain the unprofessional body thaty beneath to begin with, and her unexpected excitement wasn''t helping in the least. The old man ignored such an urrence as his ''knowing'' tone soon followed: "Well... I knew he woulde." He rubbed his long, grayish beard as he sent out his divine sense and saw the figures of a tall man and an icy woman begin walking up the stairs. "Yeah" She ''agreed''. However, such obvious lies couldn''t escape the old man''s ears, as he began to speak again. "I really did know he woulde" "I know..." ''This disciple of mine really needs a good whippingter! How dare she not believe my words!'' She didn''t believe a single thing that this boaster of a Branch Master saida Branch Master to whom she was subservient to ***** "Hey, Azmond?" "Yes?" "How are we able to get up these stairs now, Azmond?" Crystalline asked with a quizzical voice as they quickly passed through the second floor before making their way to the third floor. "Did the BranchMaster allow us entry or something?" She questioned. Azmond''s apathetic voice followed such a question by Crystalline as they made their way up to the fourth floor. "Yes I think so, for that was my guess as well. And if that is the case, then it looks like this BranchMaster is at the very top of the hierarchy for the Adventurer''s Association in the City of RiverBloom." A few seconds pass by as the three of them and Emu ultimately make their way to the very top of the Adventurer''s Association buildingthe 7th Floor! The Adventurers Association building didn''t look so big from the outside, but for some reason unbeknownst to them, the interior of the Adventurer''s Association past the second floor, seemed to expand outward tenfold what was shown on the outside of the building. And that wasn''t all, as the main building looked like a farrger house of sorts from the exterior, yet it was more like an extremelyrge pagoda on the inside. It didn''t make any sense Nheless, Azmond simply summed up this oddity as just another one of the magical bulls*it things in the world of cultivation. There appeared to be nock of such magical bulls*it these days "This must be the set of doors that lead to the BranchMasters office." The indifferent voice of Azmond echoed out as he, Crystalline, Boundless, and Emu were in the presence of arge set of grandiose-looking doors, over ten feet in height! The doors were a dark gold color and were adorned with a vast quantity of colorful jewels that only further entuated the gold. |This BranchMaster guy must be quite the extravagant person if he is willing to decorate the entrance to his office with such pretty metals!| Boundless started to touch all the jewels on the golden door, as she seemed to be amazed by just about anything that she saw! |Look at this! And this! Have you seen this one yet?!?| She and her jiggly body jumped all over the ce as she pointed out every pretty jewel to Azmond. Clearly indicating that she wanted something just like it! And it didn''t look like she was the only one to have such a positive reaction to such a shiny, resplendent door, as even a little benign ck and gold slime bobbed up and down around the door. "Mhmu! Mhmu!!" It wanted to eat all the jewels on the door! There was no way that such a delicious-looking door didn''t taste like heaven!! Azmond looked at them do whatever they wanted with a tired look on his face. OOOM! However, their amazement didn''tst long as the golden door suddenly began to open up, resulting in both Boundless and Emu falling t on their faces! |What was that for?! I was still looking at the jewels!| She voiced her annoyances with a scrunched-up nose. And she wasn''t the only one "Mhmu!? Mhmu!!?" Emu squeaked as it started to attack the mean door that dared to run away from Emu! However, their grievances were soon interrupted by the ancient and archaic voice of an unknown old man who sat on a rocking chair in the middle of a cryptic-styled room. "Wee." "?!" The sudden release of such a voice surprised Azmond a little bit, as he looked toward the dimly lit room and saw an antiquated old man with long gray hair and an equally long gray beard. It didn''t require a genius to figure out who this old man was. "Are you the BranchMaster?" Asked Azmond. And it didn''t take long for a response toe back, as the ancient eyes of the old man seemed to peer into the very soul of Azmond. Chapter 206: Fun...? "Yes, that''s one of my titles. But you can simply call me Adrian IronHeart. I''m the Branch Master of the Adventurer''s Association in the City of RiverBloom, and I have been on this post for thest 2000 years." The BranchMaster revealed such information as if it were no big deal, while his hands moved toward a particr location in the room. "..." Azmond''s gaze followed the fingers of the old man as he saw something he didn''t quite understand. What he saw was a translucent screen with a massive monster that almost looked like a dragon without wings filling up the entire screen. "You see the monster on that screen? I need you to go and take care of it. If you can do that, then I will immediately allow you to be a C-Rank Adventurer." "???" His ancient and crispy voice found its way to Azmond as he thought over the offer this mysterious BranchMaster proposed as soon as he met him. ''I should take it, righ-?'' However, he didn''t get long to contemte the matter as the ancient voice continued sounding out, "I will also allow both the woman and slime you have with you to advance straight to C-Rank as well." He added with a sinuous smile toward the end. "I ept." Azmond instantly responded. He wasn''t nning to refuse the original offer made by the BranchMaster, and adding such benefits for those around him only further increased his willingness to go through with such a request. "Perfect. All you need to do is head to the east of the City of RiverBloom and you will find their of a certain subspecies of dragon, called an ''Earth Dragon''. You will know itsir when you see it. However, be careful of this monster, for it is known for its sneaky attempts to escape underground after being injured to a near-death state. That is one of the main reasons why all the requests we sent out for its elimination have been left upleted." His wisdom-filled voice found its way over to Azmond, as there was something he didn''t understand about such a request being asked of him. "And why did you think that I would have any better luck than the rest of the Adventurer''s you sent out?" He asked about one of the things he was curious about. After all, why would someone of such a high status and power level go through the trouble of inviting a newbie like him toplete a quest that even veteran Adventurer''s could notplete? "Oh. That is simple," he began with an amused smile forming on his wrinkled face. "It is because I feel like you are different from the rest." "That is all?" ''This old dude is a little too rash with his decisions, is he not?'' "Yes." He replied with a neutral look on his face. This BranchMaster was definitely a lunatic. ... However, so was Azmond! "Alright. Can we head out now?" He asked with a nonchnt expression. "I don''t see why not?" The BranchMaster responded back in a tone just as casual. "Very well. Goodbye." Following such a simple farewell was the figure of the tall fox-masked man dragging along the still aggrieved Boundless and Emu. Crystalline had been clinging to his arm the entire time, so he didn''t have to worry about her suddenly attacking the BranchMaster. |Just let me at him, Azmond! I can take him!| Boundless hissed like a cat who had her tail stepped on while kicking her feet in the air as she was pulled out of the BranchMasters office. "Mhmu! Mhmu!! Mhmu?" Emu was in a simr mood; however, it got a little confused toward the end and just started talking about how it wanted to eat every jewel on that door *Sigh* He ignored their shenanigans and pulled them down the many flights of stairs before making his way out of the Adventurer''s Association. .... BOOOM! His figure soon took flight as he zoomed through the air, heading in the direction of the Earth Dragon. ***** Whip! A busty woman in a tight-fitted suit emerged from the shadows as she looked toward the nonchnt old man on his antiquated rocking chair. "Was that truly wise, sir?" ra asked with a slightly perplexed look on her face. Although she didn''t think much of it before, she just now realized that they sent out a bunch of newbies on a mission to take care of a fearsome Earth Dragon! This specific Earth Dragon was no pushover either, as it had already reached the limits of the C-Rank Beast Category! It was at a rank that Corrted to that of a Peak Nascent Soul Level Beast! It was not something that just anybody in the AquaRing Kingdom could take care of! "Was that wise, you ask?" He began to ponder over the topic for a moment before his response came not long after. "Hmm Who knows? But isn''t it sort of fun to see whether or not he will make it back in one piece?" A slightly expectant look crept up his expression as his divine sense caught a hint of the speeding figure booming through the skies. He didn''t know how that man could move at such insane speeds with a mere Peak Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivation Base; however, did that really matter? He was far more interested in what exactly this man was hiding. He could feel it; there was something extraordinarily special about this man! Even the woman and slime he had with him wereplete mysteries to him. "Fun...?" She questioned with an exhausted voice. She seemed to always forget about the weird personality that her BranchMaster had "Yes, fun. How long has it been since you have had fun, ra? You are already nearing your five hundredth birthday, and yet you still haven''t found yourself a man. Even if you aren''t looking to settle down, shouldn''t you at least go out and have some fun for once? You are always so uptight. It gets a little tiring sometimes." Chapter 207: Dragon Race Ranks! *Spurt Spurt!* ra''s Master''s words shot dozens of holes through her heart! ''How did this conversation suddenly be about me?!? We were talking about your nonchnt decision-making skills, not my love life!!!'' "..." Why was her life so difficult ***** In a deep, expansive series of tunnels, tens of thousands of meters below the ground surface. WAAA! BOOOOOM! A bright crimson aura shed as the earth exploded upwards! A giant scaly lizard over 200 meters in length wasunched out of the ground before it ended up thousands of meters in the air! An emotionless voice followed such a dramatic action as a man in a sunsettish-colored robe emerged from the rubble unscathed. "I told you to stop running. So why didn''t you stop?" He asked while brushing off the debris on his robes. ''What do you mean why didn''t I stop??? You were trying to kill me!!!'' The thoughts of the giant Earth Dragon spiraled around inside of its horned head as it swore it would call this man every single profanity out there if only it could speak the humannguage! Azmond gazed up at the ''flying'' Earth Dragon before his expression became bored again. "Whatever, just die so I can get this ''special mission'' over with." Following such a cold series of words was the subsequent release of a crescent-shaped crimson energy sh! OOOM! The crescentunched toward the Earth Dragon, suspended in mid-air, before its two slitted eyes suddenly separated from one another! *Spurt!* Green and red blood sprayed out of the severed body of the Earth Dragon as both bisected pieces of its 200-meter-long body barreled down to the earth below! *Ding!* *You have Gained Experience +9,500,000* *Ding!* *You havepleted the Active Quest ''Vanquish the Earth Dragon - E-Rank''* He got a few notification pop-ups that informed him of his confirmed kill and thepletion of his quest. But what confused him a little was that the rank of the quest didn''t quite match up with the rank of the beasts designated by the Adventurer''s Association. He realized this with all his past quests as well. Did the quest ranks designated by the System go through stricter ranking structures or something? That must be it... ''But why would the ranking system be so different from the System''s?'' However, his thoughts were soon interrupted by a loud sound ringing out. A loud explosion echoed throughout the barrenndscape when the two sides of the Earth Dragon made contact with the ground surface. "It really does look simr to a western-style dragon." Azmond began to speak with a slightly intrigued expression as he made his way over to the ''corpse'' of the Earth Dragon. Although its appearance was irrelevant now, it did have a few distinctive features that would remind one of a Western-styled dragon. Or rather, more specifically, thoserge spiraling horns and menacing-looking scaly features instantly gave away its distant heritage. However, his attention was quickly attracted to the dark red color of the bissescted beast. "This one is only a red-colored Earth Dragon; there must be stronger variations of this one in the kingdom of AquaRing, right?" He had read in a book somewhere that there was a proper hierarchical system for the dragon speciesa ranking system that included all of the subspecies of dragons as well. The ranking and corresponding power levels of dragons, from descending to ascending order, went like Light Green Dark Green Yellow Orange Light Red Dark Red Light Purple Dark Purple Silver Gold ck All of which corresponded to every Major Realm in the World of Asterion. The ''Earth Dragon'' that he had just dispatched of would be ssified as a ''dragon sub-species'' in the Dark Red Category. Anything past the Yellow Rank Dragon could be considered quite rare in the entirety of Asterion, and only a few ces would have monsters at the Dark Red Rank and above. That wasn''t to say that there weren''t an uncountable number of monsters and beings at the Nascent Soul Realm; it was just that Dragon subspecies were few and far between. That was not to mention the far superior pure-blood Dragons... They were practically an extinct race in the World Of Asterion! Azmond was lucky enough to have witnessed and defeated a few dragon subspecies on his journey that led to the present. However, even he had only seen a handful of such dragons subspeciesdragon that only had very miniscule amounts of dragon blood in them. Dragons are veryscivious and lustful creatures by nature and they mate with just about everything they can get their hands on. So why are their numbers so few, you might ask? Well, that is because a countless number of years ago, dragons were nearly hunted to extinction by thebined efforts of every race on Asterion. During an Era that went down as the ''Age Of Extinction''. And as you could infer, it was dubbed such a name because of the extinction event that urred with the dragons oh so long ago. However, none of that was relevant for the current Azmond, so let us get back to it ..... Azmond cut off the horns of the Earth Dragon and let Emu devour the rest of it. Something that clearly put a happy look on its slimy expression! "Mhmu!" It squeaked before opening up its mouth to an unbelievably disproportionate size. Chomp! The corpse subsequently disappeared. An apathetic voice followed such an unexinable event: "Are you guys ready to head back to the Adventurer''s Association?" "Mhm," responded a beautiful woman in a white kimono and a fox mask. She quickly moved over to the stalwart figure of Azmond before linking arms with him. |Don''t forget about me!!| eximed a gorgeous woman with long brown hair and big, round eyes. She frolicked over to him before linking arms with his left side. However, they weren''t the only ones looking to take their spots back as a ck and gold slime bounced on top of his long bed of raven ck hair. "Mhmu!" Emu chirped! Chapter 208: Contracted Beast Token "I know, little buddy, we will take the proof ofpletion back before we head out once more with our new C-Rank Adventurer identities. Our options for hunting higher-level monsters will be a lot more open after that happens." Azmond spoke with a small smile before his figure sprang up like a broken coil, quickly reaching the stratosphere, before his figure shed through the skies at speeds surpassing supersonic levels! .... BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Dozens of sonic booms echoed out across the vast bluends below, as exotic and unusual animals scattered in every direction upon the sonic booms reaching them! .... "Hmm?" An ancient voice sounded out in a slightly inquisitive tone. "ra." "I know, sir. We are checking the cause of the sounds right now." She responded in a frantic voice. Her body zipped through the room, flipping through all the contacts she knew, attempting to target the source of such rapidly approaching sonic booms! However, her efforts were instantly halted by the next words that came out of the old man sitting on a decrepit rocking chair. "There is no need. It is just that MorningStar Adventurer we sent out not even five minutes ago," he muttered in a slightly astonished tone. Even he himself couldn''t believe what he was saying! Was that F-Rank Adventurer in the Peak Foundation Establishment Realm already done with his quest? Or did he fail toplete it? Logic dictates that it was most likely thetter option, but why did he have a feeling that it was the first option?? "What?" Disbelief was etched on those pretty features of hers. ''He''s already back? But how could that be? He just left! Is sir telling me that he dispatched a peak C-Rank subspecies of dragon in less than 10 minutes? A Peak C-Rank dragon would beparable to that of the average B-Rank Monster! He took care of such such a mighty beast in such a short time!? Impossible!!'' She seemed to fervently believe that this old man was simply going senile! ..... "Here is the proof ofpletion." Plop! However, her beliefs were thrown to the side before they could even be tangible. "..." She couldn''t believe her eyes. Tworge, dark-red spiraling horns wereid right in front of herhorns that ''used'' to belong to a beast that was even capable of contending with the average Early-Soul Transformation Realm Cultivator! The BranchMaster''s response to such a spectacle was, "I see" "I predicted this, of course. But you let me down on yourpletion time. I thought you would make it back within 3 minutes, but it looks like you were a little short of my expectations." His ''knowing'' voice echoed through the cryptic room as he looked off into the distance. "Oh" Azmond began with an understanding look on his face. "We actually would''ve made it back by the three-minute mark, but ''we'' got a little distracted on the way over." His gaze immediately darted to the brown-eyed busty beauty that was attached to his left side. |Tehee~| The culprit in question giggled a little before snuggling her head back into his robes. "..." Nheless, in spite of such shenanigans by Boundless, he never would''ve guessed that this mysterious old man would actually give out such urate predictions. ''Is he actually some elusive, all-powerful master?'' He started to see the boastful old man in a new light. However, said old man opened one eye and saw that look through his fox mask, and only one thought went through his weathered mind. ''He wants my money!'' "No extra rewards." He began with a serious expression. "???" Azmond didn''t know what this old dude was talking about. The BranchMaster interpreted such confusion as disappointment, as his next words would be an ''attempt'' at ''soothing'' his frustrations. "Hoho, don''t worry, young man; I keep my promises. Even though you didn''t quite live up to my expectations, that won''t change." He got out his ''wisened'' words with a content expression before he figured he ought to reiterate something else. "You still won''t be receiving any additional rewards..." He seemed really adamant on thatst part. An indifferent voice responded a few millisecondster, "Okay, I understand." Although he couldn''tprehend what this old dude was talking about, he just assumed it was one of the side effects of old age, and moved his attention to the three silver objects in the BranchMaster''s hand. "These are your new Adventurer Identity Tokens; take care of them," he announced before he threw the silver tokens in the direction of Azmond. Ding! He wlessly caught all three of them, and the first thing he noticed was a few discrepancies between two of them and thest one. The first two had the symbol of two silver swords crossed over one another, while thest one had some sort of wolf-type monster on the front of it. However, he didn''t get long to brood over the matter as the owner of the ancient voice immediately noticed such a peculiar reaction to acquiring the silver tokens. "If you''re wondering why thest one is different from the other two, then it''s because that one''s for that little slime up there," he informed with a neutral expression as he pointed up to the ck and gold slime on Morningstar''s head. "??" He thought over it for a moment before he understood what he was talking about. "Ahh A different type of token for ''Contracted Beasts'', huh? Does it have the same functions as the ones for humanoid-type beings?" "Precisely, and yes, it does have the same privileges as those for humans. Beast tamers and anything simr to them are quite respected around here. Only second in status to Mages and every other profession in their tree line." His antiquated voice was followed by him conjuring a little hologram-type spell with his hands, depicting those of a few different professions that stood at the top of the social hierarchy. Although your cultivation realm was the first and foremost primary designator for your rank in this world, that didn''t mean that it was the only deciding factor to determine your ce in the World of Asterion. Those with professions could oftentimes even allow individuals to leapfrog realms to fight those without professions! Chapter 209: The Profession System Info Dump Below ..... Even though such cases were rare for those with ''weaker'' professions, it was practically a guarantee for those with ''higher ranking'' professions. Most people thought about the ''profession system'' as another type of ''innately born talent system'' for those who weren''t even aware they could advance to higher qualities of body cultivationws, such as Heavenly, Divine, and Quantum. It was sort of seen as the monce'' talent gauger of the world of Asterion, and that wasn''t merely limited to the world of Asterion, as just about every mortal world used a simr talent system to separate the useless from the ''Heavenly Geniuses''. There were also a few other ways to determine the talent and potential of an individual, such as their spirit roots, techniqueprehension,wprehension, and aptitude for Physical Body Cultivation. However, such indicators were more like add-ons to what your profession was, and more often than not, they were centered around the profession that was given to you at birth. The only reason that such a thing wasn''t tested at birth, like with Azmond, was because you couldn''t figure out which profession you were born with until you reached your twelfth birthday and headed to a Holy Cathedral or a ce with simr functions. The age you when you had the opportunity to figure out your profession just so happened to be at an age where everyonebeside Azmondstarted to cultivate. For most affluent families, the order for their children went like The child preps their body and imbibes all the information they can before they reach the age of twelve. They reach the age of twelve. Go activate their profession at a Holy Cathedral or simr facility in whatever Kingdom or Empire they are living in. They start cultivating upon learning what direction they want their cultivation to go in. This order was, of course, strictly for those born of richer descent. For the majority of the inhabitants of Asterion, they didn''t have the necessary wealth to travel to a main port like the Holy Cathedral in the Kingdom of AquaRing. They would have to wait dozens, if not hundreds, of years, barely scraping by and cultivating with what little wealth they had, before ultimately scrunging up just enough money to allow them to travel to a main port and pay for the divination ceremony. Power ruled the world! And what did all people with power have that all the people weaker than them did not? The answer was money! Everything revolves around power and money! With enough power and money, you could control every aspect of the world like cogs in a machine. .... Info dump over "So, are we done here?" A deep, raspy voice sounded out. Azmond looked toward the old, wrinkled figure of the old BranchMaster in his rocking chair with a slightly impatient expression on his face. A confirmation soon followed from the decrepit man in question: "Yes, we are. You can head out and do as you will." He waved his hand as Azmond, Crystalline, Boundless, and Emu were waved out of the room, followed by a mming of the BranchMasters doors. Bang! "???" They were all confused about what just urred and how they were suddenly teleported outside the entrance to the BranchMasters room. However, none of them dwelled on that matter for long as they looked toward the staircase before making their way down. It was unknown what the others were feeling, but Azmond really wanted to go out and hunt even more C-Rank Monsters with his new Adventurer Status! He would''ve already gone out and exterminated higher-level monsters like that without the help of the Adventurer''s Association. However, finding the location of higher-level beings at the Nascent Soul Realm and above without the informationwork provided by the association made that practically impossible! Even with his insanely inted divine sense, he wasn''t confident that he would be able to find a single C-Rank Monster in less than 2 days of searching. All the powerful monsters he had found before were just because of ''fortuitous'' encounters with beasts that wished to consume him. And that of course didn''t exclude the beasts that were sent by the elusive being''s ying with his fate from beyond the heavensbeings that he still had a deep enmity he had yet to resolve with them *Tap Tap* "..." "..." "..." A couple of masked figures and a ck and gold slime stepped down from the final staircase as they bore witness to the astonished stares from all the Adventurer''s that congregated on the first floor of the building. "Are those the guys?" Whispered a D-Rank Adventurer. He had been out for a few days, attempting to make his way into the C-Rank, despite his insufficient cultivation base at the Peak Golden Core Formation Realm. However, nothing seemed to be capable of allowing his reputation to skyrocket enough to allow him to bypass the C-Rank! ''If only I had the back door they had!'' His thoughts veered in the direction of hatred as he looked at the couple and their slime with a malevolent re in his eyes. And it looked like he wasn''t the only one with such malicious intentions towards the group, as a few dozen Adventurer''s eyed those silver tokens hanging off their robes with obvious greed! "Yeah, and then we can do that" "How about this?..." "No, let''s do it this way'' "Can''t we do it like this instead?" They started to group up and whisper among themselves. ''Up to no good'' was practically written all over their faces. "..." Azmond and Crystalline noticed such ill-intent directed toward them; however, they could care less about the envy of mere bugs, so they ignored them and went on their way. The doors to the Adventurer''s Association suddenly mmed open! A man around 6''1 with medium-length brown hair and a woman around 5''7 with long blonde hair rushed into the Adventurers Association with clear panic written on their faces. "Where is the BranchMaster!?" Screamed the man. Chapter 210: We Can Also Taste That Woman! The panicked brown-haired man, along with thedy Adventurer, waited for an answer toe; however, everyone in the guild still seemed to be trying to process exactly what was happening right now. Why were two of the Void Refining Realm B-Rank Hunters that presided in their city in such a rush to meet the BranchMaster?! "We need to have a meeting with him right away. Can someone please tell us if he is here right now? The barrier that istes his office is preventing us from checking for ourselves." Thedy with long blond hair asked with a calmer demeanor. However, on the inside, she was freaking out! What they just witnessed could spell the doom of every inhabitant of the City of RiverBloom! An average-looking man in leather armor finally built up the courage to respond to the duo, as his voice came out in a nervous tone: "Mi-Miss, he''s in his office right now." WHOOSH! They didn''t even bother replying to the man who spoke, as they disappeared from their spots and darted up the stairs at a speed unable to be discerned by anyone other than Azmond and his group. "What do you think is going on?" asked Crystalline as she looked up at Azmond. However, he was just as clueless about the frantic behavior of the two Adventurer''s as she was. "I wonder that as well." ''Both of those adventurer''s are at the very peak of the Soul Transformation Realm. What could possibly put them in such a state of urgency?? Is something big about to happen?'' BOOOOOOOOOM! "?!?" His thoughts were interrupted by the abrupt sound of an insanely loud explosion! "What was that?!?" An E-Rank Adventurer eximed as he looked toward the other Adventurer''s for answers. "You ask me, and who am I supposed to ask?!?" responded a D-Rank Adventurer. Another D-Rank Adventurer began to yell outward as well: "All I know is that the explosion that just urred had to have been close by! Either that or something truly monstrous is residing outside the vicinity of the City Gates! And I don''t know about you guys, but I am hoping it is the first case" "Activate your divine senses," bellowed a gruff looking D-Rank Adventurer! Everyone attempted to release their divine senses to see what the source of such an explosion was; however, they couldn''t find anything no matter how hard they searched! However, they didn''t even get the time to contemte such an anomaly Another explosion boomed outwards as the earth below everyone''s feet started to violently tremble! It almost seemed like the explosion was getting closer! "?!?" "?!?" "?!?" They had no idea what in the hell was going on right now! "Screw this; I''m going outside to see what themotion is!" A rash D-Rank adventurer got tired of just sitting around, as he felt like it would be better to go outside and see what the cause of such a series of explosions was! Bang! However, he couldn''t even make it half a step outside before the Adventurer Association door once again mmed open! Drip drip! The sound of a liquid dripping to the ground leaked into everyone''s ears as they saw the sight of a man in blue-colored armor with a blue pin on his chest, limping into the Adventurer''s Association. "Pl-Pleas, He-Help.." He pleaded with a fading voice as he fell to the ground. Everyone was so distracted by yet another person entering the Guild doors that theypletely overlooked the fact that the City Guard who just came in, was missing the entire left side of his body! In fact, he had already died the moment he hit the ground! "!?!?" "!?!?" Everyone had officially started freaking out! "Oh, hell naw!! I am getting the fuck out of here!!" The first man who attempted to leave a bit ago once again howled out as he ran out that door like his life depended on it! Tap! He made it outside the door in record time; however, he didn''t even have the time to revel in such an aplishment, as a sudden ck-colored Qi de came flying out of nowhere! "What is th-?" sh! The top part of his body slid off the lower half as his still puzzled face fell onto the hard blue cobblestone! Spurt! Blood sprayed out of the part he was severed at as his blood began to dye the blue streets red! ... "?!?" "?!?" Everybody was so fucking confused right now!! What the fuck was happening in their city?!? They were left staring agape at the severed figure of the D-Rank Adventurer who attempted to escape. However, such a stupor didn''tst long "Ahgghh, He-Help Me!!!" "Pl-Please, N-No, Don''t Kill Me! Ahhh-" "My baby! Please, not my baby!! NOOoooo!" Painful cries and anguished screams echoed out across the once lively streets as people were dying left and right! .. "..." ''How did a Quest Grinding session suddenly turn into a major event like this one?'' Azmond thought to himself with a tired look on his face. He sent out his divine sense and saw millions of monsters of every race and size, causing havoc in the city as they killed and decimated every ce they passed by! The entire City of RiverBlooma city that had a circumference of hundreds of mileswas literally on fire! Hundred-meter-long praying mantises and four hundred-meter-long fuzzy spiders, along with thousands of other giant monsters, swept away every building and human life they rampaged by! If the Kingdom of AquaRing wasn''t in a rtively high-level area, then the entire city and even the few hundreds of thousands of miles that surrounded the city would''ve already beenpletely evaporated by this onught of monsters! .... However, in spite of such chaos, there were a few people lurking in the shadows, devising a nefarious na n that just so happened to be centered around a certain fox-masked man. "... Are you ready?" "Wait a second more. Whatever is happening outside allows us to have the perfect cover-up. We can also taste that woman while we''re at it!" "Now, rush him!" Amanding voice reverberated out as six or seven adventures snuck up behind the fox masked man. Chapter 211: Monsters Rampaging Through The City! "Stab him, now!" The first voicemanded! Spurt! Spurt! Following the sound of blood spraying out, the mahogany floors were stained red! Thud! Thud! Thud! Six heads rolled to the ground in gory fashion as a cold-blooded stare found its way into the leading man''s eyes. "What?!?" The leading man eximed. ''This wasn''t how it was supposed to go down! He''s just a Peak-Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator! How did he take out all six of them as easily as that?!? Every single one of them was in the Core Formation Realm!!'' He couldn''t believe what was transpiring in front of him! All six of the strong men he sent ahead died just like that! However, such ''grief'' didn''tst long for the leading man, as it was soon reced with uneptance. ''Ho-How could this happen!? It must be a lie!! All I wanted was to make it to C-Rank, despite the talent and wealth gap that prevents me from progressing past the Golden Core Formation Realm!! Is that so much to ask???'' Thud! His thoughts swirled around as his robust figure copsed to the ground! There was something that confused him, though He didn''t remember kneeling down, so what was this situation? ''Hmm? Was the ceiling always in that direction??'' He looked ahead and saw the floor suddenly be the roof, and vice versa. ''Oh'' That was when he realized it. ''I''m already dead, huh'' Spurt! Another head rolled to the ground! Nheless, everyone in the Adventurer''s Guild was too concerned with the ongoing mayhem outside to concern themselves with the squabblings of other adventurers. "What should we do?!?" asked a scrawny G-Rank Adventurer. "What should we do, you ask?!? Of course we should go out and fight!!!" Following such a response were the subsequent pounding footsteps that were produced by arger man in the C-Rank category, rushing out the door! This time was far different from thest time, as the man well into the Nascent Soul Realm sessfully made it out the Guild doors! He even started tomence battle with a 30 foot-long bear monster in the Nascent Soul Realm! BOOOM! BAM! Their fight started off with a bang! The two of them tussled in the blue cobblestone streets, eventually taking the fight away from the Adventurer''s Association as they barreled through houses and buildings! "Let''s go out and fight as well!!" Hollered a D-Rank Adventurer. "Yeah, anyone who stays is a coward!!!" "Fight with everything you knuckleheads got!!! This is our city!! And I refuse to allow some dirty monsters to do with it as they will!!!!" A well-built C-Rank Adventurer feverishly yelled! "Hell yeah!!!" "Let''s go!"... Everyone else followed the C-Rank Adventurer''s leads as they too rushed out the Association doors before starting fights with whatever monsters they could find! ... "..." The only ones still left on the Guild''s first floor through sixth floor were Azmond, Crystalline, Boundless, and Emu. They were four figures who simply stood there, seemingly waiting for something to happen. "Is that big one almost here yet?" Crystalline asked with an inquisitive tone. "It is close." He responded to her question as he scanned out with his divine sensehis divine sense eventually reached a point where he saw a giant wall that stretched on for tens of thousands of meters! However, that wall suddenly began to move!! It lifted high up in the air before subsequently smashing down on the earth below! BOOOOOOOOOM! Another boisterous explosion reverberated outward, exactly like thest two! Except this one appeared closer... "What realm is that behemoth at, Azmond?" The pretty voice of Crystalline dripped into his ears once more. She didn''t have a divine sense as expansive as Azmond''s, so she could not see the beast. She could only feel its existence. And what she felt from that existence was death! It was certain death! That was all she felt uponing into contact with that monster''s aura! Azmond, upon hearing the question voiced by her, looked in her direction before speaking in a serious tone. "I don''t know... I can only see its gigantic feet with the current capabilities of my divine sense," he began with a contemtive expression. "However, what I do know is that this monster is at least one hundred thousand meters in length. Something of that size could only be made possible by a" "A Unity Form Synthesis Realm being" She finished his sentence, as she now understood the full severity of this situation. She may have approached the peak stages of the Early Soul Transformation Realm, but in the face of such an existence, she might as well be on the same level as thin air And she wasn''t the only one in such an internal predicament, as even Azmond himself would stand no chance in hell at beating the likes of a Unity Form Synthesis Realm Monster. The chasm thaty between the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm and the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm could be seen as the difference between Heaven and Earth! That is not to mention that Azmond only has totalbat power (With Emu) at the Late Void Refining Realm. With his current strength, he would be nothing more than a snack for such a beast! "..." "..." Being given such a set of cards left them with four options. One, they fight the Unity Form Synthesis monster anyway and hope to win by some unknown miracle. Two, they run away from the City of RiverBloom and never look back. Doing such a thing wouldn''t be seen as cowardly by the majority of people in Asterion. After all, a Unity Form Synthesis Realm monster was only something that someone at the apex of a high-ranking kingdom could take care of. There were, of course, the Empires and the highly secretive sects of the World of Asterion. And they too would possess the ability to easily dispatch of such a beast; however, more often than not, they were too busy fighting at the starry seaboard to bother themselves with the matters of the mundane world. Chapter 212: Of Course I Could Fly! The second option aligned with the third option in a way, with the third option being to call for backup and hope that someone of a high enough caliber arrives on time. This option leading to sess is almost an impossible urrence, considering that they would need an S-Rank Adventurer or a Unity Form Synthesis Elder at the minimum. All of which were preupied with the ongoing battle at the Starry Seaboard... And then there was the fourth option, the one that was most suitable for Azmond and his gang. That option being... To kill all the lower-ranking monsters and hope they gain enough levels to ovee the imminent cmity heading their way! BOOOOOOOOOOOM! And it looked like their decision was decided for them, as yet another step was made by the colossal beast! A beast that was on a collision course for the City of RiverBloom! ... "Who is ready to clean up the weeds?" Azmond''s voice sounded out with a slightly expectant tone. "..." |...| "Mhmu" His voice seemed to resonate with the group''s existence''s as they all looked toward the tall man with a fox mask on. Their expressions showed nothing but excitement for the insane monster hunter spree that was toe! Even Boundless, as one who''s tethered to the ''Boundless System'' and unable to get stronger in the technical sense, was as pumped up as the rest of them! She may not be able to level up personally, but her existence could still grow through the constant leveling of Azmond and his system functions. "Mhmu!" Emu pitched in as it had already transformed into its Katana Flux Form andnded in his hand. "Well, it looks like you are quite the impatient one, hah~," he chuckled a little before his gaze moved over to the two beauties. They both wore determined looks on their faces, as they were ready to y their parts! "Can I go off and hunt on my own, Azmond?" Crystalline asked with a conflicted expression. She didn''t want to leave his side, but she also wanted to prove to herself and to Azmond that she could be independent when it counted most. However, in spite of such thoughts, she was expecting him to immediately deny her request. Which is why the words that came next surprised her greatly. "Sure, just stay within the city walls, and don''t go near that Unity Form Synthesis Monster. And you don''t need to ask for my permission next time; you can do as you will, as long as you stay safe." His earnest words came out like the sweetest of honey for her, as a small blush formed on those smooth cheeks of hers. However, she didn''t look away from him this time; in fact, she gazed right into his eyes before a resolute voice sounded out. "I will ride you like a stallion when we get back." That was the only thing she said before she disappeared and traveled throughout the burning City Of RiverBloom. ''What the fuck was that?!? That was most definitely the wrong dialogue, right?!?'' He was left utterly baffled by the bold and wanton words of his Little Ice Roll! When did she be such a pervert?!? ''Is it my fault she became like this?'' He was beginning to think that he was a terrible influence, and he wouldn''t be wrong in that train of thought. "Well, whatever, we will have a ''talk'' about thatter. For now, we should head out and take care of some monsters as well." He quickly discarded that topic and looked toward a Void-Refining Centipede monster he saw attempting to climb over the walls of RiverBloom. Witnessing such a sight left a few question marks inside his head. The first one being how all these monsters suddenly appeared in the city out of thin air!? And the second one being why some of them seemed to being from outside the City Walls. Was there something more to this chaos than meets the eye??? Or was he just overthinking things?? However, it didn''t take long for him to leave the overthinking forter. Right now, all he wanted to do was level up like no other! "Well, whatever I will figure out everything in due time." His words faded away as he disappeared from his spot and shot toward the centipede monster climbing the Eastern Walls! He also took a cursory nce at Crysatlline''s interface on the way over, just so he could inform her of the progress she made after this fiasco was over and done with. A blue interface screen shed as a few sets of words appeared. [Crystalline: Tier 0: Level 167] {[Stats: Strength: 15,567,898, Speed: 16,767,899, Defense: 20,560,986, Qi: 25,688,896]} {[Rtionship Status: Lover]}] He looked over the information while zipping through the skies at supersonic speeds and noticed that the stats seemed to corrte to the ''power levels'' designated by this world as well. Or, at least it was that way now... It almost seemed like the system was adjusting to his environment, which subsequently led to the previous stat units being tranted into whatever the meta mainstream was in his area. |Hehe~ That''s my handiwork; you''re wee!| Boundless giggled into his ears as she floated beside him at a constant speed, replicating his own. "... How can you fly?" He asked with a ''calm'' tone. |Oh Well, I could always fly, but I was toozy to fly myself, so I thought it would be better to tell you I couldn''t! I like free rides!| She bubbled as she clung to his body. He naturally ignored the yammerings of the girl and that sensual figure pressing up against him, as a vein started to bulge on his forehead. ''This girl is seriously'' He couldn''t even properly formte the correct term to call her. She was just so... *Sigh* He let out an exasperated sigh before his nonchnt words soon followed. "Whatever" He seemed to be saying that a lottely Chapter 213: Level Up Spam! BOOOoOoOOM! A loud explosion boomed out as Azmond made contact with the gigantic head of the Void Refining Realm centipede! Spurt! BOOOOM! Its head instantly exploded into a million different pieces as its body, which extended for thousands of meters, fell to the ground outside the Eastern Gates. *Ding!* *You have gained experience +1,500,000,000* "That makes the first kill." His apathetic voice was followed by his spotting of another Early Void-Refining Monster attempting to climb the eastern edge of the wall. This time it was a creature that looked eerily simr to that of a sloth. Crack! The wall Azmond was leaning on cracked under the force of his leap! His stalwart figureunched right toward the sloth-like beast, with Emu in hand. "Mhmu!" Chomp! His katana wiggled a little as it consumed the colossal centipede''s corpse before returning to its materialized katana form. WAAA! An immense aura was released from the sloth-like monster, as unlike itspatriot, it immediately noticed the tiny human spiraling toward it! "Rawrghhh!!!" A savage roar bellowed out from the sloth-like monster as it got its four thousand-meter-wide body on top of the city walls! "You think that will change anything?" An emotionless voice reverberated inside of the sloth''s ears, as somehow the tiny ant had already found its way beside his head! ROAARRR!! WHOOSH! An explosion echoed out as it pped its skyscraper-sized ws in the direction of Azmond! A good chunk of the top of the Eastern Wall copsed upon the sloth''s attack making contact; however, what it was trying to kill made it out of such a strike without a scratch. "Nothing but a futile struggle." A sinuous voice once again made its way into the sloth''s ears; however, this time, the owner of said voice didn''t give the sloth the chance to react. SLASH! A sh! SPURT! And a head fell off the sloth''s shoulders! Its Nascent Soul and Essence Soul were both disintegrated in that sh! There was nothing left of the mighty sloth that once ruled over a portion of the Great Wilnds Forest! *Ding!* *You have gained experience +3,500,000,000* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Exterminate the Sloth OverLord - 1/1''* *Ding!* *Maximum des awarded for your wless performance!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience + 8,500,000,000* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* Following such a series of system notifications was the mildly mncholic voice of Azmond. "... I really liked Sloth''s in my past life," he began with a doleful aura. "It truly is too bad that the sloth was such arge bag of Exp Not to mention that it had probably already killed tens of thousands of people to acquire a title like ''OverLord''." He convinced himself that killing such a monster was for the greater good as he looked toward another part of the Eastern Wall and saw dozens of Soul Transformation Realm Monsters start crawling over the side. "Well, it looks like we have a lot more monsters to take care of, little Emu." He mused with a small smile stered on his face. Bzzt! His katana vibrated a little, as it looked like Emu couldn''t be any more excited at the moment! It could finally kill all the monsters that it wanted!! Emupletely forgot about the millions of monsters it consumed not even a full day ago. The wall cracked in the same manner asst time, being the prelude to Azmond rocketing straight toward the group of Soul Transformation Realm Monsters that were attempting to invade the city! Emu made sure to ''clean up'' the sloth corpse, of course! "Let''s try a skill I haven''t used in what feels like forever." His dry voice was followed by the subsequent release of a mass of fire and lightning energies congregating around the speeding figure of Azmond. After a few nanoseconds of preparing for the casting of the spell, a silent enunciation of a certain phrase reverberated inside his head. |Cataclysmic Annihtion| The immense fire and lightning energies surrounding his figure were materialized and released in the form of a massive golden-red crescent de! "Eskeetch!!" All of the Soul Transformation Realm Monsters immediately felt the disturbance in the atmosphere as they looked over to the source, only to find a golden-red crescent de over 2000 meters in length blitzing straight toward them! "Rawrgh!!!!" "Eskeetch!!!" A few screeches and roarster, and every Soul Transformation Realm Monster, along with a chunk of the eastern side of the wall, were evaporated from existence! *Ding!* *You have gained experience +80,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +45,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +65,000,000* *Ding! You-*... *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Kill all the Soul Transformation Realm Monsters invading the Eastern Side of the Wall - 18/18''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +6,000,000,000* Following another series of system notifications, there was a small increase in power for Azmond. "It looks like I will have to take out tens of thousands of Soul Transformation Realm Monsters if I wish to reach the limit of Tier 0. Which, ording to Boundless, will be when I reach level 250." He spoke in a calm manner as he saw sudden eruptions of monsters swarm over every side of the walls encapsting the City of RiverBloom. "This will definitely take a while; however, it would be sort of underwhelming if that wasn''t the case." A wide grin emerged on his masked features as he phased through the skies, resuming his killing spree! *Ding!* *You have gained experience +3,800,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +46,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +457,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +2,000,000* *Ding!... You have gained* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest''...* *Ding!* *You have* A seemingly infinite number of notifications pop-ups swarmed his vision as he mowed through all the monsters climbing the walls! Chapter 214: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Hundreds Of Remote Exp Grinders ... *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +6,500,000,000* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Kill The Mole King - 1/1* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +23,500,000,000* *Ding!... You have* Another series of notifications appeared in Azmond''s view as he stood atop the corpse of a massive mole-like monster over five thousand meters in size. It had already been five minutes since all these monsters began their rampage through the City of RiverBloom, and he had already taken out tens of thousands of monsters in such a short span of time. The number of times he had leveled up so far was quite a sizable amount. The experience notifications being even more numerous, as they never stopped bombarding his System Interface. "Hmm I wonder what level I''m at now." A curious voice echoed out as he really felt the urge to check his System Interface! And that feeling quickly won him over as he called upon the System, and a blue sh spread out! Followed by a blue, translucent screen with gold outlines appearing in his vision. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Novice Vanquisher] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 12/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Foundation Establishment] [Stage: Peak-Peak(12pression cyclespleted (Can attempt to breakthrough to the Quantum Core Formation Realm at any moment] [Quantum Law Assimtion Rate: 0.00999%] (Capped at the current value until you break through to the Quantum Core Formation Realm.) [Physique: Quantum Law Body Rank 1] [Dao Heart Rank: Absolute Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 3(Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating Monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) {[First Unique Function]} Premature Release due to unforeseen circumstances [Function: (Quantum Katana Flux), Host has the ability to use (Emu) when in (Katana Form) to tremendously enhance the power of the User] {[Second Unique Function]} - [Name: Soulforge Ascendancy] - [Function: Allows the one bonded with (Emu) to gain a portion of the cultivation base of other being through the devouring of said beings] [???] (hidden till unlocked) [Law: Quantum Law: Level 1] ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 0: Level 203] [Exp needed for next level: 50,000,000,000] [Total Exp: 360,000,000,000] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Late Stages of the Middle Void Refining Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate and strongest technique.) (Late Stages of Late-Void Refining with (Emu).] [STR: Peak Stages of the Early Void Refining Realm] [DEF: Peak Stages of the Early Void Refining Realm] [SPD: Peak Stages of the Early Void Refining Realm] [QI: Peak Stages of the Early Void Refining Realm] [Int: Meh. (But, I see you!!)] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Charisma: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 23 (20000 experience gained after partially absorbing a Top Tier Primordial Yin] [Dual Cultivation Rank: Newbie Dual Cultivator] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: 1] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: 1] [Primordial Yins Fully Absorbed: None] [Primordial Yins Partially Absorbed: 1 (The Ice Phoenix Primordial Yin {[Divine Rank]})] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: D-Rank. (3 Days worth of Dual Cultivation garnered you a D Rank Bonus ((Weak stamina))] [Boundless''s Comment: |I really don''t like this section!) ** Angry Cat Noises Intensify **] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: [New Active Quests: Join the ranks of an organization known as the ''Adventurers Guild'' situated in the ''AquaRing'' Kingdom, and climb up the hierarchicaldder for as far as you can manage. - ''/'' Unfinished]}] [Total Quests Completed: 556] [Overall Quest Rating: None] [Quest Completion Bonus: None] [Overachiever Bonus: None] [Bonuses received: 556] ==<[Vanquisher des]>== Title Rank: {[Vanquisher Novice]} H-Rank Enemies Defeated: 3,648,000 G-Rank Enemies Defeated: 643,500 F-Rank Enemies Defeated: 24,250 E-Rank Enemies Defeated: 789 D-Rank Enemies Defeated: 345 C-Rank Enemies Defeated: 23 B-Rank And Above Enemies Defeated: None ==<[Party Function]>== [Main Party Members: Emu, Crystalline] (Main Party Member Experience Bonus: 10% (20%) [Non-Main Party Members: 378 Humans] [Party Member Experience Bonus: None] [Non-Party Members Experience Percentage Gain: 10%] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom] [Boundless''s Comment: Why are so many women around my master] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Automatic Language Trantions]}, {[Divine Devil Arts]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]} [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect [Comprehension Of Most Used Skills: (Quantum Rift de: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 1)]}, (Lightning Laceration: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 1)]}), (Cataclysmic Annihtion: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 1)})] ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==== Hunting monsters with Azmond is fun!!! Although, that dumb bimbo cow is taking all the glory again! Humph! .... "Hmm" He went into a deep state of concentration as he observed a bunch of changes in his System Interface. There were, of course, the obvious augmentations in his strength due to the absorption of monsters and the subsequent level ups that followed. But there were also a few changes in his ''Vanquisher'' tab, ''Quest'' tab, and his Cultivation Realm. The first few changes were self-exnatory, and his realm was the same; however, he was more than a little surprised by the fact that he had reached such a point in his cultivation that he could attempt to break through to the Early Quantum Core Formation Realm at any time. Such a pleasant revtion was all due to his little buddy, Emu. He went to look at his katana with a kind and affectionate gaze, however BOOOOOOOOOOOM An insanely loud explosion exploded outward as the Unity Form Synthesis Monster took another step forward! Azmond immediately released his divine sense and could now view the entirety of the city-sized figure that was approaching RiverBloom at breakneck speeds! This beast was so massive that it took a good five minutes of constant movement for Azmond to ultimately end up catching a glimpse of its appearance! Its appearance resembled that of a bipedal humanoid-like figure with long, blue fur growing out of every part of its colossal body. It was a monster that strangely resembled that of the stories about ''bigfoots'' in Azmond''s past life. And he realized this little tidbit as well, as he couldn''t help but be amazed by the simrity of his past world''s ''mystical beasts'' to all of the monsters in this world. But more than that, he was left astonished at the sheer size of the beast, which trumped even the size of the entire City Of RiverBloom! He had originally predicted its size to be around a hundred thousand meters based on the size of its foot; however, he was more than a little off the mark, as this monstrosity measured in at approximately three hundred thousand meters! Gigantic couldn''t even begin to describe the size of this bigfoot-like Unity Form Synthesis Realm Monster. Witnessing the full immensity of the monster hauntingly walking toward the city he resided in only put Azmond in an even more rushed state. He had to be stronger faster! So much faster! He had around an hour until that behemoth touched ground on the City of RiverBloom, an action that wouldpletely crush every ounce of life in RiverBloom! Chapter 215: A Unity Form Synthesis Realm Monster... A Puppet?? ..... It didn''t matter that this was a higher-level area! That was just how much power came along with that humongous body the approaching creature possessed! "If I wish to contend with that beast, then I will need to level up to the max level of 250, and I also need to break through to the Middle Quantum Golden Core Realm at the very least." Azmond, with new seemingly impossible goals in mind, drew his attention toward the millions of monsters still causing chaos throughout the city. *Ding!* *You have gained experience +6,000,000 from your ''Main-Party Member: Crystalline''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +345,500 from your ''Non-Party Member: Albert Einstein''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +65,700 from your ''Non-Party Member: Goku''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +269,800,000 from your ''Non-Party Member: Akira Toriyama''* "..." And it looked like he wasn''t the only one trying to get stronger, as his Ice Queen, along with the hundreds of people he added to his party, were hard at work. ... sh! Yet another head fell to the ground as a 6,000-meter-wide spider no longer had the upper half of its body! Spurt! Green and purple blood rained down from the skies as a tall figure in a sunsettish-colored robe and a red fox mask stood atop a spider leg thousands of meters in length. "That makes level 220." His cold and emotionless voice reverberated as he stared in the direction of the inner city. A direction where a certain ck-haired beauty with ungodly slopes danced along the roof tops as she battled a snow leopard-type monster! This particr monster was in the Middle Soul Transformation Realm, and it could be ssified as quite the powerhouse in such a realm. Its three hundred-meter-wide body was evidence of that fact! Whoosh! Whoosh! Ice spikes darted through the skies as Crystalline cast one of the techniques passed down through the members of her sect. |Hoarfrost Impale| "Just go down already." Her icy voice leaked out. "Rawrghhh!!!" The beast let out a savage roar in response to the words spoken by Crystalline. Nheless, despite the clear resistance from the snow leopard monster, the ice spikes continued on their path! Bang! Bang! The snow leopard attempted to thwart the impending impact of the lethal ice spikes; however, it was nowhere near fast or strong enough! The spikes she unleashed may look rtively simple; however, in actuality, they were ultra condensed masses of Ice Qi, molded into the form of sixty-meter-long Ice Spikes! OOOM! The frosty aura being emitted from the giant ice spikes suddenly increased by dozens of times their original energy levels as they spun at even faster rates! Spurt! Spurt! "Rawrgh!!" The leopard let out an anguished cry as sixrge holes were drilled into its previously pristine fur! However, such a pained cry didn''tst for long, as life faded from its bus-sized eyes! Thud! Crash! Its gigantic body fell from the skies as it collided with a series of abandoned houses thaty below! "My strength is now around the peak stages of the Middle Soul Transformation Realm." Crystalline frosty words reverberated out as she looked through the City of RiverBloom and observed the fact that they, along with the rest of the Adventurer''s and itterant cultivators that went out to help with the invading monster''s, had barely put a dent in the bulk of the monster forces! There were around nine million monsters of every species in the beginning, although such a number had gone down to seven and a half million. A reduction that was only possible with thebined efforts of tens of thousands of cultivators over the span of a fourth of an hour... Nheless, that was still nowhere near what they needed to shave off to be able to oust the Unity Form Synthesis Realm Monster that was rapidly approaching their city. Speak of the devil... RUMBLE!!! The monster in question was edging ever closer to the city of RiverBloom! If one looked close enough and possessed a high enough cultivation base, then they would be able to catch a glimpse of an absolutely massive mountaina ''mountain'' in the form of a ''small dot'' that slowly moved toward them from the area south of RiverBloom. It seemed like that behemoth originated from somewhere in the Great Wilnds Foresta logical conclusion that would make absolutely no sense, considering that most people would be hard-pressed to even catch sight of a Nascent Soul Realm being in the Great Wilnds Forest. So why would a monster in the Unity Form Synthesis Realm suddenly approach the City of RiverBloom from the forbidden zone known as the Great Wilnds Forest?? Why would a ce that barely had the presence of Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation Realm Beings be designated a ''forbidden zone'' to begin with?? ''There must be something going on behind the scenes'' Azmond clenched his fists as he was once again reminded that he was not powerful enough to be in control of his fate! He had alreadye to terms that he would always be under someone else in terms of power; however, that didn''t make such a fact any easier to ept... There was a Unity Form Synthesis Realm monster closing in on RiverBloom, and it didn''t even seem like it was one of the main yers in whatever was going on behind the scenes. A Unity Form Synthesis behemoth being nothing but a mere puppet... What sort of existence''s were capable of owning such pawns? And why were they targeting the City of RiverBloom?? ''A pawn that could crush my existence without even taking me seriously'' Azmond mulled over the subject of the ''pawn'' he was trying to surpass in strength in the short span of half an hour... He was attempting to cross the chasm between multiple minor realms and a major realm in such a meager amount of time. Such insane attempts at acquiring more power made him no less than a madman! However, no matter how much of a madman he was, he had only fifteen minutes left on the clock. And his strength had stopped at the Initial Stages of the Peak Void Refining Realm after he reached Tier 0: Level 220... Chapter 216: Him And Pain... ...... Azmond still had to scale through the rest of the Peak Void Refining Realm and the entirety of the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm before he could begin to trudge through the gap that separated the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm and the True Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm. And he had to do it all in fifteen minutes! "It looks like I can no longer postpone my breakthrough," he muttered, a growing urge for more power building up inside him. "I have already achieved a perfect foundation in the Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm. This ''predicament'' with the Bigfoot monster only gives me more reason to speed up my breakthrough into the Early Quantum Core Formation Realm." His words echoed out as he scanned his surroundings, trying to locate a spot where he couldmence his breakthrough. |You''re attempting to breakthrough right now, Azmond?| Boundless questioned with a curious look on her face. She didn''t for a second, question why he would risk breaking through while in the presence of millions of bloodthirsty monsters. After all, his breakthroughs were nothing like how normal people broke through. And if a daring monster had the guts to intervene in his breakthrough, then it was likely Emu woulde out of there with another snackan extremely ''toasted'' snack. The energies released from his breakthroughs were no joke! They were practically mass weapons of destruction all on their own! ... "Yah, there''s no time better than now," Azmond responded to Boundless''s earlier question, a smile present on his face. |Kay!| She linked arms with him before they started to fly in the direction of a ''deserted'' watch tower. Even though he thought of it as such, it wasn''t actually deserted. The guards who used to keep a vignt watch in said tower were just dead. Their corpsesy littered throughout therge watch tower Although none of them could really be termed ''corpses'' as they were missing most of their once intact bodies, now entrails and burst organs were the only things left as proof of their existence''s. Nheless, such a gory sight didn''t deter a certain fox-masked man the least bit as he sat on top of the towera tower that was over 1000 meters in height. The number of monsters in this particr area of the Northern Side of RiverBloom was rtively minimal, so not many witnessed the bold human about to attempt a break-through in the middle of a beast rampage! |Azmond, hurry up and do it already! I''m patiently waiting for the next System Function thates with your breakthrough!! Money is the best, after all!| Boundless effused with a wide smile on her face. *Rub! Rub!* Her body soon attached itself to his back as she rubbed those soft pillows up and down! "... Can you please not do that?" |Nope!| Following an instant response, she wrapped her arms around his neck as sheid her head on his shoulder, waiting for him to begin his breakthrough! "..." *Sigh* Azmond let out an exasperated sigh before moving his attention to his breakthrough into the Early Quantum Core Formation Realm. One might think that Boundless could be in extreme danger while sheytched onto him during his breakthrough; however, she was sort of like a ghost when it came to ''invinciblity''. So he wasn''t worried in the slightest. WAAAA! Crimson red and ck energies swirled around a masked figure sitting in a lotus position as the figure in question took on the constant onught caused by him ''aggravating'' the Qi that entered his body. He became bloodied and battered beyond belief as he even lost his left arm somewhere during the breakthrough; however, he treated such injuries as nothing more than training dummies that assisted him in honing his mastery over his ''Boundless Restoration'' technique. Azmond and Pain had already be quite familiar with each other over thest 12 years. In fact, it was hard for him to recall a time when he didn''t need to go through extreme pain to get stronger. Excluding the help from Boundless and the system she provided, of course. If she never came into his life, then he assumed that every one of his breakthroughs and increases in power would''ve required him to experience even more excruciating pain than the increases that came before. However, thanks to her, those predicted daily doses of pain were reduced to a fraction of what they could''ve been. It was the assistance provided by Boundless that allowed him to retain his sanity for a little while longer WAAA! The crimson energies reached their zenith as half the city above the Northern Walls was enveloped by the lethal Qi tornado that consumed Azmond within it! Even a Void Refining Realm cultivator would be unlikely toe out of such a ''reactive'' Qi Storm unscathed! His figure floated in ce, thousands of meters above RiverBloom, as half his body was no longer there. It was a ''familiar'' sensation that he hadn''t felt since hisst breakthrough However, in spite of the damage done to his body, the cid expression on his face never left him. He seemed to treat his entire breakthrough as nothing more than routine or mundane. After all, this wasn''t the first or the second time that he lost half his body during a breakthrough, and it sure as hell wouldn''t be thest! Azmond wouldn''t even be surprised if he lost every piece of his physical body during his breakthrough into the Middle Quantum Core Formation Realm. Something that he would figure out if it were the case or not in a few minutes. He still had around 13 and a half minutes until the Unity Form Synthesis Realm Monster made it to the City Walls. And his breakthrough into the Early Core Formation Realm wouldn''t be enough for him to cross the gap between the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm and the Unity Form Synthesis Realm inbat power. Such an increase in cultivation realm would at most catapult him to the peak stages of the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm... ..... Chapter 217: Go and Devour ...... Azmond had to somehow reach the Middle Quantum Core Formation Realm and find some way to breach the chasm between a major realm within 13 minutes. Tight on time would be an understatement for what he had to aplish in such a brief period ... WAAAA!! The Crimson energies began to calm down and be more docile as the half-dismembered figure at the center of the Qi Cyclone emerged from the dispersed Qi with an aura that extended to the Heavens! WAAAAAA!!! Azmond had never felt so powerful in his entire life! The amount of strength he possessed within those fists of his was thousands of times greater than it was prior to breaking through! Even in a high area like the territory of the City of RiverBloom, he could probably scale an entire mountain range without breaking a sweat! He attempted to move his body to get ustomed to such an augmentation to his strength, however... RUMBLE!!! The entire city started to violently tremble when he tried to move, and it wasn''t because of the Unity Form Synthesis Monster this time! "Holy shit" He muttered under his breath as he halted his movements. He couldn''tprehend how such a ''simple'' breakthrough could warrant such extreme power. However, not all power was a good thing, for if Azmond didn''t limate to this new level of power soon, then he might inadvertently destroy the city before the Unity Form Synthesis Realm Monster made its way over. There was something else besides his power that surprised him, though. "Where are those pesky bastards up above? Have they decided toy off me for now?" He started to have hopeful thoughts; however, such notions didn''tst long as something else began to reverberate out. The City of RiverBloom began to tremble even more violently than it had previously! |Uhmm Azmond!| "I know" He didn''t even need Boundless to inform him of the new situation. "There''s another one" There was a three hundred thousand-meter-wide, bigfoot-like monster approaching RiverBloom from the extreme north. However, there was something else nearing the city of RiverBloom from the north-eastern side of the city as well BOOOOOOOOM!!! It was another damn Bigfoot!!! This time, the bigfoot-like monster had a pink coat instead of the blue coat that the first one had! Nheless, the color of its coat didn''t make it any less intimidating, as its size and aura were clear indicators of its strength in the Unity Form Synthesis Realm! BOOOOOOOOM! Earthquakes and explosions went off in both directions as the two behemoths sped up toward the City of RiverBloom! "Well, shit" Azmond let out another heavy sigh as he felt that fate really was a b*tch! BOOOOOM!! RUMBLE!! Booming sounds reverberated out from two different directions as two three hundred thousand-meter-wide behemoths sped up their imminent approach by at least a few minutes! Azmond now had less than 9 minutes to reach the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm in power! And if he didn''t... Well, let''s not think about such a scenario urring! |What do you n to do now, Azmond?| Boundless never left the bloodied back of Azmond as she leaned over his shoulder, gazing up at that stern look on his face. Upon hearing the inquisitive words voiced by that adorable woman attached to him, he looked off into the city streets. And what he saw were millions upon millions of monsters ravaging and destroying everything they passed by! Human civilians and cultivators alike ran around in frantic movements as they attempted to escape the clutches of the monsters that hunted them all down like mere bugs. "Ahhh, Pl-Please, NOooo-" Spurt! Anguished screams were followed up by bodies exploding into meat chunks as the once-blue city had been stained by blood and burned from the constant onught of monsters. "..." Azmond, upon witnessing the tumultuous chaos happening all around him, suddenly decided something. "I think it''s time for a little crowd control, don''t you, Boundless? Although I don''t know where that powerful old BranchMaster and CityLord are, I will still deal with these monsters on their behalf." His words were followed by a congregation of crimson energies,pletely iparable to what they were beforematerializing above his hands. Hundreds of thousands of Eastern-styled swords fully formed around him as they began to swirl and twist around at insane speeds! Bzzt!! Bzzt!! They started to buzz and wobble due to the level at which they were spinning; however, that didn''t stop them from increasing even further in speed! BZZT!!! The crimson swords were on the verge of imploding in on themselves because of the degree to which they spun! "I think it''s time to take out some bugs." Following Azmond''s apathetic words, his hand fell to the earth as he looked on at all the monsters in the city like nothing more than exp bags. Whoosh! Whoosh! The earth copsed in on itself due to the sheer magnitude of his attack! The crimson swords had already found their targets and honed in on them before subsequently killing them all! BOoOOoOM! sh! sh! They didn''t even know what happened, as their entire existence''s left the world of living. *Ding!* *You have gained experience +78,200* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +242,690* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +48,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +5,100,100* *Ding! You* . System pop-ups swarmed Azmond''s vision as he killed hundreds of thousands of monsters as easily as that! His level rocketed up to level 226 in just that simple move made by him, and that wasn''t even the end of his boons from such an action. The best part about using Crimson Death |Infinite Series|, was that he could effectively and efficiently kill all beings his crimson deaths hit withoutpletely vaporizing their corpses! And you know what that meant?? "Go and devour," he called out with a deep and husky voice. "Mhmu!" The katana he was holding morphed into a ck and gold slime before it jumped off the guard tower and sent out hundreds of thousands of infinitesimally stretched slimy appendages! Chapter 218: Azmonds Core ...... In around a third of a minute, Emu''s slimy appendages devoured all of the corpses scattered about. It took a little longer than Azmond predicted; however, that didn''t stop him from thanking Emu for its hard work. WAAA!! Azmond''s aura exploded outward as his realm advanced to the Middle Stages of the Early Quantum Core Formation Realm! And along with this breakthrough, his newly formed dull gray core with a starry outline grew a few inches from its original 2 inches! This ''core'' was something that formed in his Dantian space upon breaking through to the Early Quantum Core Formation Realm. He overlooked the changes that happened from his breakthrough into the Early Quantum Core Formation Realm when he first broke through; however, now that he had the ''time'' to look it over, he immediately noticed that his Dantian and all the Qi Cyclone''s that orbited around his Dantian had disappeared into thin air! Azmond had, of course, freaked out a little upon realizing that; however, there was something that took its ce. A small, dull gray marble with a starry outline and hue to it appeared in the very center of his Dantian space. Seemingly acting like his Dantian and his Qi Cyclones, except the fact that it was better! It didn''t make a single semnce of sense that such a miniscule marble had more functionality than his hundred thousand-meter-wide Dantian and Qi Cyclones. However, the facts were right in front of his face. This new ''marble'' which was his ''Core'', held thousands of times more energy reserves than what all of his Qi Cyclones and Dantian held together! Now the question was, why would his Dantian and Qi Cyclones disappear and be ''reced'' by this little starry-gray ''marble''? Well, the truth was Azmond had no clue! He had never heard about the core that other cultivators attained upon breaking through to Core Formation recing their Dantian''s and Qi Cyclones! Hell, he had never even heard of them being energy containers or energy multipliers like his was! A normal ''core'' that one would have to go through great expenditures to form would usually only be used to refine a cultivator''s cultivation base until they reached a point where they could begin breaking through to the next realm. And in some cases, those with more ''unique'' professions would take up the art of alchemy and alter their cores to suit whatever it was they specialized in. Nheless, in the end, the mystery surrounding Azmond''s new Core would have to be solved in due time ... "Gaining strength at such rapid intervals is quite intoxicating, isn''t it, Emu?" Azmond''s pleased voice resounded in the ck and gold slime''s ''ears'', as it responded with a chirpy, "Mhmu!" It had been getting so much stronger after consuming so many monsters as well! After all, it assimted every part of the existence''s it absorbed. That, of course, included their stats and skills, along with everything else they had to offer. Now, when it came to stats, it was a lot moreplicated andplex than a simple 1+1=2. The difference between someone with 1,000,000 points in strength and someone with 1,000,000,000 points in strength would be farrger than a simple 1000 difference. And that wasn''t the only unique oddity with stat points, as each point past a certain ''level'' was worth more than a point from a ''level'' that came before. Say you gained 100 stat points after crossing the 100,000-point threshold in speed. And say someone else one major realm above you gained 100 stat points after they crossed the 1,000,000 point threshold. The points gained by the person past the 1,000,000 point threshold would be of far higher ''quality'' than the points gained by the person in the ''past the 100,000 point'' threshold. So with all this in mind, the ''stats'' that Emu absorbed were all of varying ''qualities'' and weren''t all worth the same amount, even if they were the same number. If Emu was capable of absorbing and assimting stat points, all of the same quality, then he would already have stats in the quadrillions of units! Emu might as well be an immortal at that point! However, that wasn''t to say that his gains were small, even if every stat point he assimted wasn''t of the same quality. ''Discerning Quantum Eye'' Azmond decided to observe just that as Emu''s overpowered System Interface shed in front of him. BLING! [Emu: {[Tier 0: Level 245] {[Stats: Strength: 856,468,000, Defense: 874,214,000, Speed: 879,534,000, Qi: 889,183,000]}, {[Development Phase: Adult]} ==<{[Main Abilities]}>== {[Body Morph: Can morph into the shape of anything imaginable (stats of what it morphs into increase with every level or exterior amplification of ''Emu'')]} {[Unlimited Devour: Can devour and assimte anything in existence}] (Can share a variation of this ability with itspanion (Azmond)) {[Quantum Katana Flux: Allows the user (Emu) to transform into a katana that has the ability to evolve along with the user (Emu). It can also evolve through the user''spanion (Azmond) who gave this skill the quality of ''Quantum''. The ''Quantum'' quality only works when Azmond is actively wielding the user (Emu)]} {[Other Skills: Possesses the entire life''s umtions of every existence it consumes and assimtes, so the number of skills it possesses is already incalcble]} ==<{[Description]}>== Existence-Bonded-Companion of the User of the ''Boundless System''. Origin: ????, Background: ????, Potential: ???] "Emu is the MC" A mumble escaped Azmond''s mouth as he looked toward the seemingly harmless slime. A slime who contained a strength that was close to rivaling something in theter stages of the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm. "Mhmu!" Emu squeaked. It appeared to be thinking that itspanion wanted to go out and hunt more monsters! "... Of course the MC would wind up being dense" Azmond couldn''t help but sigh at that notion before his attention was brought back to the millions of monsters still causing havoc throughout the City of RiverBloom. Chapter 219: Tier 0: Level 250 ...... "Are you ready to get even stronger, little buddy?" Azmond asked Emu with a small smile on his face. "Mhmu!" Bzzt! It immediately transformed back into its slick ck and gold katana form before it started intensely vibrating! "That is good to hear." Following his words was the sudden release of his crimson aura as he leaped toward the nearest monster horde. "I wonder how many of you guys can take more than one hit." His apathetic voice leaked into the ears of arge tiger monster as the tiger looked toward the source of such a sound. "Rawrgh!!!?" Spurt! However, he didn''t even have the time to see who killed it as its head fell to the hard blue cobblestoned road with clear grievances apparent on its feline features. "That makes one monster who can''t take a hit... Oh, well, I guess I meant to say two" His words were followed up by the minuscule amount of energy he used to kill the tiger monsterfollowing up with the energy de traveling in a linear direction! sh! "Eceech!!!" Another monster head fell to the ground, as this time it was a 30-foot-longrge monkey! *Ding!* *You have gained experience +3,400,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +2,900,000* A couple pop-up notifications appeared in front of Azmond''s vision; however, he didn''t bother looking at them for now. After all, he only had around eight and a half minutes to reach the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm inbat power. ... Four minutes passed by in the blink of an eye sh! sh! sh! Tens of thousands of crimson-colored Qi des found their targets and killed them all! "How many does that make now?" Azmond asked with a quizzical tone. He had been hunting all the monsters inside the City of RiverBloom for thest while, and their numbers had significantly diminished from their original seven and a half millionto a far more manageable two and a half million. It would be an understatement to say that he didn''t go on apletely insane leveling frenzy to wind up killing so many monsters. And speaking of levels *Ding!* *You have gained experience +5,000,000,000* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have reached the maximum level of Tier 0: Level 250!* *Ding!* *Break through to the Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm to obliterate the ''wall'' that prevents you from leveling up any further!* "Hmm Finally, level 250, huh?" Azmond began with a mildly pleased expression. "It took a little longer than I would''ve liked, but it all worked out in the end." WAAA! Following his words, there was a sudden release of power from within his body! "What the hell is this??" He asked with a puzzled look on his face. The aura being released from him only increased exponentially, despite his words! It didn''t seem to care one bit that even its owner was so confused about why it was doing what it was doing! As he felt hisbat strength soar through the ranks of the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm, he couldn''t help but think this had something to do with him reaching Tier 0: Level 250. "But why would achieving a limiter cause such a massive increase in my strength?" Azmond asked aloud, not expecting an answer in return. But luckily for him, a certain brown-haired beauty never left his backside this entire time. |That is because your body was holding back such energies prior to reaching the limit!| Boundless began with a pretty grin on her face. She snuggled up even closer to him before continuing her exnation: |You will need that energy if you wish to break through to Tier 1: Level 1!| Her bubbly words sounded out right next to his ears as he attempted to look at the beauty; however, before he could... Whoop! She had already disappeared back into his backside; a furtive look was present on her face. |Hehe~ As I was saying,| Boundless added with a mischievous smile. |You are only gaining such exorbitant amounts of energy and strength right now because you will need it to break through into Tier 1. It will be a major qualitative change for you, so this new level of energy will be the bare minimum if you wish toe out of the rank-up in one piece!| She looked toward Azmond''s expression, attempting to elicit a reaction out of him; however, hepletely ignored her and looked toward the distance, seemingly overthinking the words spoken by the beautiful womantched onto him. |Humph! Big meanie!| Boundless huffed and puffed before turning her face away with a pout! She had done all that ''work'' to appear ''Hard to get'' just so he would be ''excited''. However, all her ns went up in smoke as soon as he became interested in something! |''Bakaaa~!''| She recited that word inside her head as she dug her face back into that well-defined back of his. ''I wonder what my power will be like once I break through to Tier 1. It must surely be quite the evolution, but I don''t really understand what that implies... And what exactly did she mean by a ''qualitative change''?'' Azmond pondered over the topic for a few milliseconds before something suddenly caught his attention WAAAA! A massive aura at the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm was unleashed from somewhere in the heart of the city! "What is that? Another monster?" He questioned. He felt out the aura signature with his divine sense; however, he still couldn''t tell if it was a human or a monster''s aura. "Hmm I will go check it out." He now had the necessary strength to contend with something in the peak stages of the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm. So he wasn''t particrly worried about the menacing aura being released in the center of the city. And although he was short on time, he could still spare a few seconds to discern whether or not that aura was from a monster or not. Chapter 220: Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm Masters Fighting! ... WAAAA! An aura seemed to increase in intensity, as it looked like the owner of the aura was bing enraged! BOOOOOOM! Following a loud explosion, Azmond was ultimately able to catch a glimpse of something in the richest district of RiverBloom. "Is that a basilisk? But who is that other guy?" What he saw were two figures dashing through the skies as they battled it out in an intense struggle. The first figure was a giant gray basilisk thousands of meters in length, while the second figure was a man with a wisened countenance and an ancient aura permeating outward from him. "Is that the BranchMaster?" He asked with a curious tone. However, he quickly scratched that theory when he got a better view of the beard of the old dude flying in the sky. "Nah The BranchMaster''s beard is more gray than white. But if this guy is not the BranchMaster, then who is he?" Azmond only became more confused over such a revtion. There weren''t many figures within the area of RiverBloom that could contend with a basilisk in the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm. So, who was this new old dude, if not the BranchMaster? "Is he..?" That was when he realized who this mysterious figure was likely to be. "It''s that City Lord I''ve been hearing about, isn''t it?" He stated with a confident voice. It looked like he had figured out what that other old dude''s identity was. And the basilisk was obviously the one that invaded the city a few hours agothe one that disguised itself as a human. However, he had heard that the basilisk that invaded the city was only in the Late-Void Refining Realm. So why would it suddenly be a Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm Monster? "Maybe it just broke through the realms like I did?" "..." |Nobody breaks through realms as easily as you do, Azmond!| Someone had to say it as the busty woman clinging to his back popped her head over his shoulder and rubbed her cheeks against his! "Hmm?" Azmond began with a confused look on his face. "Then how do you exin it''s sudden breakthrough into the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm?" He asked the touchy beauty. There was, of course, the event where the basilisk had simply been hiding its cultivation realm, or the possibility that BranchMaster and the City couldn''t properly discern its cultivation base. However, such a situation was unlikely, in his opinion. Nheless, the cheerful beauty''s next words would make him realize the truth of the matter. |That is obviously because there were traitors among the humans!| Boundless responded with a silly smile, her hands traveling through his long, silky ck hair. "A traitor??" Azmond never would''ve even entertained the idea that there could be a traitor among those of the humans of the City of RiverBloom. Who would go through so much trouble to team up with monsters and betray their own kind? It wasn''t like he could not understand the potential benefits that one could gain from such a scenario paning out; however, what was the likelihood that a monster would follow through with an ''agreement'' made with a human? The chance of that happening was zero! Monsters were conniving and malevolent by nature. Of course, there were some exceptions to that ''rule''; however, for the majority of monsters, that was just in their blood. Deceit and destruction were what they were bred for! So why was there a human willing to take that risk and betray the human race for potential benefits? And who would be at a high enough rank to go through with such an ''agreement'' made with the monsters...? "A traitor" Azmond began to mull over the matter with a contemtive expression. |Yep, a traitor! It was that stinky man up there!| *Jiggle Jiggle!* Boundless ''bounced'' on top of his body before pointing up toward a distant figure fighting with the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm Basilisk! "The City Lord??" He became even more confused with every word spoken by Boundless. ''Why would the ruler of arge human city like RiverBloom betray the human race, only to team up with the monster race? How many benefits could one possibly gain from such a rash decision??'' He couldn''t wrap his head around it! Why would a strong man like the City Lord of RiverBloom betray the human race??? And if he really did betray the humans, why would he be fighting a monster right now?? He brooded over the subject for a few nanoseconds beforeing to a conclusion. ''An internal dispute or something?'' That should be the only logical answer. But why would the two parties that should''ve been working together suddenly pull apart and fight amongst each other? And where is the BranchMaster? ''Why are there so many unanswered questions??'' Every query Azmond thought he figured out the answer to only brought up five more questions. "You know what?" he began with a slight smirk on his face. "Thinking was never my forte to begin with." WAAA! BOOOM! Following his words was the subsequent release of his crimson aura, as he sprang up like a broken coil, aiming directly at the ongoing fight between the CityLord and the Basilisk! "Let me just ask the parties involved, myself." His nonchnt voice reverberated throughout the skies above RiverBloom as he crossed dozens of miles without anybody knowing the better! ***** "You damn scoundrel!" An ancient voice leaked out from an old man with long white hair. "Ha? Me, the scoundrel?? Yeah, you are probably right about that!!" A different antiquated voice responded back. SLASH! A spear came flying out of the blue, aimed directly at the owner of the second voice! "Futile! The poison is already taking effect on that aged body of yours! You have already been alive for thousands of years now! Don''t you think you should just call it quits and meet your death already?!?" A scornfully mocking tone slithered out from the owner of the second voice. BAM! The owner of the second voice threw out a tail attack as he effortlessly thwarted the spear aimed at his throat! ..... Chapter 221: So.. What Is Going On Here? ..... "Don''t you think you should just give up, City Lord of RiverBloom?? You have already betrayed your race in an attempt to find a cure for that wife of yours! Just go ahead and die, so you can join her in the afterlife when she dies! I will even allow you to greet her at the gates to hell!" WAAA! Following the cynical words of the basilisk was the subsequent release of a murky gray energy! "You Bastard!!! Don''t talk about my wife like that, you fucking worm!!!" The City Lord bellowed with apletely enraged look on his face! An equally potent aura was unleashed from the City Lord as he stared the eight thousand-meter-long basilisk down with a ferocious glint in his eyes! "Die, You Fucking Shit Worm!!!" He thundered with deep hatred in his voice! He had done everything this basilisk had asked of him and followed every step of the ''n'' to a T. There was not a part he didn''t follow up with the most perfect execution. And yet And yet!!! This Fucking Worm! This Fucking Worm reneged on their agreement just like that!!! All he wanted was a cure for his wife. All he wanted was for her to get better He didn''t care that he had to betray the human race to acquire such a cure. He didn''t care! ''Who am I kidding?? Everything I did my entire life was for the continued development of the human race. I would''ve given my life to the human race if necessary'' His thoughts went through tumultuous times with a mncholic look on his expression. However, that countenance soon morphed into extreme anger! ''And yet I betrayed them! I betrayed my brother''s, I betrayed my family, and I betrayed everyone I knew!! I ''killed'' everyone in this city... It wasn''t this worm, it was me!'' His greatest hatred wasn''t for the colossal basilisk, no! It was for himself! He had even betrayed the very woman he wanted to save! He betrayed his Ariana... She loved this city, and now look at it!!! ... "Aaahhhh, Pl-Please save me!!" "Arghh!!! Not my wife, please!!!" BOOOM! Cries and explosions reverberated throughout the City of RiverBloom as no one was spared from the onught of monsters! "!!!" Witnessing such a sight only further deepened the City Lord''s Hatred! "I did this... I did it!!!" WAAAAA!! His golden aura extended to the heavens, as he had lost all sense of reason! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! In a split second, tens of thousands of shes were released by the City Lord! OOOM! "Useless!" The Basilisk retorted as he deflected all attacks aimed at him with barely any effort exerted! BOoOoOOM! BOoOoOOM! Explosions shook the very foundation of the City of RiverBloom, as the City Lord''s attacks created craters in every part of his beloved city! "AHHHHHH!!!" He bellowed at the top of his lungs! His City! The City he built up with his Ariana!! HIS CITY!!!! "YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!!!" BOOOOOOOOM! Heunched toward the contemptuous Basilisk with fury overtaking his entire existence!! He would kill this gray worm! Even if it cost him his life!!! "You stupid human! You fell for such an ''agreement'' made by the most wily race in existence, and yet youeining once you realize how foolish you were?!?" The basilisk mocked with a disdainful smirk on his scaly face. WAAAA!! A powerful gray aura exploded out from him as he looked down at the rocketing City Lorda City Lord who was looking to pierce his existence with that treasured spear of his! "I shall show you exactly what the difference is between you and me after you took in that poison!!" Following his imperious words was the silent enunciation of a signature skill of his race. |Sinister Sibnce!| A deadly gray energy enveloped the entire airspace overlooking the City of RiverBloom before it condensed and transformed into a twenty thousand-meter-wide gray dragon! "Tell me how your wife treats you in the afterlife after I eat her in one bite, Eldric!!" His sardonic, serpentine voice was followed by him bringing the dark gray dragon down to the earth below! A dragon sorge that it blotted out the skies! A dragon like that was looking to consume Alder''s entire existence in one bite! "YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!!!!" That was the only response the basilisk got in return for using his ultimate attack. "Tsk! Just die, you vermin! I still have to make it to a certain gathering of the rulers in a while! You are just a pebble I had to clean up on the way over!!" The Basilisk didn''t even bother to check the result of his Trump card being unleashed as he turned his grandiose back on the City Lord. "I WILL KILL YOU!!!" The City Lord thundered out as he gathered up every ounce of strength he had! His life force began to be burned up without a second of hesitation, as he was willing to put everything on the line just to wipe that fucking smirk off his face!! "Impudent! I would grill you and torture you for years on end if this were under any other circumstance!! However, you have lucked out this time due to those bastards setting up a meeting!" The Basilisk turned his eyes behind him as he spoke those words; however, somethingpletely unexpected urred in his vision WHOOSH! A strong wind blew in, and a tall man with a sunsettish-colored robe and a fox mask on appeared in the middle of their ultimate attacks. "So, what is going on here? And why is there an annoying dragon up there?" This unknown man asked with a cated expression. His inexpressive voice was followed by him lifting his ck and gold katana. Before he let it down, SLASH! WHOOOOM!! The clouds were split apart from his simple stroke as everything in a five hundred-mile radius was cleared up! The dark gray dragon and the buildup of the City Lord''s energies were both dispersed as if they were never there to begin with! ..... Chapter 222: I wouldnt Mind Giving Emu A Snack... ..... "?!?!?" Both the City Lord and the basilisk were left bewildered by this development as they looked toward the new contender with utter astonishment! That was especially the case for the basilisk, as his thoughts were all over the ce upon his trump card being thwarted as easily as that! ''How could my ultimate attack be swished away like nothing more than a mere minor inconvenience?!? I put all of my energy into that attack, and yet this unknown human swiped it away without even trying!!!'' The basilisk started to fume from the top as he looked at the fox-masked man with a predatory gaze. However, his savage re was immediately put out by the apathetic voice of the unknown man. "Don''t try anything, big guy," Azmond began with an inexpressive look on his face, his back turned on the basilisk. "I wouldn''t mind giving my Little Emu a new snack if you feel like interrupting me." "!?!?" ''This human dares?!?'' ... "..." Azmond''s frosty words were followed by him turning his attention toward the City Lord,pletely ignoring the angered basilisk behind him. "So, why did you do it?" He asked the City Lord. Alder Rook, who was still in the process of recovering from the moment when he almost burned away his entire existence, turned his exhausted face up toward the dead gaze of the fox-masked man. "Why did I do what?" The City Lord didn''t understand the question that was being asked. What did this new man want with him? "Why did you betray your own race and jump ships, only to go toward the monster race? A race that would likely leave you hanging and half-dead if it ever got the chance," Azmond began with a curious tone before he repeated his question once more: "So, why did you do it, City Lord of RiverBloom?" "..." His question put the City Lord in a deep state of contemtion. ''Why did I do it, he asks?? Why I did what I did...'' He bit his oldened lips until blood began to draw. ''I did it for my Ariana!! But would she have wanted me to do what I did if it meant she would make it out alive?!?'' He questioned himself with a conflicted expression. ''No, she was too kind for that... Her ''kindness'' is why I did itthat is why I ''killed'' all my people!! I just wanted to see her smile againI wanted to see the smile that saw everything in the world as something to be amazed and appreciated! I wanted to see my Ariana smile once again'' ''I was wrong, I know... But... I would do it hundreds of times more if there was even the slightest chance that it would allow her to get out of bed...'' The solemn and doleful City Lord stood suspended in mid-air, blood draining out of his faceand the only thing he could think about was his Ariana... "..." Azmond saw that look on the City Lord''s face and didn''t even need to know why he did what he did. Although Azmond didn''t know what exactly he was going through, he knew that he would do the same if Crystalline or Boundless were the one''s in trouble. *Whoosh* He floated over to the City Lord before a light voice escaped his mouth. "Don''t worry about it." *Pat* A calming voice took The City Lord out of his reverie as a hand sped onto his shoulder. He turned his head up, only to see an understanding gleam in the stranger''s gaze. And as if they hade to an unexinable understanding, he also learned that this new man was like him. The City Lord didn''t know what told him of such a thing; he just knew it was true. "Would you like some help with that big guy up there?" Azmond asked as he pointed his thumb behind him. Both the City Lord and the Basilisk in question knew exactly what this new contender was getting at. And both put on vastly contrasting expressions. "I don''t deserve such good will B-But I would appreciate it if you could rid my city of that monster" The City Lord clenched his oldened fists until they turned whiter than they already were. He knew he didn''t deserve such good grace from aplete stranger, and he knew he shouldn''t hope that this strong man would help him out but he couldn''t help it! This was the city that he and his Ariana had built up together! And he ruined it due to his own foolishness! He refused to allow further harm to befall his city and the beloved people that resided in it!! He didn''t even care if he had to beg this man for such a favor!! And the City Lord proved his resolve by doing just that! *Fwip* He tried to fall to the ground in order to take on a groveling posture, but before he could... A firm hand pushed him back up. "?!?" "There is no need for that, City Lord. You did what you thought was right, and although it ended up with hundreds of thousands of human deaths, there is no need to grovel. And if you are really so adamant on wanting to make it up to someone, then you should make it up to those citizens of yours after I clean up the city." Azmond let go of the City Lord after getting him back on his feet, before his amicable gaze turned to one of indifference as he looked up at the eight thousand-meter-wide basilisk. A basilisk that was ring at the conversing humans with obvious hatred in its building-sized eyes! "You dare threaten me and then ignore me?!? You are truly Courting Death!!!" The basilisk was no longer patient enough to wait around, as he began to conjure up the same attack that he had used earlier! ''Thest time must''ve just been a fluke!! I''ll show this human what my true ultimate card looks like!!'' His deluded thoughts swam around inside thatrge, scaly head of his as his dark gray aura reached its absolute Apex! WAAAA!! Chapter 223: Gold!!! .... "Let''s see how you deal with this, human vermin!!!" The basilisk bellowed out in an ancient tone before yet another twenty thousand-meter-wide dragon materialized above his figure! OOOM! The gray dragon released a menacing aura as it gazed down at an ant-like figure attempting to disobey its might!! In response to such a dramatic attack, a detached voice reverberated throughout the skies: "Using the same attack again? Don''t you have anything stronger?" "?!?" Azmond''s bored tone found its way to the City Lord and the Basilisk as they both stared on with baffled looks on their faces! ... ''What does he mean by that?? Does he not fear my overwhelming, irresistible might!? How can this be!?'' The basilisk couldn''t understand why this human didn''t fear his unlimited power! Was it a stupid human or something?? "Ha! You can''t fool me with that cool and collected facade of yours, puny human! I will show you my full power!!" He roared with clear irritation in his voice. "Okay," Azmond responded with an uninterested tone. "You insolent Human!!!!" The basilisk bellowed. Following such a roar was the unleashment of the twenty thousand-meter-wide dragon suspended above his head! RUMBLE!! The earth tens of thousands of meters below them started to violently tremble from the pure energy being emitted from the basilisk! "Isn''t this the exact same thing you didst time?" Azmond asked with a disinterested look on his face. He honestly thought he would at leaste out a little stronger whenpared to thest time; however, he did nothing more than conjure up a spell with the same level of power. WHOOOM! The dragon spiraled down to the earth as it was about to devour him whole! "... Howme" A heavy sigh escaped Azmond. Disappointment was an understatement for what he was feeling when the gray dragon nearly touched his robes. SLASH! A crimson-colored crescent deunched out of his katana as his cold gaze looked up at the dark gray dragon. Sckkk! Its twenty thousand-meter-long body split into two as the energy that made it up was subsequently dispersed! However, the crescent de didn''t stop with just that, as it continued blitzing through the air until it reached the bewildered figure of the basilisk. "Ho-How could this be" The basilisk let out a groan of uneptance. His body was split in half the same way as the dark-gray dragon. Spurt! Green and red blood gushed out of the part where it was severed, as the City of RiverBloom was showered in a gory mess of basilisk blood! "You couldn''t even take on a single strike, and yet you were so cocky? Truly a disappointment," Azmond muttered with a dull expression before he called the clean-up crew. "Devour, Emu." "Mhmu!" His katana wiggled a little before morphing into a giant, disportionate ck hole-like form. Chomp! It devoured the corpse of the colossal basilisk as Azmond was bombarded with a wide assortment of system notifications. BLING! *Ding!* *You gained experience +9,500,000,000* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Exterminate the giant basilisk that sneaked into RiverBloom''* *Ding!* *You havepleted the quest with excellent des! The experience bonus has tremendously increased!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +40,000,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +95,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +400,000,000* Azmond received a plethora of pop-up notifications as he looked over his rewards and immediately noticed that he had acquired gold! Gold! The resource that everyone used in fantasy worlds! He had finally gotten such a resource for himself! However, a different train of thought flowed into his mind as he realized something odd. "I wonder why I didn''t get gold up until now? I killed a ''few'' monsters before this, didn''t I? Hey Bou-" He was about to ask the embodiment of the system herself, but she was one step ahead. |Don''t worry, you got the gold from the monsters you took out before this, you just didn''t pay attention to your notifications when you went on your killing spree!| Boundless''s bubbly voice dripped into his ears as she leaned over his shoulder, letting those two ''funbags'' menacingly loom over his left side. "Is that so? How much gold do I have right now, I wonder?" Azmond felt the sudden urge to check out his System Interface, however, before he could... "Thank you very much for helping me and my city out, young friend!" The City Lord''s antiquated voice echoed out in his ears. "Hmm?" Azmond immediately noticed a misunderstanding between the two of them. So he brought it up. "I didn''t do it for you or your city, old dude. I had my own reasons for taking out that basilisk," he rified with an earnest expression. After all, he really didn''t take care of that monster for the sake of the people or even for this unfortunate City Lord. He simply did it for the huge... EXP Bag! That''s right! He was only in it for the Experience points to be gained! "!!" The City Lord, upon hearing the ''humble'' words spoken by his savior, immediately understood what was going on! "No need to be shy, youngster! Don''t worry, I will keep this little secret between the two of us!" He attempted to assuage Azmond''s ''shyness'' with his words, as he promised himself to keep the youngster''s ''secret''. "???" Question marks went off in Azmond''s head. ''What is this old dude talking about? What secret??'' His expression took on another level of confusion as he looked at the City Lord like he was looking at a crazy old coot. He thought the old dude was simr to him when it came to his women, and that seemed to be true. But this City Lord also turned out to be a little weirder than he expected. "Don''t worry, I will not tell another soul about your power! You have my word on that! Hahaha!" Now the City Lord was the one patting him on the back while rauciouslyughing! "????" Azmond was left baffled at the attitude of this old guy. ..... Chapter 224: You Dont Need To Hide My Po- ...... ''Why did our roles suddenly be reversed?? Wasn''t he the one on the verge ofmencing a suicidal mission not even a few seconds ago???'' ''And what was he talking about when he said that he would keep my power a secret? I don''t mind a bit of fame; that might even allow me to gain some more money,'' Azmond thought to himself with a slightly greedy look on his face. It looked like he had found himself yet another addiction ... "Hey, City Lord, you don''t need to hide my po-" He tried to tell the weird old dude that he was fine with people knowing of his fame, but before he could "Haha! No need to worry, youngster! I will keep this event a secret until the day I die! No need to fret over the matter any further!" Eldric interjected his words without even giving him the chance to refute them. "..." ''Why is everyone I meet such an entric character?? Can''t there be a single normal person around me?'' Azmond gave up on talking sense into the crazy old dude as he turned his attention toward the monsters rampaging throughout the city. He figured he should ''clean up'' the rest of the stragglers before he checked out his System Interface. So that is exactly what he did WAAA!! A dark crimson aura was unleashed with Azmond as the source, as he used one of the only skills that was close to approaching the second stage of ''Mastered Comprehension''. "!?" The City Lord instantly took his hand off the youth''s shoulder when he observed the extreme amount of energy being emitted from him. ''What sort of technique is this? It looks to be almost as powerful as the one he used earlier. Although I''ve never heard or seen anything like either of these techniques, they must be from some top-level organization''s direct technique lineage, right?'' He thought over the matter while backing up a few thousand meters, waiting to see what exactly the youngster nned to do next. RUMBLE!! The building nearest to Azmond started to break apart, as the aura released from him was utterly devastating for the area surrounding him! ''Is this youngster trying to destroy the rest of my city along with all the monsters??'' A slightly ufortable expression emerged on the old City Lord''s face, as he began to entertain the idea of asking him to maybe bring it down a notch There were already hundreds of thousands of Eastern-styled crimson swords spinning around him. Did he really need to keep adding more and more of them like they were going out of style? However, in spite of such thoughts, the sword''s only started to spin faster and faster and be even more numerous! WAAA! An even more menacing aura erupted from the fox-masked man as he reached an all-time high in terms of the potency of his Crimson Death''s. "Hmm I will add a hundred thousand more and see how much damage I can do then." His voice came out in a slightly amazed tone. Even Azmond himself was a little taken aback by the sheer number of Crimson Deaths he could call upon. That amazement only grew when he recalled his maximum limit of around ten thousand of such swords a few days ago. However, such thoughts were soon interrupted by the ufortable voice of a certain City Lord "You surely mean ''damage'' to the monsters, right? You wouldn''t be talking about my city, would you?" Eldric became slightly anxious when he witnessed tens upon tens of thousands of crimson deaths swarm around the youngster''s body. "..." Azmond ignored the weird old dude and refocused on his casting. "P-Please go easy on my city..." The City Lord mumbled with a stressed tone. WAAAA!! The Crimson particles floating in the atmosphere seemed to grow even more active upon hearing the City Lord''s words! "I won''t destroy your city, old dude. Just sit back and watch. That stunt earlier put quite the toll on your frail body; even a blind man could see that." Azmond began with an acute observation. "Did I make it that obvious?" Eldric asked, sweat falling down his face in massive amounts. "Yes, anybody with two functioning eyes could see that. So why don''t you take a seat and calm your nerves a little?" Despite him giving the City Lord an option, he had already used his Qi and pulled him down to a nearby watchtower. Whoosh! Thud! The City Lord was blown onto the watchtower in a split second before immediately copsing to the blue tiled tower with a fatigued countenance. *Huff Huff* Pants sounded out, as Eldric was on the verge of passing out from the stress that was formed due to himing so close to burning his essence earlier. "See what I told you, old dude? Just sit out for this one. I''ll keep the damage to your city at a minimum," Azmond ''reassured'' him with a small creepy smile. He couldn''t help but be a little excited when so many exp and gold bags were presented in front of him, ready for the taking! "... Well, alright" Eldric uttered with a crooked expression. For some reason, he didn''t believe a single thing that this youngster ''reassured'' him of The number of Crimson des appeared to reach their absolute limit''s as there were already over one million of them swirling around Azmond! "I think this should be enough to take out the rest of those stragglers," he said before he let his hand down. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Sonic boom after sonic boom reverberated out as over a million swords cruised through the city of RiverBloom at speeds surpassing hundreds of times the speed of sound! Crack! Crumble! The blue cobblestoned roads and blue tiled houses started to crack and crumble away following the crimson trails produced by the Crimson Death''s! "..." The City Lord seemed to lose a piece of his soul with every stone and brick that was uplifted post-release of the youngster''s unfamiliar technique. .... Chapter 225: Crystallines Stat Page .... ''I thought he said he would go easy on my City! This doesn''t look ''easy'' to me!'' The City Lord melted even further into the ground upon seeing the zing crimson swords zip in and out of his city streets. However, some of that pain was quickly alleviated when the first monster kill was made... sh! "Esceetch!!" Spurt! A head rolled as a goblin lost its life! *Ding!* *You have gained experience +10,000* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +100* "..." A few notifications appeared in Azmond''s vision, as he felt a little good about seeing the golde in as well. Nothing gave him more intakes of dopamine than the constant notification pop-ups that hounded him! Nheless, the notifications didn''t stop with just a single weak goblin, as more and more crimson death''s found their targets and dispatched of them at lightning-fast speeds! ZIP! ZIP! ZIP! sh! sh! sh! "Rawrghhh!!!" Cries and howls echoed throughout the deserted streets of RiverBloom as Body Refinement Realm monsters all the way to Soul Transformation Realm monsters fell one after the other! *Ding!* *You have gained experience +8,800,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +12,900,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +35,000,000* *Ding!* *You have-* Hundreds of thousands of such notifications enveloped Azmond''s peripheral vision before a particr notification eventually caught his attention. *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Eliminate the monsters attacking The City Of RiverBloom - indefinite/indefinite''* *Ding!* *You havepleted the Quest with overachiever-level des!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +500,000,000,000* ... "Well, damn. It really gave me five hundred billion exp as a bonus forpleting the ''clean up'' of RiverBloom?" Azmond wore a slightly astonished expression, as his exp reserves had to have already breached into the ranks of the trillions of units! "I will have quite the level-up frenzy once I make it past Tier 0," he began with a small sense of anticipation welling up within him. |Don''t forget your current strength check, Azmond! I think you''ll have quite the pleasant surprise when you realize just how much further your strength has progressed! Especially with that little guy hard at work!| Boundless beamed with an informative tone. Her unholy body leaned over his head as she looked out at the ck slime hard at work, cleaning up the city of all the corpses thaty scattered around. Emu even passed Crystalline a couple times on its way throughout the city; they greeted each other when they crossed paths before going their own way. And speaking of Crystalline''s way... Her icy facade instantly faded away when she saw a certain distant figure, her melodic voice sounding out long after: "Azmond!" She rushed toward him with her lewd body jiggling all over the ce, clearly looking to share some of that softness with Azmond. *Pat* Her soft and squishy body collided with his firm frame as she lovingly gazed up at those kind eyes of his. "Did you have fun levele- err, I mean, did you have fun increasing your strength through killing monsters, My Love~?" Azmond''s words came out in a sweet tone as he started to pet the ck-haired beauty''s long bed of hair. All while looking over her new and improved stat sheet. [Crystalline: Tier 0: Level 210 (Initial-Late Soul Transformation Realm)] {[Stats: Strength: 65,800,000, Speed: 66,200,000, Defense: 71,500,000, Qi: 74,100,000]} {[Rtionship Status: Lover]}] "Mhmm~," Crystalline responded with a meek nod as she snuggled herself even further into Azmond''s robes. It almost seemed like she was trying to absorb his scent with all that rubbing she was doing with her face and he-her... legs. She was horny! Her strength had increased to the Initial Stages of the Late-Soul Transformation Realm, you know! It was a sudden realm increase that shouldn''t even be possible with her level of talent! But the cost of gaining such an enormous augmentation to her strength was an increase in lust! (There were no such costs) |''These ''lewd'' thoughts I have been having for thest half an hour must be the cost of acquiring so much strength... All I can think about is doing this and that with Azmond, hehe~ and we can do this...''| A creepy smile formed on those wless features of Crystalline''s as she began to let out asional giggles while deep in Azmond''s scent. |Humph! That stupid bimbo is always acting so innocent! Everyone here knows she is just a closet pervert on the inside!| Boundless''s cheeks puffed up a little as she pressed her face up against Azmond''s back. ''I''m really starting to feel like a Christmas Tree'' Azmond thought to himself with a wry smile. If he became ''familiar'' with any more girls, then he might really reach a point where his entire body bes nothing more than a rented plot ofnd! *Shiver!* A cold shiver ran down his spine at such precarious thoughts as he lightly shook his head and focused his attention on the city, and also the RUMBLEE!!! BOOOOOOOOOOM! The footsteps of the two behemoth-sized bigfoots had already reached a level of intensity where the entire city started to crack and break apart from just the shockwaves that were a result of them walking across the vastnds of Asterion! "As much as I don''t want to interrupt your reunion, youngster, we should really begin toe up with a n to deal with those Unity Form Synthesis Realm Beasts heading in a beeline straight for us." A mildly exhausted but still ancient voice made its way to Azmond. The City Lord had already reached a decent enough point in his recovery as he appeared next to Azmond and his gang with an apprehensive expression. "Mhmu!" Emu also made its way back as it morphed back into katana form beforending in Azmond''s grip. "Hmm" Azmond began to ponder over the City Lord''s words. At least he was, until he remembered something... "What need is there for a n?" He asked with a nonchnt tone. Chapter 226: Run Away...? ..... "What?? What do you mean by that??? Are you trying to tell me that we don''t need a n to take care of those beasts? Or were you looking to run away instead?" The City Lord''s voice became a little cracked at thest part of his words; he didn''t know what he would do if the youngster decided to leave the city and escape while he could. Not that he could really me him He was positive that the mysterious youngster was not from around these parts and should naturally have no reason to protect a city he was just passing by. However, that didn''t stop hope from building up inside him. The City Lord knew that he stood not a chance in hell when pitted up against two monsters at the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm. But that didn''t mean he would leave his city and his citizens to their own dooms! Even though a few hundred thousand people died with the unexpected beast invasion, there were still tens of millions of people who survived! The majority of the civilians rushed to their respective bunkers and protective areas when monsters started attacking everyone, and thanks to the efforts and sacrifices of the adventurers, the losses were minimalized due to them ''distracting'' all the monsters. Of course, hundreds of thousands of casualties was no small number; however, it was dozens of times better than it could''ve been without the participation of the adventurers. Though something wasn''t adding up... ''Only around 1% of the poption of RiverBloom was killed off with thebined effort of millions of powerful monsters... Something isn''t making sense here.'' "???" The City Lord saw the contemtive look on his face and could roughly infer what he was thinking. "If you are dwelling over the fact that the human losses were so little when put up to the sheer magnitude of this monster invasion, then you can stop, because it was all thanks to HeadMaster Adrian and his little disciple, ra." He informed him of the facts while stroking his beard like a wisened old man. "..." Azmond found this situation all too familiar. ''Do all old dudes like to stroke their long beards? Or is it just my luck to meet all the weird, odd ones?'' However, he discarded such useless thoughts and focused on the words spoken by the City Lord. "What do you mean by that?" he questioned the City Lord, his interest having been piqued. "Ohh? That is quite simple, Junior!" He began with a haughty countenance. ''No seriously, wasn''t this old guy all depressed and gloomy earlier? What the hell happened between then and now??'' Azmond was genuinely starting to question whether all that stuff earlier was just an act. "The reason why the casualty rates don''t match up is because the BranchMaster and Mage ra were putting all their efforts into managing a transportation barrier. A barrier that worked non-stop in teleporting away all the citizens to an undisclosed spot located outside the city." He finished his exnation with another beard stroke as he slightly opened an eye to see the reaction of the youngster. "Okay, cool," he responded before he returned his focus back to the level of strength he possessed. "..." The City Lord was speechless at the inexpressive attitude of this youth. .... He had surprisingly broken through to theter stages of the Middle-Quantum Core Formation Realm! And he wasn''t too far from the Peak of the Middle-Quantum Core Formation Realm to boot! ''If only there were a few monsters that could catapult me to the Late-Quantum Core Formation Realm...'' He thought to himself before letting out a light sigh. However, it looked like his prayers would soon be answered BOOOOOOOOOM! RUMBLEEE!!!! The boisterous noises only got closer as the two behemoths were not even two minutes out "It looks like I found my catapults," he muttered with a slightly insane-looking smirk. "???" The City Lord and Crystalline became a little nervous when they saw that look on his face. Crystalline already knew where this was going; however, the City Lord had no idea just what Azmond had in store for him ..... RUMBLE!!! The shockwaves coursing throughout the City of RiverBloom became louder and louder as two Bigfoot-like monsters over three hundred thousand meters in size were but a mere few thousand miles out! And they were crossing many miles with each passing second! That was when, for the first time since they started their approach, they both made a sound other than their booming footsteps ROOARGHH!!! They both bellowed savage and unintelligible roars that reverberated throughout the entirety of RiverBloom and even the twenty thousand-mile radius surrounding it! "Well, how about we begin with the really fun part?" Azmond began with intense battle intent leaking out of him. "You guys seemed so menacing and so out of reach just an hour ago, but now all I feel when I look at you is nothing but two bags of experience points looking to be reaped." Following his big words was the subsequent release of an aura. WAAAA! Crimson darkness extended to the heavens and beyond as apletely different level of power enveloped the atmosphere around Azmond! "So this is what it feels like to be on the level of a true Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm master, huh?" He clenched his fists and felt thew of ''Quantum Law'' and the derivativew of ''Space'' as he circted it throughout his entire body. OOOM! His aura multiplied in intensity, as even the clouds hundreds of thousands of meters above him could no longer contain the pressure being released from him! "What the Just how strong is this youngster??" The old City Lord began with an astonished look on his face. "And more importantly, just how old is he anyway? He can''t be more than a few hundred years old, right?? So why does he possess so much strength?!? Even the arrogant heavenly geniuses in the Royal Capital of the Divine Sea Dynasty are not at this level!" Chapter 227: ENEMY!!! ...... Every further thing The City Lord learned about this youngster only left him more and more bewildered than before! Just what sort of secrets lie within that youthful body of his?? ... RUMBLE!! Everything within RiverBloom was about to copse in on itself due to the immense aura being unleashed by Azmond; however, before it could, he quickly reeled in all of the newfound power he unleashed beforepressing it into a more refined and easily controble form. "My power is doing pretty well, but I feel like it could be stronger... What am I missing?" He asked himself with a quizzical tone. "Mhmu!" Emu squeaked as it jumped off his bed of long, raven ck hair before morphing into a sleek ck and gold katana! "Oh. How could I forget you, little Emu?" Azmond chortled with a small smile as he petted his katana a little. Bzzt! Small ripples coursed throughout Emu as it seemed to enjoy such touches in its katana form, just as much as it did in its slime form. "Are you ready for a little Bigfoot hunting, Emu?" "Mhmu!" It chirped! "Then, let us start right away," Azmond announced before his knees bent in thin air. BOoOoOOM! Heunched off a ''piece'' of air as he rocketed straight toward the two behemothstwo behemoths that were lurking outside of a nearby mountain range! BOOOOOM! A mountain exploded as the blue-furred bigfoot stepped through it without a care in the world! BANG! BANG! A meteor show was subsequently unleashed from the remnant pieces of the mountain; the blue forests below became a pit of fire andva, as the entire ecosystem living within a ten-mile radius was utterly devastated! And all because the blue-furred Bigfoot took a single step forward! It was nothing short of a walking natural disaster... A natural disaster that towered in at nearly two hundred miles in height! It was at such a size that even thirty Mount Everest''s stacked on top of each other could not surpass the blue-furred Bigfoot in height! For a mortal seeing them up close, either one of the Bigfoots would look like nothing more than the nighting early that daya night that would be created from the sheer magnitude of one of its legs! "Hey Azmond?" A pretty voice leaked into Azmond''s ears. "..." It was this voice that had him realize that he forgot something. "Uhmm Yes?" He responded with an awkward look on his face. He had forgotten to leave the girl''s down with the City Lord! "Can you fight with me on you like this?" Crystalline''s question came out with an adorably inquisitive expression. "Argh!" Azmond took critical damage! He couldn''t exactly tell her to stay back and watch, could he!? It wouldn''t be optimal to fight with her in the battle he was about tomence with the two behemoths; however, he couldn''t deny that face! And she wasn''t even the worst of them! |I wanna stay this time, Azmond!| Boundless chimed in with a ''serious'' expression. She leaned over his head as those two milky white breasts hung over his forehead in a far more daunting way than those two Bigfoots could ever hope topare with! "..." Azmond was helpless. So he simply gave in... "Yeah, I can fight with you on me, so don''t worry about it," he replied to Crystalline''s question first. "Mhmkay" Crystalline nodded her head before looking up at the two behemoths a few hundred miles out. Azmond followed up by responding to Boundless, ''Stop shoving those two evil things in my face.'' |Nope! And they aren''t evil!| Boundless retorted with a wide, radiant smile before she leaned further down on his head. "See! How could these be evil!?" She bubbled up with a mischievous tone. ''Now I have to fight blind and with two beauties on me?'' Azmond let out an exasperated sigh before looking at his sleek ck and gold katana. ''At least I have you here with me, Little Buddy.'' He couldn''t help but feel a sense of kindrance when he observed his little Emu vibrate a little upon hearing his voice! BOOooOooOOM! "???" The blue-furred behemoth turned its colossal head in the direction of a quiet ''buzzing'' as it noticed a little sh of light approaching it at extremely rapid speeds. ''Enemy'' Even in a mindless state, it knew exactly what that sh of light was. And it didn''t like it one bit!!! "ENNEEMY!!!" It bellowed with a deranged look on its face! Mountains and forests disappeared from existence the moment such a boisterous voice reverberated out from the blue-furred Bigfoot! "Oh? It looks like the big blue guy has noticed our presence." Azmond''s calm word''s sounded out as he looked up and saw a ''e charging straight for him! WOOOOOM! Its arm came barreling downward as it was prepared to wipe out all the topography in a thousand-mile radius! It would p its enemy right off the face of the!! However, the only response it got in return for letting out such a devastating attack was, "Get that away from me." SLASH! An immense amount of Crimson-colored energy exploded outward from Azmond as he decided to switch things up for once. |Killer Series: Super Serious Move| |Crimson Cmity| OOOM! The world seemed to slow down upon him silently enunciating the name of his technique. Until BOoooOOoOOOOOoM!!! The world copsed in on itself! Thend was split in half! The mountains were split in half, and the arm the enormous Bigfoot had on a direct collision course for Azmond was no longer there! SPURT! Millions of tons of blood gushed out of the severed area of the Bigfoot''s arm; nothing remained of the once daunting arm that could swat entire civilizations off the face of the RAARGH!!! It let out an anguished roar as it stumbled backwards! BOOOOOOOM! It fell onto a mountain range andpletely obliterated it! "I told you to get that thing away from me," Azmond began with an indifferent expression. "Did no one ever teach you to keep your hands to yourself?" ..... Chapter 228: The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall! ..... Azmond''s frosty voice echoed out across thend as the blue-furred Bigfoot only became even more infuriated! ROOOAAARRGGHHH!!! It thundered! Mountains crumbled! Layers of space began to fall apart! Everything was blown into oblivion! "Can you please be more quiet?" Azmond asked with a slightly annoyed look on his face. ROOOOAAARRGGHHH!!! However, the behemoth only became more fervent in its howling upon hearing the speck of dust''s words. Pop! A vein popped on Azmond''s head! His figure faded away in but an instant An irritated voice reverberated out not long after as he reappeared right beside the blue-furred Bigfoot''s left ear: "I told you to quiet it down. Are you hard of hearing or something?" Following such a series of words was the subsequent release of all of his physical prowess as his leg came crashing down! "Why don''t you go and say hello to your girlfriend over there?" Azmond spoke with an impassive expression as his foot made contact with the head of the Bigfoota head that was tens of thousands the size of him! "!?!?" The bigfoot didn''t even know how the ant got to its left side! However, it was toote to put on a look of disbelief. BAM! A blunt hit to the head! BOOooOOooOOOM! Its body hit the ground running! The earth copsed in on itself! Everything was in ruin as an eight hundred-mile crater imprinted itself into Asterion! But it didn''t just end there. BOOOOM! BOOOOM! BOOOOM! It''s two hundred-wide body bounced off the ground surface before it bounced upward like a wooden nk! BOOOOM! Its head hit the ground! BOOOOOM! Feet ricocheted it upward! RUMBLEEE!!! All the mountain ranges and forests within a ten thousand-mile straight line were utterly destroyed! ... ROARGHH? The second Bigfoot eximed a little as it saw something blowing up everything in a beeline areaheading straight for it! However, it didn''t even get the time to understand what was happening as the tumbling body of the blue-furred Bigfoot hit it right in the face! BAANNGG! They collided! KABOOOOM!!! And a loud explosion resounded out! "And that makes a hole in one, heh." Azmond chuckled a little when he saw the big blue ''guy'' hit the big pink ''guy'' right in the face! They both stumbled and fumbled before ttening everything within a four hundred-mile radiusjust from their enormous bodies making contact with the ground! "What was that saying again?" A contemtive look emerged on his face as he witnessed the two world-level catastrophes mingle with the earth. "Hmm Ah. Now I remember it," he began with a slight smirk. "The bigger they are, the harder they fall," he ended with a content smile on his face. "I think that suits this situation to a T." His voice leaked out into the surroundings as he stood on thin air, hands behind back, katana levitating beside him. The art of ying the ostentatious bigshot had already be ingrained in his existence... Azmond, along with Boundless, Crystalline, and Emu, looked on at the ensuing destruction caused by a simple kick. "..." |...| "Mhmu..." Even Azmond himself was a little surprised by the potency produced by his own physical attack, let alone what the rest of his party felt! Besides Emu, of course! Emu only think about eat monster! No care about how monster be eated! Only know Emu need eat strong monsters! However, it wasn''t like Azmond''s attack was capable of killing either of the Bigfoot''s. It could, at most, weaken them a little. But it was pretty entertaining to watch the behemoth''s weight sses be used against them! WAAAAA!! Two utterly enraged auras erupted from the two Bigfoots as they got up out of the crater they created! Their town-sized eyes stared down at the miniscule figure of Azmond with untold amounts of hatred! ROOOAARRGHHH!!! Their primitive roars reverberated throughout the nearest twenty thousand miles; their hatred was clearly on another level! They would kill this ant!!! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! They thundered toward Azmond with furious footsteps, as everything that wasn''t already razed to the ground was soon crushed under their insane weights! "I think you angered both of them to the point of no return..." Crystalline murmured with a slightly anxious countenance. She had never been in such close proximity to a disy of might of this magnitude. Was this the level of strength that her man would be contending against on a daily basis? How was she topare when lined up against beings of such high levels?? Her mood became a little soured; however, such a feeling couldn''t even begin to fester in her heart as a warm feeling coursed through her unholy body *Pat* A rough yet warm hand started to tenderly caress her bed of long, silky ck hair. "Don''t worry about such things, My Love. There''s no rush. And I''m sure you''ll surpass this level of power before you know it~," Azmond sweetly whispered into her ear, a deep red blush forming on her smooth skin. "Mhm" That was all Crystalline could say in response to the confident words spoken by him. She didn''t understand how this man always knew exactly what was going through her head! Did he possess a mind-reading ability or something!? How else could his instinct always be so on point!? And how did he always know what to say? He must surely be cheating! "..." Her face only got redder as she thought about the hateful man she was attached to like a ko. Crystalline didn''t feel like trying to understand Azmond anymore; her rosyplexion once again disappeared into his robes. Her mind soon slipped away as she started to take a nap in his embrace. Boundless watched that entire scene y out with an extremely annoyed look on her face. One might even say that she was more annoyed than the two Bigfoots who were treated like nothing more than rolling pins! |''Humph! That cow is always hogging all of Azmond''s attention! That stupid dumb milk overdosed cow!''| An overexaggerated pout emerged on those perfect features of hers; a snort escaped her before she returned back into Azmond''s robes! She was tired of thinking about that cow! Chapter 229: Killing The Two Bigfoots ..... |...| Boundless''s thoughts may be like that at the surface level, but deep down, she just wanted to be treated with the same level of affection as Crystalline. She just didn''t want to admit that she craved something that a mere mortal had, and she didn''t Call it innate pride or childish, but that was just how Boundless was. People were not as simple as one way to be at all times; they had fluctuations in their emotions. And although Boundless being a living organism was still up for debate, that didn''t mean the same logic excluded her "..." Azmond noticed a disturbance in the force right away. His spidy senses tingled as he felt the tumultuous thoughts swirling around inside the brown-haired beauty''s head! He immediately knew what she was thinking, and that only reaffirmed his need to soothe things over with her sooner rather thanter. They had already gone out on a date earlier today, and they talked about the inferiorityplex that she possessed. However, it seemed like that wasn''t enough to fully help her out of the ''strut'' she found herself in, and he didn''t know how to further ''alleviate'' her emotions Well That wasn''t entirely true, but there was absolutely no way in hell that Crystalline would ever agree with such a thing! Or... ''Hmm Maybe there is a way?'' However, Azmond''s sudden revtion was soon interrupted by the light''s being turned off for the world. "Oh. I forgot about you guys; that''s my fault." His words echoed out as the things obstructing the sun were three colossal fists rocketing and spiraling straight toward them! ROOOAARRGHHH!! X2 They let out a thunderous roar that emted just how much power they were inputting into those massive fists of theirs! They no longer treated this human as little more than a snack! There was no more holding back! RUMBLEEE!!! The fabric of space started to violently convulse asyer afteryer was shattered! CRACK! The distance between the two forces seemed to crack open as the three fists phased through the distance that separated them! That was just how much power was contained in those grandiose bodies of theirs! Their massive frames weren''t merely for show; that much was clear... "You have quite the force behind your punches... Alright, I''ll y your game. Let us see who truly has the bigger fist!" WAAA! Azmond let his emotions slip a little as he erupted with every ounce of physical strength he had! An unbelievably repressed strength exploded outward! RUMBLEE!!! CRACK! CRACK! The fabric of space that separated the two could no longer sustain itself as crack after crack materialized in the air between both opposing forces! ROOAARRGGHHH!!!! WAAAAA!! The two Bigfoots noticed such obvious resistance, as they went above and beyond! The fur that enveloped their city-sized arms was razed and burned to a crisp merely from the amount of power they were willing to expend to eliminate the ant! "Stay in here for a bit," Azmond said while transmitting Crystalline and Emu into his storage ring. He didn''t want them to get injured by the destruction that was about to ensue. Boundless stayed out because her safety wasn''t an issue due to her nigh-invincible corporal state. Azmond was going to put her in despite that fact; however, he held himself back when he saw that resistant expression she had on. ... |You could''ve just used Emu and ended this fight in a split second, you know?| Boundless chimed in with a curious smile on her face. "I could''ve indeed done that," Azmond began with his physical strengthpressing even further. "But there''s something I''ve been wanting to try out since I came to this world." RIP! A battle-crazed smirk formed on his features as his robe started to rip apart around his right arm. The fifty-mile-wide fists were but a mere few dozen meters away from him when suddenly... Azmond''s lips began to move. |Killer Series: Normal Limitless Punch| "..." Silence deafened the world. Before OOOOOOM! A st of wind so intense thatyers of space were disintegrated was unleashed from that tiny fist of his! RAAARGHHH!!! Both of the colossal Bigfoots let out anguished cries as they attempted to pull their arms back; however, it was already toote SHRED! Their arms were torn to pieces as dark blood spattered the earth red! Three arms the size of cities were reduced to nothing more than shredded, gory meat bags dangling from their shoulders! WOOOOOM! However, it didn''t end with just that, as the force produced from Azmond''s punch continued through the bodies of the Bigfoot''s as two gaping holes were left in its wake! 80% of the left side of the pink-furred Bigfoot and 80% of the right side of the blue-furred Bigfoot were no more! Their colossal frames quickly folded in on themselves as the rest of their corpses draped onto what remained of them. "..." Azmond, upon witnessing the damage caused by his punch, couldn''t help but be satisfied with the new level of strength he was capable of wielding. *Ding!* You have killed an Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm Bigfoot!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +25,000,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +250,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +26,000,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +260,000,000* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Kill the Blue Furred Bigfoot'' with excellent des!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +120,000,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +1,200,000,000* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Kill the Pink Furred Bigfoot'' with excellent des!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +125,000,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +1,250,000,000* A series of system pop-ups appeared in Azmond''s vision as he overlooked the astonishing amount of loot he had just obtained. "So much gold..." He almost drooled a little when he saw billions of gold coins get added to his ''bank ount''. Chapter 230: Devour ....... |You can''t believe how awesome I am, can you!? Hehe~ I know, you''re wee~!| Boundless chimed in with her cute nose pointed upward! "..." Azmond ignored the cheerful yet conceited voice of Boundless as he focused his attention on the two ''vacant'' corpses. Bzzzt! His katana began to vibrate a little, clearly trying to tell him what it wanted so badly! And Azmond wasn''t one to deny the whims of his Emu... "Devour." He gave the go-ahead as Emu morphed into a slime form and grew disproportionately; its size inted up to a massive three hundred fifty thousand meters! CHOMP! It devoured every atom of the blue-furred Bigfoot before moving its ''mouth'' over to the pink-furred Bigfoot. Both corpses were consumed just like that! WAAA!! A sudden surge of power red outward from Azmond, as he looked like nothing short of a Super Saiyan about to go into God mode! "Well damn. This is quite the power-up." The amount of power he felt coursing through his veins was countless times greater than it was just a few seconds ago! ''I ought to find more of these behemoths if this is how much strength they give every time one is absorbed'' His thoughts veered into a very dangerous direction before he took out Crystalline as well. FWIP! "Wha?" She was more than a little confused by what just happened. One second, she was on Azmond, and the next second, she was floating a few feet away from him! However, her queries didn''t stay unanswered for long as a deep, raspy voice entered her ears. "Don''t worry about what just happened, My Dear. I simply transported you to my storage ring while I took out those Bigfoots~" Azmond''s ridiculous words found their way to Crystalline as he moved his hands around her hips, applying the Heavenly Massage Technique. "Mhmff~! St-Shtop it, A-Azmond~!" She yelped a little beforepletely forgetting her train of thought! However, this time she didn''t back away from his advances; in fact, she seemed to melt even further into his embrace as those sneaky hands made their way through her sensitive figure. "Hmm?" Azmond immediately noticed such wanton movements by Crystalline, as he even felt those alluring hips of hers rub up against his groin. ''This horny little she-devil!'' He eximed. Nheless, Azmond wasn''t one to lose in a bout of teasing as he started to gently pick and pull her nipples through that tight-fitting white robe she had on. And that was all it took to ''win'' this little ''bout''... "Ahnn~! Az-Azmond~! Co-Coming~!!" She moaned with an intoxicated look on her face. Her eyes rolled back, and her dainty hands clenched his robe as she squirted out of her holy cave! "Ahhnn~!! A-Azmond~!! Sh-Sho Guudd~!!" Crystalline could no longer control her body as her robes were stained to the brim with a sweet smelling liquid! *Ahh.. huff~ mhmm~* A variety of sensual sounds leaked out of those red lips of hers; her expression one of fatigued affection. However, there was another emotionan insatiable emotion growing within those wet green eyes of hers, as it seemed like that was not nearly enough to sate the little subus. "Sigh" Azmond let out a light sigh at such a sight. He wanted to continue right then and there, but he knew that it was not the right ce for such ''strenuous activities''. Plus, he appeared to have an audience... ... The City Lord had already made his way over after he saw the behemoths go down, and he was nning to thank the youngster for assisting his city; however, he didn''t even entertain that idea for a second when he saw the intimate moments urring between the youngster and the white fox-masked woman. Although Eldric saw not a thing, he could tell that the two of them were up to some ''lewd'' acts with their backs turned on him. If anyone knew of such things at a nce, then it was he who should know; after all, he had done shameless acts simr to them with his Ariana The City Lord had been patiently waiting with an awkward expression on his face for thest half a minute, but those two young people knew no shame! Not that he could me them The things he got up to with his Ariana were far bolder than what the two youngsters were doing, and let''s just say that the citizens of the City of RiverBloom have been through some things over the years. But still! He was envious of them! Err... What Eldric meant to say was that he was appalled by their shamelessness! Yah, that was it! (...) Nheless, such nonsensical thoughts weren''t long-lived, as he was soon brought out of his reverie by the youngster in question. "Yo, old dude, you know where these monsters originated from? Or how about why they appeared in your city to begin with?" "!?" An inquisitive voice sounded out behind the Old City Lord as he turned around, only to see that the youngster had appeared behind him! ''How did he get behind me without my noticing!? Just what level of strength does he possess???'' Eldric wore an astonished look on his face before he realized the youngster had asked him a question, and it would be rude not to respond back! Even though he was outssed in strength, he still had to keep up his elder-like facade! *Cough cough* "Why, of course, Junior... I have the information you inquire about," Eldric replied while stroking his beard with his eyebrows furrowed. He took his antediluvian persona very seriously! "???" A puzzled expression emerged on Azmond''s face as he began to ponder over the unusual actions taken by the old dude. ''Why is this old dude coughing? Is he sick or something? But how would a Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm Cultivator be sick??'' The Old City Lord''s antiquated persona didn''t work a single bit! "Haha" An awkwardugh was followed by a crooked smile forming on the City Lord''s wrinkled face. ''This youngster is a tough nut to crack! But I will win him over soon enough!'' He wouldn''t give up so easily! After all, he wasn''t ying the fool for himself ....... Chapter 231: An Array Formation!? .... "So?" Azmond inquired. He was still waiting for the Old City Lord to tell him about the origin of the monsters that attacked RiverBloom. The City Lord regained his bearings before his ancient voice started to echo out: "These monsters invaded from the heart of the Great Wilnds Forest." He began with a stringent tone. "They got here through a teleportation circle that I set up using my knowledge of array formations" His voice cracked a little when he reached the part that involved him. Eldric would never forgive himself for allowing those bastards to rampage through his city! He would never allow apse in judgment like what urred to happen again! As long as the citizens would still have him, the City Lord would work his entire life toward making it up to them! Eldric didn''t care about his wealth, hisfort, or anything like that! If he were to ask for one mercy, then he would just want his Ariana to stay safe And if the citizens decided not to forgive him and demanded his death, then he would dly ept his fate! But before such a moment came, the City Lord had to win this youngster over! After all, he was his only chance at keeping Ariana safe ..... "An array formation?? Does that pertain to what I think it does?" Azmond inquired with a slight grin stered on his face. "Yes, it''s the Array Formation profession. And it''s also one of the professions I was fortunate enough to acquire an affinity for at birth," Eldric responded with a slight smile. His mood improved a little when he was reminded of the noble profession that he had talent for. Even in the Royal Capital of AquaRing, possessing a profession like that of an array master would earn one privilege''s equivalent to that of a novice archmage. "Anyway, as I was saying, I set up the array that allowed the majority of the monsters to teleport straight into the city while the rest of the monsters invaded from outside the city. However, all of them were sent from the same ce... That ce being the heart of the Great Wilnds Forest, or more specifically from an organization called the ''Nightmare Council!''" "The Nightmare Council?" Azmond questioned. He had never heard of such an organization. And he had lived in the depths of the Great Wilnds Forest for over ten years. Or at least Azmond thought he was living in the depths; however, the City Lord''s next words wouldpletely alter that notion of his. ... "Yes, the Nightmare Council; it''s a group of hundreds of thousands of monster kings and queens that grouped together underneath the rule of nine Monster Emperorsall of which are in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm." The City Lord''s words came out a little shaky as a slight sense of trepidation welled up within him when he reached the part about the Monster Emperor''s. "They congregate at the very heartthe deepest part of the Great Wilnds Forest. You wouldn''t be able to walk around for five minutes without witnessing a monster ''king'' surveying the area," he borated with a weary countenance. "Oh? And how did youe into contact with this ''Nightmare Council''?" Azmond asked with an eyebrow slightly raised. This ''Nightmare Council'' sounded like quite an intimidating group of intelligent monsters. So the real question was how someone of the ''human faction'' got into contact with such an elusive group like the ''Nightmare Council''. "Well Although I am embarrassed to admit it, the truth is that they did not contact me. I contacted them," Eldric began with a disdainful tone. He disdained himself! The City Lord couldn''t believe he had brought such ruin to the very city that he and Ariana built up together! "I wanted to find a miracle drug that was rumored to be in the possession of one of the high-ranking Monster Queen''s. And the Monster Queen in question promised me that she would uphold her end of the deal as long as I did everything she asked. However, she didn''tmunicate with me directly; that is what that basilisk was for." His expression became a little twisted when he recalled the damn smirk on that scaly bastard''s face. "I see" Azmond brooded over the matter for a moment before returning his focus back to the City Lord. The City Lord continued on with his exnation and informed Azmond of all the details revolving around the ''agreement'' he made with the monsters; however, such information wasn''t really that important. So Azmond glossed over it and moved on to what he considered the most important part. "So, where exactly is this ''Nightmare Council'' located?" He inquired with expectation building up inside him. Just imagining the hundreds of thousands ofrge loot bags waiting for him somewhere in the Great Wilnds Forest had him salivating inside his mind! There weren''t many things as good as the feeling that came with acquiring more experience and gold! "???" Question marks went off in the City Lord''s head. ''Why is this youngster so interested in the ''Nightmare Council''? He isn''t thinking about going to find them, is he!?'' A crazy thought entered his subconscious. And it was very likely that really was his goal! However, the astonishment that he felt quickly died away when he remembered that the youngster had already thwarted the ns of the Monster Race. And they were likely toe to him, demanding an ''exnation''. An ''exnation'' that would likelye with the price of his head on a tter... After all, Azmond had not only killed just about every monster that invaded the City of RiverBloom. But he had also killed a General and two Titan-ss ves of the monster race! Even for an organization like the ''Nightmare Council'', those two Bigfoot-like monsters took no small sum of money and resources to produce. They had every reason they needed to send out a headhunt order for the youngster! ''Sigh'' Eldric couldn''t help but be a little exasperated. ''I need to tell him of the monster king ranks and the fact that this ''invasion'' was nothing more than the first monster wave of many toe for the human race,'' he thought. ....... Chapter 232: The Monster Ranks ..... The Old City Lord was probably the only human in Asterion who knew that RiverBloom was merely meant to serve as an appetizeran appetizer to make the human race of the Azure nk continent fear the seconding of the Monster Race! And as soon as the monsters learned that the first step of their fear tactic had failed, they would without a doubt send even stronger forces than Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm Monsters to make the humans feel ''Fear''! However, for what reasons they were going through all this trouble was something that even the Old City Lord didn''t know "Listen, youngster" Eldric began his retelling of the details. .... A few minutes passed by "Is that so?" Azmond began to speak with an amused tone. "Monsters have their own ranking system, and that ''monster wave'' was just the first of many toe," he muttered with an imperceptible smile growing on his face. "???" The City Lord became confused over the reaction made by the youngster. Shouldn''t he be anxious about the perilous situation he had inadvertently thrown himself into?? Why did he instead seem excited over such a terrible revtion??? On a side note, the Old City Lord had informed Azmond of all the ranks the monsters of this worldat least the semi-intelligent onesfollowed. It''s the ranking system they used to designate just who had the highest authority among themsimr to how the dragon ranking system functioned. And the ranking system went like this, from descending to ascending order 1: Minion (Body Refinement Realm) 2: Low-ss Soldier (Qi Condensation Realm) 3: Mid-ss Soldier (Foundation Establishment Realm) 4: High-ss Soldier (Core Formation Realm) 5: Low-ss General (Golden Core Formation Realm) 6: Mid-ss General (Nascent Soul Realm) 7: High-ss General (Soul Transformation Realm) 8: Low-ss King (Void Refining Realm) 9: High-ss King (Unity Form Synthesis Realm) 10: Emperor ss (Tribtion Transcendence Realm) 11: Great Emperor ss (Mahayana Realm) Azmond had put two and two together and surmised that these ''Nine Monster Emperor''s'' of the ''Nightmare Council'' likely saw themselves as ''Emperor ss'' monsters. However, the ranks were extremely generalized, and there could be massive differences between two monsters in the ''Emperor ss''. Considering that you would still be an ''Emperor ss'' monster if you had reached the Half-Step Mahayana Realm. An Emperor ss monster at the absolute top of the rank could very well take out millions of newly advanced Emperor sses! Now, what did this mean for Azmond? It meant that he could ''luck out'' and get stuck with a few newly advanced Emperor ss monsters being the top figures of the ''Nightmare Council''. Not that he could take on even the weakest Tribtion Transcendence Realm monster right now. But it would sure as hell help him close the gap! Now, why was he so adamant about finding and ultimately taking this ''Nightmare Council'' out by its roots? Well, that''s because the Old City Lord had told him that the ''monster waves'' toe would not end with a ''meager'' ten million monsters. Eldric said there were tens of billions of monsters of varying ranksall at the beck and call of the Nine Monster Emperors and their high-ranking generals! Think about all the people who could be in imminent danger! Think about all the innocent organisms that would be squished out of existence when put up against such a mighty force! Think about the tens of billions of Fucking Experience Bags!!! Err He meant to say, ''Think about all the innocent bunnies!'' or whatever! (...) ... "So, do you still n to head out, even after I told you of your almost guaranteed death if you do go through with this suicide mission?" The City Lord inquired with an expectant expression. He knew it was wrong of him, but deep down, he was hoping that Azmond would still decide to storm the Nightmare Council. After all, that was the only way Eldric could save his Ariana What the basilisk and the High Ranking Monster Queen had told him weren''t lies. There truly was a miracle drug in the possession of the Monster Queen! The City Lord had seen it for himself, and he knew with just a nce that it was the real deal! There was no question about that. But Eldric now had no way of getting that miracle drug from the hands of that particr Monster Queen, considering that he had burned all his bridges with her... There was, of course, the option of taking it by force; however, even he, who was at the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm, could not discern a single thing about her cultivation base! All the City Lord knew was that she was way out of his league in terms of strength. So, his options were thus narrowed down to letting his Ariana die due to an unknown ailment. Or he could try his luck with this powerful youngstera youngster who was capable of killing two Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm Monsters. And which one did Eldric ultimately decide to work towards? Well, wasn''t it obvious? He wouldtch onto the young man''s legs, even if it killed him! "Hmm Do I n on heading out, you ask?" Azmond''s smirk widened to a disproportionate degree for the first time in what felt like forever. "!!" A shiver went down the City Lord''s spine. "Well, of course I n to go," Azmond ended with a toothy grin. "I-Is that so?" Eldric asked with an ufortable expression. Although he was a little taken aback by the ''unique attitude'' the youngster had toward their current ''predicament'', he wasn''t one to lose hisposure so easily. After all, the City Lord had already been alive for nearly four thousand years! "Yes, that is so. But I have something to take care of, first," Azmond responded as his gaze traveled to the ko-like beautytched to his chest. He didn''t know how much longer she could stay ''pent up'' before she exploded in the middle of a battle! That was not a day Azmond looked forward to experiencing in the slightest ..... Chapter 233: Something To Take Care Of... .... Just imagining getting ravaged by an insatiable green-eyed woman in the middle of a battlefield put Azmond on edge. And luckily for him, he learned that the next ''monster wave'', even with his interference, would not be for the next couple weeks. So that meant he had some time to ''spare''. ... "Mhmm?" A set of two dazzling eyes looked up from his robes, gazing right up at that ''apprehensive'' gleam in Azmond''s handsome blue''s. "Hehe~" Crystalline''s expression immediately turned into a devious one as she licked her lips a little. *rub rub* Those milky white breasts of hers rubbed up and down on his chest, as she was clearly horny as hell! Her hard nipples were evidence enough of that fact! ''Oh no'' Azmond''s face morphed into an ashen-stricken one. He had no choice in the matter now! It was either now or she would ''do'' him in the middle of enemy territory! Meanwhile, in the location where the City Lord was,. "..." The City Lord knew right away what that ''something'' Azmond had to ''take care of'' was. And it was because of this that he decided to give the couple some alone time as he made his way back to RiverBloom, seemingly aiming to manage damage control until Azmond was ready to set out. However, Eldric got out a series of words before he left: "There''s a special room that should''ve survived the monster invasion in the guest houses outside the ''City Lord''s Mansion''. You can feel free to ''take care'' of your ''something'' there," he said with a dirty grin on his face. "..." "..." His figure faded away from the couple, who were still processing his words. They couldn''t believe that the Old City Lord was such a dirty geezer! There was no way he was the City Lord of a massivemerce city like RiverBloom! Nheless, that didn''t mean they wouldn''t take him up on his offer! They weren''t stupid! (...) "Hey, Azmond? You know I have gotten a lot stronger after using that ''leveling up'' thing you just told me about." Crystalline whispered into Azmond''s ears with a seductive grin. "..." Azmond had a bad feeling about the words toe. "You know what that means~?" She continued with her eyes gazing lustfully into his. Those two unholy melons pressed up against his chest as she let out hot air; she clearly couldn''t make it to the City Lord''s Mansion, even though they were only a few seconds out. "What does it mean, My Dear~?" Azmond inquired with a yful voice. And he wasn''t one to be on the defensive as his hands gilded through that voluptuous figure of hers. "Mhmff~!" Crystalline moaned a little when his hand yed with the area around her pussy. "Sht-Shtop it, Azmond~! I am being sh-sherious," she slurred her words while attempting to muffle her moans. Her face was one of ''seriousness'' as she really wanted to tell Azmond what her new strength meant for them! "Fine~ what is it you wish to tell me~?" He blew into her ears before pulling back, seemingly waiting for her answer. "Ahhn~! I-I was trying to tell you that I couldst lo-longer in bed with my new strength I won''t go down as easily as before!" Crystalline finally managed to get out her words with a sudden surge of determination. She would win a round this time around! Her 0 : 40 losing streak would end today! "Oh~? We will have to see if that is truly the case then~" The sounding of Azmond''s amused voice just happened to coincide with them making it to the City Lord''s Mansion. *Whoosh* Theynded on the ground before the two of them practically teleported into the room that the City Lord told them about! Their clothes disappeared faster than the eye could see as theymenced a long and ''arduous'' night of intense ''workouts''. "Az-Azmond~! AAaahhh~! Faster~!! C-Cominngg~!!" Loud moans resounded out from that guest room, and if Azmond hadn''t already taken precautions against any spying, then there were sure to be thousands of civilians distracted from the devastationcivilians who would likely move toward the City Lord''s Mansion to see what the source of such amotion was! However, not everything was flowers and puppies, as a certain pair of glum figures were sitting back, receiving front-row tickets to the orchestra of moans and grunts that came out of the guest house. Their reasons for being in soured moods, however, were for twopletely different reasons. |Humph! That stupid baka! Why does he always leave me behind when he takes Crystalline behind closed doors!? I want to join in whatever fun they are having as well!| Boundlessmented with an adorable pout on her face. Even though she was the one who managed the ''Dual Cultivation'' segment of the ''Boundless System'', Boundless waspletely oblivious to the fact that they were up to some very ''sensual'' acts in there. It was almost like she blocked out that part of her memories just so she didn''t have to see her master participate in such ''lewd'' acts with a woman other than herself! Boundless was the one closest to her master, you know! She should be allowed to do everything that Bimbo was able to do with him! |Why does that dumb baka always bar me from joining in or observing them!? I want to do it too! There must be a reason why he doesn''t allow me to join him in bed as well, right!? I just need to figure out what that is and then resolve it, and bam! After I fix the problem, I can do this and that with my master Hehe~| Boundless resolved herself to fix the ''problem'' as a creepy giggling session starteda session that involved her feeling up a pillow she was rolling around on while leaking a strange liquid out of her holy cave... And then we find ourselves in the perspective of the other ''gloomy'' shadow who waited inside a room adjacent to the one Boundless was in. "Mhmu!!" Emu eximed! Emu was ready to eat more monster''s! It wanted to go out and hunt some more! But itspanion had been in the middle of some ''exercise'' with the ''squishy'' woman he had around him! And they had been at it for five days now! ..... Chapter 234: Telling Crystalline About Boundless... .... Emu didn''t understand why itspanion needed to spend so much time ''exercising'' with that woman! He should just go out and hunt some more monsters with Emu! Emu wanted to devour! Emu wanted itspanion toe devour with Emu! "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu started to bounce up and down with a clearly aggrieved expression on its slimy features! Emu wanted to devour now! Emu swore that it would barge into itspanions ''training room'' by the next day if he didn''te out and resume their hunting! "Mhmu!" A resolved look formed on Emu''s ''face'' as it knew what it must do to save itspanion if he was trapped in there with that strange woman! ... A few hours passed by The moans never stopped leaking out of the enclosed doors of the City Lord''s Mansion''s Guest House. Although all of them were concealed within the confines of the mansion by Azmond,. Nheless, there came a point in the morning when the moans simply stoppeding out. |Are they finally done?| Boundless bubbled up when she thought about that possibility! |It has already been six days since they began their ''closed door training''! I can''t believe Azmond would leave me hanging out here for six whole days!! That big meanie!| *Tap tap* However, in spite of her words, her legs had already started to hurriedly walk in the direction of the guest house! She would be the first one to greet Azmond! And she would also be the first one to knock some sense into him! They should be leveling up anything but the ''Dual Cultivation'' function! Boundless didn''t even know why she made that function to begin with! |''Why was I such an idiot!?''| She bemoaned her past decisions with a ''chastising'' expression. "Mhmu!" Emu squeaked! It looked like Boundless wasn''t the only one in such a petition'' as Emu wanted to get to itspanion and force him to go out hunting with Emu! |You think you can beat me to my master?? You are far too naive if you think that!| Boundless giggled before speeding up her steps. "Mhmu!?" Emu was surprised! Emu couldn''t believe the other silly woman was so fast! She seemed so weak, so how was she so fast?? However, Emu didn''t get much time to think, as it would ''lose'' to that weird brown-haired woman if it didn''t pick up its pace! ... Meanwhile, in the expansive andvishly decorated guest house of the City Lord''s Mansion,. Bang! Arge set of doors mmed open as two frantic figures rushed in. |Azmond! Let''s go level up the system features!| "Mhmu!" ''Companion hunt with me!!'' They both said their pieces as they hounded Azmonda man who was still in the midst of putting on his sunsettish-colored robe and fox mask. "Hmm?" Azmond looked on curiously at the two ''intruders''. However, when he saw the looks on both of their faces, he couldn''t help but let out a small chuckle: "Haha~ You guys are so impatient." Azmond pulled up his hair up a little in the middle of theugh as he put on his fox mask as well. But it seemed like he had once again let something slip... ..... "Azmond, what do you mean by ''you guys''?" Crystalline had already found her way to the back side of Azmond as she ''lovingly'' put her arms around him. Crack! Azmond could''ve sworn that he felt something snap inside of him! "Uhmm Well, you see-" He was going to bullcrap his way through it again; however, it didn''t look like Crystalline would fall for the same thing twice. "Don''t lie to me, Azmond. I am not a child." Her voice came out a little icy as she stared daggers at him while hugging his waist. "..." Azmond found himself in quite the predicament. What was he supposed to say in response to that? It wasn''t like he enjoyed lying to Crystalline; however, he really had no choice in the matter! Considering that Azmond would look like a madman if he told her about the invisible girl that he had been talking to for thest few months, it was hard to tell her! However, his reluctantness soon faded away with the sudden interjection of Boundless. |Just tell her about me, Azmond! I altered the system after your constant breakthroughs! It will now allow all ''potential lovers'' who have reached the ''lover'' stage to see me!| She eximed. Boundless had sessfully informed him of a new feature while getting the ''lover'' part out with a slightly irritated tone. She hated to admit it, but Crystalline was indeed considered the ''lover'' of her master. Boundless didn''t like it, but she recognized at least that much. The unbiased part of her that dictated the features of the ''Boundless System'' made sure she understood that fact. ''Wha-'' Azmond was going to ask what she was talking about, but before he could... |All you need to do is tell that cow about my existence, and she will naturally be able to witness my glorious form!| "..." It looked like he didn''t get an opinion on any of this, huh? ''Welp I guess there is no better time than the present. I would have to tell her of Boundless''s existence sooner orter. And it looked like my recent breakthroughs and Boundless''s alteration presented that opportunity right in front of me,'' Azmond thought. ''I would be stupid not to make use of such an opportune moment. Especially when considering that Crystalline might be a little more epting of her existence after informing her of this information after our ''training session''.'' His thoughts began to swirl as he looked at the vexed expression of the green-eyed beauty out of the corner of his eye. ''Even though she is not showing signs of her emotions having been assuaged, I can feel it. All that ''hostility'' emitting from her is just an act.'' Azmond, upon steeling his nerves for what was toe, turned his gaze toward Crystalline after backing away from her. "Well You see, there is-" He started to articte the existence of Boundless. Chapter 235: Playing It Off Cool ... |''Yes!''| Boundless began to think to herself with a giddy smile. |''That ''problem'' can finally be resolved! I spent thest few days changing the system functions just so I could aplish this ''Ultimate Goal'' of mine!''| She hid her thoughts well, as not a single existence could perceive those chaotic thoughts darting around inside that pretty head of hers. |''The next time Azmond wants to do ''Dual Cultivation'', I can be included as well!''| tion filled Boundless''s existence, as she almost let her emotions slip out onto her expression. However, such excitement didn''tst for long as she suddenly remembered something ''different'' about her |''What do I do about me not being a real woman though? I am not like Crystalline. I am not true flesh and blood like her. Will Azmond still like me despite that?| Boundless couldn''t help but let her thoughts drain down the same gaping hole that always seemed to envelop her when she thought about her rtionship with Azmond. He was a human and her host... And she was the embodiment of a system... How could Boundless hope to develop anything past a master-servant rtionship with Azmond? On aical note, her feelings were still unknown to even herself, as that dense head of hers couldn''t seem tomute anything past a joke. But, in spite of that, it was unequivocally true that she had already unknowingly started falling in love with him! It was unknown when exactly such feelings began to sprout inside of her, but after spending almost every waking second of every day together, it was unavoidable that Boundless would start seeing Azmond as more than what a ''tool'' should see her master as... ..... But there was always that certain topic that ''ailed'' her. That topic being that she was not a ''real woman''. At least not in the same sense that all the women Azmond would meet in the future would be. She was an embodiment of something almost whimsic corporeal form that was molded into whatever shape would best suit Azmond''s tastes. That was her existence; that was her purpose... However, the part of her that wanted to be closer to Azmond vehemently resisted that part of her ''code''. And it was because of such ''resistance'' that all she wanted to do was grab him and ravage him till they melted into each other''s embraces! Was that so much to ask!? |...| Boundless mulled over that question for a few nanoseconds, until she reached a point where she could no longer take it anymore! |''No! I will do what I want from now on!''| She shouted inside of her mind! Boundless didn''t care anymore! She didn''t care about whether she was a real woman! And if Azmond doesn''t want to take her because she was not a real woman then she she! Well, she didn''t know what she would do then... But what Boundless did know was that she would relentlessly pursue Azmond until the day that he ravished her in bed! |''Wait, n-no, that is not what I meant to think! I''m an innocent woman, I swear! Don''t put words into my mouth, Narrator!''| She puffed her cheeks up as she turned her face away from the sight of Azmond and Crystalline talking. (Heh...) Azmond narrated the existence of Boundless as a few minutes quickly passed by in the blink of an eye. "A ''system'' and a woman that embodies the essence of that ''system''?" Crystalline questioned. She dangerously narrowed her eyes, as she only really took the ''woman'' part from what he told her. However, Crystalline soon calmed her nerves when she recalled the power that she had gained due to the ''help'' of this ''Boundless''. The fact that Azmond had been hanging around and clinging to a different womanwithout her knowingdid not bode well with her; however, she wouldn''t lie and say that she didn''t appreciate this ''Boundless'' a little bit for giving her the opportunity to be even stronger. "Yah, yah, you see, she is right here! She is super nice as well!" Azmond responded with a cracked tone, sweat raining down his face. He was so damn nervous! He had never been so on edge in his entire life! Even when Azmond was about to face Unity Form Synthesis Realm Monsters at a far weaker level of strength, he was nowhere near as nervous as he was at that moment! ''Show yourself, Boundless'' Azmond transmitted his voice to his cinnamon roll. |Hwaa?| Boundless came out of her reverie and realized that she had forgotten to activate the ''lover sight'' function. Bzzt! A static sound reverberated out before a bright light shed! .... A swoosh and a whishter, and there stood a 5''8 woman with long brown hair and round chocte-colored doe eyes. Her body was nothing short of a subus, as she had on a red-brownish kimono that could barely contain whaty underneath it. |Uhmm| Boundless didn''t know what to say. As she was still trying to figure out what she should say to properly introduce herself, Crystalline''s mind was going through quite the upheaval, as she couldn''t believe that this ''Boundless'' really existed. Although she didn''t think Azmond was lying, that didn''t make it any easier to believe such an out-of-ce notion about a woman who appeared out of nowhere and started calling herself the ''Embodiment of the Boundless System''. Anyone with half a brain cell would have a tough time believing such nonsense. Nheless, the facts were presented right in front of herfacts in the form of a busty woman in a tight-fitted kimono! That wasn''t to even mention that her face was beyond divine! Even Crystalline herself couldn''t believe that there was someone so perfect-looking other than Azmond himself... However, this girl was the undeniable proof of their being someone nearly on the same level as her lover. Nevertheless, Crystalline wasn''t the least bit happy about their being such a ''well-endowed'' and beautiful woman around her man. "..." She red at Azmond with clear annoyance shining in her eyes. Azmond, upon noticing a disturbance in the force, decided to y it off ''cool''. ...... Chapter 236: Play It Off Cool Failed! .... "Haha" Azmond responded with an awkwardugh as he looked in the other direction. The ''y it off cool'' objective has failed! All he was hoping for now was that Boundless would be capable of winning Crystalline over one way or another. Although he wasn''t confident in her being able to aplish that, given her ''personality'' and all... ..... Meanwhile, Boundless, who had been brooding over what she should say this entire time, finally mustered up the voice to ''introduce'' herself. |Nice to meet you, bimbo cow! I am Boundless! You can also call me the other half of Azmond!| She eximed with arge, radiant smile as she extended her hand out. "..." Both Azmond and Crystalline couldn''t believe this was the ''introduction'' she spent so much time pondering over. Nheless, Azmond didn''t have the luxury to stare nkly at Boundless, as a certain dark aura started to build up next to him. "Do-Don''t listen to her, My Love, you see, she is not the smartest bolt in the tool shop! She''s still struggling on the edge of being obtuse and mentally impaired!" Azmond muttered as his hands went to cover up the mouth of Boundless. |Mhmff!| Boundless was trying to continue her ''introduction'' ; however, her voice came out as nothing more than a muffle. |!!!| She looked up ''angrily'' at Azmond! She couldn''t believe he was preventing her from giving out her ''well thought out speech''! However, he was too preupied with assuaging the emotions of Crystalline to bother with the grievances of Boundless. Azmond could already see the annoyance on Crystalline''s face, and if he didn''t glue this sinking ship together, then he would never be able to venture out into the Great Wilnds Forest again. After all, Azmond had to leave by himself if he wanted to confidently infiltrate the ''Nightmare Council''. So bringing Crystalline along would be a big no-no! There had to be minimal amounts of bad blood between the two of them if he wished to make it out of this situation with a ''happy''ish'' Crystalline, and whatever Boundless usually was "Is that so?" Crystalline questioned with a doubtful expression. She didn''t know if she should believe him on that one. After all, wasn''t this ''Boundless'' supposed to be some all-powerful embodiment of an abstruse concept like a ''system''? But Azmond wouldn''t give her the chance to dwell too much on that subject, as his agitated voice soon sounded out. "Yes, Yes! That is most definitely the case! She''s not too well-off in the thinking department and requires very long, extended periods of time to be able to properly formte speech," he began with a brittle tone. "You see, we rushed her a little bit. So she came out with some nonsense like that; you really need not mind her!" Azmond was using every card he knew of, as he even started to rub Crystalline''s shoulders to help ''soothe'' her nerves. And it seemed to be working as those furrowed-up brows of hers started toe down a little. At least they were, until a certain girl started to speak again... |What are you talking about, Azmond!? I''m not stupid! I''m smart, you dumb baka!| She retorted with a vexed look on her face. Her arms just so happened to cross underneath her two milky white breastsresulting in those ''assets'' of hers being pointed out for everyone to see. *Jiggle Jiggle* They bounced a little. *Pop* A vein popped up on Crystalline''s head, as that personality and those ''weapons'' made for the worstbination when attempting to properly ''greet'' her. This had to be the worst first impression she had ever gotten in her entire life! It was even on the same level as the first time she met the hateful man beside her! "!?" Azmond became a little freaked out upon hearing that girl open her lips again! "Haha! She''s such a jokester, but don''t mind her!" He announced with a hoarse voice. And his body wasn''t far behind, as he had already made his way over to Boundless''s mouth and covered up that trouble-making hole of hers. "How about we continue talking about the topic that we were discussing while in bed? The one about you needing to go back to your sectthe ''Hidden Lotus Syndicate''and take your ce as the rightful heiress of the sect," Azmond mentioned with a posed'' smile. He was doing everything in his power to change the topic of this discussion as soon as possible. Lest that big-mouthed brown-eyed beauty spout even more nonsense. ... It wasn''t like Azmond wanted to talk about this matter to begin with, considering that Crystalline would have to leave for an indefinite period of timeor at least until he became strong enough to take her backbut Azmond had no other option if he wished to change the topic! You see, the truth is that a Tribtion Transcendence Elder of the ''Hidden Lotus Syndicate'' contacted Crystalline a few days ago, and she had ordered Crystalline to return to the sect grounds within a month''s time. And if she didn''tply, then the elder would have to take her back by force! Azmond was, of course, extremely unhappy about this arrangement and even started to plot ways to evade the sight of the Tribtion Transcendence Elder as they would attempt to make their escape from the City of RiverBloom. However, Crystalline soon denied that ''n'' as she figured that this was as good a time as any to head back to her sect and take back her spot as the sect leader! And although there would be somepetition among the Heiress''s, it would be nothing that she couldn''t handle. After all, it wasn''t like they would go off trying to kill each other. In the end, they were still sisters of the same sact before they were heiress''s candidates. And even if one of the Heiress candidates did decide to go off the deep end and ''get rid of thepetition''. The elders and Supreme Elders of her sect would never allow such a thing and would intervene before any real damage was done. Chapter 237: Kingdom And Sect Ranks .... Another Info Dump Below Of course, even after learning of all this information, Azmond was still not willing to let Crystalline go off on her ownentering a sect filled with who knows what dangers. Nheless She was her own person, and he had to let her grow on her own. He wanted her to be safe above all else, but he also wouldn''t allow himself to put her in a box like some caged bird. He had to let her grow her wings and fly! And it wasn''t like Crystalline was doing all this on a whim or purely because the elder of her sectmanded her to. She truly wished to be the sole Heiress of her sect. After all, the ''heiress'' and subsequent ''Sect Leader'' titles were not just for show. The ones in possession of such titles were given the privilege of taking whatever they wanted from the sect''s storage! And that wasn''t all, as they were also qualified to obtain majority control over most of the forces of the ''Hidden Lotus Syndicate''. Neither Azmond nor Crystalline cared much about the second part of the benefits; however, both of them were very interested in the ''sect storage'' matter. After all, just imagine all the gold coins and spiritual stones that could be stored inside that ''treasure vault! It was presumed to be at such an unbelievable level that it could be just what Azmond and Crystalline needed to catapult themselves up by a few major realms! Now, such arge amount of treasure being stored away was mainly due to two things. The first being that this ''Hidden Lotus Syndicate'' was no normal sect and ranked in as a Tier 9 Secret Sect of the World of Asterion. What did this imply, you might ask? Well, the world of Asterion had a sect ranking system, just like they also had a kingdom ranking system. And both of those ranking systems happened to be very simr to each other, although don''t misinterpret ''simrity'' with ''equality''for a kingdom and a sect of the same tier could very well be miles apart in terms of how strong they were. The Kingdom and Sect ranking system went like this, from descending to ascending order Kingdom: (Tier 1-9) Sect: (Tier 1-9) The sects, more often than not, were of a far higher quality than a kingdom of the same tier. For example, the ''Hidden Lotus Syndicate'' was a Tier 9 Sectcer at the very summit of the world of Asterion. However, a Tier 9 Kingdom such as the Divinity kingdoms thaty to the north would never be able to match up to the ''Hidden Lotus Syndicate''. A Tier 9 Sect was more on the level of a top-tier empire in the world of Asterion. An empire like the Divine Sea Dynasty would be a good example of an Empire on a simr level as the Hidden Lotus Syndicate. And just for reference, the Divine Sea Dynasty possessed cultivators at the peak of the Mahayana Realm. And it was even rumored that they had ancestors who had already surpassed the limits of the mortal realm but decided to stay down here anyway. Now, for what reason these powerful and archaic ancestors decided to stay on Asterion instead of venturing out past the Starry Seaboard was something unknown to those outside their ''circle''. However, that was a topic for another time. Let us get back to the heated conversation between Azmond, Crystalline, Boundless, and Emu... "We already discussed my leaving, Azmond. What I want to talk about right now is this ditsy bimbo that''s ying the innocent persona as much as she wants." Crystalline''s words came out in a frosty tone as she directed her icy gaze to the ''confused'' Boundless. |''What is this cow talking about? What innocent persona!? I tried my best with making a good first impression, you know!''| Boundless grumbled inside her mind before she harrumphed and turned her head away from Crystalline. |''That cow isn''t worth my ''good will'' anyway!''| She began with a haughty tone; however, that haughtiness didn''tst long as she suddenly remembered something. |''Wait! If I don''t get along with this cow, then how am I supposed to rock the bed with Azmond!? Err I mean, ''assist'' him in his needs!?''| Boundless ''wlessly'' corrected her wording as she started to fret over that ''event'' noting to pass. There was no other choice! She had to meld the rtionship between her and Crystalline! At least enough that she would be able to ''assist'' Azmond, even with her knowing! Boundless''s expression became resolved as she knew what she needed to do to be ''closer'' with Azmond. She had no choice now. She had to be nicer to this dumb cow! ... |Uhmm I''m sorry for being rude and calling you a dumb, fat, stupid cow! I''ve not talked to another woman in forever, that''s all!| Boundless apologized while fiddling with her hands. It was obvious that she waspletely unused to this whole ''apologizing'' business. "... You didn''t call me half of those things, you know?" Crystalline responded with twitching eyelids. Was this girl looking for a fight or something?? |Oh! Did I not!? Oopsies, well anyway!| "Don''t ''well anyway'' me. What sort of apology is this??" |It''s an awesome apology! I thought it up myself! So, do you forgive me!? Please forgive me!| "That is not how you ask for forgiveness." |Is it not!?| Boundless questioned with an astonished expression. |Are you sure about that!? I read somewhere that the best way to apologize was to convey what you were feeling to the one you were trying to apologize to! That''s what I''m doing right now! That means I''m awesome, does it not!?| "..." Crystalline was left exasperated at this girl''s personality. Was this what Azmond had to work with every day? She wanted to be mad at him; however, for some odd reason, she couldn''t help but feel a little bad for him ''Finally someone understands...'' Azmond would be crying tears of joy right now, if not for the sparks flying through the air. Chapter 238: The Power Up Plan ..... *Sigh* "Whatever, so how far have you taken it with Azmond?" Crystalline inquired with a t tone. It looked like she wasn''t here to beat around the bush, and she was bing quite good at hiding that killing intent bubbling up inside her. |How far have I gone with Azmond?| Boundless asked with a finger on her chin. |''What does she mean by that? Was she asking how close we are? That must be it!''| And like the dense girl she was, she responded with, |All The Way!!!| "..." "..." Both Azmond and Crystalline were left stunned by the words spoken by Boundless. ... "Mhmu??" Even Emu was not left out of that speechless state they all found themselves in. "Azmond?" Crystalline''s voice leaked out with a darkened expression. She was not ying around! ..... ''Well, shit'' Azmond couldn''t believe the ''predicament'' he had found himself in. It was supposed to be smooth sailing after he revealed the existence of Boundless! Smooth sailing! Did this look like smooth sailing!? ''I swear, when I find the god who thought this would be funny, I''ll stick a flute up his ass and have a donkey y a tune.'' Azmond''s eyebrows flickered around the luxurious room, attempting to distract himself from the chaos that was about to ensue. He could take on monsters or beast waves; he could even go up against asteroid-sized monsters with no problem. However, when it came to women, even Azmond started to have cold feet. "Well?" Crystalline questioned once more. Azmond had no choice now! He had toe up with something, and fast! ''Ahh! I know just the thing!'' It hit him like a bolt of lightning as words started flowing out of him... "You see Boundless is a poor and impecunious soul. She doesn''t have much in this life! I''m really the only thing she has! So when you asked her how far we went, she responded with the deluded dreams she has when she ''sleeps''. She can''t help it!" Azmond described his words with exaggerated hand motions as he pointed at the puzzled brown-haired girl beside him. |What?? I''m not lonely, Azmond!| Boundless retorted with a pouty expression. "See, clear signs of denial! You can''t help but pity her! I will definitely find a world-renowned doctor to help her out one of these days. But for now, you can just see her as nothing more than someone you have to be understanding of," Azmond added with a ''pained'' countenance. His hands sped over the shoulders of Boundless as he attempted to ''help'' her get through her ''problems''. |Ow ow! Azmond! Stop squeezing so hard; it hurts!| She feigned pain as she backed away from the group with chipmunk-like cheeks. Boundless couldn''t believe this was how she was treated after all the ''work'' she put into introducing herself! |''This is what I get for trying to be on the same level as everyone else! But it looks like in the end, I''m still too awesome to rte to anyone else!''| She still somehow managed to have her nose pointed to the sky, even under such circumstances... Nheless, it looked like that was all the proof Crystalline needed to believe Azmond, as she directed a gaze of pity toward the conceited Boundless. "... I see what you mean, Azmond," she whispered underneath her breath. Azmond leaned his head on her shoulder before replying with, "I know, you just need to be patient with her... She is still learning, but I believe she will get there one day" He spoke with a ''mncholic'' tone as he gazed off into the distance. And just as Azmond thought he would get away with everything, a dead voice sounded out next to his ear: "But you really haven''t done anything with her?" "Why, of course not, My Love~! Who do you think I am!? I''m an extremely faithful man! But if you were to allow it, then who would I be to den-" He began with a righteous tone before... *Bonk!* He was pped across the head by Crystalline. "No!" She announced with a dangerous look on her face. "Ow Are you sure about that, My Dear? There could be so many benefits to such a scenario!" Azmond feigned pain before attempting to back up his ''case''. He wasn''t willing to give up so easily! Just thinking about all the strength he could gain from Dual Cultivation alone was enough to make him give up some of his dignity! Azmond would never cheat on his Crystalline, but that didn''t mean he wouldn''t try his utmost hardest to ''coax'' her over to the dark side! "I said No!" Crystalline repeated with a scary look on her face. She wouldn''t allow any other b*tches to get their nasty bodies on her man! She refused! "But what if I told you that both you and myself could gain even more strength if I made a few ''special'' connections with a select few women?" Azmond advertised with a true businessman''s look on his face. He would convince his Ice Queen to follow through with this ''power-up n'', no matter what he had to do! After all, power was the first and foremost thing Azmond desired in any number of lifetimes. And if he had even the slightest chance of ''convincing'' his Little Ice Flower to allow the opportunity for more power, then he would sure as hell put his all into it! "More power?" Crystalline wouldn''t deny that she wasn''t the least bit intrigued by such a notion. However, she wouldn''t give up so easily! She may be a power hog like Azmond, but she still had standards! "Yes, My Dear~ I will love you all the same, even if I have more women. But think about it this way: there is this ''feature'' of my system that allows me and anyone I ''dual cultivate'' with to be stronger. But that is not all, as it also allows higher strength boosts to be transmitted through partners the more I have~," Azmond began his boration of the benefits with a wily look on his face. Chapter 239: Before The Six Year Mark? .... "Although I would never go overboard with the number of women, we could still gain the maximum number of benefits as long as I find a few more ''select'' partners to dual cultivate with~ We could be looking at a massive strength increase here, My Dear~," Azmond persuaded Crystalline while rubbing her tender shoulders. "Is that so?" She wouldn''t deny that she wasn''t the least bit interested in such a proposal. Crystalline wanted more power! But she also wanted her Azmond all to herself! He was hers! Not some other bitch''s! ''Hmm?'' Azmond, upon noticing the conflicted expression on her face, realized that he might actually be on the precipice of bringing her over to the dark side. Although that yandere personality of hers was working against him, that lovely part of her appeared to bepeting with the power-hungry part of her. After all, it may not look like it most of the time, but Crystalline was just about as thirsty for more strength as Azmond was! They were two peas in a pod! Both obsessive yanderes and both insane megalomaniacs! They were practically meant for each other! And that would never change until the end of time! "My Little Ice Flower, you must know that the way I feel about you will never change, right?" Azmond began with a serious look on his face. He wasn''t even the least bit joking when he spoke those words. Even though his thirst for power was beyond repairable, that didn''t mean he would discard his lover(s) after ''ying'' with them for a while. Azmond may be aplete asshole for even bringing up the topic of getting more partners, but he would never forego his rtionship with Crystalline over such power that he would eventually acquire anyway. But that also wasn''t to say that he wouldn''t do everything within his abilities to convince Crystalline to let him dual-cultivate with other women for the betterment of both of them. Azmond was an asshole, that was for certain. He was also a battle maniac and a liar. He was an opportunist and a flirt. His entire existence was a paradoxical mess! But, in the end, he was human. And humans were far from simple beings to understand .... "You promise that nothing will change between you and me?" Crystalline asked with small tears building up in her beautiful emeralds. "Why, of course, My Ice Queen~, I will love you from this day until the end of days~, That much I promise you~," Azmond responded with a honeyed tone as his hands traveled throughout that voluptuous figure of hers. Nheless, in spite of his yful words, the meaning he put behind them was anything but a joke. He promised her that he would always love her, and that would never changenot as long as he was still him! "..." Meanwhile, Crystalline was going through quite a series of chaotic thoughts. She couldn''t imagine a life where she would have to live without the constant smothering of Azmond. She didn''t want to even imagine such a future! He was hers! That would always remain the truth! However, if there was more power to gain... And as long as he didn''t run off with another b*tch andpletely forget about her... Then she wouldn''t mind sharing Although extremely reluctantly, she might add! She would rather never even entertain the idea! Not in a million years! But if it was truly what Azmond thought was the best for the both of them in terms of gaining more strength, Th-Then She would deal with it ... As long as Crystalline always remained the first and''most'' loved woman by Azmond, then she didn''t care what bitches or whores he slept with along the way to the top. ''However, at the end of the day, he better make his way back to me... Or else I might just hehe'' A ''malicious'' aura leaked out of her as she started to creepily giggle. She was clearly thinking about some extremely ''dangerous'' topics involving Azmond and probably some sort of chain that had him tied to the floor of a basement. *Shiver!* "Hmm?" Azmond suddenly felt the coldest chill go down his spine. That was when he noticed the ''peculiar'' mood of his Little Ice Bunny. ''Well As long as she is fine with it, then I don''t care what sort of ''tortuous'' ''activities'' she puts me through.'' A wry smile formed on his face as he attempted to gleam into the thoughts of the green-eyed beauty he was caressing. ... After a few hours of reassuring Crystalline that nothing would changeand trying to keep Boundless away from the conversationAzmond and Crystalline ultimately ended up getting to the farewell part of their little fiasco. "You promise toe and find me before the six year mark?" Crystalline mumbled with a mildly doleful aura surrounding her. "Yes, I wille and swoop you up like a princess in a castle, as soon as I deal with a few things~," Azmond consoled her while tenderly embracing her. "And I hope to see you as a strong and independent almighty sect master when I next see you~ haha~," he chuckled a little at such a thought. However, Azmond wasn''tughing at her aspirations, he wasughing at the scenario where he would be one of a far lesser social ss whenpared to Crystalline. At that point, he might very well be the gigolo of the rtionship. While she bes the noble and aloof sugar momma! "I will definitely surprise you the next time we meet, and who knows... I might even be stronger than you the next time we see each other. hehe" Crystalline seemed to awaken her mischievous side as she tightly hugged him with a sh*t-eating grin on her face. "..." Azmond was speechless at the shamelessness of this girl. ''Who did she take after to be like this when only around me?'' He asked himself with a puzzled expression. ''Wait This is my fault, isn''t it...?'' Azmond couldn''t help but be a little helpless upon realizing such an obvious fact. Chapter 240: The Real Question Is Are We Almost There Yet!? .... Nheless, in spite of such thoughts, Azmond wasn''t one to lose when it came to such a clear ''deration of war.'' "Very well, My Love~, we shall have to see just who can be stronger during this period of time~, but don''t expect me to go easy on you~," he whispered while sensually rubbing her round ass. "Mhmff~! You hateful man~! I will show you just who among us is stronger when the timees~! Let''s see if you''ll still want a harem after you aren''t able to keep up with my stamina in bed~!" She muffled her moans while getting out the rest of her ''deration of war''. "I look forward to that day~" Azmons spoke such flirtatious words as his hand moved away from those two jiggly mountains of hers, before *Wap* *Jiggle!* He lightly pped down on them! Those unholy slopes of hers had ripples course through them as the tight-fitted robe she had on could never hope to contain the milky white jiggly globes that molded it into her body shape. "Aaah~!" Crystalline moaned a little as a sweet-smelling liquid started to drip from her holy cave. She instantly became horny again, but she knew this was no time to get all hot and steamy. However, that didn''t mean she would set aside this indiscretion performed by Azmond She would get him back a hundredfold in a few years! She would straddle him for years at a time the next time they metthat much she swore! ... After a few more minutes of coddling and a few intense make-out sessions, the couple ultimately ended up separating; Crystalline left first. She couldn''t help but be a little sad over the fact that she would be leaving him for such an extended period of time. However, Crystalline knew what she must do if she wished to take over her spot as the Sect Master of the Hidden Lotus Syndicate. And that was not to mention that Azmond had his own goals to aplishgoals pertaining to that pesky Nightmare Council that nned to send out billions of monsters into the human world. They both had things they needed to resolve, so such a farewell was inevitable. And it wasn''t like they would be away from each other forever. ... "Soon enough, I will show you just how wrong you were for wanting a harem, My Love. Just you wait." Crystalline''s words oozing of conviction echoed throughout the blue war-tornndscape as she turned her figure and began to journey out into a seemingly random direction of the worlda direction that would eventually lead her to a massive pce in the sky. A pce that Azmond would eventuallye by to give his ''greeting'' to in a few years time. And that ''greeting'' would be one hell of a doozy! "... It''s more than a little sad to see her go off on her own" A mildly depressed voice sounded out from a tall figure with a fox mask on. Azmond didn''t want to leave her, period. But he wouldn''t forgive himself if he controlled every aspect of her life like some sort of pesky annoyance. He might as well be her mother instead of a lover at that point. Which was something that he would never wish to happen to even the worst of his enemies. Such a terrible ''scenario'' could make a grown man cry ..... |You know six years is barely a drop in the ocean, don''t you?| Boundless asked with concealed joy hidden in her voice. She was obviously beyond ted that the stupid cow woman gave her ''permission'' for Azmond to pursue other women! That meant she now had the opportunity to do all sorts of ''naughty'' things with him! |Hehe~...| Another mildly creepy giggling sessionmenced. ''Hmm? Another disturbance in the force?'' Azmond looked around, attempting to locate the source of such a discrepancy. That was when he noticed the brown-eyed beauty giggling underneath her long brown hair. ''Not another one'' Azmond let out a heavy sigh ating to the consensus that not a single woman around him would ever be ''normal''. (Not that he was much better.) "Mhmu!" Emu squeaked! Emu had been waiting for what felt like ages! It''spanion finally got done ying with those strange women, so that meant they could go out and hunt some more, right? Right!? "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu hounded Azmond as it bobbed up and down on his long bed of raven ck hair. "I know, little buddy. You are ready to go out and hunt more, but you will need to save up your energy for the countless monsters we n to kill soon enough. Be a little patient till then, because you will not know what to do with yourself for the next few years." Azmond''s words dripped into Emu''s ''ears'' like the sweetest of honey as it practically entered a state of euphoria when it imagined a time where it would be able to devour all the monsters it wanted! "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu eximed before eventually calming down. It snuggled back into his hair, patiently waiting for the moment when they reached this ''Nightmare Buffet'' or whatever it was called! ..... |Hey, Azmond!?| "Yes, Boundless?" Azmond couldn''t help but feel a sense of deja vu upon hearing that familiar question. And there it came... |Are we almost there yet!?| Boundless hounded him for what felt like the millionth timewith that same redundant question. "No" Azmond responded in a straightforward manner. They hadn''t even left the City of RiverBloom, for god''s sake! And yet this girl never stopped asking him whether they were there yet! "We still need to go and see the City Lord, Boundless. After that is out of the way, we will head out toward where the Nightmare Council is situated," he attenuated to her growing impatience with a wry smile. However, in spite of being such a pain, he still found the time to continue petting her soft bed of brown hair. Azmond didn''t even know why he loved to do it anymore; he just did. .... Chapter 241: Yo Old Dude? Wheres The Nightmare Council? .... |We''re going to see that stinky old pervert!?| Boundless asked with a scrunched-up face. She hadn''t even interacted with the City Lord, and yet her impression of him had already been dragged through the dirt! I am sure Eldric would be violently coughing up blood if he knew of such words being spoken by a usually kind and cheerful girl. Either that or he would be rolling in his grave After all, it didn''t seem like there was much blood left in him after that fight with the gray basilisk general concluded. Azmond wouldn''t find it surprising at all if the City Lord had already fallen over dead because of the reprimands of his own citizens. Not that they could really be med for their hostile attitudes, considering that their own City Lord had essentially sentenced them all to death A few seconds passed by Azmond, Boundless, and Emu had made their way over to the city square thaty in the direct center of RiverBloom. It was once a lively square that stretched on for thousands of meters at one point; however, it had turned into nothing more than a gathering ce for the downtrodden and destitute denizens of RiverBloom after the Monster Invasion. However, there appeared to be something else going on todaysomething that changed the moods of all those who gathered around therge, cracked fountain in the middle of the square. *Cough* *Cough* "Now that all of you are here, I wish to officially announce my apology and subsequent resignation as the City Lord of RiverBloom!" A loud and boisterous yet cracked and despondent voice resounded out from above a small stadium that stood beside the fountain. "What?" "Is that our City Lord?" "You don''t know?" A man began with a skeptical tone. "Know what?" The first voice inquired. "Our City Lord has been at this since the monsters were killed off. Not once has he stopped going up there every day to tell everyone of his apology and his resignation as the City Lord." A scrawny man informed the rest as he looked on at the decrepit figure of the City Lord. "Why''s he doing it?" The first person asked. "We don''t really know... He says he has betrayed us all by bringing about the monster invasion, and then he tells us that he will spend the rest of his life making it up to us," the first man responded with a thick voice. He had been here watching the City Lord make a public apology for thest few days. And he still couldn''t figure out if he was mad at or sympathetic with the City Lord A few of his family members had died in the recent monster invasion, and he mourned their deaths every waking moment. But after hearing about the City Lord''s wife, Ariana, falling ill for thest few years and after learning of the miracle drug in the possession of the monstersa miracle drug that could cure his wifehe couldn''t help but think that he would likely do the same thing if it were his wife in the same situation. "..." "..." "..." And it wasn''t just him with that line of thought, as just about every single person gathered around the City Square were having the same contrasting thoughts. They all wanted to hate him; they all wanted to loathe him! After all, he was supposed to be their City Lord! And yet They couldn''t help but sympathize with his situation. Watching your wife rot away and slowly die over the span of many years while everyone in his city spent their time with merry expressions on their facesenjoying their time with familymust''ve been utter torture for the Old City Lord. ... They truly wished to hate him for indirectly taking away some of the people they loved! But they couldn''t... And that was what led to this awkward silence that pervaded the City of RiverBloomeveryone stood around waiting for something to happen, waiting for someone to do something or make a decision. However, no one ever did, and they would probably not anytime soon... It would''ve been a lot easier to hate the City Lord if he hadn''t been so good to them. But unfortunately, for their repressed hatred, they couldn''t have asked for a better City Lord. He kept their taxes low; he took money out of his own pocket when ordering the creation of recreational facilities for the city. Hell, not once did he ever bat an eye when it came to providing for the citizens of his city! So, with all of that in mind, they simply gathered around the City Square every day in hopes of finally reaching a decision on the judgment of the City Lord. And today marked the sixth day since the beginning and end of the monster invasion. The day that somebody would finally speak up "Yo, old dude, where exactly did you say that ''Nightmare Council'' was located again?" A deep, husky voice echoed out across the silent streets of RiverBloom as a tall man in a sunsettish-colored robewearing a fox maskcame into view with a slime on his head and a brown-haired beautythat no one could setched onto his back. He appeared on top of the small stadium with a nonchnt attitude, waiting for the Old City Lord''s response. The City Lord''s speech was abruptly interrupted as he turned his head up to the debonair figure standing upon his stadium. ''This youngster finally finished his ''something'' with that girl? But where is the girl at? Did she run off after he was deemed unable to satisfy her?'' Eldric thought to himself with a pitying gaze. ''I feel bad for thed, but tis is life. He''s a strong one, so I''m sure he will get over it sooner rather thanter.'' He lightly shook his head before beginning to speak. "There is no need to worry, youngster; there are plenty of fish in the sea. And I''m sure you''ll find more!" The City Lord consoled Azmond with a thumbs up. ..... Chapter 242: Further Information About The World Background ..... "..." Azmond wore a perplexed look on his face. ''What is this old dude talking about? I asked for the precise location of the Nightmare Council, not some weird rtionship advice.'' He was truly beginning to think that the Old City Lord had already gone senile. "Whatever, old guy. Can you just tell me in what approximate direction this Nightmare Council is located? You only gave me extremely vague directions a few days ago," Azmond mentioned with a neutral look on his face. Dealing with the Old City Lord required one to bepletely unresponsive if they wished to get through to him. He had learned that the hard way after interacting with him. "Don''t worry,d, I will never mention this to anyone else as well; you have my word! And if you are truly adamant on going to find the trouble yourself, then you can take this map I had made when I went to the Nightmare Council a few months ago." The City Lord followed up his words by throwing a rough paper map in the direction of Azmond. *Pat* Azmond caught the map and took a look at the details inside. And the first thing he couldn''t help but notice was that the Great Wilnds Forest was depicted as a giant eastern-styled sword! However, that made no sense to him. Why would there be another sword-shaped forest on top of the one he found when he picked up Emu? Wouldn''t that be too much of a coincidence? Or was he simply overthinking things again? The City Lord, upon noticing the youngster''s confusion, decided to bring ''it'' up: "You need not worry, young man; there are plenty of women you can find scattered throughout thends. In fact, here are a few good ces I would rmend to you," he said while pointing out a few brothels in the nearby kingdoms. "..." Azmond was once again left speechless at the pervertedness of the Old City Lord. Wasn''t he supposed to be a family man who would give up anything for his wife?? Why did he know all the ''sensual'' ces in the surrounding few dozen kingdoms then? And speaking of the surrounding kingdoms and topography, the map the Old City Lord gave him urately drew out all the kingdoms and major locations on the mapa map that hadrge italic letters on the top that read ''Divine Sun Province''. A province that made up one of the 12 ten million mile-plus-wide provinces in the Continent of Azure nk. ording to this map, the Divine Sun Province'' was approximately 50 million miles in diameter and extended out over around 1/9 of the Azure nk Continent. Which would make it one of therger provinces of the Azure nk Continent. And inside this ''Divine Sun Province'', there were dozens of different kingdoms, with the highest ranked ones being the AquaRing, EarthHaven, and SubBurn Kingdomsall of which were kingdoms that ranked atop the highest levels of the ''hierarchy'' in the Divine Sun Province. All three of these kingdoms were Tier 8 Kingdomsextremely powerful kingdoms that numbered less than a few dozen in all of Asterion. Which would give the Divine Sun Province a rtively high ranking if all the Provinces were lined up one after the other. Now, why the Great Wilnds Forestwhich served as the heart of the Divine Sun Provincewas in the shape of a sword eerily simr to the one that Emu ''originated'' fromwas still unknown to Azmond, and he figured that the City Lord would likely know nothing more than he did on the matter. Which ultimately led to yet another thing that Azmond had to figure out the mystery of as he got stronger and stronger and explored more and more of the world! After all, he had been limited to less than a thousandth of all of Asterion, if even that much. There were still so many ces Azmond wanted to explore and conquer on his journey to the peak of power in Asterion. And he wouldn''t allow anything else but full marks when it came to his exploration of Asterion. You could call him a gamingpletionist in a way! ..... "If you wish to find arger map that expands to the entirety of the Azure nk Continent and even the rest of Asterion, then you will need to go out and find maps like that yourself. After all, information is also power in this world, and information at such a high level doesn''te free," The City Lord said with an aged expression. It looked like he had gone through quite the effort to get this map of the Divine Sun Provincean effort that likely cost him billions of gold coins, or the equivalent in spiritual stone''s. Nheless, Eldric didn''t dwell on such a depressing topic for long as he looked back at Azmond and resumed his exnation of the general marked locations in the Divine Sun Province. He didn''t have to do such a thing, but it appeared like the youngd had essentially zero knowledge of the world background of Asterion. So the City Lord figured he would give him everything he needed in return for ''helping'' him with his Ariana problem. It was a ''helping'' that Azmond had yet to even learn that he agreed to... Eldric informed Azmond of the details regarding the limited degree of the map of the Divine Sun Province, as he told him about the rest of the kingdoms and sects such as the ''SilverWood Kingdom'', ''Crimson Valley'', ''Jade Kingdom'', ''Divine Tiger Sect'', ''Whisperwind Sect'', and a few more. All of such kingdoms and sects ranked anywhere from Tier 1 to Tier 7 and took up varying degrees ofnd. A Tier 1 sect or kingdom would usually only get a few dozen miles to a few hundred miles ofnd, considering they only had Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators at the very pinnacle of their hierarchies. Which could even be considered quite strong in most low-level areas. After all, cultivation wasn''t as easy as Azmond, and even Crystalline made it out to be. It was a process that required one to first have talent, and then it needed one to utilize that talent in a way that would allow them to progress through the Realms faster than their Lifespans burned away. ... Chapter 243: Everything You Need To Know About The Divine Sun Province ... Doing a thing like cultivation was analogous to that of a person traveling upstream in a wooden kayak without a paddle. It was a trial against fatea trial that shouldn''t be taken lightly. If one were to get into the statistics of it all, then only around 1 in 1000 people could make it to the peak of the Body Refinement Realm. And only roughly 1 in 10,000 people could make it to the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm. Now, this number may seem overinted to most; however, that was truly a fair probability considering that there were tens of trillions of humans residing within the world of Asterion. So, with all this in mind, it waspletely reasonable that even a ''weak'' cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm could rule over a small area consisting of a few thousand people. There were, of course, ws in such a number, as there were likely millions of cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Realm, but there were only a few thousand kingdoms in Asterion. However, that was only because ruling was not as simple as just being powerful enough. It also involved having the right mindset to allow one to rule over the masses, whether that be with an iron or soft fist. And ruling was not as easy as throwing your weight around with the power you possessed. You also needed to know how to manage and organize groups of people that were willing to staypliant under your rule. Which essentially exined why the number of kingdoms, whenpared to the number of cultivators eligible to rule such kingdoms, was so skewed. .... The City Lord had spent the next few minutes informing Azmond of everything that he needed to know to traverse the Divine Sun Province. And he was especially focused on articting the locations of certain ''pleasure houses'' scattered around the various kingdoms. Azmond had, of course, put all of such information to the back of his mind. And instead, he focused his attention on the parts pertaining to any secret areas and, of course, the Nightmare Council. He learned a few things about their usual scouting times, which included the intervals at which a few of the mid-ranking ''Demon Kings'' made their rounds within the heart of the Great Wilnds Forest. Azmond wasn''t too worried about such weak monsters; however, knowing what times they made their rounds would allow him to find the perfect ''Monster King'' to let him pass through the ''Gates''. After all, what he nned to do was take up a disguise as one of the ''Monster Kings'' and infiltrate the organization from the inside. From there, he nned to take out the ''Monster Kings'' and ''Monster Kings'' in rtively discrete ways. Azmond was hoping to chop down all the ''Monster Ruler''s'' within the next few months, if at all possible. If he extended the period any further than that, then it was extremely likely that the Nine Monster Emperor''s, who kept a vignt watch over theirnds, would notice his true existence. And at that point, he might as well consider himself dead. But, luckily for Azmond, he had the Old City Lord inform him of all the details he gleaned while making a ''deal'' with one of the most powerful ''Monster Queen''s''a Queen who truly deserved that title, as her strength was at the very minimum, in the Unity Form Synthesis Realm! .... "Listen, youngster, even though I hope you can help me out with that miracle drug. I do wish for you to truly think this matter over before you head out. For there is no turning back once you enter the Heart of the Great Wilnds Forest, not unless you w your way out by force! So, I strongly suggest you think this over one more time," Eldric warned with a stringent tone. He truly wished for nothing more than the youngster to help him acquire that miracle drug; however, that didn''t mean he was willing to sacrifice the life of such a strong, young cultivator of the human race. His strength would be needed at the Starry Seaboardthat much, the Old City Lord knew for sure. There was no doubt in his mind that once the higher-ups learned of the youngster''s existence, they would send out officials to recruit him right to the front lines of a battle that had been going on since before he was born. But, of course, Eldric would never disclose the existence of the youngster to another soul. After all, those old bastards governing over Asterion never even entertained the idea of lending him a hand, even when he got on his knees and begged! They could go and die to star beast''s for all he cared! "Thank you for the warning, old dude, but I have already decided," Azmond responded as he rolled up the map before putting it into his storage ring. "And don''t worry about that ''miracle drug'' you need. I''ll make sure to get it back to you before the end of next year. That much, I guarantee. After all, you have been a big help in my experience bag acquisition- Err, I mean the extermination of all evildoers!" A righteous expression emerged on his face as he put his hands behind his back and gazed off into the distance with his chin slightly tilted up. Azmond was a true hero of the people! "..." The City Lord, upon hearing the ''conviction'' in Azmond''s voice, couldn''t help but let out a grateful sigh, followed by him telling Azmond one more thing: "Do be cautious once you meet the Monster Queen dubbed ''wdia Moonweaver, Queen of the Catfolk Confederacy''. She was the one who made that ''agreement'' with me. And she is also the one with an indiscernible level of strength," he began with an informative tone before it turned slightly... "She''s also a pretty one, so it would do you well not to chase after her out of desperation! I know what it''s like to have a lover leave you hanging due to ''inadequacy'', but you must stay strong, youngster! Who knows, there might evene a day when your efficiency down there is increased a hundredfold! You are still young, and ''invigoration'' runs in your blood!" Chapter 244: Does He Think Im Impotent?? ... The City Lord went on a long rant about how Azmond could make it through his ''predicament'' and ''persevere'', all while emphasizing the underlying point about being extra cautious when he encounters wdia Moonweaver. "..." ''Does this old dude think I''m impotent or something? Why does he keep talking about my ''youth'' and my ''blood heating up one of these days''?'' Azmond was beginning to feel like the Old City Lord could use a good smack on the head! However, he had to calm himself. The old dude had just be so old over the years that he had acquired dementia and Alzheimer''s, not to mention how senile he was! ''I truly pity the old dude... It must be tough on his brittle bones to go through so much involving his wife only to wind up losing all of his cognitive abilities... Hopefully bringing that ''Miracle Drug'' or whatever back to him will help reverse most of the stupidity that ails him.'' Both Azmond and the Old City Lord looked at each other with empathetic gazes, as they both thought the other to be an extremely unfortunate soul. "Don''t worry, old dude, I will be back in no time t. But for now, I think you should really take care of those citizens down there," Azmond said with a finger pointed to the millions of citizens gathered below. Their audience had already umted to such a high number without either of them knowing the better. And every single one of them was looking up at the two of them with varying expressions. "Who is the City Lord talking to?" "I heard it was a strong adventurer or something like that! But I also heard that the adventurer in question is only C-Rank." "Such a thing makes one wonder how someone a few major realms weaker managed to make acquaintances with someone of such a high status?" "Well, who knows these days? The City Lord has even made ''deals'' with the Monsters, so it wouldn''t surprise me that he''d lower himself to make friends with a mere C-Rank," scoffed arge man. "You would do the same if you were in his shoes, you fart box!" A different well-built man snapped. "Who are you calling, fart box, you ass for breath!?" The firstrge man spat back before butting heads with the well-built man. .... As a few of the denizens of RiverBloom were getting into a heated argument, Azmond and the City Lord were still talking atop the stadium without a care in the world. "Yah, I guess you''re right..." A heavy sigh escaped the City Lord when he recalled the hundreds of thousands of lives that were lost because of him. Asterion may be a world where the strong always have the final say, and technically, he could get away with all these indirect murders without even a p on the wrist. However, he would never do that, for this was not only his city but also his Arian''s city! "Oh, and you can stop calling me ''old dude'', youngster. My name is Eldric Ironhand; you can just call me Eldric," The City Lord added with a neutral tone. "Alright, Eldric. Then you can stop calling me ''youngster'', for my name is Azmond. And in case you were wondering, I don''t have ast name yet," Azmond responded with a voice just as nonchnt. "Azmond, is it? That is a very unique name, one that shall be quite easy for my wizened mind to remember," Eldric acknowledged Azmond''s name while stroking his beard. They both yed their own ''unique'' roles to a T. One an ''ancient sword immortal'', and the other a ''Wizened Old Master''. And they were both ying the part absolutely!- -Terribly ..... "This is where we part ways then, young Azmond. Be safe on your journey, and doe back to visit these old bones one of these days," the City Lord began with a warm expression. He would never admit it, but this youngster was growing on him a little. His personality being almost as shameless as his made him quite thepatriot, but now was not the time to be all buddy buddy. After all, they both had things they needed to do. "Yes, this is where we go in our own directions, Eldric, and try not to die underneath the hands of your own citizens while I''m gone, haha!" Azmond spoke with a light, heartyugh. His chuckle faded out as he turned away from the City Lord, soon disappearing from view. It was a feat that not a single person within the crowd seemed to be able to track. However, there was one particr figure within the millions of people down below that was able to catch a glimpse of his movementsmovements that not even the City Lord himself would find a trace of. This figure was fully cloaked, with his face unable to be discerned from the front. However, even though indiscernible, there appeared to be a change in that emotionless figure''s countenance. ''An anomaly in the City of RiverBloom. I must report this back to my Queen Her daughter has been looking for any traces of a man who seems to match this man''s mannerisms. And if this man truly is the same person Princess Aqua is always yammering about, then this is big newsbig news indeed.'' The cloaked figure''s thoughts seemed to be static toward the end; at least until a person suddenly walked by and then he was no longer there .... |Hey, Azmond!?| A bubbly voice sounded out as two milky white melons plopped over the top of Azmond''s head. They had been traveling for around a day now, killing many monsters on their way to the ''heart of the Great Wilnds Forest''. The amount of experience Azmond acquired had been quite lucrative as well. However, that was just a bonus; his one and only objective for the moment was to find the perfect ''Monster King'' to take a disguise as. "Yes?" Azmond responded to Boundless, followed by a heavy sigh escaping his lips. |Are We Almost There Ye-| Chapter 245: [Rulers Boon] .... Boundless couldn''t even get out the rest of her question before Azmond suddenly threw up a hand and covered her mouth. |Mhmff!!| She grumbled with an aggrieved look on her face. She was just trying to ask if they were almost there yet! He didn''t have to mute her like that! Boundless felt wronged! "There is no need to ask that question, Boundless. Do you wish to know why?" Azmond inquired with a low tone. |Wh-Why?| His smile only grew after the fish took the bait, as he stopped flying after passing through a football field-like jungle pass atop a mountain. "Because we''re already here," he began, his hands moving to swipe a nearby leaf cover out of the way. *Fwip* Following his refined movements, there opened a whole new world for the three of them! .... |Wow! So pretty!| Boundless eximed with shining eyes. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Even Emu was no exception to that excitement as Emu jumped around in circles, seemingly looking for new potential meals! After all, everything past the top of that mountain range was beyond breathtaking! There were iridescent-colored trees that reflected the sun''s rays like a beautiful morning glow; the entire ce appeared to be encased in arge semi-translucent dome that stretched on for who knows how long. But even with Azmond''s insanelyrge divine sense, he could see no end to the semi-translucent film that coated this beautiful new world! This new ''world'' was very simr to the ''world'' outside; there were only a few distinct differences between the two different areas. The main one being that all the trees and mountains had melded with a certain color scheme that was unlike the bluends of AquaRing and far different from the greenish scenery in the rest of the Great Wilnds Forest. The ''world'' could be described as ''iridescent'', but in actuality, it was more along the lines of a crystal ''world''. The trees were all analogous to those of clear, crystal trees, and that held true for the hills, mountains, and even the ground surface. It was an extremely peculiar sight. But a beautiful one nheless. However, there was something else unusual about this ''Crystal World''. That something being "There are so many monsters around here..." Azmond mentioned with a slightly astounded expression. He gazed around the crystal world and noticed a skirmish urring at the outskirts of the ''line'' that separates this ''crystal world'' from the outside ''world''. There looked to be a bipedal furry monster of sorts, around 30 meters tall, rowling up an ogre-like monster around 50 meters tall. They both emitted auras that were well into the Golden Core Realm; however, the ogre-like monster appeared to be a few leagues higher in strength than the furry monster. And yet, for some odd reason, the furry monster was the one who initiated such a ''bout to the death''. Azmond continued to look upon the various monsters duking it out within a ten thousand-mile radius. But his attention always seemed to be drawn right back to the Ogre and bipedal Furry Monster duking it out. ... "ROOARGHH!!" "Eskeeeetch!" Monster roars and screams echoed throughout thends as various species of monster roamed the translucent world, devouring and killing each other! The Bipedal Furry Monster and the Ogre Monster seemed toe to a victor as well; however, there was something unexpected about such an oue... The Bipedal Furry Monster had won! It was a feat that made no sense, considering that the Ogre was at least a whole minor realm above the Bipedal Furry Monster! "Hmm?" Azmond, who watched their fight to the death from beginning to end, became a little fascinated by such an end result. It was such fascination that led to him using his Discerning Quantum Eye on the two beastsone dead and one alive. And that''s when things really got interesting. Two bright lights shed in his vision. [Ogre: Tier 0: Level 171] {[Stats: Strength: 867,000, Speed: 854,000 , Defense: 810,000, Qi: 765,000]} {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} [Bipedal Furry: Tier 0: Level 152] {[Stats: Strength: 325,000, Speed: 334,000, Defense: 366,000, Qi: 410,000]} {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} "Now this really does make things interesting," Azmond said with a small smile. His interest had already been piqued when the obviously weaker monster had won its battle with an ogre monster that was clearly dozens of times stronger than it was. But after seeing their stat sheets, that interest had been further reaffirmed! So, he checked the Bipedal Furry''s stat sheet in a more in-depth manner and instantly noticed an odd skill in its skill bracket. That skill being [Rulers Boon: Subservient subjects to the ''Furry King'' gain a 2000% increase in their strength in the heat of battle] "Rulers Boon, eh? It doesn''t appear to be ss or race specific, so does that make it some sort of skill only pertaining to beings deemed as ''subjects'' to ''rulers''?" Azmond started to ponder over the subject for a few moments, before he ultimately came to a conclusion. "This ''Rulers Boon'' is most definitely a skill that is obtained once one gains a certain ''following''. That much I can deduce even without Boundless''s assistance. However, what eludes me is how one is able to gain such an overpowered skill. And also the different variations of it, because I''m positive that this ''2000% boost in strength'' is far from the limit of such an attribute as a ''Ruler''." He deduced quite a number of things from just the information he was given, which wasn''t very much. There was also the change in levels that Azmond noticed. The first and most obvious thing being that the levels corrting to the strength of every being appeared to be altered, probably by Boundless to better suit the meta system in the world of Asterion. He took another cursory nce around the translucent world and scanned arge number of monsters with his ''Discerning Quantum Eye''. And what he discovered was that all the levels were revamped from their arbitrary values beforeto a now far more strict designation system. Chapter 246: New Leveling Designation System .... The designation system for the new leveling went something like this Body Refinement Realm: Tier 0: Level 1-35 Qi Condensation Realm: Tier 0: Level 36-70 Foundation Establishment Realm: Tier 0: Level 71-105 Core Formation Realm: Level: Tier 0: 106-140 Golden Core Formation Realm: Tier 0: 141-175 Nascent Soul Realm: Tier 0: 176-210 Soul Transformation Realm: Tier 0: 211-245 Void Refining Realm: Tier 0: 246-280 Unity Form Synthesis Realm: Tier 0: 281-315 .. And although Azmond couldn''t find any traces of a Tribtion Transcendence Monster in the vicinity, he assumed that the leveling changed a little for Tribtion Transcendence and above as well. After asking Boundless about the matter, she said the ''35 level increments'' would change from 35 50 and would henceforth be stated as ''Tier 1: Level x'' from there on out. Now, these ''Levels'' were purely for those around him and only truly rted to the base attributes of all beings (excluding the strength boosts and such that coulde with skills orws, et cetera). And, of course, none of this really applied to Azmond, considering that he was an anomaly of the highest magnitudehis stats could say one thing, while his strength could be on apletely different level. ... |It looks like your intelligence has finally increased, Azmond! Although not by much, you are definitely getting somewhere!|Boundless jabbered with a wide, radiant smile as she patted him on the back. "..." Azmond couldn''t believe this was thepany he had to work with on his journey. .... "... Would you guys like to go and hunt some more monsters?" He asked. "Mhmu!!!" Emu responded like it wasn''t even a question. |Yesh! Let''s go level up more system features! Your level is still capped at Tier 0: Level 315 after the update. But once you breakthrough to the Quantum Golden Core Formation, you can begin leveling up till you explode!| Boundless bubbled with a fanatical expression on her face before snuggling even further into Azmond''s back; those soft, squishy marshmallows attached to her were tightly pressed to him, seemingly giving him an extrayer of ''protection''a veryfyyer. "..." He ignored the heavenly sensation pressing up against him and instead decided to ''take care'' of that little troublemakerter. But for now, he would hunt some monsters while still outside the periphery of the Nightmare Council. ording to the City Lord, every piece of this ''Crystal World'' was technically considered the territory of the ''Nightmare Council''. However, that didn''t mean they kept a constant watch over the millions of miles they governed. No matter how many troops they possessed or how many ''Emperor''s'' they had in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm, none of them could keep a vignt watch over their entire territory. After all, Azmond was an anomaly with his divine sense that extended out for around 50,000 miles, and that was roughly a thousand times what someone in the Core Formation Realm would normally be capable of. His ''Divine Sense Area'' could be surmised to be at the level of a Unity Form Synthesis Realm Cultivator. And the most that the ''Nightmare Council'' possessed, that he knew of, were monsters in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm. And even if they had Mahayana Realm Monsters among their ranks, their divine senses would not go past the one million-mile mark. Now, what did all of this information mean for Azmond? Well, it meant that he could hunt to his heart''s content until he made his way deeper into the ''Crystal World''! And that was exactly what he nned to do! ... A few days quickly passed by; Azmond, Emu, and Boundless had been exterminating all the monsters within a hundred thousand-mile radius like it was no big deal. Over 15 million monsters not rted to any faction were utterly decimated by Azmond and Emu! ''un-rted to a faction'' because there were more monsters like the ''Bipedal Furry Monster'' from earlier. And Azmond had still yet to learn if they had some way ofmunicating back to their superiors, so he left them alone and instead ''cleaned up'' every monster that wasn''t rted to a ''faction'', or had the ''Rulers Boon'' skill. Nevertheless, even going through the hassle of avoiding the ''faction monster''s'', there were still millions of monster deaths incurred over the span of a few days! And none of those monsters were weak either. Just about every single one of them had been in the Foundation Establishment Realm at the very least, which meant that Azmond, for each kill, was acquiring 1001 experience at the minimum! He came out of this little ''Side Quest'' with at least 2 trillion experience and 20 billion gold added to his name! His ''Quest Tab'' had also amassed quite the number of ''Quest Completion''s'' as the ''Total Quests Completed'' section had surpassed the 1000 mark! It was safe to assume that he would have quite the leveling-up frenzy once he broke through into Tier 1. There were, of course, many additional alterations to his user information over thest few weeksincluding his gains from killing all the monsters and the two Bigfoots in RiverBloombut he had already checked his System Interface a number of times over thest few days, so he didn''t feel like checking it again so soon. However, Azmond would, without a doubt, scan over it again once he sessfully infiltrated the ranks of the Nightmare Council. sh! "Eskeetch!!" A scream echoed out as a monster was blown to bits. A tall manstill wearing his sunsettish-colored robe and fox maskstood atop a mountain of monster corpses; his ferocious yet calm gaze overlooked the crystal world. He observed all the destruction and damage he and Emu caused, as the once pristine and mostly spotless translucentnds had been stained red! However, in his opinion, the deep crimson red meshed quite well with the crystal world. It almost reminded him of what rubies used to look like in his old worlda beautiful sight indeed. |Are we finally done here!? Can we go to that Nightmare Council now!?| Boundless chided him with her cheerful voice as she climbed atop the thousand-meter-wide monster corpses, attempting to make her way up to Azmond. ..... Chapter 247: Its Just Pain... ..... *Jiggle Jiggle!* Those two perky bunnies attached to Boundless appeared to resist such an activity, as they bounced and ricocheted a little too violently. "..." Azmond stared nkly at such a ''view'' before his gaze turned back to the crimson-colored world around him. He still couldn''t believe that such a personality was linked with such an unholy body, but that''s besides the point! .... *Cough Cough* Azmond coughed a little to refocus his mind, as before he knew it, that voluptuous body of hers had already clinged onto his back. |Let''s go, Azmond!!| Boundless beamed, her slopes dangling over the top of his head again. ''Why does she always impair my vision like this? What if an enemy attacks from above?'' He couldn''t help but have useless thoughts as he took Emu in ''Quantum Katana Flux Form'', and continued on his journey to the south. That was where he would eventually find the elusive and mysterious ''Nightmare Council'' that had been the main subject for quite a while now. .... A few more days passed, as the two-week mark had already flown by. Azmond and gang had been discreetly hunting all the monsters they found on their way, gaining insane amounts of experience points, gold, and cultivation base! He had already advanced to the peak stages of Peak Core Formation, and it didn''t look like he was nning to stop with just that. ... His monster hunting frenzy continued on for another week, as Azmond had finally reached a point where he could break through into the Golden Core Formation Realm! He was still a few weeks out from the territory of the Nightmare Council, so this was the perfect opportunity to breakthrough while he still had the chance. And that was exactly what he did, as a few days passed by. BZZZT!! WAAAA! Insane amounts of energy swirled around Azmond as he approached the very Zenith of his breakthrough into the Golden Core Formation Realm! All the Qi within a hundred thousand-mile radius had already swarmed toward him with a passion; bombarding him with everything they had! BOOOOM! BOOOOM! His body exploded once... It exploded twice... It exploded thrice... It blew up so many times that he had already lost count of the number of times his physical body had disappeared from the face of the! Even his soul became cracked a number of times; however, Azmond had already leveled his ''Boundless Restoration'' technique to level 4. So, such damage was no longer applicable to the current him. Level 4 of ''Boundless Restoration'' allowed the user to reincarnate from a drop of blood. But that wasn''t all, as it also allowed damage to the soulwhich would normally be deemed a fatal inflictionto heal at rapid speeds! Although such healing wasn''t anywhere as fast as his body healed, it was still enough to survive a ''self-inflicted Tribtion'' such as the one he needed to go through to breach the gap between Half-Step Golden Core Formation and the true Early Golden Core Formation Realm. He was, after all, doing all this damage to himself on purpose. There was no such thing as ''going easy on himself'' in his dictionary. And if it meant that his cultivation base could be even more perfect and his Qi even more refined, then he didn''t mind causing so much damage to his body and soul. After all, it was just pain. As long as he didn''t die from his own ''rashness'', then he didn''t care how much pain he had to experience. For that was his will... A will that would stand unshakeable even through the vast vestitudes of time. ..... WAAAA!! The energy levels only intensified after Azmond had reached the very end of his breakthrough; the Qi cyclone encapsting him for tens of thousands of miles only seemed to be more active! It didn''t look like it was nning to go easy on him anytime soon! ''Just a little bit now, and I will have it.'' BOOOM! His thoughts echoed out inside his subconscious as yet another explosion urred inside him, resulting in his body once again blowing up like a firework of blood galore! |This sight is so painful and gruesome to watch| Boundless mumbled to herself as she looked on with a heavy heart at the sight of Azmond constantly exploding into a bunch of meat pieces before going back together like some sort of science experiment gone wrong. "Mhmu" And it looked like she wasn''t the only one in such a despondent mood, as Emu watched its huntingpanion get bombarded by the Qi in the air. It wanted to help itspanion! But,panion said no Companion said something about the ''Qi bing so reactive due to his own doing'', but Emu didn''t really understand all that. Emu just wanted to help itspanion! "Mhmu!" Emu was about to go up there and devour that stupid Qi! But then again Companion said Emu would get no monster treats if it interfered "Mhmu" Emu immediately calmed down before going back to Boundless''s bed of soft, brown hair. It was helpless in this situation... RUMBLE!! Tremors went through a part of the Crystal World as the Qi made onest final attempt at thwarting Azmond''s breakthrough into the Golden Core Formation Realm! Even the very world itself seemed to be preventing him from fully forming his golden core! And that wasn''t the only force working against him CAAACAAWW!!! A screech so loud that even the crystal surface began to crack echoed out across thends! "Hmm?" With his face only having one eyeball regenerated, Azmond turned his apathetic gaze toward the source of such a screech. His indifference leaked out onto his expression as he saw arge, blue Vermillion bird flying in the distance. It really only looked like a dot from where he was standing; however, as long as this bird followed the same trend that all the previous beasts sent after him did, then he had a feeling this bird was going to be utterly massive! ...... Chapter 248: The Blue Vermillion Bird That Blotted Out The Sky! .... The dot quickly got bigger and bigger at meteoric speeds! CAAACAAAWW!! The bird screech only got louder and louder as the body of the giant blue Vermillion bird ultimately came into view. "This one''s a big one," Azmond muttered while the bright sky suddenly turned pitch ck. Everything within a 1000-mile radius had turned from night to day as the blue Vermillion bird up above blotted out the sky! Its wingspan stretched on for hundreds of miles, as they were at such a wide scale that with just a simple movement of its wings, it could cause natural disasters at a national level! Nheless, that wasn''t the only surprising thing about the Blue Vermillion body looming over the crystal world below, as it may look like a simple exotic blue bird if one didn''t observe close enoughwith its feathers being eerily simr to those of blue parrots back on earth; however, there was something extremely special about the feathers, aside from their enormous size, of course. That something being that every single one of them was tinged with bright gold, which made the blue Vermillion bird look like something that descended straight from the heavens! And it woulde off quite majestic if not for that savage look on its facea savage look that clearly indicated it had already lost its mind, exactly like all the monsters that came after Azmond before this one. They all had at least that inmon. ... CAAACAAWW!!! It screeched once it had found this targeta small speck of dust thaty situated on a''small'' mountain below it. WAAAA!! After confirming that this ant was the right ant, it started to build up immense levels of energy within its beak, seemingly prepared to evaporate the human, along with everything in a one-thousand-mile radius! A massive ball of blue energy swirled around inside of the Blue Vermillion Bird''s beak, as that level of energy only appeared to be greater and greater! RUMBLE!! The translucent mountains and earth below started to violently tremble as tremors capable of scaling entire cities coursed throughout thend! Crack! Crack! Crumble! Entire mountain ranges started to fall apart as avnche after avnche was unleashed on the crimson-colored world below! And, in the midst of all that chaos and destruction, an otherworldly handsome man gazed up at the grandiose Blue Vermillion Bird with an ice-cold gaze. He activated his Discerning Quantum Eye and took a nce at the stat sheet of the giant, Blue Vermillion Bird. [Blue Vermillion Terror: Tier 0: Level 298] {[Realm: Peak Stages of Middle Unity Form Synthesis]}, {[Stats: Strength: 3,500,000k Speed: 3,650,000k Defense: 3,216,000k Qi: 4,290,000k {[Rtionship Status: Hostile]}]} A bored voice reverberated out not long after ncing at the stat sheet: "You guys really underestimate me, don''t you?" Following such a set of words was the subsequent release of a mile-wide space attributed crimson crescent de. [Quantum Rift de] WHIZZ!! It zipped through the air at speeds thousands of times faster than the speed of sound, aiming directly at the Blue Vermillion Bird! The Blue Vermillion bird, upon noticing a threat to its life zing right toward it, and with not enough time to evade, went with the next best option... It put everything it had into its energy ball attack! WAAAAA!!! It burned away its entire life force in that attack! The blue energy ball building up inside its beak instantly expanded to hundreds of miles in diameter before it reached a point where it could no longer fit inside the Blue Vermillion Bird''s beak. It wasted no time after giving up everything it had, as itunched the collosal, blue energy ball right at Azmond! BZZZTT! Electricity and unknown energy sources cracked off of the blue energy ball as it explosively spiraled down at the ant-like figure of Azmond! RUMBLEE!!! Everything within a two-thousand-mile radius started to crumble and break apart, as the mountains that were still standing before were no longer there... Even with the Crystal World being an area quite high on the Mana density scale, the Blue Vermillion Bird''s attack didn''t seem to care one single bit as it blew through the Crystal World and shattered everything in its path! Everything besides a seemingly tiny, crimson-colored crescent space de zipping through the air at speeds surpassing anything the Blue Vermillion Bird had ever witnessed!. The two opposing energies shed in a magnificent show of bright radiant lights and splendiferous energies sparking outward in every direction! Crimson-colored spacial attributes and the innate azure-blue energies of the Blue Vermillion Bird''s attacks initiated contact for but a moment... And that was all it took for the five hundred-mile wide rampaging spirit bomb to split in half! BOOOOOOOOOOM! A loud explosion reverberated across this piece of the Crystal World as the remnant energies of the blue energy ball spread out into the surrounding area! Blue shooting stars fell across thends as entire mountain ranges and crystal-wood forests were utterly obliterated! Such a view would make for quite the screensaver if one could back up a safe enough distance not to die immediately upon impact... Not that such a scenario would be possible to begin with, considering that Azmond had already ced a soul essence barrier around this entire spacea soul essence barrier that quartered off the entire fight happening within. He had be far more adept at using soul essence barriers after breaking through so many realms in quick session. It had reached a point where he could even send out soul essence barriers via a secondary positioning over a seemingly indefinite distance! Say, if Azmond had increased his strength even further and wanted to put even stronger precautionary measures around Crystalline, then he could do it as easily as snapping a finger. Now, this wasn''t an omnipotent ability, and it still required him to have a good enough affinity with the person to allow him to put a mid-way transmitter on said person. However, it was still a good step in the right direction, and there might evene a day that he could discreetly put such a soul essence barrier on an enemy, only toter activate it and kill the enemy at ater date! Although that matter would be for a time far further into the future ..... Chapter 249: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Law Absorption? ..... WHIZZ!!! The Quantum Rift de Azmond had unleashed didn''t just stop with the blue spirit bomb, as it continued on its path, heading straight for the head of the Blue Vermillion Bird! Even in its mindless state, it understood that it stood no chance against that freak as it attempted to turn tail and run! CAAACAAWW!!! It screeched with clear fear written on its enormous face! However, in response to such a clear sign of horror, an indifferent voice sounded out. "There is no escaping for experience bags," Azmond stated. His dry voice echoed out across the blue meteor shower raining down from above as the Quantum Rift de turned directions mid-flight! BZZZTT!! The energies that made up the crescent de fizzled and fluctuated as it altered its path, honing right in on the long tail feathers of the Blue Vermillion Bird! CAAACAAWW!? It was freaking out! It didn''t know what to do! All it could do was run! However, it couldn''t run fast enough SLASH!! The Quantum Rift de cut through the monster like a hot knife through butter, as it didn''t even have the time to let out an anguished cry before it had already been sliced in two. And it didn''t take long before it was subsequently devoured by Azmond''s katana! CHOMP! His katana grew to a disproportionate size as it consumed the 1000-mile-wide Blue Vermillion Bird with ease. Following such a series of actions were the notification pop-ups that followed *Ding!* *You have gained experience +35,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +350,000k* *Ding!* You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Exterminate the Blue Vermillion Terror - 1/1''* *Ding!* *You havepleted the quest with ster des!* *Ding!* *Allocating appropriate experience points now!* *Ding!* *You have absorbed a portion of the Blue Vermillion Terror''s stats!* *Ding!* *You have absorbed some of the Blue Vermillion Terror''s mastery overws!* ... "Law absorption?" He questioned with a perplexed expression. He didn''t recall there being such a feature prior to this. Was it something that came along with his breakthrough into the Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm? However, he didn''t get long to brood over the subject, as Boundless was there to ''help'' him! |Do you like the new feature, Azmond? It''s my handiwork; you''re wee!| She began with a haughty smile. "..." Azmond wasn''t even surprised by the amount of narcissism oozing out of her as he waited for her to continue. |I simply altered the ''Soulforge Ascendancy'' skill a little, enough to where you can now absorb even more of a creature''s existence! Although the amount of cultivation base you gain hasn''t changed, you''re now able to absorb bits and pieces ofws and skills!| She informed him of the new system details he obtained after his breakthrough, all while drawing circles on his head. "Bits and pieces?" |Yeah, sort of like, you can acquire ''puzzle pieces'' one at a time or multiple at a time. And if you obtain enough ''puzzle pieces'', then you canplete the puzzle!| She added with a wide grin. "I see" He got the gist of it, and he could feel a few new sources of energy coursing through him. But he wondered about its applicable uses, so he decided to open his System Interface to see exactly what she was talking about. A bright light shed, and a new and improved system interface made itself visible. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Apprentice Vanquisher] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 12/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Golden Core Formation] [Stage: Initial-Early(12pression cycles of the Corepleted)] [Quantum Law Assimtion Rate: 0.085600%] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Rank 2] [Dao Heart Rank: Absolute Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 3(Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating Monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) {[First Unique Function]} Premature Release due to unforeseen circumstances [Function: (Quantum Katana Flux), Host has the ability to use (Emu) when in (Katana Form) to tremendously enhance the power of the User] {[Second Unique Function V2]} - [Name: Soulforge Ascendancy] - [Function: Allows the one bonded with (Emu) to gain a portion of the cultivation base,ws, and skills of other being through the devouring of said beings] (Results vary) [???] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 0: Level 315] (Breakthrough into Tier 1 Imminent!) [Exp needed for next level: 130,000,000,000] [Total Exp: 4,500,000,000,000 (Including stored experience)] [Total Gold: 43,000,000,000] [Total Spiritual Stones: None] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Peak Stages of the Middle Unity Form Synthesis Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate and strongest technique.) (Initial Stages of Late Unity Form Synthesis with (Emu).] [STR: Peak Stages of the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm] [SPD: Peak Stages of the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm] [Int: Well. (Doing Better!!)] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Charisma: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Law(s)]>== Quantum Rank: [Quantum Law: Level 2] {[Comprehension Rate: 0.085600%]} Divine Rank: None Heavenly Rank: None Mortal Rank: [Space Law: Level 2] {[Comprehension Rate: 0.125000%]} [Vermillion Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 1.550000%]} ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 45] [Dual Cultivation Rank: Newbie Dual Cultivator] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: 1] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: 2] [Primordial Yins Fully Absorbed: None] [Primordial Yins Partially Absorbed: 1 (The Ice Phoenix Primordial Yin {[Divine Rank]})] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: C-Rank.] [Boundless''s Comment: |I like this section a little more now hehe~] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: [New Active Quests: Join the ranks of an organization known as the ''Adventurers Guild'' situated in the ''AquaRing'' Kingdom, and climb up the hierarchicaldder for as far as you can manage. - ''/'' Unfinished]}] [Total Quests Completed: 1250] [Overall Quest Rating: None] [Quest Completion Bonus: None] [Overachiever Bonus: None] [Bonuses received: 1250] ==<[Vanquisher des]>== Title Rank: {[Vanquisher Apprentice]} H-Rank Enemies Defeated: 23,648,000 G-Rank Enemies Defeated: 4,643,500 F-Rank Enemies Defeated: 1,230,490 E-Rank Enemies Defeated: 379,300 D-Rank Enemies Defeated: 36,200 C-Rank Enemies Defeated: 1,860 B-Rank Enemies Defeated: 3 A-Rank And Above Enemies Defeated: None ==<[Party Function]>== [Main Party Members: Emu, Crystalline] (Main Party Member Experience Bonus: 10% (20%) [Non-Main Party Members: 416 Humans] [Experience Gained From Party Members: 2,500,000,000] [Party Member Experience Bonus: None] [Non-Party Members Experience Percentage Gain: 10%] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom, Boundless] [Boundless''s Comment: Why are so many women around my master At least I''m there] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== [Sword Aura: Level 1] ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Boundless Restoration]} {[Automatic Language Trantions]}, {[Divine Devil Arts]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]}, ect [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect [Comprehension Of Most Used Skills: (Quantum Rift de: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 2)]}, (Lightning Laceration: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 2)]}), (Crimson Death: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 2)]}), (Cataclysmic Annihtion: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 2)})] (Boundless Restoration: Level 4] {[Revive from drop of blood/heal partial soul damage]} ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==== Me and Azmond finally get some alone time .... Chapter 250: Law Tab ..... Azmond looked over his new system interface and paid a little attention to Boundless''sments before he moved his focus to the rest of the new information. "Hmm?" And the first thing he noticed were the changes in his level, his stats, and, of course, the revamped ''Law'' tab. He had learned of the next few system features toe after breaking through to the Quantum Core Formation Realm, so he was under the assumption that he would be unlocking the ''System Shop'' feature next. But apparently, Boundless had a change of heart... "..." Azmond side-eyed the effervescent girl leaning over the side of his shoulder. |Teehee~ Instead of the ''System Shop'', I decided to use your increased Quantum Law prehension'' to unlock the system feature that you should''ve unlocked in the Quantum Nascent Soul Realm! I also changed the ''Law'' concept and added the correct terminology!| She exined herself with a giddy giggle. She went on with her boration of the new system features for another few seconds ... "I see" Azmond muttered with a contemtive look on his face. He had learned all the new elements of his strength, with the main topic being his ''Assimtion Rate'' for the ''Quantum Law'' changing to ''Comprehension Rate'' instead. Boundless had told him it was because the ''Assimtion'' of aw was on apletely different level than the ''Comprehension'' of aw. She said he would naturally learn about the true ''Assimtion Rate''s'' once he had reached a sufficient cultivation realm. And her reasoning for not having it that way to begin with, and these were her words: |I forgot, teehee~| So what he had been increasing the rate of this entire time, when it came to his Quantum Law, was not his ''Assimtion Rate'', but rather his prehension rate'' of the Quantum Law. And that wasn''t the only thing she informed him of. There was also the ''Ranking System'' of ''Laws'', which was apparently something else he would learn more about at ater date. But what Azmond did know was that almost everyw he acquired a prehension'' of would bepiled in the ''Mortal Rank''. At least, that would be the case for the next few years. There was also an additional unlocked section of his ''Weapon Mastery'' tab. The newly unlocked section had to do with his ''Sword Aura'', and its corresponding level. This ''Sword Aura'' seemed to be a new type of power he had unlocked sometime during his journey, and it was something that increased his power by a tremendous amount! Although that ''tremendous amount'' was not clearly indicated, it was still a power increase that was worth around a third of a minor realm by his calctions. Which was no small increment, considering that Azmond''sbat power had already reached the initial stages of the Late Unity Form Synthesis Realm with his Law rates, Emu, and his strongest technique in the mix! And speaking of his strongest technique, all his techniques had been better organized and increased by around a level! Which led to yet another ''active'' power increase being granted to Azmond! It wasn''t on the same level as the increase he got from the ''Sword Law'', but it was definitely still something worth celebrating! WAAA! A light red aura started to pulsate and pull away from his katana before it pulled back and repeated the process. After a few seconds of ying around with it, Azmond was capable of wrapping the crimson sword aura around his katana in the form of energy tendrils. "So this is ''Sword Aura''?" He mused with a fascinated expression. Azmond found the entire process of releasing and retracting his sword aura quite addicting. As the power he wielded multiplied when the aura condensed as a thin fment on his de. And the rough estimate of that power increase could be gauged at around 10 times more energy output with his sword aura activated! A 10-times ''active'' strength increase on top of the ''passive'' stat boosts it offered him made this ''sword aura'' a force to be reckoned with, that''s for sure. ..... But what he didn''t understand was how he acquired such a new feature in the first ce? Was it also rted to his breakthrough into the Quantum Gold Core Formation Realm, or somethingpletely unrted? And, as if Boundless still possessed her mind reading function, she interjected his convoluted thoughts with: |You have had that ''feature'' since the beginning! All you had to do was activate the prerequisite for it, which was to absorb a few beings or things with even the slightest smidgen of ''sword aura''!| She began to articte the matter surrounding the ''Sword Aura'', as she went on to say that Azmond had already unlocked and visibly seen the ''Sword Aura'' quite a while ago. And he had even actively hunted monsters with such ''sword aura'' infused into their bodies. But It looked like he forgot ever doing it "I really forgot such a thing happened?" Azmond inquired with a puzzled expression. |Yep! Completely forgot! You big dum dum! Teehee~| Her response came back instantaneously, as he immediately realized that he would never hear the end of this one. Azmond didn''t feel like he was one to forget such an important matter. But he had been extremely focused on hunting monsters as ofte, so he honestly didn''t put it past himself Nevertheless, in spite of such a ''predicament'', there were a few other things that changed in his system interface; however, most of it was pretty self-exnatory. Like his increases in strength, changes in his ''Vanquisher'' tab, the increase in his ''Total Quest''s Completion'', and of course, the ''Azure'' and ''Space'' Laws. Everything leftover could pretty much be inferred without an in-depth boration from Boundless. "Now that I have the analysis of my new strength out of the way, I think it''s about time we make our way into the very depths of the Crystal World," Azmond dered with a wide grin. He really couldn''t wait to meet all the new experience ba-, err, Monsters friends, in the center-most territory of the ''Nightmare Council''. Chapter 251: Tuskflare and Asher ... The matter involving wdia Moonweaver had also been itching away in Azmond''s mind. However, when it came to that ''wdia Moonweaver'', he couldn''t quite figure out what exactly irked him so much. Nevertheless, he would figure out all the answers to his queries soon enough. But for now He needed to find himself a disguise! .... Azmond, Boundless, and Emu ventured even deeper into the ''Crystal World'', located inside the heart of the Great Wilnds Forest. The hours passed by And then days passed by Until, finally A target was spotted! .... |Is that who you wanna use your Divine Godfiend''s Concealing Technique to disguise as, Azmond!?| Boundless asked with a curious look on her face. "Yes, that is the one," Azmond responded with a small smirk. They were looking right at a humanoid monster of the Fox-kin lineagea Fox-kin that was discussing an unknown topic with a different humanoid monster of the Rhinoceros lineage. The foxkin in question had long silver hair, fluffy triangle ears, and four tails sticking out of his tailbone. His attire was an ostentatious-looking silver kimono with mboyantly exaggerated gold outlines adorning every side of it. He also had quite a handsome appearance and could even be considered far above average if thrown into the world of humans. However, neither his odd fashion sense nor his inferior appearance was why Azmond chose this ''Monster King'' to be his ''disguise''. He chose him simply because of his strength and his personality! That''s right! He was, of course, strong, as he was quite a way''s into the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm, and it was such strength that made him a ''High-Rank King Monster King'' ording to the Monster Ranking system. But that''s all besides the point! His strength was just a bonus! What Azmond was really aftersomething that would make this ''operation'' go as smoothly as possiblewas his ''innately narcissist personality''. It was a personality trait that was dangerously simr to his own. And for that reason alone, he decided this silver foxkin would be his golden ticket to a sessful infiltration mission! "So, Asher. How has your tasked monster wave invasion been going so far??" A rhinoceros-like monster in humanoid form voiced a question to a silver fox-kin with a loud, boisterous voice. "Can you quiet it down a little, Tuskre!? Your voice seems to get louder by the day!!" The silver fox-kin spat back with a clearly irritated look on his face. He didn''t like how loud and annoying this dumb rhinoceros was all the damn time! "Ehh!? You are such a jokester, Asher!!! Hahahaha!!" Tuskre replied back as he started his boisterousughter once again. He had also found his way behind Asher, hisrge, rough, gray hands pping down on his back! ''Tsk!, this fucking dipshit! He''s so damn annoying!!'' Asher''s thoughts were theplete opposite of his neutral countenance! Couldn''t Tuskre be a bit more like the pretty foxkin back in his Royal Capital?? They were so calm and quiet, while this bumbling muscle head was nothing but a loud, annoying nuisance! The only reason he was even talking to him right now was because he was of simr strength to him. If not for that, he would''ve already killed the rhinoceros himself! ..... However, as soon as Asher''s mind started traveling to the foxkin in his Kingdom, he couldn''t help but salivate a little when he recalled their voluptuous bodies sprawled out before him. He really wanted to get back to his Royal Capital and y around with a few of his Royal Harem members. But unfortunately for him, he had this stupid Monster Meeting he needed to attend! Couldn''t he just stay home and chix with a few beauties? Why must hee out and converse with all these ugly men!? ''Although, it''s not like this is all bad. After all, there''s that wdia Moonweaver attending this meeting.'' Asher started thinking to himself as drool began to leak from his mouth again. ''She is someone who rarely shows her face, and for good reason! That face and body of hers might as well be a crime to all monsters! I just want to get her on a bed and ravish her for a few dozen years!!!'' *Tap* However, Asher didn''t even get the chance to relish in such an out-of-touch fantasy as something suddenly tapped him out of nowhere! He attempted to turn his head around to see why that annoying rhinoceros had suddenly gone easy with his hits. But as soon as he looked behind him, The world turned upside down. ''Wha-!?'' Those were thest thoughts he had before his existence faded from the realm of the living. But before he died, he was able to catch a glimpse of a figure in a sunsettish-colored robe with a fox mask onstanding over him with a bloody rhinoceros-like head in his hand. And even with such a gory sight presented to him, his soul practically came back to his body for a split second, as the only thing on his mind was... ''Damn, he''s like me.'' Thud! THUD! His body, along with the body of the Rhinoceros-kin, hit the ground with varying degrees of impact as both their lifeless corpsesy there. One still wore a look of disbelief, while the other one had a hint of... Admiration? It was safe to say that they died in two very contrasting ways. Nheless, that wasn''t the only thing contrasting, as a series of different valued system notifications rang out inside of Azmond''s head. *Ding!* *You have gained experience +12,000,000k!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +120,000k!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +14,000,000k!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +140,000k!* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Tap the silver foxkin King and take him as a ''disguise'' using your ''Divine Godfiend''s Concealing Technique''!* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest''s: ''Kill the High-Rank Rhinoceros King, Tuskre'', and ''Kill the High-Rank Silver Fox-Kin King, Asher''!* *Ding!* You have gained experience +1,500,000,000k!* *Ding!* *You have acquired the sufficient amount of experience points required to initiate the breakthrough into Tier 1 from Tier 0!!* *Ding!* *Tier rank up will begin in 5 4 3 2* Chapter 252: Forgetting About The Rank Up Into Tier 1 ..... "Oh shit" Azmond muttered under his breath, followed by a tired sigh escaping his mouth. He hadpletely forgotten about his rank up into Tier 1 Was he truly starting to lose his memories or something? He wasn''t even that old yet But Azmond didn''t even have the time to ponder such a topic, as his conciseness soon faded to ck. Thud! His body hit the ground with a loud thud, creating a spider webbed-shaped crater around him. But, luckily for Azmond, he had managed to have Emu absorb the two monster kings before he was knocked out cold. He had also wanted to put up a barrier around himself. But, unfortunately, he wasn''t able to make it in time .... WAAAA!!! Immense amounts of crimson-colored energies were being emitted from the body of a man with a fox mask on! The energies being released were constantly fluctuating, as it seemed like some mysterious force was attempting to thwart the unleashment of such insane levels of energies. That mysterious force being... Boundless! |I''m just the best system there ever was! I mean, could there possibly be a better system than me!? I think not!| She had been sitting on the unconscious figure of Azmond this entire time, waiting for him toe out of the forceda that was induced on the user every time the user went through a Tier rank up. ording to Boundless, it was some sort of ''protection'' that would prevent the brain from blowing up due to an overload of ''code'' being transmitted to the user. It was a necessary process unless Emu and Boundless wanted to see Azmond''s brain guts all over the ce! And, unlike the time''s he regenerated his body through the activations of his ''Boundless Restoration'' technique, he would not being back from such a ''brain explosion''. "Mhmu!" Emu squeaked! It bobbed up and down while circling Azmond''s body with a worried look present on its slimy features. Even those gold eyes of Emu appeared to be a little teary upon Azmond not waking up, even after 30 minutes of lying there. However, when it looked over to the strange woman that was always around itspanionand observed the fact that she seemedpletely stoic about the whole ordealEmu was ultimately able to calm down. Although Emu was still worried... Emu wanted itspanion to be alive forever and ever! Who was Emu supposed to hunt with if Azmond died!? Emu wouldn''t allow itspanion to leave Emu! "Mhmu! Mhmu!" A resolved gleam shone in those golden eyes of Emu as it bounced on top of Azmond''s head before settling down. Emu decided that Emu would keep watch over itspanion! Emu would not leave that spot till Emu''spanion came back to hunt with Emu! |Hmm?| Boundless, upon noticing the emotions of the troubled slime, decided to bring it up. |You don''t need to be so nervous, Emu! Azmond will make it back before you know it!| *Jiggle Jiggle!* Her two milky jugs bounced a little following such a promation as she flopped over andy directly on top of Azmond. Shey with her back to his back as an out-of-the-blue mncholic aura started to pervade the air around her. |I wonder, Azmond When you wake up as a Tier 1, will you see me as a woman? I know that the tier rank-up process doesn''t alter a person''s thoughts, but I can''t help but want to be looked at the same way as Crystalline| She mumbled with a saddened look on her face. Her doleful words were followed by her pretty hands interlinking with Azmond''srger hands. She knew that she was asking a lot But Boundless had already resolved herself to pursue what she wanted! She didn''t care that she wasn''t like Crystalline or any other girl in existence! She would do everything they could do and more with her master! However, no matter how determined or bold she was on such a matter, she knew that it all depended on what Azmond wanted If he didn''t like her like she liked him, then what was the point!? |Wa-Wait! Wh-What!?| Boundless blurted out with a baffled look on her face! She suddenly sprang up before focusing a dead stare in a random direction. |I-I li-like him!? How can this be!? I''m the Boundless System! Not some mortal female!| She began to freak out, as she couldn''t believe the ludicrous notion of her liking that dumb baka! However, the tightness Boundless felt in her chest never seemed to go away, no matter how hard she attempted to deny such an emotion |I-I I like him, don''t I| Boundless mumbled with her hair covering her face. However, if one looked close enough, one could clearly see her lightly biting her perfectly pink lips. She sat on top of Azmond, seemingly in a daze |I like him I Like Him I LIKE HIM| Boundless murmured, a peculiar glow materializing inside those big brown eyes of hers. That phrase repeated like a broken record inside her head until |Bu-But Does he like me back?| She softly whispered under her breath. Her voice seemed to trail off before abruptly and out of nowhere. "Haah-" Azmond woke up from his rank up! "Hmm?" He felt something heavy on top of him. |Azmond| Boundless murmured with a small voice. ''Is something up with Boundless?'' Even in anguid state, he immediately noticed something unusual about her mood. *Uhmphf* Azmond wasted no time contemting such a matter as he gently picked up the conflicted beauty in a princess carry. |Hwaa!?| Boundless yelped a little as she found herself a few feet off the ground, in the arms of that baka. "What are you so worried about, Boundless? Is everything okay?" He asked with a concerned tone, his profound blue eyes locked with her browns. |...| His honeyed words entered Boundless''s ears, but she didn''t know how she should respond. She didn''t even know what was going on with her right now! Chapter 253: That Cow Had Been Hogging All The Good Stuff! .... One second, Boundless was fine, and the next second, she was as gloomy as could be! Was there something wrong with her circuits or something!? Boundless bit her lips a little before turning her gorgeous face in the opposite direction of Azmond. "Hmm?" ''So you wanna y hard to unravel, huh? Well, I can''t have my Boundless in such a depressed state when we enter the Luminous Grounds Of The Nightmare Council. So there''s no time better than now to soothe all her problems,'' Azmond thought. His strength had increased by an insane degree after ranking up from Tier 0 to Tier 1; however, he could save such a matter forter. After all, it wasn''t like he had any ''practice dummies'' to test his newfound power on... "Hey, Boundless?" |Ye-Yesh-| She attempted to respond. However, she didn''t even get the time to turn her head back in his direction, as he had already made a preemptive strike! |Haha~! Az-Azmond, Sht-Shtop it~!| Shemanded through giggles as she became victim to the sneaky movements of his hand! "Heh." He smirked a little as his hand glided through that dangerously voluptuous body of hers. Azmond made sure to get all her sensitive spots in such an attack. And it was such precise touches that led to her squirming and wiggling around inside his embrace. *Jiggle Jiggle!* Her luscious body started to bounce all over the ce, leading to quite the view being presented to Azmond. |Pl-Please, Azmond~! Sh-Shtop it~!| Boundless pleaded with a face like she would die if he didn''t stop. "Okay." He responded in a in tone. Azmond didn''t want to torture the girl; he just wanted to loosen her up a bit. And he had sessfully aplished his goal, so it was time tomence step 2! ... "Are you going to tell me what''s going on, now?" Azmond asked once more, his kind eyes boring holes into those creased browns of hers. |Haha~...| Boundless ultimately stoppedughing as she opened her eyes and saw that affectionate stare. *Ba-dump! Ba-dump!* Her heart started to beat faster again, as she always seemed to be taken by surprise when it came to Azmond. |''That dumb baka!''| She screamed inside her head as her long brown hair fell over her face. Nevertheless... |I-I am fine!| She asserted with an unconfident tone. "Is that so~?" Azmond asked with a small smile. |!?| She suddenly got a really bad feeling about that look. *Tap* However,pletely against her assumptions, all he did was gently set her down before backing up a little. |What?| Boundless was sure that he would do something more, but apparently he didn''t. She should''ve been happy with such an oue. But for some reason, she couldn''t help but feel a tinge of disappointment. |''You could''ve at least done a little something, you dumb baka! Why are you always treating me like a little girl!? I hate it!''| Her emotions were going through some very tumultuous times as she seemed to enter her own little world. That was until |I like you| Boundless whispered under her breath. "What did you say? I didn''t quite catch it." Azmond''s response was instantaneous, as his smirk only became wider. He had, of course, heard what she said; how could he not? But he wanted her to truly understand herself first. So he brought it up on himself to push a little in the ''right'' direction. |''This stupid moron! Why is he making me say such embarrassing things twice!?''| Nheless, in spite of such thoughts, she moved a few feet closer to Azmond before looking him directly in the eye. |I like you!| Boundless eximed with a flushed red face. The amusing grin on Azmond''s face only seemed to grow further upon hearing her be so upfront. However, he wasn''t done yet. "Sorry, what was that? I''m not very keen on hearing these days," he announced with a ''troubled'' look on his face. |I-I can''t believe you! You big meanie!| She hit him in the chest with no end in sight before she took a deep breath. And |I Like You!!!| Boundless practically screamed it at the top of her lungs as the redness on her cheeks had already spread out to the rest of her face. "Is that so~?" Azmond grabbed both her wrists as they came down swinging before pulling her arms to the side. |!?!?| Their faces were not even a few inches apart as he stared into those glossy eyes of hers. "Don''t you think it''s a little naughty for a ''servant'' to be thinking about her ''master'' in such a way~?" He teased her with clear amusement written on his face. |We-Well I don''t care about stuff like that anymore!| Boundless began with her eyes flickering erratically. |''He''s too close! Too close! Too close!''| she was freaking out on the inside! Their breaths were intermingling with each other as a sudden feeling bubbled up inside Boundless''s ''little sister''. She didn''t know what it was, but it made her feel weird! "Is that so~?" A wily grin emerged from that handsome face of Azmond''s. He had already taken off his and Boundless''s masks by some magical means. So their faces really were not even a few millimeters away from making contact. Not that he needed such a distance indicator to dictate whether he could touch her face or not And he proved that point right away, as his soft lips made contact with her perfectly pink lips! *Peck* |!?| Their lips collided together, as Boundless didn''t even know what was happening anymore! Her mind became foggy as her eyes turned soggy! She didn''t want to admit it, but such a kiss felt quite good |''So this is what Crystalline had been receiving this entire time!? That dumb cow had been hogging all the good stuff!''| ***** "Achoo~" A cute sneeze echoed out in a vast, borately decorated mansion floating among the clouds. The source of such a sneeze was a woman with long, silky ck hair and dazzling green eyes. She sat on an icy-blue mat with a face just as cold as she abruptly opened her eyes and looked around with a slightly perplexed expression. Chapter 254: I Dont Mind Getting Devoured~ ... "What was that?" Crystalline asked. "Is someone talking about me behind my back...?" She questioned, as her thoughts couldn''t help but travel to a certain annoying woman with a body just as busty as her own. However, Crystalline didn''t bother with such a train of thought for long as her expression rxed before her pretty voice echoed out once more. "Probably nothing..." She murmured before going back into a deep state of cultivation. Her sect''s heiresspetition would being up within the next few years, and herpetitors were no pushovers. Which meant there was no time to waste on thinking about that bi*ch hanging around her Azmond. ***** Boundless''s astonished thoughts quickly morphed into something different, as she even moved her lips a little in return! ''Oh?'' Azmond couldn''t believe she had already be so bold. He assumed it would take at least a few minutes for her to make a move herself. But it turned out that his Boundless was quite the bold one indeed. It looked like Boundless really did decide to take what she wanted, even in spite of their rtionship as ''servant'' and ''master''. Although Azmond never took such a rtionship seriously, after all, he had always treated her like family since the very beginning. And that would never change, not until his life spark flickered out. But it looked like they would soon be a different type of ''family'' after what they just initiated. .... *Muah Muah* Their lips mashed against one another as the kiss started out slow and gentle in the beginning. But after a few minutes, they swiftly ramped up that speed to another level! And after a few more minutes, even their tongues began to mingle with one another! They shared saliva and spit like they were dying of thirst, and the only thing that could save them was each other''s liquids! |Az-Azmond~!| Boundless slurred her words through kisses. Her body had already be glued to his, as those slopes of hers pressed up against his chiseled muscles. Her arms wrapped around his neck as she yed with the back of his head, constantly scruffing up his long, raven ck hair. "Hmm?" Azmond opened his eyes, only to see a peculiar pink gleam shining within those docile brown eyes of hers. And it didn''t take a genius to understand what exactly that gleam implied... He had also begun to feel a sweet-smelling, sticky liquid leaking out of her kimono. But he had assumed that was just sweat in the beginning. However, now there was too much of it and it was too fragrant, so it being sweat was out of the question! ''Is Boundless horny right now?'' Azmond questioned with a look of disbelief. He couldn''t believe there''de a day that his Boundless would be so horny over a mere kiss. Well She was quite the innocent one when she wanted to be, so he didn''t put it past her to be so hot and bothered over a kiss. |Azmond| Boundless abruptly ended the kiss as a trail of saliva was stringing between them. "Yes?" he inquired. However, she didn''t even give him the time to understand why she ended the kiss. |Azmond~!| Boundless gushed with an intoxicated look on her face! *Bounce!* Her unholy body leaped through the air as she clung onto Azmond like a ko bear! "Oh? This has to be a step too far, even for you~? What about our ''Master'' and ''Servant'' rtionship~?" Azmond whispered into her ears with a sly grin. However, what he expected to be a reserved response turned out to be anything but! |Screw the steps! I don''t care anymore! I just want to shake the bed with you, like Crystalline! Can we please do it?| Boundless started off with slight aggression but ended with a quiet and meek question. She wanted to take Azmond right there and then, but she wasn''t sure he wanted to do it with her "Hmm I don''t see why not~ But are you sure you''re ready for such a big step in our rtionship~? There will be no turning back after this," Azmond announced withplete seriousness when it came to thest part of his sentence. There would be no backing out for the busty brown-haired beauty once they progressed toward the next step. He would not allow another man to enter her life like he has! |I already said I don''t care about the steps, Azmond! Let''s shake the bed right now!| Boundless didn''t even bother to hide her intent, as her clothes were already off her body, and the glorious sight of her sensual figure was shown to the world. Her milky white breasts were arge G in size, as she possessed one of thergest pairs that Azmond had ever seen! And on top of those perfect perky breasts were two cherry-topped ares that couldn''t be any more appetizing if they tried! But that wasn''t the only perfect part of her body Her two soft mountain tops behind and the thin waist above could not beparable to anything but the ultimate female form! If she were a pay-to-win game character, then she would definitely be the most exclusive VIP charactera character that would cost an entire year''s pay to purchase! And a body like that, with a face like hers, was presented right in front of Azmond''s seductive gaze. "When did you be such an audacious one, Boundless? Aren''t you afraid that you might end up being devoured by the lion if you present yourself right in front of him?" A sharp glint passed through Azmond''s eyes as he appreciated every crack and crevice of her unbelievably well-endowed body. |I don''t mind getting devoured| Boundless mumbled under her breath. Her eyes became even more watery as they flickered a little, asionally taking furtive nces at the spot protruding out of his robes. "I see Then don''t me the lion for taking you up on the free meal~" *Whoosh* Following Azmond''s words was the subsequent unleashment of all his speed, as he undressed tens of thousands of times faster than the speed of sound! Chapter 255: (R-18) A Ravishing ... Azmond''s chiseled body moved over to the still frazzled Boundless as his firm hands made their way behind her waist. He pulled her into a tight embrace, his 12-inch meat road pressed up against her stomach. "Be prepared for the ravishing that is toe, My Dear~" His seductive words were followed by him activating the Heavenly Massage Technique before he let one of his hands travel to her sopping wet pussy while the other started to y with one of her hard nipples. |Aaahn~! That feels guud~!| Boundless moaned incoherently as her alluring body started to violently convulse! And then it came in no time t! |So-Something is cu-cumming~!| *Squirt!* She squirted out of her pussy like a never-ending fountain of love juices! Azmond and herself were deemedpletely soaked as he looked on at the panting beauty with a bewildered expression. He couldn''t believe that his kind and bubbly Boundless would squirt out so much when it really came down to it. She even surpassed Crystalline in terms of the amount of juice that flowed out of her! ''Is this some sort of weird boon for being the embodiment of the ''Boundless System''?'' Azmond couldn''t help but think that was the case as he nced over the convulsing figure of hers; his gaze quickly traveled upwards as he found himself staring at that look of euphoria she had presented on her face. "You are quite the naughty one, aren''t you, My ''Servant''~?" He mused with a yful smirk on his face. |!!!| When Boundless heard her master call her a servant, and when she recalled the things she just participated in with her master, she couldn''t help but feel an unusual sensation course throughout her. "Mhmmff~! Cu-Cumming~! Again~! And for some reason, unbeknownst to Boundless, she came again! Subsequently, they were both left soaked, as Azmond stared at the moaning beauty with clear amusement shining in his eyes. "So you like the master and servant y, huh? You really are quite the unsalvageable servant, aren''t you~? Don''t you think you deserve to be punished for such inappropriate thoughts about your master~?" Something seemed to take over Boundless''s thoughts as she couldn''t help but blurt out the first thing that came to her mind. |I-I I have been a bad servant. I beg you for forgiveness, Master!| "Hmm well, I think I can forgive you. But you will still need to be punished. How else will you learn if I don''t give you a little p on the hand~?" Azmond spoke such words while slightly tilting up her chin; he couldn''t allow her to avoid the embarrassment, now could he?? However, what he expected to be an embarrassed response turned out to be... |Mhmm| Boundless seemedpletely unresistant to the idea of being punished by him. Even her rose petal pussy wanted nothing more than a punishment, as it had been opening and closing while making lewd sounds this entire time. And that was especially the case when Azmond''s foot-long meat rod started to throb and pulsate while pressed up against her clit She was about to cum for the third time, and he hadn''t even entered inside her yet! "We will begin with the punishment right away then~" |Mhmk-| *Pak!* Boundless didn''t even get the time to respond, as Azmond''srge meat rod had already invaded the very depths of her tight canals! "Aaahhnn~! Az-Azmond~!!! I''ll d-die~!!" She moaned as loudly as possible before arge ripple went through her body, resulting in those two red tips bouncing with passion! Her hymen broke just like that. But for some odd reason, she felt no pain like she had heard about in the memories she read from Azmond. There was only extreme pleasure! Boundless''s mind went to the clouds as her tongue escaped her mouth and her back arched! She didn''t know what position this was, and she didn''t care! All she knew was that it felt so damn good to ''shake the bed'' while standing up, facing each other! "Mhmmf~!! Ag-Again~!" Her loud moans were followed by even greater amounts of liquid squirting out of her holy cave. And such a squirting session was followed by a ludicrous amount of ''showering'' on the two of them! |!?| Boundless looked down and saw the ce where he and she were connected, resulting in even greater amounts of love juice drenching both of them! "Urgh!" Azmond grunted a little upon being constricted by her extremely tight pussy. ''She''s so damn tight while she''s going through orgasm''s!'' He was having a little trouble holding himself back from unloading everything he had into her. But he had to hold it in, at least until he started moving. And that is exactly what Azmond did; even in spite of the despondent and whimsical look on her face, he started to thrust upward. *Pak pak pak!* Azmond breached the deepest parts of her vagina in a split second. But he didn''t stop with just that, as he followed up such a devastating attack with hundreds more just like it! |AAaahhhnn~ AZMONDD~| Boundless practically frothed at the mouth as her tongue rolled back and her sensual body turned into nothing more than a ragdoll! Her figure iled all around as she moanedshe moaned so loudly that one would think she wanted the whole world to hear her heavenly screams. But that didn''t stop Azmond from going even harder and even faster on the helpless woman! *Pak pak pak pak!!* He increased his speed tenfold as he felt something build up inside of him, ready to unload inside the stupid-tight pussy he found himself inside of! |CU-CUMMING~~!!!| Boundless screamed while her arms wrapped around his body as tightly as she could! "I will unload it all inside of you, Boundless!!" Azmond announced with a grimace on his face. He was doing his best to hold back the eruption that wanted to paint her insides white; however, he could no longer repress the semen that so badly wanted to impregnate Boundless! |YESHH~!! Fill Me Up Azmond~!!| She melded her body so closely to his that her perfect tits were practically squished into saucer''s on his chiseled chest! Chapter 256: (R-18) A Ravishing Part 2 ... The height difference between the two of them made it so that Boundless was being lifted by his dick! Her toes were a few inches off the ground as she scrunched them together, attempting to digest some of the pleasure she was feeling. "AAAaaahhnnn~!!! Sho-Shooo Guuud~!! However, it did not do a single damn thing, as she became so lost in the intense pleasure that she instantly passed out! All while leaking juices from both her mouth and pussy... Boundlessy dangling on top of his dick, so out of it that she didn''t even seem like a living human .... "Hmm" Azmond, upon finishing his explosion of white sperm inside of Boundless, lifted her up off his dick. *Drip drip* "Mhmm~..." A mixture of unknown juices leaked out of Boundless''s sopping entrance as she made a few cute reactions in return. *Tap tap* Azmond proceeded to take her over to a bed that he had conjured up before this event starteda bed that he never even got the chance to use Nheless, he gentlyid her soft and squishy body on the bed before covering her up with a nket he took out of his storage ring. Although there was still a little lewd glint inside those big, beautiful brown eyes of hers, Boundlessy sprawled out with a content and satisfied expression... Azmond truly didn''t know how the embodiment of an abstruse concept like a system could be knocked unconscious. But it wasn''t like he really cared about details like that. As long as his women were happy, he didn''t really care about the unusual and unexinable circumstances surrounding them. "Mhmu!" A squeak entered Azmond''s ears as a ck and gold slime somehow made its way on top of his head. "What is it, little buddy?" He inquired with a small smile. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" ''Want to go hunting!?'' Emu didn''t even care that he waspletely buck naked. All Emu wanted to know was if they could go and devour some more! Emu was simple! Emplu hunt, equal Emu happy! "I don''t see why not. We can''t go to the Nightmare Council until Boundless wakes up. But we can ''clean up'' the surrounding areas with no issues while we wait." Following Azmond''s words of consideration, he asked Emu to morph into ''Quantum Katana Flux'' form before he and Emu disappeared into the crystalnds that surrounded them. Half a day quickly passed by Shing! A katana was unsheathed. THUD! BOOOOOM! A ten thousand-meter-wide snake head hit the ground, followed by a loud explosion reverberating out! A few small, translucent mountains were crushed on its way down, but it truly wasn''t much damage considering the extreme amount of strength it possessed. And the catalyst of such a ''silent'' kill was a tall silver-colored foxkin with a rtively handsome face unleashing a pitch ck crescent de. He wore a silver and gold kimono and had two borate feather earrings hanging down from his pointy fox ears. Nevertheless, in spite of this silver foxkin taking down a beast at the very peak of the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm, his face appeared quite neutral. His katana wiggled and chirped a little before it grew to disproportionate sizes and devoured the corpse of the snake monster! Chomp! "Ding!* *You have gained experience +9,999,999k* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: y the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm Anaconda''!* *Ding!* *You have been allotted appropriate experience points!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have absorbed part of thews possessed by the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Anaconda!* *Ding!* *Partialprehension of the ''Serpentine'' and ''Stealth'' Laws acquired!* "..." A series of system notifications popped up in the silver foxkin''s view as he scanned over the pop-ups with clear interest. Azmond had obtained two more partialprehensions of two morews, and he couldn''t ask for much more. However, he was soon proven wrong *Ding!* *You have gained gold +99,999k* "Nice" Azmond couldn''t help but let out a pleased smile upon amassing even more gold for himself! He didn''t have anything to use the gold on just yet. But he had a feeling that this gold he kept on stacking would soon be his key to acquiring more cultivation materials! One would think that Azmond would be satisfied with the Early Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm; however, they would be dead wrong! He wanted to reach the Quantum Nascent Soul Realm next! And after that, he would break through to the Quantum Soul Transformation Realm and then the Quantum Void Refining Realm However, even if Azmond did break through all those realms, and even if he made it to the Quantum Mahayana Realm, he still wouldn''t be satisfied! His goal for now was to reach the Quantum Mahayana Realm within the next 10 years, but that was the furthest thing from his end goal. There were a few Low-Rank Monster Kings that Azmond ''conversed with'' during his ''clean up'' with Emu, and they mentioned something about a ''Starry Seaboard. And although he had no clue what exactly this ''Starry Seaboard'' was, he knew that he wouldn''t even meet the minimum strength requirements to participate. ording to those Low-Rank Monster Kings, to enter the Starry Seaboard, at the very least, you needed to be in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm with three sessful tribtions to your name. And that level of strength was so far out of Azmond''s current scope that he didn''t even know if he''d reach that level within the next half a year! The Tribtion Transcendence Realm was apletely different ballpark than the Unity Form Synthesis Realm. And even the weakest of Tribtion Transcendence cultivators could take out millions of Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm cultivators with just a single finger! After all, the Tribtion Transcendence Realm symbolized the true beginning of a cultivator''s journey toward defying the Heavens! It was a realm where you had to take on the brunt force of Heavenly Lighting Cataclysm''s to advance. And every Cataclysm sessfully passed would warrant another minor realm achieved in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm. Nheless, that was a topic for another time Chapter 257: You Ready To Go Infiltrate The Nightmare Council? ... |Mhmm~| Boundless woke up with a lethargic look on her face as she took a cursory nce around. And the first thing she noticed was... "Yo, sleepy head~" Azmond had already found his way back to the ''camp'' he set up, as he wanted to be there right when the sleeping beauty woke up. |Azmond!| Boundless jumped up and swung herself around his neck before eventuallynding face-to-face with him. And that was when it hit her! All the things that she and he had done over the past day came back to her like a tempest of memories. |Mhmm| And such an abrupt recollection put a deep blush on that wless face of hersa blush that Azmond noticed right away as he grabbed her by her round ass and brought her to eye level. "You are mine now, Boundless~ You understand that, don''t you~?" He spoke such honeyed words with a growing obsession building inside of his eyes. Azmond proved time and time again just how much of a yandere he was |I have been yours since the beginning, Azmond| Boundless muttered under her breath. Her beautiful eyes nced down a little as she found it exceedingly difficult to hold up an intense stare with Azmond. "That is not what I meant by ''mine'', My Love~," Azmond began with a tighter grip on her ass. "You are ''mine'' in every sense of the word, not just as my system," he ended with a serious expression. And it was his seriousness that put an even deeper blush on Boundless''s cheeks. She couldn''t take so much genuine emotion with a straight face! |Hehe~...| Her pink lips curled up into a mildly creepy smile, as she couldn''t help but let out an ''adorable'' giggle. "Now, are you ready to go and ''infiltrate'' this ''Nightmare Council'', My Love~?" And that was all the confirmation Azmond needed as he lifted her up before springing up into the skies. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! A few sonic boomster, and they were already tens of thousands of meters in the clouds, traveling at speeds tens of thousands of times faster than the speed of sound! And, for some reason unbeknownst to Azmond, it almost seemed like his speed was close to approaching the precipice of something greaterof something faster than the speed of sound! But he wasn''t quite there yet He would most likely need to go through a few more breakthroughs before he reached a level where his speed would no longer be measured in units of ''speed of sound''. But he was edging ever closer to that point, and that was enough for him. Azmond now had the ability to morph into his silver foxkin and original forms whenever he so felt like it. All he needed to do was activate the Divine Godfiend''s Concealing Technique and input enough energy to initiate the transformation process. All in all, it only took around a millionth of his total energy reserves and around two milliseconds toplete such a ''transformation''. So he waspletely capable of taking his disguise on and off at intermittent intervals. And it was such convenience that would make for an integral part of his ''Infiltrate the Nightmare Council and climb his way to the top of the organization'' n! It was a wless n that included dozens of extremely ''intricate'' steps and moves Azmond needed to make. To go over every little thing he had nned would take far too long- |So basically, we''re just going to the Nightmare Council to have a bit of fun and gain a bunch of experience points!?| Boundless interrupted his plex'' thinking process with her ludicrous assumptions! "Uhmm Yeah." But, yes, she was right... |Yay! Does that maybe mean we''re almost there yet!?| She asked with a radiant smile on her face. Her body had made its way around the backside of Azmond during their journeyand it was such positioning that led to kicking her legs up and down while mming those two milky jugs on top of his back! "Yeah, we''re almost there," Azmond responded with a kind tone. |Really!?| Boundless couldn''t believe her ears! Usually that baka would reply with something like ''No'', ''Nah'', or just straight up ignore her! Finally, she was getting some appreciation for all her ''hard work''! |Yay! How long!?| Boundless asked with a wide smile. "Right now, actually." |!?| Following Azmond''s words, there was a sudden change in scenery as the crystal world they came from turned into a red-coloredndscape. And the only thing present in this new ''redndscape'' was a humongous staircase-like plot ofnd that stretched out over the entire red world. After a few seconds of observation, they quickly realized that this ''staircase world'' was made up of the same iridescent material as the rest of the ''Heart of the Great Wilnds Forest'', with the only difference being that it appeared to have been artificially altered from its original translucent hue to an almost blood-colored hue. The staircase itself was made up of 20 steps, with most of the steps being out of Azmond''s divine sense range. And that was because each of the steps was absolutely massive! Every single one of them had to extend outward for tens of thousands of miles, and they seemed to get bigger andrger the further you made it up! This ''blood staircase world'' wasn''t simply out in the open either, as ity behind a thin veil that acted like an impermeable veneer that shielded this wondrous ce from the rest of the world. The steps on the staircase were decorated quitevishly, as ostentatious and opulent dark-red vines andmp lights, along with tens of millions of odd-looking structures, popted the first two stairsthose stairs being the only stairs Azmond could see with his limited cultivation base. |This ce is so pretty!| Boundless eximed. |Everything looks like a pretty ruby here! Do you think we can go and carve out some of this ce, Azmond!? Pretty please!?| Her eyes practically had stars inside them as she gawked at all the picturesque scenery that surrounded them. They had not yet entered the ''Luminous Grounds of the Nightmare Council'', and yet she had already be fascinated by everything she saw! .... Chapter 258: Truly Courting Death!! .... The Luminous Grounds of the Nightmare Council. It was dubbed the ''Luminous Grounds of the Nightmare Council'' for reasons that the City Lord wasn''t privy to. However, he had been up at the top-most steps when he ''visited'' wdia Moonweaver. And Eldric could''ve sworn that he caught a glimpse of what looked to be arge luminescent moon somewhere on the 20th floor. However, such a profound phenomenon disappeared as quickly as it came. At the time, the Old City Lord thought of it to be nothing more than a dream, as even with his Half-Step Until Form Synthesis Realm cultivation base, he couldn''t even gleam the smallest detail from such an ominous anomaly. All Eldric could tell Azmond was to be careful once he made it to the Luminous Grounds, for there was more than meets the eye to such a grandiose ce. ... ''I can''t imagine there being even more astounding things than a fucking blood-colored staircase that reaches the heavens, but what do I know? I''m just a reincarnator after all.'' Azmond shrugged his shoulders a little before moving his attention to two dots rapidly approaching from the distance! "Why do I feel a sense of deja vu with this situation?" WHIZ! WHIZ! Two Low-Rank Monster Kings of the Lycanthrope lineage appeared in front of Azmond and his gang in but an instant. "State your name and identity, and you can be on your way," the first lycanthropemanded. ''Heh'' Azmond couldn''t help but think that this made for the perfect time to begin abusing his authority as a mighty and all-powerful ''High-Rank Foxkin Monster King''! And it was such thoughts that led to his booming voice reverberating throughout the surroundings. "Do you know who I am!? And you dare to obstruct my path!?!? Truly Courting Death!!" Azmond''s shout was followed by him crossing his arms over his silver-colored kimono before assuming an imperious stance! WAAAA!! Immense levels of energies rivaling those of someone in the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm were unleashed from his fox-like form! ''!?!?'' ''!?!?'' The two Low-Rank Monster Kings nearly fell to their knees from the overwhelming force being crushed on top of them! They thought this silver foxkin was just a country bumpkin that came from the outside world; they didn''t realize he was a High-Rank Monster King! "We''re extremely sorry, sir! Please go ahead and enter the Luminous Grounds!" X2 They both prostrated in mid-air, assuming expressions of reverence as they extended out their arms and invited him into the blood-colored, grandiose staircase worlda world thaty beyond the crystal line that separated them from Azmond, Boundless, and Emu. "Hah! You finally realize who I am, eh!? That is good! Now tell me which direction will lead me to the residence of the High-Rank Monster King, wdia Moonweaver!" Azmond ordered the two low-rank monster kings to do as he wished. And they would have no choice but toply! After all, this was no longer the human world; this was the world of monsters! And monsters were even more fervent when it came to the belief that power reigned supreme! Those weaker would be forced to do the bidding of whoever or whatever was stronger than them! However, for some odd reason... "What!? Sir, that is not possible! Do you not know who wdia Moonweaver is to the people of the Luminous Grounds!?" The second lycanthrope eximed. He wore an astonished look on his face, almost like he had heard the silliest nonsense in the world! Go toward the residence of wdia Moonweaver!? Was this fox looking to die or something!? ''Hmm? What is up with these guys reactions? I don''t recall the City Lord mentioning anything overly special about the High-Rank Monster King known as wdia Moonweaver'' Azmond pondered over the topic for a nanosecond before he brought his focus back to the two lycanthropes. "What do you mean by that?" He unconsciously blurted out. "Don''t you know!? wdia Moonweaver had overthrown the rule of the previous Emperor of the Moon, her father!!" The first lycanthrope practically shouted it at the top of his lungs! He couldn''t believe there was a High-Ranking Monster King who didn''t know of the switch in rulers! "Ehh??... Err, I mean, Ie from an extremely secluded Foxkin kingdom to the north and do not know of the current news!" Azmond saved himself with a cough and some bullcrap before he entered yet another deep state of thought. ''What the hell!? I thought there were supposed to be Nine Monster Emperor''s with no designated rulers among them! What the fuck was that old City Lord talking about!?'' Azmond was freaking out on the inside! How could the City Lord''s information be so skewed from the reality of things!? He had only left here less than a year ago! Were these two lycanthropes trying to tell him that so much had changed within a mere year!? ..... "I recall there being Nine Monster Emperor''s who ruled over thesends; what happened to them?" Azmond inquired with a nonchnt tone. The aloof and powerful persona had to be kept up if he wished to loot these Luminous Grounds of all the experience bags they were worth! "Sir, are you really not aware of the changes that happened within thest year???" "No." "..." "..." How could someone so high up in strength be so oblivious to the ongoings of the Nightmare Council!? Nheless, in spite of such thoughts, they responded to the clueless silver foxkin. After all, dems were the rules! "There were indeed Nine Monster Emperors who ruled over the Luminous Grounds for thousands of years; however, that all changed when it was suddenly revealed that there was a mysterious emperor that stood atop an illusory 21st floor of the Luminous Grounds! And then-" The first Lycanthrope continued to borate on the events that followed A few minutes passed by, as Azmond was able to understand the gist of things. Basically, there was this really strong old guy at the Peak of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm who covertly controlled all the movements of the Nine Monster Emperor''s, until one day, the daughter of this old dude decided she had enough of his tyrannical rule! Chapter 259: Hoping For Half-Step Tribulation Transcendance Realm Monsters ..... Continuing the retailing... wdia had taken the old dude out of the elusive 21st floor and fought him with a valiant demeanor! Or something like that She won the battle, but not before incurring excessive amounts of damage to the higher floors of the Luminous Grounds. And a few monthster, we made it to the present. Oh! And she was also a super secretive cultivator who hid her strength for thousands of years, until she reached a sufficient level of strength tomence the n ''take over daddy''s rule''. wdia was essentially the main character! ... It was unknown what happened to the old dude Monster Emperor, and it was also equallypletely out there when it came down to what happened to the Nine Monster Emperor''s. To the denizens of the Luminous Grounds, it was almost like they all simply disappeared And that included the newly crowned Monster Emperor, wdia Moonweaver as well. She disappeared not long after her fight with her father ended. And it was such a series of events that led to the monster invasions being scheduled ahead of timethis was mostly due to the impatience of the High-Rank Monster Kings, who got tired of waiting for their absentee rulers to grace them with their presences. Such a long string of over-convoluted events led to the High-Rank Monster Kings entering the preparation phase for the tens of billions of monsters they nned to send out! That wasn''t even including the hundreds of thousands of Titan-ss golems and ves they had umted over the span of thousands of years. And every single one of these Titan-ss ''tools'' were already in the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm at the very minimum. There were even rumored to be Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm creatures among those few hundred thousand Titan-ss ''tools''! And yada yada yada, we made it back to the present! For real this time! "So what you''re saying is that every single one of you guys is in the dark, with some of the more audacious of you going off and doing whatever they wish?" Azmond asked with a disappointed tone. He had hoped to make an epic journey from the bottom rungs of the Luminous Grounds all the way to the very top, one step at a time! But It looked like they had turned into nothing more than a bunch of lost souls with no other purpose than to send out a bunch of minions to do their bidding. His disappointment at such a revtion was beyond palpable! Azmond wanted to have a little bit of fun before he reaped the shining EXP bags that called his name! But look at what he had to work with They were nothing but a bunch of ragtag scrubs who thought they were the topmost shit after learning of the disappearances of all the Tribtion Transcendence Rulers! What the hell sort of fun was he supposed to have with a bunch of Unity Form Synthesis Realm monsters!? He could only hope that the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Monster Kings and Titan-ss golems could give him a little bit of excitement "That is a very blunt way to put it, sir. But yes, that is basically what happened to our Luminous Grounds" The first lycanthrope monster king replied with a tired sigh. Even they felt a little embarrassed over speaking about such a topic! How could they not!? Their strongest contenders, some that could even give the powerhouses of the human race some trouble, went off to who knew where!! Leaving them to fend for themselves and make onest desperate struggle before the Human Emperor''s learned of their plights! The monster invasions and monster waves were nothing more than distractions that the High-Rank Monster King''s cooked up! Distractions that were meant to buy them some time until they figured out what to fucking do!! "You guys are really helpless," Azmond murmured. He couldn''t help but sympathize with them a little. Although they still wouldn''t be able to escape the experience-point frenzy that was toe, that didn''t mean Azmond didn''t feel the least bit bad about essentially nning to bully an entire civilization with Emu. Bzzt! His katana buzzed a little just to prove that point. Emu was hungry, and Azmond wanted to help satiate little Emu''s insatiable hunger; however, he decided he would wait a bit beforemencing his murder spree. After all, Azmond still needed to confirm the authenticity of these Lycanthropes ims. What if he started ''looting'', and then, out of nowhere, a Peak Tribtion Transcendence Realm Monster appeared? What was Azmond to do then!? Nothing! He might as well fall over dead at that point! "Thank you for your assistance- Err, I meant to say, get back to patrolling your area! I shall confirm this information for myself, humph!" Azmond berated the two Lycanthrope Kings with a haughty and conceited look on his face! "Yes, Sir! We will do so right away!" X2 They quickly skedaddled after bidding their farewells! Their figure''s disappeared into the distance with post haste; however, they couldn''t help but think that something was a little off about that silver foxkin. ''Nah, no way.'' X2 But they discarded such thoughts when they recalled the overbearing attitude oozing out of him. ''There''s no mistaking it; he was definitely a High-Rank Monster King of the highest magnitude!'' Their reverence for the High-Rank Monster King came back in full as they added yet another powerful encounter to their memories. |Those two monster kings were weird! Don''t you agree, Azmond!?| Boundless turned her head in his direction; however, she ended up seeing quite the sour expression on his face. |What''s up? You need a snack or something?| She asked with a bright smile. "No It isn''t that. It''s just that I feel like I lost so many experience points by letting those guys go," Azmond began with a slightly sulking expression. "I even got the quest to take them out and everything." *Sigh* He looked in the direction they disappeared and couldn''t help but let out a sigh of longing. All that Exp, running away It was a terrible experience! .... Chapter 260: The Principles of His Parents .... |What are you so worried about? Aren''t you going to kill all the monsters here, anyway?? Or did you have a change of heart?| Boundless inquired with her index finger put to her chin. "Change of heart!?" Azmond practically fell off an invisible chair upon hearing such a ludicrous thing being mentioned by Boundless! What did she mean by ''change of heart''!? He would never even entertain the idea of having a ''change of heart'' when it came to Exp! ... "I have not had a ''change of heart," Azmond began with a click of the tongue at even mentioning such a thing. "I simply overlooked the bigger picture for a moment there and forgot about my extremely ''borate'' n. That''s all," he muttered. |Isn''t your ''borate n'' just to kill all the monsters!? Doesn''t seem very borate to me!| *Whack!* A karate chop came flying out of nowhere as it knocked a little sense into Boundless! |Ow ow! Wh-What was that for, you big meanie!?| She whined a little while holding her head. "Instinct," Azmond responded. |Instinct?| Boundless wasn''t following. "Yes, I hit you on instinct, sorry..." He apologized with a slight hint of remorse in his expression. |It''s okay, Azmond! I didn''t even feel it, hehe~| Boundless''s joyful voice was followed by hertching onto his back before snuggling her face up against his. *Arghh!* *Spurt!* Azmond took so much damage upon being ''sneak attacked'' by that girl that he was sure he would never heal from such a fatal injury! ''This girl is too good for me'' A loving gleam shed past his eyes as Azmond realized something ''I seriously love her, don''t I?'' He had begun to understand small hints of this a long time ago. But it wasn''t until thest few days that such a fact truly sank in for him Azmond was a hopeless case, but he wasn''t the only one. |''Hehe~ I wonder if we can do a bunch more naughty stuff once we make it to a safe location~ I want to do all sorts of things... Hehe~''| Although Boundless''s ''case'' was a little different, as her thoughts trailed off in a more perverted direction... There was a time in Azmond''s past life when he was told something by the caretakers of the orphanage he was ''dropped'' off at. He was informed that, along with the letter that gave him his name, there was more to it than just that In a small location of the letter, in handwriting far too refined to be written by someone of lower ss, there was a snippet of something that Azmond was supposed to follow until the day he died. And although Azmond had no reason to oblige to the request made by his presumed ''parents'', he still tried his utmost to follow such principles. The first of those principles was ''to never hit a woman''. This was written multiple times in the letter, as it seemed like that was an extremely important point for his ''parents''. There was even a time that it was written in big italic red That was a principle that Azmond attempted to follow to a T; however, it wasn''t untiling to this world that he realized how hard it truly was to abide by that principle! He really and truly tried! But he just couldn''t help himself when it came to all the troublesome women around him! Azmond was helpless in the matter! All he hoped for was that his ''parents'' or whoever wrote the letter would be a bit more understanding of his actions. ''They would understand, wouldn''t they?'' *Shiver* Azmond felt a shiver go down his spine when he thought about his supposed ''mother'' finding out about what he did. ''Why am I so scared about the idea of my ''mother'' finding out? It isn''t like she''s even alive right now'' Right!? He followed the other emphasized principle: ''Be Nice to Women!!'', so he should be fine Right? .... A few minutes passed by as Azmond begins to enter the First Step of the Luminous Grounds. The First Step, like the Second Step, was mostly popted by the ''grunt force'' or the basic monsters that didn''t possess relevant ''ruler-ss skills'' or the appropriate cultivation base to be considered ''Monster Kings''. However, that didn''t mean they weren''t an important part of the ''distraction tactic'' that the High-Rank Monster Kings were using to divert the human race''s attention. After all, how were they expected to escape without the proper meat shields? Every good diversion tactic needed a few billion meat shields! And the meat shields in question were traveling around the world-sized first step as they went about whatever it was they were doing. Most of which usually involved humans in some way. Torturing humans, cooking humans, skewing humans, searing humans alive, eating humans You name it, and they were probably doing it to a human! But it wasn''t like every single one of them were bloodthirsty ''monsters''; it was just most of them However, there were a few monster races, such as the foxkin, catkin, dogkin, bunnykin, and most other rtively ''docile'' monster racesthat didn''t seem to be doing anything to humans''. There were, of course, heinous monsters even among the more ''civilized'' monster races; however, they were usually few and far between. After all, these ''monster races'' were on the edge of being ''Beast Races''. The only difference between the two being that these specific variations of the beast race''s possessed a bloodline closer to ''monsters'', than to ''beast''s''. On one of the Continents adjacent to the Azure nk Continent, there existed a ruling force that mainly consisted of the various ''beast race''s'' of Asterion. And there were, of course, ''catkin, foxkin, ect.''; however, they were the variations thaty closer to the ''Beast Race'' on the designation spectrum. The reason for such a convoluted andplex system was that both monsters and beasts alike loved to well F*ck! Every single one of them loved to procreate like their lives depended on it! They didn''t care if it were a chicken, a duck, or a goose! If there was a hole, there was a motherf*cking way! Chapter 261: Traveling Around The First Step ..... That was why the species on Asterion were so fucked up Nevertheless, the ''beast'' and ''monster'' race''s weren''t even the worst of them! That title was solely withheld from all other races, as only one race and one race alone could truly be called the mostscivious race of them all That race being the Dragon''s! They truly didn''t care what it was that had a hole! Even trees, nts, and even wholes were not beneath them to f*ck! But that''s enough talking about the ''peculiarities'' of the race''s inhabiting Asterion. ... Azmond leisurely strolled through the streets of the Luminous Grounds first floor, gazing upon all the inner workings of the ''World'' and its denizens. He was also ''marking'' all the extremely heinous monsters on his bucket list for ''experience acquisition''. And that led to around 95% of the monsters bing destined Exp bags for the future! The Discerning Quantum Eye had always possessed the ability to scan the habits and personalities of all those it came into contact with, but Azmond simply hadn''t paid attention to such a thing before he entered the Luminous Grounds. Of course, in the beginning, Azmond wanted to just indiscriminately kill all the monsters he saw. But thatst shred of consciousness he had would not allow him to kill innocent monsters who were simply trying to live their lives just the same as any ''innocent humans'' would. Azmond passed a rtivelyrge hut located on the outskirts of the ''countryside'' of the first step and saw a few bunnykins harvesting crops on seemingly arablend. A few bright lights shed as he scanned over the stats of these ''monsters''. [Bunnykin (Joseph): Tier 0: Level 36 {[Stats: Strength: 189, Speed: 196, Defense: 225, Qi: 205]} {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} {[Overall Personality: Helpful]} [Bunnykin (Sandra): Tier 0: Level 37 {[Stats: Strength: 206, Speed: 209, Defense: 235, Qi: 265]} {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} {[Overall Personality: Generous]} [Bunnykin (Midus): Tier 0: Level 49 {[Stats: Strength: 450, Speed: 476, Defense: 483, Qi: 425]} {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} {[Overall Personality: Kind]} "Hmm" Azmond took one nce over their stat sheets and added them to his ''No Exp List''. They were just monsters trying to make a living with the cards they were given. He had no reason to murder ''people'' like that over a few experience points. After all, most of the strong beings in Asterion were all a bunch of deplorable assholes, so Azmond would have plenty of chances to acquire billions of times more Exp from them! However, it seemed like a certain someone~someone found this entire ''To kill or not to kill list'' a little weird. |Why are you being so considerate of these people, Azmond?| Boundless questioned with a mildly perplexed tone. She truly couldn''tprehend why he would even bother going through the trouble of making this ''list''. It didn''t seem like something he would do if she were being honest It wasn''t like what Azmond did with mortals, or even immortals and gods, would affect how she felt about him. But it still resulted in a few question marks going off in her head. ..... "Why am I being considerate, you ask? Hahaha~!" Azmond responded with a heartyugh as he looked over his shoulder at Boundles, before his voice leaked out once more. "I am not being ''considerate'', My Love~ I simply don''t see the point in killing all the weak sauce monsters when I could instead let them liveand by letting them live, there could be the chance of them making stronger monsters in the future!" He ended with a wide smirk. |...| Boundless took one look at his expression before... |You''re lying.| "Whaa? Impossible. I wouldn''t lie over such a thing," Azmond retorted. |''Is he doing it unconsciously!? It would be better not to bring it up to him then. It''s only really the cute beasties that he is avoiding for his ''ughter List'' so I see no problems!''| |Mhmm Where are we going next, Azmond!?| Boundless quickly changed the subject as she used his back as a sightseeing board and dangled her two snow-white breasts over the top of his head. "We will make our way to the second floor," Azmond replied,pletely overlooking the fact that she had changed the subject. "There look to be mostly farmers and agriculturalists on the first floorthey appear to be growing some type of red crop, and I am curious to know what exactly they use them for," he ended with an intrigued tone. There truly was a certain amount of interest he had in the crops that all the farmers grew on the first floor. It even looked like only a certain crop was being grown, and although he could ask the farmers in question what that was all about, he figured they would probably respond with something like ''we eat some and sell the surplus''. Which was fine and all, for that was to be expected. But there was a part of Azmond that believed there was more to this singr gourd shaped crop than meets the eye. It seemed like that was a trend as oftethere being ''more than meets the eye'', that is. Almost every new ce Azmond ventured into seemed to have ''more than meets the eye'' to them. There was probably something going on with such a series of ''coincidences''; however, he was too preupied to figure that out for the time being. Azmond would leave such matters for the stronger him. Azmond, Boundless, and Emu traveled through the first floora floor the size of a small worlduntil they eventually reached arge, prosperous city that extended out for thousands of miles. The City itself appeared almost like a steam engine city, as just about everything had smokeing out of it! There were hundreds of thousands of buildings, all variegated in size and shape, with at least 75% of them having some form of smoke being released out of some type of vent. And although Azmond was not too keen on the technological trend going on in the world of Asterion, he assumed that the top-level forces would be at least at the modern level, if not already at a degree surpassing the technological achievements back on earth. But color him surprised when he found out that an organization filled to the brim with strong monsters had cities still in the Revolutionary Era Chapter 262: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Explosive Increase In Stats! ... |This ce is so smoky. I don''t like it| Boundless grumbled. Although the materials that made up this city were simr to those outside, the main theme had been switched from a ruby wondernd to a far more boring ''Steampunk'' world. And Boundless didn''t like it one bit! The ruby colored buildings were still pretty, but she hated everything else! humph! "Don''t worry, we won''t be in this city for long. We just need to find a mode of transport that would allow us to scale that wall," Azmond reassured her with a kind smile and a head pat. It wasn''t like he didn''t possess the ability to fly over the ''wall'' that separated them from the second floor; however, doing such a thing would definitely attract the attention of whoever or whatever was lurking behind theyer of space around them. On that note, Azmond still hadn''t figured out where the hell wdia Moonweaver, the Nine Monster Emperor''s, or the ''Secret Emperor who pulled the strings behind the scenes'' had gone! When he just arrived on the first step, Azmond had ''asked'' around, but the only answers he ever really got were ''please spare my life!'', ''I only ate a few humans!'', or some other nonsense like that. And Azmond had not time to y around with Exp, so he simply ''cleaned them up'' and moved onto the next monster to ''ask''. Nevertheless, even after repeating that process hundreds of times, he got no closer to discovering what exactly happened with the higher-ups of the Nightmare Council. So Azmond simply gave up and assumed he would find the answers if he climbed the steps until he reached the top. But in the end, that was easier said than done, as Azmond still had to be careful around any hidden Tribtion Transcendence Realm monsters that could be hiding in the area. Which meant that he had to follow the ''rules'' while out in public... for now... ..... Nheless, his strength had been steadily increasing even without a constant digestion of monsters (due to the Ice Phoenix Imprint and a new imprint that was added). And it was because of such boons that he wasn''t too worried about his strength stagnating during his time in the Luminous Grounds. Speaking of a cultivation increase... *Ding!" *Your cultivation has slightly increased due to the constant efforts of the Ice Phoenix Imprint and the Quantum Divinity Imprint!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has increased from the ''Middle Stages of the Early Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm'' to the ''Late Stages of the Early Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm''!* *Ding!* *Participate in the act of even more snu snu to gain far greater gains from all the Primordial Yin Impripts you possess (or will possess)!* "Hmm" Azmond looked over the details of the new system notifications and became a little surprised by the sudden increase in his cultivation. At the rate it was going, he would achieve the Middle Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm before the end of the month! That was not to mention that he could improve that passive increase even more with every snu snu session he lunged into. And when it came to ''snu snu'', Azmond had been ''very active'' over thest weeks he had spent on the first floor of the Luminous Grounds. In truth, that was one of the main reasons for them taking so long to reach the Steampunk City at the edge of the first floor. They got lost in the snu snu But the plus side was that his ''Dual Cultivation'' tab had changed quite a lot. And it wasn''t only that section that was altered significantly, as just about every part of Azmond''s System Interface had changed over thest couple weeks. And it was such massive changes that led to him taking another cursory nce over his user information. A bright light shed ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Apprentice Vanquisher] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 12/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Golden Core Formation] [Stage: Late-Early(12pression cycles of the Corepleted)] [Core Size: 30 Inches] [Core Quality: Quantum Tier] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Rank 2] [Dao Heart Rank: Absolute Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 3(Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating Monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) {[First Unique Function]} Premature Release due to unforeseen circumstances [Function: (Quantum Katana Flux), Host has the ability to use (Emu) when in (Katana Form) to tremendously enhance the power of the User] {[Second Unique Function V2]} - [Name: Soulforge Ascendancy] - [Function: Allows the one bonded with (Emu) to gain a portion of the cultivation base,ws, sword aura/intent, and skills of other beings through the devouring of said beings] (Results vary) [???] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 1: Level 46] [Exp needed for next level: 450,000,000,000] [Total Exp: 7,500,000,000,000] [Total Gold: 73,000,000,000] [Total Spiritual Stones: {[Lowest Ranked: 5670, Low Rank: 39]}] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Initial Stages of the Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm (With current Quantum Law assimtion rate and strongest technique.) (Peak Stages of Peak Unity Form Synthesis with (Emu).] [STR: Peak Stages of the Late Unity Form Synthesis Realm] [SPD: Peak Stages of the Late Unity Form Synthesis Realm] [Int: Well. (Doing Better!!)] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Charisma: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Law(s)]>== Quantum Rank: [Quantum Law: Level 2] {[Comprehension Rate: 0.135600%]} Divine Rank: None Heavenly Rank: None Mortal Rank: [Space Law: Level 2] {[Comprehension Rate: 0.265000%]} [Vermillion Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 1.550000%]} [Serpentine Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 1.765000%]} [Stealth Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 2.570000%]} ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 86] [Dual Cultivation Rank: Novice Dual Cultivator] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: 2] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: 16] [Primordial Yins Fully Absorbed: None] [Primordial Yins Partially Absorbed: 1 (The Ice Phoenix Primordial Yin {[Divine Rank]}), (The Quantum Divinity Primordial Yin {[Quantum Rank]}] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: C-Rank.] [Boundless''s Comment: |I like this section a little more now hehe~] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: [New Active Quests: Join the ranks of an organization known as the ''Adventurers Guild'' situated in the ''AquaRing'' Kingdom, and climb up the hierarchicaldder for as far as you can manage. - ''/'' Unfinished]}] [Total Quests Completed: 1275] [Overall Quest Rating: None] [Quest Completion Bonus: None] [Overachiever Bonus: None] [Bonuses received: 1275] ==<[Vanquisher des]>== Title Rank: {[Vanquisher Apprentice]} H-Rank Enemies Defeated: 23,668,000 G-Rank Enemies Defeated: 4,653,500 F-Rank Enemies Defeated: 1,230,500 E-Rank Enemies Defeated: 380,300 D-Rank Enemies Defeated: 42,200 C-Rank Enemies Defeated: 1,870 B-Rank Enemies Defeated: 3 A-Rank And Above Enemies Defeated: None ==<[Party Function]>== [Main Party Members: Emu, Crystalline] (Main Party Member Experience Bonus: 10% (20%) [Non-Main Party Members: 416 Humans, 650,000 non-hostile monsters] [Experience Gained From Party Members: 350,500,000,000] [Party Member Experience Bonus: None] [Non-Party Members Experience Percentage Gain: 10%] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom, Boundless] [Boundless''s Comment: Why are so many women around my master At least I''m there] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== [Sword Aura: Level 1] ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Boundless Restoration]} {[Automatic Language Trantions]}, {[Divine Devil Arts]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]}, ect [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect [Comprehension Of Most Used Skills: (Quantum Rift de: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 2)]}, (Lightning Laceration: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 2)]}), (Crimson Death: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 2)]}), (Cataclysmic Annihtion: {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 2)})] (Boundless Restoration: Level 4] {[Revive from drop of blood/heal partial soul damage]} ==<[Items]>== [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==== Me and Azmond finally get some alone time ..... Chapter 263: Breakthrough Into The Middle Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm Imminent! ... "Well" Azmond started pondering over his new system interface with a contemtive expression. There was truly so much that had changed. All the way from his increase in levels to his newws and even to the new Primordial Yin he had acquired from Boundless. It was a feat that he didn''t even know was possible, but that wasn''t really the main matter at hand, as Azmond was far more interested in his levels,ws, and, of course, strength! His strength had increased from the Initial Stages of the Late Unity Form Synthesis Realm to the Peak Stages of the Unity Form Synthesis Realm in a matter of weeks! And although that may not seem like much, the chasm between realms only grew bigger and bigger the further cultivators traveled down the road of cultivation. Which was also one of the main reasons why his additionalbat strength gained from Emu, his Laws, and his strongest techniques were closing the gap with his base stats. There would evene a day when his additional boons to strength from exterior methods would be in the same minor realm as his base stats. But that would be a long, long time from now, so he didn''t fret over it. And speaking ofws, Azmond had acquired the [Serpentine] and [Stealth] Laws when he dispatched of that anaconda monster a few days ago. And he was expecting morews from the rest of the Void Refining Monsters he had killed, but it looked like it was extremely rare for a monster to have even the smallest modicum ofprehension in awthat anaconda was simply an anomaly among the Void Refining Realm Beings. It was significantly stronger than its realm, so its being special didn''t reallye as a surprise to Azmond. Nheless, he wasn''t too worried about not being able to acquire morews, for a lot of the monsters past the Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm would almost always have aprehension of aw of some sort. After all, the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm was the prelude realm to the Tribtion Transcendence Realm. And the Tribtion Transcendence Realm required at least the smallest amount ofprehension in a Mortal Rankw to breakthrough into said realm. Therefore, Azmond would soon not need to worry about whether or not he would be capable of acquiring more Laws. All he needed to do was surpass the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm in strength, and he would have the necessary ability to ''loot'' all the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm and above monsters of everything they''re worth! Azmond wasn''t too far from such a point either, as all he needed to do was breakthrough into the Middle Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm, and he would immediately achieve a Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realmbat power! Such an event should happen within the next two weeks or soa brief period of time that Azmond wasn''t too worried about, as he would still be climbing the world-sized steps of the Luminous Grounds by then. He might even be able to speed up that process with a few additional ''snu snu sessions'' with Boundless as well. They had already been ''hard at work'' over thest week, but it seemed like that wasn''t enough for him... There were many other changes to his System Interface; however, all of that was mostly self-exnatory, so Azmond left all that as is. After all, he still had to find someone to give him a way to transit up that seemingly insurmountable crimson-colored ''wall'' that separated them from the second floor. |So, who are we going to ask, Azmond?| Boundless''s voice dripped into Azmond''s ears as she floated around him, gazing at all the different shops that were set up by monsters in this Steampunk City called ''Cogsworth''. They had learned the name of the city through the activation of the ''Discerning Quantum Eye''. It was a neat use that Azmond hadn''t even thought to try before. Nheless, this city dubbed ''Cogsworth'' was a rtively bustling ce, as hundreds of thousands of monsters zipped in and out of the red brickyered streets, with every single one of them in their far smaller humanoid forms. What exactly they were up to was of no concern to Azmond, as the only thing he cared about was finding a way to make it up to the second floor without attracting the attention of any Tribtion Transcendence Realm Cultivators. Azmond ultimately ended uping out of his reverie, as he heard the question Boundless had asked him. "Who to ask? Well I haven''t really thought too much about it, but if I were to simply stick a finger up and guess, then I would go with" He stuck a finger up, and the first monster that itnded on was a swankin in well-dressed attire. The swanking had on a red and gold suit of moderately high quality whenpared to the rest of the monsters in humanoid form walking around. And that wasn''t the only rtively debonair thing about this figure, as he also wore a monocle and a top hat, which naturally gave Azmond the assumption that he was of the higher ss in ''Cogsworth''. "This guy''s the one," Azmond stated with a confident look on his face. He didn''t even need to confirm his theory with his Discerning Quantum Eye, as he simply knew that this swankin was the one that would help them up to the second floor. *Tap tap* So naturally, Azmond wasted no time and made his way over to the swankina swankin who was standing underneath a brownish awning, clearly waiting for something or someone to happen. "Yo- Err, I mean, you have what we need, don''t you??" Azmond almost got out of character for a moment there, but luckily he saved himself in time and asked an ambiguous question. He was still in his silver foxkin form, so goingx on his arrogant and refined attitude was a big no-no! "Hmm?" The swankin took one look at the silver foxkin who approached him and instantly understood what he was asking about. Chapter 264: Avoiding Unwanted Attention ... "Yes, I think I do have what you need," the Swankin responded with a rich tone. He had been in the business of transit from the first through tenth floors for many years, so meeting a customer like the silver foxkin was not something too out of the ordinary for him. "That''s good. When is the earliest we can leave?" Azmond''s voice sounded out once more as he held his hand over the handle of his six-foot katanaa katana that was strapped over his back. Even in his silver foxkin form, he didn''t want to keep Emu out in its slime form, lest they attract unwanted attention due to Emu''s peculiar color scheme. However, Emu started acting up when it saw such a delicious-looking Swankin right in front of it, so Azmond had to hold Emu still to stop Emu from buzzing. "..." But to the Swankin, the silver foxkin holding his weapon in such a way only made him get the feeling that he was dealing with a big customer! One who wasn''t there to y around Nevertheless, the Swanking had been in the transit business for thousands of years, and there was no shortage of unusual and ominous figures among those he had taken back and forth from step to step. There was even a time where he had transported one of the Nine Demon Emperor''s from the twentieth step all the way down to the first step! "We can leave within the next four days. The next ship will be leaving Sunday; meet me, along with the rest of the boarders, over at that watchtower at around 8 a.m," the Swankin started to inform Azmond as his finger pointed toward arge steampunk watchtower a few miles away. "That is when we will begin our departure to the second floor. If you are looking to go toward the higher floors, then you will need to wait at the next appropriate city on the second floor. The times scheduled for every departure vary based on the date, but we usually have one ship leaving every week for steps 110. If you have any further questions, then you can feel free to ask them." He finished his exnation of how his business functioned before opening one of his eyes, attempting to gauge the silver foxkin''s reaction. However, there wasn''t much of anything present on that handsome face of Azmond''s. The foxkin simply responded, "No, I have all the answers I need." Before he turned in the other direction and started walking away. His hand never left his katana, and the apathetic expression never left his features. A question was asked, a question was answered, and a new customer was gained, so the swankin couldn''tin. ''Although That silver foxkin was quite the odd one. Even among the foxkins I have met over the years, he''s definitely one of the more unusual.'' Nheless, the Swankin quickly scrapped that train of thought before continuing his scrutinization of the surroundings, waiting for a new potential customer to walk by. "Oops," Azmond mumbled. He had identally let his true personality slip again. Azmond was just hoping that Swankin didn''t notice anything too suspicious, or else he would have to give his driver as a snack to Emu. And that would result in there being too much of a hassle when it came down to finding another way to make it up to the second step. *Squish* Two soft milk jugs suddenlytched onto his back before a giddy yet oddly serious voice followed. |Azmond, you need to act more domineering and sanctimonious! Go like, ''I am the him, you shall kneel!'' or something like that!| Boundless''s joyful voice made its way into Azmond''s ears as she gave her piece on the way he should act to stay in character. He wanted to rebuke the silly girl, but Azmond couldn''t help but think that might''ve actually worked "Whatever I will practice my Young Master Peng dialogueter. In the meantime, do you want to go get something to eat? I saw a sushi ce run by octopus-kin, and it said they didn''t serve human meat." |Sushi!?| Boundless practically jumped in glee upon hearing such awesome news! She had heard about this Sushi food from Azmond''s memories, and she had been wanting to try it ever since! Now that time had finallye! |Yesh! Let''s go eat sushi right now! right now!| Boundless bombarded him with confirmation after confirmation as she rubbed that voluptuous body of hers all over him. Azmond, upon feeling those milky white marshmallows press up against him even harder, decided he would scare the girl a little. "Hmm Keep on doing that, and we will have a different kind of ''dessert'' before we make it to the sushi ce," he announced. His ambiguous words came out with a sly grin as he licked his lips while looking in her directionscanning her body up and down like a tiger who was about to pounce on its prey! |Eek! N-No Azmond!| Boundless yelped before backing away with her arms covering her breasts. |We need to eat first, and then we can, you know| she softly mumbled under her hot breath. "Know what, My Love~?" Azmond''s hands had made their way behind Boundless''s waist as he pulled her into a sensual embrace, her unholy slopes pressed up against his chest as he tilted her head up. "Please articte what you mean by ''you know''~ I would love to understand what exactly you mean~," he whispered into her ear with a seductive tone. |We-Well I-I I don''t know| Boundless''s face became as red as a tomato before she suddenly realized that he was just ying with her again. |Humph! You big baka!| She spat back with a flushed face before she backed away from him and headed in the direction of the sushi joint that he had pointed out. ''Damn'' Azmond thought to himself with a disappointed sigh. He almost had her, but such a setback only further strengthened his will to improve! It looked like he needed to work on his delivery as well as his swiftness. He couldn''t even give her the time to think next time! *Tap tap* His steps echoed out as he followed right behind the busty, brown-haired beauty. Chapter 265: Please Board The Swan Serenity! ..... A few days passed by in the blink of an eye The time for the departure of the ''ship'' heading to the second step hade. Azmond, Boundless, and Emu (in katana form) made their way over to a two thousand-meter-tall watchtowera watchtower that overlooked the north side of the city, which just so happened to be the side that was closest to the ''wall'' that separated the first step from the second step. And as they approached the watchtower''s entrance, a booming voice reverberated out: "Wee,dies and gentlemen, who havee to catch a ride to the second step in the Luminous Grounds of the Nightmare Council!!" The source of such a voice was a Lionkin who stood in front of the swankin that they had met earlier. The two of them stood in the interior space at the top of the watchtower, looking down at the thousands of people that should be lined up for the ''transportation to the second step''. The boisterous voice of the lionkin resumed, "The ship will be here any minute, and as soon as the customersing down from the higher floors get off the ship, we can begin boarding all of you!" Such information led to a few discussions happening within the crowd below. "Did he say ''customersing down from the higher floors''? Why would people want toe down from a higher floor??" A zebra-kin questioned. "Don''t you know??" A giraffe-kin asked. "Know what?" "Even some of the Nine Monster Emperor''s hade down from the twentieth step a few times!" "Really!?" The zebra-kin couldn''t believe that the strongest monsters in the Luminous Grounds would reallye down from theirvish lifestyles on the twentieth step. After all, the way you lived in the Luminous Grounds all depended on which floor or step you resided on. The monsters on the higher floors naturally lived far better and more amodating lives than the monsters on the lower floors. The monsters on the higher floors also had fewer chances of being drafted toward the ongoing invasions against humanity. Which led to everyone assuming that once one had made it to a higher floor, they would never want to leave! But, apparently, not every monster liked the mundane and routine lifestyles of the highest floors. To cure the boredom that was born from the mundane, some of the Low-Rank and High-Rank Monster Kings woulde down from the 11th20th floors to have ''a little fun'' in the human world. Nevertheless, let''s get back to Azmond and gang... ... Azmond, Boundless, and Emu waited below the watchtower as they listened to the prolonged speech made by the lionkin. That was until WHIZZ! An enormous swan-shaped ship over three thousand meters in size came speeding down from the heavens above as itnded in front of the groups of people who were prepared to board. Pshhh The doors to the giant swan ship opened up with what sounded like the release of an enclosed airspace. Such a sound was followed by an esctor-type staircase extending out of one of the entrances to the ship. *Pitter patter* *Pitter patter* Footsteps of varying degrees echoed outward as thousands of monsters in humanoid form exited the ship. "So this is what it looks like on the first floor? It seems so dreary and impecunious!" "I know! Isn''t it so surreal!? I can''t wait to tell my family on the seventh floor about such a ce!" "Have you heard" The incessant chatter of the monsterkin walking down the esctor reached the ears of Azmond, Boundless, and Emu. |These people really act all high and mighty| Boundless grumbled. She didn''t like such stuck-up people! It even felt like they were looking down on her when they madements about the first floor! The fact that they could neither see her nor that they weren''t actually residents of the first floordidn''t even enter her mind, as she took everything these ''tourists'' said personally! "They have probably lived far different lives than the people down here, so you can''t really me them for bing a little bit amazed. It must be something like immortalsing down to the mortal realm," Azmond borated with an interested look on his face. ''The higher floors must really be something if all these people wear expressions like that.'' He observed the countenances of all the monster kin around him, and he couldn''t help butpare their astonishment to that of humans viewing monkeys and their habitats at a zoo. "Mhmu!" Emu wiggled a little in katana form. It wanted to eat all the monster kin that came off the swan ship! "I know, little buddy. But we must be patient for now," Azmond began with a few petting sessions. "We will be able to eat up all these bastards as soon as our strength is sufficient. Just give it time," he ended with a slightly cruel grin. His Discerning Quantum Eye had already observed and jotted down the statuses of all the monsters he saw. The number of monsters Azmond had determined the fate of had already breached the tens of thousands. And such a number was growing exponentially with each passing day! It was only a matter of time before he came back to collect his due... However, such a hunting fest would have to wait until Azmond broke through to the Quantum Nascent Soul Realm. He had asked Boundless for a tracking feature or something simr, but she said he would unlock a simr feature once he had broken through to the Quantum Nascent Soul Realm. Nheless, it just gave Azmond yet another reason to hurry his breakthrough into the Quantum Nascent Soul Realm. "Everybody, please go ahead and board the Swan Serenity! If you have any second thoughts, then feel free to head on over to manager Swanson!" The Lionkins voice boomed out once more before he gestured to the swankin that Azmond had talked to earlier. "..." "..." "..." However, in spite of such an announcement, not a single person wanted to back out. After all, the amount of gold and spiritual stones they burned through to buy the tickets necessary to ride the Swan Serenity was no joke! Chapter 266: The Primal Beast And The Average Lifespans Of Mahayana Realm Cultivators ... Most of the passengers had gone through their entire life savings just to afford a ticket on the Swan Serenitya ticket that would lead them to a new life. That''s why they bought the ticketsnot for ''touring'' like the higher-step residents, but because they wished to make a new life for themselves on the second floor! *Step step step* Monsters of all different shapes and sizes boarded the Swan Serenity in orderly fashion. They didn''t dare get too out of line in the face of that ''kind'' Lionkin acting as the announcer. They had heard rumors about the lionkin, Low-Rank Monster King, ''Primal Beast''. He was rumored to be in the Peak Stages of the Middle Void Refining Realm and possess overwhelming might! Most here had also heard of the time he fought hundreds of Low-Rank Monster Kings in the Early Void Refining Realm, and the result of such a fierce battle was himing out unscathed! There was also a time he took on tens of thousands of Low-Rank and High-Rank Monster Generalsthe result of that battle was him killing them all in a single hit! That wasn''t to mention the time he It was sufficient to say that his deeds spread far and wide among those on the first through tenth floors. And it was due to such deeds and his ''hidden cruelty'' that the Primal Beast was able to make it onto the Luminous Grounds Ranking Tablet. Although his rank on the table had stagnated around rank 95,000100,000 for the past few hundred years, that didn''t mean his strength wasn''t still top-ss among the members of the Luminous Grounds. The Rank Tablet/Stele of the Luminous Grounds in the Nightmare Council. It was arge tablet over one thousand meters in size; its origin unknown, and the material it was made of; also unknown. There were rumors swarming around the Luminous Groundsthose rumors being that millions of years ago, the tablet crashnded on the tenth step. However, such a distant era was so far back in time that not even a Mahayana Realm''s Ancestor''s Ancestor''s Ancestor would''ve been alive for long enough to recall such an archaic time period. Even the most powerful of Mahayana Realm cultivators, with all the resources they could ever ask for made avable to them, would still pass away at around the 30,000-year mark. And such a long lifespan could even be considered quite generous, considering that the usual lifespan of a Mahayana Realm Cultivator was around 16,00020,000 yearsthis was, of course, with no exterior methods used to extend their Lifespans. Nevertheless, all this information only further hardened the ''rumor'' about the Stele falling from the stars so many years ago. And if such a thing truly did ur, then it would make one wonder why such a thing ''fell'' in the first ce. There was also the matter involving its inability to move from the spot it was nted in on the tenth step of the Luminous Grounds. It had been situated on top of an enormous mountain over one hundred thousand miles in height, on an undisclosed location of the tenth step. However, even with the massive mountain used as a ceholder for it, half the mountain was cracked in a spider-webbed shape around it! And it had been that way for as long as anybody could remember. WHIZZ! The ship dubbed the Swan Serenity glided through the skies at speeds hundreds of times faster than sound as it traveled parallel up the ''wall'' that sectioned off the second step from the first step. And inside of that ship, a man, a woman, and a slime in katana form sat around a circr tablea table that had a gorgeous view of the world that passed them by at insane speeds. However, in spite of the fact that the view outside the window appeared like nothing more than a plethora of lights shing by, it still left for quite the mesmerizing scenery. After all, a vast majority of the first step was dyed a crimson red. And red went well on the eyes when you were traveling at speeds hundreds of times faster than sound! Nheless, such a tranquil and peaceful time gazing out the window of the Swan Serenity was interrupted by a certain bubbly voice. |Are we almost there yet!?| Boundless asked as she put her elbows on the table, hands to her chin, and big, sparking brown eyes staring at Azmond. "..." Azmond took one look at her and... *Arghh!* *Spurt!* He was an extreme sucker for cute things, and it didn''t get much cuter than that look on her face! Azmond had wanted to enjoy his first time riding on a real-life fucking spaceship! But his focus was always interrupted by that ridiculously adorable girl he brought with him wherever he went. Azmond was a truly helpless soul Nheless, he couldn''t just leave the curious girl hanging, so he responded, "Don''t know." His indifferent response was followed by him turning his head back in the direction of the window. He really couldn''t take that face of hers anymore. If not for his increased levels of restraint, Azmond feared he might ravage her right then and there! But he didn''t want to look like a perverted lunatic who stripped naked and started humping the table, so that was clearly out of the question. |You don''t know? I see *sniff*| Boundless started to sniffle a little while holding a hand to her teary eyes. Her favorite part about her trips with Azmond was when she could ask him if they were almost there yet. That was their thing "!?" Azmond practically broke his limits right then and there as he moved at the speed of light, headed in the direction of the captain''s quarters! ZIP! He appeared in a technologically advanced pilot''s room and saw a wolfkin in some sort of futuristic space suit. The wolfkin, who was in the Peak Soul Transformation Realm, noticed a presence enter his quarters as he turned around, attempting to get his voice out: "What are you doing in he-!?" ..... Chapter 267: 60,000 Mile Divine Sense ... Whisp! The wolf-kin pilot didn''t even get the time to fully construct his exmation as a crimson-colored energy invaded his mind and seemingly took over his motor functions for half a split second. "How long until we arrive!?" A voice entered inside the pilot''s mind, and as if he had turned into an automated AI, he responded, "four days till we reach thending location on the second step." "Very well." Following such apathetic words from Azmond, the crimson energy seemingly faded out of the captain''s mind before he came back to his senses. And, along with his soberness, the tall, handsome figure that was once there disappeared. "Huh? What was that? Did I ck out for a second?? And why does my memory seem a little hazy?" He went on to question the events that he had no recollection of for another few seconds before he set them aside and focused back on piloting the Swan Serenity. FWIP! Azmond reappeared back in the lounging area meant for the guests before he took back the seat he was sitting at not even a few seconds ago. His voice sounded out not long after he settled down: "Four days." |Huh?| Boundless wasn''t following. She had seen him disappear a second ago, but she had just assumed he went to go get a snack! Boundless never would''ve guessed that he went to ''extract'' the arrival date from the captain of the ship they were riding on. "Four days until we arrive," Azmond repeated with a patient tone. |Really!?| She beamed. Boundless didn''t know how he got such an estimation, but she didn''t really care! She was just happy that her Azmond had responded to the thing that was only meant for the two of them! *Bam!* She lightly pped the table before she jumped up and wrapped herself around his neck, snuggling herself into his embrace! |I love you, Azmond~!| Boundless beamed with a wide, radiant smile. "??" Azmond was a little taken aback by such an abrupt confession, but that didn''t mean he wouldn''t respond in full! ''I love you too~'' He transmitted his sweet tone to her before he lightly kissed the joyful beauty on her perfectly pink lips. *Peck* They passionately made out for an unknown period of time, using that as a passing time on their journey to the second step of the Luminous Grounds WHOOM! The Swan Serenity passed over a few mountains thaty on the ''wall'' between the first and second steps as it made its way through the mountains before turning directions. Its previous vertical flight path was suddenly switched to horizontal flight, as they had officially made it to the second step of the Luminous Grounds! |Wow! This ce is a lot prettier than the first step! There are even cute bunnies hopping around on the fields over there!| Boundless eximed with a jubnt countenance as she pointed to a few ''bunnies'' over one thousand meters tall, bouncing among a vast field of ruby-like weeds that stretched upward for three hundred meters in all directions! "The second floor is quite a bitrger than the first floor, huh?" Azmond muttered as he gazed out the window with a hand to his chin. ''A bitrger'' would be aplete understatement for the expansive, crimson-dyednds thaty below the Swan Serenity. The second step of the Luminous Grounds stretched out further than Azmond''s divine sense could seecurrently 60,000 milesas he could roughly guesstimate his divine sense had fully covered around a tenth of the total diameter of the second step. Which made the second step around three timesrger than the first step! Azmond had originally assumed that he could gauge both the first and second steps with his divine sense before he entered the Luminous Grounds; however, he was quickly proven wrong upon truly entering the second step. What Azmond saw in the beginning should''ve just been a few protruding spots on the first step that gave him the illusion of it being the second step, when in reality the entire scope of the ce called the ''Luminous Grounds of the Nightmare Council'' wentpletely beyond his expectations! And he doubted his surprise would end with just the second step, as he still had 18 more steps to traverse (not including the illusory 21st step). WHIZZ! Azmond, Boundless, and even Emu continued their observation of the crimson-stained worlda world thaty tens of thousands of meters below as they noticed that everyyer of this new world was a blood-red color, simr to the first floor; however, the red here was far cleaner and more pristine-looking than the red glossy world on the first step. There were also weird blood-colored streams andkes on the second step as well. Which was something that the first step wascking in. Azmond didn''t know how the denizens on the first step were able to acquire any source of liquids without a proper water source. But he did see them drink some type of liquid in the taverns and bars on the first step, so he presumed they had some way to transport materials from the higher floors to the floors below. His best guess was that they used some type of teleportation spell or formation, like the one that the BranchMaster of Riverbloom- "Wait!" Azmond abruptly stood up as he suddenly recalled something! "I forgot to visit the BranchMaster and his disciple, ra!" He blurted out with a strained tone. Azmond couldn''t believe he forgot something like that! What about his noble adventurer status!? He was supposed to climb the ranks of the Adventurers Association until he surpassed the SSS-Rank! Now what was he supposed to do after essentially dragging his own name through the mud!? "Mhmu??" His katana squeaked a little. Emu, along with Boundless, watched Azmond go through both external and internal freak-out sessions with perplexed looks on their faces. They had never seen him show so much emotion as he was at that moment. They almost couldn''t believe their eyes Chapter 268: Pinkosaurus Maximus ... |What''s the problem, Azmond?| Boundless asked. She had been sitting on hisp for most of the ''trip'' and was the first one to notice his tumultuous emotions go into an uncontroble spiral. His aura definitely would''ve leaked out already if not for her quick reaction time! He would definitely need to ''thank her properly''ter. |''Hehe~...''| Boundless started to have perverted thoughts as a creepyugh escaped her mouth. "..." "..." "..." The other passengers sitting around them thought they were in the midst of a lunatic. They didn''t know what had put the silver foxkin in such a state. Was it the second floor''s scenery or something? If so, then the silver foxkin must''vee from an extremely secluded area on the first step. Either that or he was even more of a bumpkin than the rest of them! "..." Azmond sat on his seat with a dead expression; he had already given up on life. He was just thinking about how exactly he wanted to end it all. There was no point in living if he couldn''t be a ''secret super powerful ultra strong with noparison Adventurer''... Azmond''s life looked so dull and dreary in his eyes... All he wanted was to be an edge lord Why wouldn''t fate give him a chance? That bitch! He had already decided he would give fate a good p across the ass whenever he encountered her! However, his ludicrous thoughts were soon interrupted by a merry voice sounding out from hisp. |Look at that, Azmond!| Boundless gushed while looking out the window. They passed over a giant, furry pink T-Rex-looking dinosaur over four hundred thousand meters in length! The Swan Serenity had already ascended to a height of five hundred thousand meters quite a while back, so the colossal T-Rex was made visible for all the passengers. "Hmm" Azmond turned his lifeless gaze in the direction of Boundless''s finger and couldn''t help but think that the T-Rex didn''t appear too happy RAAWWRGGHHH!!! The T-Rex roared at the top of its lungs as it looked in the direction of the flying white ant that had invaded its territory! WAAAA!! OOOM!! Insane levels of pink energies were building up inside the depths of the T-Rex''s mouth as it seemed to be preparing for an atomic-level attack! "Well, this could blow off some steam after the unknown status of my ''Edge-Lord n'' being revealed." Azmond spoke under his breath as he took a quick nce at the status screen of the Pink T-Rex. A bright light shed. [Pinkosaurus Maximus: Tier 0: Level 302] {[Realm: Peak Stages of Late Unity Form Synthesis]}, {[Stats: Strength: 5,700,000k Speed: 5,640,000k Defense: 6,216,000k Qi: 6,490,000k {[Rtionship Status: Hostile]}]} Following the system pop-up appearing in his vision, an announcement was made over the in-built speakers of Swan Serenity. "Brace for impact! A titan-ss ve has escaped its pin on the neenth floor and made its way to the second floor!" The voice of the monsterkin on the other side of the announcement came out with a high-pitched tone. It was clear that even the pilots had little faith in the defensive system holding out against something in the Late Unity Form Synthesis Realm. "I repeat, brace for impact! Hold on for dear life, damnit!" The announcer''s emotions seemed to shine through in the end, as he was sweating buckets in the captain''s cockpit. "Can you do something about that monstrosity, Primal Beast!?" The pilot looked toward the robust figure of a Lionkin sitting in the passenger''s seat, with a slight hint of hope that the Primal Beast could do something to thwart the imminent deaths of them all!! *Drip drip* However, when the pilot heard the sound of sweat dripping and witnessed the frightened expression on the face of the Primal Beast, he knew that it was all over ''Please don''t let it end like this!! I have been nothing but kind my entire life! I even took this job without pay as a sign of my gratitude to the Luminous Grounds I can''t die like this!!!'' The pilot practically started to cry tears of blood as he looked toward manager Swanson and saw the look of despair on his face. "It''s all over, isn''t it...?" he mumbled, tears streaming down his cheeks. And as if a sign were affirming that fact, the energy being released by the Pinkosaurus Maximus increased a hundredfold! The once small pink energy that shone through its throat had already grown to such a size that it formed a bubble-shaped pink sphere at the end of its throat! RUMBLE!!! The crimson-colored crystal world started to violently tremble, as it felt like all life would end as soon as that atomic beam wasunched out of the Pinkosaurus Maximus! "Please help us; God''s above!" "Please-!" Everyone on the ship began to pray as they knew that they would soon be nothing but ashes. *Sigh* And that was when a soft sigh escaped the mouth of a silver foxkin who sat in a remote corner of the Swan Serenity. *Pat* He put on his fox mask before disappearing from his spot. FWIP! Azmond reappeared outside the ship with a neutral expression shining through the mask on his face. "At least I can edge out a little from this" WAAAA!!! His words were followed by the unleashment of an aura dozens of times greater than the Pinkosaurus Maximus! His aura enveloped everything around him as it reached beyond the heavens!! "Let''s just get this over with," he uttered with an apathetic tone. "RAAWRGHH!?" The Pinkosaurus Maximum, upon noticing the existence of a small gnat buzzing around his head, looked in Azmond''s direction with its atomic breath still in full charge. It took one nce at the aura being emitted from the gnat and knew that it had encountered something beyond even its capabilities! However, that didn''t mean it would simply give up! RAAWWRGHHH!!! It bellowed out with clear unwillingness in its primal roar. It wouldn''t ept defeat without even trying to resist! Chapter 269: KAAMEEHAMMEEHAAA!!! ..... The Pinkosauras Maximus had been caged up inside a pit underneath the ground for thousands of years, and it wasn''t willing to give up its freedom as soon as it acquired it! So in response to the immense aura overwhelming its entire existence, it burned away its life force in an attempt to power up its atomic breath attack even further! WAAAA!! RUMBLE!! The entire blood-colored world for tens of thousands of miles started to crumble and break open as the Pinkosaurus Maximus was putting everything it had into its Atomic Breath. It would wipe out the threat to its life, even if it was thest thing it ever did! OOOOM! A menacing ball of pink fire over five hundred miles in size condensed inside that gaping mouth as it shrank to the size of arge mountain, followed by it being slurped into its city-sized throat! Before BZZZTTTTT... BOOOOOOM!!! An extreme level of pink energy exploded outward from its throat in the form of a spiraled pink beam over 100 miles in circumference! The atomic-level attack that could wipe out an entire if they were back on earth enveloped the silver foxkin before the beam continued onwards, destroying everything in a straight path for tens of thousands of miles! KABOOOOOM!!! Fifty thousand miles of destruction was unleashed as a tenth of the second step was obliterated just like that. What appeared to be a mushroom cloud sprouted up tens of thousands of miles away as the residual winds from such a devastating attack sent the Swan Serenity flying into a nearby mountain before it was drilled straight through it, subsequently being buried tens of thousands of meters below the ruby-like surface above. RAAWWRGGHHH!!! The Pinkosaurus Maximus let out a victorious roar as it no longer felt the presence of that strong gnat. It figured it would go and eat that white fly after taking care of the gnat; it needed a good snack after expending so much energy. BOOM! BOOM! It took thunderous steps toward the deeply drilled hole as it was about to simply eat up everything, including the mountains, to get to the Swan Serenity; however, before it could... OOOM!! WAAAAA!! A dark, crimson-red aura consumed everything in the skies as a few thousand miles away, a silver foxkin with a fox mask on, stepped out of a mountain he wasunched into by the atomic beaman atomic beam produced by the currently confused Pinkosaurus Maximus. ... "That really hurt, you know?" A devilish voice reverberated throughout thends, as half the fox mask had been cracked because of such an encounter. And through that cracked mask, one could see a cruel smile on Azmond''s face. "RWAARGH-!?'' Nheless, the Pinkosaurus Maximus didn''t even get the time toprehend why the red gnat was alive as Azmond''s cold tone resounded once more. "Don''t you think you should give me some experience for my troubles?" Such a question was immediately followed by him phasing through the skies before appearing a few thousand miles away from the Pinkosaurus Maximus. "Why don''t I show you what a true Kamehameha looks like?" Azmond began with a wide smirk. "Let''s see if you can take this, you overgrown lizard." Following such a series of words was the release of something truly disastrous! WAAAAAA!!! A light blue energy burst out from his Core, as it even exceeded the level of power he had released earlier! "Kameeee!!!" Azmond started to yell out a phrase with his hands cupped together in an unusual fighting stance. Levels of energy unmeasurable by human standards were fluctuating from that cupped fist motion as he was unleashing something unbelievably powerful! "HAAMEEE!!!" His voice increased by a few decibels! The Pinkosaurus Maximus bellowed out in refusal! It wasn''t willing to die! Not then, not ever!!! It attempted to release another atomic st, one even more powerful than thest one! It would blow that red and blue gnat to smithereens!! But, in the end, such a desperate attempt to hang on to life was proven futile. "HAAAAAA!!!" Azmond yelled at levels breaking the sound barrier! And then it happened... KAAMEEHAAMEEHAAA!!! Arge blue cylinder light beam shot out of his miniscule figure, as the size of the Kamehameha trumped the size of the Pinkosaurus Maximus tenfold!! BOOOOOOOOOM!!!! An explosion louder than anything ever witnessed on the second step erupted from the massive blue light beam as it made contact with the Pinkosaurus Maximus and subsequently the crimson-colored world behind it! RUMBLEE!!! Explosive tremors spread throughout the second step as a fifth of the step was utterly obliterated, even more so than what the Pinkosaurus Maximus destroyed! Speaking of the Pinkosaurus Maximus... All that remained of him was Nothing Its entire existence was wiped off the face of the Luminous Grounds. And along with such a thorough extermination, a plethora of system notifications bombarded Azmond''s vision. *Ding!* *You have killed the Late Stage Unity Form Synthesis Realm Monster: Pinkosaurus Maximus.* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +69,696,696k!* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +69,969k!" "Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: ''In Akira Toriyama''s Memory Part 1''!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +690,000,000k!* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +690,000k!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding! * Following the notification pop-ups, Azmond looked toward where the corpse of the Pinkosaurus Maximus used to be and nced around the crevice that stretched on for hundreds of thousands of miles. He was attempting to find a trace of what remained of the Pinkosaurus Maximus''s existence. And after a few minutes of searching, Azmond ultimately came across a piece of an orange training outfit that should contain what he was looking for. He had Emu devour it. Chomp! Another set of system notifications followed such a swift consumption of the remnants of the orange training outfit. *Ding!* *You have absorbed some of thew of ''Atomic''!* *Ding!* *You have gained partial mastery in the skill ''Atomic Breath''!* *Ding!* *You have unlocked Part 2 of the ''Active Quest: In Akira Toriyama''s Memory''!* *Ding!* *Part 2 of ''In Akira Toriyama''s Memory: Find all the dragon balls scattered across the mortal realm you reside in!* Chapter 270: No One’s Insane Enough To Fight A Late Unity Form Synthesis Realm!! .... "This is quite an interesting quest," Azmond mused. He had acquired andpleted hundreds of quests over thest few months; however, not one of them was as unique as the one he was just given. Most of the quests usually had to do with ''exterminating this'' or ''eliminating that''. The ones he received that were unlike that could be counted on one hand. But it wasn''t like Azmond wasining about receiving a unique quest like ''In Akira Toriyama''s Memory'', as he looked forward to the lucrative rewards thatpleting the second part of the quest would award him! However How was he supposed to find these ''dragon ball''s''? It''s not like the quests came with a honing beacon or anything. Was Azmond expected to inspect every inch of the mortal realma mortal realm he didn''t even know how far it extended foruntil he came across all these dragon balls? But luckily for him, he had Boundless. |The dragon balls will start shining like glowing fireworks in the night sky when you approach them!| She had already made her way around his neck as she smothered her breasts over the top of his head, as it looked like she had taken over Emu''s old spot Not that Emu really minded, considering that Emu now had first-row seats right next to Azmond at all times! ... "How close would I have to be for them to start shining?" Azmond asked a reasonable question as he looked up to the two milky white melons for answers. |Who knows!| Boundless responded with a wide smile. "..." Welp, he got more than he expected to get out of Boundless, so he really couldn''tin. |The only thing I know is that you will immediately know one is nearby when you see it! And the rewards for this quest will be at the peak of the mortal realm in terms of experience, gold, and even spiritual stones!| She interjected his thoughts with a more in-depth boration. "Is that so? There will be spiritual stones as a reward?" Azmond had acquired a few lowest-ranked and low-ranking spiritual stones prior to officially entering the second step; however, those were all obtained from the looted storage rings of the monster kings he killed. Not a single spiritual stone had been allotted by the Boundless System yet. But it looked like that would soon change with thepletion of this ''In Akira Toriyama''s Memory'' quest. "So, what would I use these ''spiritual stones'' for when rted to the system?" He asked. |Once you reach the Quantum Nascent Soul Realm and unlock the ''System Shop'', ''Tracking'', and ''Map'' features, you''ll be able to use gold and spiritual stones as a form of currency in the ''System Shop''!| Boundless began with a giddy giggle. Her feet swung up and down in the air as she put her elbows up against her breasts before she resumed her exnation. |The gold you acquire can be converted to a lowest-ranked spiritual stone at a conversion rate of 1000:1. Which is extremely fair considering that in Asterion, you would need at least 10,000 gold coins to trade for even the lowest-ranked Spiritual Stone!| She ended with a bubbly tone. Her head flipped upside down as she looked at Azmond with her hair falling over her face. |Am I not so awesome!? Hehe!| She eximed with a radiant smile stered on her face. "Yah, thank you, Boundless," Azmond responded before giving her a quick kiss on the lips. *Muah* |Whaa!?| She was surprised by the sudden intimate contact as she stared wide-eyed at Azmond. Nheless, in spite of her surprise, that didn''t mean she would deny a kiss. A few seconds passed by as Azmond, Boundless, and Emu made their way back to the Swan Serenitya ship that had been buried tens of thousands of meters beneath the ground. ***** *Crackle!* *Bzzt!* The sound of short-circuit wires and electricity sparking through the air sounded out inside a dark space. "Urgh" A wolfkin in an advanced space suit awoke with an intense headache as he looked around and saw that the ship had been badly damaged in the aftermath of the Pinkosaurus Maximus''s attack. Although he had no idea what happened after he cked out, he recalled catching a glimpse of a stalwart silhouette facing the Pinkosaurus Maximus head-on. ''That can''t be... No one''s insane enough to fight a Late Unity Form Synthesis Realm monster ve on the second step.'' The wolf-kin passed off such a delusion with a shake of his head. However, it didn''t take long before another matter was brought to his attention. ''It was practically set in stone that we should''ve already died by now. So what exactly changed our fates?'' RUMBLE!!! A loud, rumbling sound brought the captain out of his reverie as he felt the entire world shake around him! "Was that the Pinkosaurus Maximus!? But who could it be fighting for it to be so enraged!?" He questioned with an astonished expression. He could practically feel the hate emitting from the Pinkosaurus Maximus from all the way down below the ground! However, his contemtion didn''tst for long, as BOOOOOOOOM!!! A loud explosion surpassing anything the pilot had ever felt firsthand reverberated throughout thend! BANG! It even caused the ruby earth to crush around them even harder than before! The pilot, along with the Primal Beast, manager Swanson, and the rest of the passengers, would have already died if not for their high cultivation bases and the mainframe of the Swan Serenity holding up. "What the hell was that!?" The Primal Beast bellowed. He had awoken not too long ago, only to find himself bearing witness to an explosion that felt like the end of the world hade for them all! RUMBLE!! Another sound reverberated outward, as it seemed like something was attempting to affect the Swan Serenity. "Is that the Pinkosaurus Maximus!?" The shuddered, terror written on his face. He didn''t want to die!! None of them wanted to die!! However, the rumblings only got louder as the Swan Serenity seemed to be moving upward! ..... Chapter 271: The Exploding Heaven Faction Senior! ..... "We''re all going to die!!" "Please, God, No!" "I have a family on the first step. I promised to make it rich on the second step before bringing my riches back to them. I can''t die I can''t die!!" All the panicked passengers started to holler and cry as they regretted evering onto the Swan Serenity! They attempted to pull off the metal pieces of the Swan Serenity in an attempt to escape; however, the Swan Serenity was built to resist the attacks of even the strongest of Late Void Refining Realm Cultivators! Which meant they had no hope of escaping... RUMBLE!! BANG! A rumbling and the sound of something popping out of the ground echoed out. "Hmm They appear to be freaking out in there," Azmond began with a perplexed expression. "Do they not know that they can use their divine senses to see that everything''s alright?" He couldn''t understand why they opted to freak out instead of calmly analyzing their situation. |Fear does weird things to mortals, Immortals, and Gods alike.| Boundless started to speak with a profound tone. But that didn''tst long, as a giggle escaped her mouth. |Pfft! That and they probably think you''re the Pinkosaurus Maximus, haha~!| She let out a serenely irritatingugh as she found the current situation far too hrious! Just imagining Azmond as the Pinkosaurus Maximus had her dying ofughter! ... "..." Azmond ignored the yammerings of the busty girl on top of him as his attention went back to the Swan Serenity. The ship and all its passengers had already been taken out of the ground with the use of his telekic abilities. The Swan Serenity levitated in ce a few dozen meters off the ground before he gently let it down. nk! The sound of metal hitting the ruby-like surface sounded out as he waited patiently for the passengers to exit the ship. A few seconds passed by No one got out. Half a minute passed by Five minutes passed by "You know what? Screw this." Azmond got tired of waiting, so he simply ripped off the main door of the Swan Serenity before taking all the monsterkin out with his telekic prowess. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Thousands of people were forcibly extracted from the ship as every single one of them wore fearful expressions. They didn''t know why it took so long for the Pinkosaurus Maximus to consume them, and they sure as hell didn''t know why they suddenly went flying! But they were prepared for the worst! Thud! Thud! Thud! They allnded on the ground with their eyes closed, hoping their deaths woulde easily. Two seconds passed by They didn''t die. Ten seconds passed by Twenty seconds passed by "What the hell is going on here!?" The Primal Beast roared! He couldn''t take the deafening silence anymore as he opened his eyes to gauge the situation. "Huh!?" However, what he saw was nothing particrly dangerous! The only thing that stood before him were the thousands of passengers and a tall silver foxkina foxkin who wore a silver and gold kimono with a fox mask on. After hearing the bellowing of the Primal Beast, the rest of the passengers started to open their eyes as well. "..." "..." "..." However, what they expected to be the inside of the Pinkosaurus Maximus''s stomach turned out to be nothing more than the outside world! Of course, there was a wide crevice that extended outward for distances they couldn''t even fathom; however, that was far better thaning to realize that they were inside a monster ve''s stomach! ''But who''s this man?'' They all seemed to think in unison as they viewed the appearance of a silver foxkin standing before them with his hands behind his back. "You guys missed the show," the silver foxkin said with an appealing tone as he looked amusingly at all the passengers and crew members. "What show?" Manager Swanson asked. For some reason, he felt that the silver foxkin was a little familiar. But he couldn''t quite pinpoint where he had seen him before. Meanwhile, there was something else going through the silver foxkin''s head as he realized something monumental. ''The disguise actually worked?'' Azmond thought to himself with a slightly astonished expression, as he truly didn''t anticipate his ''disguise'' to work out so well! But it looked like ''Disguises'' did wondrous things when it came to fooling others. It reminded Azmond a little of the hero in a red cape with an S on the fronta hero who could stay in disguise with a simple pair of sses. Remembering such a distant figure in his memory made him aspire to one day reach such a level of covertness! "What show, you ask? Of course it was the show that a mighty senior from the Heaven Exploding Faction put on!" Azmond had a look of ''reverence'' gleam through his mask as he described the details of the event where the senior of the Exploding Haven Faction saved all their lives! "So what you''re saying is that an all-powerful senior from this ''Exploding Heavens Faction'' popped up out of the blue and killed the monster ve in a single hit??" The Primal Beast questioned. "Yes," Azmond responded. "!?!?" The Primal Beast wore a look of disbelief on his lion-like features! Was he expected to believe the nonsense that he was listening to!? It sounded like the biggest load of horse crap that anybody with half a brain cell wouldn''t believe. "Really!?" A passenger blurted out. "There was such a master in our midst, and we had no idea!" Another eximed. "That is insa-..." The rest of the passengers soon followed along, as every single person who was aboard the Swan Serenitypletely believed what the silver foxkin was describing to them. A few minutes passed by, as Azmond did everything in his power to make everyone fervently believe that a senior from the ''Exploding Heaven Faction'' swooped in to save the day! Chapter 272: The Anglerfant! ..... Azmond went on to exin how this ''senior'' of the ''Exploding Heaven Faction'' had taken him out of a burning building a few thousand miles away! That senior was so kind and magnanimous that he even brought him along on his hunt of the Pinkosaurus Maximusall so he could allow Azmond to catch a glimpse at what the top of the power pyramid looked like! To say the least, the backstory he conjured up was wless. After a few more minutes of coaxing and depicting, Azmond ultimately managed to fool every single passenger and even the majority of the crew. There were, of course, a few stubborn and obstinate ones, such as the Primal Beast, Manager Swanson, and a few other executives of the ''Swanson Transportation'' business. Nevertheless, he had fooled enough people that his alibi had be exceptional! He didn''t mind revealing that he had killed the Pinkosaurus Maximus, but that might attract the attention of the Tribtion Transcendence Monsters if it were to spread out too far. So in the end, Azmond held off on announcing his des for the time being. At least, that would be the case until he achieved a Tribtion Transcendence Realmbat power. Anyway, he fooled the passengers and waited for the ship to be repaired before eventually going back into the sky, along with the rest of the passengers. Azmond had convinced them to let him on the ship using a few ''persuasion tactics'' (mind control), as he still needed to take a ride like aw-abiding citizen! Or whatever If he were being honest, he was bing tired of ying the goodie tooshoos picture perfect citizen. However, Azmond kept on telling himself that all of that would end as soon as he acquired more power. And that was a constantly augmenting aspect, as his strength increased tremendously with every day that passed! After all, the two primordial yins he had inside him were always hard at work when it came to condensing andpressing Qi before converting it into his cultivation base. As soon as Azmond broke through to the Middle Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm, he would begin his ''covert assassination'' of all the scummy monsters. He would leave the rtively peaceful monsters alone. But the ones who have murdered or ra*ed for fun were already on his ''experience to reap list''. Azmond, Boundless, and Emu resumed their journey across the second step as they started to near arge citya city that was a few timesrger than the city called ''Cogsworth'' on the first step. |Do you see all those pretty lights!?| Boundless beamed. She was looking out the window, amazed at everything that passed her by. Which at that moment was a giant behemoth over ten thousand meters in sizeit hadrge ''light bulbs'' dangling off the top of it, which was what she meant by ''lights''. There were a bunch of these behemoths wandering around the area, and their appearances resembled those of an elephant mixed with an anglerfish. The only difference being that they were a light red in color and they had fur growing on every part of their bodies. But neither their appearance nor their enormous sizes were what fascinated Boundless the most. |Are there people living on those cute furry monsters!?| Boundless eximed while pulling on Azmond''s kimono. "..." He took a nce at the stat sheets of the behemoths and couldn''t help but be a little bit astounded by their descriptions. BLING! [Anglerfant: Tier 0: Level 233] {[Realm: Peak Stages of Peak Soul Transformation]}, {[Stats: Strength: 85,650k Speed: 86,260k Defense: 92,130k Qi: 74,840k {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} [Basic Information: The Anglefant is a beast, typically in the Soul Transformation Realm, that travels along the second through neenth floors of the Luminous Grounds in the Nightmare Council Territory. This specific species has been active for millions of years. [It houses hundreds of thousands of monsterkin as a form of ''housing'' as one of its main purposes. The Anglefant was a new hybrid breed created by a few insane monsterkin scientists.] [It''s sole purpose for creation: to take one step further toward creating mobile world''s] Aplishment status [Failed] [These ''world''s'' were supposed to allow a way for the mass majority of the monsterkind to travel out past the Starry Seaboard without needing to be in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [Failed] [Reason for failure: The Anglerfants died upon breaching the border between the starry seaboard and the outer rims. They were not strong enough to resist the spacial winds.]]} "Hmm" Azmond had learned a few things more than he thought he would from a simple scan, but that served as more than a pleasant surprise for him, so he couldn''tin. ''It looks like the monsterkin were attempting to escape many years ago, based on the age of the Anglerfant species. But why? Why were they attempting to escape the ''Starry Seaboard''?'' No matter how much he pondered over the matter, Azmond couldn''t fathom what could cause Tribtion Transcendence and above-realm cultivators to make such a desperate attempt to evacuate the bulk of their race off Asterion. ''Why?? What could make them fear so much for the safety of their race?? Why are there so many unanswerable things urring around me???'' At every corner, a new mystery popped up, and around every corner, he realized he wasn''t strong enough to know more than he already knew. It would be a disheartening fact for most, but Azmond was not ''most''. Soon enough, he would understand everything there was to know about Asterion and even the vast world beyond. |Look, look, Azmond! Can we get one!? Pretty please!? I want to live on a giant Anglerfant! We can even call it Angly!| Boundless continued hounding Azmond over the benign-looking Anglerfants, aimlessly wandering around on the vast ruby-like fields below. "Do you really want one?" He asked with a semi-serious tone. If that''s what she truly wished for, then he would go and ''grab'' her one of them. Chapter 273: Passive Gains From The ‘Non-Main Party Member’ List ..... Boundless, upon seeing the serious look in Azmond''s eyes, knew he wasn''t joking around, so she hurriedly responded, |I-I was just kidding, Azmond! You can''t take the big puppies away from their homes!| She berated him while throwing her finger in the direction of the Anglerfantsall while sittingfortably in hisp. "Very well," Azmond responded. WAAaa- There was an immense level of crimson energy that almost exploded outward from him. But luckily for Boundless and the Swan Serenity, he reeled it in in time. ... |Don''t scare me like that, you big dummy!| "Well, if you wanted it, then I would get it for you." |Bu-But| "If you want it, I''ll get it for you," Azmond repeated. |N-No! You big baka! You don''t have to do everything I say!| Boundless blurted out with a flustered tone. She couldn''t take the amount of affection leaking out of his voiceall of it aimed at her! She couldn''t take it! "Why? You help me out so much. I don''t see why it would be unusual for me to fulfill some of your wishes," Azmond began with a small smile. "Plus, I love you, Boundless. You don''t need to be shy with me if you really want something," he finished with a bright smile. The love emitting from him could be felt from miles away! *Spurt!* |*Argh!*| Boundless took critical damage as she was bombarded by an unbelievable level of emotions from Azmond! |Yo-You| She tried to formte her thoughts into words. "Yes?" |You Big Bakaa!| She harrumphed before turning her head away from him. Her face became as red as a tomato as she bit her lips, her hair covering her face. |''I swear I''ll get him back for this one when we shake the bedter''| Boundless mumbled to herself inside her thoughts. "Hmm" Azmond took one look at her adorably embarrassed face before he turned his head back out the window of the Swan Serenity. They were approaching therge metropolitan-like city that stretched out for hundreds of miles, and he wanted to add a few hundred thousand more monsterkin to his ''Non-Main Party Member'' list. After all, the passivebat power increase indirectly gained from the ''work'' of his ''Non-Main Party Members'' was quite a lot. It could even be considered a greater source of experience than what he got from actively hunting and killing other beings. A few minutes passed by as Azmond was eventually able to assuage the ''active'' emotions of Boundless, all while adding another half a million monsters kin to his ''Non-Main Party Member'' List. *Ding!* *You have gained experience +500,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +260,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +23,100* *Ding!* You have-* The system notifications never stoppeding in, as he acquired quite a sizable amount of experience points every millisecond. He had to turn off the system notifications, lest he lose his entire sight to nothing but the seemingly unlimited number of pop-ups. |I like this ce a whole bunch more than that stinky smoke-filled city on the first step!| Boundless beamed as she gazed out at the brightly lit city. There were hundreds of thousands of monsterkins of every variety walking around the city, some with purpose, while others were simply walking around to walk. "Do you wan-?" Azmond attempted to ask her a question, but before he could... |No, Azmond! Stop asking me if I want everything! I-I can''t take much more...| Boundless mumbled thest part while lightly biting her lips. "What did you say?" |N-Nothing! You big baka! Humph!| She was running out of directions to turn her head in. After all, she was sitting right on the baka''sp. *Humph!* Boundless snorted once more before snuggling her bouncy ass right into his groin. |''That''ll show you not to mess with my feelings like that, you dumb dumb, hehe~''| Her face expressed nothing but smugness, as she had finally gotten one over on him! "Oh?" Azmond mused. It was amusing to see the innocentmb think she had gotten one over on him. But he couldn''t exactly take it lying down, could he? He still had some time before they reached thending spot of the City called ''Astralopolis''. |Aahhn~!| Boundless suddenly yelped as she felt something enter her insides. She looked down, only to see arge, veiny hand y around with her sopping wet pussy! It was an embarrassing subject for her, but she had be extraordinarily wet with the words spoken by Azmond a few moments ago. And him ying around with her clit and rosy flower wasn''t helping. |Ple-Please~ Az-Azmond~! N-Not now~! Mmmff~!| She pleaded with watery eyes. One of her hands tightly gripped onto the hand that was teasing her insides, while her other hand attempted to muffle her moans. "What is the point, My Love~? Nobody can see or hear you, so why don''t you just let it all out~?" Azmond whispered. He pulled her hand away from her mouth before he stuck one of his fingers in its ce, all while hisrge fingera messed up her slopping wet insides. |Aahhhn~! Az-Azmond~!! Cu-Cumming!!| Boundless moaned with an ahegao face. *Squirt squirt!* Sweet-smelling juices spilled out of her pussy as she convulsed while still on top of Azmond, her lewd body pressed up against his stuff rod. "I think that will teach you... for now," Azmond dered with a foreboding tone. |Yo-You B-Big Baka~!!| Boundless''s heavenly voice came out in between panting moans before she leaned her head back into his embrace. She just wanted to dig a hole and throw herself in it! ''Heh'' An amused expression emerged on Azmond''s face as he started tenderly petting the bubbly, big-booty beauty. ''We will save the rest for when we make it to a hotel.'' *Shiver!* A shiver went down Boundless''s perfectly sculpted back as she couldn''t help but get a bad premonition about the days toe. |''At least the ''Dual Cultivation'' function will be leveled up a lot''| She attempted to find the positive points of such a situation as she melted her soaking wet body in Azmond''s warm embrace. Chapter 274: He-Help, Azmond! I’m Stuck! (R-18??) ..... A few days passed by like the passing of seasons Azmond, Boundless, and Emu had been sightseeing in the city of Astralopolis; they entered every establishment they thought would be pretty fun. Neverthless, the ''establishments'' that truly interested them were the ''Spicy One''s, as there were even dozens of times that Azmond and Boundless got lost in their insatiable lust as they fucked like rabbits! They had practically left parts of their DNA in every love hotel in Astralopolis, although the clerks of these hotels always gave him weird looks when he asked for the most expensive room in the hotel, only to enter the room by himself. But money was money, and the silver foxkin always tippedvishly after leaving with a satisfied expression on his face. Their time was spent pretty much exactly like that for thest two weeks, as they enjoyed their time doing whatever they wanted in Astralopolis. ... And today marked the day they went to a ce that had been on Boundless and even Azmond''s mind. WHIZZ! A spaceship in the shape of a dragonfly fluttered through the skies as it scaled up the city-sized legs of a giant Anglerfant. |Yay! We finally get to go and have some fun on one of the elephant puppies!| Boundless Eximed. She was utterly enraptured by the view of the red fur that they flew up the side of with their ''tiny'' spaceship. The anglerfant was thousands of timesrger than the dragonfly, and the anglerfant in question didn''t even notice the existence of the ''small fly'' buzzing around it. It simply continued on its set patha path that it had been walking along for as long as it could remember. UUNNGHHH! The Anglerfant let out a loud, unusual sound as its massive body started to turn in a different direction. "I sometimes forget the true size of things in this world, but it truly amazes me every time I put it into retrospective," Azmond muttered as he observed the city-sized leg of the Anglerfant. He was using his eyes instead of his divine sense to sightsee, so as to truly appreciate the sheer magnitude of things. Looking at everything from a bird-like perspective got a little boring, especially when he was trying to have a little fun with Boundless and Emu, so he opted toward using the more ''traditional'' approach of sight. The dragonfly-like spaceship scaled the insurmountable ''wall'' that was the Anglerfant''s right hind leg as it made its way to the back of its grandiose body. Not long after they made it to the back of the Anglerfant, a voice sounded out through an in-built speaker in the dragonfly ship. "Please board off the dragonfly A.V. at your own leisure!" The friendly voice was heard by a few dozen people who were in the dragonfly A.V. as they all looked in the direction of the back door. *Whoosh!* The air pressure within the cabin was suddenly released as the airlock cracked open. *Bam!* A ramp swung down before crashing onto the red furred ''ground''. "Are you ready to go, My Love?" Azmond asked. |Yep yep!| Boundless had already frolicked out from the ramp that led to a bright and colorful world. "Hah" And Azmond wasn''t too far behind, as he let out a tired sigh before phasing right next to her. |Look at the pretty fuzziness!| She eximed while pointing out the fuzzy topography. The entire back and body of the Anglerfant were seen as nothing more than a cute fuzzy world for her, as she bounced over to all the fuzzy bushes and trees before touching them all. "She looks like she''s having fun, heh." Azmond chuckled a little while watching her be fascinated by everything she saw. "Mhmu!" Emu agreed with his words as Emu started to vibrate a little! "Do you want to go and have some fun as well, Emu?" Azmond noticed the curiosity oozing out of his katana, which was why he brought it up. "Mhmu!" An immediate affirmation squeaked out. "Then go ahead, little buddy. You have worked hard over thest few months," Azmond began with a small smile. "Just don''t eat the Angerfant," he added. "Mhmu" Emu became a little depressed upon hearing such a cruel ordere from itspanion. How could he bar his Emu from eating the fuzzy treat!? Preposterous! "Haha~, just be good, little buddy," Azmond chuckled before letting go of his katana. POOF! Emu morphed into its slime form before it jiggled into the fuzzy red world with a disgruntled expression. Emu was sad about not being able to devour the Anglerfant. But Emu would make due for being a vignte! Emu would travel around the small world like Anglerfant, eating up all the evildoers it passed! Emu was such a good Emu! "Hmm" Azmond watched the small ck and gold slime bounce away before he turned his attention toward the bent-over booty of Boundless. "..." He would''ve sprayed blood out of his nose right then and there if it were an anime. ''She truly doesn''t understand the power that her body has, does she?'' He sighed a little at the wanton behavior of his lover andpanion. Nheless, Azmond had already begun to make his way over to her, and what he found left him nk-faced, as she had her head nted in a fuzzy bush, seemingly ''stuck''. ''Isn''t this the plot of'' A bbergasted look formed on his face, as Azmond couldn''t believe that girl. |He-Help Azmond! I''m stuck!!| Boundless pleaded for help. Her sensual a*s started to wiggle in the air as she attempted to get herself unstuck. However, nothing she did seemed to help her get any closer to getting out of the fuzzy bush! "I guess I should help her," Azmond mumbled. Two hourster, and a few unusual stares from strangers, Boundless was ''helped'' out of the fuzzy bush. |Mhmm~...| She came out of the bush while rubbing her butt, her legs slightly trembling, as it was clear that she had been through quite the strenuous ''trial'' over thest two hours. Chapter 275: The Pleas Of The White Haired Girl ..... "Are you ready to go and explore, My Love~?" Azmond''s honeyed words dripped into Boundless''s ears as she meekly nodded her head before a deep blush formed on her face. |''That stupid Baka''| She mumbled inside her subconscious. The liquids he unloaded into her were still leaking down her smooth legs. |Just wait until we get to another hotel, you dumb moron! I shall show you who has been improving her skills! Harumph!| A snort escaped her, as she had already started to walk in a random direction with a shaky countenance. "... Heh," Azmond chortled, watching her walk away with jiggly legs as he patted himself on the back. What he had done with her was nothing short of a masterpiece. It didn''t even bother him that everybody was staring at him as he conducted scandalous acts with a bush. *Tap tap* Soft footsteps echoed out as he swiftly made his way over to Boundless before locking arms with her. ***** A few days passed by as Azmond and Boundless visited all the viges thaty on top of the Anglerfant''s back. They had seen many things and observed so many unusual happenings while traveling around the Anglerfant. And the most noticeable thing about life on the Anglerfant was that the ecosystem and civilization on its back were far different from the metropolitan city of Astralopolis. Every monsterkin up on the Anglefant was far more primitive and agriculturally driven than the citizens of Astropolis. It almost seemed like the people living on the Anglerfant knew nothing of the beings that lived in the bustling city a few hundred miles out. They didn''t even bat an eye when they saw ships pass over, nor did they care when unknown visitors interacted with them. Azmond figured that it must''ve been nothing but routine events for the indigenous people of the Anglerfant. However, that didn''t mean they didn''t take advantage of their ''peculiar'' circumstances, as they seemed to profit greatly from the ''visitors'' that came onto their ''world'' from an unknown ''world''. "How much for this one?" "10 copper coins!" "So much!?" One could even see a few of the idengeonius bunnykin attempting to sell a few handcraftedmodities to the foreign travelers. ... |Isn''t this ce so cool, Azmond!?| Boundless twirled around a masked man, holding her hands behind her back while asking him that question. "..." The smile on her face was so bright that Azmond was afraid he would wind up going blind! But he couldn''t exactly leave her hanging after she made a face like that... "This ce is indeed quite interesting," he agreed with a small grin. |I know right!? I kinda regret telling you not to capture one for us!| "You want me-?" However, Azmond couldn''t even get out his question before... |No, you dumb dumb!| *Whack!* Boundless smacked him across the head before wrapping herself around his back. *Squish squish* Azmond was too distracted by the heavenly marshmallows pressing up against him to even notice that she hit him. But such a moment didn''tst for long, as they were suddenly interrupted by the cries of a young girl... "Ow! Pl-Please stop it! I''m sorry my hair is white j-just please stop hitting me" "You think we will simply stop because you ask us to, you freak!?" spat a skinny wolfkin. *Wham!* *Wham!* A few kicks came flying at a girl curled up in a ball! "Yah, you freak! Your hair and eyes are so nasty!" An older bearkin ridiculed. *Whack!* *Whack!* He got a few hits in on the girl as well. Their kicks never stopped hurling toward her stomach! "Oww! Ow Pl-Please" She sniffled with tears streaming down her face. The girl''s stomach had already started to show signs of abuse as ck and purple spots were beginning to appear. Nheless, it didn''t seem like the damage they were inflicting would stop the two monsterkin from beating her. "Shut up, you white freak!" The adult Wolfkin snarled before he let down even harder kicks on the girl. *Whack!* *Bam!* "I-I am sorry" The girl whimpered with a battered face. ''Why?'' Her mind was close to fading out as her thoughts turned for the worst. ''Why was I born with this hair? I just wanted to live a normal life. Was that so much to ask? W-Why did my sister and father leave me alone??'' *Wham!* Another kick came crashing down as blood flew out of her mouth! *Spurt!* ''I did everything my father and sister asked of me... B-But, they still left me... Wa-Was I not good enough for them?'' The tears never stopped falling down her face as the already dim sheen in her eyes started to die out. ''Am I going to die...?'' And just as her thoughts were about to disappear away from it all BZZZTT! A sudden bolt of lightning, followed by a sh of light appeared in the middle of the two monsterkin and the half-dead girl. '' a light?'' Something had brightened up her eyelids as she slowly opened them. And when she pried them open with what little strength she had left, what greeted her adorable white eyes was a tall, handsome silver foxkin. ''A god?'' Thud! That was thest thought she had before she fell to the ground with blood covering every inch of her small frame. "This" Azmond''s slightly worried voice sounded out as he analyzed the injuries inflicted on the white haired girl. |Can you heal her?| Boundless murmured. She didn''t like seeing the sight of such a kind looking girl being reduced to such a pitiful state. It was the way of the monsters for the strong to beat the weak, but that didn''t mean she agreed with such savage acts, and especially not when it was done by an adult monsterkin to an adolescent girl! Azmond scanned over the girl''s injuries, and luckily, she was deemed capable of recovery. All he needed to do was use his ''Minor Heal''. But it was, without a doubt, a close case. One more kick, and her diagnosis would''ve been considered fatal... Chapter 276: Stranger Danger!! ..... Azmond was soon taken out of his scrutiny of the white-haired girl''s injuries by the assaulters of the girl themselves. "What are you doing in our way, dude!? She is our prey, so don''t think you can take her away from us!" The bearkin growled. He had already approached the silver foxkin, who was obstructing his path to the white-haired girl. "Yeah, you stupid fox! Are you looking to pick a fight!?" The wolfkin made a follow-up as he tagged right along with the bearkin. ''Are these idiots looking to die?'' Azmond didn''t even bother with them as he lightly tapped his katana. "Wha-!?" "Help m-!!" They hollered out as Emu had already expanded out into arger form before beginning to swallow them up. Nheless, such pleas did nothing to stop the ck and gold slime from acquiring a free meal. Chomp! Chomp! The ones who inflicted such damage on a young girl, only around 13 years old, were immediately made into snacks for Emu. "Now that they''re out of the way, what say we go and take this girl to a nearby tavern?" Azmond asked. |Mhmm| Boundless murmured. She looked at the state of the girl being healed by him as her heart cracked a little. |''Why would two grown men be so cruel to a helpless 13-year-old girl? What could make them do something so heinous??''| She questioned with a saddened expression. Boundless seemed to forget about the true nature of all things. People were cruel; that stood true for every race and every species in existence. No matter where you went or where you tried to escape, if you were not strong enough, then you were likely to be just another statistic. ... There were probably an uncountable number of beings who had gone through the same things as the white-haired girl, and they were unlikely to have someone save them as Azmond had. That was just the way things were in Asterion, in the world past Asterion, in the Heavens, in the Divine Realm, past the Divine Realm! No matter where you went, It would always be that way, and Boundless was meant to be above it all! After all, she was the embodiment of the Boundless System! She couldn''t allow herself to get too caught up in the affairs of any living beings, for there mighte a day where herpassion would lead to the deaths of both her and Azmond The white-haired girl would be the only exception.plete neutrality from there on out... Probably *Bubble Bubble!* *Pop!* The sound of boiling water echoed out in the white-haired girl''s ears as she woke up with a cold sweat! "Ha! Mother!" She screamed with a look of longing. However, it didn''t take long for her to realize that her mother was not around and that she was not yet dead. "What? Where am I??" She questioned. Her white eyes darted around the ce she found herself in, and she immediately noticed the soft bed she found herself lying on, along with the sight of a kettle heating up over a hot stove. "Is this a room?" Her gaze turned to one of astonishment, as she couldn''t remember thest time she had been in anything other than an abandoned dog shed. However, her confused thoughts were soon interrupted by the kind voice of a man. "You finally woke up? I thought you would stay asleep forever, haha~" "!?" The girl turned her head in the direction of the soft chuckle, only to see an otherworldly handsome man with long, raven ck hair and deep blue eyes. "Wow," she murmured. She had never seen a person so good-looking in her entire life. Even her sister and father were nowhere near the level of this man in terms of appearance. "Are you just going to keep staring at me? Or will you tell me your name?" The man''s gentle voice once more dripped into her small ears as she snapped out of her stupor, only to see the extraordinarily handsome man leaning over the bed she was on. *Tap* His hand touched her forehead as he gauged her temperature, just to make sure she didn''t still have the terrible fever that had ailed her over thest few days. "Wh-What!?" The girl freaked out before pushing the handsome man away. A mildly embarrassed look emerged on her face, as she had never been that close to a man other than her father! However, her thoughts contrasted greatly with her expression. ''He smelt so good'' She could still smell a little bit of his scent even after pushing him a few feet away, and she couldn''t get enough of it. ''Wait! No! You must snap out of it, Calista! You still don''t know who this man is or why he''s in a room with you!'' Calista shook her head before staring down the overly handsome and sweet-smelling man. Her gaze morphed into one of apprehension, as she was prepared to unleash her spells if necessary! She may not have been very strong, but she still had the capabilities to take on someone in the Foundation Establishment Realm! Which was something that would be considered quite exceptional for someone her age. At least it would be if not for the existence of Azmond... *Crackle!* A murky gray energy started to build up in a hand Calista hid behind her back, as she was just waiting for the strange man to make a suspicious move. "Oh?" Azmond mused. He saw the ''covert'' buildup of gray energy and couldn''t help but find it quite amusing. "What''s so funny, strange, good-smelling man!?" Calista''s question came out with a small puff of her cheeks, as she assumed the human man wasughing at her power. Wait "Human!?" She blurted out with a frightened expression. Calista''s small frame practically leaped backwards into a wall, as she couldn''t believe that she had been talking to a human!! ''He''s going to eat me, isn''t he!? Big- Sis told me that all humans liked to eat monsters in one gulp!!'' Chapter 277: You’re Not A Pervert Who Wants To Eat Me!? ..... Tears started to build up in Calista''s eyes as she thought of herself as already part of the deceased. "There is no need to overreact, little girl," Azmond said with a fascinated look on his face. His figure had already phased behind the terrified girl. *Pat* He put a hand behind the girl to stop her from crashing into the reinforced walls. But the response he got in return for helping out the girl was... "Get your hands off of me, you evil human!" Calistamanded with an adorable voice before she jumped back once again, heading straight for another wall of the room. ''Again? Seriously...?'' Azmond became a little exasperated over the trouble this girl was putting him through. Nheless, his figure faded once more before he essentially teleported right behind the wall she was nearing. Azmond interrupted her collision course before he grabbed her by the cor of her baggy and ripped shirt. "!? Yo-You human pervert! Stop touching me!" Calista''s tiny frame attempted to escape as soon as she realized she was saved, but she realized that she couldn''t escape the smell-good man''s grasp! So she did the only thing she could think of:. "Sniffle Sniffle" She started to cry! Her countenance became downcast as she put her small hands up to her watery eyes. ''Why is she making it seem like I''m the bad guy here?'' Azmond truly couldn''tprehend how such a young girl could misinterpret the situation so badly. ... A few minutes passed by as he had let Calista go a few times; however, she would always try to run into walls, so he was eventually forced to tie her down with his Qi. Azmond spent another few minutes after that exining to her who he was and how she got to the unknown room she found herself in. But of course, Calista doubted everything he said as she started to bawl her eyes out while calling out ''Pervert!'' and ''Please don''t eat me''. Meeting such a ''unique'' and troublesome girl was a new experience for Azmond. But he truly couldn''t understand how the ''Save the half-dead girl and nurse her back to health'' turned into ''Escape the ''pervert'' usations of the girl called ''Calista''''. It even evolved into a special quest that would provide quite a lot of experience if he sessfullypleted it. And it was also through such a quest that he learned the name of the girl he had saved. There were a few times that Azmond asked her what her name was; however, her responses were always something like ''not gonna tell you'' or ''No, you little girl eater!''. All in all, Calista was a handful. "So, you''re not a pervert who wants to eat me?" Calista asked with an innocent expression. "No," Azmond responded for what felt like the millionth time. Hearing the handsome human respond with the same thing again put the catkin girl into a cute state of contemtion. ''Not a pervert, but a savior!? Big-Sis had said that every human was a monster eater, though! However, this human seems so nice, plus he smells good...'' She appeared to have made up her mind when it concerned the credibility of the smell-good human. Calista''s eye sparkled a little as she looked Azmond right in the eye before... "I''m so sowwyy!!" She apologized. Her body bent over into a bowing position as she realized how horrible she had been treating the man who saved her. "..." Azmond was astounded by the abrupt change in Calista''s attitude, as he had truly never met anyone quite like her... *Sigh* An aged sigh escaped his mouth as he moved over to the sniffling girl. "You don''t need to cry; I''m not mad," he reassured her while pulling her into a warm embrace. "!?" Calista was taken aback by the sudden bodily contact, but more than that... ''Mo-Mother'' His hug reminded her of the hugs that her mother used to give herat least when she was still around. "Mother Big-Sis" She murmured, tears streaking down her face. *Drip drip* Such a simple gesture made by Azmond was all it took for the poor girl to start breaking down as the day suddenly became a whole lot wetter. And then, as if something had been repressed and bottled up inside of her for months, those tears morphed into a full-out breakdown. Calista''s body copsed into his embrace as she tightly gripped his kimono. "M-Mother, I-I Waaaa!!" Her inaudible sniffles turned into her bawling her eyes out. Calista was just a girl who went through a lot all at once with nothing and no one to depend on. She had been all alone for almost an entire yearall by herself in a world like the monster world. ''I wonder what sort of things this girl has been through to elicit such a pent-up explosion of emotions.'' Azmond pondered over the topic for a moment before lightly shaking his head. ''It''s no matter. If this girl needs someone to vent to, then I will help her out. I''m doing this for the exp after all.'' He convinced himself that he was being so nice for the meager amount of experience points he would gain... However, his brooding soon ended as he gazed kindly at Calista before tenderly putting arge hand around the back of her head. *Pat Pat* Azmond started to gently rub her head as he let the girl soak his robes all she wanted. After a few minutes of her letting out her emotions into his once clean robes, Calista wiped her eyes before looking up at thepassionate gaze focused on her. "... Sniffle." That''s when she realized what she had done to hisvish-looking robes. Calista couldn''t believe she had once again done something rude to the man who saved her, as her eyes started to bubble up again. "Sniffle sniffle I''ll pay you back for your clothes," she promised through sniffles. Calista bit her pretty pink lips till blood drew, as she knew she couldn''t make due on such a promise... Chapter 278: Calista ..... "Why must you be so obstinate? I said I wasn''t mad," Azmond reassured the white-haired girl with a soft-spoken voice. His free hand went toward his storage ring as he took out a cloth and wiped away the blood dripping down her face. "Mhmm?" The catkin girl turned her gaze up, only to see that same gentle gleam in his eyes. "B-But I can really pay you back-" She attempted to tell him once again that she could reimburse him, but it didn''t get far before... "No but''s. I can fix such a small thing as easily as this." Following such a statement, Azmond slightly moved his hand before a light blue energy flowed out of his palms. *Swish* The blue energy enveloped him in a thin fment of bubbles before it suddenly popped! Pop! He appeared outside of the bubble with a small smile on his face and clean clothes. ... "You see? I told you I could fix it as easily as that," Azmond uttered before he made his way back to the girl. "We-Well, that is good" The girl murmured with a slight hint of relief in her voice. There truly would be no way that she would be able to afford the cost of... well, anything. She lost everything after her Big-Sis and Father left her alone. Calista had nothing and no one And just as she was about to enter another depressed state, a soft yet firm hand made contact with her head. *Pat* "Say, girl, what is your name?" Azmond asked. "M-My name?" Calista repeated with a shaky tone. "Yeah, you know, like what your parents called you?" Azmond was a little confused over the apprehension present in her voice. Was her name such a touchy subject? ''But I guess it does make quite a lot of sense, considering her ''background'''' On that note, the first thing he did after healing her was look over her status with his Discerning Quantum Eye, and through such an action, he was able to figure out a lot of ''interesting'' things about Calista. "..." Calista became more than a little nervous when she heard him bring up such a question, but she had already been rude enough to the man, so she couldn''t not answer him. "My name is Calista," Calista mumbled with a soft whisper. Her head turned down as she started to y with her fingers. The only thought on her mind was whether or not the good-smelling man would recognize her name. But contrary to her thoughts, all she got was a bright smile as a response before he started to speak again. "It''s very nice to meet you, Calista. My name is Azmond," Azmond responded, followed by a few more head pats. Calista was a bit taken aback by the head pats, but she was instead focused on something else. "Mhmm Azmond Azmond" She enunciated his name a few times, as she liked the way it rolled off her tongue. Although it was a little hard to say... "Haha~ you''re an odd one, aren''t you~?" A light chuckle escaped Azmond''s lips as he observed the girl attempt to pronounce his name. "It''s my hair and eyes, isn''t it?" Calista gently touched a piece of her hair before a mncholic aura leaked from her expression. All the problems in her life originated from her hair and eyes. But even despite that, she never entertained the idea of dying or changing her hair color. After all, her white hair and eyes were the only things she had left of her mother''s existence. Furthermore, her Big-Sis had white hair and misty eyes like hers. And she made it through her childhood just fine. And if she could do it, then Calista believed she could do it as well! "You are most definitely an odd one, but not because of your pretty hair and eyes. No, you''re odd because you are odd. That is all," Azmond said with an appealing voice. "Wha? That doesn''t make any sense" Calista questioned with a confused expression. What Azmond was telling her was practically iprehensible! How could she be odd simply because?? However, she wouldn''t deny that she liked it when he called her hair and eyes pretty... "You really think my hair is pretty?" Calista asked under her breath. "Of course, I think it''s beautiful," Azmond replied with a nonchnt voice. He didn''t quite understand why she would ask such a silly thing, for anyone with half a brain cell could tell that she was an exotic beauty in the making. It was as if he thought she was asking an extremely obvious question. After all, upon healing her up, he had Boundless take her into the bath and give her a good cleaning. And it was due to such a set of actions that she came out as an entirely different person. If before, her hair and face were grimy and covered in dirt and blood, then she now had a wless and pristine appearance. Calista''s once-dirty appearance had transformed into something beyond adorable! As she had long white hair that reached her waist and misty gray and white eyes, which would definitely be a sight for sore eyes if not for the constant glumness in them. Her present appearance could be summed up in one word: Cute! "So, mister Azmond," Calista began. "Drop the mister. Just Azmond is fine," Azmond interjected with a correction. "Uhmm Ok-Okay Mi-... Azmond," she stuttered with a flushed look on her face. Her hands started to be more active as she attempted to prevent herself from getting scolded, but, luckily for her, Azmond was there to change the subject. "Anyway, what were you going to ask?" "I-I was going to ask you when you would be dropping me back off again..." Her words came out in a strained tone as her two big round eyes traveled up Azmond''s towering figure, waiting for his answer. It wasn''t like Calista wanted to leave, but she didn''t want to feel like a leech. Plus, she had been nothing but a bother to him, so it would probably be for the best if she were to leave her where he found her. Chapter 279: For The Best... ..... ''For the best It would be for the best'' Calista''s thoughts swirled around as tears started to bubble up within her eyes yet again. *Sigh* An exasperated sigh escaped Azmond as he looked toward the teary-eyed girl with a tired countenance. "Why do you always have that look on your face?" "Wh-What look?" Calista''s misty eyes had already made their way up the tall figure of Azmond as question marks filled her head. She could''ve sworn that she asked him when he would be dropping her off, so how did the conversation suddenly be something else?? "You know. That look like you''re willing to shoulder everything all by yourself. The look that is just begging for a way out. That look," Azmond responded while his finger pointed out a mirror. "I-I still don-" Calista started to say. But as soon as she turned her head toward the mirror, she immediately realized what he was talking about. ''Th-That is my face...?'' Her features looked worn out, but more than that, they appeared hollow. In a figurative sense, it was like she was stuckstuck in an inescapable pit that she had no way of getting out of. And it only took a mirror for her to realize that she was truly and utterly alonealone in a pit full of nothing but self-loathing and hate. Calista had med herself for the disappearances of her Father and Big Sis. She had assumed it was her fault that they left her. She thought that maybe, just maybe... Just maybe they woulde back and bring her with them if she were good enough or if she were submissive enough. But they never came... ***** The weather in the city of Astralopolis suddenly became cloudy with a chance of rain, as within a modest-appearing room, a young 13-year-old girl with long white hair and creamy eyes let out all the tears she had till there was nothing left to cry. And the one who took on the brunt force of such a broken dam was a tall, immortal-like man with long, raven ck hair and kind blue eyes. His silver and gold robes had already beenpletely soaked once again, but he couldn''t care less about such a thing. What he was more worried about was the troubled girl who copsed in his arms. ... |The poor girl| Even Boundless''s eyes started to be a little puffy as she sympathized greatly with the girl. After all, she was the first one to read her ''background information''. She had beenying on top of Azmond''s back the entire time he had been talking to the girl, so she had witnessed firsthand all the stages of grief she went through in such a short period of time. She may not be human or even a living being like either of them, but even she understood that going through such things at an age where one should be ying in parks would only allow for the kid in question to be able to take so much before eventually breaking down entirely. And Calista hadn''t simply been alone and afraid for a few days or weeks; she had no one but herself for thest 11 months! She had survived day to day by eating moldy scraps she found lying around the viges on the Anglerfant. Her realm was only at the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm, and although she needed less food than a mortal to survive, her body still required it nheless. In fact, when Azmond had found Calista, she was practically nothing but skin and bones, and it was only due to the constant ''minor heal'' casts that she was able to recover to a normal weight. Which all went to say that her life after her family ''abandoned her'' had not been easy. But something started to change in Calista''s dreary and gray life as a certain ''God'' appeared one fateful day. And her life would continue to take many twists and turns from that point on, as her story would not end with her curled up in a ball, simply waiting to die. A few hours passed by as Calista and Azmond had barely moved from their spots. One would cry, and one would calm her down. Such a dynamicsted for quite a long time, as Azmond had even brought tea over at some point during his time with Calista. He had offered her some of it, and after a few seconds of convincing, she eventually started to drink some; however, such a thing only seemed to make the tears fall even faster. Such a simple gesture must''ve meant quite a lot to her. ''A tough life indeed,'' Azmond muttered to Boundless. |Are we going to take her with us?| ''Why, of course. After all, her identity is quite special, so we''ll be able to benefit from this.'' His response came with an excuse, but Boundless wasn''t buying it! |You are too nice for your own good, Azmond!| Boundless''s bubbly voice sounded out with a wide, radiant grin as she rubbed her face up against his. ''What do you mean by that!? I''m not being nice; I''m simply doing this for my own gain,'' Azmond retorted. |Heh~, You can''t fool me with that ''I only do things for myself'' attitude! I know how big your heart is!| She giggled, her hands moving throughout his robes. ''You are simply delusional.'' Following such a diluted response, he turned his attention back to Calista before resuming his conversation with her. Azmond had already resolved himself to ''assist'' her, and he had a lot of work ahead of him if he wished to help the pitiful girl get through the mental blockage she found herself in. A few days passed by. Calista had eventually be ustomed to being around Azmond after spending so much time together. It had reached such a point that she had even started to eat food again! That once gray and ck ss she viewed the world through had already gained back some color, as the longer she spent around him, the better life seemed to her. Chapter 280: Azmond… Am I Being Annoying? ..... Before meeting Azmond, Calista didn''t believe there was much to look forward to as she woke up from day to day. It was always the same routine: scrounging, getting beat, scrounging some more, getting beat some more. Now, every day that she spent with the kind-hearted man who had saved her, that once lifeless lifestyle had transformed into days full of colorinto days full of something normal. In the end, all she ever wanted was to live a normal lifeto live a life like she''d always dreamed of... ... A few weeks passed by as Calista, Azmond, Boundless, and Emu explored every inch of the Anglerfant before making their way down to the city of Astralopolis. "Azmond, look at this They have shop windows with food inside them." An amazed voice entered Azmond''s ears as a young, pretty girl around 13 years old frolicked through the streets. Her face exhibited nothing but happiness, as she seemed fascinated by just about everything she saw. However, such a thing really didn''t make sense to him, considering that her background was quite ''special''. And it was such ''specialness'' that led to him guessing that she should''ve witnessed far greater things than what the second step of the Luminous Grounds had to offer. But after giving it a bit of thought, he just assumed that she had been extremely isted and sheltered most of her life. Furthermore, adding to that theory, there were a few things that Calista disclosed as they became closer to each other. One of those things was that she had been living in arge castle with an interior so massive that even after 12 years of living there, she had never made it from one side to the other. ording to her, that had been the only ce she had ever seen in her entire life before she was ''abandoned''. The second thing Azmond learned was that Calista had only ever been around ''Her Father'', ''Her Mother'', and ''Her Big-Sis'' for the first 12 years of her life. That was where things truly became weird, as ''Her Mother'' had disappeared when she turned 8, while ''Her Father'' and ''Her Big-Sis'' had followed the trend as they vanished from her life 4 years after her mother ''left her''. And that wouldn''t make for that big of a mystery if not for her ''identity'' and the statuses of her family. ''It just doesn''t make any sense'' Azmond had mulled over the topic for thest few weeks as he scanned Calista repeatedly with his Discerning Quantum Eye; however, no matter how long or how many times he searched, the information provided through the Quantum Eye never changed. ording to Boundless, his ''Discerning Quantum Eye'' only ever told him about her ''background information'' and things directly rted to her. It was unable to tell him about the things that revolved around her family, at least not in depth. The information that he was allowed to glean was what ''she knew'' about her family. In the end, the Discerning Quantum Eye was far from omnipotent and could not see what it could not see. But it was because of such a thing that Azmond was left utterly in the dark. Everything about this girl and her family was aplete mystery to hima mystery that gnawed away at his curiosity like an insatiable beast! ***** "Azmond, am I being annoying?" A sweet and slightly downcast voice took Azmond out of his stupor. He attempted to find the white-haired girl who ran around the bustling streets, pointing out everything she found interesting. However, it wasn''t until he looked down that he saw the adorable girl lightly grabbing onto his robe. Her big, round, misty eyes looked right up at him with a clearly apologetic expression, as it was obvious that she assumed she had been nothing but a bother to Azmond. "Nah, you''re fine, Calista. I was simply spaced out for a second; feel free to call out anything you like, and I will buy it for you," Azmond responded with a gentle smile. "Really!?" Calista eximed with shining eyes. "Of course! After all, your big brother here is quite loaded!" His response was instantaneous as he shook around arge bag of gold coins. *Jingle Jingle!* Azmond had truly amassed enough wealth over thest few months that he could confidently say that he had the capital to be among the top ss in the Unity Form Synthesis Realm! And his wealth never stopped growing, as he had been actively adding more and more monsterkin to his ''Non-Main Party Member'' list. Why would his ''Non-Main Party Member'' list affect his affluency, you may ask? Well, it used to be merely experience points that he gained from the hunting and killing conducted by his party members. But after reaching the Middle Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm, Boundless informed Azmond that he had enoughprehension of the Quantum Law to gain gold on top of experience points from the work done by his ''Party Members''. Such a thing naturally came as a pleasant surprise for him, as it meant he would be able to spend his money however he so chose without ever needing to worry about his total wealth going down into the negatives! Of course, there were a plethora of other things that he had gained after breaking through to the Middle Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm; however, that topic was for another time. Right now, all Azmond was focused on was the mysterious girl who popped up in his lifea girl that, believe it or not, was a little bit older than him! Nevertheless, it wasn''t like he really paid attention to his age. After all, he was aplete anomaly... Thud! Thud! Thud! Loud footsteps reverberated throughout the streets of Astralopolis as a tall, silver foxkin walked along the paved roads with an ''invisible'' woman who had long brown hair and effervescently brown eyes on one side. While on the other side of him, there was a young girl around 13 years old with long white hair and misty gray eyes. Chapter 281: Heading To The Third Step! ..... Both Boundless and Calista were on the ''shorter'' scale of things, being 5 ''8 and 4'' 10, but that was only when lined up next to the Silver foxkin. And then there was the silver foxkin in questiona foxkin who was also the source of such a loud ruckus echoing out. Thud! Thud! Thud! Loud footsteps sounded out wherever he went! And the reason for such a thing was because of the dozens of items he had stacked on top of him! There were teddy bears, jewelry, ornaments, and just about anything else gimmicky you could think up! One would think that the young girl was the one to have Azmond buy all those things, but unfortunately, that was not the case. "..." He took one nce at the busty, brown-eyed beauty walking beside him and couldn''t help but let out an exasperated sigh. |Hehe~| Boundless giggled in a mischievous way. Azmond had organized this ''shopping trip'' so Calista could pick out some new clothes and whatever else she wanted. But, in the end, it turned into nothing more than yet another buying spreemenced by Boundless! The only thing that Calista had gotten was a pair of cloud-shaped earrings and a frilly gray and white dress. And she had worn that set of earrings and the dress every day since she got them. He tried so many times to get her to buy more, but she was still adamant about that whole ''paying you back'' thing, so all attempts at giving her more stuff were proven futile. Which left all the other junk that Azmond carried outside the store as the handiwork of that goofy brown-haired beauty! Calista was as reserved as could be when it came to spending his money, even after he repeatedly informed her of his immense wealth. Boundless, on the other hand, was as shameless as could be! Speaking of the shameless woman herself. |Ooh! Let''s go there, Calista!| "Well I-" Calista attempted to tell her how she wanted to stay with Azmond, but she didn''t even get the chance before Boundless had already started to pull her along. "A-Azmond" She tried to voice a plea to him, but her soft voice fell on deaf ears as he turned in the other direction. "He-Help me," Calista begged. But no response ever came. ***** BING! Azmond put all the items Boundless bought into a storage ring after leaving Calista to fend for herself. Which was something that brought up another topicthat topic being that Calista became the second person to be able to see Boundless! Such a new feature was another one of the boons Azmond had gained after breaking through to the Middle Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm. Or rather, it was a neat ''power'' that pertained to his ''Main-Party Member'' list, as he had gained the ability to activate the ''See Boundless ability'' for all those in his ''Main-Party''. Which essentially meant that he could choose whether or not he wanted somebody in his ''Main-Party'' to see Boundless or not. And it was such a new ability that made him decide a few days ago that he would add Calista to his ''Main-Party'' and activate the ''See Boundless ability''. Such rash actions performed by Azmond led to quite the exnation he had to give to Calista, but it all worked out in the end. And it wasn''t like it was apletely uncalled for act on his part, as it was getting quite annoying to exin himself every time he zoned out while talking to Boundless. So if you think about it, all his menial problems were solved just like that! ... A few more days passed by. A few hours ago, Azmond, Boundless, Emu, and Calista had made their way over to the ''Swanson Transportation'' branch in the city of Astralopolis. They were now in one of the swan-shaped ships that were stationed on the second step, preparing for takeoff. "I like it," Cast mumbled. |Riding in a Swan spaceship never gets old, right, Azmond!?| Azmond looked at what the two of them were doing to him and became a little astounded by the variation. One lightly tugged on his robes, while the other smothered him with her milky white breasts. The difference between how the two acted contrasted greatly. Nheless, he still decided to respond: "Indeed, riding in a spaceship is quite a surreal experience. That stands true no matter how many times you''ve done it." He replied to them both while calmly gazing out the window. The City of Astralopolis was unlike the city of Cogsworth on the first step, as there were at least five Swan ships stationed on the second step. Furthermore, there were other transportationpanies situated in Astralopolis, so seeing a ship passing overhead was quite amon urrence. And it was because of such ''urrences'' that got Azmond thinking. ''I wonder if the spaceships are able to go into outer space. Unless they''re not built for space travel, but that wouldn''t make much sense'' He curiously pondered the matter of interster travel outside of Asterion. ''But why would the descriptions for the Anglerfants state that nothing below the Tribtion Transcendence Realm could pass through the ''Starry Seaboard''?'' Azmond had already guessed that the ''Starry Seaboard'' had something to do with ''space'' as it didn''t take a genius to infer that the ''Starry Seaboard'' was something like an entrance of sorts that led outside Asterion. But what confused him greatly was the fact that nothing below the Tribtion Transcendence Realm could make it out of the ''Starry Seaboard'' in one piece. There was also the fact that the ''insane scientists'' who ''created'' the Anglerfants should''ve had the necessary technology to build a spaceship. So why did it seem like that made no difference when it came to ''escaping'' Asterion? It was almost like someone or something was trapping all the people of Asterion, and they would not be able to ''break free'' unless they reached the Tribtion Transcendence Realm. But understanding that only led to more unsolvable mysteries popping up for Azmond. Chapter 282: He Cared… ..... There was so much to answer and so much to uncover that Azmond doubted whether he would be able to fully understand all of the inner and outer workings of Asterion within the next few years. But in the end, what he had the most of was time, and he had plenty of it, so he wasn''t too worried. That was not to mention that he was getting a little ahead of himself, as in Asterion alone, there were still thousands of kingdoms, dozens of Empires, and an untold number of secret areas for him to delve into. In addition, Azmond still had to be a secret edgelord who ruled over all of Asterion before he started worrying about whaty beyond it... ... "Azmond?" A meek and tiny voice sounded out as Calista pulled on Azmond''s robes from the side. "Hmm?" He looked over at the girl. "Is there any way we can go up to the twentieth step? Th-There''s something I need to know" She began with a cute stutter. "We don''t have to go right now, but maybe within the next couple years? I-I know I am asking for a lot, but I n-need to know. I need to know whether they-" Her voice started to tear up toward the end, so Azmond interrupted her. "Don''t fret over it, Calista. I was already nning on going up to the twentieth step," he interjected with a honeyed tone. *Pat Pat* That same warm handnded on her head as it worked to soothe her troubled nerves. She wiped away the tears that were building up in her eyes before a grateful look formed on her face. "Th-Thank you, Azmond" An almost inaudible voice leaked out as Calista started to speak. "I will pay you bac-" Her small, dainty hands clenched above her dress, as she didn''t know how to properly express her gratitude for him. The only thing she could do was promise something she knew she wasn''t strong enough to aplish. "I already said you don''t have to," Azmond dered. "Bu-But, I am such a nuisance and I-" "You are not a nuisance, and I enjoy yourpany. Just think of that as a form of payment." His eyes never left the window seal while he conversed with the stubborn white-haired girl. And the girl in question couldn''t even begin to describe what she was feeling at that moment. Sh-She didn''t know S-She didn''t know why "Why are you being so nice to me??" She blurted out. "!!!" Her hands immediately went to cover her face as she identally spoke a little too loudly. "..." "..." "..." Some of the other passengers even started to stare at them. But Azmond could care less about a bunch of busybodies as he turned his gaze away from the shing lights that passed them by. His deep blue eyes seemed to peer into Calista''s very soul, and his voice followed not long after. "Why am I being nice?" He questioned. Azmond felt like those words popped up just about every day as ofte. He didn''t particrly consider himself a ''nice person'' and he was the furthest thing from the ''hero type''. But for some reason, unbeknownst to him, the people close to him always thought of him as ''nice'' or ''benevolent''. And that was something he just didn''t understand. In his opinion, he was neither ''nice'' nor ''kind''; he did everything that he did for his own benefit. That is what he told himself, and he fervently believed that was truly the case. ''For myself'' His thoughts entered a state of deep reflection, as hearing that question made him doubt... ''I do everything for myself. That''s the way I have to be if I wish to live in a power-driven world. That''s how I must be if I wish to survive, if I wish to let everyone around me survive.'' But the doubt only started to grow from there. The doubt that maybe, just maybe, he wasn''t doing everything for himself. After all, why would Azmond go through so much trouble to patiently exin and cater to everything Calista asked of him? Why did he care so much about the opinions of Crystalline, Boundless, and Emu?? If he truly did everything for himself, why did he care?? Why did he care so much about everyone close to him??? ''Close to me'' That was when Azmond realized it. He did everything for himself! But he also did it for those he cared about. A world where he stood at the top of everything but there was no one around him who truly cared about him was a painful thought. And it was because of that thoughtthat premonition of the futurethat he had subconsciously acted ''kind-hearted'' toward those close to him. Which was all to say that he... He cared. ***** "I am nice to you because I care about you, Cast." Azmond''s voice came out like a warm spring breeze, followed by the brightest smile blossoming on those otherworldly handsome features of his. "Mhmm" Calista entered an almost hypnotized state when she saw that brilliant and resplendent smile grace her sight. She had never seen anything so beautiful in her entire life! *Tap* But such a dazed trance didn''tst for long, as she felt hisrge hand press up against her forehead. "Are you okay? Your body has started to heat up. Is that fevering back again?" Azmond''spassionate words dripped into her ears as the blush on her face only became more profuse. "I-I" Calista began with a flustered voice. "Pl-Please back away a little bit" She ended with a timid tone. Her hands lightly pushed him away before she turned her head toward the window nearest to her. "???" Azmond didn''t understand what that reaction was all about. He recalled doing simr things before, and when he asked her about her sudden redness, she would always respond, ''My fever c-came back again!''. That''s why he assumed it was the same situation again, which was why he had his ''Minor Heal'' spell prepped and ready for her like always. ''But apparently it was something different this time?'' The longer Azmond interacted with different girls, the more and more he realized just how puzzling they were. Chapter 283: 90,000 Miles, Tortalions! ..... |''This Baka has to be the densest man to ever live!''| Boundless couldn''t help but exim inside her head when she saw the interactions between Azmond and Calista. |''How can he be so aware of what a girl wants, while also being denser than the heaviest metal on earth!?''| She couldn''t understand it! On a side note, it looked like everyone became a little confused after entering the swan ship. Speaking of the Swan ship... It was scaling the wall leading to the third step, mere minutes away from making it over. ... WHIZZ!! The two thousand-meter-long swan ship zipped up the wall leading to the third step! BSOOSH! It changed direction as it entered horizontal flight before leaning upward at a vertical angle. |Yay! We''ve finally made it to the third step!| Boundless eximed. "Hmm" The first thing Azmond did upon making it to the third floor was send out his divine sense. He wished to know just how far he could extend out his divine sense after breaking through to the Middle Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm. And such an event gave him just the excuse he needed! OOOM! It reached outward, quickly surpassing 10,000 miles! 15,000 miles 25,000 miles 40,000 miles 55,000 miles! And it didn''t just stop there, as it continued enveloping everything around it. Azmond bore witness to all the blood-colored scenery with a bird''s-eye view, as everything he could see of the third step was extremely simr to the second and first steps. The only difference was that the ruby-like trees, grass, mountains, et cetera were all a cleaner shade of red. The transparency of all the topography was also far easier to glean through. But neither the geography nor the ruby-likends were what interested him. Instead, it was the thirty thousand-meter-long lion-turtle hybrids that wandered around the red-dyednds with thunderous steps! Azmond''s divine sense only grew in how far it epassed as the 65,000-mile mark passed him by. 75,000. 78,000 82,000 85,000 It continued expanding before it ultimately ended up capping at 90,000 miles! And within the scope of those 90,000 miles, he could see thousands of those enormous lion-turtle hybrids aimlessly meandering about the crimsonnds. He became a little curious about them, so he decided to open up a stat panel of one that was passing below the Swan ship. A bright light shed, and a system screen appeared. BLING! [Tortalion: Tier 0: Level 248] {[Realm: Initial Stages of Early Void Refining]}, {[Stats: Strength: 110,750k Speed: 103,460k Defense: 108,210k Qi: 101,240k {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} [Basic Information: The Tortalion is a beast, typically in the Early Void Refining Realm, that travels along the third through neenth floor''s of the Luminous Grounds in the Nightmare Council. [It houses millions of monsterkin as a form of ''housing'' is one of its main purposes. The Tortalion was the second hybrid breed crested by a few insane monsterkin scientists.] [It''s sole purpose for creation; Trying to take her another step further toward creating mobile world''s], Aplishment status [Failed] [These ''world''s'' were supposed to allow a way for the mass majority of the monsterkin to travel out past the Starry Seaboard without needing to be in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [Failed] [Reason for failure: The Tortalions died upon making it a few meters out from the border between the starry seaboard and the outer rims. They were not strong enough to resist the spacial winds.]]} Azmond nced over the information presented to him, and the first thing he noticed was that the details concerning the ''background information'' of the Tortalion were eerily simr to what he saw when he looked at the Anglerfant''s stat page. ''It looks like these ''Tortalions'' are the second attempt at creating a ''habitable-mobile world that could have the chance of living out in space''. But these ones, just like the Anglerfant''s, ended up as nothing but failure''s.'' He started thinking to himself with an introspective train of thought. ''The question is, why would these ''insane scientists'' send away all their failed experiments to the second through neenth floor''s?'' That truly was something that confounded him, as he not only saw ''Tortalion''s'' on the third floor but also the Anglerfants that were on the second floor. In fact, they even appeared to be living in harmony! ''One is more carnivore than the other, not to mentionrger, and yet...'' Azmond looked out the window and noticed that a couple of the Anglerfant''s and Tortalions had even started working together. It was such an odd thing to see two creatures, tens of thousands of meters in size, peacefully function together in the same area with no apparent ''incidents''. Now, he didn''t know if it was just that the Angerfant''s and Tortalion''s rtionships were just a special case. But he felt like it was more than that! To him, it looked like they had a purposelike they were working toward some unknown goal that eluded both him and the majority of monster society. Now what that goal was would probably stay a mystery for a long while. But to be honest, Azmond was willing to wait if it meant he could solve one of those ''unsolvable''s'' that festered inside his mind. "Hey, Azmond?" The meek girl sitting by the window seal asked. "Hmm?" Azmond turned his head in her direction before following up with a question. "What is it, Calista?" "I need to pee" Her voice came out in an almost inaudible tone, but despite that, he heard it, as he immediately knew what he had to do. "Very well." That was all he said before he disappeared and phased outside the swan ship. ***** FWIP! Azmond reappeared outside the swan ship as he found himself at the backside of it. "There is something else I wanted to do, and Calista simply gave me a valid excuse to do it," he uttered. His body had already flown around to the back thrusters, as he was about to do something quite thrilling! "Time to give this white bird a little boost." His slightly expectant voice echoed out before he went straight up to the scorching thrusters and put his hands directly into the zing inferno! Chapter 284: I Felt Like A Superhero! ***** |Uhmm, where did Azmond go, Calista?| Boundless asked with a puzzled tone. She got so distracted by the big, fluffy red lion-turtle puppies running along the fields below that she was leftpletely oblivious when she noticed Azmond''s abrupt disappearance! Calista was still a little scared of the overly voluptuous brown-eyed woman, as the shopping events that urred before they boarded the ship practically scarred her. But she didn''t want to be rude to the ''ghostdy'' who was always around Azmond, so she reluctantly responded with: "I told him I needed to p-pee, and he said ''Very Well'' before vanishing" She became a little embarrassed upon recalling the straightforward way she informed him of her ''predicament'', but she really did have to pee. |Really!?| Boundless eximed. |Well, it''s probably fine. He wouldn''t do anything over board! I have confidence in that-!| She added. However, such a promation of her faithsted about as long as a man who had been holding it in for months! BANG! Something heavy seemed to crash into the backside of the Swan ship as a momentous force hit the ship like a cannon! WHOOSH! The speed of the ship suddenly increased a hundredfold as Azmond started pushing it from behind! "What the hell is going on!?" A owlkin passenger hollered. "Is it another monster attack like the one that happened in the second step!?" Another monsterkin questioned. "We''re all going to die!!!" Panicked after panicked screams echoed out in the Swan ship as everyone was thrown off their feet andunched all over the ce! BANG! BANG! Their bodies hit all the metal parts of the ship, as the on-board gravity system wasn''t built to maintain or withstand the speed at which they were blitzing through the skies! It wasn''t like the ship would fall apart or anything. But the ones who got up in an attempt to escape would, without a doubt, be sent flying in every direction of the ship''s interior. BAM! "Ow! You mother fucker! I''m in the Early Golden Core Formation Realm! How dare a mere ship stop me from leaving-" WHACK! This monsterkin didn''t even get the chance to boast about his strength as he was knocked out cold by a stray metal cutting board. ... "This is my fault, isn''t it?" Calista asked with a remorseful voice. |No, it isn''t! Well, technically, it is. But don''t worry about it. Azmond has always been more than a little entric!| Boundless attempted to console Calista; however, it seemed to have the opposite effect, as her mood only became more regretful. |Seriously, don''t fret! Azmond knows what he''s doing! Probably| Boundless didn''t feel so confident after thest time he ''reassured her'' turned into immediate failure. WHIZZ!!! The ship continued to travel at speeds tens of thousands of times the speed of sound before... It slowed down to aplete stop. "..." The first of the passengers opened his eyes as he looked around, only to see his body and Nascent Soul still in one piece. "What?? We''re not dead!?" He questioned with a look of disbelief. That disbelief quickly became contagious as it spread to the rest of the passengers and crew members as well. "We made it out alive! I can go back and tell my grandma that I saved the day!" "You dirty bastard! You didn''t save shit! Who gave you the gall to spread misinformation!?" A Nascent Soul Realm Deerkin spat back. "Oh yeah!? You really wanna try me!? I''ll let you know that I went to the Royal Academy of ''Courting Death'' back in my heyday! And you want to know what they taught me there!?" The voice of the original show-off monsterkin resounded in the spacious interior of the ship as he put his arms around his chest and put on a haughty demeanor. "The ''Royal Academy Of Courting Death''!? You were actually enrolled!?" The deerkin must''ve heard wrong, because there was no way such a goofy-looking shrimpkin could''ve enrolled in such a prestigious academy! "Of course I was enrolled! I even gained partial mastery in the art of ''Courting Death''! Knowing that, do you wish to try me!?" "!?" The deerkin started sweating buckets as it regretted ever engaging in a confrontation with the shrimpkin. "Let''s just be grateful that we made it back alive! No need to sweat the small stuff!" His attitude took aplete three sixty, as it even looked like he started sucking up to the shrimpkin. "As long as you know what''s good for you! Haha!" Meanwhile, as the boisterous and crudeughter of the shrimpkin echoed out inside the swan ship, two different types of beauties cycled through arge number of different emotions. |You see! I told you that he wouldn''t take things overboard!| The smile on Boundless''s face that, for a while, almost turned awkward ultimately went back to its usual cheerfulness as she turned her nose up while bragging about how right she was. "Hopefully whatever Azmond did worked, because I still need to pee" Calista ignored the yammerings of Boundless as she held her lower dress with an ufortable expression. But luckily for her... FWIP! Azmond fazed back into the ship, all whilepletely ignoring the happenings of the passengers and crew members on board. It was almost like he thought none of the chaos he caused had anything to do with him. "Sup, girls," he began with a wily smirk. His figure had already sat back down in the seat he had left vacant for a few seconds before his mildly yful gaze stared down at both of the girls. However, his mind was somewhere else entirely. ''That was even more fun than I thought it would be. I totally felt like the superhero with an S on his chest.'' Azmond recalled the feeling he received while ''flying'' the swan ship, as he added it to his bucket list of ''things to do a second time''. However, such dreams usually died hard... |You can''t do that anymore, Azmond! You almost made me lose face in front of Calista! How am I supposed to upkeep my ''big sisterly'' persona if you keep doing unexpected things!?| ..... Chapter 285: If You Do, Then I’ll Wring You Dry For The Next 10 Years! ..... Boundless started to berate Azmond with puffed-up cheeks as those two milky jugs jiggled all around. *Jiggle Jiggle* "..." "..." Both Azmond and Cast stared nk-faced at such a sight, along with her continued ravings about how her ''face was tarnished''. At least they did, before theypletely zoned her out and started talking to each other. "You still need to pee?" "Y-Yes, can we please go now?" Calista was practically on the verge of wetting herself! "Come on then," Azmond said with a stretched-out hand. "Mhmm" Calista let out a soft confirmation before her small hand moved toward Azmond''s. They both quickly left the scene, leaving Boundless in a ranting session all by herself. |As I was saying- Wait! Where did everyone go!?| The ship had alreadynded ahead of schedule, and both Azmond and Cast had made their way to the nearestdies bathroom. ***** "..." Azmond waited outside the door to arge futuristic bathroom with a pink sign on the top of the entrance. He had been waiting like that for a few minutes, as it seemed like girls had more of a process they needed to go through. *Ssh Ssh* The sound of water sshing around eventually died out as a loud air dryer started to pervade his ears. ''There''s more??'' He hadn''t used any sort of toiletry in thest 12 years due to his high cultivation base, and even back on earth, he had rarely used a bathroom, so such a long bathroom procedure came as a baffling process to him. ... Another half a minute passed. "Finally out?" "Y-Yes" Calista mumbled. She was a little embarrassed over doing such things near Azmond, but she wouldn''t deny that it was nice to have someone around her in that sort of way. Calista''s mother used to be the one who went to the bathroom with her, and then it was her Big-Sis. But after getting ''abandoned'', she lost fuzzy moments like that. At least, that was the case until she met Azmond. ''He''s always so nice to me, and he''s always so sweet... I wish he''d stayed around forever.'' Although Azmond gave no hint that he would be leaving her behind, Calista couldn''t help but have the unnerving feeling that he would leave her just like her family did. And that feeling killed her on the inside. "Yello? You like to think self-deprecating thoughts about yourself a lot, don''t you?" Her thoughts were interrupted by a concerned voice as she turned her head up, only to see a karate chope crashing down! *Whack!* "Ow T-That hurt" She feigned pain while rubbing her head. Calista had seen Boundless get hit like that a few times and react in a simr manner, so she decided to do the same. Azmond gazed down at the familiar scene as a remorseful look emerged on his face. ''Sorry, ''parents'' of mine, but all these girls are simply begging to have some sense knocked into them! Like seriously, why do all these girls have so many issues they''re going through!?'' He became a little exasperated at such a matter before returning his focus back to Calista. "Anyway, stop thinking things like that. You''ll be with me for as long as you want, or until we find your family. That''s the end of the discussion." He stated his words in an undebatable tone before he gently grabbed the girl''s hand, followed by him leading Calista through the ''airport'' in the direction of Boundless. However, unbeknownst to him, the adorable girl he was dragging around became a flustered mess on the inside. ''He''s always doing this... Why is he always doing this to me...?'' Calista clenched her heart with her free hand, as she didn''t know how much more she could take from that insufferably nice man before she exploded from the sharine aftertaste. "Yo, Boundless. What''re you doing up here?" A quizzical, deep raspy voice echoed throughout the halls of the futuristic ''airport'' as a tall silver foxkin and a short catkin walked up to a brown-haired beauty. The beauty in question turned around, only to see that dumb baka approach her! |''Yo''!? That''s what you have to say to me after leaving!? You ditched me, you big meanie!| "Well, you looked like you were having fun in your own little world, so I thought it''d be no big deal if we went on ahead without you." Azmond muttered with a wry smile. He wouldn''t deny that he felt a little bad about leaving her behind, but she was kind of asking for it when she started that long monologue about her ''face being tarnished''. *Pat! Pat!* |I don''t care, you baka! Never leave me again, humph! If you do, then I''ll-I''ll| Boundless began with a few light hits to his abdomen. "If I do, you''ll what?" Azmond interjected with a sly smirk. |If you do, th-then I''ll ring you dry for the next 10 years!| Boundless''s voice came out, followed by the bouncing of her breasts as she put a hand to her chest and put her nose up. She was confident that he wouldn''t dare mess with her again! Not after she made such a devastating promise! But "Is that so? Then I''ll make sure to leave you behind next time as well, for I''m quite curious what exactly gives you so much confidence," Azmond responded with a seductive grin. His eyes had already started scanning her body from top to bottom, almost as if he were scoping out his next meal. |Y-You pervert! Did you forget about Calista!?| Boundless''s voice came out in a flurry as she covered up her voluptuous, milky white breasts. "Oh" Azmond hadpletely forgotten about the young Catkin gi young girl who had been holding hands with him that entire time. "Azmond?" Calista asked. "Yes?" He couldn''t help but feel that the next question toe would be an ufortable one. "What does Boundless mean by ''ringing you dry''...?" Calista''s small, softened voice came out in an innocent tone as her two sparkly eyes gazed up at Azmond for answers. Chapter 286: The Queen’s Reappearance… ..... ''It looks like that feeling I got came to fruition.'' Azmond sighed at such a terrible premonitioning true before he locked eyes with the adorable catkin staring up at him. It wasn''t long after that his earnest voice resounded: "She was talking about taking my money," he announced with apletely serious expression. "Take your money?" Calista questioned. "Precisely." Hearing such an instantaneous response and observing the utterly staid expression on his face only put a bunch of question marks in Calista''s head. She didn''t understand why the ghostdy would want to take his money. Was she a thief or something!? Her gaze toward the big, busty ghostdy turned to one of weariness as she backed up a little before hiding behind Azmond. Calista had already felt irked over those two milky cannons of hers, but she not only had two weapons with her; she also had a reputation for being a thief! She knew bad news when she saw it, and the cow ghost was definitely bad news! ... |Now look at what you did, Azmond!| Boundless eximed, her trembling finger pointed at Calista. |You made Calista doubt my big-sisterly reputation! Just look at her; she probably thinks I''m some sort of criminal now!| "Hmm" Azmond pondered over her words before a helpless look formed on his face. His voice followed not long after: "Well, I didn''t lie. You truly have been ''draining me dry''. Just look at this bag of gold coins." He attempted to shake a big bag, but there was nothing in it. "You see, destitute and bereft of money," he added with a ''devastated'' expression. |W-Well, I''m the Boundless System, s-so that means all that money is mine as well!| Boundless retorted with a diposed countenance. "What sort of logic is that?" Azmond began with a bewildered look on his face. "Just admit that you wrung me dry, and we can begin our exploration of the third step," he ended with a high and mighty demeanor. He had already won the bout. All he needed was for the busty beauty to give in. |...| Boundless realized she was at aplete disadvantage, and it was because of this realization that she knew she needed call it quits. |F-Fine Listen, Calista, I wrung him dry| She started with a disgruntled expression. |But not in that sense! You see, we shook the bed and then-| Ha! You thought she would give up so easily!? In reality, she wasn''t willing to give up without a fight! But it looked like her ''fighting stance'' was immediately broken as Azmond put a hand to her mouth to stop the bbering. "Don''t mind her, Calista. She is missing a few screws, so her frontal lobe doesn''t work like it used to," he began with a crooked expression. "Why don''t we go and see what this ''NovaCity'' is all about?" He ended with a question. "..." Calista didn''t know what they were talking about, but she saw some cute shops outside, so she wouldn''t deny Azmond''s offer. "Mhmm" She bobbed her head a little before making her way over to Azmond. Following the reaching of her ''destination'', her hand stretched out, and it was clear what she wanted. "Alright, let''s go and see what this third floor is all about," Azmond announced with a gentle smile before tenderly sping Calista''s hand. *Tap tap* They had already started leaving the airport, headed in whatever direction they thought would have the cutest things. And once again, a brown-eyed woman was left all by herself. |T-This! I swear I''ll ring you dry when we make it to a hotel! You just wait, you dumb baka!| Boundless dered with a frustrated look on her face. Nheless, she wasn''t one to stay left behind forever as her curvaceous curves bounced through the hallowed halls of the ''airport''. It didn''t take long before she caught up to Azmond and Calista, followed by her punching Azmond on the arm! ***** In the Royal Capital of AquaRing, millions of miles away from the Third Step of the Luminous Grounds, therey a vast blue castle. And inside that castle, a woman of untold proportions was seen conversing with a cloaked man below her throne. "What''re you saying, general??" A rich, feminine voice inquired. "My Queen, I went to the City of Riverbloom to assist in their ''blight'' as youmanded. But what I found there was a City rid of monsters and a man who fit the young Miss''s descriptions," the cloaked figure responded in a cordial tone. "Although I couldn''t see the face of this young man, I could immediately tell that he possessed an extraordinarily handsome appearance..." He added with a slightly nervous voice. The croaky voice of the cloaked figure echoed throughout the expansively ostentatious halls as he kneeled below with sweat raining down his face. And then it cameexactly the reaction he expected from his queen. "Youe here and tell me about such a thing!? In close proximity to my daughter, no less!!" The Queen of the AquaRing Kingdom practically roared as the temperature of the room dropped a hundredfold! WAAA! An immense aqua-blue aura erupted from her as she red down at the trembling figure below her throne. "M-My Lady, I made sure to conceal the throne room before I entered inside! There is no way the youngdy can hear of our discussion unless you permit it!" BAM! He practically fell face-t to the ground, attempting to exin himself with everything he had. WAAa The Queen''s aura started to die out as she took on a more rxed posture before speaking once more: "Oh? Is that so? And exactly how many people have you told about this ''man'' who I presume saved the city of Riverbloom?" She asked with a far less menacing tone. However, if his answer didn''t meet her expectations, then she would probably kill him. Even though he was an Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm Cultivation, his Queen couldn''t care less! If she were irrevocably dissatisfied with him, then she would''ve killed him on the spot! *Drip drip* Sweat trickled down the cloaked figure''s face as he realized that he had encountered an extremely close call. Chapter 287: Aqua And Her Mom’s Situation… ...... "So?" The voice of queen leaked out once more as she waited patiently for the man beneath her throne to respond. However, he knew such patience wouldn''tst forever. So, with a shaky voice, he said, "M-My Queen, I have not informed a single other soul of this ''sensitive topic''. I came directly to you after leaving Riverbloom!" His words came out in a panicked flurry, but the Queen could tell that he was telling the truth, so she paid no mind to his frantic demeanor. "That is good," she began with a majestic voice. "You shall keep such a secret till the day you die, understood?" She added with a hint of killing intent in her tone. Thud! The cloaked figure kneeled even deeper into the ground as he looked up at his Queen before responding, "Yes, My Queen! I shall keep my lips shut till the day I die!" "Very well. You may leave now; I must talk to my confidants alone." "Yes, My Queen!" FWIP! His figure immediately disappeared as he hurriedly left thevishly blue throne room. Such an action seemingly left the Queen as the only living being in themodious halls. That was until FWIP! FWIP! Two well-rounded women with light blue hair in maid outfits appeared from behind the throne. Both of their auras indicated that they were well into the Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm! And that wasn''t even the end of it, as they carried high-level treasured weapons on their backsweapons that were at the very minimum in the Early Earth Grade! "I assume you two heard what he said?" The Queen asked with a raised eyebrow. And it wasn''t long after that two feminine voices escaped the mouths of the two women in maid outfits. "Yes, My Queen!" X2 "Then you know what you must do," Marina began with a chilly tone. "You may give the boy a quick death. Just make sure that he never makes it within a hundred thousand mile radius of my daughter," she ended with a voice colder than ice. "Oh, and also." She started once more after recalling an interesting piece of information. "I have heard that this boy is quite the handsome one, so you two can y with him a little if you want," she added with a nonchnt expression. "!?" "!?" The two maids kneeling below the throne suddenly grew creepy grins as they looked forward to the mission they were just assigned! ying around with the handsome ones was what they enjoyed most of all! "Yes, we will ''take care'' of the man, My Queen!" They both responded in unison before phasing the same way as the cloaked figure that left previously. *Jiggle Jiggle* The only difference was that their ''assets'' had more of a reaction to such fast movements. After the two of them left the throne room, there truly was no one other than the Queen left. And it was only then that her voice resounded once more: "I wish I didn''t have to do this to the one who saved one of my cities," she began with a mncholic expression as she leaned back on her throne. "But unfortunately, I don''t have the leniency to go easy on someone who distracts my daughter," she added with an apathetic tone. ''At least Azure and Sapphire will show him a good time before he dies. That''s the bare minimum I could do for the boy who saved my baby''s life.'' It was such a fact that eased her nerves a little, but such contentment didn''tst for long as she got to thinking... ... The Queen''s daughter was her everything. She was the only thing that Marina AquaRing, the Queen of the AquaRing Kingdom, truly loved. There was, of course, Marina''s husband; however, he was nothing but scum that slept with every whore, slut, and floozy within her Kingdom. If not for his status as one of the Princes of the SunBurn Kingdom, then she would''ve already killed him a thousand times over. But unfortunately, his position within the SunBurn Kingdom was near the top of the societaldder, and killing him would have disastrous consequences for the AquaRings already fragile ''non-violence treaty''. And it was because of such ''circumstances'' that she opted against indirectly eliciting a war with the SubBurn Kingdom. It was for the best. Nevertheless, that didn''t mean Marina was helpless in the matter with her ''husband'', as she had prevented him from sleeping with her for thest 2000 years! That was the only form of sce and penance she could obtain from their marriage. Nheless, in spite of her terrible marriage situation, she wanted nothing but the best for her daughter. And from what Aqua told her of this ''Azmond'', he should''ve been a good guy. But, unfortunately She couldn''t allow Aqua to meet that man. Not now, not in the future, not ever. Marina could see the sadness and longing in Aqua''s eyes whenever she mentioned ''Azmond'', and she believed it truly would make her happy if they got together. But not everything was a fairytale Marina had been forced to marry off her daughter by the ''Heaven-sent'' prince of the FireGod Empirean Empire that ruled over a sixth of the entire Azure nk Continentan Empire that was even rumored to possess cultivators well into the Mahayana Realm. And it was because of this ''FireGod Empire'' that she reluctantly signed off on her daughter''s marriage proposal. It wasn''t like Marina wanted to strip away Aqua''s right of choice; she never wanted that for her daughter! For that was exactly what happened to Marina herself She was jolted into a marriage with the prince of the SunBurn Kingdom before she was even born. She had no choice in the matter, just like her daughter, as the moment she came into the world, her life was alreadyid out for her. And even after Marina had reached the Sixth Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm, she still couldn''t escape her fate. It didn''t matter that she had spent thousands of years arduously cultivating, for there would always be something strongerthere would always be something that controlled the way she lived her life. ..... Chapter 288: The Astral Spire! ...... ''I wanted my daughter to live a different life than I did'' Marina started thinking to herself as a doleful aura pervaded the lonesome throne room. ''But in the end, she was thrown into the exact same thing as me.'' Her head turned up, her eyes lifelessly staring at the seashells that adorned the ceiling of the throne room. "I failed her, didn''t I?" She began with a tearful tone. "Aqua already started to hate me after I told her about the marriage ''agreement'' with the FireGod Kingdom, and after she finds out about the kill order I just sent out, Sh-She w-will" Drip! A dazzling crystalline tear hit the ground of the hollow halls as the ''All-Powerful'' and conniving one that ruled over tens of millions of miles ofnda woman like that started to cry. Drip! Drip! It wasn''t aplete dam that ruptured, but it was enough that one could feel the extreme anguish in her tears. Marina simply sat on her throne, the throne that she worked her whole life forthe throne that wanted to obtain so she could give a better life for her daughter, it was that throne that she let out everything she had bottled up over the years. Drip! Drip! Drip! "M-My daughter," she began with a hoarse voice as one of her pretty hands was put up against her tear stricken eyes. "S-She will be defiled by that prince of the FireGod Kingdom, a-and I can do nothing" Her heart constricted in on her as tears never stopped falling onto her breasts. She had heard rumors of the prince that had proposed marriage to the AquaRing Kingdom. She had heard of the things he did to the women in his Kingdomthings that would leave girls within an inch of their lives. And it was such a thing that brought even greater sorrow to the lonesome Queen who sat upon an empty throne. ***** "A-Azmond..." A meek voice whispered. *Tug* "Yes, Calista?" An affectionate voice echoed out as Azmond turned his head in the direction of the girl tugging at his kimono. "I''m scared of heights" Calista''s timid voice came out in a slightly shaky tone as her fluffy cat ears bent down a little. "Oh." That was all Azmond said in response, as he realized he might''ve definitely made a mistake by going up to the Astral Spir seemingly infinitely stretching spire that stretched upward for tens of thousands of miles. "Come here, Calista," Azmond said as he gestured to her. "You can just hide your eyes in my kimono. I promise nothing will happen to you until we make it to the top," he dered with a kind voice as he invited her into his embrace. "Mhmm" Calista lightly nodded her head before disappearing into his side hug. |Let me in on the hugs too!| Boundless chimed in with a cheerful voice before she hugged Azmond''s right side. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu wasn''t one to be left out, as a long, menacing ck katana on Azmond''s back wiggled a little before morphing into a ck and gold slime! *Jiggle Jiggle* Emu bounced a little before settling into his bed of long, raven ck hair. ''Well, at least they''re all happy.'' A small, imperceptible smile emerged on his face as he felt the body warmth of hispanions. WHZZ! The space Azmond and gang found themselves on was, in actuality, therge, 5-mile-wide elevator that brought all ''visitors'' of the sixth step to the top of the ''Astral Spiral''. ... Three months had already passed since Azmond, Boundless, Emu, and Calista had started their ascent into the third step of the Luminous Grounds. They had explored almost every interesting ce or establishment from the third through the sixth floors. However, there was onest ce that they wished to visit before they climbed up to the seventh step. That ce being the... Astral Spire! {[Astral Spire.]} [Arge and expansive blue and red spire that extends upwards for tens of thousands of miles.] [It was established hundreds of thousands of years ago by the descendants of the ''insane monsterkin scientists'' who attempted to create a plethora of different mutants that they termed ''mobile worlds''] [This sprire was created for the sole purpose of attempting to breach past the rules that restrict all cultivators below the Tribtion Transcendence Realm from leaving the ''Starry Seaboard''] [Purpose Status: Failed] [Reason For Failure: The Spire copsed at its top upon reaching over the one hundred thousand mile markthe milestone that separates the world of Asterion from what lies beyond.] [Arge portion of the spire was destroyed uponing into contact with the spatial energies that separate Asterion from what lies beyond] [It was due to such destruction to the Spire that the ''Descendants of the Insane Scientists'' ditched their attempt at creating a building that could breach theyer of space above.] [The ''Astral Spire'' was turned into nothing more than a tourist attraction as profiteers and capitalists remodeled and transformed the structure into a ''sight-seeing attraction''.] [The ''Descendants of the Insane Monsterkin Scientists'' refocused their efforts back on the experimentation and augmentation of their own species.] [The ''Mobile World'' project was set back into motion.] This was what Azmond was able to discern with his Quantum Eye upon checking out the system interface for the Astral Spire. And it was due to such an intriguing description (and the pleas of Boundless) that he decided to take an elevator to the top. |Look, look, Azmond! It''s one of those big flying birdies again!| Boundless called out with an effervescent voice as she pointed her finger outside arge window. The entire ''Astral Spire Elevator'' was encased and surrounded by a wideyer of robust ssss that allowed all the tourists and visitors to observe the scenery outside. Azmond heard the promation made by Boundless as his raspy voice resounded not long after: "Yah They are something else, alright," he muttered. His gaze followed her finger as he watched a sixty thousand-meter-long dinosaur-like monster fly by. Chapter 289: The ‘Crocofinch’ ..... These ''bird''s'', as Boundless called them, were the fifth edition of the ''Insane Monsterkin Scientists'' experiments. They were all around sixty thousand meters long, with bright and colorful red feathers; their faces resembled those of crocodiles, while their bodies were more analogous to those of a parrot and a fish. And the names of these ''birds'' were ''Crocofinches''. "..." Azmond watched the Crocofinches with Boundless, Emu, and Calista before he decided to take another nce at the system interface of one of these ''birds''. A bright light shed. BLING! [Crocofinch: Tier 0: Level 261] {[Realm: Peak Stages of Middle Void Refining]}, {[Stats: Strength: 376,920k Speed: 392,210k Defense: 385,460k Qi: 371,670k {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} [Basic Information: The Crocofinch is a beast, typically in the Middle Void Refining Realm, that travels along the Sixth through neenth floor''s of the Luminous Grounds in the Nightmare Council. [It houses many millions of monsterkin as a form of ''housing'' being one of its main purposes. The Crocofinch was the fifth hybrid breed created by a few insane monsterkin scientists.] [It''s sole purpose for creation; Trying to take another step further toward creating mobile world''s], Aplishment status [Failed] [These ''world''s'' were supposed to allow a way for the mass majority of the monsterkin to travel out past the Starry Seaboard without needing to be in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [Failed] [Reason for failure: The Crocofinches died upon making it a few miles out from the border between the starry seaboard and the outer rims. They were not strong enough to resist the spacial turbulence.]]} ... Azmond nced over the information pertaining to one of the Crocofinches before refocusing his attention back on the elevator. Ding! The elevator stopped ascending before a speaker tapped in and a cordial voice boomed out: "Wee, dear customers! We have arrived at our destination! You may board off the elevator at your own leisure, but please stay aware that the elevator will be returning to the ground surface within the next ten minutes!" Following such an announcement transmitted through the speakers attached to every corner of the elevator, a tigerkin in professional attire walked out of a futuristic door. *Whsshh!* The door he came out of opened up even further as the small pieces of metal separated from one another before traveling up the sides of the massive st doors that connected the Astral Spiral elevator with the top floor of the Astral Spire. "Please enjoy your time on the Astral Spire! And make sure not to get too close to the railings!" The tigerkin announced. He spread out his arms while doing a slight curtsy before he moved out of the way and headed up a set of stairs beside the st door. *Tap Tap* *Chatter Chatter* The tourists and visitors of the Astral Spire had already started their approach toward the st door as all but one group had begun to leave the elevator. A group that consisted of a tall, handsome silver foxkin with a ck and gold slime on his head, a young pretty catkin girl with long white hair and misty gray eyes, and of course a ''ghost girl'' with long slightly curly brown hair and big round brown eyes. Such a diversified group was so caught up in their own discussions that they didn''t even realize they were the only ones left behind. And surprisingly enough, the first one to realize their istion was the- "Mhmu! Mhmu!" -Slime! "Hmm?" Azmond heard the exmation of his little buddy as he looked toward Emu. When he saw Emu''s face, he immediately knew what Emu was talking about! "Are you hungry, Emu?" He asked with a concerned expression. *St* Emu practically fell t on its face after hearing what Azmond asked it. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" ''That''s not what I''m talking about!'' But now that the topic was brought up, Emu suddenly realized something else! *Growl* Emu was, in fact, hungry! "Hmm? What are you trying to say, little guy?" Azmond had not an inkling of an idea what was going on inside that slimy brain of Emu''s. "Mhmu?? Mhmu" Emu didn''t even know what it was thinking about anymore. However, Emu knew Emu was hungry! "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu squeaked. Following such a squeak, Emu pulled Azmond, Boundless, and Calista out the door! "Mhmu! Mhmu!" ''I shall find food to devour!'' "??" "??" "??" Question marks popped up in all their heads, while the only thing in Emu''s head was where Emu''s next meal was! Azmond and gang were forcefully ''extracted'' from the st door as a bright, resplendent view entered all their visions. The top floor of the Astral Spire was nothing short of an observatory that had a firsthand view of the starry skies above, as the Astral Spire was likely the only ce in all of Asterion that was situated so close to the star-speckled world beyond. Nevertheless, in spite of such a dazzling and surreal view, the only thing on a certain slime''s mind was finding a snack counter! God forbid there were no appetizer bars on the Astral Spire, for if there weren''t, Emu would probably just eat the spire in its entirety. ***** A few days passed by. Azmond and gang had enjoyed their time at the top of the Astral Spiral before they made their way down the spire and headed to the nearest ''Swanson Transportation'' branch. |You think that stinky beast guy will be there again??| Boundless spoke to Azmond with a disgusted look on her face. "Hmm It''s likely," Azmond replied with a mildly annoyed look on his face. The ''Primal Beast'', who had introduced himself as a Late Void Refining Realm Lionkin on the Second Step, ''followed'' them all the way to the sixth step. Or, at least that''s what they believed, for he, Boundless, Emu, and Calista always seemed to cross paths with him at every ''Swanson Transportation'' branch. None of them knew how or why the ''Primal Beast'' was always there when they were, but after three consecutive times of it happening, they believed it was more than a mere coincidence. Chapter 290: A Sea Monster…? ..... The only reason why Azmond hadn''t ''asked'' the Primal Beast why he was ''following them'' was because he hadn''t really done anything against them. All the Primal Beast ever did was introduce himself to a group of ''potential passengers'' before giving him and Calista an odd stare. It wasn''t a malicious stare; it was more of a look that emted how skeptical he was. However, what exactly he was so suspicious of was something that eluded Azmond. But he had his guesses. ***** *Pitter patter* Azmond, Boundless, Emu (in katana form), and Calista walked through the futuristic streets of the City of ''Electronia''. They attempted to make their way over to the branch of the Swanson Transportation Company, but they were often led ''astray'' by the tantalizing smells that invaded their noses. The City of Electronia may have been extremely advanced in terms of how far they were in the technological department, but they still kept their older and more ''traditional'' aspects of life. One of such aspects were the food stands, manned by monsterkin. All of which were serving piping hot goodsgoods that seemed beyond ptable for Azmond and especially for Boundless, Emu, and Calista. There was not a single food stand or snack cart they passed by that they did not utterly ravage with their insatiable hunger and Azmond''s seemingly endless pockets. That''s right! Azmond was no longer the gigolo! He left that status as soon as Crystalline went back to her sect for the heiresspetition. Nheless, he had officially discarded his old ''title'' and became a new man! A greater man! He started his new life as the sugar daddy! Or, at least, that was what he hoped for... ... Boundless danced around the streets of Electronia with stars in her eyes. |Let''s get this, Azmond! And this! Ooh, do you see that over there!?| "..." Azmond wanted to be the sugar daddy! However, he felt like nothing more than the piggy bank... But there was always a saving grace in every situation. And his saving grace just so happened toe in the form of an adorable girl with fluffy cat ears. "Azmond" Calista let out a soft whisper, her big, round eyes tilting up at Azmond. "Yes, Calista?" His honeyed voice sounded out, followed by his expression bing a lot softer as he gazed down at the timid girl. "Can I get?" She asked with her small hand pointed in the direction of a sushi stand. "Hmm?" Azmond looked in the direction she was pointing and immediately understood what was going on. ''It seems like the feline part of hers yearns for some sort of seafood. Haha~'' He couldn''t help but find it a little funny and a lot adorable, as he gave her the go-ahead. "Here you are," he said whilst lightly tossing a bag of gold coins in her direction. *Jiggle Jingle* The bag, chalked full of gold, jingled a little in the air before making its way into the dainty hands of an adorably precious catkin girl. *sp* Calista caught it with a soft grasp before giving a grateful look to Azmond. Such a look was followed up by her mellowed voice: "Thank you, Azmond" That was all she said before her fluffy tail turned in his direction. *Tap tap* She had already neared the sushi stand before he even knew what happened. "That adorable little angel..." Azmond murmured. His expression was one of extreme anguish, as he didn''t know how much more he could take before his heart gave out. But luckily for him, or unluckily for him, he had his very own resuscitator. |Azmond, Look at what I bought! You see? It''s so pretty!| Boundless came into the scene with a bubbly aura surrounding her. And around her neck, there was a red ruby iid ne with 23 different dazzling rubies adorning it. Azmond turned his gaze from Calista as he looked at the jubnt brown-haired beauty who ''graced'' his vision. As soon as he saw her, and as much as he hated to admit it, she was absolutely stunning. Of course, shyness wasn''t in his vocabry, so he figured he would just tell her straight up: "You look gorgeous, Boundless," he said with a small smile. |...| "But seriously, do you have to spend so much money?? Even with the amount of gold I am gaining every nanosecond, I don''t know how long it can hold up at the rate you burn through it And also" Azmond jabbered on for a while; however, the target of such yammering was in her own little world... |He called me cute He called me cute| Boundless incoherently mumbled with a slightly creepy grin. She repeated that phrase like a broken record, as the two of them made for quite the dynamic couple in the vibrant streets of Electronia. The hours turned into days, and the days turned into weeks. Azmond, Boundless, Emu, and Calista climbed up the floors of the Luminous Grounds, as it took them no time at all to reach the Eighth Step. The eighth step, just like all the other steps, was made entirely of the translucent and iridescent material that marked thend with its dark red hue. And just like the trend of all the floors preceding the eighth floor, the ''translucent, crystal-like material'' was a few shades clearer than the floors that came before. Furthermore, there was yet another variation of the ''experimental beasts'' that lived on the eighth through neenth floors. SWOOSH! SPLASH! This time, however, it was a sea animal that represented the seventh attempt at making a ''mobile world capable of breaching past the Starry Seaboard''. "A sea monster, huh? It''s the biggest one yet," Azmond muttered. He, along with the rest of his gang, stood outside a colossal water enclosurea water enclosure that stretched on for hundreds of thousands of miles! The part they found themselves at was but a mere miniscule fraction of the entire enclosure. Since it would take too much manualbor and far too long to put any form of railing around every inch of the ''habitat'', the capitalists who profited off the work of the ''Insane Scientists'' decided to iste a few miles of the outer rims and put up an eco-friendly overlook on top of arge mountain to the south of the ''habitat''. Chapter 291: Uppsies…? ..... Believe it or not, but the water enclosure only made up around a tenth of the total area of the eighth step! Which only went to show just how massive the floors became with each one you passed! At the point where each step exceeded millions of miles in diameter andy thousands of meters off the ground surface of Asterion, they might as well have been considered entires! AAWOOOGAA!! The sea monster in question that popted the ''habitat'' showed its enormous head, as one could begin to catch a glimpse of the monster that ruled over the ''sea''s''! ... |Wow! So pretty!| Boundless eximed as she stared wide-eyed at the sea monster. The beast she deemed ''pretty'' came in at over 120,000 meters in length and possessed a body frame so grandiose that if it were on Azmond''s home, entire countries would sink underneath the tsunami''s that would incur with its movements. A beast like that leaped out of the water, epassing its ''enclosure'', as its body, in all its glory, made its appearance hundreds of miles in the sky! The head of the beast was simr to that of a rhinoceros, while the rest of its body was analogous to that of arge whalesimr to a blue whale back on Earth. There were, of course, a few differences between the whales before them and the ones back on earth, the main difference being that they were a light shade of pinka shade of pink that contrasted quite greatly with the surrounding blood-coloredke. "Pretty" Calista mumbled. She appeared to agree with the busty brown-haired beauty''s opinion about the whale monsters. "..." Azmond looked down at the fluffy-eared catkin and instantly noticed the ''plight'' she found herself in. "Uppsies?" she asked with a soft voice. Her ears slightly bent down as she waited for his response, nervousness building inside her. "Hmm?" He hummed while looking at her fidgeting countenance. ''fufu~'' He chuckled a little inside his mind as he gazed at the struggling cat girl attempting to see over the railings. The railings were a little too high for Calista, so she couldn''t nce over them, which was why she demeaned herself to such a ''low'' lev level where she was forced to ask Azmond if he could carry her. However, she was the only one going through such an internal tempest of emotions, as a certain silver foxkin, on the other hand, couldn''t find this situation any cuter than it was. Azmond didn''t know if he had ever seen such an adorable creature in his entire life. Even after spending months in each other''s presence, he was constantly reminded of her cuteness level being far higher than anything he had ever witnessed firsthand. Nheless, he couldn''t exactly leave the poor girl with that troubled look on her face. *Pat* He picked up Calista at a speed hundreds of thousands of times faster than sound, as it was clear that his speed had increased tremendously over the past few months. "!?" Before Calista even knew what had happened, she was already on top of Azmond''s shoulders. And what she saw was a view beyond words! "Wow" She couldn''t help but let out a muted release of amazement; even her eyes started to sparkle as she looked on at the enormous whale jumping through the skies. The monster may be massive, but it looked no different from a normal-sized whale at the distance that Calista was gazing from. "How''s the view from up there?" A gentle and soothing voice entered her twitching, fluffy ears as the enamored state she found herself in only seemed to be more immersive than before. Her soft and warm tail fluttered around a little before she murmured, "Beautiful..." Calista''s two big, round misty eyes never left the sight of therge whale sshing around in the crimson-coloredke. "That''s good," Azmond responded with a light smile as he started petting her head. However, such a tranquil moment didn''tst for long, as... |Uppsies!?| Boundless chided in with a goofy smile. Her hands were crossed behind her back as she swiveled to the left and right a little, clearly doing everything in her power to appear as cute as possible. Azmond looked at such a shameless disy performed by Boundless and couldn''t help butment over the personality of the woman he fell in love with. But, in the end, he loved her, and if it would make her happy, then he didn''t mind giving her ''Uppsies''. *Uhmphf* He picked her up before holding her on his firm right arm, at atitude where her two milky white breasts sat just a few feet above his head. Boundless, upon seeing the sight from up above, became a little frazzled as she looked at the sun set on the horizon while colossal whales leaped through the seas and skies. However, she regained her senses after a few seconds as her creased brows traveled down to Azmond''s head. Following such a look, her melodic voice dripped into his ears like honey: |You''re the best, Azmond!| She beamed with a wide, radiant smile. *Squish Squish* Her exmation was followed by her breasts being pressed against his head. Azmond was immediately smothered by her two soft bunnies, as he couldn''t recall what exactly he was thinking about two seconds prior. However, such confusion didn''tst long as he remembered what he was nning to do. "Oh Yeah, the system interface of the whale," he uttered with a neutral expression. Azmond activated his Discerning Quantum Eye before a bright light shed! BLING! [Whaliceros: Tier 0: Level 272] {[Realm: Initial Stages of Peak Void Refining]}, {[Stats: Strength: 778,230k Speed: 772,120k Defense: 785,490k Qi: 783,350k {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} [Basic Information: The Whaliceros is a beast, typically in the Peak Void Refining Realm, that travels along the eighth through neenth floors of the Luminous Grounds in the Nightmare Council (as long as there is arge water source). [It houses tens of millions of monsterkin as a form of ''housing'' being one of its main purposes (The water-based monsterkin live inside its barnacles and crevices (impervious to the force of the water that impacts the Whaliceros)).] [The Whaliceros was the seventh hybrid breed created by a few insane monsterkin scientists.] [It''s sole purpose for creation; Trying to take yet another step further toward creating mobile world''s], Aplishment status [Failed] [These ''world''s'' were supposed to allow a way for the mass majority of the monsterkin to travel out past the Starry Seaboard without needing to be in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [Failed] [Reason for failure: The Whaliceros (At least the ones with the ability to fly) died upon making it tens of miles out from the border between the starry seaboard and the outer rims. They were not strong enough to resist the spacial turbulence fluctuations.]]} Chapter 292: Above Average In Strength And… ..... Azmond scrutinized the status of the Whaliceros before beginning to speak: "These ''experimentations'' conducted by the ''insane monsterkin scientists'' are getting extremely intriguing." He noticed that the distance that the ''hybrids'' traveled increased by quite arge margin with each iteration that followed. Although such increases weren''t enough to allow their entire bodies to make it all the way outside the ''Starry Seaboard'', there were still improvements nheless. And such a thing surprised him quite a lot, as after all this time of being exposed to these ''hybrids'' stat sheets, he assumed that it would be impossible for even a tenth of their massive bodies to make it outside of Asterion. But, surprise, surprise, he was proven wrong. And it was only through such a thing that he realized how hopeless he truly was in the thinking department. "Am I, in actuality, unbelievably stupid?" He muttered, followed by a tired sigh escaping his mouth. |Yes, you are! You may be above average in strength and| Boundless started to answer his ''question'' before her gaze traveled to his pelvis area. "??" ''Why is she looking at my groin?'' |You are also above average down there. But other than that, you arepletely hopeless| She turned her head away with a rosy blush on her face before she resumed her sightseeing of the ''Whaliceros Enclosure''. ... ''This girl is seriously something else.'' Azmond didn''t know whether he should be angry or pleased at such ament. But in the end, he simply ignored the matter altogether and instead focused his attention on the katana strapped to his back. "Are you doing okay, little buddy?" He asked with a concerned tone. BZZT! His ck and red katana vibrated a little, seemingly voicing its concerns. "I see," he began with a contemtive expression. "You''re hungry, I know, but we still aren''t strong enough topete with whatever is happening behind the scenes." He ended with a soft sigh. Azmond, and subsequently Emu, had been getting exponentially stronger during thest few months of ''sight-seeing''. That was especially the case after Azmond went on a spamming spree with the ''Add organism to your Non-Main Party Member List''. The number of monsterkins deemed ''innocent enough'' added to his ''Non-Main Party Member List'' surpassed hundreds of millions! He had practically forcefully acquired the ''manualbor'' of every single monsterkin heid his eyes on. And it was due to such ''assistance'' from all the ''kind souls'' in the Luminous Grounds that he was able to break through to the Peak Stages of the Late Quantum Golden Core Formation Realm! Now, the question was, how were they getting stronger even with the minimal ''Monster clean up'' they did? Even though their ''monster clean up'', particrly the ''clean up'' done by the ''Vignte Emu'', was especially lucrative, that wasn''t what allowed them to reach the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm in strength. It was instead the monsterkin that were ''contracted'' under Azmond''s ''Non-Main Party Member List'' that helped them grow so much in strength. There were also the Primordial Yin Impripts that constantly transmitted refined cultivation base into Azmond''s ''Core''. And the gains from such a thing shouldn''t be underestimated, especially after all the ''heated activities'' that Boundless and Azmond had ''participated'' in while Calista was sleeping in a separate room. However, such gains were really only focused on Azmond, while Emu contributed and received no such boons from neither the experience obtained from Azmond''s ''Non-Party Members'', nor the strength gained from leveling up the ''Dual Cultivation'' function, and subsequently the cultivation received from his Primordial Yin Impripts. So then it came down to why Emu also achieved a level of strength well into the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm. Emu''s increase in strength was really only attributed to one thingthat ''thing'' being the time that Emu and Azmond had encountered a Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm Beast rampaging through the seventh step of the Luminous Grounds. The Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm Beast was on a ''rampage'' eerily simr to the time that the Pinkosaurus Maximus had done on the second step. Nheless, both Azmond and Emu dispatched of the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm in record time! Following such a kill, Azmond let Emu go at the corpse as it was subsequently devoured! Not long after that, Emu had achieved a strength that was firmly nted in the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm! "We don''t have much longer until we make it to the Tribtion Transcendence Realm in power," Azmond said. He spoke such tant words ofplete confidence as he reassured his Emu of the devouring fest that was toe. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" It appeared like Emu was more than happy over hearing such great news spoken by him! His katana started to vibrate as it reaffirmed its tion at the thought of devouring all the monsters! One would think that it looked kin dog suspicious that arge sword was shaking all over the ce; however, to everyone around else on the overlook, it just looked like a silver foxkin with an oddly reactive katana. "..." It was because of such nondescript reactions that Azmond was reminded of something else he had on his mind. That ''thing'' being that even in his ''disguise'' as ''Asher The High-Rank Monster King'', he couldn''t escape the gawks and stares that were directed at him. One of the reasons why that never changed, whether he was in his true form or in Silver Foxkin form, was because of Emu. Another reason was because, no matter if he were a human or a silver foxkin, his appearance was considered extraordinary even among those of the same race. Now, that wasn''t to say that his silver foxkin form as ''Asher'' was on the same level as his ''God-like'' form as a human, but his looks while in silver foxkin mode were still far superior to anything that themon-folk among the monsters had ever seen. Such a topic also brought up another matter that confused Azmond a little, that matter being... ''Why has no one recognized me?'' ...... Chapter 293: Is That A Dragon!? ..... Azmond picked out a high-ranking ''disguise'' by ident, and he expected that such rashness woulde back to bite him in the ass. But surprisingly, he had no problems with either his identity or being found out by those who were familiar with the ''Original Asher''. Now, not being discovered when there were tens of billions, if not hundreds of billions of monsters in the Luminous Grounds was not what confounded him. What puzzled him was that he had not taken on the identity of just any monster; he had taken on the appearance of a High-Rank Monster King for God''s sake! A High-Rank Monster King, who was quite a way''s into the Unity Form Synthesis Realm, not being recognized was utterly mind-boggling for Azmond! But after interacting with themon monsterkind who inhabited the First through Eighth Floors, he realized something. The Kingdom that the original ''Asher'' had talked about was essentially unknown to all the other monsterkin. It was like the kingdom full of foxkin didn''t even exist! After some contemtion of the matter and using a few days to mull over it, he came to the conclusion that ''Asher'' and ''His Kingdom'' were simply in the extreme boonies of the Great Wilnds Forest- "Mhmu!" Azmond''s train of thought was abruptly interrupted by a certain katana strapped to his back. "What is it, Emu?" He asked. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" ''My spidey senses are tingling!'' "Your wha-?" His expression morphed into a confused one as he tried to get out his question, but he was suddenly interrupted by something. BOOOOOOOM! That something being an explosion so loud and explosive that the residual winds from the st shredded through all the blood-colorednds within a ten thousand mile radius! "What the hell was that?" Azmond looked around, and after making sure everyone was okay, he looked toward the source of the immense explosion. And just as he was about to get out his piece on the analysis of the situation, a certain brown-eyed woman struck preemptively: |Is that a dragon!?| Boundless eximed. What she, along with Emu, Azmond, Calista, and the rest of the tourists, saw was a dark silver-colored creature over 900,000 meters in length swooping in out of the skies above the ''Whaliceros Enclosure'' The creature in question looked almost exactly like a western dragon. Proof of that uncanny resemnce was the long, swirling horns that protruding out of the top of its head and extended behind its colossal neck. Dark silver in color and with a size that one could even begin to call it an asteroid eatera monster like that dived into the ''Whaliceros Enclosure'' at speeds verging on the Tribtion Transcendence Realm! Now, the reason it made such swoops was because... The dragon was eating the Whaliceros''s! That''s right, the 120,000-meter-wide Whaliceros''s were being devoured whole by the insanely massive creature gliding throughout the enclosure. Furthermore, the explosion that Azmond and everyone else heard earlier was all the result of one of the Whaliceros''s fighting back. The Whaliceros that fought back tried tounch a water beam in the direction of the Dark-Silver Dragon, but in the end, it didn''t even leave a scratch on the body of the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm Dragon. In fact, the explosion wasn''t caused by the counterattack of the Whaliceros; it was instead due to the dragon releasing a dark gray atomic st at the Whaliceros! Such an attack was followed up by the dragon diving down before lifting up the corpse of the Whalicerosa corpse that was burnt to a crisp. *GULP!* It ate the Whaliceros in one big gulp before continuing its pursuit of all the Whaliceros''s in the area. The number of Whaliceros''s that had already entered the belly of the Dark-Silver Dragon had surpassed over a dozen! And although that may not seem like a lot, when put into retrospect, that was hundreds of millions of monsterkind lost in the blink of an eye! ... OOOM! The silver dragon made itself known once more as it dropped in from above the clouds, its eyes honing in on its next target! AAWOOOGAA!! The Whaliceros, who was next on the silver dragon''s snack list, unleashed every ounce of its power! WAAA! An overwhelming aura was emitted from the Whaliceros as it managed to stand its ground, even if only for but a moment. But, in the end, high aspirations, such as oveing the might of the dragon, was out of its power bracket. That was proven true when... BOOOOOOOOM!! The silver dragon let loose a dark gray attack that utterly obliterated half of the Whaliceros''s body, along with a good chunk of the ''Whaliceros Enclosure''! ***** WHOOOM!! Intense winds blew past the hundreds of thousands of monsterkins observing from the overlook as they all started to panic. "We''re all going to be dragon food!" "Did you see the size of that thing!? We wouldn''t even make for a snack!!" "I had a family member who lived on that Whaliceros N-Now she is" "A Dark-Silver Dragon means that it has already approached the peak of the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm! What are we supposed to do against something like that!?" Although the reactions of the onlookers were all different, there was ultimately amon consensus among them. That consensus being that they would all, without a doubt, die... In fact, there were already a number of them who died upon getting hit by the residual windsresidual winds that were produced thousands of miles away! Just that fact alone went to show just how lethal and omnipotent the Dark-Silver Dragon was to all monsterkind. That was not to mention the irrefutable confusion they felt upon learning that a Dark-Silver Dragonwho was supposed to be a rarity even on the Neenth floorsuddenly showed up on the Eighth Floor! It waspletely unbelievable! Nheless, in the middle of such chaos and confusion, a tall, silver foxkin with a woman and a girl in hand looked out at the dragon gulping up all the Whaliceros''s. "This one is strong." That was all Azmond said before his figure became a little blurry. Chapter 294: You Won’t Be Prodding My *ss This Time! ..... FWIP! Azmond disappeared, and in his ce were a catkin girl and a ''ghost woman'', both of whom simply stood there and gazed out at where they knew he had gone. "Will he be okay?" Calista''s voice came out in a soft whisper as she looked to Boundless for reassurance. |Yep, yep, Azmond is strong! A stinky, overgrown lizard would never be able to defeat him!| Boundless''s confident response was followed by her sticking her hand to her chest, seemingly seeing his achievements as her own. "Mhmm..." Calista murmured. She didn''t understand the ghostdy much, but she knew that if the ghostdy was good at anything, then it was her ability to gauge the situation. But, even so, she couldn''t help but look on at the blitzing figure of Azmond with a heavy heart. She didn''t want to lose someone else important to her She didn''t want to have a repeat of her past. He promised that he would never leave her side forever and forever! She wouldn''t allow him to get himself killed! ***** At the side of an insurmountable Dark-Silver wall, with edges that stretched on who knew how long to a mortal''s eyes, a silver foxkin with a fox mask on stood in suspended motion. "Let''s see your stats, big guy," the foxkin said. A bright light shed in front of his face as a system interface screen appeared. BLING! [Sablethorn: Tier 0: Level 315] {[Realm: Peak Stages of Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence]}, {[Stats: Strength: 9,700,000k Speed: 9,940,000k Defense: 9,716,000k Qi: 9,890,000k {[Rtionship Status: Hostile]}]} {[Basic Information:]} [Average Size: 500,000999,999 meters] [The Sablethorn is a diluted species, descended from a pure-blooded dragon.] [Said dragon it was descended from, originated from beyond the Starry Seaboard of the mortal-level, ''Asterion''.] [The Sablethorn is a monster with rtively high intelligence, and it''s realm is usually within the Silver ranks of the dragon race, i.e. (Unity Form Synthesis Realm)] [Sablethorns are known for their insatiable lust and their unkindled voracious nature.] [Danger Level: Peak of the B Rank] [ording to System Standards] ... After scrutinizing the Silver Dragons stat sheet, Azmond''s voice echoed out once more: "Hmm, you''re quite the strong one among your species," he began with a raspy voice. "You must be quite proud of the fact that you rank among the top, but unfortunately for you, your rank won''t matter a single bit if you''re dead," he ended with a neutral tone. His eyes traveled up the town-sized scales of the Sablethorn before he bent his knees. BOOOM! And leaped upward! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Sonic boom after sonic boom reverberated out from his rocket-like figure as he scaled the enormous body of the Sablethorn like it was a stroll in the park! "Hmm Where are your eyes at?" Azmond couldn''t seem to find the eyes of the giant monster. It wasn''t like he couldn''t if he truly wanted to, but he wanted to try fighting without the use of his divine sense, which was why he felt sort of like a green-haired pirate while he climbed up the Sablethorn. BOOM! BOOM! A few more explosions echoed out before the voice of the silver foxkin resounded once again: "It must be over here, right? I''m traveling up its horns right now, so that should be the case," Azmond muttered. A few seconds passed by. "Hmm I think I''m lost" Azmond looked all around him, but he had absolutely no clue where he was on the Sablethorn''s body. He wanted to say that he was nearing the eyes, but he wouldn''t be surprised if he had somehow made it around to its ass. It wasn''t like his in-builtpass was broken or something! It was just that the Sablethorn was in constant motion, so he had a little trouble. "Yah, this isn''t my fault." He began with an awkward look on his face. "This stupid thing just won''t stop moving, so the best thing I can do is" His expression morphed into a wide smirk before he pulled back his arm. WAAAA!!! An insane level of crimson-colored energieswith hints of the spacew incorporatedexploded outward with him as the catalyst! "?????" The Sablethorn suddenly felt an aura rivaling its own. It looked down at the source of such a disturbance, and although it could barely discern what exactly it was looking at, the Sablethorn was sure that a powerful enemy had found its way around its ass! ROOAARGGHH!! ''You won''t be prodding my ass this time around, you bastards!!'' It bellowed out a roar capable of rendering the space between dimensions as nothing more than thin pieces of paper! CRACK! CRACK! Theyer of space within a thousand-mile radius copsed within itself as a ck void leaked out into the surroundings. SHATTER! And then the area surrounding Azmond, the Sablethorn, and a dead Whaliceros was shattered! "Ow" Azmond put his finger to his ears before a grimace formed on his face. "Why are you being so loud?? Can you please quiet it down?" However, he didn''t even give the Sablethorn a chance to exin itself, as his fist crashed into the side of the Silver Dragon''s ass! WHOOSHOOM! Arge ripple spread through the city-sized butt cheek of the Sablethorn before... KABOOOOOM!! What was once arge ripple transformed into an unbelievably powerful eruption of strength! RAAWRGHH!! The Sablethorn had been building up its power since the moment it felt a powerful aura, but in the end, the fire in its mouth was put out by the sudden impact on its ass. Such an action was followed by it beingunched tens of thousands of miles away! BOOooOOoOOM!! Its 900,000-meter-long body collided with a few dozen mountain ranges before it subsequently crushed them all underneath its weight! "Oh?" Azmond''s apathetic voice sounded out as he looked over at the bruised figure of the Sabelthorn. "You have more to show than just that little spark you tried to light, right??" And as if confirming his spections, WAAAA!! Chapter 295: [Kamehameha: Crimson-Void Edition] ..... The area the Sabelthorn found itself in was ttened beneath the pure regality of the aura that exploded out of its Core! It rolled its body over and lightly shook itself before a menacing re formed on its sinuous face. OOOM! The killing intent leaking out of its slitted eyes was felt even by Azmond, who was tens of thousands of miles away! ... "Heh, I knew you wouldn''t die as easily as that," Azmond uttered with a slight hint of excitement in his voice. He knew for a fact that a punch with the power of an average cultivator in the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm would never be able to kill a Dark-Silver-Rank Dragon. Dragons, as shown previously, were far stronger than their ''normal monster'' counterparts. An average dragon at the top of the Silver Rank could even begin topete with something that had just broken through to the first stage of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm. Which meant that he had a tough fight ahead of him if he wished to ovee the overgrown lizard! "Alright, Alright." Azmond began while pointing his fingers to the sky. "I know you think you''re the shit, and you probably have been since the moment you were born, but..." His tone turned a few degrees colder as he looked the Sablethorn right in the eye. "Don''t you think it''s about time you get off your high horse and let loose all your strength?" RUMBLE!! Following such a deration, the blood sea around him started to violently shake! The level of energy exploding outward from him was enough to topple RiverBloom a thousand times over if he were back in the Kingdom of AquaRing. But such insanely high levels of energy only appeared to exponentially grow as he waited ''patiently'' for the dragon''s response! "...." An indiscernible gleam passed through the Sablethorn''s slitted eyes as it realized that it needed to stop ying around with its food. It stood up on its hind legs, reaching a height that would trump even small countries. And following such a tant disy of its height superiority, it... RAWWRRGHHH!!! Roared at the top of its lungs! Following such an ear-splitting bellow, an irresistibly powerful Dark-Silver aura reached the heavens! WAAAAA!! "..." However, the one who took on the brunt force of such a release of power paid no mind to the aura that almost surpassed the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm in power. Azmond simply stood there and waited for the Sabelthorn to go through every power-up it could manage. After all, he didn''t want the Sabelthorn toe back from the afterlife to me him for being unfair. "You want to see something quite interesting, big guy?" "??????" His inquisitive voice was transmitted to the Sabelthron as it looked toward the dust-like figure with a sense of bewilderment. Nheless, it didn''t even get the chance to affirm or deny what he asked, as an intense crimson energy burst out from Azmond! OOOOM!!! "I know I asked you for your opinion, but to be honest, I don''t really care," he said with an indifferent tone. "But the real question is Do you want to see if you can survive what your pink counterpart could not?" Following such a question, he cupped his hands in an unusual way before he started to recite something. "Kameee!!" The earth trembled and the sky quaked! It felt like the world was about to end! "!?!?!?!?" The Sablethorn could feel the extreme levels of crimson-blue power building up, and that was all it took for it to realize that it needed to give its all in the battle! RAAWRRGHHH!! It didn''t know what the dustspec was doing, but it knew that it needed to kill it, and fast! WAAAA! The Sablethorn''s energy cap blew its top as it burned away its lifeforce without a moment''s hesitation! Dark-Silver energies bubbled up within its throat as it prepared to unleash something truly devastating. And the ones witnessing such a spectacle were millions of monsterkind, not only on the overlook but also those on the Whaliceros''s that stayed behind. Most of the Whaliceros in the area had either already been burned to a crisp or were fleeing in any direction they could locate. Only a select few of them had the guts to stay behind and bear witness to the ongoing fight between an unknown human and a dragon that likely came from the Neenth floor. ***** On the top of a grandiose mountain that stretched upward for hundreds of miles, a masked silver foxkin stood at eye level with a dark-silver dragon tens of thousands of miles away. And from the silver foxkin, a phenomenal output of energy was bubbling up with relentless momentum! "HAAAMEEEE!!" He continued his recitation of a forbidden phrase as the energy buildup increased a hundredfold! However, he wasn''t the only one, as the Sabelthorn was also in the midst of powering up itself! RUMBLEE!!! The level of energies that were shing between the two of them caused the distance between them to make no difference, as the blood-red sea started to burn! Such energy was practically palpable, but before anyone even knew what happened, a certain silver foxkin finished his recitation! "HAAAAAAA!!!" Following such an ending to a mighty spell, a silent enunciation passed through Azmond''s mind. |Kamehameha: Crimson-Void Edition!| KABOOOOOOOOOOM!!! And that was all it took for a massive spiral beam over 500 miles in radius to barrel toward the Sablethorn! AAWRRGHHH!!! The Sablethorn never was able to finish its ''super ultra-powerful power-up'' as it was sted out of existence the moment Azmond''s forbidden spell was cast! Furthermore, a good chunk of the ''Whaliceros Enclosure'' now had an unbelievably wide chasm going through the middle of it. Following such chaos, Azmond sent out Emu before it subsequently devoured the majority of what remained of the dragon corpse. After which, a wide assortment of system notifications appeared! *Ding!* *You have defeated the Dark-Silver Ranked ''Sabelthorn''! *Ding!* *You have gained experience +97,500,000,000* [Simplification] *97,500,000k* Chapter 296: Sword Aura Level 2, Law Of Decay, Sword Law ..... *Ding!* *You have gained gold +97,500k* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Defeat the Sabelthorn Dragon that appeared on the Eighth Floor of the Luminous Grounds''* *Ding!* *You havepleted the quest with splendor! Extra rewards are allotted!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +850,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +850,000k* *Ding!* *You have absorbed part of the ''Sablethorn''s'' mastery in the ''Law of Decay''* *Ding!* *Your ''bonded weapon: Emu'' absorbed all the mastery the ''Sabelthorn'' had in the Sword Aura!* *Ding!* *Your Sword Aura has advanced from ''Level: 1'' ''Level: 2''* *Ding!* *You have absorbed part of the ''Sabelthorn''s'' mastery in the ''Law of the Sword''* ... Nevertheless, even with all the destruction and system notifications spamming him, the one who caused such remarkable destruction stood suspended in the sky, his gaze not on what remained of the dragon corpse but rather on a certain catkin girl and ''ghost girl''both of which were situated atop an overlook. "I hope you like grilled lizard meat, Calista," Azmond blurted out with a small grin. And by some mystical means, his voice traveled over to an adorable white-haired girl with fluffy cat ears. Calista looked toward the distant figure of his, and although she couldn''t properly tell where he was, she still bobbed her head a little before responding: "Meat is good" Following such a promation, she walked over to the melted railing and awaited his descent with her arms stretched out. She was clearly expecting upsies when he returned! "So, Calista, how does dragon meat taste? You like it?" Azmond directed his question toward an adorable catkin girl as he waited expectantly for her response. "Mhmm Meat is good. Thank you," Calista muttered. She looked up at his kind gaze for a second before she became lost in his resplendence. "..." Her senses came back after a second as she turned her head away from that devilishly handsome face. "Turn back into your silver foxkin form," she requested. "Why?" Azmond didn''t quite understand why she would request such a thing. Did she not like his normal appearance or something? Calista attempted to look him in the eyes again before she couldn''t take it anymore and once again said, "Turn back into silver foxxy" She honestly thought she would die if she was forced to look at that ridiculously handsome face of his any longer! "Hmm Okay" Although Azmond didn''t know why she was so adamant about him staying in silver foxkin mode, he wouldn''t deny a request from a face like that. WHISP! His figure became encased in a bright white light before the light suddenly disappeared. "There we go," he uttered. His long, raven ck hair and unparalleled appearance morphed into a less handsome appearance with long silver hair and a fox-like face. Calista tilted her head back in Azmond''s direction before she called out, "Much better." Following such a deration, she returned to feasting on the ''giant lizard meat''. Azmond, on the other hand, *Arghh!* A painful sting went through his chest upon listening to Calista''s words! ''Does she not like my original appearance??'' he questioned with a downcast look on his face. ''If that''s the case, then'' His easygoing expression suddenly turned into a frown, as he didn''t feel like living any longer. However, he wasn''t even allowed to be depressed, as |Azmond! Thishh meat is shoo guuud~!| Boundless slurred her words while rubbing her two snow-white breasts on his back. Even while eating, she didn''t feel the need to leave his side. *Twitch Twitch* Azmond''s eyes started to twitch when he felt the juices from the dragon meat fall onto his back. "Boundless?" He asked with a ''friendly'' smile. |Yesh!?| Her response was instantaneous, as she spoke while eating. "Do you wanna go for a swim?" |Wha-?| However, she didn''t even get the time to voice her concerns as a firm hand grabbed her by the back of her dress. "Why don''t you go and catch some fish for us?" |Bu-But!| Boundless already knew where the conversation was going, and she didn''t like it one bit! Nheless, her resistance was proven obsolete, as Azmond reeled his arm back beforeunching her straight into the blood-colored ocean! |Azmond-!! Yo-You BAAakkkaa!!!| Her voice faded out into the distance as shended a few hundred miles away from the encampment that Azmond had set up on top of the mountain range he killed the Sabelthorn on. Calista observed such a barbaric disy with a cursory nce before returning to her munching fest. She had already be ustomed to such things after spending nearly four months around the couple. ording to Azmond, doing things that ''demean'' Boundless made her ''happy'', which is why he ''reluctantly'' did things like what just happened whenever he got the chance. Boundless would always add in something like ''It is all to better shake the bed!'', but Azmond would usually interrupt her before she got out and more than that. Calista found the whole thing quite bizarre, but Azmond was always nice to both her and Boundless when it mattered most, so she didn''t really care about their ''fun-time'' or whatever. "Mhmm Meat good," she mumbled with a content expression. "It is, isn''t it? Do you want some more?" Azmond agreed with her before he extended another handful of dragon meat kabobs in her direction. *Snatch* And she wasn''t one to deny a tasty meal, as she already had the kabobs within her grasp! "Haha~," he chuckled a little at such a cute action before something else caught his attention. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu squeaked. Emu had already undid its ''Quantum Katana Flux'' form as it sat around the bonfire with avarice written all over its slimy face! "You already ate a fifth of our supply, and yet you still want more, Emu?" "Mhmu! Mhmu!" ''Of Course!'' Emu bounced up and down while waiting for more roasted meat to drop in front of it! Azmond was speechless at such voraciousness, but in the end, Emu was the boss. *Tap* He tapped his storage ring as Chapter 297: The Mystery Revolving Around The Primal Beast ...... *Plop! Plop!* Half of the entire mountain became covered in dragon meat! "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu''s eyes sparkled like the most expensive of gold stars before it jumped straight into the meat pile and started chomping away! Azmond looked at the sight of Emu devouring millions of pounds of meat like it was nothing as an understanding look emerged on his face. "Emu is, after all, still growing, so it makes sense that it needs to consume so much." He nodded his head a few times, as he was sure that Emu would eventually grow out of such a ''voracious phase''! Probably ***** In arge castle, adorned with colorful blue tassels and seashells lining up every wall, a woman of untold ''proportions'' sat atop an opulent throne. "..." Marina''s gaze traveled down to a woman with a dark cloak on, clearly expecting good news after nearly four months of waiting. "So? Have Azure and Sapphire taken care of that man yet?" She asked. The cloaked woman below didn''t know how she should tell her Queen of the situation. But she knew that she couldn''t leave her waiting, so she said with a nervous tone, "My Queen, I regret to inform you that Azure and Sapphire have not yet made it to the target." RUMBLE! The massive castle started to violently shake before a cold voice entered the ears of the cloaked woman. "And why is that?" Marina''s face had darkened by a few shades as her fingers began to tap the armrests of her throne. "W-Well, My Queen, the target has entered the Luminous Grounds of the Nightmare Council" The aura and tapping abruptly stopped as the Queen looked down at her informant. ''The Luminous Grounds, huh? That''s quite the dangerous ce for one of the human race to be. Why would he go into that wretched ce? And more importantly, how is he still alive?? Those old farts would''ve definitely noticed his presence as soon as he entered'' With a stern expression, she pondered the peculiar actions of the man her daughter called ''My Husband''. But it didn''t take long for her to snap out of her reverie before looking toward the kneeling informant. "It matters not." She began with an apathetic tone. "Those old foggy''s are in the middle of an internal dispute, so tell Azure and Sapphire to do as they will," she ended with a hand gesture. The informant looked up at her Queen before she made a salute and walked out the massive throne room doors. However, before she made it all the way out, Marina''s emotionless voice echoed out once more: "Oh, and make sure to tell them not to go past the Seventeenth Step, for there are Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm monsters littered all over the ce on the Eighteenth through Twentieth Steps," she added with a brief exnation. The cloaked female informant turned toward her Queen for a split second before nodding her head and vanishing from sight. The hours turned into days the days turned to weeks and the weeks turned to months. Azmond, Boundless, Emu, and Calista had been climbing up the steps of the Luminous Grounds in the Nightmare Council, attempting to make their way to the very top. And the day eventually came when Azmond and the gang stepped foot on the Fifteenth Floor! ... "Azmond?" The soft voice of Calista echoed out as her big, round, misty gray eyes stared up at the face of a silver foxkin. "Hmm?" Azmond looked toward the short catkin girl with a curious expression. Out of all the things he expected her to say, what actually ended uping out of her mouth was not one of them. "Scared of heights" Her beautiful eyes started to tear up as she turned her gaze out of arge ss window and saw the clouds stretch on for an uncountable number of miles. "Oh" Azmond muttered with an understanding look. "You want up?" He gestured toward her with his hands stretched out. "Mhmm," she responding while nodding her head. *Pat* Azmond took the initiative to pick her up before coddling her in his embrace. |You really pamper her too much, Azmond!| Boundless eximed. Even though she said such a thing in a scolding tone, the light pout on her face indicated that she was just envious of Calista. |You know she''s almost fourteen years old, don''t you? She will eventually need to learn how to function by herself!| She added with a passionate'' voice. "" Bafflement filled Azmond''s heart as he couldn''t believe the shamelessness of Boundless. Even a blind person could see that she was clearly just wanting the same treatment. "Come here," Azmond muttered. His free hand was stretched out in her direction, and it was clear what he was indicating. |I-I mean, if you insist, then I guess I have no other choice!| She immediately gave up her little ''act'' and leaped into his arms before snuggling up in his scent. Emu wiggled a little in katana form as it wanted to join in on the fun as well, and this time, Azmond let Emu do as it wanted. Emu squeaked as it morphed into slime form before jumping into his long bed of raven ck hair. Azmond, Boundless, Emu, and Calista had taken yet another ship to get to the fourteenth floor a few days agoa ship owned by the ''Swanson Transportation Company''and go figure, the ''Primal Beast'' was waiting for them at the docking station. After 13 times of it happening, everyone was more than a little suspicious over the ''coincidences''. While on the Eleventh Floora floor that was popted by colossal ten-thousand-meter-wide treesAzmond had even brought the topic up with the ''Primal Beast'' himself, but all he got from the Primal Beast was ''Probably just a coincidence''. He proceeded to ask him on the twelfth through fourteenth floors in the same way; however, every time, all he ever received as a response was ''Coincidence''. Furthermore, he had used his ''mind-control'' ability that came along with his cultivation realm to ''figure out the truth''; however, once again, all he got from the Primal Beast was ''Just a Coincidence, Sir!''. The unusual ''oddities'' revolving around the ''Primal Beast'' eluded him even to the present day... ..... Chapter 298: Months Pass By… And Calista Gets Stronger?? ...... And speaking of the devil... "Wee to the ''Swanson Transportation Company''! Feel free to look around the area before you head to your designated ships!" The Primal Beast started to announce the usual introduction he gave at every branch of the Swanson Transportation Company. "But do keep in mind that the departure dates vary, and there will be discrepancies between what is stated on your ticket and what it will actually be. Get in contact with the closestpany associate to figure out the precise departure times!" He ended his speech before he was escorted off a futuristic podium by two guards in the Early Void Refining Realm. ... "He''s here again" Azmond wasn''t even surprised that he was right there with them anymore. |Yah, the stinky lion always arrives and leaves exactly when we do. You think he is part of something bigger, Azmond?| Boundless looked at the faded figure of the Primal Beast before turning her gaze back to a tall silver foxkin. "Hmm" Azmond heard the question voiced by her before he started to brood over the subject. After a few nanoseconds of pondering, he responded to Boundless: "That could be the case, and we could likely figure out the truth of the matter if we delved a little further, but there''s really no point in going through the trouble when we''re already so close to the topmost step," he ended with a nonchnt voice. And it wasn''t like he was wrong; they were indeed approaching the top floor of the Luminous Grounds, and 7 months had passed since they began their ascent of the Steps. Furthermore, his strength had long since breached into the first stage of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm! He had even resumed his extermination of all the ''heinous'' monsters in the Nightmare Council. That, of course, included all the Low-Rank Generals, High-Rank Generals, and the Low-Rank-High-Rank Monster Kings. The number of monsters he had ''cleaned up'' surpassed the hundreds of millions a few days ago, and it had even started to approach the billion-kill milestone! Which also meant that his stats had soared exponentially! That wasn''t even to mention all the ''kills'' he got from his ''Non-Main Party Members''. And they weren''t inactive in the least; in fact, for some odd reason, billions of them working together allotted him just about the same number of experience points he acquired from ''actively reaping experience points'' himself. ***** "Azmond, can we get some more sushi?" The soft, almost inaudible voice of Calista sounded out as she held Azmond''s hand. "Of course," he began with a kind smile. "Which ces would you like to go to this time?" He ended with a question. "..." Calista looked out at all the sushi joints that surrounded the branch of the Swanson Transportation Company before she pointed out a shop with a big glowing neon sign. "The ones with the big fish... they are tasty," she murmured. |Yah, yah, Azmond. Let''s go to that one!| Boundless chided in with a radiant smile. |They have those pretty, colorful fish! You know, the ones that go ''bluba bluba''!!| Her expression was as goofy as could be, as she attempted to imitate the way the live fish acted before they were killed. "..." "..." "..." Azmond, Emu, and Calista looked at such a disy with nk faces. They should honestly have already gotten used to her shenanigans after spending so long together, but somehow, or someway, she always managed to amaze them. "So, anyway, how has that Qi control practice beening along?" Azmond directed his question toward Calista as he awaited her response. And it didn''t take long before she replied, "It has been going well" Her voice came out in an indifferent tone; however, her expression showed that she was actually quite proud of what she had done. "Oh?" Azmond immediately noticed the sheen in her eyesa sheen that was just begging for some recognition. "Why don''t you show me your progress, then? I would love to see how far you improved from your previous Early Core Formation level control," he ended with a curious tone. It was clear that he only asked such a thing so Calista would have a chance to show off a little. *Step Step* She thought it over while they walked toward the sushi joint before she responded, "...Mhmm" Following such a response, she lifted her hands in the air as a misty gray Qi started to materialize in the area around them. WAAA! The energy almost seemed like it would go out of control and subsequently blow up the entire city, but before it could... "Mhmm" She moved her left hand a little so as to counteract the energy released from her other hand. WAaa Her aura died down a lot before reaching a manageable level. Following such a skillful disy of her control, she took it a step further and even started to condense the misty gray energy into a small, 2 foot-long kittyit started to dance around the group before eventually dispersing. *p! p! p!* ps echoed out from Azmond before he started to speak. "That was excellent, Calista!" He began with a wide smile as he started petting her fluffy hair. "You have already reached the Nascent Soul Realm in control. Give it a few more years, and your control should be able to catch up to your Unity Form Synthesis Realm power," he added with an approximate guess. Over thest half a year, Azmond had essentially taken Calista on a powertrain using his ''Main-Party Member'' function. He had not only put monsters into a half-dead state before letting her take the final kill. But he had also tutored her on all the different applications and improvements she could make with her Qi. One of such ''improvement tutorages'' was better control over her strength. The reason for such a ''tutorage'' was because she was utterly unable to control her strength after breaking through so many minor realms in such a short period of time. After all, she went from the peak stages of Qi Condensation to the Early Stages of Unity Form Synthesis in a matter of months! Such speed even beat Azmond in terms of blitzing through the realms! Chapter 299: Calista’s Internal Conflict, Stingcoil…? ..... Calista''s breakthroughs were, of course, all attributed to Azmond''s ''system features'', which ultimately meant that it was thanks to Boundless. But that''s besides the point. The main ''issue'' with such consecutive breakthroughs was that she had broken through to new realms so fast that her ''control'' could not keep up. And ack of control only spelled trouble for the timid girl... Azmond had learned the hard way what would happen if Calista was allowed full ess to her Unity Form Synthesis Realm power He wouldn''t doubt it if a few kingdoms disappeared off the face of the if she unleashed her power without the limiters he ced or hadplete control over her strength. And it was such plete control'' that the both of them were working towards. Nheless, no matter how talented Calista''stent talent was, it would still take years for her to obtain absolute control over her newfound strength. ... Azmond and the gang made their way over to a sushi joint called ''Fishtopia'', all while conversing among themselves,pletely ignoring the onlookers who stared at them as they walked by. Such an urrence was of course due to his handsome appearance as a High-Rank silver foxkin king. But in actuality, the majority of the pedestrians were looking at Calista It may not have seemed like it when she had a thin frame and grime all over her body, but her looks were astounding, to say the least. Those big, round, cloudy gray eyes, long, beautiful white hair, and her ''developing figure'' were capable of enrapturing even those of the same gender. However, Azmond allowed no such stares to go too far, as the more audacious ones who felt the need to approach her were given the death res of the century. In all honesty, he wanted to just kill all the men who gave her nasty stares and be done with it, but when he recalled the apprehension in her actions when she had to kill the ''half-dead'' monsters presented to her, he opted against it. So in the end, instead of doing it out in the open, he simply ''cleaned'' them up in secret. ''No one gives lecherous looks at my little angel and gets away with their life intact.'' His expression darkened by a few degrees before he was pulled out of his reverie by one such case of a ''toad attempting to eat swan meat''. A well-built man with medium-length blonde hair and dark brown eyes approached Calista with clear infatuation in his gaze. ''I have never seen a girl so beautiful in my entire life! I must get my grubby little hands on her!'' That was what Azmond assumed was going through that man''s head as he neared their group. "Excuse me, miss!" The blonde man attempted to get Calista''s attention as he appeared on the opposite side of Azmond. "... Mhmm?" Calista heard someone talking to her as she turned her head toward the source. Her face, in all its cuteness, slightly tilted in the blonde-haired man''s direction, and that was when it hit him! WHOOSH! *Arghh!!* "T-Too cute" He mumbled, his expression dazed. The current state of the man was nothing short of a hypothesized trace, as it would probably be a few minutes before he snapped out of it. "Azmond, why is there a statue man there?" Calista asked with a puzzled expression. Why had the statue started talking to her? Was it a magical statue?? *Pitter patter* She became a little scared at such an idea as she ran behind Azmond and clenched onto his silver kimono. "I wouldn''t worry too much about it, Calista," Azmond said, his hand petting her head. She popped her face out of his kimono before she whispered, "Really?" She believed Azmond wouldn''t lie to her, but when she saw the ''statue man'' not move, her expression turned a little weary. "Yeah, yeah, he will be ''taken'' off the streets in no time t, so why don''t we go ahead and head into the restaurant?" "..." Calista took one look at his face before a light blush emerged on her cheeks. It took her a few seconds to calm down before she responded, "Fish good." However, such a simple response was followed by her disappearing back into Azmond''s kimono. She didn''t want him to see the look she had on her face ''Why isn''t his disguise working anymore? Please work'' She bemoaned the effects that his charisma had on her even while using his ''lesser form''. "Hmm?" Azmond wondered what her reaction was all about. But after thinking about it for a second, he realized she was always like that. So he discarded the matter and lightly grabbed Calista''s hand before moving toward the entrance to ''Fishtopia''. However, just as they were about to step foot into the futuristic establishment, the bright afternoon sky suddenly had its light switch turned off. "Why did it be so dark all of a sudden?" He muttered, his expression one of confusion. His gaze traveled up to the sky, but what he sawor rather, what he didn''t seeleft him a little bit bewildered. "A sti-?" He attempted to get out his question, but before he could, a certain effervescent woman with long brown hair interrupted him. |Look, Azmond, it''s a flying sea fishy!| Boundless eximed, her eyes sparkling. What turned the bright day into ''night'' was, in actuality, just the head of a beast sorge that even the entire city of ''Lumina''that acted like the central hub of the fifteenth floorhad a tenth of the entire sky blotted out with just the head of the beast! "A stingray?" Azmond ultimately got out what he was trying to say, as the first thing he did was activate his Discerning Quantum Eye. A bright light shed as a system panel appeared in his vision! BLING! [Stingcoil: Tier 0: Level 290] {[Realm: Late Stages of Middle Unity Form Synthesis]}, {[Stats: Strength: 3,480,280k Speed: 3,360,170k Defense: 3,255,490k Qi: 3,103,350k {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} {[Secondary Lifeform Rtionship Status: ???. (Could be hostile)]} [Basic Information: The Stingcoil is a beast, typically in the Middle Unity Form Synthesis Realm, that travels along the fifteenth through neenth floors of the Luminous Grounds in the Nightmare Council (as long as there is a wide enough sky).] [The Stingcoil is a hybrid between a stingray and a snake; usually ck or dark red in color.] [It houses tens of millions of monsterkin as a form of ''housing'' being one of its main purposes (The aerial-based monsterkin live inside its feelers (impervious to the wind force that impacts the Stongcoil)).] [The Stingcoil was the fourteenth hybrid breed created by a few insane monsterkin scientists.] [It''s sole purpose for creation; Trying to take yet another step further toward creating mobile world''s], Aplishment status [Failed] [These ''world''s'' were supposed to allow a way for the mass majority of the monsterkin to travel out past the Starry Seaboard without needing to be in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [Failed] [Reason for failure: The Stingcoil (At least the ones with the ability to fly) died upon making it thousands of miles out from the border between the starry seaboard and the outer rims. They were not strong enough to resist the spatial anomalies that circle around the world of Asterion.]]} Chapter 300: Some Fun Before We Kill! ..... Azmond nced over his stat sheet before his voice sounded out in the area outside Fishtopia: "It looks the same ol ol from the next line of hybrid monsters. But what is this ''Secondary Lifeform'' thing all about?" He looked up at the Stingcoil before using his Discerning Quantum Eye; however, even after a few seconds of scanning, he couldn''t find whatever the original scan was talking about. "Maybe just a glitch?" |There are no glitches in the Discerning Quantum Eye, Azmond-| Boundless tried to get out what she wanted to say, but before she could WAAA! An immense aura well into the Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm exploded outward from above the Stingcoil! All the passersby didn''t even know what was happening, as before they knew it, a Stingcoil had left their usual hunting grounds and made its way above their city. And they thought that was the weirdest thing about their situation. But they were quickly proven wrong with the abrupt eruption of energy that came from on top of the Stingcoil! Or rather, two separate energy signatures... ... "We found you!" Two voices shouted out in unison as a couple unknown figures shed off the Stingcoil''s back before appearing in the streets below. FWIP! They moved over to a silver fox-kins approximate position before stopping a few meters away from him. "..." Azmond saw two girls with long blue hair and light blue eyes staring directly at him. "Hmm?" He looked left, right, and behind him to see if there was maybe someone else they were talking to, but everyone else had already fled. "Are you talking to me?" He had already turned his head back in their direction before he raised an eyebrow. The two women in maid outfits looked at each other for a second before they turned their shining eyes in his direction. "Yes, we''re talking to you!" The shorter one eximed. Azmond, upon getting his confirmation, only had one thing he wanted to ask them: "Why?" He didn''t recall ever meeting two ''well-rounded'', beautiful women in maid outfits. Were they some sort of scammers or something?? ''They won''t get my money'' His eyes darkened at such a thought as he would never be willing to part with his gold coins! They were his! "..." "..." Azure and Sapphire saw the look on their target''s face and couldn''t help but think that a misunderstanding had already been made between the three of them. "We are not criminals, you know?" Sapphire said, her eyes producing a confused glow. "Yeah, yeah! We are the furthest things from criminals!" Azure said while disying a demeanor more outgoing than her counterpart. "So you''re not here to rob me-?" Azmond tried to get out his question, but a sudden re from a certain effervescent beauty interrupted him. |Azmond, who are these cows!? They clearly know you from somewhere, so why weren''t they in your memories!?| Boundless started to berate him with every usation she could throw at him. And in response, she received, "Never met them before." Azmond''s expression was as neutral as possible while exining himself, but on the inside, he was sweating buckets. Not because of the ravings of Boundless, but because of... "Another woman?" Calista mumbled with watery eyes. ''Why is there another woman around Azmond?? Is Calista not good enough for him?'' Her glistening grays started to tear up as the waterworks were about to start again. But Azmond acted fast as he appeared next to the sniffling catkin girl and swooped her into his arms before petting her. Calista''s tail twirled around a little as she felt the warm pets, but she still didn''t like the two new women, so she gave them an ''evil'' stare. "Uhmm, excuse me? We haven''t introduced ourselves yet," Sapphire interjected,pletely ignoring the ''malevolent'' looks of the catkin. Azure wanted to do her part as well, so she put her hands on her sensual hips before she said, "Hoho! You guys dare to interrupt us!? I will have you know that-" "Be quiet, Azure. We need to be serious." Sapphire whacked her sister across the head before returning her attention back to their target, otherwise known as ''My Husband''. "So, My Husband, we regret to inform you that you will be dying today." Her voice came out in a blunt way as she stared emotionlessly at the silver foxkin. "Hmm?" Azmond wasn''t following what the tall, blue haired girl was saying. Why did she say he was going to die?? ''Wait Are they loony bins? That would exin why they rode on top of a Stingcoil beforending in front of us, and in the middle of a city to boot. The poor things.'' His gaze morphed into a sympathetic one as he felt bad about previously assuming that they were thieves. "I think he''s thinking weird things again, Sapphire" Azure looked toward her sister with a knowing gaze. "That would appear to be the case. But it is no matter," Sapphire responded, her tongue licking her lips. "He is quite the handsome one, so we can have a little fun with him before we ultimately have to kill him," she added with a nce over of his body. "Mhmkay!" Meanwhile, as the two of them were discussing the fate of Azmond, the man in question was in quite the predicament even without their ''assistance''. |You said you didn''t know them, youir!| Boundless puffed up her cheeks before lightly punching him in the arm. "I really don''t know them though," he replied with a helpless tone. |Liar, liar!| She began. |They called you their ''Husband''! And based on my knowledge of drama''s, I can infer that they havee here seeking vengeance after being abandoned by you!| She told him the ''truth'' of the matter as the aggrieved look on her face only got worse. |And here I thought that you were a kind man! But in reality, Y-You''re a scumbag!| "???" It''s official; Azmond was utterly lost. He had absolutely no clue what the hell was going on anymore! There was a moapy cat girl on one hand, a disgruntled housewife on another, and two unknown women calling him their ''husband'' on thest hand! He didn''t have enough hands to juggle all his problems at once! Chapter 301: Good Job Acquiring More Females, Companion! ..... "Mhmu!?" Emu was as confused as Azmond was, but unlike him, it could morph into katana form andtch onto his back, staying away from all the chaos. "..." Azmond looked at Emu leaving him to fend for himself as a downcast expression emerged on his face. "I have been abandoned" But, neither in this life nor hisst, would he ever be allowed to sulk, as there would always be ''distractions''. "Anyway, listen up, My Husband." Sapphire began. "Again?" Azmond''s attention was brought back to theical pair of maids as he couldn''t help butment his fate. Nheless, nothing in existence could''ve prepared him for the words that came next. "You will have some ''fun'' with us before you are killed, understood?" Sapphire ended with an unquestionable tone. Azmond was speechless. |...| Boundless was speechless. "..." "..." Even Emu and Calista were speechless! And they didn''t even know what exactly they were talking about! |Bakaaa!| "Sniffle Sniffle" "Mhmu!" ''Good job acquiring more females,panion!'' Everybody was going through a wide variety of different emotions, but the one going through the worst of it all was... ''Situations like these make me miss my old blue marble I called home,'' Azmond thought. *Sigh* A sigh escaped his mouth before he asked, "Can you two please exin to me who you are?" Azure and Sapphire suddenly realized something. "I think we forgot to introduce ourselves, Sapphire" "I am aware of that," Sapphire murmured. "Should we just y it off-cool?" Azure began with a silly expression. "I will go up to him and be like ''Get on your knees!'' And then you will go up behind him and say something like, ''This is your retribution; just take it!''. Something like that, right!?" *Whack!* "Ow! What was that for, Sapphire!?" Azure started to roll around on the ground while rubbing her head. *Jiggle Jiggle* And that was when Boundless truly obtained a perspective on the ''arsenal'' they were working with. She harrumphed before turning her head away and said, |Y-You pervert! I hate you, you stupid big meanie!| However, she wasn''t the only one with grievances. "Azmond not allowed to have other women. Calista enough" Calista mumbled with a despondent tone. "Well shit" Azmond didn''t even know how he should resolve the rut he found himself in, as everything he did or said only seemed to escte the situation instead of desecte it. ''Maybe I should just give up?'' He thought. ''No I still have to reach the peak, so that won''t work.'' He pondered over the options he had before eventually reaching the one he thought would work best. "I will just teach these two girls a lesson so that they learn not to mess with other people so much," he dered. And that was all it took for him to put his ''n'' into action. "So, what''re your names?" He asked. "Our names?" Both Azure and Sapphire questioned in unison. "Yeah, what are you two called?" They discussed among themselves for a second, and after deciding it wouldn''t harm them to tell him their names, they turned back to Azmond. "My name is Sapphire," Sapphire said in a monotone way. "And I am Azure! Otherwise known as the super-ultra coolest maid in all of AquaRing!" Azure''s rambunctious voice echoed out for a few milliseconds before she realized something. "Oops" "You idiot!" Sapphire pped her sister across the head! "Ow! ow! I''m sorry, okay!? You don''t have to hit me so hard!" "So you two are from the kingdom of AquaRing?" Azmond interjected with a curious tone. "N-No! I-I was just kidding!!" Azure began with a nervous voice. Her eyes darted around as she attempted to fabricate a lie that would fool all those around them! And that was when she saw it! "We''re actually from the Exploding Heaven Faction! Yeah, yeah, that is where wee from!" She was looking right at the embroidery on Azmond''s silver kimono when she said that, as it was obvious where she got the name from. ... "Oh?" Azmond raised an eyebrow as he observed the frantic behavior of the shorter girl. "What a coincidence, considering that I also originate from the Exploding Heaven Faction." "O-Oh, is that so? Yo-You must be from the outersect, but regardless, i-it''s nice to meet you, sect brother!" Azure said, her hands making erratic movements. She was as nervous as she could be! ''Why did I say I was from some name stered right on his shirt!? Why did I do it???'' Azure was freaking out internally, as she regretted ever opening her mouth! She should''ve just let Sapphire do all the talking! "H-However, regardless of my identity, you shall still be killed after we have some fun with you!" She attempted to salvage the situation; however, it seemed it just wasn''t her day. "Fun with me?" Azmond repeated, trying to figure out what she meant by that. But it didn''t take long for him to notice their dormant lust, and that was when he understood what the next step of his n would be. "Very well We shall have some fun before you kill me," he muttered with a ''defeated'' expression. However, if one looked close enough, they would see a small sinister smirk stered on his handsome face. *Tap tap* He leisurely walked over to the two beautiful maids of his own free will, leaving Emu, Boundless, and Calista alone and confused. They had no clue what he was up to, but after being around him for so long, they knew that it was likely nothing good. However, not everyone was simply confused, as a certain catkin girl was going through a multitude ofplex emotions. "Azmond go with other women?" Calista began with teary eyes. "Sniffle.. He abandoned Calista? Sniffle" She clenched her frilly dress as the tears almost started to fall. But before they could... ''I will be back in around ten hours. Boundless was asked to get you all a room at a nearby hotel.'' Azmond''s voice was transmitted to Calista through his psychic-like abilities as he started to inform her of his absence. Chapter 302: Conversing On The Stingcoil ..... ''I also asked Boundless to get you some of that to-go sushi you''ve been wanting from the nearby food market... Be a good girl, and we can eat sushi every day when I get back, Kay?'' Azmond''s transmission ended on a soft note as he looked behind him and nced at the far less depressed Calista. Although she was still a little glum, she was doing far better than she was. His gaze refocused back on the two blue-haired maids, as he had quite the surprise in store for them. "You''re really going to willinglye to your death?" Sapphire asked, her face full of astonishment. She was sure that Azure''s ''mishap'' had ruined any chances they had of making the proceedings go smoothly. But it looked like she had nothing to worry about in the end. Azmond observed the bewilderment present on their faces before he said, "What can I say? I don''t mind dying if it''s for two beautiful women like yourselves~" Following his smooth words, he made his way around the two voluptuous maids before grabbing them by their waists. "Wha-?" "Rides-?" They were both a little taken aback by their target''s sudden boldness, but they weren''t the ones toin. This would make for the easiest mission they had everpleted! Usually, the handsome men would fight back upon learning of their destined deaths and ''fun-time'', but it looked like this one was different. Nheless, they weren''t ones to brood over such useless matters, as they confirmed the realm of this man to be in the Peak Golden Core Formation Stage. Such a weak cultivator would serve as nothing more than a ything for them in battle and in bed. Sapphire motioned toward the Stingcoil before she said, "Let''s get right to it, then." WHOOSH! The Stingcoil leaned its massive head down before reaching a point where it barely levitated above the tallest building in the City. *Whoop!* Sapphire, along with Azure and Azmond, leaped up on top of the Stingcoil before it subsequently took off in a seemingly arbitrary direction outside of the City. WHAZOOM! It whizzed by all the colossal red buildings of the futuristic city before it aimed its grandiose body in the direction of arge assortment of mountain ranges a few thousand miles out. And on top of the Stingcoil, a tall man around 6''4 was conversing with a short blue-haired woman who couldn''t have been past 5''2 in height. "How much ''experience'' do you have, My Husband?" Azure asked, her curiosity piqued. She had heard the princess talk about this man too many times to count, and after so long of hearing of her infatuation with him, she assumed that they had already done the deed at least once. Azmond''s yful gaze traveled down to the short beauty before he responded, "I can tell you. But first, you have to tell me why you and that other one keep calling me ''My Husband''." "Well I don''t really need to tell you, but since you are being so easy, I''ll do it out of the kindness of my heart!" Azure followed up such a chauvinisticment by saying that she and Sapphire were, in actuality, the maids who served directly under the Queen of the AquaRing Kingdom. And then she went on to say that she called Azmond ''My Husband'' because that''s what his target name was. Hearing such an exnation only confused Azmond, so he asked, "Why would my target name be such a thing? And why does the AquaRing Kingdom even have a target on my back to begin with?? I don''t recall ever offending them." He had, of course, remembered the name of the ce Aqua originated from being AquaRing, but that was the only interaction he ever really had with the kingdom, and he recalled it being quite a favorable encounter as well. So why was there suddenly a kill order out for his head from the kingdom that Aqua was a princess of?? However, his questions would soon be answered by the silly, blue-eyed maid: "Well, all those questions are quite simple!" Azure began with a wide grin. "You are the ''husband'' of our princess Aqua, which is why you have that ''nickname''. And that is also the reason why you are being targeted!" "Wait What!?" Azmond blurted out with a baffled voice. ''What the hell is this girl talking about!? What does she mean by me being the ''husband'' of Aqua!? I don''t remember marrying anybody in either of my lifetimes!'' "Why are you so surprised?" Azure asked. "Didn''t you and Aqua already do the deed??" Azmond was taken out of his stupor as he heard the short girl ask him a question. "What ''deed''?? Me and Aqua only knew each other for a few brief minutes before we parted ways," he replied, puzzlement overtaking his expression. "Yeah, you know? Baking the bun, snu snu, the bees, and the birds! You two have fucked, haven''t you??" Azurepletely ignored the part about him and Aqua not even knowing each other for an hour as she hounded him with even more questions pertaining to his ''sex life'' with the princess of their kingdom. ... The conversation between Azure and Azmond continued for a few minutes as they approached a mountain top that was only a few hundred miles away. And it was through such a ''thorough'' conversation that Azmond realized that he had no idea how a conversation could go so out of context! The ditzy princess he met over a decade ago had been calling him ''my husband'' ever since. Furthermore, they apparently had plenty of ''intimate moments'' in the minds of all the subordinates to the Queen!! He was so lost in his own string of tumultuous chaos that he didn''t even know if he was following the same script anymore! "T-This situation is truly something else" He muttered, his eyes dazed. He had never been so confused in his entire life! And the entire situation was focused around him for God''s sake! .... Chapter 303: What Sort Of Positions Do You Like!? ..... "Did Princess Aqua not tell you about your own rtionship?" Azure began with a quizzical tone. Although their ''rtionship'' was never made official and would never be made official, every single servant that resided in the castle had heard the princess talk about ''Azmond'' or her ''angel'' just about every single day that she wasn''t absorbed in her cultivation sessions. It was practically an ongoing fact in the Royal Castle of AquaRing that their princess and some unknown man she met after sneaking out with a few weak guards was ''her husband''. At least, that was the case in the whimsical sense. Nheless, there was also the rumor that all the servants, squires, advisers, and anyone who lived on the castle grounds had heard spreading around. That rumor was centered around one of the Royal Princes of the FireGod Empire throwing his weight around in the Royal Capital before he eventually caught sight of Aqua taking a strond on that day, she had a look of longing on her face as she thought about a certain ''Angel''. And it was due to that look and her otherworldly beauty that the Royal Prince of the FireGod Empire marched his way into the gates of the Royal Castle before proposing marriage! The princess had vehemently resisted a disgusting notion such as marrying that pig! But under the pressure emitted by the Royal Prince and the ''reprimands'' of her mother, she was forced to agree to the marriage proposal whether she wanted it to happen or not. Furthermore, since that day, Princess Aqua had stayed locked up in her room, immersed in her cultivation, and unwilling to greet a single person. She had also stopped eating and drinking afterwards as well. Not that she really needed it with how high her cultivation was, but it still worried the servants, and especially her mother, greatly. Nevertheless, their Queen had told them that she was just hard at cultivation, so none of them took any drastic actions against her self-istion. But it was due to such a series of events that made the servants even more curious about the existence of a man who could sway the princess''s heart to such a degree. Because, before the princess went out to get a gift for her grandfather''s birthday and subsequently met her ''husband'', she was unresponsive to just about anything that anybody said. Even her rtionship with her own family seemed distant from the perspective of the servants. However, after meeting that unknown man, she started to change. Her previously despondent attitude morphed into something more weing and outgoing. She even started to make some new friends! But after hearing of her arranged marriage, she closed herself off from the world as she entered a deep state of cultivationa cultivation state that she had been in for almost a year now ... It all started with a simple stroll. And when the servants of the Royal Castle heard of such a tale unraveling with so much drama, their curiosity reached an all-time high! That, of course, didn''t exclude the two sisters, Azure and Sapphire. "So, My Husband, what sort of positions do you like?" Azure blurted out, her eyes shining a little. "My what?" Azmond asked with an utterly baffled expression. He had never seen such brazen, wanton behavior in his entire life! He was positive that the shorter one definitely had a screw loose. However, he wasn''t too keen on the sanity of the taller maid. But if the shorter one was any indication of theirbined rationality, then he was sure that the taller one had to be aplete nutcase as well. Nheless, in spite of his thoughts, he responded, "I don''t know" "You don''t know?? Really??" Azure eximed. She couldn''t believe that he didn''t have any favorite positions! "???" Observing such a reaction from the short maid puzzled Azmond a little bit. "Why are you acting like you have a favorite position?" He asked. "What do you mean!? I have plenty of favorite positions-" She was about to go on a long rant about what she liked when it came to bedtime activities, but... "Lies," he interjected. "... It''s not a lie," she said, her face puffing up a little. "But it is." Azmond began. "One look at you, and I could immediately tell that you''re a virgina virgin who''s a few hundred years old, but a virgin nheless." He ended with a slight grin. "Wh-What!? Pr-Preposterous! How can you tell that with just a nce!?" Azure blurted out with a look of disbelief. But it didn''t take long for her to realize her blunder as she jolted up before speaking again. "Err I mean, you have no idea what you''re talking about! I have plenty of experience when ites to the sex! Just ask anyone I know, and they will tell you about all the sex I have done!" Her attempts at convincing Azmond fell on deaf ears, as he wasn''t believing a single thing she said. After all, he truly did have the ''eyes'' to see the truth of the matter. And that ''truth'' just so happened toe in the form of a user interface screen! Furthermore, such a ''truth'' also had to do with his ''n'' and the reason why he would be leaving Emu, Boundless, and Calista alone for the next ten hours. The fates of the two maid girls in the Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm could be decided by Azmond in the blink of an eye, as all he would have to do was simply kill them both and be done with it. But he felt like that would be too boring. Plus, that wasn''t even to mention that he could gain quite a bit of power if he took a different course of action. There was also the fact that both of them possessed quite the special identities. All he had to do to understand the ''truth'' was look at their user interfaces, and he would understand everything he needed to know, which was exactly what he did... Chapter 304: (Skip if you dont want background information.) The Backgrounds Of Azure And Sapphire ..... Two bright lights shed as two separate system interfaces appeared in Azmond''s vision. BLING! [Sapphire Amberly: Tier 0: Level 308] [Age: 1525 years old] [Cultivation: Peak Stages of the Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm] [Combat Strength: Canpete with some Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm Cultivators] {[Stats: Strength: 75,800,000k, Speed: 78,600,000k, Defense: 79,500,000k, Qi: 73,100,000k]} {[Rtionship Status: Hostile/Neutral]} [Personality: She is stern, staid, and usually unresponsive.] [Body Measurements: 95cm/59cm/92cm| E-Cup Breasts| {[Background Information]} [Sapphire Amberly was born in the Kingdom of AquaRing and lived her life in a baron-level household until she reached past her low-noble birth and achieved a level of power where she could be considered a powerhouse in the Kingdom of AquaRing.] [Sapphire was the fifth daughter of her household and possessed essentially no chance of inheriting the position as crowned heir of House Amberly, but even in spite of such circumstances, she managed to use her overwhelming talent and hard work to climb her way up thedder of her household within the short span of 20 years before she overtook the social structure of her family and became the leader of House Amberly at the tender age of 21.] [After taking reigns over House Amberly and achieving a Golden Core Formation Realm before she turned 22, she made her way over to the Arena of Championsan Arena that hosted apetition that only came around once every 100 yearsThe Centennial sh!] [She participated in the Centennial sh, and although she was unable to take the top spot, she still managed to ce within the top 100,000! That may not seem like a lot, but out of tens of millions of contestants far older than herself, she somehow managed to snatch a spot in the top 100,000. [All of which went to show just how much talent and how much work she put into cultivation!]] [All those years ago, after cing within the top 100,000, she gained the recognition of a few select members within the VIP stands.] [One of said ''select members'' was the Queen of the AquaRing Kingdom!] [One thing led to another, and Sapphire, along with her younger sister, Azure, managed to take up positions as the personal maids of Marina (The Queen) and they have been in such a position for thest 1500 years!] {[Interesting Trivia]} [Sapphire talks about sex like an unruly woman, but in actuality, she has never had sex in her entire life.] [The only thing she ever does with the ''handsome men'' is put them into a trance and a phantasmal version of herself out on a y with the ''handsome men''] [She does this so as to uphold her reputation as one not to be messed with. This was also down to make her look like a slut who sleeps with just about anybody.] [When she was weaker, this was the only way to keep away all the lecherous men who were after her body.] ... [Azure Amberly: Tier 0: Level 307] [Age: 1523 Years Old] {[Stats: Strength: 74,800,000k, Speed: 76,200,000k, Defense: 78,900,000k, Qi: 75,700,000k]} {[Rtionship Status: Hostile/Neutral]} [Personality: She is silly, outgoing, and rash.] [Body Measurements: 98cm/57cm/91cm| F-Cup Breasts| [Azure Amberly was born in the Kingdom of AquaRing and lived her life in a baron-level household until she followed along with her sister, Sapphire, and ascended past her low-noble birth and achieved a level of power where she could be considered a powerhouse in the Kingdom of AquaRing.] [Azure was the sixth daughter of her household and possessed essentially no chance of inheriting the position as crowned heir of House Amberly, but she could care less about such a title, as the only thing she wanted to do was see where her sister, Sapphire, would go and follow along with her.] [After standing behind her sister as she took over reins of House Amberly, she waited for her sister''s next course of action, as she didn''t care what ''actions'' that would be.] [She participated in the Centennial sh along with her sister, and although she was unable to take the top spot, just like her sister, she still managed to ce within the top 100,000! Azure may not seem like the type, but she put in just as much work in cultivation as her sister.] [After cing within the top 100,000, exactly like her sister, she gained the recognition of a few select members within the VIP stands,] [One thing led to another, and Azure, along with her younger sister, Sapphire, managed to take up positions as the personal maids of Marina (The Queen) and they have been in such a position for thest 1500 years!] [Azure talks about sex like an unruly woman, following in the footsteps of her sister, but in actuality, she has never had sex in her entire life.] [The only thing she ever does with the ''handsome men'' is inspect their bodies a little before handing them off to her sister until it is time to kill them.] [She does things for no particr reason; however, since she was with her sister the entire time, the warding effect on all the strong men in the capital worked like a charm for her as well!] [ording to her, she even got a ''cool'' nickname as well, which was the ''Little Mynx''!] The System Screens that appeared were thergest ones yet, but it was due to such a vast assortment of information that Azmond was able to learn quite a lot about the two blue-haired girls''quite a lot'' indeed. "..." His eyes traveled down to the measurement area, as it wasn''t until after he used the Discerning Quantum Eye that he realized just how ''big'' the two maids were. Especially the younger one, ''Azure''. But that''s besides the point, as what really caught his attention was the ''Centennial sh'' that both Azure and Sapphire had participated in over a thousand years ago... Chapter 305: (R-18) What’s Happening On Top Of The Stingcoil?? .... Although Azmond had no clue what exactly this ''Centennial sh'' really was, he assumed that it was likely a gathering of all the talents in the AquaRing Kingdom and probably the weaker nearby kingdoms as well. He wanted to know more about it; however, such information wasn''t directly rted to the two beautiful maids, so he wasn''t able to glean anything pertaining to the Centennial sh, for now at least. His ''n'' was certain to unveil that information for him without any issues, and he might even be able to understand more about the ''situation'' in the Luminous Grounds. And it didn''t take long before he started speaking to the short, flustered beauty once more: "So, you''re saying that you have had sex?" He asked with a small smirk. Azure was a little surprised over seeing the target talk again, but she couldn''t mess up her facade, so she responded, "O-Of course! I have had the sex many, many times! Too many times to count in fact!" "Is that so? Then you wouldn''t mind if I put that to the test, would you~?" He began with a seductive voice. "I won''t do anything too drastic, but if you are as avid of a sex beast as you say you are, then I''m sure such fundamental ''things'' would be nothing to you. Am I right~?" Unbeknownst to the short maid, Azmond had already made his way around her as his hands gently touched her snow-white shoulders. "Mhmmf~! We-Well.. If it will show you how truthful my words are, then I don''t mind" Azure''s usually boisterous voice died down a little as her eyes erratically flickered. "Ho? I see you''re quite confident in your skills as a ''sex master'', huh~?" Azmond put words into her mouth in an attempt to coerce her even further. "Y-Yes, Of Course! I shall see if you have what it takes to unt your meager skills in front of me, the Sex Master!" And such ''coercion'' worked like a charm! ''Heh'' He chuckled a little inside his mind before he moved his hands throughout her sensual body while activating his Heavenly Massage Technique. His sneaky hands made their way to an extremely sensitive spot on her stomach, and a reaction was immediately heard. "Ahhn~! T-That is~! Do-Don''t touch there, Y-You pervert~!" She moaned with a hand up to her mouth. Her milky white hips started to rub against each other as she felt something course throughout her body, particrly in the area around her heavenly cave. She tried to swat away his hands with her ''superior strength''; however, such attempts were thwarted away easier than breathing for Azmond. "Wh-What!? H-How could that be!? You are merely in the Golden Core Formation Realm!" She eximed with an astonished expression. However, such astonishment soon turned into a different sort of look as his right hand went to her hard right nipple before flicking it a little. "Mhmmf~!" He followed up such an attack with abo as he took his left hand and stuck it in her tight maid outfit. Hisrge fingers quickly found their targets as they started to pinch and twist her light pink clit! "AAahnn~!! N-No, St-Stop it~!! Something weird ising~!!" Azure clenched onto his silver kimono as a loud, ecstasy-filled moan soon followed. "N-NOooo~!!! AAaaahhnn~!!!" *Squirt! Squirt!* Something sweet yet tangy gushed out of her sopping wet pussy as she copsed into Azmond''s arms with an ahegao face! ***** Azure''s moans echoed throughout therge, city-sized back of the Stingcoil as a certain blue-haired maid, a little taller than Azure, immediately heard themotion sound out from a few miles away. Sapphire''s face turned a deep shade of red before she murmured, "T-Those perverts are doing naughty things I told Azure to simply put on a facade as a sexual veteran, like we always do. But it looks like she''s ready to take the final step" The blush on her face only deepened at such a realization. "AAAaaahhhnnn~!!" And the moans were only getting louder and louder as it appeared like things were escting on the other side of the Stingcoil. "..." Hearing such pleasure-filled moans left Sapphire in a state of disarray, as she didn''t know what she should do. Joining in with them had crossed her mind; however, she wasn''t ready for a step so big, but regardless of her resistance against such an idea, her legs started to rub together, and an itchy feeling began to fester in her private parts. Sapphire had abstained from any form of sexual interaction her entire life, and she wanted to keep it that way until the day she died. But upon hearing the sensual moans of her little sister enjoying something surely beyond heavenly, something started to change inside of her. "T-They could be a little more quiet" She mumbled, her pristine whites biting her red lips. Something unknown started to leak out of her private area as her frilly white and blue dress became stained with something sticky. "I-I" Sapphire didn''t know what was going through her mind anymore, but all she could hear was the moans of her sister getting louder and louder as it seemed like they crossed a forbidden line. She put her pretty face into her legs as she crunched up into a ball, unable to decide what to do. At least, that was the case until... "I have already turned over 1500 years old. It''s time that I stop acting like a child!" She began with a sudden change of attitude. "It isn''t like I''ll be stuck with that silver foxkin for the rest of my life. We''ll simply use him for real this time before we kill him and forget this ever happened," she ended with a resolute expression. She had already decided what she would do next as her figure blurred before she made her way over to the ensuing cacophony of heavenly sounds, lust overtaking her countenance. However, when she arrived at where Azmond and Azure were, a bewildered and slightly frightened look formed on her face. ..... Chapter 306: (R-18) Have You Come To Join The Party…? ..... Sapphire''s resolved expression died down before, with a shaky tone, she asked, "W-What is this?" What she saw was a wet mess of unknown liquids scattered throughout an entire section of the Stingcoil, and at the center of those liquids was her sister the way she came into the world, with her alluring body ced on top of a human''s meat rod. And the human in question had a fierce glint in his deep blue eyeseyes that were but a mere part of an otherworldly handsome face! Azmond''s appearance, after so many breakthroughs, had only be even more extraordinarily handsome! "I-I" Sapphire mumbled. She came here with a confident glow, but after arriving, she was left with nothing but bewilderment! There was, of course, the despondent state of her little sister, but there was also the devilishly handsome face of their targeta face thatpletely dominated the body of her little sister! Sapphire had heard from a few ''informanants'' about the ability that their target ''My Husband'' possessedan ability that allowed him to transform from his human form to a silverfoxkin and vice versa. Furthermore, she had also heard rumors about the divine appearance of the man''s human form through Aqua; however, she had just assumed that she was overexaggerating! But after she had witnessed the appearance of the man firsthand, she realized something. "So beautiful," she murmured, her eyes hypnotized. But such a dazed state didn''tst for long as the honeyed voice of the man in question sounded out as he muttered, "Oh~? It looks like you havee to join the party~" Azmond''s devilish gaze traveled up the plump curves of Sapphire before he took the drenched body of Azure off his Holy Excalibur. *Drip! Drip!* White and clear liquids leaked out of her pussy after his meat rod left its ''resting ce''. "Mhmm~!" Azure moaned a little in her unconscious state with an enticing grimace before she went back to sleep, her expression nothing but content. "..." Sapphire became a little apprehensive upon seeing such a sight as she realized something else: ''He''s powerful...'' She may have been enamored by his appearance in the beginning, but she was, after all, over 1500 years old and had experienced many things over her long life. It didn''t take a genius to know that Azure waspletely and utterly submissive the entire time they were locked in their ''perverse activities''. But Sapphire knew her sister, and she knew for a fact that she would refuse to be ''taken down'' by someone weaker than her, no matter if it were for fun or not. So that went to say that what she was witnessing was something iprehensible! Nheless, her mind had already changed due to such new information as she decided what she had to do in that split second. RUMBLE! An extreme level of energy erupted from her, as it even caused the Stingcoil to tilt downward mid-flight! AWARGGHHH! The Stingcoil bellowed a little before resuming its previous trajectory with a disgruntled expression. "Ho~? You''re strong, huh~?" Azmond mused, his gaze focused on the immense, regal blue aura emanating from Sapphire. After fully unleashing all her strength, she replied, "Of course I''m strong!" "And I won''t be taken by surprise like my sister! Although I don''t know how you managed to conceal your strength so well, it matters not!" She added with a ferocious glint in her eyes. Azmond licked his lips a little while watching Sapphire''s voluptuous body ricochet before, in a seductive voice, he said, "Is that so~?" WAAAA!! A dark, crimson-colored energy sted out of him as it trumped hers by an unquestionable amount! RUMBLEE!!! The Stingcoil was sted face first into a mountain range! BOooOOoOOOM!! AWARGGHHH!! Arge crater was formed on the blood-colored surface of the Fifteenth Step as the Stingcoily motionless, not dead, but definitely knocked out cold. Sapphire witnessed such a spectacle go down firsthand, as astonishment beyond anything she''d ever known welled up inside her! Her stuttering voice followed not long after as she muttered, "Yo-You''re supposed to be in the Golden Core Formation Realm, and even after discovering that you yed the pig to eat the tiger, your strength should''ve been below the Tribtion Transcendence Realm" "So how is it that you have an aura surpassing even veteran 1st Stage Tribtion Transcendence Realm Masters!?!?" She couldn''t believe it! She refused to believe it! All the information they knew about their target waspletely incorrect! Azmond looked at the wide-eyed look on her face before he said in a yful voice, "I could tell you why I''m so strong, but I think it''d be far more productive if I just showed you instead~" "What do you mean by that-!?" Sapphire attempted to get out her voice, but as soon as Azmond made such a deration... FWIP! His nude figure disappeared before appearing right behind the unholy body of the naughty maid. Following such an untraceable and unnoticeable action, he whispered, "Boo~" Hot air blew into her right ear before she let out a heavenly moan, "Aahn~!" Her soft and squishy figure immediately bounced away out of fright, but she wasn''t able to get far before two firm arms gently tugged her by the waist. "You came to the wolf''s den of your own free will, and yet you think you can leave whenever you wish to~?" "L-Let me go!" She squirmed around inside of his arms, attempting to break free; however, even with her Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm strength, she was unable to budge an inch! Azmond put his face next to her wless neck before he licked it a little and said, "Toote for regret now, My Dear~, you wanted to have some ''fun'' so why don''t we have some fun right now~?" He bit her left ear a little before his hand moved down into the wet mush below her frilly maid dress. "Mhmmf~! St-Stop it, you pervert~!" She moaned. However, the only thing she got in response was a sly grin as he went even deeper into her tight, squishy insides. ''Heh. These will be a wonderful ten hours, that''s for certain'' Azmond''s thoughts faded out before a cacophony of explosive moans pervaded the air above the Stingcoil. ... Even 100,000 words wouldn''t be able to describe the ongoings of the ''fun'' urring on top of a beastrger than most cities... ... Chapter 308: Ho? I’m The Creep? ..... "Hmm" Azmond nced over the details of his system interface and noticed that a lot of things had changed since thest time he opened it. In fact, practically everything, besides a few of his skills, was altered and augmented in one way or another. The first thing he observed was obviously his strength, which included his stats, skills,ws andwprehensions, sword aura, cultivation, and, of course, the bonuses he got from his dual cultivation sessions. And it was due to all of the aforementioned variables that his strength was able to soar exponentially! He was at least tens of thousands of times stronger now than he was before he started climbing up the steps of the Luminous Grounds! Steps that he still hadn''t made it to the top of... But that matter was for another, not too distant, time. Extending off the previous note, what really attracted his attention was all the neww and subsequentwprehensions he had obtained through his ''clean up'' operation. Although the number ofws he gained was nothing to write home about, it was still quite a lot considering that he had only taken out a couple of Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm monsters. It looked like his luck actually wasn''t too bad if you considered hisw-to-realm gain ratio. But that wasn''t even the best part of it all. The best part was that his gold and spiritual stone reserves had increased tremendously! If what he had before was considered affluent for one at the peak of the Unity Form Synthesis Realm, then what he had now was at the level of a rich man in the first stage of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm! "This is good for my health," he mumbled. There truly was nothing more pleasing to the eye than seeing his gold, exp, and strength stats go up. ... "..." Azmond''s gaze went back to the Law section as his good mood turned a little sour. He wished he had a way to increase hiswprehension rates without the absorption of beings who had the samewprehensions, but he had already asked Boundless about it a few days ago, and she said he would need to reach the Void Refining Realm at the very minimum before he would be able to understand andprehendws himself. He had learned a bit about the Void Refining Realm a while back; the center focus of the topic was on the ''Void Realm'' that cultivators who wanted to break through into the Void Refining Realm would need to ''enter'' in order to sessfully break through. This ''Void Realm'' was some sort of extrayer of space that was immersed in the ''Void Law'', and it was only through being exposed to parts of this ''Void Law'' that a cultivator could truly begin their path to understanding the uncountable number ofws that make up everything in the universe. He would naturally learn more about such a thing at ater date. The only thing he cared about now was resolving the little ''situation'' he had with Azure and Sapphire before he attempted to make his way up to the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Neenth, Twentieth, and maybe even the twenty-first floor. Nheless, in spite of his ambitions, he still had no clue how to get to the elusive twenty-first floor, and he also had not an inkling of an idea of what exactly hid beyond the world-like steps of the Luminous Grounds. He, of course, had his spections, but in the end, they were all just spections. No matter how many times he mulled over it or scanned the Luminous Grounds with his Discerning Quantum Eye, he couldn''t find out more than the surface level of thingsa surface level that only scratched the surface of each Step that he scanned. It appeared that the Steps themselves functioned as independent objects or something of the sort. Azmond wished to delve deeper than that, but it didn''t seem like the Discerning Quantum Eye could pinpoint the exact existence of any of the steps. He had no clue what exactly that meant for him, but he knew that it was likely to be nothing good, for that meant there was something extremely unusual and abstract happening within the Luminous Grounds of the Nightmare Council. There was also the mystery concerning the sudden appearance of powerful monsters on the lower Steps, and the oddities of the lionkin called the ''Primal Beast''. So much to understand and no ce to start... Or at least, there was nothing that he could figure out without going past the neenth floor. ***** "Mhmm" Azmond was abruptly taken out of his stupor by the sudden movements of a certain blue-haired beauty right next to him. Sapphire got up with a lethargic look on her face before she ascertained her situation. And that was when it hit herall the things that she and their target had done for what felt like an eternity. She looked in the direction of Azmond before she said, "Y-You, Pervert! You lured us in before trapping us in your lust fest!" Sapphire berated him with an aggrieved look on her face as she threw that lusty body of hers in his direction. Azmond mused with a small smirk on his face before he said, "Are you sure I''m the pervert here? Look down, My Dear~" "???" Sapphire didn''t understand what he was getting at until she turned her gaze down and saw that she was letting everything hang loose! "Ahhh!" She shrieked while putting her arms around her breasts. "St-Stop looking, y-you creep!" "Ho? I''m the creep here? Who''s the one that wanted to ''eat me up'' from the very get-go, I wonder~?" He rebuked. "T-That was" "That was what~?" Azmond had already made his way over to the disgruntled beauty as he slid his hands down those unholy curves of hers. "Mhmff~! S-Stop that~!" Her moans resounded out as she attempted to thwart his advances; however, her body didn''t appear to be listening to hermands! ... Chapter 308: Ho? I’m The Creep? ..... "Hmm" Azmond nced over the details of his system interface and noticed that a lot of things had changed since thest time he opened it. In fact, practically everything, besides a few of his skills, was altered and augmented in one way or another. The first thing he observed was obviously his strength, which included his stats, skills,ws andwprehensions, sword aura, cultivation, and, of course, the bonuses he got from his dual cultivation sessions. And it was due to all of the aforementioned variables that his strength was able to soar exponentially! He was at least tens of thousands of times stronger now than he was before he started climbing up the steps of the Luminous Grounds! Steps that he still hadn''t made it to the top of... But that matter was for another, not too distant, time. Extending off the previous note, what really attracted his attention was all the neww and subsequentwprehensions he had obtained through his ''clean up'' operation. Although the number ofws he gained was nothing to write home about, it was still quite a lot considering that he had only taken out a couple of Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm monsters. It looked like his luck actually wasn''t too bad if you considered hisw-to-realm gain ratio. But that wasn''t even the best part of it all. The best part was that his gold and spiritual stone reserves had increased tremendously! If what he had before was considered affluent for one at the peak of the Unity Form Synthesis Realm, then what he had now was at the level of a rich man in the first stage of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm! "This is good for my health," he mumbled. There truly was nothing more pleasing to the eye than seeing his gold, exp, and strength stats go up. ... "..." Azmond''s gaze went back to the Law section as his good mood turned a little sour. He wished he had a way to increase hiswprehension rates without the absorption of beings who had the samewprehensions, but he had already asked Boundless about it a few days ago, and she said he would need to reach the Void Refining Realm at the very minimum before he would be able to understand andprehendws himself. He had learned a bit about the Void Refining Realm a while back; the center focus of the topic was on the ''Void Realm'' that cultivators who wanted to break through into the Void Refining Realm would need to ''enter'' in order to sessfully break through. This ''Void Realm'' was some sort of extrayer of space that was immersed in the ''Void Law'', and it was only through being exposed to parts of this ''Void Law'' that a cultivator could truly begin their path to understanding the uncountable number ofws that make up everything in the universe. He would naturally learn more about such a thing at ater date. The only thing he cared about now was resolving the little ''situation'' he had with Azure and Sapphire before he attempted to make his way up to the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Neenth, Twentieth, and maybe even the twenty-first floor. Nheless, in spite of his ambitions, he still had no clue how to get to the elusive twenty-first floor, and he also had not an inkling of an idea of what exactly hid beyond the world-like steps of the Luminous Grounds. He, of course, had his spections, but in the end, they were all just spections. No matter how many times he mulled over it or scanned the Luminous Grounds with his Discerning Quantum Eye, he couldn''t find out more than the surface level of thingsa surface level that only scratched the surface of each Step that he scanned. It appeared that the Steps themselves functioned as independent objects or something of the sort. Azmond wished to delve deeper than that, but it didn''t seem like the Discerning Quantum Eye could pinpoint the exact existence of any of the steps. He had no clue what exactly that meant for him, but he knew that it was likely to be nothing good, for that meant there was something extremely unusual and abstract happening within the Luminous Grounds of the Nightmare Council. There was also the mystery concerning the sudden appearance of powerful monsters on the lower Steps, and the oddities of the lionkin called the ''Primal Beast''. So much to understand and no ce to start... Or at least, there was nothing that he could figure out without going past the neenth floor. ***** "Mhmm" Azmond was abruptly taken out of his stupor by the sudden movements of a certain blue-haired beauty right next to him. Sapphire got up with a lethargic look on her face before she ascertained her situation. And that was when it hit herall the things that she and their target had done for what felt like an eternity. She looked in the direction of Azmond before she said, "Y-You, Pervert! You lured us in before trapping us in your lust fest!" Sapphire berated him with an aggrieved look on her face as she threw that lusty body of hers in his direction. Azmond mused with a small smirk on his face before he said, "Are you sure I''m the pervert here? Look down, My Dear~" "???" Sapphire didn''t understand what he was getting at until she turned her gaze down and saw that she was letting everything hang loose! "Ahhh!" She shrieked while putting her arms around her breasts. "St-Stop looking, y-you creep!" "Ho? I''m the creep here? Who''s the one that wanted to ''eat me up'' from the very get-go, I wonder~?" He rebuked. "T-That was" "That was what~?" Azmond had already made his way over to the disgruntled beauty as he slid his hands down those unholy curves of hers. "Mhmff~! S-Stop that~!" Her moans resounded out as she attempted to thwart his advances; however, her body didn''t appear to be listening to hermands! ... Chapter 309: Wha~!? Enemy Attack~? ..... Azmond observed the reactions of Sapphire before he said seductively, "Stop what~? Be more specific~" Hisrge hands made their way into her open heavenly cave as he started his work on assuaging her ''emotions'' A few minutes passed by *Pant pant* The soft heaving of a busty, blue-haired woman resounded out as her entire body seemed to make waves with every little movement she made. And beside such a glorious sight, a tall, otherworldly handsome man with long raven ck hair and yful blue eyes was gazing down at her sprawled-out body. Azmond watched his thick white liquids leak out of her heavenly cave as he felt content with the work he had done. And just as he was about to celebrate a job well done, he suddenly heard another soft sound escape the mouth of a different beautiful blue-haired girl. "Mhmm Hotdogs?" Azure awoke with a mumble as she jolted up before looking around with a voracious look on her face. However, she seemed oddly disappointed after not being able to find what she was looking for. At least that was the case until she saw a meat rod hanging directly in front of her face. "Hotdog?" She mumbled, drool leaking out of her mouth. "..." Azmond looked at Azure staring down his Holy Excalibur and couldn''t help but find the short woman quite cute. Especially considering that she was over 1500 years old. Nheless, he didn''t want to stay silent, so he said, "Yeah, it''s a hotdog... Do you want to have a taste~?" His left hand tilted up the hungry expression of Azure before he locked eyes with her, seemingly waiting for a response toe. And it didn''t take long as her gaze flickered between Azmond''s looming meat rod and his face before she said, "Mhmm!" Following such a bold promation, she dug straight in as yet another few minutes passed by in the blink of an eye. ***** Azmond sat atop the Stingcoil in a situation that was eerily simr to the one he came out of not too long ago. "As much as it would be fun to repeat this situation over and over again, It''s time to go back to the girls and Emu," he murmured. It truly was getting close to the 10-hour mark, and he didn''t want to renege on his promises, so what he did next was the best possible course of action. *Smack! Smack!* He pped both of the blue-haired maids on their bouncy asses! "Wha~!?" "Enemy attack~!?" They both made different remarks before they ultimately realized what had happened. Following their realization, Azmond took a beating, which he dly epted with a smile on his face. They had some more wild sex afterwards before Azmond, following a few more minutes of fooling around, decided to inform them of the situation. Both Azure and Sapphire were quite tempted when they heard his offer to stay; after all, despite how perverted and annoying he was, it wasn''t like they really minded hispany, but in the end, they had a duty to their Queen. It was a duty that they weren''t willing to throw away for a man they just met, so after a couple quick farewells, they parted ways. The Stingcoil had, of course, gotten back in the air after a bit of ''coercing'' from Azmond, so their ride back to the Kingdom of AquaRing was sure to be a smooth one. Atop a flying stingray and snake hybrid over two hundred thousand meters in length, a couple of beautiful blue-haired girls were standing atop its city-sized head. "Hey Sapphire...?" Azure asked. "Yes?" "Weren''t we supposed to kill the target!?" "..." "..." They both looked at each other before understanding, at a subatomic and unequivocal level, that they had both rurally fucked up! "The Queen will give us an earful for this one," Azure muttered. "Indeed" Both Sapphire and Azure wore disgruntled expressions as they couldn''t help butment their fate for meeting such a stupidly handsome and conniving man. "But it felt good," Azure murmured, a deep blush present on her face. "What?" Sapphire didn''t understand what she was getting at, but when she recalled the man who had taken their entire lives by storm, she immediately understood. She looked at the flustered appearance of her sister before she mumbled, "Yeah... It felt good." They both became silent before they both thought to themselves in unison: ''Maybe we''ll see him again?'' As much as they hated the man and wished they had the ability to kill him, some part of them yearned to have another taste of that pleasure he gave them. Although their feelings for the man only extended to the ''physical'' level, who knew what the future had in store for the two troubled maids? Azmond made his way back to the city that Boundless, Emu, and Calista were in, as he quickly found the inn that they ended up staying at. *Knock Knock* He knocked on the wooden door of a rtively normal-looking room. And it didn''t take long before a soft voice sounded out from inside the room. "Coming" *Pitter Patter* Light footsteps reverberated out as it sounded like a small figure was making their way to the other side of the door. *Creak* The door opened a little before a bed of long white hair attached to a divinely adorable face made itself known. Calista tilted her head up before she asked, "Who is ther-?" But before she even got out her entire sentence, her eyes brightened up as she leaped up into the air! "Azmond!" She beamed, her face rubbing up against his. *Pat Pat* Soft pets fell down before Azmond asked, "Have you been having fun, Calista?" "Mhmm Calista has been going around with the ghostdy, and we ate at all the delicious sushi ces!" Her voice came out with a little bit of drool as she recalled all the dishes she had gobbled up. "Oh? I am gl-" Azmond attempted to speak, but before he could Chapter 310: Liar… ..... "Why do you smell like two other women?" Calista sniffed Azmond''s robes and smelled the scents of two unfamiliar womenwomen who kind of smelled like those two cows that jumped off the big fishy. "..." Azmond started to sweat buckets as he couldn''t believe the insane instincts of his little angel! He had even made sure to wash himself to the level of a newborn baby before making his way back. But it looked like that level of thoroughness was nothing in the face of Calista! He cleared his throat before he muttered, "Well, I got a little caught up with those two maids, and-" "Caught up?" Calista interjected. "Y-Yes, you see, I had to wrestle them for a while!" He began with a scratchy voice. "They were in a dangerous ''predicament'' and I had to ''help'' them out!" Azmond attempted to depict the details of what happened with exaggerated hand motions; however, the intense stare from Calista proved that she wasn''t buying a single thing that he said! However, contrary to his expectations, she asked, "Those cows needed help?" And as if light came back to his world, his expression brightened up before he said, "Yes, exactly! They needed help, and I was just the one who assisted them!" He almost stuttered a little, but luckily, he caught himself in time. His gaze traveled down to the fluffy catkin girl he hadtched onto his chest as he waited for that neutral expression of hers to fluctuate. But even after a few seconds of waiting around for her to say something, she simply locked her misty gray eyes with his as she seemed to be thinking deeply about something. "I gi-" And just as he was about to give in, Calista asked, "Were they hungry?" She rubbed her stomach before she added, "My stomach hurts when I''m hungry... Is that what they needed help with?" "Yes! That''s precisely what they were having trouble with! They were just hungry, starving, actually!" Azmond eximed. It looked like he would finally make it through the stare down of the century! At least, that was the case until... *Bam!* Boundless barged into the room before, in a fuming tone, she eximed, |You rocked the bed with those two bimbo''s!?| Following such an entrance, a certain catkin''s expression teared up as two beautiful eyes gazed up at Azmond. "... Liar" She mumbled. *Arghh!* He took critical damage! However, even through a bloodied mouth, his thoughts leaked out. ''T-That woman ruined everything'' He clenched his heart as he swore he would give Boundless a very ''in-depth'' lesson on timing after he smoothed things over with both of them! ***** It took Azmond a few hours, a bunch of treats, sushi tes, and gifts to soothe the feelings of both Calista and Boundless; however, he was eventually able to ovee the obstacles set in his path! He even managed to gain a bit more power through the act of ''punishing'' Boundless. Something that pleased him greatly in multiple different ways. There was, of course, Emu, but Emu was pretty chill about the entire situation. Nheless, there were a few weird things going on with Emu. Specifically, the ''things'' pertaining to it ''congratting'' him for ''conquering more females'', or whatever. He didn''t really understand what Emu was talking about, but he just assumed that it''s hunger was getting to its head, so he decided to head out and begin ''cleaning up'' the streets of the Luminous Grounds again. A few days passed by like that as Azmond and Emu went through a very intense ''vignte phase''. He even had Emu transform into a slimy suit on top of its katana form, as he was finally able to experience what it was like to be a super edge-lord! In a dark alleyway located next to the bustling streets of a futuristic city, a screaming man was backed up into a corner as a shadowy figure approached him from the darkness that enveloped the alleyway. BAM! The man was thrown into a pile of dumpsters by some unknown force before his voice came out in a shrill tone, "N-No! Please spare me! I won''t go after any more girls, I swear!" *Drip Drip* A putrid-smelling liquid started to leak down the man''s legs as he looked up at a dark figureing out of the shadows. *Tap Tap Tap* The shadowy silhouette neared the pleading figure of the man before he suddenly stopped his approach. A moment of silence deafened the ears of the sobbing man as he feared for his life! ''I need to run... But this monster had taken away the use of my legs with that sword of his, so what do I do!?'' The man looked down at the two blood stains on his legs before he turned his snot-filled face back up to the daunting figure looming over him. "Pl-Please! I-I have money!! Take it all!" His terrified voice was followed by him lifting his hand up before throwing a bag of gold coins in the direction of the shadowy figure. *Jingle! Jingle!* The bag hit the metal ground before money worth millions of gold coins spilled out all over the ce. The shadowy figure looked at the gold coins before a slimy tendril extended out and snatched up the coins. Following such an action, the raspy voice of the tall shadow sounded out. "I wonder how many innocent girls you have ra*ed and killed to acquire such arge amount of wealth??" The shadowy figure pocketed the unexpected wealth before he started his approach once more. The sniffling man heard the sound of his deathe closer and closer as he knew that his pleas fell on deaf ears. "Ple-Pleas-" He attempted to beg for his life once more, but before he could even get out a full sentence, his words were interrupted by a deep and husky voice. "You will die now." SLASH! A ck tendril extended out before it sliced up the body of the man, splitting him into millions of different meat chunks. Chapter 311: Absolute Peak Of Half-Step Nascent Soul .... The blood and guts of the man were about to stter all over the high-tech walls, but before they could... OOOM! The shadowy figure''s ck and red katana morphed into a wider form before it devoured every part of the man''s existence. CHOMP! Azmond watched Emu devour the pieces of the man before his voice reverberated out: "Let us go to the next location, Emu." FWIP! Following such a promation, his pitch-ck figure faded away from the non-existent crime scene. ***** Azmond used his time like a true super-secret edgelord as he traveled throughout the fifteenth floor of the Luminous Grounds and exterminated all the filth. After a few weeks of such activities, he decided it was time to head up to the Sixteenth Step, and that was exactly what he did as we made it to the present day. ... He, along with Emu (in katana form), Calista, and Boundless, found themselves at the station hub of the Swanson Transportation Company at the main city (Avendale) on the very edge of the fifteenth floor, approximately tens of millions of miles away from where they entered the fifteenth floor from. "Azmond?" A soft, muted voice made its way to Azmond''s ears as he turned his head down from the noisy sounds pervading the area around them. "What is it, Calista?" He asked with a concerned tone before he continued, "Are you hungry again, by chance?" "Uhn uh Calista is not hungry" Calista mumbled with an almost inaudible tone. "Then what is it?" Calista started to squirm while rubbing her legs together before she said, "I need to pee" "Oh." An ufortable look emerged on Azmond''s expression as he knew that he would need to bring her to the bathroom again. Even though he didn''t care about the opinions of non-important people, he still felt that it was a little out of ce for a young man like himself to be escorting a Cat Loli to the bathroom every time she had to go. But luckily for him, a certain effervescent beauty chimed in: |I can walk her over! My big sisterly senses were made for this!| Boundless eximed. "..." Azmond was d that she finally had something good to say, but he was still worried about something, so he started to speak to her. "Mhmkay But make sure she stays safe," he dered with a weary expression. He didn''t trust a single person in Avendale! They were all a bunch of perverts who were after the body of his little angel! Although they would never be able to touch a single hair on her head, he still couldn''t help but be a worrywart when it concerned the well-being of Calista. After spending nearly 8 months together, both Azmond and Calista had be as tight-knit as could be and were practically inseparable. They did just about everything together, and he saw her as no different from a little sister he never had. (Despite her being older than him.) However, there would always be interruptions in life, and those ''interruptions'' just so happened toe in the form of disgusting girl predators who thought it would be okay to chase after the skirt of a young girl. Of course, Azmond made sure that they''d never see the light of day, or any light for that matter. But it still irked him that so many men would chase after Calista behind his back. If he didn''t have his handy soul essence barriers, then he would likely always be in a constant state of anxiety. Nheless, no one below the Tribtion Transcendence Realm would ever be able toe close to harming her, so he wasn''t too worried. At least he wasn''t, until... WAAAA!! An extremely powerful and regal aura exploded out from within the confines of the Fifteenth Step as something inexplicable emerged from the wall leading to the Sixteenth Step! "Another one" Azmond muttered, his passive gaze traveling toward a certain location. "Mhmu!" Emu squeaked with a chirpy tone. It seemed like Azmond and Emu had two varying opinions about the iing cmity that was about tond on Avendale. Azmond''s gaze stayed trained on the disturbance urring on the wall that led to the Sixteenth floor as he, along with everybody else in Avendale began to see the emergence of something absolutely massive! "Is that a talon!?" Someone among the crowd blurted out as he saw what appeared to be a talona talon that trumped even the City of Avendale in grandiosity! "What the hell is happening in the Luminous Grounds!? We have had more new and exceedingly powerful monster ve attacks in one year than we have experienced in thest thousand years!!!" A Void Refining Realm Cougarkin roared. "Maybe the end of the world ising," a gazellekin said. "I wouldn''t doubt it... First, our Nine Monster Emperors mysteriously disappeared, and then all of our Tribtion Transcendence Realm ancestors vanished right along with them... We are doomed" The one who spoke was a Void Refining realm Hippokin, and his expression was anything but jolly as he watched the small-country-sized talon fall down from the heavens. RUMBLE!! The ground and air beneath the talon trembled beneath the pressure being emitted by the monster attached to the talon! And it didn''t take long before thend spreading over hundreds of miles was ttened as the entire hand of the monster made contact with the surface! An immensely powerful and primitive aura was released from the w of the unknown beast as the residual energies spread out and engulfed everything within a hundred thousand-mile radius! WHAZOOM! The savage and extraordinarily powerful aura eventually made its way over to Avendale, as all the lights that lit up the city were blown out like candles in the wind. A once futuristic and dazzling city that sparkled like an effulgent sea of jewels in the night was quickly turned into a dead zone as darkness consumed the light in the world. And even with the high cultivation bases of all the cultivators present in the city, not a single one of thembesides those in the Void Refining Realm and abovecould see what was going on around them... Chapter 312: (Disclaimer! Half System Chapter!) A Talon Descended From The Heavens! .... The sky around Avendale was pitch ck. At least, that was until a bright and resplendent light shot out from the direction of the small-country-sized w! BLING! BLING! Light was brought back to the world as everyone looked up into the sky, attempting to discern what brought back the light. But that was when they saw it ... "..." A wide, gaping mouth of a monster thousands of miles in length loomed over the city. Not to mention that they were the size of small towns; every tooth in that enormous mouth was razor sharp, and every single one of them was directed toward the city and all its inhabitants, seemingly preparing itself for its next snack. The City of Avendale was over one thousand miles in diameter, but even then, not even all of its territory and the surrounding territories couldpare with the size of just the head of the beast drooling over it. None of themon folk could even understand what type of beast it was, as the only thing they could see was a dark bottomless pit in the middle of something that appeared to be a mouth And around that ''mouth'', there were an uncountable number of town-sized scales that encased the beast like a divine suit of armor. However, the stronger and more powerful cultivators in Avendale could immediately tell what sort of monster it was. And to be frank, it came as no surprise to any of them when its race was revealed by a lone Void Refining Realm Gatorkin. "A Gold-Ranked Dragon... We''re so fucked." With his divine sense, the Void-Refining Realm Gatorkin stared mouth-agape at the humongous dragon. And it didn''t take long before despair started to overtake his countenance. He, along with everybody else who knew what a Gold-Ranked Dragon meant, started to mourn their fates, for they knew they had no chance of escaping the voracious gaze of a dragon at such a high level. However, just as everyone was about to start freaking out beforemencing a repeat of what happened in the ''Whaliceros Enclosure'', a tall, handsome silver foxkin leaped up into the aircausing cracks to spread throughout all of Avendalebefore his stalwart figure expanded to a size around a hundreth that of the Gold-Ranked Dragon. "This ''Gargantuan Law'' is quite useful," Azmond muttered, his fierce gaze locking onto the dragon. "....." The sinuous face of the dragon noticed the existence of a slightlyrger ant as it turned its head down to eye length with the ant. RAA- And just as it was about to roar a loud bellow to assert its dominance over Azmond, the ant spoke first: "You really thought you could interrupt my time with Emu and my girls?" Azmond''s voice came out in an apathetic tone as he stared up at the majestic figure gazing down at him. Following such an unanswerable question, he said, "I don''t have the time to y with you right now, but the least I could do for you is give you a quick death." That was all the ''words'' that were traded between the two of them before a wide crackling arc of lightning and fire energies came out of the giant katana in his hand. WHIZZ!! "Just be my exp already," he added with a neutral tone. While waiting for the inevitable death of the Gold Dragon, he gazed at its status screen. A bright light shed. BLING! [Aurum Drake: Tier 1: Level 4] {[Realm: Early Stages of First Stage Tribtion Transcendence]}, {[Stats: Strength: 14,560,000k Speed: 15,040,000k Defense: 15,316,000k Qi: 15,210,000k {[Rtionship Status: Hostile]}]} {[Basic Information:]} [Average Size: 3,0005,000] [The Aurum Drake is a diluted species, descended from a pure-blooded golden dragon.] [The dragon it was descended from originated from beyond the Starry Seaboard of the mortal-level, ''Asterion''.] [The Aurum Drake is a monster with rtively high intelligence, and it''s realm is usually within the Golden ranks of the dragon race, i.e. (Tribtion Transcendence Realm)] [Aurum Drakes are known for their insatiable lust and their unkindled voracious nature. (They also love to y with their food before they eat them).] [Danger Level: A Rank] [ording to System Standards] Following the system pop-up, the Aurum Drake went down just as Azmond thought it would, as the small-country-sized monster met its end without even knowing what had happened to it. SLICE! *Spurt* Billions of liters of crimson-colored blood gushed out from the bissected corpse of the Aurum Drake as it dyed all of Avendale red! "And here I thought it would be gold blood" Azmond was a little disappointed that he couldn''t profit off some magnificent gold blood, but it''s no matter, as he still had the system notifications to soothe his yearning for more loot. A few bright lights shed. *Ding!* *You have killed the First Stage Tribtion Transcendence Realm Monster: ''Aurum Drake''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +120,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +120,000k* *Ding!* *You havepleted the Active Quest: ''Defeat the Golden-Ranked Dragon ''Aurum Drake''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +1,200,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +1,200,000k* "Hmm" Azmond nced over the system notifications before he had Emu absorb what remained of the Aurum Drake. *Wiggle! Wiggle!* "Mhmu! Mhmu!" CHOMP! Emu made quick work of the colossal corpse as Azmond watched the rest of the system notificationse in. *Ding!* *You have absorbed part of the cultivation base of the Golden-Ranked Dragon ''Aurum Drake''* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has increased tremendously!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has increased from the Peak Stages of Half-Step Nascent Soul Absolute Peak of Half-Step Nascent Soul* *Ding!* *You have absorbed partial mastery over some of thews the ''Aurum Drake'' possessed!* *Ding!* *You have acquired partial mastery in the ''Law of Gold''* It didn''t take long before all the system notifications eventually came to an end, as Azmond gleaned into his gains before he turned his attention to a part of his System Interface. ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 1: Level 143] [Exp needed for next level: 4,000,000,000,000] [Total Exp: 335,500,000,000,000] [Total Gold: 320,000,000,000] [Total Spiritual Stones: {[Lowest Ranked: 38,650, Low Rank: 1,630]}] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Early Stages of the Second Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm (With all Law assimtion rates and strongest technique.) (Middle Stages of the Second Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm with (Emu).] [STR: Absolute Peak Stages of the First Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [SPD: Absolute Peak Stages of the First Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [Int: Average] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Charisma: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Law(s)]>== Quantum Rank: [Quantum Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 1.935600%]} Divine Rank: None Heavenly Rank: None Mortal Rank: [Space Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 2.495000%]} (Derived from the Quantum Law) (Comprehension corrtes with the Quantum Law) (On the verge of Level 4) [Vermillion Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 1.550000%]} [Serpentine Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 2.365000%]} [Stealth Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 4.570000%]} [Decay Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 2.890050%]} [Sword Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 2.965000%]} [ughter Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 2.675000%]} [Primal Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 1.795000%]} [Gargantuan Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 4.973000%]} ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 170] [Dual Cultivation Rank: Apprentice Dual Cultivator] [Title: Same Name] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: 4] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: 107] [Primordial Yins Fully Absorbed: None] {[Primordial Yins Partially Absorbed: 4]} (The Ice Phoenix Primordial Yin {[Divine Rank]}) (The Quantum Divinity Primordial Yin {[Quantum Rank]} (First Half Of The Twin Tides Primordial Yin) {[Heavenly Rank]} (Second Half Of The Twin Tides Primordial Yin) {[Heavenly Rank]}] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: B-Rank.] [Boundless''s Comment: |I like this section a little more now hehe~. My numbers are higher than that dumb cow! But why are there new women!?!?] Chapter 313: Five Options To Leapfrogging .... Azmond only looked over a few sections of his system interface, but that was enough for him to get a good outlook on his current stats, gold, new Law percentage''s, et cetera. And speaking of ''Laws'', he was able to kill quite a few High-Ranking Monster Kings, all of whom possessed aw of some sort. Although all of those Laws were the same ones he had already acquired, he was able to gain greaterprehension of a number of the Laws he already owned. The main ones being his ''Gargantuan Law'' and ''Sword Law''. Both of which were bing quitemonce for Azmond to use during battles with creatures tens of thousands of times his size. There were a few other useful Laws, such as the Stealth Law and the Space Law; however, thesews were more auxiliary-rted than anything. That was mainly due to hisprehension of them not being high enough, but it still stood true that his Sword Law and Gargantuan Law were the most useful in a battle due to the active increases in strength they gave him. The ''Gargantuan Law'' transformed his physical strength into ''multiplied physical strength'', while his ''Sword Law'' furthered that transformation even more, allowing his ''multiplied physical strength'' to be ''squared physical strength''. All of this was, of course, rtive, but that didn''t mean his gains in strength could be underestimated. For example, all of his stats were at the ''Absolute Peak'' stages of the ''First Stage Tribtion Transcendence Realm'', but if he were to use his Sword Law, Gargantuan Law, and even his Space Law, then he would be able to increase his strength past the vast chasm thaty between the First Stage of Tribtion Transcendence and the Second Stage of Tribtion Transcendence! Furthermore, if he added his strongest technique and his sword aura into the mix, he would be able to augment hisbat power from ''Initial Second Stage Tribtion Transcendence'' into ''Early Second Stage Tribtion Transcendence''. It wasmon knowledge that the realms only got harder to scale the higher you made it down the path of cultivation, and it eventually reached a point where only the most talented of heavenly geniuses could hope to leapfrog realms. On that note, leapfrogging in the world of Asterion was not as easy as simply condensing andpressing your cultivation base, like what Azmond had done his whole journey. It was far moreplex and far more arduous, but mostly more luck-reliant to leapfrog realms in Asterion. You had a few different choices for increasing your power enough to harm or even kill cultivators in higher realms. The First Option: Practice and hone your techniques enough that you stay unrivaled in terms ofprehension, control, and usage. The Second Option: Take the same route as Azmond and attempt to break through the next Body Foundational Law Talent Gap. Which, for most, would be from the ''Common'' talent to the ''Heavenly'' talent. (This option was few and far between in Asterion, but there could be such cultivators past Asterion) The Third Option: Upon reaching the Void Refining Realm and assuming you have a tremendous amount of talent, you could begin to immerse yourself in theprehension ofws. (More unlikely to find someone like this than it is to find someone in the ''Heavenly'' talent gap. The Fourth Option: Dy your breakthrough into the next realm and bully all your juniors with your age advantage. (An age advantage which usually came along with increased techniqueprehensions, sturdy foundations, and overall cockiness.) People of the fourth option were usually people who had an inadequate level of talent, so they resorted to spouting ''Courting Death!!'', ''You Dare!?'', in the faces of all those younger than them. Azmond had even heard that there was an academy out to the west of the EarthHaven Kingdoman academy that practiced exactly the art of ''Courting Death''. He wanted to go and check it out immediately upon hearing about it, but he got caught up in the Luminous Grounds. Plus, he still had to see where wdia Moonweaver and her dad went, not just to satisfy his curiosity but also for the sake of his Calista. But regardless of all of this information, there was still one more generally well-known option that those in Asterion opted for. That option being: The Fifth Option: Pray to the gods that you acquired a decent enough profession at birth and hope you obtain enough wealth to go to a Holy Cathedral or something simr to activate yourtent profession. The fifth option was the easiest, but also the hardest to put into practical use. You could be born with the most powerful profession of all time! Only to find out that you were born into the slums with no way to amass enough money to pay for either the transportation fees or the activation fees. After all, even in the world of cultivation, money was still a prime aspect of life. Without money, cultivators were just pathological weapons who killed each other for the fun of it. But with the creation of a mary form of currency, that mindless killing became killing for the goal of ''gaining something''. Life within Asterion would be far more depressing and dreary if there was no money. That would stand true for just about every person in every walk of life. Nheless, with all of that in mind, let us get back to Azmond. ... OOOM! An immense starry energy was released from Azmond''s palms as he attempted to understand just how far his Quantum Law and subsequent Space Law had improved. And just from a quick usage and disy, he could tell that the level of power he wielded with his Quantum Law and Space Law was at least a few dozen times more than it was previously! That was quite an improvement considering that the percentage numbers only had minor improvements added to them with each realm he advanced in. But, like everything else involving his system, all the ''units'' or ''values'' of everything were rtive and usually meant more than perceived... Chapter 314: Food? .... Appearances were usually deceiving, and it wasn''t like Azmond didn''t understand that not everything should be taken at face value. But that also didn''t mean that nothing could be looked at in such a way. "Gold" He mumbled, drool practically drizzling down his lips. That''s right! Gold! Gold never changed in ''unit value''! Sure, the price of gold would fluctuate in the markets and in different regions, but in the end, one gold would always be worth one gold! Although such logic made absolutely no sense, that''s just how he saw his financial status... After scrutinizing every aspect of his existence, Azmond decided it was time to head back to Calista and Boundless. Though it may not have seemed like it with all the thinking he was doing, in reality, only half a millisecond had passed in the real world! Increased cultivation came with many boons, and hyper-thinking capabilities just happened to be one of them. FWIP! A silver foxkin disappeared from where a colossal monster once loomed. His figure shed toward a certain location a few miles out from the northern city gates of Avendale. ***** Azmond found himself in a mall-like area. The walls were high and iid with advanced circuitry, while the rest of the interior was decorated with some sort of hologramsholograms that changed and moved in size, shape, and form. The holograms seemed to act like some sort of multifarious object that could be whatever the user wanted them to be. It was a neat invention that Azmond had first seen on the twelfth floor, as technology seemed to spike upwards from that point on. In the beginning of his ascent into the Luminous Grounds of the Nightmare Council, he was a little puzzled over why the technological advancements increased with each Step you climbed up. Like, why would the monsters not simply spread their highest technological achievements to all the floors below as well? Would that not better the monstermunity as a whole?? But after spending so much time in monster society, he realized that his way of thinking was skewed toward the human way of things back on his home. Whereas, the monster''s way of living was survival of the fittest, and what point would surviving to a point where you were at the top have if you had the same things as everyone else around you? That was how the monster''s and even a majority of the humans'' in Asterion saw everything concerning worldly objects. ''If everyone else has it, what did I work so hard for?'' If that was how everyone thought of themselves in the Luminous Grounds, then the entire society would''ve fallen into ruin ages ago. After all, monster society was made up of monsters. And what were monsters by nature? They were savage! They were ruthless, and more often than not, they were fearless! Now what would happen if a societyprised of hundreds of billions of monsters suddenly devolved into turmoil due to everybody owning and being essible to the same things!? The entire thing would fall apart. Hundreds of billions of monsters would leave the Luminous Grounds at such a point, and where would they go..? To the Human World. Just imagining the bloodbath that would follow would be terrifying for anyone to think about... Azmond had been thinking about these topics for thest few months, and he hade to the conclusion that the reason these ''Luminous Grounds'' were built in the first ce was to keep all the monsters on a leash of sorts. The Luminous Grounds were nothing more than a huge cage to keep all the monsters in check. It was a cage meant to impede their destruction of the human world. But what he didn''t understand was why the monsters were still allowed to send out monster waves whenever they felt like it. That, and the reason why someone powerful enough to create a ce so unbelievably enormous would go through the trouble of keeping the monsters in check,. If ''they'' were so powerful, then why not just kill all the monsters and be done with it?? For what reason would they wish to essentially ''supervise'' them instead??? ... ''It''s all so odd,'' Azmond thought. He made his way through the futuristic mall, pondering the mysteries that surrounded the Luminous Grounds and even Asterion as a whole. However, something took him out of his reverie, as a bubbly voice echoed out through therge interior of the mall. |Azmond! You came back!?| Boundless eximed with a joyful voice. Following such a question, she leaped through the air and found herself on his back,tched onto him like a soft and squishy ko. Her smooth face rubbed up against Azmond''s as she waited for him to tell her why he took so long toe find them. "..." He wanted to tease the effervescent beauty some more, but when he saw the catkin girl who tagged along, he immediately scratched those indescent thoughts. He instead turned his kind eyes toward both of them before he said, "I had to take care of a pest." His voice sounded out in a nonchnt way as he tickled the brown-haired beauty clinging to him. |Ahaha~! A-Azmond, Sh-Shtop it~!| Boundless giggled, her curves bouncing and moving in sync. Azmond appreciated the view for a moment before he turned his attention toward the short girl with long white hair and misty gray eyes. "Azmond?" Calista asked. "Yes?" "Food?" "Yes." "Mhmkay" And that was all the conversation they exchanged before Calista hugged his leg with her arm stretched out. Azmond extended his hand and grabbed hers before he, Calista, Boundless, and Emu headed in the direction of a Japanese-style restaurant a few hundred meters away. He didn''t even need to be told where Calista wanted to go, as he could see it in her furtive nces that she wanted to try some Japanese-like food. |Hey, Azmond?| Boundless ultimately managed to stopughing as she asked the question she never got answered, and although she could simply use her admin-like abilities to see what happened, she found that all too boring... Chapter 315: Habit…? .... Azmond knew of Boundless''s frivolous thoughts, which was why he attempted to steer her away from the topic. But it looked like such attempts were futile in the face of her curiosity. So with reluctance, he asked, "Yes?" |What did you mean by ''taking care of a pest''!? Were you talking about that big, shiny sky puppy from earlier!? The pretty one!?| Boundless asked with stars in her eyes. She obviously wanted to know more about what he had done. After all, there were still tens of millions of people raving outside about how there was a distant silhouette that appeared in the sky before it increased in size and sliced outwards with a foreign weapon! All the monsterkin referred to this ''silhouette'' as an unknown angel that came down from the heavens to save them all! However, not a single one had caught a glimpse of the face of the anonymous angel, so they were still trying toe up with a name to refer to the being that saved the city of Avendale. At least, that was the case until someone who came from the lower floors recognized the back of the savior, and that was when that person informed everyone else of the name that they called the angel who took care of all the rampaging monster ves on the other Floors. An angel who they called... The Grim Reaper. No one knows who started calling him by such a name, but it didn''t take long before rumors spread throughout the First through Fourteenth Floors, and now the Fifteenth Floor as well. The name he acquired was dubbed as such due to the way he dispatched of the monster ves and titans who escaped the Neenth Stepall he needed was a single sh of his de, and behemoths in the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm would go down without resistance! These ''rumors'' eventually made their way to some of the top brass of the Neenth Floor; however, such High-Rank Monster Kings seemed topletely ignore such information. They even closed off most outlets for such a spread of rumors in what appeared to be an attempt to cover up somethingSomething big Although none of the inhabitants of the Luminous Grounds below the Neenth Floor knew anything of whaty behind the curtains, Azmond knew something monumental was about to happen within the Great Wilnds Forest. He just didn''t know what that ''something'' was. But he figured he would find out exactly what it was as soon as he made it to the very top of the Luminous Grounds. "You asked me what I meant by ''taking out the pest?" Azmond asked Boundless. |Mhmm! Did you kill the shiny puppy!?| "Yes, I did." His response was instantaneous as he looked at the puffed-up expression she was making. "What is it?" He asked. |You shouldn''t have killed the sky puppy! We could''ve gotten a new pet!| "Hmm? How would we have acquired a new ''pet''? That dragon was a mindless creatureone who was out for blood," he said with a puzzled expression. ''Did she want to put a leash on it and walk it around town or something??'' |Well that''s true... But there''s a new system featureing up when you reach the Void Refining Realm!| Boundless began. |It will allow you to ''tame'' creatures and add them to a separate storage space on top of the storage space you gain when you reach the Nascent Soul Realm!| She added with a radiant smile on her face. "A ''pet taming'' function, huh?" He was a little bit surprised over such a thing; however, he still narrowed his eyes and focused back on Boundless. "Didn''t you say that I should''nt have killed it? Why would that matter right now if I couldn''t do anything with it anyway??" |Well, uhmm The sky puppy was cute-| *Whack!* |Ow! What was that for!?| Boundless eximed. Azmond looked at the ''damage'' he had done before he responded, "Habit." |Habit?| "Yes." "..." |...| They both stared into each other''s eyes as a silence pervaded the atmosphere. That was until |Makes sense!| Following such a realization, Boundless started rubbing her lewd body up against Azmond while she waited for them to enter the Japanese-like restaurant. "..." He was always baffled by the naivety of his bundle of joy, but he wouldn''t deny that it was one of the things he loved most about her. ... "Fish" Calista mumbled. They were but a few feet away from the entrance to the Japanese-style restaurant, as Calista practically started drooling when she smelled the tantalizing smells invading her nose. "You hungry?" Azmond asked, his gaze looking at the Loli walking along with him. Calista locked eyes with Azmond before she murmured, "Fish is good." Azmond shed a radiant smile in her direction before he said, "Then let''s head on in." Calista was a little stunned at such a dazzling sight, but it didn''t take long before she was once again tempted by the smellsing out of the Japanese-style restaurant. *Tap Tap* Azmond, Boundless, Emu, and Calista walked into the restaurant before they enjoyed their time in a moment of rxation. However, all things rxing were often followed by destruction. ***** In a dimly lit location, on the twentieth Step of the Luminous Grounds, thousands of shadowy figures were gathered around arge, slick ck table. Every single figure sat atop varying-sized chairs, and by the auras being emitted from them, it looked like the weaker ones were given smaller chairs, whereas the stronger ones were givenrger chairs. There was only silence in the dark spaceat least that was until one of the shadowy figures on arger chair started to speak. His voice came out in a crackly way as he announced, "The intruder has entered the Eighteenth floor." And his voice was the prelude to a plethora of various-sounding voices echoing out: "He has already made it up!?" One of them eximed. Another one followed up by shouting, "How can this be!? We sent out over a dozen Tribtion Transcendence Realm monster ves in an attempt to impede his movements!" ... Chapter 316: There’s No Way He Can Enter The Nineteenth Floor! .... "Exactly!" A cloaked figure began to speak while on a shorter chair. "Those monster ves were even stronger than we were!! How could they fall so easily!?" "Precisely!..." "I agree" "Impossible!" A multitude of different responses echoed out in the dimly lit space as everyone had varied reactions to such news. However, before the noise could get out of hand, Arge, robust figure atop one of thergest chairs shouted, "Silence!" "..." "..." "..." And that was all it took for everyone to get in line, as the booming voice that reverberated out belonged to none other than the descendant of one of the Nine Monster Emperors! Furthermore, he wasn''t just any random descendant, as he was the son of the Kirin Monster Emperor! That meant he was descended from someone who was descended from the Royal ''Kirin Bloodline''. That was not to mention that the descendant in question was no pushover himself, as he stood at the absolute peak of the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm! He was capable of breaking through to Tribtion Transcendence whenever he felt like it. And it was the imperious demeanor of someone like him that quieted down the boisterous ravings of those in the dark room. However, not everyone was forced into silence, as another descendant of a Monster Emperor spoke up. "What does this mean for us?" He asked, his voice scratchy and hoarse. This descendant was the son of the ck Tortoise Emperor and was subsequently descended from the Royal ''ck Tortoise Bloodline''. He had sent out forces to tackle the invader himself; however, he witnessed firsthand the terrible power that the human wielded He doubted whether even his father, the ''ck Tortoise Emperor'', would be able to handle the human even with his Third Stage Tribtion Transcendence Realm power. And he wasn''t the only one to be subjected to the pressure that the sudden appearance of an immensely strong human put on the entire upper echelons of monster society. No matter how much everyone dered the humans'' sessful entry into the Eighteenth Step impossible, they all knew that it was the unequivocal truth, and that was what terrified them. However, it seemed like the descendant of the Kirin Emperor, ''Spiritme'' thought differently on the matter. His voice came out in a confident tone as he shouted, "Why are you guys all pissing yourselves over a mere human!?" "Si-" Someone attempted to respond to his question; however, he was abruptly interrupted by the booming voice of Spiritme: "I have learned from our Emperor Ancestors that the Nine Monster Emperor''s will be returning within the next few months, as they are still caught up in the scuffle with that traitor ''wdia Moonweaver'' and her father ''Percival Moonweaver''." He disclosed such new information with a haughty smirk on his face, as he knew he was likely the only one at this meeting who was privy to such critical information. "What!?" "How can this be!?" "The Monster Emperor''s areing back!?" They couldn''t believe their ears! After nearly two whole years of vacancy, the Monster Emperor''s were finallying back! Such news was beyond wonderful for all those present! Spiritme wore a satisfied look on his face as he observed all the reactions he caused before he said, "The Ancestor''s would''vee to deal with the intruder and wdia Moonweaver themselves, but they''re not able to leave their secluded cultivation if they wish to keep their lives." Everyone immediately stopped discussing as they focused their attention back on Spiritme. Upon seeing everyone focused on him, he continued, "However, I am pleased to inform you that ''Venomspine the Malevolent'', the third oldest of our ancestors, is close to breaking through into the Mahayana Realm." Spiritme revealed such a revtion as easily as if it were just another piece of news; however, such a discovery left all the other shadowy figures shell-shocked! "Venomspine is breaking through into the Mahayana Realm!? This is the best thing I have heard in thest five millennia!" The astonished voice of the descendant of the ''ck Tortoise Emperor'' sparked another series of discussions as everyone had something to say about the new information. "Our Monster Race is going to get another Mahayana Realm Cultivator!? This will mean our forces will be able to resist the human race even more!" "Not only that, but we will be able to fight for some glory on the Starry Seaboard! Having Three Great Emperors on our side will even the ying field!" "This is too good to be true!" They all yammered on with clear happiness in their voices; however, such joy didn''tst long, as one of them recalled the topic concerning the human invader. "W-What do we do about the invader?" He asked, fear still in his voice due to the ''experience'' he had with said invader. There was a time when the ''Grim Reaper'' didn''t simply kill all of them as he saw fit; he used to ''ask them'' for information while on the lower floors. And this High-Rank Monster King just so happened to be on the lower floors the day he met the invader while he was still in his silver foxkin form. One thing led to another, and the Monster King was left scarred over the ''experience'' he received. "..." Spiritme, upon hearing the concerns of one of the monster kings, said, "Why should we worry about the human!? He won''t daree after us if we spread around the information that one of our ancestors is breaking through to Mahayana!" He announced. It was clear that he saw the invader as nothing more than a bug that could be squashed by their ancestors as easily as breathing. His level of conceit was at such a high level that he didn''t even entertain the idea of the human barging into the Neenth Step! At least, that was until... BOOOOOOM!!! An explosion reverberated throughout the interior of the dimly lit space as a five hundred meter-wide hole was blown into the side of the building all the High-Rank Monster King''s were in! Chapter 317: T-The Invader Is Here! .... "What the hell was that!?" Spiritme shouted. He looked around, attempting to understand what the fuck had just transpired, and what he saw left him stunned! "T-The invader is here!" One of the High-Rank monster kings got to it first as he pointed a trembling finger in the direction of the st in the wall. "The intruder!? How could this be possible!?" "He was supposed to be on the Eighteenth Floor! How did he get to the Neenth Floor so fast!?" A few Monster Kings shouted out with astonished looks on their faces. They refused to believe that the intruder had made it to the Neenth Step mere hours after they received the information that he had entered the Eighteenth Step! But, in spite of their resistance to the idea, the facts were standing right in front of them, in the form of a tall, otherworldly handsome man with long, raven ck hair, wearing some form of slime suit. "Sup bitches!" Azmond said with a wide grin. He was randomly probing around a few seconds ago. But then, out of nowhere, he felt the aura signatures of hundreds of slightlyrger ants huddled up inside some weird ck dome at the bottom of an ocean. And he wouldn''t be Azmond if he didn''t barge right in and see what was popping! His toothy grin was shown to the world before, in a yful voice, he asked, "Howe I wasn''t invited to the party!? Isn''t that sort of a rude way to treat your guest!?" "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" His ''friendly'' voice sent chills down the spines of all the Monster Kings present as they fretted what''de next! ***** A month and a half before Azmond made himself wee at the meeting of the High-Rank Monster Kings. |Are we almost to the 16th Step yet!?| The bubbly voice of Boundless sounded out inside a very familiar swan ship as she, along with Azmond, Emu, and Calista, were on their way up to the Sixteenth Step of the Luminous Grounds. Azmond, upon hearing the question that was clearly directed toward him, decided to do the best thing he could think of. "..." He ignored her! It wasn''t like he didn''t want to answer her; however, both he and Boundless knew that he had already answered that same question too many times to count. He didn''t feel like doing anything about her yammering either, so he simply sat in one of the luxurious sets he purchased on the Swan ship, with Calista in hisp. |Hey! Are you listeni-?| Boundless''s voice seemed to fade into the background as Azmond turned his head out the window. *Pat Pat* All while he let soft and warm pets fall down on the fluffy ears and hair of Calista. "Nyaa" Calista purred a little, her face content. A catkin''s ears were a very sensitive spot for them, but that was only if they were touched on the insides of their ears. Rubbing the outside of their ears would not elicit much of a reaction out of them; however, it was still considered quite an intimate act in the catkin cultureit was an act that, if let get out of hand, could end up with the inside of the ear being touched, which was considered something that only lovers did. However, Azmond, even though he was oblivious to the customs of the Catkin people, knew not to go too far with his tender touches. Nheless, there was something that had been bugging him for a while. That something was the soft and fluffy tail that swayed back and forth in front of his sight, seemingly trying to hypnotize him! And he wouldn''t deny that it was doing its job quite well, as he constantly felt like rubbing it. But whenever he attempted to do such a thing, Calista''s face turned a little red, so he always held off on it. Azmond didn''t know why, but he felt like he would regret it for the rest of his life if he did such an unknown thing without first understanding what such an action meant for her. And it just so happened that he had quite a bit of free time before they made it up to the Sixteenth Floor. So he took his chance and asked Calista about it. "Hey Calista?" "Mhmm?" "What does it mean to touch a catkin''s tail?" He held nothing back and asked her straight up! A deep red blush emerged on her rosy cheeks as she turned her head down. Following such an action, her hands started fiddling with each other while her silky white hair covered her face. "Hmm?" Azmond immediately noticed the unusual change in Calista''s countenance, as he assumed he had gone a little overboard in asking such a thing. "You don''t have to answer if you don''t want t-" "No! I don''t mind" She blurted out with a sudden change of demeanor. "You really don''t have to-" He attempted to tell her that he wasn''t forcing her to answer; however, it seemed like she had already made up her mind as she muttered, "I don''t mind" Even though Calista said such words, the blush on her face only seemed to deepen as she lightly clenched her hands above her thighs. Azmond observed every single reaction she made, as he couldn''t help but let out an exasperated sigh at her stubbornness. ''Who does she take after being so obstinate??'' He asked himself with a tired expression. Azmond waspletely unaware that Calista was partly the way she was due to his influence. Nevertheless, he waited for Calista to begin speaking again. And that was when a small whisper came out: "Marriage..." she murmured in an inaudible way. "Sorry, what was that?" Azmond asked. The blush on Calista''s face reached a degree of no return before she turned her adorable face in his direction and said, "Touching a catkin''s tail means that you are engaged or already married to the catkin!" For the first time in a long time, her voice came out in a loud tone, as she couldn''t stand the embarrassment anymore! Chapter 318: The Allihippo .... Calista immediately regretted doing such a thing as she turned her head away and grabbed her tail before attempting to hide away from the world. ''I-I am so stupid! Why did I say such a thing in front of Azmond?'' She didn''t understand what had suddenly made her so rash! Was she bing dumb or something!? She bemoaned her previous actions, as that blush never left her face. "Oh" Azmond had already realized the mistake he made as he gave her even more pets to make up for it. He truly didn''t know that such a seemingly simple act was something only conducted between those who had already be husband and wife. How was he supposed to anticipate such a thing!? It wasn''t like he could read minds! Well That was technically a lie, but that''s besides the point. He would never use such an ability on his little angel! ... An awkward ride followed the promation made by Calista, and if it weren''t for Emu and Boundless, then it was sure to have stayed that way for the entire journey. Nevertheless, a few hours passed by as Azmond and the gang made their way to the beginning of the Sixteenth Floor. There was nothing much different on the Sixteenth Floor, besides the main theme of the topography being that of a safari instead of the forest and mountainnds that came on the previous floors. The blood-colored crystal-like material that made up the Sixteenth Floor was no different from all the previous floors, though, just like the ones that came before, it was a cleaner shade of red. But other than all of these aspects, the only real difference was that besides the 14 other mutant species that traveled within the thirty million-mile area of the Sixteenth Floor, there was also a new species. It was a species of monster that was a mixture between an alligator and a hippo, and the name of such a hybrid was... Allihippo! A bright light shed in front of Azmond''s face as he took a nce at the system interface of one of the Allihippo''s. BLING! [Allihippo: Tier 0: Level 295] {[Realm: Middle Stages of Late Unity Form Synthesis]}, {[Stats: Strength: 5,590,280k Speed: 5,360,120k Defense: 5,625,490k Qi: 5,403,350k {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]} [Basic Information: The Allihippo is a beast, typically in the Late Unity Form Synthesis Realm, that travels along the Sixteenth through Neenth floors of the Luminous Grounds in the Nightmare Council.] [The Allihippo is a hybrid between a Hippo and an Alligator; usually gray or dark red in color.] [It houses tens of millions of monsterkin as a form of ''housing'' being one of its main purposes (Thend-based monsterkin live on top of its back, (impervious to the forces of nature that impact the Allihippo)).] [The Allihippo was the fifteenth hybrid breed created by a few insane monsterkin scientists.] [It''s sole purpose for creation; Trying to take yet another step further toward creating mobile world''s], Aplishment status [Failed] [These ''world''s'' were supposed to allow a way for the mass majority of the monsterkin to travel out past the Starry Seaboard without needing to be in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [Failed] [Reason for failure: The Stingcoil (At least the ones with the ability to fly) died upon making it tens of thousands of miles out from the border between the starry seaboard and the outer rims. They were not strong enough to resist the stronger spatial anomalies that circle around the world of Asterion.]]} {[Average Size: 400,000 - 600,000 Meters]} "Hmm" Azmond immediately noticed that the distance that these ''Allihippo''s'' made away from the Starry Seaboard increased from ''thousands of miles'' to ''tens of thousands of miles''. Now, he wasn''t too keen on the exact implications of such an augmentation to the distance these ''hybrids'' were able to travel. But even he was able to infer that somewhere between when the ''insane monsterkin scientists'' made the Stingcoil and the Allihippo, they were able to close in on the precipice of something. He had no clue what that ''something'' was, but he was sure that he would start seeing major improvements to the monster hybrids that showed up on the Sixteenth through Twentieth Floors. Nevertheless, that was a topic for another time, as all Azmond wanted to do in the meantime was enjoy himself on the Sixteenth Floor before he blitzed up to the Neenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-First Floors. And that was exactly what he did The hours passed by like the passing of the seasons, as those hours soon turned into days and then weeks. Until ultimately, a month and a half had passed since Azmond had entered the Sixteenth Floor. ****** "Why wasn''t I invited to the party!?" Azmodeus''s voice reverberated inside a ck dome-like object as sea water started to gush in through the open space in the wall! However, he was quick to keep things in check as he used his Qi to make a barrier that separated the inside of the space from the ocean that epassed the dome. "You aren''t allowed to be here, human invader!" The shout of a High-Rank Monster King echoed throughout the dimly lit dome as he stuck his trembling finger in the direction of the slimy suit figure. "Oh?" Azmond mused as he turned his head in the direction of the voice. Who he saw was arge bearkin monster king with a spiked crown on his head. He felt no need to ascertain the identity of the bearkin with questions, as that was where his Discerning Quantum Eye came into y. A bright light shed. [Lekur Moldor: Tier 0: Level 308] {[Realm: Peak Stages of Peak Unity Form Synthesis]} {[Age: 3,000 years old]} {[Stats: Strength: 7,800,000k Speed: 7,540,000k Defense: 7,816,000k Qi: 7,390,000k {[Rtionship Status: Hostile]}]} {[Additional Trivia]} [Lekur Moldor has killed tens of thousands of his own kind as well as millions of humans for fun.] [Among those millions of lives were plenty of women, as what he loved doing most was ra*ing the women to death while they begged for their lives.] Chapter 319: Causing Distress For The Monster Kings! .... "Ahh You don''t want me here, huh?" Azmond''s sardonic voice reverberated as he looked at the bearkin standing up to him. The Bearkin thought he was getting somewhere, so he said, "Yes! You must leave now! If you knew who was backing us, then you''d be groveling on the ground, begging for your life!" He suddenly gained back all of his cockiness as he walked over to the far smaller figure of Azmond, with narcissism visible on his face. However, his high and mighty demeanorsted about as long as a homemade apple cake. SLASH! A ck tendril extended out from Azmond''s slimy coat before the finger the bearkin had extended out was sliced off his hand! *Spurt!* Blood gushed out of his open wound! "Good thing I don''t care about your opinion, Lekur!" His voice came out in an amicable tone; however, he didn''t even get the chance to properly demonstrate his ''kindness'' as it was quickly drowned out by the screams of Lekur. "Ahhhhhh!!" He hollered, his other hand grabbing the one that had been cut. "!?" "!?" "!?" Such a sight scared the pants off the other High-Rank Monster Kings; however, all that the one who inflicted such damage felt was overwhelming disdain for the bearkin. "Aren''t you supposed to be a mighty and tyrannical Monster King??" Azmond began with a sneer. "Turns out you''re nothing more than a three thousand-year-old toddler." Following such a promation, another ck tendril cleaved through the air before it made contact with the bearkin''srge brown head. "Wha-!?" Lekur didn''t even get the chance to resist such an action, as his head was sent flying off his shoulders! Another fountain of blood gushed out of the neck of the bearkin monster king. "!?!?" "!?!?" "!?!?" Everyone in the room stared mouth-agape at such a sight before they started to fear for their lives! Azmond, on the other hand, was too distracted with the iing system notifications to care about the reactions of the ants. BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed a High-Rank Monster King ''Lekur Moldor''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +77,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +77,000k* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Scare the members of the meeting of the Monster Kings'' with excellent des!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +1,800,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +1,800,000k* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* Following such a series of system notifications, Azmond had Emu eat up the remains of Lekur''s corpse. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu grew to disproportionate sizes before swallowing up every bit of the Bearkins corpse! CHOMP! More system notifications followed. *You have absorbed part of the cultivation of the High-Rank Monster King, Lekur Moldor!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has reached the Peak Stages of the Early Nascent Soul Realm from the Late Stages of the Early Nascent Soul Realm!* - "Hmm" Azmond scrutinized his gains with an interested look on his face,pletely ignoring the horrified expressions of the hundreds of High-Rank Monster Kings in the room with him. However, he was leisurely taken out of his reverie by the abrupt eruption of an energy signature in the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm. WAAA! A regal cyan-colored aura was unleashed from the Monster Emperor descendant, Spiritme! Following such an explosion of energy, Spiritme shouted, "You daree into our territory and do as you please, Human!?" "..." Azmond''s fierce gaze turned in the direction of Spiritme before, in a nonchnt way, he responded, "Yes, I do dare." Afterwards, he looked away from the fuming Spiritme and focused his attention on the stat interfaces of the rest of the High-Rank Monster Kings. There wasn''t much of interest to see from their stats or cultivation realms, as all of them were all around the Late Unity Form Synthesis Realm to Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm. However, there was quite an interesting trend urring with most of the Monster King''s in the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm. That ''trend'' being that the majority of them were descended from the Nine Monster Emperor''s and even had slight traces of Mythical monster blood inside their veins. ''These guys might be able to lead me to the Nine Monster Emperor''s, wdia Moonweaver, and her father,'' he thought. However, his thoughts were soon interrupted by the sudden ring of Spiritme''s aura. RUMBLE! The ck dome made of unknown materials started to violently shake as Spiritmes infuriated roar resounded. "You are truly Courting Death!!!" Azmond felt the increase in the aura of Spiritme, but he honestly didn''t care. However, he couldn''t just leave the ''young master'' hanging, so he said, "You just don''t learn, do you?" WAAAA!! A majestic crimson-colored aura, countless times more powerful than Spiritme''s, was unleashed from Azmond. THUD! THUD! THUD! All the High-Rank Monster King''s felt such terrifying pressure and instantly hit the ground with loud thuds! "T-This is!" "So powerful" They started mumbling to themselves while in a state of disbelief! And they weren''t the only ones, as Spiritme, who took the brunt of the aura, was practically gasping for air. He tried to hold out as his innate pride was keeping his fortitude intact; however, such ''pride'' was short-lived. "St-Stop it! I can''t take it anymore!!" He screamed out with an extreme amount of pain visible on his face. Spiritme''s bones and ligaments were being crushed and burned due to the pressure! Even his father was unable to cause so much damage to his body! However, that wasn''t what made him decide to give in, as unlike the Monster Kings around him, Spiritme had worked quite hard to reach the absolute peak of the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm. Losing a few limbs or experiencing the crushing of his bones was nothing to him; however, there was something incorporated into Azmond''s Crimson Aurasomething that left him wishing for death! The Monster Kings watched the most resilient of them all give up without a second having passed, as they didn''t understand how so many impossible things could be happening all at once!! The human invader shouldn''t have even been on the Neenth Floor to begin with! And he shouldn''t have been able to ovee the strongest of them so easily! And yet Chapter 320: I Dont Care .... The freak of nature who terrorized multiple high-rank monster King''s, nonchntly walked around the inside of the ck dome, his eyes taking bored, cursory nces at all of them. It was like he didn''t even put them in his eyes. However, such silent observations didn''tst long as Azmond suddenly said, "Do you want to know why I''ve decided to intrude on your party?" Following his question, he nced around the room, waiting for someone to respond. "..." "..." "..." Every single one of the High-Rank Monster Kings, of course, had their opinions on the matter, but were they willing to be the first ones to speak up? Hell no! Nheless, there would always be a more fearless one in every group, and in this case, he came in the form of a Kirin descendant. "You havee to kill us all, have you not??" Spiritme announced. His slightly trembling gaze was locked onto Azmond''s figure as he attempted to get his shaky legs off the ground. "Hmm?" Azmond turned toward the once groveling Spiritme. After thinking for a second, he added, "Oh! I guess I forgot to keep my aura up. But no matter, your guess was correct; at least it was in the beginning," he began with a small smirk before he continued, "However, after discerning a few of the bloodlines you all possess, I have another goal now." His smiling face went from High-Rank Monster King to the next one as he saw all the trace hints of bloodlines they possessed. Although the exact amount they possessed could barely be considered anything at all, it was still enough for him to tell him that they all came from high backgrounds, with their ancestors all likely to be in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm. He didn''t know the exact realms of their ancestors due to it not being directly rted to them, but even with that ''handicap'', he could still get a glimpse into their households and backgrounds. Upon doing so, he was able to learn that the majority of the High-Rank Monster Kings originated from an ''Emperor-Rank Household or Family''. And even an idiot could infer what that meant. So in a nonchnt way, he asked, "So where are you guys all from?" His inquisitive voice reverberated out as he awaited the response of someone with an Emperor Bloodline. And it didn''t take long before a gazellekin mumbled, "Wee from beyond the twentieth floor" The gazellekin Monster King got a lot of menacing stares after revealing such information, but none of them were brave enough to move against him with that freak in such close proximity. "From beyond the twentieth floor?" Azmond repeated with a slightly excited expression. He looked at the gazellekin before he asked, "So how do I get past the twentieth floor??" "..." The gazellekin looked around nervously as he realized that he had be the informant. But, in the end, he had no choice but to answer the freak if he wanted to keep his life, so he replied, "To go past the twentieth floor, you must be kind of heart and-" He was cut off by Azmond who said, "What the hell do you mean, ''kind of heart''? This isn''t some soap opera! Just tell me where the entrance is, and I will find my way." He couldn''t believe these people! ''kind of heart'' had to be the dumbest sh*t he had heard all year! However, his thoughts were soothed a little with the next words that came out of the gazellekin''s mouth. "Oh Well, the entrance is to the northern part of the twentieth floor, but it is quite dangerous there, for there are Tribtion Transcendence Monster ves around every corner!" The gazellekin attempted to steer Azmond away from his aspirations of entering the twenty-first floor; however, it looked like such attempts only furthered his intrigue. "You should''ve said so in the beginning! All those experience bags- Err, I mean, all those monster ves need to be given a hard lesson on life!" He shouted with a righteous countenance. The High-Rank Monster Kings looked at the sight of the intruder doing whatever he pleased, as they didn''t know how they had gotten caught up in such a mess. They regretted evering out to the meeting! However, their thoughts soon increased a hundredfold in intensity with the words that the intruder said next... "So How many of you guys like living?" Azmond asked. His yful gaze traveled around all the High-Rank Monster Kings as he saw them as nothing more than experience bags. "!!" "!!" "!!" And when they saw that ''predatory'' look on his face, they knew they were already marked! Following such a realization, the first of them spoke up as he shouted, "I wish to live!" And it wasn''t long before another eximed, "I want to live! Please spare my life, sir!" "I-..." "Me as wel-..." And then another and then another and another Until eventually, every single High-Rank Monster King in the room started begging for their lives! It didn''t matter whether they were a few hundred years old or thousands of years old; when death looked you right in the face, everyone would grasp whatever straws they could hold onto. Nheless, as with everything, there would always be exceptions, and those ''exceptions'' came in the form of a few of the direct Monster Emperor Descendants. An alligatorkin turned his ferocious face in Azmond''s direction before he shouted, "I refuse to bend the knee-" However, he didn''t even get the chance to let out his iron-hard resolve, as he was cut off by an indifferent voice. "I don''t care," Azmond uttered. Following such an interjection, a ck tendril extended out from his slimy outfit before he sliced the alligatorkin into so many pieces that it would take years for someone to count each piece. SLASH! SLASH! *Spurt!* A blood-firework exploded outward as the alligatorkin was turned into blood mist! BLING! *Ding!* *You have gained experience +85,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +85,000k* *Ding!... You* - Azmond looked at the iing system notifications for a second before he returned his attention back to the agape expressions of all those around him. Chapter 321: Ember .... "I know I''m handsome, but you guys don''t have to stare so much," Azmond blurted out with a ''bashful'' look on his face. "..." "..." "..." The High-Rank Monster Kings were horrified over what happened to theirrade, but more than that, they were baffled over the level of shamelessness that oozed out of the invader. "Anyways~," Azmond began with a wide smirk before he continued, "I was just kidding about what I said earlier." A cold gleam shed past his eyes as he looked around at all the walking experience bags with a voracious expression. One of the High-Rank Monster Kings immediately noticed such a disturbance as he attempted to say, "What do you mean by tha-?" However, he couldn''t even properly express his concern before SLICE! A ck tendril cleaved through the air as it made contact with the head of the Monster King, who had just spoken up. *Spurt!* Red and green blood gushed out of the ce where his head used to be connected! "!?" "!?" "!?" Everyone in the room was about to freak out and run away after witnessing such a ''spectacle'', but before they could even entertain the idea... SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! Hundreds of ck tendrils were sent in every direction as they diced up the bodies, Nascent Souls, Essence Souls, and whatever else they had protecting their lives! The entire ck chrome dome was sliced up into millions of different pieces as all the water outside came rushing in! WHOOSH! And just as the entire ce was about to be submerged underneath trillions of pounds of water, Azmond put a soul essence barrier around the enormous dome before he lifted it up and brought it to the water surface. OOOM! PLOP! The dome appeared above the water before it zipped in a direction to the north of the vast and seemingly endless ocean. And inside the dome, Azmond stood with an indifferent countenance as he waited for the dome to reach its destination. However He wasn''t the only one alive inside the dome. "You spared us?" Spiritme asked with a puzzled expression. He didn''t expect that he would''ve survived such an encounter after the rash attitude he disyed in the beginning, but apparently, he was proven wrong. But what he didn''t understand was why. Why would that freak spare him? And it reached a point where he couldn''t stand it anymore, as he asked, "Why did you spare me?" Azmond looked in Spiritme''s direction before he responded, "It''s because you answered my questions." That was all he said before he looked in the direction of the other people he had ''spared'', which included all the ''innocent''ish'' female Monster Queen''s and the gazellekin that had told him how to get to the twenty-first floor. Hundreds of High-Rank Monster Kings had died not even a few seconds ago, but at least a few of them had survived an encounter with Azmond. - One of the Foxkin Monster Queens looked around and noticed that she was alive before she turned her soft gaze in Azmond''s direction and asked, "Why did you let us live?" "Oh?" Azmond looked in the direction of the Foxkin, who spoke as he recalled her information. The Foxkin woman in question was named ''Ember''. She had been abused and ''used'' her entire life, and after thousands of years of struggling, she was able to reach a position where she could be considered to be at the top of Monster Society. Ember had a hard life, and the only people she had ever killed were the ones that came after her first... And, ultimately, it was due to her background that he decided to spare her life. The rest of the Monster Queen''s he spared had been through simr circumstances, which led to him sparing them as well. However, such ''circumstances'' were few and far between, as most of the Monster Queen''s and King''s were heinous beings who did things beyond what could be described. All in all, Azmond had killed around 95% of all the High-Rank Monster King''s and Queen''s who were at the meeting, while he spared thest 5% due due to their ''extenuating circumstances''. And though it may seem a little biased from a third-person perspective, he had not spared a single Monster King besides Spiritme and the gazellekin. Even then, he only spared them because of theirpliance and ''unique history''; if not for that, then they would''ve been added to the deceased list as well. It wasn''t his fault that almost all the male Monster King''s wereplete @ssholes! He wasn''t a simp for sparing a few Monster Queen''s! ''...Am I a simp?'' He couldn''t help but think over such a topic as he realized that he would be seen as nothing more than a perverted simp in the eyes of Boundless and Calista! "This can''t be" He mumbled. Azmond''s expression turned distraught, as he couldn''t believe such a thing could be possible! How could he be interpreted as a simp!? However, his self-doubt wasn''t a silent one, as a certain foxkin woman overheard him. "What can''t be, sir?" Ember asked. "Hmm?" Azmond looked toward Ember before he said, "Oh! Nothing I was just pondering the woes and abstruse concepts of Cultivation!" He refused to get caught simping, so he used the deflection tactic, otherwise known as ''Just pin in it all on cultivation''! "I see" And it worked like a charm! "..." Nheless, since Ember started talking to him first, he decided to make use of that chance to ask her something he had been curious about, so that''s exactly what he did: "Ember, what is up with your system inter- Err, I mean, why can I feel some of the Nine-Tail Fox in your bloodline?" However, hearing his words made her a little puzzled as she asked, "How do you know my name, sir?" Her reddish-orange eyes gazed up at Azmond, as she didn''t remember telling him her name. Azmond looked down at the 5''8 foxkin woman with long red hair and eyes of the same color. Her body was extremely ''well-endowed'', as her hips were sensual, her waist was thin, and her breasts were plump and perky, with a size around E-Cup. Nheless, he wasn''t a simp, so he paid no mind to the alluring body of the Foxkin woman and got to answering her question! For sure Chapter 322: The ‘Appearance Card’ .... ''Well, just one more nce wouldn''t hurt,'' Azmond thought. ''Wait! No! You must stay focused on the goal!'' He refused to be termed a simp! After all, he was in a world of cultivation; he wasn''t a Japanese protagonist for God''s sake! *Ahem!* He cleared his throat before he furrowed his brow and said, "I know of your name, for I asked the world about your identity." His voice came out in a respectable and knowledgeable way as he tilted his head at a 110 angle and gazed off into the horizon that was made visible through the holes in the ck dome. "..." Ember took one look at the human invader, and that was all it took for her to realize something... ''This man is the real deal! He must be a secret human master, right!?'' She thought. Reverence oozed out of her expression as she started to see the Grim Reaper in a different light! "..." Azmond took a side nce at Ember and saw that look on her face before he thought, ''That really worked?'' He couldn''t believe that he had conned a three thousand-year-old fox beauty so easily! Was he always so awesome, or was it a new thing!? He became a little satisfied at such a self-discovery before he focused back on his ''destination''. He had be a little distracted with the foxy beauty, but in the end, he still had to get back to his girls. Although he forgot to ask Ember about her ''Nine-Tailed Fox Bloodline'', he could always ask her about itter. After all, he wasn''t going to let the Monster Queen''s, Spiritme, and the gazellekin out of his sight until he made it to Boundless and Calista. - A few hours passed by as Azmond traveled millions of miles across the vast, expansive, blood-colored ocean that took up the majority of the surface area on the Neenth Floor. The Neenth Floor of the Luminous Grounds in the Nightmare Council. The Neenth Floor, like all the other floors before it, had the same reddish color scheme and the same crystalline-like materials making up the entire floor. Even therge ocean Azmond was flying above was no exception to that odd red crystalline substance, as it was incorporated into the very water itself. Such a weird peculiarity caused the water that made up of the Neenth Floor to tremendously increase in density. And that wasn''t the end of it, as such a phenomenon also caused all the sea life that inhabited the ocean to go through a plethora of different mutations that caused their bodies to harden and adapt. Furthermore, it was due to these mutations that the mindless monsters and creatures who lived on the Neenth Floor had major increases in their overall attributes and strength levels, as not a single creature on the Neenth Floor was below the Soul Transformation Realm! That was no small aplishment either, as Soul Transformation Realm monsters in Asterion as a whole were few and far between. And they could, more often than not, be considered overlords of an entire plot ofnd that stretched on for hundreds or thousands of miles! Nevertheless, such powerful creatures were seen as nothing butmonce fodder on the Neenth Floor of the Luminous Grounds. They were considered the lowest of the lows on the Floor that was dominated by High-Rank Monster King''s Furthermore, that brings up the topic concerning the rest of the ''intelligent'' beings who lived on the Neenth Floor, as the High-Rank Monster King''s that Azmond had killed were only a small fraction of the total number of them that lived on the Neenth Floor. Although they were nowhere near the strength of the ones who participated in that meeting, they were still in the Early, Middle, and Late Unity Form Synthesis Stages. In addition, there were tens of thousands of them, so they had the number advantage! Of course, even though numbers didn''t mean much when pinned up against absolute strength, they could still group up against someone a minor realm higher and maybe get lucky enough to take that person down. Maybe However, some High-Rank Monster King''s took that ''maybe'' for a 100% guarantee, as a few thousand High-Rank Monster King''s ranging from the Early to the Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm were waiting outside of arge city on top of a whalicerosa city that was filled to the brim with millions of monsterkind who made a barnacle on the Whaliceros their home. A High-Rank Gorikin King in a gaudy cape and extremely ostentatious clothes looked in the direction of a simrly dressed Wolfkin as he spoke up. "That catkin girl ''he'' left behind is right down there, so why don''t we just go and take her for ourselves already!?" The wolfkin looked at the Gorikin like he was looking at an idiot as he said, "Are you stupid or something??" "What if ''he'' had put up protection measures around the Catkin girl?? What would we do if we alerted him before he fell into the trap!?" He derided the Gorikin with a disdainful look on his face before he focused back on the ''bait''. He, along with the rest of the High-Rank Monster Kings, had been waiting above the Whaliceros for thest half a day. But if their information was urate, then the ''Grim Reaper'' should be making his way back to the Whaliceros within the next few hours. And all they had to do was wait it out until he appeared, which was exactly what they did. A few hours passed by for Azmond, Spiritme, Ember, the gazellekin, and the couple dozen Monster Queen''s. Most of the Monster Queen''s were still a little anxious around Azmond, but after a few hours of talking together, a lot of them eventually started opening up to him. It would''ve been a lot harder for him to gain even a modicum of friendliness from the Monster Queen''s if not for the special ''skill'' he possessed. That ''skill'' being the... Appearance card! Chapter 323: Unscrupulous Monster Queen’s… .... That''s right! Azmond unconsciously used his superior looks to attract the favor of all the different monsterkin beauties! And after talking for a good bit, they all fell for him one way or another, without him even doing anything special. All he did was speak a few cold words and sh a couple looks, and the majority of them fell head over heels! He couldn''t believe it himself, but that was simply the reality of being ridiculously good-looking. - "So, Azmond~, what happened next with that fight with the Gold-Ranked Dragon~?" The feminine and slightly seductive voice of a 5''7 wolfkin dripped into Azmond''s ears as he turned his head in her direction. And just as he was about to answer... "Yah, yah, what happened next~?" A bunnykin whispered. "I want to know too~ Please tell me first, Azmond~" Another bunnykin whispered. However, they weren''t all of them, as a snakekin woman slid up into hisp before she said, "What about me~? Won''t you tell me of your dangerous fight with the Golden Dragon~?" *Rub Rub* Azmond felt something soft rub up against his groin. "???" He looked down and saw the snakekin''s plump mountains grinding up against him. "..." He was speechless. ''These girls were so reserved not even a few hours ago... So what the hell happened for them to act in such a wanton way??'' He thought. ''Don''t they know I''m taken? I''m a loyal man, you know!?'' Even though he thought such things, he truly didn''t know how much more he could take of the lewd actions made by the Monster Queen''s before he gave in and ravaged them all! But luckily for him, a few High-Rank Monster Kings wereying in wait, not even a few miles away. ***** "He''s here!" The Wolfkin shouted. "What!?" The Gorikin eximed. A few more monster kings were going to express their surprise as well, but before they could, the voice of the Wolfkin reverberated out once more. "We must prepare the formation! Get in line, everyone!" Following hismands, all the High-Rank Monster Kings got into some sort of Octagon shaped formation before they started to chant some type of incantation. WAAA!! The energy levels within a thousand-mile radius suddenly spiked as the High-Rank Monster King''s with the ''Formation Master'' profession allowed the rest of them to join in on the incantation. And before long, over five thousand High-Rank Monster King''s were chanting some unknown incantation, seemingly preparing for the appearance of arge ck sphere. "Is everybody ready!?" The Wolfkin shouted. "Yes!" They all shouted in unison as the Qi in the atmosphere had reached an all-time high! Blue, red, orange, green, yellow, and every other color on the spectrum were released into the air in the form of an iridescent congregation of condensed Qi. RUMBLE!! The space around the Whaliceros started to violently shake as the iridescent Qi took the shape of a wide bow, tens of thousands of meters in length! Following the molding of the bow, the Wolfkin watched the ck dot getrger andrger in the distance as he, along with the rest of the High-Rank Monster Kings, waited with baited breath. "..." "..." "..." The silence was practically deafening, until all of a sudden, the Wolfkin shouted, "Fire!!!" Such a shout was followed by all hell breaking loose as the iridescent bow pulled back before itunched forward an arrow made of the same energies! WHISTLE! An arrow tens of thousands of meters in length spiraled toward the ck dot in the distance, as it seemed like it would make direct contact with the target! WAAAA!! An immensely regal and extremely powerful aura exploded out of the arrow as it neared the ck dome with unrelenting force! "Die, you motherfucker!!!" The wolfkin bellowed out. He had also fallen victim to the non-negotiable ''assistance'' that the Grim Reaper ''asked'' of him. He had been waiting for months to get his vengeance, and now it was finally his time to shove it up the Grim Reaper''s ass! However, revenge was often served cold, and Azmond didn''t much like the cold. The iridescent arrow looked like it would explode the ck dome into millions of pieces, but before it could... A nonchnt voice asked, "Who put this rainbow in my way?" Following such a question, a crimson-colored Qi erupted out of therge ck dome before it extended out and took the form of an enormous hand! OOOM! The giant hand loomed over the ck sphere before it boomed out! BOOM! It zipped toward the iridescent arrow before it grabbed it and brought it back to the area above the ck dome. "What is this?" Azmond asked. He analyzed the existence of the iridescent arrow with his Discerning Quantum Eye before he figured out exactly what it was. His voice came out with a small smirk as he said, "There are more ants here, huh?" Following such a promation, he turned his gaze in the direction of the thousands of High-Rank Monster Kings who were a few dozen miles away. Meanwhile, on the other side of such a staredown, every single one of the monster kings had their eyes wide open as they couldn''tprehend what they were seeing! One second, the arrow they put their all into was zing toward the human invader with overwhelming force, and the next second, their attack was stopped just like that! "What the hell is going on here!?" The wolfkin''s boisterous voice thundered out. His revenge was right there! He was so close to achieving his goal, and yet it all went to sh*t before it even got anywhere. Now, the predatory gaze of Azmond was locked onto them, and it didn''t look like he would let them off easy. All of the High-Rank Monster Kings understood the situation they were in, as all at once they ditched the active formation and dispersed in every direction! Most of them had already given up on the mission; however, a few of them, who thought they could gain something from the chaos, went toward a small inn where a certain catkin girl was staying. Nevertheless, no matter what route or decisions they decided to make, not a single one of them could''ve anticipated what was about to happen next... Chapter 324: Active Quest: Exterminate The Fleeing Monster Kings .... "Are these idiots stupid or something?" Ember questioned. She, along with the rest of the Monster Queen''s, were grouped around Azmond as they smothered his body with their voluptuous figures. "..." And as heavenly as that felt, he was too distracted with the gnats buzzing outside to entertain the monsterkin beauties. ***** "..." "..." Spiritme and the gazellekin were sitting in a corner of the ck dome, regretting every part of their existence''s. ''I should''ve been born more handsome'' The Gazellekin thought with a gloomy aura surrounding him. ''Why are they all swarming toward him!? I am handsome too, you know!'' Spiritme thought. ''Although not as handsome as him... But I am not too far off, right?'' He thought over the topic before he too entered a self-deprecating state. They both started to loathe themselves and that stupid handsome bastard who invaded their world and took all the beauties for himself! However, they, along with the Monster Queen''s, were taken out of their varying thoughts as Azmond started to speak: "Do you girls want to see something pretty?" He asked. "??" "??" "??" All the Monster Queen''s looked at each other for a second before they responded in unison. "Mhmm~, we love pretty things, Azmond~" They all squished their breasts against his chiseled body as they looked at him with pink hearts in their eyes. "Oh?" He began with an amused expression before he said, "Then, let''s have the fireworks showmence." Flowing such a statement, he wiggled his hand out of the enticing bodies that covered him before a reaction started to ur inside the iridescent arrow that hung over the ck dome. BZZZTT! It started to buzz and shake all over the ce! Before suddenly, the shaking stopped... Following such an abrupt stop, the iridescent arrow turned on its head as it pointed in the direction of the fleeing Monster Kings. "Now, let''s see how you guys like a rainbow being thrown at you!" Azmond eximed with a wide smirk stered on his face. RUMBLE!! The iridescent arrow released an aura hundreds of times greater than before! After it erupted with such an immense aura, therge arrow split into thousands of smaller versions of itself before they started to rotate and spin in on themselves. WHIZZ! WHIZZ! WHIZZ! Not long after, the arrowsunched forth, aiming for every single High-Rank Monster King outside the Whaliceros! - "You girls ready for the fireworks?" Azmond asked with a small smile. "Mhmm!" They all bobbed their heads in confirmation. "Then don''t close your eyes, or you''ll miss the resplendent light show," he added. "..." "..." "..." All the beautiful Monster Queens gazed out into the sky with expectation building up inside them. They had just met Azmond, the Grim Reaper, and yet they were so infatuated with him that if he said it was about to start raining cats and dogs, they would all stare up at the sky! That was just the power he wielded with those absurdly good looks of hisa power that was unlike what his physical or spiritual prowess could offer. The power his appearance held was more than superficial, as he could, ifbined with his charisma, take over entire kingdoms without even trying! That wasn''t to say that his appearance was the solution to every problem, but it could help smooth over ones where it contained members of the opposite sex. Say an immortaldy came down from the heavens and demanded Azmond''s head. What would his meager strength do in the face of such a cmity? The only thing he could resort to was his unparalleled looks and charisma! ''It''s not my fault I''m so handsome,'' he thought. (...) Even the narrator was speechless at his shamelessness... Meanwhile, the shrunken versions of the iridescent arrow were sent out to all their designated targets, mere nanoseconds away from making contact! "What the hell are those!?" A tigerkin eximed. "Run for your lives!!" Another monsterkin shouted. "Why is the invader so damn powerful!? I don''t understand!!" The High-Rank Monster Kings roared out all sorts of grievances as they scattered in every direction, attempting to escape the arrows honing in on them. However, no matter which way they weaved or which direction they attempted to escape in, nothing deterred the effulgent light beams zipping toward them at speeds tens of thousands of times faster than the speed of sound! "Ple-Please, spare me! I can be a ve; I don''t care!" The Tigerkin pleaded. Nheless, he was the first to go, as an all epassing beam of light consumed the upper half of his figure! KABOOOM! The upper half of his body, along with his Nascent Soul and Essence Soul, werepletely obliterated! BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed the Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm Tigerkin King ''Ecum''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +78,900,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +78,900k* *Ding!* *You have partiallypleted the ''Active Quest: Exterminate the Fleeing Monsterkin Kings'' - 1/3460* "Ding! You* Azmond was bombarded with a series of system notifications as he reveled in the feeling of bing richer and stronger at the same time! Although he wouldn''t be able to reach the Middle Quantum Nascent Soul Realm with the meager cultivation base that these ants would be able to allot, he would still be a few steps closer, and that was good enough for him. Anyhow, speaking of the Quantum Nascent Soul Realm, he achieved such a state a few weeks back, and when he went through the breakthrough process, that mysterious force sent down not just one, but four dragons in the Third Stage of Tribtion Transcendence! Nevertheless, he made quick work of the small, country-sized dragons within a few seconds before he finished his breakthrough with great splendor! Azmond was on the Seventeenth Floor when he went through the breakthrough, and there was quite a disturbance in the atmosphere when he was breaking througha disturbance that even caused a few ''busybodies'' toe see what happened. Nheless, he put them through the ''ringer'' like all the other ''busybodies'' that came before them. After which, he sent them packing with a ''p on the wrist'' and a warning. But go figure, the same ones who bothered him during his breakthrough were the same ones running away from him now Chapter 325: Killing The High-Rank Monster King’s Like Flies! .... It wasn''t like all things went sideways with Azmond''s breakthrough, as he was able to unlock the ''System Shop'''' and ''Storage Space'' functions upon sessfully breaking through to the Quantum Nascent Soul Realm. And that wasn''t even the end of it, as his ''Quantum Law Comprehension Rate'' had reached Level 4! It was not a small achievement in the least, as his Space Law also went up ordingly, and it was through such increases that his strength had once again taken a leap! Furthermore, he had also acquired his very own Nascent Soul after breaking through! - The Nascent Soul Realm. To break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, you need to reach the absolute peak of the Half-Step Golden Core Formation Realm. After reaching this stage in your cultivation, you can begin to form a miniature version of yourself inside your Dantian spacea miniature version that will start out as a baby and sit atop your Dantian (Core for Azmond). The Nascent Soul Realm is different from all the realms before it, as not only will you need topress and expand the size of your ''Golden Core'' (including (Basic) Qi foundational body talent Law), but you also need at the very least a one meter Golden Core to breakthrough to Nascent Soul. To advance through the Nascent Soul Realm, you will need to develop the ''phases'' of your Nascent Soul from ''Infant'' ''Child'' ''Teenage'' --> ''Adult'' '' ''Limit of Adulthood'' That was essentially the rundown of the Nascent Realm, and for the Talent Body Law Foundation Gaps, they went something like Early Nascent Soul - (Basic[0], Heavenly[2], Divine[5], Quantum[12])pression and expansion cycles for golden core: ''Infant Development Phase'' Middle Nascent Soul - (Basic[0], Heavenly[2], Divine[5], Quantum[12])pression and expansion cycles for golden core: ''Child Development Phase'' Late Nascent Soul - (Basic[0], Heavenly[2], Divine[5], Quantum[12])pression and expansion cycles for golden core: ''Teenage Development Phase'' Peak Nascent Soul - (Basic[0], Heavenly[2], Divine[5], Quantum[12])pression and expansion cycles for golden core: ''Adult Development Phase'' Half-Step Soul Transformation Realm - (Basic[0], Heavenly[2], Divine[5], Quantum[12])pression and expansion cycles for golden core: ''Absolute Adult Development Phase'' That was just about everything that was known of the Nascent Soul Realm and its subsequent ''Heavenly'', ''Divine'', and ''Quantum'' talent gaps. This was, of course, just an overview, and the exact process by which one advanced through the Nascent Soul Realm was a lot moreplex and usually required external methods to effectively reach the ''Absolute Adult Development Phase''. External methods such as soul-rted herbs, cultivation-increasing herbs, array formations that increase cultivation efficiency, pills, and anything else of the like. But, of course, none of that really applied to the freakish monster called Azmond. With the help of Emu, menial cultivation had essentially be obsolete unless he had some free time, as all he had to do was have Emu devour all the corpses of his enemies, and he would acquire an appropriate amount of cultivation base. Although the exact amount of ''cultivation base'' was not precise and varied greatly, it was still enough that as long as he ''devoured'' enough cultivators, the numbers would add up to insane levels! Nheless, he didn''t always rely on such a ''cheat'' method to scale up the realms, as a part of his cultivation base was due to his own efforts in mundane cultivation. He didn''t want to get rusty with his cultivation, so he made sure to get in at least one session a day (As long as he wasn''t in the midst of snu-snu). There were many other things that changed with his System Interface and strength after such a period of time, but that was for another day. For now, let us get back to the explosion of colors that was about to ensue! ***** "Hey, Azmond~?" Ember whispered into Azmond''s ears with a seductive expression. Her lewd body pressed up against his right arm as the tight-fitted kimono she was wearing started to tear at its base. One with a weaker will would have definitely sumbed to the tantalizing sight presented before them, but he was no weak man! So, like the strong-willed man he was! He turned his face in the opposite direction before his head tilted at a 110 angle as he responded, "Yah?" "..." Ember was shocked. She thought she could get at least the slightest reaction out of him, but he didn''t even bat an eye! ''As expected of the Grim Reaper!'' She thought. Unbeknownst to Azmond, his figure had already grown in Ember''s mind, as she thought of him as no less than a supreme master of the human race! But, regardless of her reaffirmed beliefs, she moved her face to the side of his. "These fireworks are so pretty." She began with sparkly eyes before she murmured, "Thank you for giving us this gift... It means a lot to us, Azmond." Ember''s eyes seemed to contain an untold number ofplex emotions as she turned her pretty face in the direction of the explosions happening in the background. Azmond saw the hidden meaning behind her words before he said, "I don''t know what you''re talking about." Following such a promation, he gazed out at the iridescent explosions as well. Ember looked up at the neutral look on his face before she whispered, "Mhmm I know." Even a deaf man could tell that she wasn''t believing a single thing he said! "I really didn''t do this for you girls'' sake. I did it for myself," he said with a crooked smile. Ember leaned her head up against his chest before she whispered, "...I know." "..." Azmond gave up on trying to convince her that he wasn''t killing those Monster King''s for the things they did to these women, as he focused his attention on the system notificationsing in. BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed the Late Unity Form Synthesis Realm High-Rank Wolfkin King ''Acroz''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +65,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +65,000k* *Ding!* *You have killed the Middle Unity Form Synthesis Realm High-Rank Zebrakin King ''Ecock''* *Ding!* You have gained experience +35,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +35,000k* *Ding!* *You have partiallypleted the ''Active Quest: Exterminate the Fleeing Monsterkin Kings'' - 2904/3460* Chapter 326: Exterminating All 3460 High-Rank Monster King’s! .... BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Large fireworks continued booming out in the distance as the entire space surrounding the Whaliceros was filled with the screams and cries of thousands of High-Rank Monster Kings! However, the one who caused such resplendent deaths acted like the beautiful array of blood and iridescent colors had absolutely nothing to do with him. ''I wonder what Calista and Boundless want to eat tonight?'' Azmond thought. ''I promised Calista that we would go to that fish joint on the south side of the Whaliceros... But I''m getting kind of tired of fish.'' He was thinking over what he thought was aplicated matter,pletely ignoring the ongoing deaths happening around him. However, it seemed like he was the only one with such an indifferent outlook on the deaths of thousands of High-Rank Monster Kings. "..." "..." "..." The Monster Queen''s watched the fleeing Monster Kings explode into bloody fireworks with slightly sadistic looks on their faces. It felt so good to see the bastards who abused and r*ped them for years get what they hading to them! All of them looked at such a sight with immense satisfaction before they turned their heads in the direction of Azmond. And as if their emotions were in sync, they all sent deeply grateful looks in his direction. - "..." Azmond could feel the intensity oozing out of them from miles away. However, he ignored all their passionate gazes and put on his debonair demeanor before staring out at thest few remaining Monster Kings. Explosions boomed out as iridescent arrows were shot out in every direction, honing in on all the Monster Kings! "Please spare my life! I promise to change my ways! I''ll even stop fucking the chickens in brother Chen''s yard!" A donkeykin king screamed with snot running down his face. "!?" The Monsterkin named Chen heard thement made by the donkeykin as he turned in his direction with an infuriated expression before he shouted, "You fucked my spiritual chickens, you bastard!?" "I did it for scientific purposes! You must understand!" He refuted. "You fuckin-" The tension between them was about to escte, but before it could BOOM! BOOM! Two more rainbow-colored explosions, hundreds of meters in diameter, blossomed out! "..." Azmond watched the remaining 50 or so High-Rank Monster Kings run for their lives before he turned his head in the direction of the Monster Queens he brought with him. They all had expressions like they had just been released from their ''shackles'', but more than that, their gratitude for him was growing exponentially. Upon seeing their looks of infatuation, Azmond decided not to encourage them, and instead, he looked at the iing system notifications. BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed the Late Stage Unity Form Synthesis Realm Monster King ''Azo''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +67,800,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +67,800k* *Ding!* *You have absorbed part of the cultivation base of the Monster King!* *Ding* *Your cultivation has improved slightly!* *Ding!* *You have partiallypleted the ''Active Quest: Exterminate the Fleeing Monsterkin Kings'' - 2455/3460* "Hmm" Azmond watched the System Notifications swarm in before he waited a few nanoseconds for thest one to appear. And then it happened! *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Exterminate the Fleeing Monsterkin Kings - 3460/3460!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +40,000,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding! You* *Ding!* *You have acquired the first of the dragon balls for the ''In Memory of Akira Toriyama'' Quest!* Azmond was leisurely perusing through the system notifications until thest one popped up as he shouted, "What!?" "??" "??" "??" The Monster Queen''s smothering him with their bodies were a little surprised at such an outburst, but they quickly ignored it before continuing their ''solo snuggling session''. *Cough Cough* He coughed a little to clear the air before he thought, ''How the hell was I able to acquire a dragon ball??'' He didn''t recall Boundless saying anything about them being drops for Quest''s! But the proof was right in his inventory box SHING! He took out a glowing orange orb with a star on the front. ''So this is a dragon ball?'' Azmond thought with an entranced expression. In his eyes, he had never seen anything so mesmerizing! Not even the most wonderous things in existence couldpare to the sight he was seeing at that moment! Azmond had no clue what a ''dragon ball'' was, but he knew it had to be something extremely special! He wanted to know more about it, but he was missing his brown-haired beauty, so he doubted he could figure out anything himself. "Where is Boundless when I need her?" He mumbled. A few milliseconds passed as he attempted to figure out how to glean something about the dragon ball in his hands. However, he suddenly realized something that made him doubt his intelligence as he said, "Wait, I am slow" Azmond couldn''t believe he had forgotten about his most useful skill A bright light shed as he activated his Discerning Quantum Eye! Following the sh of light, a screen appeared in front of his vision. {[Dragon Ball:]} [One of Seven mysterious orbs made of unknown energy.] [Origin: ???] [Purpose: ???] [Function: ???] [Number Collected: 1/7] "..." Azmond was speechless over theck of things he learned. He had figured out just about nothing more than he already knew. But, regardless of theck of information, he was able to discern just how many there were. Although he still had not an inkling of an idea where exactly the other six were, he knew they were somewhere in the mortal realm. ''Somewhere in the Mortal Realm, huh?'' He didn''t know if the ''Mortal Realm'' referred to just the of Asterion or if it included the ''world outside of Asterion'' as well. ''Hmm'' He thought it over for a second before he said, ''It''s likely thetter.'' He had no concrete evidence to support that im, but there was the fact that he had already reached the Tribtion Transcendence Realm in power, so he doubted that the dragon balls would have their scopes limited to just Asterion. But nheless, that was a topic for another time, as right now, all he wanted to do was go back to Calista and Boundless. Chapter 327: An Emergency!? .... BZZZTT! Azmond''s ck and gold katana started to shake. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" ''Ghostdy gives good food!'' It seemed like Emu agreed with him on getting back to them. And it looked like neither of them would have to wait long, as the clean-up had alreadymenced! WIGGLE! Emu grew to disproportionate sizes before it split up into hundreds of ck tendrils and devoured the rest of the corpses of the fallen High-Rank Monster Kings. CHOMP! CHOMP! Emu made quick work of all their dead bodies before it turned its glittery eyes in Azmond''s direction. Emu seemed to understand that it wasn''t the only one that got stronger after it devoured the existence of the organisms it consumed. "Hmm?" Azmond looked toward Emu''s expectant gaze before he said, "Thank you, little buddy." And that was all it took for Emu to have a positively splendiferous reaction! "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu''s squeaks were followed by an immense golden aura being released from it as it nearly covered everything within a ten thousand mile radius! WAAAA!! It zed and fluctuated in the sky! However, before it could get too out of hand, a soft palm came crashing down on Emu''s head! *Pat Pat* Following such a devastating attack, Azmond said, "You really like to go overboard with your enjoyment, huh, Emu?" His voice echoed out in an exasperated tone as he looked at the terrified looks on all the Monster Queen''s faces sitting in the ck dome with him. Even Spiritme and the gazellekin were trembling in the corner upon feeling an aura even more powerful than some of the Nine Monster Emperor''s. However, all it took was a hand movement by Azmond, and... SWISH! A warm green aura was released from his palm as it spread throughout everybody in the ck dome, subsequently causing their fearful looks to turn into soothed and calm expressions. Following such a group calming ceremony, Azmond''s voice echoed out in a soft tone as he said, "No need to worry; that was just my sword." "..." "..." "..." Even the Monster Queen''s became speechless after hearing what the source for such an extreme aurawell into the Tribtion Transcendence Realmwas. But it looked like everybody wasn''t stunned speechless as Ember climbed further up Azmond''sp before she said, "What kind of sword do you have that it can release an aura of its own?" Her gaze traveled around the chiseled muscles of Azmond before she saw the miniaturized version of Emu''s ''Quantum Katana Flux Form'' on his back. The katana was only around 3 feet long, but Ember could feel something indescribable being emitted from it! "It''s gorgeous" She mumbled with a slightly entranced expression. BZZZTT!! Emu seemed to appreciate such praise as it started to vibrate once again. "Emu is special to me," Azmond said with his kind eyes locked onto his katana. He may not show it much, but if there was one being that always had his back, then it was Emu. And that wasn''t to mention that a lot of his power came from the assistance of Emu, so if anyone deserved his kindness, then it was definitely going to be Emu! "Mhmu Mhmu?" Emu had never received so much attention in its life, but it wouldn''t deny that it felt good to have so many eyes on it! "So its name is Emu?" Ember asked with a curious gaze. She had heard of people naming their swords before; however, she had never met a sword fanatic who named their sword such an exotic name. "How did youe up with the name?" She asked, her curiosity having been piqued. "Well I named Emu Emu, because that''s the sound that Emu makes," Azmond replied with an awkward expression. He wasn''t one to get embarrassed over things, but his naming sense when it came to Emu was quite simple-minded now that he looked back on it. But would he change Emu''s name because of that? Nah. Emu liked its name, and everyone else liked it as well, so he felt no need to ''fix'' something that wasn''t broken to begin with. - "A sound it makes?" Ember wasn''t following. She had heard no such sound the entire time she had known the Reaper. Azmond looked at the intense curiosity in everyone''s eyes as he figured it wouldn''t hurt him to tell them of Emu, so he said, "Yeah, watch this." Following his words, Emu started to wiggle and squirm in its katana form before it jumped up into the air andnded on the hard ck surface! "This is Emu," Azmond announced. Emu bobbed around the interior of the ck dome, looking at all the new ''not-meals''. Meanwhile, the Monster Queen''s and the two Kings were going through a maelstrom of emotions upon seeing the true form of Azmond''s sword. "A slime!?" They all eximed with shocked expressions. Not a single one of them had ever heard of a slime that was capable of morphing into a weapon, much less releasing an aura in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm! "How can a slime be so strong?" The snakekin Monster Queen asked. And she wasn''t the only one, as all the other Monster Queens chimed in with their own quandaries, but Azmond simply looked at them all before he responded, "That''s because Emu is Emu!" The whole crowd went silent after hearing such a nonsensical response. But their thoughts were interrupted not long after as Azmond looked out therge hole in the ck dome before he mumbled, "They are eating without me" The aura inside the ck dome became a little gloomy as his expression turned a little mncholic. "??" "??" "??" None of the Monster Queen''s knew what was going on, but they assumed that it was likely nothing good when they saw the look on Azmond''s face. However, Ember, on the other hand, decided to do something a little bold as she wrapped her slender arms around his neck before she whispered, "An emergency?" "Mhmm This is an emergency," he replied in a tone of urgency. Hepletely ignored the wanton moves made by Ember as he looked toward the city below with his divine sense and saw Calista and Boundless dining at the restaurant they were supposed to eat at together! Chapter 328: The ‘Mainland’ of the Nineteenth Step .... This was disastrous! It was an unheard-of cmity that Azmond must get to the bottom of right away! Ember looked at the face he was making and immediately knew that he wasn''t ying around, so she said, "Go ahead. I''ll watch over the other Monster Queen''s and those two over there." "Hmm?" Azmond wasn''t expecting her to say something like that. He brought his divine sense back before he looked down with his eyes, and what he saw was... Ember, with her dainty finger up to her lips and hearts within her reddish pupils, looked at him like she wanted to devour him whole! "..." Azmond didn''t know what to say in response to such an intense gaze. ''Oops'' Ember realized she had been caught, but she resolved herself as she turned the table on its side! "You won''t forget about us after you leave, will you~?" She whispered with her arms squishing her milky white breasts together. "..." Azmond was utterly speechless. He didn''t know if he had been any more speechless in his entire life, and it didn''t even seem like Ember was the only one with such dangerous motives. His eyes scanned the ck dome and saw the lust-filled gazes of every single Monster Queen honed in him! ''What the hell is this situation!? Didn''t we just meet a few hours ago??'' He thought with a bewildered expression. ''Is this the sin of being too handsome?? Have I brought such trouble upon myself due to my own devices??'' Azmond''s countenance became a little solemn as he knew what that caped baldy meant when he said, ''It was lonely to stand at the top''. It truly was so lonely! (...) His shamelessness shone through in the end, but it didn''t take long before he snapped out of his self-indulgent reverie and looked toward the Whaliceros. "I must go now," he began. "I''lle back to you guys within the next few days, Kay?" His question was mainly directed toward the voluptuous women who smothered him, but it was also slightly aimed at the two male demon kings. Although only ''slightly''. He would rather not have them on his ''ship'' at all, but they helped him out after all, so he didn''t mind bringing them along for the time being. Although he would most definitely drop them off after he made it to the twenty-first floor,. Whereas, the fates of the ''troubled'' Monster Queen''s were still undecided. He kind of wanted to make a maid squad with them as the maids, but he doubted that would go over well if he brought it up with Boundless, Calista, and Crystalline. Nevertheless, he would still keep that option in the back of his mind! And who knows? He might be able to convince them of the benefits of having a maid squad! Maybe - Anyway, Azmond bid farewell to the seductresses on the ck dome before he made his way down to the world-like back of the Whaliceros. This Whaliceros in particr, had been sitting above the vast, blood-colored ocean water for thest few dozen years. Furthermore, it hadn''t moved an inch from its spot. He looked at the stat shat of the Whaliceros and gleaned this information, but he didn''t know why the Whaliceros was so adamant on not moving. But, as soon as he looked at the Whaliceros''s ''personality traits'', he immediately knew what the issue was. The adjectives used to describe its personality were ''Lazy, Bored, Lazy, Tired, and Lazy'' It didn''t take a genius to figure out the reason why the Whaliceros was so keen on not moving from its spot, as ''Lazy'' was repeated three times! Nheless, it was due to such a peculiar trait of the Whaliceros that it became a perfect living environment for all the normal folk who had migrated up to the Neenth Floor. But don''t confuse the low cultivation bases of the inhabitants of the Whaliceros as the baseline for the Neenth Floor, as that would be the furthest thing from the truth. The Neenth Floor, otherwise known as the ''Home of the High-Rank Monster Kings'', was ruled over by the High-Rank Monster Kings and their families on the ''Maind''. The ''Maind'' was simply what the monsterkin who lived on the Whaliceros''s and other hybrid ''experiments'', called the central plot ofnd thaty in the middle of the vast expanse of water that surrounded it. And this ''Maind'' was tens of millions of miles wide and contained tens of thousands of powerful families that were connected to the High-Rank Monster Kings that Azmond had exterminated. In fact, only a few of the High-Rank Monster Kings had stayed behind when they were informed of the ''Monster King Meeting'', and the subsequent ''Subjugation of the invader''. There were likely only a few hundred High-Rank Monster Kings left on the ''Maind'' after Azmond mowed down their ranks like weeds. One would think that the families of these ''High-Rank Monster Kings'' would start to decline, and they''d be right in that assumption. Once the families of the High-Rank Monster Kings learned of their family heads'' deaths, they would start to sell all their royalties and businesses on the Neenth Floor in an attempt to amass enough money to move to the Eighteenth Floor without losing their statuses. Following such a freak-selling frenzy made by the descendants of the High-Rank Monster Kings, all themon peasants on the Maind would lose their tyrannical rulers, but they would also lose the sense of security and protection that their rulers provided them with. Now, whether this was a good or bad thing for the inhabitants of the Maind on the Neenth Floor was still undecided, but what one could say for certain was that a simple action made by Azmond caused an entire ecosystem the size of a to take an unforeseen route toward a destination unknown to them. Killing those High-Rank Monster Kings was the moment that Azmond started to gain something. He had started to gain ''fate''. Now whether the fate he acquired from altering the lives of tens of billions of beings was a good or bad thing was still undecided; however, that moment was a turning point for hima turning point that would eventually snowball into something beyond anything the mortal realm had ever known. Chapter 331: I Think I’ll Go And Meet This Playboy Myself… .... "!?" "!?" The two maid sisters didn''t understand the words spoken by their Queen. Was she not supposed to be infuriated at their failure?? However, it didn''t take long before Marina herself answered their doubts. "I hoped you could seed," she began with a tired expression. "But if my daughter was anything like I was when I was younger, then she had surely gone after a man who was beyond exceptional." Her eyes gazed off into the distance before she continued, "And it turned out that my fears hade to fruition" "What do you mean, My Lady?" Sapphire asked with a puzzled look on her face. Had their Queen expected them to fail from the very beginning? Then what was the point of them even being sent out? "..." Azure had simr thoughts to her sister as she waited for an exnation. "Ha" Marina sighed a little before she looked at the two confused maids and said, "I''m sorry, Azure and Sapphire, but I had used you two as a test for the boy." She announced such information with a slightly apologetic tone as she scrutinized the changes in expression on their faces. Marina expected them to hate her for using them as guinea pigs, butpletely against her expectations, they thought over the events that happened after they got their mission before they replied, "We understand, My Queen." "???" Now Marina was the one who was confused. She had most definitely rified that they were used as test dummies, and they were smart enough to figure out the hidden meaning behind her words, so why did they respond like everything was okay? Marina was confident in their loyalty, but if anyone knew the two girls best, then she did. And something was definitely not right! Her cold eyes gleaned into their souls, attempting to understand the truth; however, she couldn''t discern a single thing even after a few seconds of trying. So, instead of forcefully extracting the information she wanted to know, her inquisitive tone reverberated out as she asked, "What happened after you met this ''Azmond''?" "..." "..." Azure and Sapphire knew that they had been caught red-handed by their perceptive Queen, and they knew they couldn''t lie to her, so they went on to tell her the entire truth of what happened after they left for the mission. - "So what you''re telling me is that the boy not only slept with you, but he also had a young, pretty catkin girl following him around?" Marina''s voice came out in a tone colder than the North Pole, as her expression was anything but pretty. In the beginning, she had wanted to use Azure and Sapphire to gauge whether the boy was capable of protecting her daughter from the FireGod Empire. But after learning of this ''information'', she changed her mind. "I think I''ll go on a little trip to meet this ybody who had stolen my daughter''s heart only to y around with it like puddy," she said with a toneced with enormous amounts of killing intent. RUMBLE!! An immensely regal, cyan-colored aura exploded outward from Marina as the entire castle and even the surrounding areas werepletely enveloped! FWIP! Following such an eruption of energy, she had disappeared from her throne as she blurred toward the south of the Kingdom of AquaRing. Azure and Sapphire got up from their kneeling positions as they realized something. "We screwed up, didn''t we?" Azure muttered. Sapphire looked to where the Queen once sat before she mumbled, "Yes... Yes we did." The both of them could only hope that Azmond could make it through the cmity that was speeding his way in one piece. ***** In a far-off location at the very top of the twentieth floor of the Luminous Grounds, three figures were seen walking atop a vast barren desert. And above those three figures, there was arge ck sphere that hovered in ce. Thend they walked on was blood-colored and stretched on for millions of miles in every direction; however, there was nothing but the lifeless ruby-like sand that surrounded them on all sides. "Azmond?" Calista murmured as she tugged on his long, flowing white robes. "Hmm?" Azmond looked down at the girl, who looked no older than 14 years old, as he responded, "Yes?" "Are we almost done walking through this ce?" She asked with her misty gray eyes staring up at him. It seemed like Calista had gotten tired of walking around aimlessly on the Twentieth Floor, and her lethargy made sense, considering that they had already been on the Twentieth Floor for over three weeks. Three weeks of nothing but each other and the aridndscape that filled up the entirety of the Twentieth Floor. That was what they had to work with as they traversed through millions of miles of dry, red desert. Azmond had the ability to move at lightspeed after reaching the Mid-Rank Quantum Nascent Soul Realm a few days ago through the assistance of his Primordial Yin Impripts; however, in actuality, he couldn''t move anywhere near that speed with Calista and the ck sphere tagging along with him. He thought about ditching the ball and putting all the Monster Queen''s, the gazellekin, and Spiritme inside his storage ring while he traveled to the end of the Twentieth Floor. But he scratched that idea when he thought about how little he knew of his storage ring. There were, of course, the women that he had ''collected'' from the Goblin encampments over a year ago; however, they were either mortals or far weaker than the Monster Queen''s, so he didn''t want to risk them dying due to some unknown security measure in the storage ring. And he couldn''t exactly test out whether they would die without killing one of them, so in the end, he opted for taking a slower trip toward the Extreme North of the Twentieth Step. Such a n was going quite good until a certain catkin girl got tired of seeing the same lifeless scenery all day long... Chapter 330: Azure and Sapphire Returning To The AquaRing Kingdom! .... "Hmm" Azmond looked over his new System Interface, and although he noticed a bunch of improvements, he caught no sight of any cheats that went beyond the superficial level. There were, however, plenty of newws, improvedwprehension rates, higher levels in his ''Exterior Cultivation'', ''Dual Cultivation'', and an increase in his skill levels. Furthermore, there was also a major increase in his ''Sword Law'' and ''Sword Aura'', which he assumed was due to devouring the weapons and corpses of all those Monster Kings. He also surmised that the newws andprehension rates he obtained were due to those High-Rank Monster Kings as well. ''It looks like even ants have their uses if they''re given enough resources,'' he thought. The families of a lot of the High-Rank Monster Kings were descended from a Monster Emperor one way or another, and it was due to such ''heritage'' that all the High-Rank Monster Kings were able to acquire items that improved not only their cultivations but also theirwprehension rates. That''s right! There were items that could increase yourprehension of a certain Law, assuming the item has the relevant aspect, of course. But that doesn''t change the fact that, just like most other things in cultivation, there''s a way to increase your attributes with pure, unadulterated wealth! Money was power, and power was strength, so strength equaled money! And it was due to such universal principles that cultivatorsno matter their strengthprogressed through the realms in record time! But, regardless, all of that was besides the point, so let''s get back to Azmond''s thoughts. - ''So, what I got from all this is that I need to... I need to hunt all the rich young masters to get stronger in the fastest amount of time!'' Looking at his improved system interface was all it took for Azmond to decide the fates of an uncountable number of young master peng''s. ''I guess face-pping will be the norm for my path forward, huh?'' His smirk widened a little at such a thought, as he couldn''t wait to see how many faces he''d have to p to get out all the goodies! And it turned out that he knew of just the ce where he could p some old foggy''s till they dropped everything they ownedthat ce being the twenty-first floor and above! Azmond, with a new set of goals, decided it was time to go back and pick up the Monster Queen''s before he headed up to the Twenty and Twenty First Floors. But first *p!* |Ow! What was that!?| Boundless yelped. Her hand immediately went to her two round butt cheeks as she rubbed them with her hand before she looked in Azmond''s direction and said, |What was that for, you big baka!?| "..." Azmond looked at the aggrieved look on her face before, and with a sly smile, he said, "They were just begging to be pped~" |...| Boundless''s cheeks puffed up before she harrumphed and stormed out of the room. And just as her footsteps were about to leave the halls outside their room, Azmond''s voice entered her ears. "Do you want to go to that chocte ce you were raving about yesterday?" Boundless stopped in her tracks before she thought over her options, and that was when she decided... *Step! Step! Step!* She retracted her steps before she found herself in Azmond''sp, staring up at his flirtatious eyes. |Y-You''re really going to take me there?| She mumbled before she asked, |Didn''t you say it was too expensive?| *Pat Pat* Azmond tenderly rubbed the head of Boundless before he whispered, "Why, of course~ Just take it as my apology for getting a little ahead of myself earlier~" His honeyed words dripped into her ears as she looked into those deep blue eyes of his andpletely forgot what she was so peeved about a second ago. Following such an exchange, one thing led to another, and theymenced yet another passionate snu-snu session! *Shake! Shake!* The reinforced tavern could barely hold up against the perverse activities of the two as they went at it for another day and night! ***** A certain catkin girl sat on her bed in her room as she listened to the euphoria-filled moans of Boundless echo throughout the tavern. "..." Calista''s blush never left her face as she wrapped herself around a soft pillow, attempting to escape the mental torture being inflicted on her. However, even in the midst of her tumultuous thoughts, she never once stopped munching on her sushi rolls. ''Azmond'' She thought with reddened ears. *Munch Munch* The sounds of Calista munching and her squirming echoed out inside her room as she waited for the moans to stop with a flushed face. Meanwhile, in a blue kingdom to the north of the Luminous Grounds, therey avishly decorated castle. And inside that castle, there was a woman with a body beyond alluring. The woman in question had on a small gold crown and a light blue dress that entuated her curves like a zed apple of untold proportions! Marina sat on her throne, overlooking Azure and Sapphire, both of whom had arrived in the capital of AquaRing not even a few minutes ago. And it didn''t take long before her refined feminine voice reverberated out as she asked, "What happened to the boy?" "..." "..." Her apathetic words slithered into the ears of Azure and Sapphire, as they didn''t know how to tell her of their failure. "Well?" She questioned with a colder tone. "!!" "!!" Azure and Sapphire felt the killing intentced in her voice, as they knew they had to say something! And that was when Sapphire turned her head up to the imposing figure of her Queen, as she shouted, "We failed, My Queen!" "..." Azure couldn''t believe that the moreposed one of them had just blurted out the truth. She, along with her sister, looked up at Marina, attempting to ascertain her reaction to such news. They expected her to be outraged at such a discovery; however, contrary to their expectations, she simply stared down at them with a stern gaze. Such an intense starested for a few seconds before she let out a tired sigh and said, "I figured as much" ... Chapter 331: I Think I’ll Go And Meet This Playboy Myself… .... "!?" "!?" The two maid sisters didn''t understand the words spoken by their Queen. Was she not supposed to be infuriated at their failure?? However, it didn''t take long before Marina herself answered their doubts. "I hoped you could seed," she began with a tired expression. "But if my daughter was anything like I was when I was younger, then she had surely gone after a man who was beyond exceptional." Her eyes gazed off into the distance before she continued, "And it turned out that my fears hade to fruition" "What do you mean, My Lady?" Sapphire asked with a puzzled look on her face. Had their Queen expected them to fail from the very beginning? Then what was the point of them even being sent out? "..." Azure had simr thoughts to her sister as she waited for an exnation. "Ha" Marina sighed a little before she looked at the two confused maids and said, "I''m sorry, Azure and Sapphire, but I had used you two as a test for the boy." She announced such information with a slightly apologetic tone as she scrutinized the changes in expression on their faces. Marina expected them to hate her for using them as guinea pigs, butpletely against her expectations, they thought over the events that happened after they got their mission before they replied, "We understand, My Queen." "???" Now Marina was the one who was confused. She had most definitely rified that they were used as test dummies, and they were smart enough to figure out the hidden meaning behind her words, so why did they respond like everything was okay? Marina was confident in their loyalty, but if anyone knew the two girls best, then she did. And something was definitely not right! Her cold eyes gleaned into their souls, attempting to understand the truth; however, she couldn''t discern a single thing even after a few seconds of trying. So, instead of forcefully extracting the information she wanted to know, her inquisitive tone reverberated out as she asked, "What happened after you met this ''Azmond''?" "..." "..." Azure and Sapphire knew that they had been caught red-handed by their perceptive Queen, and they knew they couldn''t lie to her, so they went on to tell her the entire truth of what happened after they left for the mission. - "So what you''re telling me is that the boy not only slept with you, but he also had a young, pretty catkin girl following him around?" Marina''s voice came out in a tone colder than the North Pole, as her expression was anything but pretty. In the beginning, she had wanted to use Azure and Sapphire to gauge whether the boy was capable of protecting her daughter from the FireGod Empire. But after learning of this ''information'', she changed her mind. "I think I''ll go on a little trip to meet this ybody who had stolen my daughter''s heart only to y around with it like puddy," she said with a toneced with enormous amounts of killing intent. RUMBLE!! An immensely regal, cyan-colored aura exploded outward from Marina as the entire castle and even the surrounding areas werepletely enveloped! FWIP! Following such an eruption of energy, she had disappeared from her throne as she blurred toward the south of the Kingdom of AquaRing. Azure and Sapphire got up from their kneeling positions as they realized something. "We screwed up, didn''t we?" Azure muttered. Sapphire looked to where the Queen once sat before she mumbled, "Yes... Yes we did." The both of them could only hope that Azmond could make it through the cmity that was speeding his way in one piece. ***** In a far-off location at the very top of the twentieth floor of the Luminous Grounds, three figures were seen walking atop a vast barren desert. And above those three figures, there was arge ck sphere that hovered in ce. Thend they walked on was blood-colored and stretched on for millions of miles in every direction; however, there was nothing but the lifeless ruby-like sand that surrounded them on all sides. "Azmond?" Calista murmured as she tugged on his long, flowing white robes. "Hmm?" Azmond looked down at the girl, who looked no older than 14 years old, as he responded, "Yes?" "Are we almost done walking through this ce?" She asked with her misty gray eyes staring up at him. It seemed like Calista had gotten tired of walking around aimlessly on the Twentieth Floor, and her lethargy made sense, considering that they had already been on the Twentieth Floor for over three weeks. Three weeks of nothing but each other and the aridndscape that filled up the entirety of the Twentieth Floor. That was what they had to work with as they traversed through millions of miles of dry, red desert. Azmond had the ability to move at lightspeed after reaching the Mid-Rank Quantum Nascent Soul Realm a few days ago through the assistance of his Primordial Yin Impripts; however, in actuality, he couldn''t move anywhere near that speed with Calista and the ck sphere tagging along with him. He thought about ditching the ball and putting all the Monster Queen''s, the gazellekin, and Spiritme inside his storage ring while he traveled to the end of the Twentieth Floor. But he scratched that idea when he thought about how little he knew of his storage ring. There were, of course, the women that he had ''collected'' from the Goblin encampments over a year ago; however, they were either mortals or far weaker than the Monster Queen''s, so he didn''t want to risk them dying due to some unknown security measure in the storage ring. And he couldn''t exactly test out whether they would die without killing one of them, so in the end, he opted for taking a slower trip toward the Extreme North of the Twentieth Step. Such a n was going quite good until a certain catkin girl got tired of seeing the same lifeless scenery all day long... Chapter 332: Is That Clawdia!? .... Although Azmond gave Calista all the sushi and fish he had stored away, nothing seemed to alleviate her opinion of the twentieth floor. But luckily for her, he had something different to tell her this time around. "You lucked out, Calista," he began with a few head pats before he continued, "ording to Ember, what we''re looking for is right over there." Following his words, he pointed out into the distance, and what they all saw was some sort of... door? |Why is there arge door in the middle of nowhere!?| Boundless asked with a perplexed look on her face. Azmond looked up as he saw Boundless''s assets hanging over his head before he asked, "Aren''t you the embodiment of the Boundless System? Shouldn''t you already know everything?" Boundless''s body jiggled a little as her eyes darted around before she responded, |That is too much work... Hehe~| *Whack!* "Don''t ''Hehe~'' me, you blockhead!" |Owee! That hurt, you big meanie!| She yelped a little while holding her head. *Munch Munch* "??" "??" They were both interrupted by the sudden sound of chewing as they looked toward a certain direction on the other side of Azmond and saw a short catkin loli eating some sushi with a content look on her face. All it took was seeing that sight for Azmond to look toward Boundless''s pouty face before he said, "...I''m sorry for hitting you." Boundless looked at the remorseful look on his face with a slight smirk before she eximed, |Hehe~ I was just kidding about it hurting! Nothing can hurt me in all of existence! But I''ll do you a favor and ept your apology, Hoho!| |Owee! Why did you hit me again, you meanie!?| Azmond thought it over for a second before he replied, "ident." |...| "..." The whole crowd became silent after their exchange. However, it didn''t take long before they were distracted by a sudden change in therge, translucent ''door'' that was standing a few thousand meters away. BZZZTT! Some unknown type of energy was fluctuating around the ''door'' as it seemed like something was trying toe out of it! And then it happened... BOOOOOOOM! The ''door'' exploded open as a wide spider-webbed crack spread out from the center before a feminine hand sped onto the side of the door! CRACK! CRACK! BOOM BOOM! More cracks and explosions reverberated out, as whatever was attempting toe out from the other side of the door was close to seeding! And just as a second hand escaped the other side of the ''door'', a second powerful force erupted from the door! WAAAA!! It was an aura that was, at least, in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm! And it was through this aura that the being attempting to escape was pulled back in. However, in spite of the immense aura resisting the beings escape, she resisted with all her might! An inexplicable tug of warmenced between two unknown forces as Azmond, Emu, Boundless, Calista, and even Ember and the rest of the Monster Queen''s gazed at such a sight with intrigued looks on their faces. Not a single one of them knew what was going on, but the sh between the two forces caused quite the spectacle to materialize in front of their eyes as some misty gray energy collided and fought with a dark red aura. - Not even a few milliseconds passed by before it seemed like a clear winner was chosen between the two. That winner was the red aura that was pulling back the feminine hands of the being attempting toe out of the ''door''. "Hmm" Azmond looked at the oue of the ''battle'' with clear interest in his eyes. He appeared to be thinking about something before he activated his Discerning Quantum Eye. "!?" And what he saw was all he needed to decide what he would do about the phenomenon urring in front of him. RUMBLE!! A majestic crimson-colored aura well into the Fourth Stage of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm exploded out of Azmond! Following the outburst of his full-powered aura, he condensed it down to a manageable level before he constructed a blood-coloredsso. OOOM! The level of energy emitting from thesso reached the same level as Azmond''s aura before it shot out in the direction of the fading hand! SHING! It wrapped around the fading hand before tugging at her arm with overwhelming force! "!?!?" The owner of that hand seemed to be confused over such an unexpected variable. But, regardless, she didn''t seem to be one to deny some assistance as she worked with Azmond until they eventually reached a point where both her arms were outside of the ''door''. "!!!!!!!!" Upon feeling something else messing with its target, the red aura increased in intensity in an attempt to scare away Azmond! But all it got in response was a scoff before Azmond uttered, "A mere Early Fourth Stage Tribtion Transcendence Realm Cultivator is really getting ahead of himself!" Following such a promation, thesso he created pulled even harder at the figure on the other side. Energies were flying all over the ce as the once evenly matched tug-of-war between the owner of the hand and the mysterious figure on the other side was turned into an unrelentless pull from Azmond as the owner of the hand was subsequently yanked out of the door! THUD! The owner of the hand fell to the ground with a loud thud as her body was presented in front of Azmond and the gang. "..." "..." "..." Everyone looked at her, and just as Calista and Azmond were about to speak up, someone else got to it first. "Is that wdia!?" Spiritme shouted out from inside the ck sphere. And it didn''t take long before the rest of the Monster Queen''s and the gazellekin recognized the owner of the gray aura. However, the one most surprised about such a development was none other than a young catkin girl, as she screamed, "B-Big Sister!?" The owner of the hand looked toward the familiar voice as her eyes opened wide before she muttered, "...Calista? Is that really you!?" Chapter 333: Tyrant Zargoroth The Dreaded! .... "Big Sister!" Calista''s panicky voice resounded as she let go of Azmond''s hand and ran toward the copsed figure in the distance. *Pitter Patter* She ran at the fastest speed she could muster; however, before she could even make it halfway, a sudden explosion of red energy was unleashed from the other side of the ''door''! "You Dare To Interrupt Me!?!?" An ancient and enraged voice reverberated out. WAAAA! Everything within a one hundred thousand mile radius was immediately enveloped in a malevolent red aura as an entire section of the Twentieth Floor started to crumble and break apart! RUMBLE!! Tremors started to spread out as wide, seemingly endless chasms were created in their wake! CRUMBLE! The ground beneath Calista broke apart as a wide crevice was created between her and her ''Big Sister''. "Wha!?" She stopped in her tracks before she analyzed the situation. She observed the wide chasm with dangerous energies leaking out of ita chasm that was separating the two of thembefore she resolved herself and decided she would fly over it, regardless of the lethal ck energies oozing out of the crack! However, before she could follow through with such a rash decision, a warm hand fell on her head as it started to gently rub her soft white hair. "??" She looked up and saw Azmond stopping her from going, and just as she was about to ask why, he spoke first: "Just give me a second, and I''ll deal with that buging out of the door, Kay?" He spoke with a small smile. "B-But!" "Kay?" He repeated. "..." Calista wanted to go and see her big sister right that instant, but she also understood why he stopped her from going. After a few milliseconds, she gave in as she mumbled, "... Can you make it fast?" Azmond''s hand lifted up off her head before a wide smirk emerged on his face as he said, "Have you known me to be slow before?" Following such a promation, his figure blurred before he appeared in front of the human-sized ''door''. However, just as he made it to the door and felt the immense red energy leaking out of it, something changed with the size of the door! WAAAA!! The energies being emitted from the door fluctuated intensely before the translucent ''door'' started growing in size! It began at a manageable 2 and a half meters; however, such a size didn''tst for long as it scaled upwards to 10 meters! 15 meters 40 meters 150 meters 1000 meters 8000 meters 30,000 meters 90,000 meters... 150,000 meters! And it didn''t stop just there, as it continued growing with no end in sight! 300,000 meters 600,000 meters 1,200,000 meters until it ultimately reached a height of 1.6 million meters, or 10,000 miles! It was only after it reached such a point that the entire ''door'' started to stabilize. But such tranquility was only the calm before the storm, as something absolutely humongous made its way through the door. Theyer of space thaty outside the ''door'' started to violently shake as the hand of a creaturerger than anything Azmond had ever seen made its way out of the door! A few moments passed as the handtched onto the side of the door before an archaic voice roared, "You Are Truly Courting Death!!" The savage and powerful red aura that was released earlier only got worse! And that was merely the prelude to something truly terrifying exiting the door, as a monster over nine thousand miles in length leaped through the door before creating a crater as itnded on the desert surface. BOOOOOOM! Everything within an eighty thousand-mile radius was blown away, as the monster in question had tworge, pointy brown horns that extended up for hundreds of miles by themselves, while the rest of its body was a dark red color. Its face could be described as something straight out of a little kid''s nightmares, as it had two demented eyes with ck slits in the middle of them, whereas the rest of its face was gruff and grotesque, with sharp, city-sized teeth sticking out of its face. The rest of its body was like that of a goat, but also like a human. Its legs had hooves attached to them, while its body was slightly bent over in an extremely menacing manner. This monster was the picture-perfect example of a demon that had ascended from the deepestyers of hell! And such a horrifying creature turned its imposing gaze down to an existence smaller than dust as it used its divine sense to get a better look at the one that had interrupted its mission. After seeing an existence barely in the Middle Nascent Soul stand up against it with an indifferent expression, the demon-like monster couldn''t help but bellow out, "You''re the one who stopped my capturing of the princess!? What a joke, hahaha!!!" "..." Azmond observed the demon-like monster getting a kick out of his existence as he returned the favor and analyzed his as well. He used his Discerning Quantum Eye as a bright light shed! BLING! [Tyrant Zorgaroth the Dreaded: Tier 1: Level 29] {[Age: 6,520 years old]} {[Realm: Early Stages of Fourth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence]} {[Stats: [Strength: 52,600,000k] [Speed: 51,490,000k] [Defense: 50,120,000k] [Qi: 54,000,000k] {[Rtionship Status: Hostile]}]} {[Additional Trivia: [Zorgaroth is the Fifth Monster Emperor of the Monster Race and can be considered around mid-rank in terms of strength.] [He has been alive for many years and has met many people and beings. One of those beings happened to be wdia Moonweaver and her father, Percival Moonweaver. However, his neutral rtionship with both of them soured after Percival (The King of a nearby cosmic asteroid) attempted to disobey the overseers of Asterion.] [What Percival had done went against the wishes of the overseers, as they controlled his mind and let him rampage to reduce his image in the eyes of the other Monster Emperor''s. However, their n didn''t go quite as expected, as his daughter ''wdia Moonweaver'' intervened and fought her father in an attempt to snap him out of the mind control.] Chapter 334: How Much Do You Like Having Two Legs…? .... [The Rest of Zargaroth''s System Interface] [Zargaroth had a direct hand in everything that happened to wdia and her father, as he was the one who was tasked by the overseers to watch over him until the next alignment of thes.] [His n had ultimately failed, as Percival broke out of his chains on the Twenty First floor and freed wdia as well.] [Zargoroth was able to chain Percival back up after a bit of a beating, but wdia had managed to reach the gate that connected the Twentieth Floor with the elusive Twenty First Floor.] [Zargoroth thought he had captured wdia toward the end; however, he was soon proven wrong, as wdia was pulled out of the gate by some unknown contender.] - "Hmm" Azmond nced over the information as he got a rough understanding of the situation on the mysteries surrounding the Luminous Grounds. However, not all of his quandaries were answered with just that overview, so he figured he would ask one of the main yers in person. "So, big guy," he began with a nonchnt voice. "Do you like having two legs?" His words traveled up above the clouds, as the colossal Zargoroth was able to hear them crystal clear. "!!!!!!" And it was such clear hearing that put him in an infuriated state. "You dare mess with me!?!?" He roared, his snake-like tongue slithering out. RUMBLE!!! The red energy permeating around him increased a hundredfold as everything within a three hundred thousand-mile radius started to burn! Although the extent of the damage to the surroundings was minimal due to the Twenty First Floor being an area quite high on the Qi-quality scale, it was still enough AOE damage that one six hundredth of the Twentieth Floor had its sand scattered in every direction! "..." Azmond looked at the outrage of the Monster Emperor called Zargoroth and recalled a certain red, very angry bird in his past life that had a temper just as short as the big guy''s. And it was through such nostalgia that he felt like he should give the big guy a chance to live. As long as he answered his questions, of course. "Tell me, Zargoroth. How much do you like having two legs?" Azmond repeated his question with a slight smirk. "?????" Zargoroth was angry at the same question being asked, but more than that, he was confused about how the puny human knew of his name. ''Speaking of its race, how did a human even get into the Luminous Grounds, let alone the Twentieth Floor!?'' He thought. ''Have those worms on the lower floors beenx in their duties!?!? Should I go and eat up a few more cities to show them their ce!?" His expression turned even more malevolent than before as he was looking to do a repeat of the event that happened hundreds of years agoan event that resulted in the entire Twentieth Floor bing devoid of any life! ''The Overseers were mad thest time I did something like that, so maybe I should hold off... But I will still eat up a few hundred million of them to teach them respect!!'' Zargoroth thought. After figuring out what he would do after killing the human and capturing wdia Moonweaver, he turned his venomous gaze back toward the human. "How do you know my name, you puny insect!?" He bellowed out. WHAZOOOM! Even his voice was capable of causing natural disasters, as the entire area around Azmond was blown to bits! However, the only thing he said in response to this destruction was, "This will be interesting." He became a little fired up after feeling such levels of energy being released from the overgrown fire lizard, and if he put enough limiters on his power usage, then he might be able to get a little bit of fun out of his unfortunate encounter with Zargoroth. ****** wdia''s perspective a few seconds prior to the question being asked by Zargaroth. BAM! ''Aargh!'' wdia let out an anguished cry inside her mind. She recovered a little bit as she gathered her thoughts before she asked, "Who was it that helped me out of the gate?" She had felt the presence of someone helping her through the gate, and she had also beentched onto by some powerful energy. Which was why she assumed it would be some old man who had assisted her in her time of need. However, all she saw in the surroundings was a tall, otherworldly handsome man with an aura in the Middle Nascent Soul Realm, a ck sphere filled with a few High-Ranking Monsters, and then there was... "wdia?" wdia couldn''t believe her eyes! But there she washer sister! She still had that same long, fluffy white hair and murky gray eyes! Her body had grown a little bit in a few areas, she had gotten a little taller, and her aura was in the Unity Form Synthesis Realm; however, she was certain that it was her sister! *Uhmph* She attempted to get up and go embrace her sister; however, she had used up every ounce of strength in her battle against Zargoroth. And if she still wanted to keep her life essence intact, then she would have to stay put. "B-But My Sister" She mumbled while watching Calista attempt to cross the lethal energy chasm that separated them. And just as she was about to call out to her and tell her to stoping after her, the handsome man from earlier had moved preemptively, as he appeared behind Calista and advised her against crossing the chasm. wdia was relieved that Calista was stopped in time, but she was also curious how she wasn''t able to see the Middle Nascent Soul Realm man move. She hadn''t even caught a glimpse of his movements before he had already reappeared somewhere else. ''Is he hiding his realm?'' She thought with a perplexed expression. ''But why would he hide his realm? And how does he know my sister??'' wdia was going to continue pondering the topic; however, a sudden burst of pain hit her in the side! Chapter 335: The Overseers .... "Argh!" wdia grimaced a little before she put a hand to the blood-stained cheongsam she had wrapped around her curvaceous body. She resisted the extreme pain eating away at her insides as she refocused her attention on the ck-haired man who had talked to her sister. "???" However, she noticed that he had once again disappeared. Her eyes darted around the area, attempting to figure out where he had gone, and she ultimately saw his figure standing below therge, city-sized foot of Zargoroth. WAAAA!! And that was when she felt the aura released by Zargoroth increase a hundredfold as he focused all of his aura on that man. No matter how much she believed that he was hiding his strength, there was no way that someone so young-looking could face off against Zargoroth. So, in an attempt to tell him to run away with her little sister, she shouted, "P-Please, take my sister and run" However, her throat was too dry and bloodied, so the only thing that came out was a hoarse whisper. But she wasn''t willing to give up so easily as she tried to shout out, "P-Please T-Take her and run" Nheless, her voice came out in the same inaudible way. *Drip Drip* She bit her lips until blood started drizzling down her lips. She hated herself for being so weak so weak that she couldn''t even tell the man to run away with her little Calista ''... Calista'' She clenched her chest, tears streaming down her face. - Ever since Calista was born, all wdia wanted was for her to live a good lifea life that she never had due to her family''s wars in the Starry Expanse. But, even with her wishes, none of it really mattered when they were on a lone asteroid, surrounded by enemies on all sides. wdia, along with her father, Percival, had no choice but to keep Calista locked away in arge, empty castle with no one to talk to and nothing to do. All so they could keep her safe from the cruelties of the world... But in the end, none of it even mattered, as they were once again moved by circumstance. The ancient forces on Asterion had started to move as they sucked in all the scattered forces around the in an attempt to amass a force great enough to ovee some ''enemy'' they always raved about. However, none of the rulers of the surrounding cosmic bodies believed the load of horse crap the old foggy''s on Asterion were talking about! Even the battle at the Starry Seaboard was nothing but a scheme set up between opposing forces to determine the ''true ruler'' of Asterion. So why should they believe that there was some ''enemy''ing for them from beyond the Starry Seaboard!? But, even if they were doubtful of the candidness of their words, what could they do against the Peak Mahayana Realm forces of Asterion?? So, in the end, wdia, along with her father, were sent off to the Luminous Grounds a few hundred years ago, while they left the young Calista all alone in an empty castle. When they weren''t doing the bidding of the overseers, they were able to visit her some of the time; however, even that stopped after a few opposing forces on the Cosmic Asteroids surrounding their own started to set their eyes upon the ''girl whose fate was controlled by circumstance''. Everyone wanted to use her as a bargaining chip, and everybody wanted her for themselves, so wdia and Percival, with no other choice, were forced to take her away from the hollow castle and bring her to the Luminous Grounds. However, nothing ever seemed to go right for the girl. Just as they were about to put her in a safe enclosure that would keep out the majority of their enemies, theypletely overlooked the enemy closest to them. The Overseers. They were lunatics who were the ancestors of the Nine Monster Emperor''s and also the descendants of the ''Insane Scientists'' that started the whole ''hybrid project'' with the Monster ves. Their goal: Unknown Their purpose: Unknown Their exact appearance date: Unknown Other than their heritage and what they did most often, not much was known about the Overseers. Nheless, what they did most often was create and recruit powerful creatures into the organization they called the ''Nightmare Council''. For what reason they did such a thing was unknown, but the fact that they did it was undeniable. But it was because of that ''unique habit'' that they set their eyes on a certain catkin girl no older than twelve. The Overseers caught wind of the daughter of one of their strongest ''behind the scenes'' Monster Emperor''s, and that was when they decided to go take a look at her out of curiosity. It was a ''look'' that led to them discovering the immensetent potential of Calista. In fact, she had so much potential that she would even be able to surpass the Mahayana Realm in the future! But great talent was oftentimes not a good thing unless your background was indefatigable. And Calista was one of those ''not great'' cases... The Overseers confronted wdia and Percival, asking them to give over the girl for the greater good of them all. However, both wdia and her father fervently refused with every fiber of their being! Following such a refusal, one thing led to another, as things escted, and a battle eventually broke outa battle that left the Mahayana Realm Percival in dire straits and wdia in an even worse situation. Furthermore, somewhere in there ''scuffle'' with the Overseers, wdia had to retreat to the Second Floor of the Luminous Grounds, with the goal of hiding Calista away until the battle was concluded. But the battle never did end in their favor, as wdia and her father, who were both in the Mahayana Realm, ended up badly losing their fight with the Overseers. Following such a defeat, the Overseers controlled the mind of Percival and had him rampage throughout the Luminous Grounds! Chapter 336: You Never Did Tell Me If You Wanted Your Legs Or Not…? .... wdia couldn''t let her father fall into their hands, so she fought him to snap him out of it; however, their ''fight'' ended up working in the favor of the Overseers as they were able to seal them away and let them ''reflect'' on their actions. The Overseers were capable of killing them with ease, but in the end, what they wanted was arger force, so they let them live under a seal until they ''calmed down''. Following such a sealing, they scoured the area, trying to find Calista; however, she was nowhere to be seen After a few months of searching, they eventually gave up andmented the loss of a supreme genius before they were forced back into seclusion due to their limited Lifespans. A few more eventster, a few spies, including ''The Primal Beast'' being set up to look for the Catkin girl, and we made it to the present day. - RUMBLE!!! The shing of the auras between Azmond and Zargoroth collided together with unrelenting force, as it felt like the very fabric of space between the two had started to ripple and crack apart! "...." Zargoroth realized that he wasn''t able to push back the ant, no matter how hard he pushed. And that was when he decided he would need to be more ''forceful'' if he wanted to get his point across. "So you think you can go up against me, huh!?" He bellowed. WAAAA!! His aura extended out into the heavens as he started to burn away his lifeforce! The energy being emitted from him had already reached the Peak Stages of the Fourth Stage of Tribtion Transcendence! "..." Azmond looked up at the aura that exceeded his own as he scratched the idea of going easy on Zargoroth. His calm gaze turned toward his miniature katana before he uttered, "Erge, Emu." "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu squeaked in confirmation. BZZZTT!! His ck and gold katana started to rock back and forth before Emu flew off his back and shot into the distance. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! A few sonic booms followed as Emu traveled a few tens of thousands of miles away before it sted into the sandy hills of what looked like a mountain of ruby sand. BOOOOOOM! A loud explosion erupted as the entire sand mountain was blown up! But that was merely the prelude to something truly spectacr, as Emu started to wiggle once more before it grew in size. OOOM! The size growth was slow in the beginning, but it quickly escted as Emu went from two and a half feet to 10 meters 40 meters 200 meters 1000 meters 10,000 meters And Emu kept on using its absorbed ''Gargantuan Law'' until it was over 100,000 meters in size! Although that may not have seemed like much when pitted up against the colossal behemoth that was Zargoroth, it still enabled Emu to achieve around a sixteenth of his size. Which was more than enough for what Azmond nned to do next. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu''s chirps reverberated throughout thend as Zargoroth had already noticed the ck and gold twig nted in the ground a little bit away from his left foot. "....." Zargoroth entertained the idea of doing something about it, but he was too distracted with the impertinent human to worry about some twig. He focused all his attention on Azmond before he roared, "Are you ready to face your death, puny human!?" "..." Azmond looked away from Emu as he heard the words spoken by Zargoroth. And it was because of such words that he asked his next question with a bored tone. "Why are you all the same?" "What!?" Zargoroth thundered out. "Are you mocking me again, you vermin!?!?" RUMBLE!! His aura increased even more as it entered even further into the Peak Stages of the Fourth Cataclysm of Tribtion Transcendence! Azmond heard the same phrase he had heard so many times before, as he sighed a little before saying, "Even your catchphrases are the same." "Can''t you say anything different?" Following such a question, his figure blurred as he rocketed towards where Emu was. FWIP! He reappeared in front of the city-sized version of Emu with a goal in mind. However, the words he left behind before phasing away echoed out inside the mind of Zargoroth as he realized something. "You Are Mocking Me!!! You Bastard!!!" He roared with his ear-splitting voice. WHAZOOOM! All the sand hills within a hundred thousand-mile radius continued to be whittled down, but it looked like he wasn''t going to stop with just his voice "You''re Courting Death!!!" He lifted up hisrge city-sized foot before it came crashing down with overwhelming force! *Sigh* A sigh sounded out from Azmond''s ant-like figure before he uttered, "Erge." Following such a statement, his body grew to a size fitting for his katana as he looked at the foot that was aiming to squash him like a bug even in his giant form. But, in spite of the daunting danger that had a chance of killing him, he simply closed his eyes for a second... Before he opened them. A cold gleam shed past his deep blues before he asked, "You never did tell me if you wanted your legs or not?" However, even though he made it sound like a question, he had already slightly moved the hand that was on the hilt of his sword. SHING! A resplendent sh of crimson reflected off of his sword before he used his Level 5 Sword Law and Level 3 Sword Aura to their fullest potential! A wideyer of the Sword Law encased his katana in a fment before his Sword Aura pitched in and added an additionalyer of the Sword Aspect to his Sword. But Azmond''s attack didn''t end with just that, as his Space Law, Lightning Law, Fire Law, Water Law, Darkness Law, Light Law, and any other Law he had started to envelop his ck and gold katana. WAAAAA!!! An energy far surpassing anything that the Boundless System could''ve predicted was unleashed from his de, as he was utilizing a ''skill''pletely out of the scope of what the System knew about him. Chapter 337: Arcane Arbitration Arc .... Regardless of what the system did or didn''t know, it didn''t take long before an appropriate skill was created and named. A bright light shed in front of Azmond. BLING! *Ding!* *New Skill Created!* [Peak-Earth Skill: Arcane Arbitration Arc] [Due to insufficientprehension in Laws, the Ability will be limited in Skill Rank. [To advance the rank of the skill, advance yourprehension of the Laws.]] "..." Following his scrutiny of the system notifications, he looked at the myriad of colors emitting off his de. OOOM! There were red, blue, green, yellow, purple, ck, red, and just about every other color of energy tendril fluctuating on his de. He gazed at his katana for a moment before he turned his eyes up to the plummeting foot. His gaze hardened as he pulled back his katana before shing upward at a speed unrecognizable to the human eye! SLASH! An energy arc was released in a vertical shape, heading straight for the giant demon-like Zargoroth''s hoove. "!?!?!?" Zargoroth was still trying toprehend what was happening, but he didn''t even get the chance before... SLICE! Hisrge city-sized hoove was sliced off his leg! *SPURT!* A fountain of dark red blood dyed the already rednd even redder! "Aarghhhh!?" Zargoroth roared out with an anguished look on his face. BOOOOOM! Half of his left leg was cut off from the rest of his leg as it fell to the ground with a loud explosion! His vision was turning as he started falling to the ground due to theck of one of his legs; however, before he could fall all the way, he was able to use his Qi to make up for the loss. ''All I have to do is kill this bug and wait for the leg to grow back!!'' He thought. But there was something odd going on with his regeneration. He gazed down at his stump and saw no signs of any healing before he thought, ''Why is it not regenerating!?'' Zargoroth had never encountered an attack that his insane healing capabilities were incapable of healing from. Even if the human was hiding his realm, and even if he had quite a lot ofprehension in the Laws, it shouldn''t matter! ''So Why Is It Not Healing!?!?'' He screamed out inside his mind. "..." Azmond observed the reactions of the small, world-sized monster and couldn''t help but pity his ignorance a little, so he said, "The reason why you aren''t healing-" "!?!?!?!?" Zargoroth looked down at the human, as it seemed like Azmond had sessfully attracted its attention. He noticed that as well, so he continued, "The reason you aren''t healing is because I used the Law of Decay to melt away the parts of your leg that are attempting to heal you." His smile widened a little as he was sure that Zargoroth didn''t expect a human to haveprehensions into the Law of Decay. And it looked like Zargoroth''s reaction was even more over-exaggerated than he expected as he thundered, "You dare to use such a dirty Law on me!?!?" Fire came out of his mouth as he added, "Truly Courting Death!!!" WAAAA!!! His fiendish aura fought against Azmond''s as they battled for supremacy over the space around them. Even with the loss of a leg, his power had not lessened in the slightest, as his spiritual aspects were perfectly unscathed. The only thing Azmond had to say in response to such a battle over their auras was, "Do you not want to tell me what I want to know?" He paused for a moment before he continued, "I can allow you to keep your other leg and your life if you do." "!!!!!!!!" Zargoroth practically exploded out in pure, unadulterated rage after hearing such ament by the human. "You Fucker!!!!" He bellowed out, magma drizzling down his mouth. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Fireballs shot out of his horns before theynded on the earth below, creating something simr to a meteor shower. Azmond made sure Calista, Boundless, his ck sphere, and that wdia girl were okay before he uttered, "Don''t say I didn''t warn you, big guy." FWIP! Following such a deration, his figure blurred as he darted toward the right leg of Zargoroth! "You think I''ll fall for the same trick, you puny human!?" Zargoroth sneered before he bent his leg and Qi supplemented leg, followed by... BOOOOOOOOM!! He cracked the earth below him as he leaped up into the sky! His small, country-sized figure immediately made it past theyers of the atmosphere, as he found himself at the border between the world of Asterion and the starry sky beyond. Zargoroth looked down from over 100,000 miles in the air as he attempted to find the dust-like figure of the human. "There you are!!!" He snarled. Following his finding of the human, fiendish energy started to build up around his horns as he pointed them toward the earth below. "Let''s see how you like being roasted alive along with all those you love!!!" He roared out with a demented look on his face. RUMBLE!!! The area of space above Asterion started to crack and break apart upon the buildup of energy between Zargoroth''s horns! And it took no longer than a couple milliseconds before he silently enunciated: |Annihtion Beam|! CRACK! CRACK! Following his words, the air above Asterion copsed in on itself! OOOOM! The energy above his horns materialized into a sphere of energy thousands of miles in length before it shot out at levels surpassing light speed! "DIE!!!" *** Meanwhile, on the Twentieth Step of the Luminous Grounds, Azmond, along with Calista, Boundless, Emu, wdia, and the monsterkin in the ck sphere, looked at where Zargoroth had disappeared. And it wasn''t long after that that the hoarse and scratchy voice of wdia sounded out. "Y-You must run! Ta-Take my sister and run!" She screamed out. However, her voice wasn''t able to make it to Azmond. *Drip Drip* More blood dripped down her lips and hands as she clenched them till the whites were seen. "P-Please take her and get away from here" She cried out with teary eyes. Chapter 338: I’m A Semi-Virgin, But I dont Mind If It’s With You… .... wdia had never begged for anything in her entire life, but if it meant her sister could get away, then she didn''t mind groveling in front of Azmond! Nheless, he was unresponsive to everything that she screamed out. "Pl-Please You won''t be able to survive his next attack. Y-You must take her and run!" She used up thest of her strength in an attempt to get her voice out! And it looked like it worked as Azmond turned in her direction, but unfortunately, she could no longer keep herself conscious as her eyes thinned. Just as she was about to fade into thend of dreams, she snapped her eyes open and thought, ''No! I must tell him to escape with Calista... I must do it!'' She stopped herself from colliding with the ground as her well-rounded body heaved up and down, sweat beats dripping down every part of her. wdia attempted to turn her exhausted face up and call out to Azmond once more, but before she could, another wave of fatigue hit her hard! BAM! Her knees fell to the ground before the rest of her body followed. The beautiful eyes of wdia were the only thing still functioning, as she ultimately managed to look up. However, what she saw was a tall, handsome man with long ck hair and deep blue eyes, mere feet away from her face. She had never seen anything so mesmerizing in her entire life, and if this were under any other circumstance, then she surely would''ve liked to know more about that man, but unfortunately, she didn''t have that chance. Her eyes glossed over as her dry lips attempted to voice out something. "R" However, no matter how hard she tried, she wasn''t able to get out the rest of that three-letter word. And just as she was about to burn away her life essence in an attempt to get out her voice, a soft and warm hand fell down on her bed of grayish white hair. *Pat Pat* "!?" She tried to see what that feeling was; however, she was only able to keep half an eye open. Nheless, even if she couldn''t turn her head up, she was still able to catch a glimpse of the radiant smile on the mysterious man''s face. Following such a stunning smile, the man whispered, "You needn''t worry so much, ''Big Sister'' wdia." He began with a small chuckle before he continued, "Just take a nap and let me handle the rest." "..." She looked at that earnest expression, and for some reason unbeknownst to her, she felt like she should believe every word he said, but her anxious side eventually took over as she muttered, "P-Pl ru" But before she even got the chance to burn her life essence to get the words out, that warm hand caressing her turned to the back of her head and knocked her out cold. *Sigh* Azmond let out an exasperated sigh before he murmured, "This silly woman is just like her sister." He looked toward the alluring body of wdia before he took a step and picked her up. *Umph* Azmond lifted her up in a princess carry before he stared into the distance and saw the look of trepidation on Calista''s adorable little face. He let out another sigh as he bemoaned his fate for encountering such a set of beautiful yet troublesome girls. After making sure Calista wouldn''t do anything rash, he turned his gaze toward therge, ck sphere that was hovering in the distance. FWIP! His figure disappeared from its spot as he made his way into the sphere. And as soon as he made it into the dome, a certain honeyed voice resounded. "Azmond!" Ember leaped up into the air beforetching herself to his neck. "You''re back from fighting that colossal monster??" Her eyes seemed to sparkle as she, along with the rest of the Monster Queen''s, the gazellekin, and Spiritme, had been watching the fight from beginning to end; however, after Zargoroth leaped into the air, they had no clue what the result of the battle was. "..." Azmond gazed down at the seductress, who knew no limits, before he lifted her up by her dress and set her down beside him. "??" Ember was a little disappointed over not being able to stay on him for longer, but she quickly got over it and waited for Azmond''s response. Which came just as she expected, as he said, "I have not defeated that Zargoroth dude yet." He began with a perceptive gaze as he stared out into space before he added, "In fact, he is currently building up an attack that could wipe out a chunk of the Twentieth Floor." He revealed such information with a nonchnt demeanor; however, everyone in the ck dome had far different reactions. "Are we going to die, Azmond!?" A tigerkin monster queen asked with an uneasy countenance. And she wasn''t the only one, as all the Monster Queen''s huddled around him before asking him whether they''d be okay. Furthermore, after a few milliseconds of asking about their well-being, their questions changed to a more ''bold'' format... "Can I have you inside me just once before I die~?" The snakekin Monster Queen''s eyes zed over as she pressed her two snow-white bunnies up against Azmond. Such an action by the snakekin eventually led to the rest of the Monster Queen''s bing more bold as well. "Can we not do it just once~?" "Just for a second... I want to be connected with you before we die~" "I''m a semi-virgin... But I don''t mind it if it''s with you" All of them made varyingments as they discussed among themselves to see who would go first. "..." Azmond was speechless at the thoughts of these women when they assumed they were going to die. ''Being too handsome truly is a sin'' He thought with a soft sigh. Nevertheless, he couldn''t let the horny girls get too out of hand, so he dispelled their ''troubled'' minds and cleared up their ''worries''. Chapter 339: Initial Stages Of The Fifth Cataclysm Tribulation Transcendence Realm .... Azmond went on to exin that they wouldn''t die and that he was strong enough to stop Zargoroth; however, even after he thoroughly exined it to them, the monster queen''s still left open the option of ''onest time before we die''. He eventually gave up on changing their warped way of thinking as he could smell the liquids leaking out of their holy caves, so he simply looked toward Ember and said, "Can you take care of this woman until I get back?" "???" Ember was a little confused over why she would be asked such a thing, but she wasn''t one to deny a chance to prove herself, so she responded, "Yes, I can take care of her." A slight tinge of disappointment welled up within her when the man she liked asked her to watch over another woman, but she wouldn''t let such things get to her. After all, she and the rest of the she-devils were hundreds, if not thousands of years old; they were not some little kids who pitched a fit when they didn''t get their way. Though that didn''t mean they weren''t a little saddened by the fact that they weren''t going to die. They really want to have that ''onest time'' before they all ''died''... - Azmond bid farewell to the girls before he looked toward theyer of the atmosphere with a red dot in the middle. CRACK! The ground beneath him started to crack as he bent his legs before... BOOOOOOOM! He sprang up like a broken coil, reaching levels surpassing light speed! It didn''t take him long before he was standing just below the Colossus, which was Zargoroth. "..." Zargoroth noticed the presence of Azmond, but in his mind, it was already toote. |Annihtion Beam|! The fiendish energy beam had already shot out from Zargoroth''s horns as it headed straight for the spec of dust and, subsequently, the ruby-like desert below. "..." Azmond''s emotionless gaze looked up at the plummeting beam of absolute destruction as he crouched down a little. "It''s toote to kowtow to this grandfather now!! You shall learn to understand when one is superior to yourself!!!" Zargoroth sneered with a sardonic grin on his face. It was obvious that he thought Azmond was bending over so as to beg for his life; however, that was the furthest thing from reality. "What are you jabbering about, you big doofus?" Azmond asked with a cold gleam in his eyes. The annihtion beam was only a few meters away from his face, but it was like he didn''t even care about its existence. "!?!?" Zargoroth could no longer see the figure of Azmond through the beam, but he heard that scornfully mocking voice of his. And that was enough to tip him over the edge, as he roared, "DIEE!!!!!!" The energy he inputted into the Annihtion Beam increased even further as he dumped a good chunk of his life force into that attack. And if it hit the Twentieth Floor, then it was likely to destroy at least a tenth of the hundreds of millions of miles that made up the Floor! Which made Zargoroth''s all-out attack on the same level as a world killer! "..." Azmond could feel the searing heat burn away at his skin, but he ignored the pain and continued his crouching before he uttered, "You never did say you wanted both legs or your life, so I think I''ll take both." WAAAAA!! His promation was followed by an insanely powerful energy being released from him as he heard a system notification ring out. BLING! *Ding!* *You have gained experience +50,000,000 from Viger A* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *Your utmostbat power has increased from the Absolute Peak of the Fourth Cataclysm of Tribtion Transcendence to the Initial Stages of the Fifth Cataclysm of Tribtion Transcendence!* OOOM! A crimson-colored energy, dozens of times stronger than Zargoroth''s power, was unleashed from Azmond! "!?!?!?" Zargoroth stopped his sinisterughter as he felt the extreme level of energy oozing out of the ant. He was taken aback for a second before he regained his bearings. He didn''t understand how the human''s strength had increased so much, but it didn''t matter since the Annihtion Beam had already made contact with his body! "Your strength gain means nothing if you''re already dead before you get to use it, hahaha!!!" A loud and raucious, annoyingughter escaped Zargoroth''s devil-like face as he looked at the incineration path of his Annihtion Beam. However, he never would''ve been able to anticipate what happened next. SLASH! The sound of a de slicing through the air reverberated as somethingpletely unexpected urred. "!?!?!?" Zargoroth''s eyes opened wide, as what he expected to beplete and utter destruction turned into his Annihtion Beam being split at the center! SHING! SHING! SHING! The Annihtion Beam was split through the middle before the massive amount of fiendish energy that made it up was splintered and shot in every direction! BOOM! BOOM BOOM! The smaller pieces of the Annihtion Beam crashnded on the Twentieth Floor, resulting in the millions of miles ofnd having craters of varying sizes spread throughout. "....." Zargoroth looked at this spectacle with disbelief etched across his face. It was supposed to be a wless attackan attack that should''ve been unblockable even by someone in the Absolute Peak Fourth Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm! And yet A lone figure over one hundred thousand meters in height, with flowing white robes and long ck hair, stood with a sword in hand at the center of where the Annihtion Beam should''ve hit. "..." Azmond sheathed his katana before his ice-cold gaze locked onto Zargoroth. "!!!!!!!!!" Zargoroth realized that he was going to die, and it was that realization that drove him to... Flee! WHIZZ!! His one-legged figure fled in the direction of the south as he ran away at full speed! ''No way am I going back to the Overseers after this failure! But there is also no way in hell that I will continue fighting that monster either!'' He thought with sweat raining down his city-sized face. Chapter 340: Killing The Monster Emperor ‘Zargoroth The Dreaded .... Zargoroth traveled for hundreds of thousands of miles before he abruptly stopped and looked around him. Assuming that he had lost the human, he let out a sigh of relief before he thought about his next course of action. But before he could even properly formte his next step, his vision blurred as his vision changed a little. "Was the world always this way around?" He asked with a perplexed expression. And unfortunately for him, those were thest words he''d ever be able to speak, as his life died out right then and there. *SPURT!* An ocean-sized amount of blood gushed out of the ce where Zargoroth''s head was once connected. Following such an action, a dry and deep voice uttered, "You really thought you could juste and go whenever you pleased?" His expression was filled with nothing but disdain as he watched the country-sized body fall to Asterion. However, before it could make its way all the way down, Azmond had Emu go out and devour the corpse. CHOMP! Emu consumed the corpse without a second to waste, as he felt a big power-uping afterwards! WAAAA! Emu''s aura soared into the Fourth Stage of Tribtion Transcendence as his ck and gold color became a little darker. "Was that a good one, Emu?" "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu confirmed with a content expression. "Goo-" Azmond was going to continue talking to Emu; however, he was suddenly interrupted by a few system notifications that popped up in front of his face. BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed the Monster Emperor ''Zargoroth The Dreaded''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +650,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +650,000k* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed some of ''Zargoroth''s'' cultivation base!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has moderately improved!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has increased from the ''Initial Stages of Middle Quantum Nascent Soul'' to the ''Early Stages of Middle Quantum Nascent Soul!* *Ding!* *Your Nascent Soul''s ''development phase'' improved within the ''Child Development Phase''!* *Ding!* *You have absorbed partialprehension of the ''Law of Annihtion''* *Ding!* *You have absorbed part of theprehension that ''Zargoroth'' had with the sword!* *Ding!* *Yourprehension in the ''Sword Law'' has reached Level 6!* *Ding!* *Your Sword Aura has increased from ''Level 3'' ''Level 4''* - "..." Azmond nced over the system notifications, as he thought that would be all of them. But there were still more... *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Kill the Monster Emperor: ''Zargoroth The Dreaded'' with excellent des!* *Ding!* *You gained experience +6,000,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +6,000,000k* *Ding!* You have gained Lowest-Rank Spiritual Stones +12,500* *Ding!* *You have gained Low-Rank Spiritual Stones +350* "Hmm" Azmond waited to see if that was truly thest of them. After a few seconds passed, he assumed that was the end of it and nced over his system notifications. A mere moment passed as he got the gist of what he acquiredthings that included a level up and some spiritual stones. The level up was good and all, but what he was far happier about was that he had finally gained some spiritual stones! It had been a long timeing, but nheless, it was a grand event that Azmond would definitely thank Boundless forter. Speaking of Boundless |Hey, Azmond!| Boundless beamed. She had somehow made her way tens of thousands of miles in the air as she wrapped her busty figure around the side of his neck. *Squish Squish* "..." Azmond felt that heavenly sensation again, and hepletely lost his train of thought. However, he quickly snapped out of it and asked, "What are you doing up here, Boundless?" |Hmm!? Do you not want me to be up here or something!?| She began with a peeved tone. |Would you rather that Vixen with the orange tails be up here instead!? You big baka!| She puffed up her cheeks as she rubbed her two milky white breasts even harder against his back. "..." Azmond was distracted once again. Nheless, he responded, "You know that isn''t the case, Boundless. I was just curious, is all~" His hands had already sped onto Boundless''s dress as he pulled her to his front side before grabbing her by the ass. |Aaahn~!| She moaned a little at such an abrupt movement. Following such a lewd act, Azmond put his mouth up to her reddened ears before he whispered, "Are you ready to y another round, My Love~?" |...| The blush on her face only deepened further upon hearing such flirtatious words. And just as she was about to respond with her clothesing off, Azmond interrupted her by saying, "Well, too bad~" A shit-eating grin emerged from his expression as he looked at the pouty look on her face. But he wasn''t one to deny his little cinnamon roll for no reason, so he added, "We have some guests down there, so we will need to save naughty time for when we''re alone~, Kay~?" |...| Boundless understood what he was saying, but her little sister was starting to get itchy again. |Ca-Can we not for just one roun-!?| "Kay~?" He repeated with a small grin. |...| Boundless put on an aggrieved look before she mumbled, |Fine But you will make it up to meter, you baka!| Azmond''s grin widened at such a request before he whispered, "Of course, My Dear~, I''ll make sure to make it up to you ''real good''~" His sneaky hands made their way through her unholy curves as he looked her in the eyes with a seductive smirk. |Aaahn~! Y-You better~!| Her moans resounded across the vast skies as something started to leak out of her lower area. And just as she was about to scratch her previous promise and ravage him right then and there, her figure, along with Azmond''s figure, blurred. FWIP! Azmond, with a sly grin on his face, had already begun his return to the rest of the gang. Boundless was of course vexed over such a thing; however, she would forget all about it when theymenced their night-time activities over the next few days. Chapter 341: Calista and Clawdia… .... WAAaa The dangerous energies being emitted from the wide chasms caused by Zargoroth were slowly dispersed before they eventually reached a point where one could cross over. And that was all that Calista needed as she crossed over and headed in the direction of the ck dome. ''Big Sister'' She thought with a doleful aura surrounding her. It had been over two years since Calista had seen her sister Over two years since she had been ''abandoned''. Did she me her sister and father for leaving her behind? Yes, she did. But that was only for the first year. Such thoughts of hate and me faded away the moment she met a certain, overly handsome man. A man who invaded her life and took her feelings and emotions through an intense roller coaster as they traveled all around the Luminous Grounds. It was Azmond who enabled her to understand that her father and sister had not abandoned her. He had always mentioned something about him knowing the ''truth'', and that truth being far moreplicated than she would understand. Calista doubted his words in the beginning; however, after she had spent an entire year with him, every word he spoke was practically the absolute truth for her. She could think for herself, and she could believe what she wanted to believe, but in the end, if Azmond said it, then it was without a doubt the way it was. Calista hade to believe that her big sister had not ''abandoned'' her. She had simply ''got caught up in something'', as Azmond called it. On a side note, she was almost positive that his goal of ''Reaching the Twenty First Floor'' had more to do with her than it did with him satisfying his curiosity. She understood that he was secretly making the trip for her. And it was that kindness of his that she loved about him Nevertheless, the flustered Calista was making her way over to her big sister with tears streaming down her gorgeous face. - *Drip Drip* Crystalline tears fell to the red-colored surface as a catkin giround 5''1 with long white hair and glistening gray eyeshurried in a direction that was in the direct path of a ck sphere. Calista''s expression was mncholic as her breathing was heavy, and her eyes flickered erratically as she was falling over herself, attempting to get her saddened self in the direction of arge ck dome. "P-Please be okay, Big-Sis" She mumbled. Following such a flurry of disorganized movements, she was eventually able to make it to the ck dome. "..." Her moist eyes darted in every direction of the interior, trying to find a certain silhouette. And it didn''t take long before she saw the copsed figure of a beautiful catkin woman being attended to by a foxkin woman. If it were any other time, then Calista would''ve be peeved over the tworge milkers on Ember, but this was no time to be worrying about nonsense. *Pitter Patter* Her rushed steps echoed out as she garnered the stares of all the Monster Queen''s, the gazellekin, and Spiritme. Usually they would talk to her, but when they saw that look on her face, they knew it was not the time. "..." "..." "..." They simply watched as she ran up to the catkin woman who had once struck fear in all the High-Rank Monster Kings and Monsterkindmoners alike. None of them knew why Azmond had brought back a cmity like wdia, but they were intelligent enough to know that if she had been put under his care, then he was strong enough to keep her under check. However, none of them recalled him being strong enough to assist a Mahayana Realm Cultivator a few months ago... So did that mean he had gotten stronger in such a short period of time!? Everyone went silent upon realizing that fact. Every single thing they learned about him left them even more shocked over the existence of the man who called himself ''Azmond''. The gazellekin and Spiritme were a little bit annoyed over Azmond getting stronger; however, the Monster Queen''s, on the other hand, started to leak out of their lower areas again. "..." "..." Spiritme and the gazellekin, on the other hand, were speechless over the lust-filled intent practically oozing out of the once-imposing Monster Queen''s. They hated Azmond for hogging all the attention! But more than that, they were jealous of him. Nheless, regardless of the thoughts of all the Monster Queen''s and the two depressed Monster Kings, Calista had already fallen to the ground as she leaned over a low hanging bed. "B-Big Sister" She cried while hugging an unconscious Catkin woman. Her soft sobs filled therge interior of the ck dome as the crystalline tears never stopped falling onto wdia''s figure. Calista was not one to show her emotions very often, as she was usually a soft-spoken one; however, when she discovered that her sister was right in front of her, the flood gates opened up. It had been over a year since she let it all out, like she was in that room. And it didn''t seem like Calista was going to be stopping anytime soon. A few seconds passed by, as the other people inside the ck dome watched on with sympathetic gazes. Even Spirtme and the gazellekin started to feel bad for the little girl, who was of monsterkind. After all, of all the High-Rank Monster Kings, those two could be considered the most harmless of the bunch. Whereas the ones that Azmond had mercilessly killed were part of the 99.99% percentile when it came to theck of kindness of the High-Rank Monster Kings. One might think that Spiritme was also part of that ''99.99%''; however, he had to put on such an act in front of the other Monster King''s, for he had to keep his image up if he wished to survive. Spiritme, along with the gazellekin, whose name was ''Ayh'', weren''t born with supreme talent and optimal conditions like the rest of the High-Rank Monster King descendants. They had to work hard to reach the point that they had achieved. The amount of pain they had experienced over the years had already reached a level beyond what went above the norm. Chapter 342: My ‘mate’... .... Spiritme was born with a weak body and was discarded at birth by his Monster Emperor dad before he eventually wed his way to the top. Whereas Ayh was born into amon monsterkind family on a Crocofinch. And it was only through tooth and nail that he was able to cement his position as one of the strongest Monster Kings. However, their tragic backstories were a topic for another time, so let''s get back to Calista and her sorrowful moments coping with her sister''s reappearance. **** *Drip Drip* Tears never stopped falling from the poor catkin girl as she clung onto her big sister''s cheongsam with a crestfallen look on her face. However, such depressing moments by herself were soon interrupted by a certain fallen-immortal-like man. FWIP! Azmond and Boundless appeared inside the ck dome, and the first thing they did was head over to where Calista and wdia were. *Pat Pat* Azmond tenderly petted the sobbing catkin girl; his expression was nothing but gentle and kind. "...?" With tear-stained cheeks, Calista looked behind her, only to see that familiar face she had grown to love. And that was when the dams truly broke loose, as her eyes bubbled up before she screamed, "Azmond!" Following the sound of her hoarse voice, she leaped up from her kneeling position andnded in his arms. Azmond looked at the anguished look on his little cinnamon roll''s face before he murmured, "It''ll be okay, Calista. I made sure she was fine before I left." *Drip Drip* The tears stopped for a second as Calsista turned her moist eyes up to his face before she mumbled, "...Mhmm" "..." A small smile formed on Azmond''s face as he coddled the saddened girl in his arms. That was the only conversation exchanged between the two of them, as Calista got lost in his embrace. - A few minutes passed by like that, until all of a sudden... "...Mhmm?" wdia awoke with a hand rubbing her eyes. She looked around and saw the unfamiliar scenery. However, when she saw a certain girl in a handsome man''s arms, she recalled exactly what had happened before she passed out. wdia remembered everything that had happened before she abruptly came out of her stupor and noticed the distraught countenance of a young catkin girl. "... Calista" She mumbled with a heartbroken look on her face. "???" Calista turned her head in the direction of the melodic voice and saw the overwhelmed expression on her big sister''s beautiful face. And that was all it took for her to fall off Azmond''s chest before she stared at her big sister with an indecipherable look on her face. wdia gave the same look as they both stared at each other for what felt like an eternity. Until "Big Sister!!" Calista screamed out as she jumped toward her sister. *Umph!* Shended on her sister''s body as she hugged her like there''d be no tomorrow. "..." wdia gazed down at the state of her baby sister and couldn''t help but think of all the things she had been through after their fight with the Overseers. *Sigh* She let out a sigh full of many different emotions before she reciprocated the hug with a tight embrace. wdia may have med herself for what happened to her sister; however, that wouldn''t stop her from giving her little Calista what she wanted. Which at that moment, was nothing more than affection from her big sister Calista and wdia stayed in that position for nearly half an hour. Calista mumbled her sister''s name, while wdia simply took everything she had to give. However, it wasn''t long before wdia spoke for the first time since their hugging session had begun, as she asked, "So, are you going to tell me what happened while me and father were away?" Her question came out in apassionate and slightly interested tone as she rubbed her little sister''s cheeks. "..." Calista tilted her wet face up to wdia''s before she wiped her eyes and muttered, "Mhmm" Following such a meek response, she went on to narrate the entire experience she had had since being left on the Anglerfant. She told her of her life in the slums on the Anglerfant, the moment she met Azmond, and then her life after meeting Azmond. After hearing Calista''s story, the only thing wdia had to say was, "I''m sorry" The expression on her face was devastated, as she realized that she had inadvertently let her baby sister rot in an unknown world with no one beside her... She was all alone for over a year "..." Calista looked at the face her big sister was making as she decided something. She pointed her hand up in the air before she said, "Not everything was so bad, Big Sister. After all, I was able to meet him." Her finger went into the air before she pointed right at Azmond''s stalwart figure. wdia heard her sister''s reassuring words as her eyes followed her sister''s finger. What she saw was the most divinely beautiful person she had borne witness to. But more than that, she saw the man who had helped her sister. who had saved her sister''s life who had given her a life that she and her father could never give her And it was through that moment, when her eyes made contact with those profound blue''s of his, that wdia understood what she had to do to repay the favor to him. "Wou-" However, just as she was about to speak up, Calista interjected with a soft voice as she murmured, "After all, if you and father never left me on the Anglerfant, then I never would''ve met my mate" She mumbled thest part with a deep blush on her face as she took furtive nces at Azmond''s otherworldly countenance. "Pfft!" Azmond spit out his non-existent coffee as he nearly fell on his face upon hearing such a promation. He wasn''t an idiot! He knew what the nce she was giving meant. And in this context, there was nothing else that she could be referring to! Chapter 343: You Cant Kill Him Because We Havent Mated Yet! .... Azmond didn''t understand what the fuck was going on! One second, it was a reunion between two sisters, and the next, he was suddenly put on the chopping board!? "..." His eyes traveled to the more mature version of Calista as he observed her expression. And the only thing he had to say in response to such an observation was, ''I''m so rurally fucked.'' wdia was practically oozing killing intent! Her smile was twitching, and her eyes were flickering with unknown intent swirling within them. That was not to mention that a sinister aura started to envelop the interior of the ck sphere, seemingly attempting to suck in Azmond''s existence and tear it to shreds! Nheless, he had to figure out a way to mend the situation, so he walked in front of the two before he said, "I-I am sure that Calista is just tired and doesn''t know what she wants for certain." He began with an ufortable smile. "Give her some time, and I''m sure that she''ll understand that she was just kidding with that ''mate'' thing" Azmond had studied up on the Catkin culture after he asked Calista about that ''tail subject'', and he was able to learn a lot about the way they functioned as a whole. And one of those things concerned their ''mate''s'', and ''mating sessions''. Which were essentially just another way to say ''Married Couple'', and ''Consummation Sessions. But regardless of what he knew about the matter, it seemed like everyone was working against him... - Calsista''s murky gray eyes stared Azmond down, before, in a giddy voice, she said, "Uhn uh. Azmond is Calista''s mate. Calista knows this after all the intimate moments we have had." Her words came out oddly fluent for what felt like the first time in forever; however, it was the absolute worst possible time for her to be speaking coherently! OOOM! An immense gray aura exploded out of wdia as her face darkened considerably. Her chilling voice sounded out not long after, as she questioned, "Azmond, is it?" wdia''s voice seemed toe out in a tone that could freeze over the North Pole as she grasped her treasured sword. "Y-Yes? That is me" Azmond responded with a wry smile, as he knew he was truly and unequivocally fucked! "..." wdia turned her face in the direction of Azmond before an emotionless expression was presented in front of him. Not long after, her apathetic voice echoed out as she asked, "Do you have anyst words before I kill you?" "..." Azmond looked at that serious look on her face and knew she wasn''t kidding around. Furthermore, there was also the aura that was attempting to consume himan aura that was in the Sixth Stage of Tribtion Transcendence! He knew he had no chance of making it out of this debacle in one piece. |It looks like you really got yourself into quite the predicament, huh, Azmond?| Boundless appeared beside him as she analyzed his situation. However, it didn''t take long before she wrapped herself around his neck and giggled a little before adding, |This is going to be fun, hehe~| Her heavenly giggle resounded throughout the ck dome for only a few select ears to hear as she rubbed her gorgeous face up and down on his. "..." Azmond didn''t even have the words to express how speechless he was. He was fucked from his own side; he was fucked from that side; he was fucked from the other side; he was fucked in every way! He might as well have be a damn doll with all the fucking he was receiving from these girls! "..." He turned his gaze over to Calista with pleading eyes, hoping that would help smooth over the situation she had gotten him into. And it looked like he had a saving grace, as Calista appeared in front of him before she announced, "Y-You can''t kill Azmond, Big Sister!" WAAaa wdia''s aura calmed down a little as she asked, "And why is that?" If her sister really wanted to keep this deplorable man''s life, then she would have no other option but to spare him. However, her thoughts were interrupted by the stuttering voice of Calista. "Y-You can''t kill him because we still haven''t mated yet! Not that I would let you kill him anyway" Her eyes darkened a little toward the end of her speech, but it looked like wdia was so ''immersed'' in the first part that she didn''t even register the second part. "...Is that so?" wdia mumbled under frosty breath. RUMBLE! A good part of the Twentieth Floor started to violently shake as wdia''s grayish aura erupted from her voluptuous body! Her extraordinarily powerful aura was redirected toward a certain direction before she said, "Then, I guess you don''t need anyst words, do you, ''Azmond''?" "..." Azmond thought he had a saving grace, but it turned out that everyone truly was working against him. He gazed at that dreamy look on Calista''s face and immediately knew that she''d be absolutely no help in this situation. "..." His eyes turned toward the Monster Queen''s, Ayh, and Spiritme, hoping that they''d lend him a hand. However, his grasping of straws ended in failure, as they all had their faces turned away, whistling like none of what was happening had anything to do with them. ''Sorry Azmond, but you brought this upon yourself, so it''s all up to you,'' Spiritme thought with a helpless expression. ''But if you do end up dying to that feisty beauty, then I''ll make sure to take care of all these Monster Queen''s in your stead!'' He thought to himself with a righteous expression. ''That''s the least I can do to repay you for giving me ess to this ''level system'' that''ll make me stronger! You''re wee in advance!'' Spiritme and Ayh were having simr thoughts as they mourned the death of their new friend, but more than that, they looked forward to taking care of the- err What they meant to think was, ''Reluctantly looked forward'' to taking ''care'' of the lonely Monster Queen''s! Chapter 344: The Feisty Clawdia .... "..." Azmond looked at the Monster Queen''s and two goofballs and knew that he was all alone in this conundrum. |You still have me, Azmond!| Boundless eximed. ''Yep, I truly am all alone'' He thought with a lonely look on his face. |He-Hey, you''re ignoring me again, aren''t you!? Hey-| Azmond ignored the yammerings of the squishy womantched onto his back as he focused all his attention on the iing cmity that was staring him right in the eyes. "So? Do you have anything to say for yourself, ''Azmond''...?" wdia questioned with a malevolent expression. Although she wanted to cut off his lower half and kill him right then and there, he had, after all, saved his baby sister''s life, so she was magnanimous enough to give him a chance to exin himself. "..." Azmond looked at the ''forgiving'' look on wdia''s face and knew that he was screwed no matter what he said. Damned if he did, and damned if he didn''t. That basically summed up the ''situation'' he found himself in. So, like the risk-taker he was, he looked wdia straight in the eyes before in he earnestly said, "It''s a misunderstanding-" However, he didn''t even get the chance to finish speaking, as a cold de touched his throat. "!!!" He leaned his head back, subsequently dodging the de strike. SLASH! The de flew past his neck as a wide crescent of sword energy was released! WHIZZ! The sword arc blitzed through the air at speeds faster than light before itnded a few million miles out. BOOOOOOOOM! A loud explosion boomed out as a hundredth of the Twentieth Floor was vaporized off the face of the map! ''Holy shit'' Azmond thought as he looked behind him and saw the destruction that was caused by wdia''s deadly sword strike. ''I am so fucking screwed'' "..." wdia noticed that Azmond was still standing as she asked, "Why are you still alive?" ''What do you mean, why am I alive!?'' Azmond was exasperated over the head-strong personality of this woman. "Did you want me to die or something?" He asked with an awkward expression. "...Yes, that is why I attacked you." Her response was instantaneous as she stared at Azmond with a fascinated look on her face. Even though wdia was severely injured and incapable of using her Mahayana Realm strength, she still put enough force into that attack to be capable of killing someone in the Peak Stages of the Fourth Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm! And yet, he was still alive. "..." She looked into his dazzling blue eyes before she asked, "Why did you dodge?" "..." Azmond stared at wdia like he was looking at a looney bin. He started to doubt whether his little angel was actually rted to this crazy woman. But after double-checking her status screen, he knew for sure that they were rted. As Azmond was mulling over the sanity of wdia, she, on the other hand, was just gazing at his face, seemingly admiring the thing she''d have to desecrate in not too long. ''It''s too bad this man is a pervert'' She let out a sigh before she started to build up even greater energy. WAAAA!! A murky gray energy erupted from her curvaceous figure as it enveloped everything within a million-mile radius! wdia''s aura kept on climbing until it eventually reached a point where it couldpete with someone in the Early Stages of the Sixth Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm! "!?" Azmond snapped out of his stupor upon feeling the stupendous level of energy before he asked, "... Can we not talk this over? I truly haven''t put a hand on Calista." wdia turned her emotionless gaze down to the chiseled features that molded his face before she said, "Really?" WAAaa The immense amount of energy being emitted from her calmed down a little as she looked toward Azmond for confirmation. "..." Azmond couldn''t believe she actually listened to him. But he wasn''t one to deny a good opportunity, as he replied, "I would nevery a hand on my little angel." wdia scanned his expression for any deceit, but she saw nothing that would indicate he was lying to her, so she muttered, "You should''ve just said so in the beginning." WAaa Her aura died out following her nonchnt words as she walked back over to her sister. "..." Azmond watched wdia leave the scene, like she didn''t juste close to killing him. He was baffled by the ''entric'' personality of this woman. And what did she mean by ''say so in the beginning''!? Did he not attempt to exin himself right from the get-go!? He already had enough to deal with when it came to wdia and Calista, but he got the feeling that the unusual traits of these girls would extend to their whole family line. *Shiver!* He shuddered at the thought of meeting their father and mother. Nheless, he still had to assist that girl with her injury, so he walked over to her and put his hand up to her side. "Wha-!?" wdia suddenly yelped when she felt something cold touch her abdomen. OOOM! She was about to attack the person who was audacious enough to touch her in a weakened state, but she held her hand when she felt something warm and soothing spread throughout her. WHISH! A light green energy washed over her insides as the malevolent energy that the Overseers had inflicted on her a few months ago started to heal up. "What are you doing to me, human?" "I am helping you out." Azmond stated with a neutral expression before he added, "And my name isn''t ''human'', it''s Azmond." "..." wdia looked into his expressionless eyes before she asked, "Why are you helping me, hu- Azmond?" She didn''t believe that the person she had just tried to kill would do something out of the kindness of his heart. And she was partially right on that fact, for he truly wasn''t doing it for her. Azmond turned his gaze away from wdia as his eyes caught sight of the still-dazed Calista. wdia followed his eyes as well, before she heard him say, "I''m doing it for her." Chapter 345: Is It An Enemy…? .... "???" wdia shot her eyes back to Azmond before she heard him continue with, "You''re her big sister, and I wouldn''t want her to be sad over your pain, so I took it upon myself to ''assist'' you for my own benefit." His words echoed out in an indifferent tone, as he genuinely believed that he was doing it for himself. "..." She scrutinized the look on his face before she repeated, "For yourself, huh?" "Yes, for myself." "..." wdia didn''t know what take she had on the existence called Azmond. Was he kind? Was he a pervert? Was he a good man? But, in the midst of her thoughts, she blurted out, "You have been good to my sister, haven''t you" Azmond turned his impassive gaze toward the relieved look on her face before he said, "I did it for myself." Following such a familiar answer, he got up from his position, as Calwdia had already been fully healed by his ''Minor Heal'' skill. "..." wdia''s relieved expression only became more noticeable after hearing his answer, as she was d. She was d that her baby sister had found a nice man to help her out when she was at her lowest point. There was nothing that would have pleased her more than viewing such a good piece of news in person. Calista had exined her time with Azmond earlier; however, it felt better to witness his personality in person. And she was d to say that it looked like her sister made the right choice by following this mysterious man around. Her softened eyes swiveled back towards Azmond''s figure, as she figured she would stay around a little longer. Just to make sure her sister was doing well, of course "..." Azmond saw that expression on her face, and that was when he knew he had gained another member to add to his group. On that note, the number of people tagging along on his journey had increased by quite a lot, which made him think of something. ''Maybe I should make a guild, a kingdom, or something?'' He mused before he realized something interesting, as he thought, ''Although such an organization would be filled up to the brim with nothing but crazies... Heh.'' He chuckled a little after thinking about such a scenario, as he seriously considered making some sort of ce where he could be affiliated. There was the ''Heaven Exploding Faction'' that he imed to be part of; however, that was more of a joke than anything. Or was it? That was when a sudden idea entered his mind as he thought, ''I should just make another Heaven Exploding Faction...'' It was the perfect idea! He could keep his past ''affiliation'', but at the same time, create a real ''ce'' for himself. A ce that he, along with the rest of his members, could build up into something truly mind-boggling! However, regardless of his grand aspirations, Azmond calmed himself down as he realized that he was getting a little ahead of himself. ''First, I will conquer Asterion, then I''ll worry about making a faction,'' he thought with a calm expression. But no matter how hard he tried to hide it, the amount of anticipation building up inside him was getting a little out of hand. Azmond could hardly wait for the day that he was able to stand atop his own organization, conquering everything he set his eyes upon! Nevertheless, that was a topic for a him far into the future. After all, he still had to take Calista, her sister, Boundless, and the rest of the gang to the Twenty First Floor. Furthermore, there were still a few things concerning the ''Moonweaver'' family that intrigued him, especially pertaining to these ''Cosmic Asteroids'' and how people were able to live out in what he assumed to be space! And all of these things would be answered after he made it to the Twenty First Floor, and whatevery beyond. However, it seemed like not everything wanted to go his way, as a sudden presence greater than even wdia''s still-recovering self was felt a few hundred thousand miles to the north with his divine sense. "..." Azmond noticed such a disturbance as he looked at the potential ally, whose energy was slowlying back to her. And although it was returning to wdia rtively fast, he knew that she would have to stay away from this uing encounter if she wanted to fully restore her power without a hitch. Why did he already term it an ''encounter''? Well, it was because he could practically feel the hostility oozing out from hundreds of thousands of miles away. And all of that hostility seemed to be directed toward him and only him. - *Sigh* Azmondmented his fate for bing part of one troublesome event after another. |You going to meet that energy signature head on?| Boundless asked from on top of Azmond''s head. *Jiggle Jiggle* Her body ricocheted a little after asking such an obvious question. And it didn''t take long before Boundless got the answer she thought she would, as he said, "Of course." Azmond''s blue eyes flipped through the people around him, as he knew that getting his future guild members involved would not be optimal. So, after feeling the hostile aura signature get even closer to their location, he simply said, "I have to go and meet a guest. I''ll be right back, okay?" His voice came out in a dry tone, but even if it sounded like he wasn''t taking the situation very seriously, everyone else could feel that something was wrong. "..." "..." "..." Everybody went silent for a second, seemingly analyzing his words. Until finally "Is it an enemy?" wdia asked. Azmond looked toward the busty catkin woman and couldn''t help but find it funny that she was the first one to speak up, given that she was his enemy not even a few minutes ago. But regardless of their past bad blood, he said, "Yes, at least, it''s highly likely." He wasn''t going to sugarcoat it for them, as they deserved to know the truth as well. But more than that, he was just toozy toe up with a usible excuse Chapter 346: Aqua’s Mom Is Speeding Toward Us! .... "..." Calista had already snapped out of her reverie when Azmond started talking, and after hearing the second part of what he said, her ears bent down as she realized that he would be in danger once again. "Do you have to go and fight? C-Can we not-?" Calista asked with watery eyes. "..." Azmond already knew what she was going to ask next, but he wasn''t one to veer away from free exp, so he said, "This one is a strong one, and we cannot run from her even if we want to." "... How strong?" wdia inquired. "Stronger than your current self," he answered with an unknown glint in his eyes before he added, "But if I were to be precise, then the aura signature is somewhere in the Peak Stages of the Sixth Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm." "..." She didn''t know what to say. Had she been in top form, then a mere Tribtion Transcendence Realm Cultivator would stand no chance in hell against her. But unfortunately, she was still a few weeks away from recovering her energy to the point where she could beat a Peak Sixth Stage Tribtion Transcendance Realm Cultivator. wdia wanted to help out the man who saved her sister in multiple different ways, but in the end, she knew her limits and knew when to back down. So, after thinking over her options, she said, "I''ll take Calista and the ck sphere and run in the opposite direction." "No! Big Sister, I want to stay with Azmond-" Calista attempted to refute her sister; however, she didn''t even get the chance before a hand came crashing down on her neck. *Pat* She was subsequently knocked out cold and thrown over wdia''s shoulder. "..." wdia looked at the unconscious state of her sister and thought, ''She''ll probably hate me even more for this one, but it''s better than having her die due to her emotions.'' Her expression saddened a little at such a glum future, but she wouldn''t allow her baby sister to get into any more danger than she already had in her absence. Azmond saw everything between them y out, and he of course observed the look on wdia''s face, so he muttered, "You don''t have to worry about that girl hating you." He started to speak with an attention grabber as her eyes immediately turned toward him before he continued, "She practically couldn''t stop talking about you as we made our way through the Luminous Grounds. Haha~" He chuckled a little upon remembering the fond memories he made with that timid girl. "..." wdia''s eyes never left those effulgent blues of his, as she couldn''t help but blurt out, "You really are a nice man." "Hmm?" Azmond stoppedughing for a second, as he thought he had heard something wrong. But after looking at the earnest expression on her face, he realized that his actions had once again been misconstrued, so he said, "I''m not nice, Miss wdia. I do everything for myself one way or another-" He was going to continue his words, but something suddenly attracted his attention. "!!!" His countenance became a little more serious when he felt that aura near even closer, so he added, "But regardless of my personality, you really should get going now." Azmond''s words resounded before he suddenly recalled something as he asked, "Oh, and can you take these girls with you?" *Plop Plop* His question was followed by hundreds of girls in ragged clothesing out of his storage ring. "..." wdia stared at the exorbitant number of women that practically fell from the sky. She was going to ask what it was all about, but that''s when she started to feel that aura with her divine sense as well. So, in the end, all she said was, "I understand." SWOOP! Calwdia picked up all the women with her Qi and moved them into the ck sphere for easier travel. Azmond''s expression became a little more rxed after he realized that all his matters were in order. "..." wdia finished up the organization of the women before her eyes traveled back toward the stalwart figure of Azmond. The man in question felt an intense gaze on him as his head swiveled a little before he said, "Take care of them, won''t you?" Following such a request, his gaze softened considerably as he added, "I only gave them to you for safekeeping, just in case anything happens to me. So make sure to watch over them for me in my stead, won''t you?" wdia scrutinized the conflicted look on his face for a second before she sighed and said, "Don''t die, okay?" Azmond was going to say something in response; however, he didn''t even get the chance to respond before her figure had already disappeared. And along with her were the ck dome, all the Monster Queen''s, the women he had in his storage ring, Spiritme, and Ayh. The only person Azmond had left with him was none other than the lovely Boundless. |Are we going to fight!?| Boundless asked with a mildly expectant look on her face. "It almost seems like you''re excited over such a notion." |Of course I am! Just think about all the experience points and- Wait| She was going to continue her yammering session for a while, but she suddenly stopped in the middle as her expression became a little wide-eyed. |Th-This is| Her pretty face turned in Azmond''s direction before she mumbled, |The owner of the aura signature i-is| "Just spit it out already," he said. She cleared her throat a little before she resumed by saying, |Aqua''s mom is the owner of the powerful signature speeding towards us!| "..." Azmond was baffled over this revtion. ''Why would Aqua''s mom, the Queen of the AquaRing Kingdom,e after me with such hostile intent?'' He thought with a puzzled expression. ''...Did that silly girl inadvertently do something else to get me in trouble? Or maybe it was those two sexy maids, Azure and Sapphire'' He thought over the matter for a second and realized that the AquaRing Kingdom could be after him for any number of things Chapter 347: Meeting Aquas Mom .... ''I got myself into this mess, huh?'' Azmondmented over his past thoughtless actions. However, it looked like he wasn''t the only one with such thoughts, as a certain brown-haired beauty was put into a very different mood after figuring out who the owner of the aura signature was. |Humph! First it was those two maid bimbo''s, and now the mother of that ditzy girl is on her way to climb into your bed!| Boundless eximed with puffed up cheeks. "...What are you talking about?" Azmond had no clue what she was babbling about. Why would Aqua''s mom do anything, such as sleeping with him? Was Boundless not able to feel the hostility practically exploding out of Aqua''s mom!? Boundless''s pouty expression shot in his direction before she shouted, |Shut up, you big baka! Y-You big stupid dum dum!| Following her shout, she harrumphed and escaped back into Azmond''s long, white robes. "..." He was even more confused than he was a few seconds ago. ''Why is this girl so...'' He thought with a tinge of exasperation. But his thoughts were soon interrupted by the sudden appearance of a woman. FWIP! A woman in an opulent and frilly blue dress with gold outlines formed in front of Azmond, Boundless, and Emu. Her face was beautiful beyond words, as her nose was small and thin, her lips were pink and juicy, and her eyes were a serene blue. On the other hand, her body was an entirely different ballpark. Her thighs were wide yet not too wide; her hips were child-bearing material; her waist was thin; and there was, of course, the most distinct feature that she possessed. *Boing! Boing!* Her breasts were without a doubt the biggest that Azmond had ever seen in his entire life, as they clocked in at H-Cup at the very least! "...This is Aqua''s mom?" Azmond muttered with a mildly entranced expression. Those two milky white breasts of hers seemed to be aiming to put him in a trace as they swayed back and forth with unrelenting motion! Boundless popped her head out from his backside before she shouted, |Y-You Big Baka!| That was all she said before she once again returned to her spot. ''Oops'' He thought. Azmond realized that he had identally let his thoughts slip as he acknowledged the ''making up'' he would have to do with Boundlesster But whether there would be a ter'' was still unknown, as the voluptuous woman who Aqua called ''Mother'', started to speak. "Do you know who I am, boy?" Marina inquired with an apathetic tone. Azmond tilted his head up toward the busty woman before, in apletely serious voice, he responded, "Nope, not a clue." "..." Marina was a little surprised by such a fast response, but she quickly regained her bearings as she asked, "...Is that so?" "Yep." She acknowledged his response speed as she said, "Well, no matter, I will tell you straight up that I am the mother of the girl you met over 10 years ago, and my name is Marina, otherwise known as the Queen of the AquaRing Kingdom." Her voice echoed out in a slightly haughty tone, as she was quite proud of the fact that she was not only the mother of a genius but also the Queen of a Tier 8 Kingdom! But, contrary to her expectations for what his response would be, Azmond simply said, "Cool." Marina thought she had heard wrong, so she repeated, "I am the mother of the once-in-ten-thousand-year genius, Aqua Mezdeth AquaRing, and I''m also the ruler of a Tier 8 Kingdom." "I know." "..." Azmond and Marina stared at each other with nk faces. What they were thinking about was anyone''s guess. Nheless, such a stare down didn''tst long, as Marina suddenly asked, "Are you not understanding what I''m telling you, boy?" Azmond''s gaze focused only on Marina as he replied, "Ipletely understand what you''re saying, beautifuldy. But the real question here is why your clothes are quitecking in that area there." His flirtatious words were followed by him pointing to her chest area, clearly talking about the two perky bunnies practically about to bust out of the seams that contained them! "???" Marina wasn''t following, but when she turned her gaze down and saw that one of the strings that held her dress together wasing undone, she quickly covered up her breasts. Following such an enticing action, her eyes traveled back up to Azmond''s yful gaze as she stuttered, "Y-You really are nothing but a lousy yboy!" WAAAA!! Her aura immediately red up into the Peak Stages of the Sixth Cataclysm of Tribtion Transcendance! Marina was no longer willing to make small talk with that infuriating man! She would just kill him and get it done with! However, her objective was wed right from the get-go, as s-she She lost sight of Azmond! "!?!?" Her serenely beautiful eyes darted around the sandy dunes, attempting to find any traces of him. But it was already toote to begin her search after being distracted, as Azmond had struck preemptively right from the moment she first appeared! "!!!" Marina suddenly felt a presence appear in close proximity, as he had somehow made it behind her! And just as she was about to attack with full power in his direction, a sudden gust of warm air blew into her right ear. *Fwooo~* "!?" She felt an electrical current go through her sensual body as she moaned, "Aaahn~" However, such a rare moment didn''tst for long, as she covered up her mouth with one hand before she swiped behind her. SHING! Marina''s simple palm attack was dodged by Azmond before it continued its path into the distance. BOOOOOOOM! A loud explosion reverberated out as another chunk of the Luminous Grounds was blown off the face of the earth! "..." Azmond looked behind him and saw arge mushroom cloud sprout up a few million miles out. ''These women and their apocalyptic level attacks... Don''t they know any self-control?" He thought with an exasperated look on his face. Nevertheless, he took himself out of his thoughts, as he still had toplete the next part of his n if he wished to make it out of this encounter in one piece. Chapter 348: Playing Around With The Milf .... FWIP! Azmond''s figure faded away from its spot as he danced around the backside of Marina. She was still feeling the aftereffects of his Heavenly Massage Technique, so there was no better time to take her by surprise than now. And that is exactly what he did as he reappeared right behind her, his hands going straight for those child-bearing hips of hers. BZZZTT! He inputted a little more of his Heavenly Massage Technique, as a warm yet pleasurable flow of energy was transmitted into Marina''s body. "!?!?" She felt something even more intense than before hit her in the sides as she turned her head behind her and saw a devilish smile attached to an extraordinarily handsome face. ''So beautiful'' She thought with a slightly entranced expression. Following that thought, her bodypletely bent underneath Azmond''s will as her slopes started to jiggle and bounce! *Jiggle Jiggle* *Boing Boing* "!?!?" Marina suddenly felt something absolutely divine course throughout her. And that feeling only became more intense as Azmond''s hands traveled around her alluring figure, molding her in whichever way he felt was best. ''Wh-What is this!??'' She thought with a look of euphoria on her face. She had never felt something so heavenly in her entire life! And it didn''t take long before two sneaky hands made their way down to her sopping, wet heavenly cave. "!?!?" Marina knew what his hands would do next, as she had to snap out of his subtle control over her body. But no matter how much she tried to resist his touches, she could do nothing in the face of the hands that had done simr things enough times to be considered a pro at what they did. Nheless, all it took was one touch from Azmond''s index finger on her clit and she started to spasm! "Aaahhhnn~! T-This is~! Yo-You bastard~!" She moaned while tightly gripping his hands. *Snap! Snap!* Both of his hands immediately broke from the amount of force she was using, but he couldn''t care less about such a small matter as he continued working away at her clit. It took no longer than a few more seconds before her unholy curves had ripples go through them, followed by a sweet yet tangy and salty-smelling liquid gushing out of her pussy! "Mhmm~! T-This is not how it was supposed to go~! AAaahhnn~!!" *Squirt! Squirt!* Her dress and Azmond''s robes were soaked with her juices as her tongue rolled back and her body arched on top of his shoulder! Her glossy eyes turned in Azmond''s direction before she incoherently mumbled, "T-This was n ho supposed to go" Following such an out-of-it mumble, Marina''s sexy figure copsed on top of Azmond''s as she fell unconscious due to an overload of pleasure having been transmitted to her brain. "..." Azmond looked at such a glorious sight before he thought, ''As I said many times before, looks are just another form of power, and my hands are just a conduit for which I make use of that power.'' After he got out his piece, his thoughts faded out as he lifted up the lewd body of Marina and disappeared from his spot, headed in the direction where wdia had escaped toward. - A few minutes passed by for wdia and the rest of the gang, as she took them all and sped toward the South as fast as she could, in an attempt to outrun the pursuit of Marina after she ''dealt'' with Azmond. Meanwhile, as wdia was dashing toward the south at levels surpassing the speed of light, a certain catkin girl with long white hair and dark gray eyes started to make some movements inside a ck dome. "...Mhmm" Calista awoke with a lethargic look on her face. Her eyes fluttered open as she nced around her, attempting to remember how she had gotten into the ck sphere. But it didn''t take long before she recalled what had happened not even a fourth of an hour ago. "!!!" Her face immediately sobered up as she got up and ran toward the side of the ck sphere. *Pitter Patter* Calista''s hurried steps echoed out as she made her way to where the st in the sphere used to be. After making it to the hole in the wall, she tried to break through it; however, nothing she did seemed to get her any closer to getting out of the ck dome. BANG! BANG! She used her entire Unity Form Synthesis Realm strength in an attempt to explode it open by force. But once again, her attempts were proven futile, as not even a single ripple spread throughout the ck sphere that trapped her in there. And it didn''t take long before she deduced why the walls of the ck dome were reinforced far more than they were before. "L-Let me out of here, Big Sister!" She screamed out, hoping that wdia would let her go see Azmond. However, deep down, she knew that such a thing would never be permitted by her sister. But regardless of what she believed, she had to try! And that''s exactly what she did, as she continued to yell out her sister''s name from the inside of the dimly lit interior she found herself in. However, no matter how long she screamed out or pleaded for her big sister to let her out, no response ever came. And it never woulde... After all, wdia didn''t trust herself not to give in to that adorable expression of Calista''s, so she made sure to iste the space inside the ck sphere out of fear of being persuaded by Calista to let her out. BANG! "... P-Please let me out" Calista fell to her knees and begged with tears streaming down her face. Although she didn''t know the exact details of the situation that Azmond had found himself in, she knew that he was in serious danger based on the way that everyone had acted. And it was because of these spections that she assumed that if she didn''t make it back to him, then the next time she saw him, he would be nothing but bone and ash Chapter 349: A Grim Future .... As one could imagine, it was a daunting thought for a fourteen-year-old girl to think about. Furthermore, the man she imagined it happening to was none other than the man who had practically saved her life and turned it in a different direction! She didn''t want to see such a grim premonitione to fruition, and somewhere in her mind, she thought she could change that fate. It was a childish idea, and she knew that as well as the next person. But that didn''t stop her from believing that she could make a difference for the man she for the man she loved. Her memories were about to swirl down a very depressing hole, but before they could, a melodic and charming yet mature feminine voice echoed out. "You know that there''s no point in worrying so much, don''t you?" Ember asked with a gentle tone. She may not have known the young cat girl for long, but on their journey through the vast deserts of the Twentieth Floor, Calista would oftene into the ck dome and talk to the Monster Queen''s about all different kinds of things. Although such things weren''t really news to them, every single one of the Monster Queen''s enjoyed having calista around them. But now they saw that same meek and timid yet vivacious girl in such low spirits, bawling her eyes out to a wall that they all knew would never open up. That same girl was waiting until the ''oue'' of Azmond''s fate was finalized It was saddening to witness such a thing first hand - "..." "..." "..." All the Monster Queen''s stared at such a mncholic sight with sympathetic gazes, as they had heard about Calista''s past and what led up to her meeting Azmond. And the only thing they had to say to describe such a backstory was ''tragic''. It was tragic for a girl so young to be subjected to such mental and physical torture. That all went to say that they understood why she was in such a distraught state after finding out that she couldn''t be next to the man who turned her life around for the better... After all, they all owed Azmond themselves. And they, too, felt lost over his life or death being out in the wind. But what could they do? It wasn''t like they had the power to assist him, let alone find a way to escape the vignt eyes of wdia. The only option they had was to wait with heavy hearts and pray to all the gods that he woulde back in one piece. However, that was easier said than done when the intense emotions of Calista were starting to elicit simr feelings of loss and helplessness in all of them. Nheless, in spite of her sadness, Ember still walked over to Calista with a motherly aura before she hugged her fron behind and whispered, "Just believe that Azmond will make it back, and I''m sure that your intent will reach him no matter the distance that separates you two." Her honeyed and soft words sounded out in the ck dome, as all the Monster Queens, Ayh, and Spiritme were surprised over seeing a new side of the usually reserved Ember. ''Had something changed in her?'' They all thought in unison. The Ember they knew would never do anything of the sort a couple months ago. In fact, out of all the rtively benign High-Rank Monster Queen''s, she was the coldest of them all. And yet there actually came a day that the same Emberan Ember who gave them cold nces when they sparked up conversationsthat same Emberforted aplicated catkin girl with no apparent benefits she could gain from doing such a thing. It was a surreal sight for all the High-Rank Monster Queen''s and King''s, that''s for sure. Nevertheless, they were brought out of their thoughts of disbelief with the next words that came out of Ember''s mouth as she continued speaking to Calista. "I''m sure he can take care of whatever cmitiese his way; after all, he was able to assuage your sister''s emotions, and she''s known to be the biggest tyrant in all of Monster Society," Calista murmured, followed by a soft, calming giggle escaping her pretty red lips. "...Sniffle Sniffle" Calista turned her moist eyes up to the red-haired foxkin before she mumbled, "...Mhmm" Following her simple response and a light bob of her head, she turned her body around before hugging the far taller figure of Ember. "???" Ember was a little taken aback by the abrupt actions of Calista, but she wasn''t going to leave the poor girl all alone inside her own mind. *Uhmph* She reciprocated the trembling hug in full as she held onto the teary Calista with a gentle look on her face. A warm and cozy aura enveloped the inside of the ck dome as two seemingly pr opposite figures had a fuzzy momenta moment that worked well in lightening the agitated moods of all the Monster Queen''s. And although they hated to admit it, both Ayh and Spiritme were a little worried over the safety of Azmond before Calista and Ember started talking. Only a ''little'' bit though! It may seem a little odd that undecided enemies were turned into acquaintances and then ''almost-friends'', but a month and a half in a boring desert with nothing in it besides the asional country-sized worm hybrid did a lot to change the way people thought of each other. And for the two Monster King''s, their change in opinions was quite a bit more significant, as not only did Azmond pardon them of all the things they had to do to survive, but he also gave them a chance to gain even more power than they possessed as mere High-Rank Monster Kings. It wasn''t every day, or really any day, that a human exhibited such benevolence to those of the Monster Race. So in the minds of the two goofballs, they thought of Azmond as a close confidant or friend of sorts. Although the ''friend'' in question was utterly unaware of this, that waspletely besides the point! Chapter 350: Current Progression [1/2] .... ''Just make it back alive, Azmond,'' Spiritme thought with a neutral look on his face before his perverted side appeared once more as he thought, ''If you make it back with your little brother intact, then I can show you all the good ''establishments'' that are present on the Neenth Floor! Haha!'' The robust aura of Spiritfalme started to fluctuate as a slightlyscivious look emerged on his half human and half-Kirin facial features. Furthermore, he wasn''t the only one with such perverted thoughts, as the once timid Ayh was beginning to take on all the bad habits of Spiritme. All the Monster Queen''s swiveled their heads toward a creepy, giggling session they heard in the background. And upon seeing those lewd looks on Spiritme and Ayh''s faces, they clicked their tongues and put on disdainful expressions. "..." "..." Spiritme and Ayh felt the sudden hostility in the air as they turned their heads up and saw all the disgusted looks directed at them. "Our dignified images just went down in their minds, didn''t they?" Spiritme whispered to Ayh. "I don''t think they could''ve gotten any lower than they were, so I''m pretty sure we''re good, brother Spiritme!" Ayh replied with a thumbs up and his tongue hanging off his lips. Spiritme heard the words spoken by Ayh, as he wasn''t aware of such interesting information before. And it was through such a train of thought that he realized, "That means we don''t have to worry about our faces being tarnished!" Spiritme''s face brightened up by a few shades after realizing that their images in the minds of the beautiful Monster Queen''s couldn''t possibly be any worse than they were! **** Meanwhile, as the two goofballs were celebrating their ''monumental discovery'', something was happening outside the ck dome. BZZZTT!!! A sudden energy current coursed through the interior and exterior of the two thousand-meter wide ck sphere. "!?" Calista turned her head up after feeling a sudden disturbance in the ck dome, as expectation bubbled up inside her heart. "Azmond?" Ember muttered, her reddish pupils staring at the st hole of the ck sphere. And it didn''t take long at all before her spections were verified, as the energy fment that prevented anyone from viewing whaty outside the sphere waspletely obliterated! Following such an out of the blue event, a bright light shed through, as from that new ''entrance'', a tall, otherworldly handsome figure emerged. After Azmond made his grand entrance, a yful voice resounded. "Did you girls miss me~?" And that was all it took for everyone to react to what just happened in front of them, as all the Monster Queen''s and Calista leaped up before they screamed, "Azmond!" THUD! THUD! THUD! They all fell on top of his chiseled figure, pushing him to the ground as dozens of soft and squishy bodies piled up on top of him. ''... Well, this is quite the weing gift'' Azmond thought with a wry smile as he felt all the heavenly sensations overwhelm his senses. He had the option of taking them all off of him, but he wasn''t that much of an idiot, so he simply enjoyed the good moments while theysted. After all, his good times were going to get extremelyplicated once a certain Queen woke up from her slumber. But, regardless of the grim fate that awaited him, his kind eyes nced at all the Monster Queen''s smothering him. And in particr, his gaze focused on the young catkin girl, who was the first one to make it to him as she took over the front side of his neck. "..." He found himself staring into those beautiful silver jewels on Calista''s face. "...Azmond" She mumbled while the slits in her eyes thinned. "???" He saw the dangerous look in her eyes and suddenly got a bad feeling, but he responded anyway. "...Yes?" He muttered. "Don''t leave me again," shemanded with a non-negotiable tone. "..." Azmond didn''t know how to respond to the underlying lethality in her words. But in the end, he gave up and said, "...Okay" Calista''s expression eased up at his response as she snuggled her head back into his neck with a satisfied look on her face. Azmond looked at the calm and content expression she was making before he let out an exasperated sigh and thought, ''This Moonweaver family truly will be the death of me...'' A few hours passed by in the blink of an eye. The Monster Queen''s hounded Azmond for quite a while, asking about the st time before we die'', but he was eventually able to get them off the subject, as they still had a Twenty First Floor to head up to. But before he started his ascent into the Twenty First Step, he decided to look at his general stats. A bright light shed. BLING! ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Apprentice Vanquisher, Harem Chaser, Apprentice Dual Cultivator] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 13/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Nascent Soul] [Stage: Middle Stages of Middle Nascent Soul] (12pression cycles of the Core, Cultivation Base, Physical Body, and Nascent Soulpleted)] [Core Size: 250 Feet] [Divine Sense: 600,000 Miles] [Core Quality: Quantum Tier] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Rank 5] [Dao Heart Rank: Absolute Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 3(Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating Monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) {[First Unique Function]} Premature Release due to unforeseen circumstances [Function: (Quantum Katana Flux), Host has the ability to use (Emu) when in (Katana Form) to tremendously enhance the power of the User] {[Second Unique Function V2]} - [Name: Soulforge Ascendancy] - [Function: Allows the one bonded with (Emu) to gain a portion of the cultivation base,ws, sword aura/intent, and skills of other beings through the devouring of said beings] (Results vary) [Emu Treasure Weapon Rank: Absolute Peak-Earth] [???] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 1: Level 210] [Exp needed for next level: 23,000,000,000,000] [Total Exp: 1,970,500,000,000,000] [Total Gold: 1,950,000,000,000] [Total Spiritual Stones: {[Lowest Ranked: 220,970, Low Rank: 21,730, Mid Rank: 323]}] Chapter 351: Current Progression [2/2] .... ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Peak Stages of the Fourth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm (With all Law assimtion rates and strongest technique.) (Initial Stages of the Fifth Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm with (Emu).] [STR: Late Stages of the Fourth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [SPD: Late Stages of the Fourth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [Qi: Late Stages of the Fourth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [Int: Average] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Charisma: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Law(s)]>== Quantum Rank: [Quantum Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 3.985600%]} Divine Rank: None Heavenly Rank: None Mortal Rank: [Space Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 9.895000%]} (Derived from the Quantum Law) (Comprehension corrtes with the Quantum Law)]} [Vermillion Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 3.690000%]} [Serpentine Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 8.325000%]} [Stealth Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 7.930000%]} [Decay Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 4.490050%]} [Sword Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 10.425000%]} [ughter Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 8.675000%]} [Primal Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 5.495000%]} [Gargantuan Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 12.241000%]}] [Annihtion Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 1.345000%]} [Fire Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 6.215650%]} [Water Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 5.904000%]} [Earth Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 4.841000%]} [Wind Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 2.950000%]} [Lightning Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 6.306000%]} [Darkness Law: Level 2] {[Comprehension Rate: 0.120000%]} [Light Law: Level 2] {[Comprehension Rate: 0.106500%]} ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 223] [Dual Cultivation Rank: Apprentice Dual Cultivator] [Title: Same Name] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: 4] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: 147] [Primordial Yins Fully Absorbed: None] {[Primordial Yins Partially Absorbed: 4]} (The Ice Phoenix Primordial Yin {[Divine Rank]}) (The Quantum Divinity Primordial Yin {[Quantum Rank]} (First Half Of The Twin Tides Primordial Yin) {[Heavenly Rank]} (Second Half Of The Twin Tides Primordial Yin) {[Heavenly Rank]}] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: B-Rank.] [Boundless''s Comment: |I like this section a little more now hehe~. My numbers are higher than that dumb cow! But why are there new women!?!?] - Azmond only looked at the upper half of his system interface, but that was enough for him to gauge his current attributes pretty well. A few milliseconds passed by as he glossed over the main points of his new information, and the first thing that caught his eye was the number ofws and their correspondingprehension rates. He had nearly two dozenws, and the majority of them were already Level 4+, which meant that they had aprehension rate of at least 2.5%. ... It may have been overlooked previously, but for the cultivators of Asterion and for Azmond, theprehension rates to level unit designation for each Law went like Level 1: 0.000001% - 0.010000% Level 2: 0.010000% - 0.1% Level 3: 0.100001% - 1% Level 4: 1.000001% - 2.5% Level 5: 2.500001% - 5% Level 6: 5.000001% - 10% Level 7: 10.000001% - 25% Level 8: 25.000001% - 50% Level 9: 50.000001% - 99.999999% Level 10: 100% Despite the percentage value to Law Level, the vast majority of those capable ofprehendingw, i.e, those in the Void Refining Realm, and this was if they were even talented enough to beginprehendingws, but if they were somehow able to cultivate them, then they would usually idle in the ''Level 1'' stages for quite a while. Furthermore, Level 1 was really just a training stage; it was the stage where one was still learning some of the most fundamental and rudimentary applications of whatever Law they wereprehending. And it was due to such a training stage that the majority of those in the Void Refining Realm and the Unity Form Synthesis Realm would not allot Azmond any Lawprehension, no matter how many of them he killed. There were, of course, exceptions to this, such as beasts with a natural innate talent for aw or organisms with a great affinity for a certainw. But situations like that were few and far between. That was one of the main reasons that Azmond wasn''t progressing in hisws very much; at least that was the case before he started exterminating Half-Step Tribtion Transcendance Realm Cultivators and above. After all, the Tribtion Transcendance Stage was a realm where you were essentially baptized in the lightning of the heavens, assuming you survived them, of course. But, regardless of the fatality rate of those who attempted to break through into Tribtion Transcendence and even those who were climbing through the realm, the benefits towprehensions were immense! There were a few reasons that this was the case, but the main one was because the cultivatorupon touching the gap that lies between the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence and Early Tribtion Transcendence Realmwould start to feel something. It''s hard to describe what this ''something'' was, but most think of it as a better connection with the very universe itself. Which was why most were able toprehendws far faster than they could before reaching the peak of the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm. Nevertheless, regardless of the peculiarities surrounding the Tribtion Transcendence Realm, let''s get back to Azmond''s analysis of his System Interface. **** Sleeping underneath a pile of women with their bodies almost visible through their scantily d lingerie, a handsome man with long ck hair and blue eyes was looking at what appeared to be thin air, scrolling his hands in the sky. ''My stats have increased tremendously as opposed to what they were not long ago,'' Azmond thought. ''In addition, my Laws, Exterior Cultivation, Dual Cultivation, Divine Sense, and money have shot straight up!'' He was more than a little overjoyed after seeing his attributes rocket up like they were high on life, but in spite of his improved stats and other aspects of existence, he was still a tiny bit distracted Distracted by what, one might ask? Well, he was ''preupied'' with the dozens of sexy figures squished up on top of and around him. Nevertheless, Azmond had gotten himself into this little quagmire without the assistance of anyone else Chapter 352: Entering The Twenty First Floor .... A few minutes ago, Azmond asked everyone if they wanted to take a nap before they moved onto the Twenty First Step, and for some odd reason, everyone immediately said yes. Following such a group confirmation, he set out dozens of jumbo-sized beds in the ck dome, enough that every person, including Spiritme and Ayh, would get their own, but other than Spiritme and Ayh, not a single other person slept in their own bed. Azmond at the time thought nothing of it and just assumed that they changed their minds about sleeping, but he was quickly proven wrong in his spections when they all followed him into bed. And that wasn''t even the worst part of it, as they all had on the most alluring and scandalous nightwear they could possibly find in their storage rings! In fact, a few of them might as well have been wearing no nightgowns or lingerie, considering how little fabric they actually had on them. Nheless, after everyone got on the same bed, Azmond assumed that things would escte and they would attempt to take him right then and there, but surprisingly, not a single one of them tried anything on him. They simply snuggled up to his body before falling asleep on top of him. But it seemed like they were the only ones behaving, as Boundless and even Calista made a few moves on Azmond. He had, of course, pped their sneaky hands away, albeit for two different reasons. - ''I really need to have a talk with Calista about her new attitude towards me.'' Azmond thought with an aged look on his face. He trulymented his fate for being so handsome that even underage girls were attempting to do things to him regardless of the consequences. He had no experience dealing with such ''situations'', and he couldn''t reprimand that adorable face of Calista''s, so like most matters in life, he simply left the matter forter It was unknown how his rtionship with Calista would turn out, but he hoped he could help her calm down a little in her ''outgoing'' actions against him. A part of him believed that she was taking after the Monster Queen''s seductress-like demeanors, but he also believed that part of her brazen behavior was due to suddenly having feelings she didn''t even know she had before. ''...Women are soplex'' Azmond thought with an exasperated sigh. His hands moved around the group of women, identally touching a few soft and squishy spots, until he was eventually able to make his way to a certain grayish, white-haired catkin woman who hadtched onto his chest a while back. After his hands made their way to her head, he started to tenderly caress it before he whispered, "Why are you here as well?" "..." wdia''s silver-grayish eyes looked up at Azmond before, in a tone just as quiet, she replied, "My bed was cold, and it looked cozy over here." Her voice came out in an earnest way, as her expression waspletely serious when responding. "..." Azmond stared into those mysteriously beautiful jewels of hers before he asked, "Don''t you feel ufortable sleeping next to a man you just met a few hours ago?" "...No" "...Why?" wdia looked at her baby sister, who wastched onto his neck, before, in a soft tone, she said, "Since she''s sofortable around you, then naturally, I don''t mind such intimacy either." "..." Azmond scrutinized her expression for a second before he mumbled, "I see." After hearing his response, wdia turned her head back down, preparing to go back to sleep. But before she could fully doze off, Azmond''s voice resounded once more. "You really care about your sister, don''t you?" He asked in a gentle tone. wdia heard his answer as her eyes tilted up before she responded, "I do." However, she wasn''t done speaking as her throat became a little strained, and she continued. "I-If you knew what she had been through because of me, then you''d understand my feelings on the matter, I-If-" She was about to get stuck in a pit of morass, but before she could, Azmond''s soft yet firm hand came crashing down on her head! *Pat Pat* "!?" wdia escaped her thoughts as she looked up, only to see a warm smile on Azmond''s face. Following such a radiant smile, he whispered, "You shouldn''t me yourself for the entire matter that happened with your family and the Overseers. I think you did the best you could given the extremely limited options you had." wdia''s pretty eyes never left Azmond''s profound blues as she muttered, "You really are a kind man." Following such a muted promation, her tail started to twitch a little as her fluffy cat ears bent down a tiny bit, before she turned her head down from Azmond''s face and went back to sleep. ''...'' Azmond thought over the familiar phrase that everyone kept on telling him, and he couldn''t help but think that they were wrong in their deductions. ''I''m not nice. I simply do things for other people, so as to benefit myself,'' he thought with a solemn expression. Azmond wouldn''t allow himself to be soft-hearted in the world of cultivation, or at least, he wouldn''t allow himself to realize it. That was just the type of mentality you had to have if you wished to live in a world that was against you from the very beginning. A full day passed by, as Azmond, Calista, Boundless, wdia, the Monster Queens, Ayh, Spirtme, the women in Azmond''s storage ring, and the unconscious Marina made their way to the door that would lead them to the Twenty First Floor. Marina and the women in Azmond''s storage ring had not awoken yet, but when they did, he already had varying ideas on how he should handle both matters. But that was for another time, as he would worry about that after he had fully entered the Twenty First Floor of the Luminous Grounds. ... *Step Step* Soft footsteps echoed out, as Azmond and the gang approached the door to the Twenty-First Floor. Everyone had varying expressions after understanding where they were going; however, the most excited of them all had to be Azmond and Emu. After all, they had heard from wdia that it wasn''t just the Monster Emperor''s that lived on the Twenty First Floor Chapter 353: The Monster Emperors .... They had learned that there were tens of thousands of Tribtion Transcendance Realm Monster ves that had been chained up on the Twenty First Floor! However, all of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm Monster ves were ones who had gone on rampages on the lower steps and were subsequently sealed up by the monster ancestors of old. Not a single one of them had a kill count less than a billion lives reaped, and that would be an understatement for some of them, as a small minority in the peak stages of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm had nearly caused the extinction of the Monster Race a couple times! They had, of course, done such a thing while in the absence of the Monster Overseers, so they were able to get away with it rtively easily, but as soon as the Monster Emperor''s returned from their closed-door cultivation or ventures, the rampaging monster ves were either ''taken care of'', or they were sealed in cages scattered around the Twenty First Floor. wdia had warned Azmond and the rest of them of the dangers of the Twenty First Floor; however, all Azmond and Emu heard was ''Experience Bags!!''. She had noticed their views on the matter and had further mentioned the danger of the Twenty First Floor, but they seemedpletely unresponsive to her warnings, so she simply let the matter go. If they wanted to die so badly, then so be it. But regardless of the events that happened prior toing face to face with the gate to the Twenty First Floor, they were all looking at that very door, and every single one of them was nning to go in. Azmond had let the Monster Queen''s, Spirtme, and Ayh out of the ck dome a little bit ago, and he even told them that they could go their own way if they wanted to. However, after hearing his words, they all practically had mental breakdowns, as they assumed that Azmond was abandoning them. Even Spirtme and Ayh were the same way, as they spouted some nonsense about the ''bro code'' and how you should ''never leave a bro behind''. But their talk about ''bro code'' eventually devolved into them talking about the ''roundness of the Monster Beauties'', so Azmond gave them both a p across the head! Nheless, regardless of his interactions with those two doofuses, he still decided to bring everyone along with him since they were so adamant on not leaving his side. Furthermore, he could use them all as members of the ''Exploding Heaven Faction'' he was nning to create after he conquered Asterion. On a side note, Azmond had kept the ck sphere around as well. Mainly because it was a useful way to transport massive amounts of people at insane speeds, but also because the Monster Queen''s seemed to like to sit inside it and stare out therge window that he had conjured up for them. However, there was something unusual going on between the Monster Queen''s, as a few hours ago, they talked about the ''leader of the Azmond Harem fan group'', and for some reason, such a topic led to them assigning Ember as the ''Head Queen Wife'' or something like that. Azmond, at the time, had ignored whatever they were talking about and left it for the future him. But he started to get the feeling that such an unbothered reaction woulde to bite him in the butt in the future. Nheless, he still wasn''t going to bring it up with them; just leaving it for the future him was always the simplest thing to do. And why change something that works? ''Yeah For sure, my future self will solve all issues that arise along the way. I have confidence in him,'' Azmond thought with a reassured expression. Following his thoughts, he and the gang made their way into the gate that would lead them into the Twenty First Floor. *Step Step* They all took two steps into the door, followed by something wondrous happening, as... FWIP! A bright light shed, and they disappeared right after. **** Meanwhile, in a vast expanse ofnd that stretched on for hundreds of millions of miles, a few massive figuresrger than mountains were centered around arge floating table that floated tens of thousands of miles in the air. All the figures were wearing different things, and some even wore nothing at all; however, there was one thing that they all had inmon. And that was their demonic and monster-like appearance''s! They all had horns that spiraled in different directions; some had brown horns, some were red, and some were green, but regardless of their colors, they all had menacing horns hundreds of miles in length. Furthermore, their skin varied in color; however, there was still that underlying demonic and malevolent feeling that they emitted. And it was through these evil-natured appearances that the first of the colossal creatures started to speak up. "Zargoroth has died." Thergest of them announced with a sinister look on his face. Following his words, the rest of them entered a frenzy consisting of a flurry of words! "How could that be possible!? wdia was supposed to be weakened!" "You are surely yanking our chains, are you not, Amonroth!?" "This must be the biggest joke of the century! That fool actually managed to get himself killed! Haha!" Everyone had varying reactions to such news; however, it didn''t take long before the first andrgest of them all shouted, "Silence!" "..." "..." "..." A hush fell over the atmosphere as all the Monster Emperor''s looked toward Amonroth, expecting some sort of continuation to his earlier words. And they were all correct in their assumption, as Amonroth''s pupils narrowed into slits before he said, "Zargoroth was not killed by wdia. He was killed by a human invader who had been making trouble on the lower floors." Amonroth''s voice reverberated throughout the clouds as another series of exmations sounded out from the other seven figures who were on the opposite sides of the country-sized table. "Stop this nonsense, Amonroth! How could a mere human kill one of the strongest of us without us knowing!?" Chapter 354: The Contingency Plan .... "This is not even funny anymore." "That shouldn''t be possible, Amonroth! And you know that just as much as the rest of us!" All the Monster Emperors roared out with ear-splitting voices, as they were all in agreement on the impossibility of such an event actuallying to pass. Even the one who wasughing at Zargoroth''s misfortune previously had stopped his rauciousughter. But regardless of their opinions on the subject, Amonroth quietened them all down again as he bellowed, "It doesn''t matter what you guys think about the fate of Zargoroth! Just take a look at his life crystal, and you will understand the truth of the matter!" Following his thunderous voice, he grabbed arge city-sized crystal from an unknown space before he threw the crystal onto the hard surface of the table. BANG! Itnded with a loud crash as it rolled around on the table before it abruptly stopped in its tracks. And that was when everybody got a good look at the dpidated and shattered crystalyer out in front of them. "..." "..." "..." A deafening silence once again enveloped the air around the Monster Emperor''s as they all entered a deep state of contemtion. None of them even felt like cracking up a joke anymore, as a threat to all their lives was practically on their doorsteps. Although Zargoroth was not the strongest of all the Monster Emperor''s, he was still in the Top 4, and that was all the information that was needed for one to infer that all those weaker than him had an almost 100% guarantee of dying if the human somehow made his way to their locations. And it was such a daunting thought that put nearly all of them on edge. Even the Monster Emperor''s, who were stronger than Zargoroth, became a little agitated after hearing that he had died to an unknown human. The silence that consumed the seemingly endless skies abovested for nearly half a minute before Amonroth, the oldest and strongest of them all, spoke up once more. "Although we know next to nothing about this human invader, we were able to receive a transmission from a few High-Rank Monster Kings on the Neenth Floor, and through their transmissions, we were able to discern the approximate strength of this human." All the attention of the various Monster Emperors was focused on Amonroth, as they were fully invested in the words that he''d say next. And they weren''t left waiting for long, as Amonroth said, "The human has a strength around the Late Stage of the Fourth Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm, and it should''ve just been due to Amonroth''s underestimation that the human was able to y him." His gruff voice reverberated out as it entered the ears of all the Monster Emperor''s. "Is that really the case?" They all asked. Amonroth looked at all their doubtful expressions before he replied, "Yes, that is what I could deduce from the events that happened on the lower floors." Following his words, every other Monster Emperor in the room seemed to rx a little, as the previous tension from just a second ago had all but disappeared. And just as they were all about to leave the country-sized table, a sudden voice sounded out from one of therger of the Monster Emperor''s. "Does that mean we shouldmence the next step of the rehoming n on the cosmic asteroids?" He asked. "..." Amonroth thought the matter over for a second before he replied, "Yes, go through with step two and have the ships ready to take off within the next century." The Monster Emperor, who spoke up, heard the answer given by Amonroth as he mulled over the subject for a second. And after a few nanoseconds passed, he said, "Alright, that should be usible. But what should I do if that humanes and interrupts our ns?" "You don''t need to worry about that, Cockoff; I''ll personally take care of that human if he''s brazen enough to show his head on the Twenty First Floor," Amonroth said with a killing intent oozing out of his gnarly jaws. "...." Cockoff looked at the vicious expression on his face and opted to leave the ''human matter'' to him if he was so confident in his sess. After all, there was no point fretting over something that someone stronger than him already had his mind set on taking care of. After discussing a few more important topics, the Monster Emperorss exchanged a few pleasantries before they parted ways. All of them were headed back to their respective Empires scattered across all corners of the Twenty First Floor. - The Twenty-First Floor of the Luminous Grounds. It was a ce that could be seen as many different things, and to most of themoner monsters on the First through Twentieth Floor, it practically didn''t exist. But, for those who were born into the hellscapend, it was home, but it was also a never-ending torture that only came to a close once one was dead. You see, the Twenty First Floor was not like all the other Steps that made up the staircase-like Luminous Grounds. Well, that was almost the truth... There were simrities between the Twentieth Floor and the Twenty First Floor. The main one being that thend was a crimson shade, just like all the steps that came before. And there were also ''Hybrids'' that wandered the Twenty First Floor as well. However, that was just about where the simrities ended. In fact, the Twenty First Floor couldn''t even be considered a ''Step'' of the Luminous Grounds. It was more like an entirely different dimension that was stacked on top of the Twentieth Floor, with the only way in and out being the special ''gates'' that were littered across the Twentieth Floor. And yet, the ''Dimension'' was also akin to an extension or culmination of all the Floors that came before. The Laws that made up the ce were the same; the air was still dreadful; the blood-colorednds were all epassing; and the ''Monster Hybrid Experiments'' were still there. Chapter 355: Heading Off To Emperor Cockoffs Castle .... If summed up in one word, the Twenty First Floor was like a ''Paradox''a paradox that existed as something unique but also not unique. It was a hard concept to grasp, and the way that such a ce was formed was an even more convoluted topic, but regardless of all the oddities of the Twenty First Floor, it was still home to trillions of monsters! Trillions of monsters that barely anyone in Asterion even knew existed... And yet they did. Furthermore, not only did they ''exist'', but they thrived and developed like a highly advanced civilization. There were spaceships and weird-lookingnd vehicles traveling all across the hundreds of millions of miles that made up the Twenty-First Floor. And in those vehicles, monsterkin of every variety went about their days, heading in a plethora of different directions. The Twenty First Floor truly would be a safe haven for all races alike! As long as you weren''t a human, that was "Aaah! Pl-Please spare me!" "I don''t want to die! My home waspletely destroyed! Was that not enough for you monsters!?" "My Daughter! P-Please give me back, my daughter She''s all I have!" Cries and screams echoed throughout thends of a certain popted section on the Twenty-First Floor as humans were being transported in carriages through gates that connected to the Twentieth Floor. Millions of humans wereing in through the gates, all in varying states, but all of them had one thing inmon: And that was the despair and anguish etched across their muddied and bloodied faces. **** "..." "..." "..." And outside such arge movement of human ''goods'', a few cloaked figures were watching with neutral looks on their faces. The cloaked figures varied in size, and the smallest of them suddenly stepped forward, as her soft and meek voice was heard: "C-Can''t we save them, Azmond?" Calista asked with an almost inaudible tone. "..." Azmond gazed down at the girl who was holding his left hand before he said, "There''s no point. Unless we take care of the root problem, more humans will simply keeping in to be sent off to who knows where." "B-But, I''m sure-" Calista attempted to speak up once more, but a soft hand interrupted her voice. *Pat Pat* "You are kind and sweet, Calista. But if we move now, then we might alert the ones behind the scenes and wind up incurring billions more human deaths." Azmond''s honeyed words sounded out as he pulled the short catkin girl into a soft hug, attempting to alleviate some of her agitation. "...Mhmm" Calista was still a little on edge, but when she felt Azmond''s body warmth invade her insides, her expression eased up. She melted into his embrace, as the two of them seemed to be in their own little world. "..." wdia looked at the giddy expression on her sister''s face as she said, "Can you stop flirting with my sister right in front of my face?" "..." "..." After hearing wdia''s irked voice, both Calista and Azmond backed away from each other a little bit. *Cough Cough* Azmond cleared the air a little before he said, "Why don''t we head to our next destination?" "..." wdia was still a little peeved over the way he was all over his sister, but she decided to let it pass for now. After deciding to ''spare him'', she asked, "Are we still going to that Monster Emperor''s residence? That one with the funny name?" Azmond looked at the embarrassed expression on Calista''s face for a second before he turned to wdia and responded, "Yep, we''re going straight to ''Monster Emperor Cockoff''s'' castle." "Can''t we just sit back and kill more of those Monster ves for now? I mean, you seemed really fired up about it a few months ago, but after essentially bringing them to extinction, your enthusiasm left you." wdia spoke. "Well, in actuality, I''ve only just scratched the surface of the Monster ve poption here on the Twenty First Floor, but they aren''t going anywhere, so we might as well ''visit'' a Monster Emperor while we''re here," Azmond replied with a slight grin. wdia observed that same indecipherable smile on his face before she murmured, "...I see." However, after her questions were done and over with, there was someone else who decided to chide in. |Azmond! Does this mean we have to wait to go to that sweets shop we saw the other day!?| Boundless eximed while on top of Azmond''s back. *Squish Squish* Those two soft and squishy pillows never stopped rubbing up against Azmond, but he had already acquired a tolerance for them after so long, so he simply responded, "Yep, that means you have to wait." Boundless''s expression puffed up before she said, |Y-You big baka! I won''t give you any ''special treatment'' at the next hotel we go to! Humph!| "..." Azmond heard what she said as he thought over his options before he eventually gave in and announced, "Change of n, everyone. We''re going to Willy Wonka''s Chocte Factory before we head out to Cockoff''s castle." Boundless''s eyes brightened up at such an announcement, as she melted even further into his back and said, |Thank you, Azmond! I Love you so so so much~!| Her face snuggled up on his, as she was beyond ted over hearing such good news! Everyone watched Azmond get so easily coerced by the brown-haired ghostdy, as they weren''t even surprised anymore. The only people that seemed to be capable ofpletely moving him when and wherever they felt like were Boundless, Emu, and Calista. As for the rest of them, they had to work for a choice on the matter. But regardless of the woes of the rest of the group, Emu felt like adding something in as well, so it wiggled out of katana form andnded on the ground. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu chirped while bobbing in front of Azmond. "What is it, little buddy?" "Mhmu! Mhmu!" ''Eat!!'' "...You want some chocte too?" "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu confirmed with shining eyes. ''It looks like we really are going to that chocte factory before we go and ''visit'' Cockoff''s castle,'' Azmond thought with a wry smile. Chapter 356: (Disclaimer! System Chapter!) Peak Nascent Soul Realm .... Azmond was just going to convince Boundless to forget about what he said a second ago, but after hearing Emu''s opinion on the matter, it looked like he really had no choice but to head over to the chocte factory. Furthermore, there was someone else practically begging for the same thing with her eyes. "...Chocte" Calista mumbled with a little bit of drool drizzling down her lips. Her big, beautiful, misty gray eyes were practically pleading with his soul. "..." All three big yers had made their move, and Azmond was but one man. He had no chance in hell of resisting all three of them at once! *Sigh* He let out an exasperated sigh before his voice became strained, and he said, "Let''s go to the chocte factory" |Yay!| "Mhmu! Mhmu!" "Mhmm" All three of them smothered Azmond as they made their way to arge factory toward the north side of the city. ''These three will truly be the death of me someday'' - A few days passed by, as Azmond was forced into a bunch of different shops and stores by not only Emu, Boundless, and Calista, but also by wdia, Ember, the rest of the Monster Queen''s, and even Spiritme and Ayh. To bepletely truthful, he wouldn''t doubt it that if Marina and the girls he had ''collected'' were awake, then they would surely be all over running his wallet dry as well! And speaking of Marina and the ''collected girls'', he had left them asleep for thest few months using a particr technique he had obtained from the fourth section of the Divine Devil Arts. A technique that was dubbed the ''Eternal Dream''. It was supposed to be a technique capable of putting anybody lower in cultivation than you in an almost eternal sleep; however, when it came to beings higher in cultivation than you, there were some restrictions. And usually, if you were in the Nascent Soul Realm like Azmond was, and you were trying to put someone asleep in the Sixth Stage of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm, then it wouldn''t end up well, as the target wouldn''t even be phased by the release of such a technique, let alone be put into an eternal sleep. But Azmond was no normal Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator, so such restrictions were greatly lessened. It wasn''t enough to be able to put Marina to sleep forever, but it was enough to keep her out of it for a little over four months! However, unfortunately for him, that four-month cutoff was already creeping up on him. In fact, in less than two hours, Marina would wake up, and Azmond was 100% positive that she would not be happy about the situation she found herself in. And that wasn''t even to mention the fact that she had been kept away from her kingdom for nearly four and a half months. He wouldn''t be surprised if she immediately went for his genitals as soon as she woke up. But luckily for Azmond, he had four and a half months to surpass the MILF in terms of strength. Four and a half months was quite a while. It was a period of time that would allow an ''exterminator'' to do a lot of ''exterminating'' if given the right country-sized experience bags. Furthermore, that was especially the case if the ''exterminator'' had a bunch of remote exp grinders that gave him enormous amounts of experience points without him needing to lift a finger. ... ''I guess I should look at my system interface after going so long without perusing through it.'' Azmond thought to himself while dining in a ''fresh fish'' joint. He looked around him and saw Calista and wdia munching away without a care in the world. The rest were quite pleased with the dishes as well, and a few of the Monster Queen''s quite enjoyed the ocean view that wasid out before them. Even Spiritme and Ayh were having the time of their lives as they chowed down while looking out the big ss window at all the monsterkin women in bathing suits that passed by. "..." After confirming that everyone was enjoying themselves to a degree, Azmond, in silver foxkin form, opened up his system interface. A bright light shed. BLING! ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Apprentice Vanquisher, Harem Chaser, Apprentice Dual Cultivator] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 13/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Nascent Soul] [Stage: Middle Stages of Peak Nascent Soul] (12pression cycles of the Core, Cultivation Base, Physical Body, and Nascent Soulpleted)] [Core Size: 300 Meters] [Divine Sense: 950,000 Miles] [Core Quality: Quantum Tier] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Rank 5] [Dao Heart Rank: Absolute Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 4 (Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating Monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) {[First Unique Function]} Premature Release due to unforeseen circumstances [Name: Quantum Katana Flux] - [Function: (Quantum Katana Flux), Host has the ability to use (Emu) when in (Katana Form) to tremendously enhance the power of the User] {[Second Unique Function V2]} - [Name: Soulforge Ascendancy] - [Function: Allows the one bonded with (Emu) to gain a portion of the cultivation base,ws, sword aura/intent, and skills of other beings through the devouring of said beings] (Results vary)] {[Third Unique Function]} -[Name: Infinite Slime Separation] - [Function: Emu has the ability to split its body into a seemingly endless number of itself that can be separated by vast distances. (Rtive to the strength of both the host and Emu).] [Works in conjunction with the ''Soulforge Ascendancy'' and ''Quantum Katana Flux'' Unique Functions.] [Emu Treasure Weapon Rank: Initial-Early Heaven] [???] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 1: Level 301] [Exp needed for next level: 67,000,000,000,000] [Total Exp: 10,970,500,000,000,000] [Total Gold: 10,950,000,000,000] [Total Spiritual Stones: {[Lowest Ranked: 8,220,970, Low Rank: 121,730, Mid Rank: 4,323, High Rank: 89]}] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Peak Stages of the Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm (With all Law assimtion rates and strongest technique.) (Absolute Peak Stages of the Seventh Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm with (Emu).] [STR: Late Stages of the Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [SPD: Late Stages of the Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm] [Int: Slight Above Average] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Charisma: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Law(s)]>== Quantum Rank: [Quantum Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 5.985600%]} Divine Rank: None Heavenly Rank: None Mortal Rank: [Space Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 14.895000%]} (Derived from the Quantum Law) (Comprehension corrtes with the Quantum Law)]} [Vermillion Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 7.690000%]} [Serpentine Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 11.325000%]} [Stealth Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 10.930000%]} [Decay Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 9.490050%]} [Sword Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 19.425000%]} [ughter Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 9.675000%]} [Primal Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 8.495000%]} [Gargantuan Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 17.241000%]}] [Annihtion Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 4.345000%]} [Fire Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 15.215650%]} [Water Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 14.904000%]} [Earth Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 14.841000%]} [Wind Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 12.950000%]} [Lightning Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 9.306000%]} [Darkness Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 2.120000%]} [Light Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 2.106500%]} [Mimic Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 1.850000%]} [Dominion Law: Level 3] {[Comprehension Rate: 1.190000%]} ==<[Dual Cultivation]>== [Level: 265] [Dual Cultivation Rank: Apprentice Dual Cultivator] [Title: Same Name] [Number of Dual Cultivation Partners: 4] [Total Times you have Dual Cultivated: 278] [Primordial Yins Fully Absorbed: None] {[Primordial Yins Partially Absorbed: 4]} (The Ice Phoenix Primordial Yin {[Divine Rank]}) (The Quantum Divinity Primordial Yin {[Quantum Rank]} (First Half Of The Twin Tides Primordial Yin) {[Heavenly Rank]} (Second Half Of The Twin Tides Primordial Yin) {[Heavenly Rank]}] [Bonus gained from Dual Cultivation for Partners: A-Rank.] [Boundless''s Comment: |I like this section a little more now hehe~. My numbers are higher than that dumb cow! But why are there new women!?!?] ==<[Quests]>== [Active Quests: [Active Quest 1: Join the ranks of an organization known as the ''Adventurers Guild'' situated in the ''AquaRing'' Kingdom, and climb up the hierarchicaldder for as far as you can manage. - ''/'' Unfinished] [Reward Level: [A] [Active Quest 2: Ascend up the Steps of the Luminous Grounds of the Nightmare Council (Additional: Uncover all mysteries surrounding wdia Moonweaver and her Father)] [Reward Level: [A] (By System Standards)] [Active Quest 3: Follow the trail of ''hybrid monsters'' left behind by the ''Insane Scientists'' dating back millions of years ago.] [Reward Level: [A] (By System Standards)] [Active Quest 4: In Memory of Akira Toriyama: Scourge the Mortal Realm for the Dragon Balls scattered throughout.] [Reward Level: [???] (By System Standards)] [2/7 Dragon Balls Found] [Total Quests Completed: 12,240] [Overall Quest Rating: None] [Quest Completion Bonus: None] [Overachiever Bonus: None] [Bonuses received: 12,240] ==<[Vanquisher des]>== Title Rank: {[Vanquisher Apprentice]} H-Rank (Body Refinement - Qi Condensation) [Enemies Defeated: 15,510,668,000] G-Rank (Foundation Establishment) [Enemies Defeated: 1,163,653,500] F-Rank (Core Formation) [Enemies Defeated: 229,100,300] E-Rank (Golden Core Formation) [Enemies Defeated: 34,370,300] D-Rank (Nascent Soul) [Enemies Defeated: 2,772,200] C-Rank (Soul Transformation) [Enemies Defeated: 395,870] B-Rank (Void Refining - Unity Form Synthesis) [Enemies Defeated: 64,120] A-Rank (Tribtion Transcendence - Mahayana) [A-Rank Enemies Defeated: 3,980] S-Rank (????) [S-Rank And Above Enemies Defeated: None] ==<[Party Function]>== [Main Party Members: Emu, Crystalline, Calista, wdia, Spiritme, Ayh, Ember, 21 Monster Queen''s] (Main Party Member Experience Bonus: 15% (25%) [Non-Main Party Members: 416 Humans, 48,355,900,000 non-hostile (Innocent Enough) monsters] [Experience Gained From Party Members: 7,520,500,000,000,000] [Party Member Experience Bonus: None] [Non-Party Members Experience Percentage Gain: 15%] [All Enemies Defeated By Party Members Will Go Toward ''Vanquisher des''] ==<[Companions]>== [Lovers: Crystalline, Boundless, Azure, Sapphire, Marina] [Undefined (Maybe Lovers?): Aqua, Loki, White Wolf, Aqua''s Mom (Marina), Boundless, Ember, (A harem of Monster Queen''s???)] ==<[Weapon Mastery]>== [Sword Aura: Level 4] (Can now coat your Nascent Soul with sword aura.) ==<[Skills]>=== [Undefined Rank: (Might be able to evolve with the user): {[Quantum Gate]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Divine GodFiends Concealing Technique]}, {[Boundless Restoration]}, {[Kamehameha: Crimson-Void Edition]}, {[Quantum Rift de]}, {[Crimson Death]}, {[Minor Heal]}, {[Eternal Dream]}] {[Automatic Language Trantions]}, {[Divine Devil Arts]}] [Late Mortal Rank: {[Cataclysmic Annihtion]}, {[Lightning Laceration]}] [Mid Mortal Rank: {[Earth Dominion]}, {[Fire Dominion]}, {[Lightning Dominion]}, {[Water Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Wind Dominion]}, {[Dark Dominion]}, {[Light Dominion]}, ect [Early Mortal Rank and Below: {[Basic Water spell]}, {[Basic Fire Spell]}, ect [Comprehension Of Most Used Skills: ([Quantum Rift de] {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 4)]}, [Lightning Laceration] {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 4)]}), [Crimson Death] {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 4)]}), [Cataclysmic Annihtion] {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 4)})] [Boundless Restoration: Level 5] {[Revive from blood cell/heal major soul damage]} [Kamehameha: Crimson-Void Edition] {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 4)]} [Minor Heal] {[Mastered Comprehension (Stage 3)]} [Can heal most injuries in the low-level area of the Mortal Realm] ==<[System Shop]>== [Click to see more!] ==== {[Surface Items]} [Undefined Grade: {[Storage Ring]}, {[Long Pair of white robes]}] ==== Calista shall see how big sister-like I am! Chapter 357: Surpassing Level 300 .... Azmond nced over his new system interface for a bit and noticed that just about everything had been augmented one way or another. His Core Size, Divine Sense Radius, Laws, Law Comprehensions, Exterior Cultivation Levels, Dual Cultivation Levels, Vanquisher des, Quests Completed, Skill Levels, etcetera... There were so many things that had changed in his expansive system interface that he was beginning to lose count of how many things he had to keep up with. But, in the end, the only thing he was really focused on was his levels, his stats, his experience grinders, and his Laws. .... The first thing he truly honed in on was the levels that he gained after such a long time of grinding. His Exterior Cultivation Level had already surpassed the 300 mark and was making rapid progress with every one of these that popped up: *Ding!* *Viger B has yed the Demon King!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +4,000,000,000* Azmond had already lost track of the number of random system pop-ups that appeared in front of his vision whenever they felt like it. It had long since reached a point that he had to reject the pop-ups of the majority of the billions of beings that were hard at work killing each other in the Luminous Grounds. Nheless, he kept the important ones, such as the ones that indicated what Laws he acquired and how muchprehension he gained from the ones he already had. But those ones only came when he was actively killing monsters in the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm and above, so he didn''t get many of them. Well, that''s almost the truth... You see, for the past few months, Azmond and the rest of his group have been ''cleaning up'' the caged Tribtion Transcendance Realm Monster ves that were scattered all across the Twenty First Floor. And it was through such ''clean ups'' that Azmond acquired a stupendous amount of experience points, along with a plethora of other boons. But he wasn''t the only one who gained from these ''clean ups'', as everyone in his party was able to obtain a slice of their own pie,pletely unaffecting Azmond''s exp gain! In fact, they were even assisting in his amassing of experience points, as he acquired 25% of everything that his ''Main Party Members'' gained. It was previously 20%; however, after getting his Quantum Law to Level 5, Boundless was able to increase that ''20%'' ''25%''. Furthermore, his basic 10% for ''Non Main Party Members'' had increased from ''10%'' ''15%''. Nheless, regardless of this information, Calista and the rest of Azmond''s Main Party were able to increase their cultivation by insane margins! In fact, most of the Monster Queen''s had made it to the Absolute Peak of the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm, while some of the more active ones in reaping exp were able to advance straight into the First Stage of the Tribtion Transcendance Realm! Those Monster Queen''s who were now considered ''Monster Empresses'' were few in number, and only three had managed to reach such a state where they had crossed over into ''Tier 1''. The ones who had broken through to Tribtion Transcendance included Ember, Medusa (The Snake Monster Queen), and Clover (One of the Bunnykin Monster Queen''s). All three of them made up the heavy hitters of Azmond''s ''exp grinders'', as they were able to bring in all the bacon whenever he sent them out to hunt some Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm Monster ves and evil rulers who dominated thends of the Twenty First Floor. Furthermore, he was also able to put a piece of Emu on any organism weaker than him through the utilization of the third unique function that Azmond and Emu had acquired, the ''''Infinite Slime Separation''. Although the third unique function wasn''t omnipotent and Emu could only be split up a few dozen times with his and Azmond''s current strength, it was still enough that a few select ''exp grinders'' were able to have their own little version of Emu basically attached to the sides of their existence''s. And it was through such functionality that Azmond and Emu were able to gain extraordinary amounts of experience points, stats, and Laws from all those they stuck a ''mini-Emu'' on. In fact, that way of gaining ''loot'' had reached a level where Azmond and Emu didn''t even have to leave from theirfortable spots, as they let all the Tribtion Transcendance Realm members in their party do all the killing for them. After all, whether it was Azmond, Emu, or Ember, Medusa, and Clover, all of them could effortlessly one-shot everything in the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm and below. So why should Azmond and Emu need to be the ones to move if they had people who could aplish the same things as them? And that''s exactly what they were thinking as they let Ember, Medusa, and Clover ''clean up'' the Twenty First Floor in their stead. Furthermore, they weren''t the only ones who had reached the Tribtion Transcendence Realm in power through the use of ''Levels''... Calista, Spiritme, and Ayh had all achieved the First Stage of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm as well! Although only really Spiritme and Ayh had thebat power of someone in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm. Calista, on the other hand, was still lingering around the Void Refining Realm in terms of strength. It wasn''t like she couldn''t unleash Tribtion Transcendance Realm power if she really felt like it, but Azmond had made sure to keep her newfound strength under even more limiters until she learned how to control her strength better. Nheless, he wasn''t worried over her eventual control of her strength, as Azmond found her to be quite talented in that department. On a side note, all of these new things came as quite a surprise for not only Ayh, Spiritme, and the Monster Queen''s, but also for wdia. Even having lived for over three thousand years and achieving the Middle Stages of the Mahayana Realm, wdia had never seen anything as crazy as what Azmond was not only showing them but also allowing them to make use of Chapter 358: Time To Get Rid Of Ghost Lady... .... wdia was beyond astonished over seeing her strength steadily increase after dozens of years of stagnation in the Middle Mahayana Realm. With this new way to gain strength, she saw a future where she could reach the peak of the Mahayana Realm before she turned 3500 years old! Just imagining someone who had achieved the Peak Mahayana Realm before the age of 3500 was something absolutely unbelievable, even for those Heavenly Geniuses scattered across Asterion! Nevertheless, in spite of her increased strength, what wdia was more interested in was the floating brown-haired girl who kept herself on Azmond more often than not. She didn''t know how such a being could slip under her radar, but more than that, Boundless''s existence kind of annoyed her. - *Squish Squish* "..." wdia saw those two cow jugs press up against Azmond''s neck as a vein appeared on her head. And along with her annoyance, there came an indescribable feeling that even she herself couldn''t understand what it was. ''There''s that feeling again'' She thought with aplicated expression, ''Why do I always feel my heart constrict a little when I see that Boundless woman and the rest of those Monster Queen bimbo''s smother their bodies on Azmond?'' wdia was starting to think that maybe she had gotten sick or something... Furthermore, it looked like she wasn''t the only one with such a feeling growing inside them, as a certain mini-me version of wdia was standing right beside her with the same peeved look on her adorable face. "...Ghost Lady is no longer the second big sister" Calista mumbled. *Arghh!* *Spurt!* For some reason, Boundless felt an arrow of extreme lethality go through her heart as she looked for the source. But even after a few seconds of searching, she saw no sign of anybody holding hostile intentions for her. |''Was it just my imagination?''| Boundless thought with a puzzled expression. And it didn''t take long before shepletely forgot what she was thinking about as she leaned her breasts over Azmond''s head before pointing in the direction of arge castle in the distance. |Let''s go defeat that ''Cockoff'' Monster Emperor, Azmond!| *Jiggle Jiggle* Her milky white boobs dangled in front of Azmond''s sight, as he found it hard to navigate with those two milk cannons looming over him. "..." He tried to look around them; however, he couldn''t find a spot where they didn''t cover his vision. "Can you move back a little, Boundless?" He asked. Boundless turned her head upside down as a radiant smile emerged on her face, followed by her giggling, |Nope!| "..." Azmond didn''t know how to deal with this divinely beautiful yet troublesome woman. *Tick!* *Tick!* Meanwhile, the two catkin sisters wore darkened expressions as they pondered how to best go about making a non-corporeal ghostdy disappear from the face of the earth. "Should we hire a ghost buster?" wdia asked Calista. "...Yes" Calista started to mumble. "They will take away the ghostdy" Calista no longer saw Boundless as anything more than an obstacle in her way, as she followed behind them with sinister thoughts swirling in her mind. And just as she was about to think even more evil things, two long and muscr arms came out of nowhere and swooped her up. "!!!" She didn''t know what had happened as she closed her eyes in response to such an abrupt movement. But when she opened them up, she saw that kind smile that she had grown to love stered across that stupid handsome face of Azmond''s. "Would you like to go to that amusement park after we''re down with the Cockoff and Marina situations~?" He asked. "..." Calista forgot everything she was thinking about a second ago as she got lost in those dazzling blue eyes of his. And after a few milliseconds of staring into his gaze, she eventually snapped out of it and nodded lightly, "...Mhmm..." After getting out her soft confirmation, she snuggled herself into his soft robes. "..." Azmond was going to set her down right after he asked her that question, but it looked like she had already found her spot, and it didn''t seem like she was willing to let go. ''I guess my thoughtless actions aren''t helping those feelings of hers, are they?'' He thought with an awkward look on his face. He was going to continue thinking about how he should handle that matter, but his thoughts were soon interrupted by... |Loli-con! Pervert! Dumb Baka!| Boundless eximed from over the top of his head. After blurting out those phrases, she retreated back into his scent, not to be seen until the next time she was needed to stir up trouble! "..." Azmond didn''t even know what to say anymore. But it didn''t look like he would even have the chance to say anything, as wdia was practically staring holes into his back with her unforgiving re. ''It looks like this''ll be another long day'' Azmond sighed a little and thought of the times when his life was just about gaining more strength. There was nothing else but cultivation every single dayno women, no peoplethere was nothing but him and an evesting pursuit of cultivation. Now, he had so much to deal with... But if he were being honest, then he didn''t particrly mind the troublesome things that all these women brought to his life. After all, life would be quite boring if there were no beautiful women surrounding you at all times! Azmond was sure that he had heard that quote somewhere. Probably Azmond and the gang approached the city-sized doors of the castle that would lead them into their of the Monster Emperor, who was dubbed ''Cockoff''. Monster Emperor ''Cockoff'' was a Monster Emperor descended from the mythical Qilin and would also be the 8th Monster Emperor that Azmond would kill sinceing to the Twenty First Floor. That''s correct. He had already dispatched of six other Monster Emperor''s in the time that he was ''grinding levels'' on the Twenty First Floor. (Excluding Zargoroth). Chapter 359: Clawdia, Spirit Flame .... Now all that was left for Azmond to ''take care of'' was the Monster Emperor known as ''Amonroth'', and the Monster Emperor called ''Cockoff''. But regardless of the Monster Emperor''s that he had killed in the four and a half months he had spent on the Twenty First Floor, he still had a sleeping Marina and ''collection girls'' to deal with after he defeated Cockoff as well. ''So much to do and so many more headaches to gain'' He thought with an aged expression. However, while mourning his fate as a trouble ma, he decided to take a look at the status screens of a few members in his main party. A few bright lights shed. BLING! ==<[Status Screen]>== [wdia Moonweaver: Tier 1: Level 68] {[Cultivation: Late Stages of Middle Mahayana]} {[Age: 3200 years old]} {[Stats: Strength: 338,000,000k Speed: 346,290,000k Defense: 319,870,000k Qi: 391,000,000k]} - The first status screen that Azmond decides to look at is wdia''s, due to not only being curious about her stats but also because he was interested in looking at her background information again. And that was exactly what he did, as another bright light shed and the status screen was extended. [Basic Information: 3200 years old, long grayish white hair, murky gray eyes, F-Cup breasts, fluffy ears, soft and fuzzy cat tail] [Body Measurements: 103cm/58cm/94cm| F-Cup Breasts| [Personality: She is serious yet oddly ridiculous in what she says; she is overprotective when ites to Calista; she is there for family.] {[Background Information:]} [wdia was born on a Cosmic Asteroid that lies within the area coined ''Asterion''.] [After being born, she was raised to be the next heir of the Moonweaver household on the Cosmic Asteroid.] [A couple thousand years pass by, as wdia is able to enter the Mahayana Realm at an insanely young age.] [But it wasn''t long after that that she, along with her father, Percival Moonweaver, got tangled up with the Overseers of the monster race (Monster Ancestors), as they had theme down to Asterion to work for them.] [wdia is in disguise as a mere Unity Form Synthesis Realm High-Rank Monster King the entire time she resides within the Luminous Grounds.] [While in ''disguise'', she gets a visitor, ''The City Lord of RiverBloom, who hade to her to request from her the ''miracle drug'', ''Yggdrasil''s tear''a drug that is said to be capable of healing anything in the lower mortal nes.] [wdia was going to take the City Lord''s offer, under the condition that he worked for her on a few things she needed help with. However, before she could finalize the offer with him, her general assigned by the Overseers had disappeared along with the City Lord.] [She discards the matter as nothing more than a joke being yed on her, as she focuses back on her family and the tasks assigned by the Overseers.] [It wasn''t long after this point that she, along with her father, were confronted by the Monster Overseers. What they confronted her about was, of course, ''Calista and hertent potential''] [What happens after that point has already been exined to the host.] "Hmm" After perusing her system interface, Azmond was reminded of a certain depressed City Lord that he couldn''t quite recall what time he had promised to be back by. ''Meh, I''m sure he is faring well enough... probably'' He didn''t want to admit it, but he might be more than a little worried over the City Lord. After all, that old dude was going through someplicated emotions when he was attempting to acquire that miracle drug for his wife. A ''miracle drug'' that Azmond still needed to ask wdia about. ''I guess I need to get the City Lord''s matter settled after I finish sweeping up the Twenty First Floor and deal with those ''Monster Overseers'' who reside somewhere behind the Twenty First Floor.'' His thoughts swirled around for a second before he focused his attention on the next system interfaces that popped up in front of him. BLING! BLING! BLING! [Spiritme: Tier 1: Level 3] {[Cultivation: Early Stages of the First Cataclysm of Tribtion Transcendance]} {[Age: 5500 years old]} Strength: 11,560,000k Speed: 10,790,000k Defense: 12,470,000k Qi: 13,910,000k]} ... [Ayh: Tier 1: Level 1] {[Cultivation: Initial Stages of the First Cataclysm of Tribtion Transcendance]} {[Age: 5200 years old]} Strength: 10,890,000k Speed: 11,540,000k Defense: 11,100,000k Qi: 12,930,000k]} [Emu: Tier 1: Level 42] {[Cultivation: Early Stages of the Sixth Cataclysm of Tribtion Transcendance]} [Age: ???] Strength: 83,560,000k Defense: 84,790,000k Speed: 82,120,000k Qi: 86,450,000k]} {[Development Phase: Adult]} ==<{[Main Abilities]}>== {[Body Morph: Can morph into the shape of anything imaginable (stats of what it morphs into increase with every level or exterior amplification of ''Emu'')]} {[Unlimited Devour: Can devour and assimte anything in existence}] (Can share a variation of this ability with itspanion (Azmond)) {[Quantum Katana Flux: Allows the user (Emu) to transform into a katana that has the ability to evolve along with the user (Emu). It can also evolve through the user''spanion (Azmond) who gave this skill the quality of ''Quantum''. The ''Quantum'' quality only works when Azmond is actively wielding the user (Emu)]} {[Infinite Slime Separation: Emu has the ability to split its body into a seemingly endless number of itself that can be separated by vast distances. (Rtive to the strength of both the host and Emu).] [Works in conjunction with the ''Soulforge Ascendancy'' and ''Quantum Katana Flux'' Unique abilities.] {[Other Skills: Possesses the entire life''s umtions of every existence it consumes and assimtes, so the number of skills it possesses is already incalcble]} ==<{[Description]}>== Existence-Bonded-Companion of the User of the ''Boundless System''. Origin: ????, Background: ????, Potential: ???] [Calista Moonweaver: Tier 1: Level 5] {[Cultivation: Middle Stages of the First Cataclysm of Tribtion Transcendance]} {[Age: 14 years old]} Strength: 12,890,000k Speed: 12,100,000k Defense: 14,640,000k Qi: 14,130,000k]} [Clover: Tier 1: Level 2] {[Age: 3700 years old]} Strength: 11,920,000k Speed: 10,160,000k Defense: 12,490,000k Qi: 12,310,000k]} [Body Measurements: 108cm/61cm/94cm| H-Cup Breasts| [Basic Information: 3700 years old, long silver hair put into twin tails, ashen gray eyes, H-Cup breasts] Chapter 360: Clovers Extended Background .... {[Additional Information:]} [Clover was born on a Tortalion on the Sixteenth Floor, and since she was even old enough to think for herself, she has been used and abused by those of the same race.] [She was abandoned when she turned 2 years old and was an orphan for the first 13 years of her life.] [After Clover turned 14, she escaped the orphanage that let indescribably terrible things happen to her, and for the next 4 years of her life, she was on the run, attempting to escape the mercenaries that were sent after her.] [When she turned 18, she was able to sessfully negate the chase of the mercenaries due to her age being above the ''jurisdiction'' of the orphanage.] [She was able to attract the attention of an elder at the Early Stages of Void Refining.] [Clover thought she had finally escaped her life as a tool and item to be used however her kind felt like using her, and she was right in thinking that she escaped.] [At least that was the case for the first 15 years after she turned 18. But after she reached the age of 33, something seemed to change in the elder who was training her, as it seemed like he could no longer hold back his urges, and the rest... well, I''m sure one could infer what happened next] [She was once again thrown into a pit of despair where she was tainted by the elder and his elder friends, as they used her whichever way they so wished] [After 200 years of a life full of misery, she was ultimately able to amass enough strength to strike back at those elders. Her strength at that time was around the Middle Stages of the Void Refining Realm.] [Clover tortured and killed those despicable scum before she left the sect that had held her under ''house arrest'' for hundreds of years.] [She was free! She could do whatever and be whoever she wanted after she left!] [Or so she thought] [A couple hundred years passed by, and Clover was able to leave a peaceful and tranquil life.] [At least, that was the case before a few High-Rank Monster Kings caught wind of an extraordinarily beautiful bunnykin on the Seventeenth Step.] [The High-Rank Monster Kings found Clover, and they attempted to get her toe with them willingly, aiming to ''enjoy their time with her''. But after she vehemently refused their ludicrous offer, they took her by force and brought her back to the sus pit full of defiled women they called home.] [Clover was once again thrown into a life of pain and misery that she never seemed to be able to escape...] [A thousand years passed by, and Clover was on herst legs. She didn''t know how much more she could take of the beatings, torture, and ra*e she could take] [And just as she was about to fall into a pit of despair that she''d never crawl her way out of, a sudden epiphany came to her, as she was able to break through into the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm.] [Clover spent the next few hundred years cultivating with no resources, but regardless of herck of wealth, she was still able to achieve the Middle Unity Form Synthesis Realm.] [The first thing she did after breaking through was go after the High-Rank Monster Kings, who had kept her as their doll for thest thousand plus years.] [After killing them in even more brutal ways than what she did with the elders, she thought that the end of her insufferable torture had finallye to an end!] [But unfortunately for her, nothing ever seemed to go right] [Clover was subsequently caught by the strongest High-Rank Monster King''s due to her killing of their brethren. But when they saw how beautiful she was, they immediately did the same things that all the men before her had done] [She spent the next couple thousand years living a life that she never seemed to be able to leave.] [And just as she was about to kill herself and be done with it, a certain man with long raven ck hair and a majestic countenance had blown a hole into the ck sphere that she was forced to tag along in as a ''Trophy doll'' for one of the High-Rank Monster Kings to show off.] [That man was nothing short of an angel who descended from the heavens for Clover! Of course, she was nervous and a little apprehensive in the beginning, but aftering to know and understand him, she fell in love with him] [Clover had met many men in her life; however, none were like Azmond. All the other men saw her as nothing but an item ormodity to be passed around the table. But he was different...] [He talked to her for her, not for the body she possessed.] [Clover found the person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with, but she didn''t know how to approach the matter, so she simply hid away in the background, throwing furtive nces at him in an attempt to get his attention. [You see, she wasn''t as outgoing or wanton as her ''Sister Harem Wives'', so her way of acquiring his attention was quite slow, and practically got her no closer to making him see her the way she saw him.] [But after obtaining a way to be even stronger, she thought she had finally found a way to have his eyes on her and only her, so she tried her hardest to fight all the Monster ves and tyrannical Monster Lords that she could!] [And although she had not gained any noticeable results, she thought she had inched a little closer to his heart] [just a little bit] ..... "Hmm" Azmond looked over thetest system interface, and also the longest one, as he was honestly a little taken aback after perusing through Clovers background information. His gaze softened as he looked in the direction of a gorgeous bunnkin woman and thought, ''I had no clue she had such a tragic life before she entered that ck sphere'' Chapter 361: Ember and Medusa .... "??" Clover felt a passionate gaze on her back as she turned around, only to see a gentle expression on Azmond''s face. As soon as she saw the kindness practically oozing out of his eyes, she shot her head away and thought, ''W-Why is he looking at me like that?'' A deep blush formed on her face as she started to move her slender legs in two different directions while holding her hands to her rosy cheeks with a silly grin on her face. ''Hmm? What''s up with her? She''s doing this funny little dance pfft!'' Azmond almost let a chuckle out, but luckily, he was able to save himself as he averted his gaze away from Clover. He took a second to gain his bearings before he turned his attention back to the system interfaces appearing in front of his face. He had decided to be a little nicer to Clover from now on. If that''s what would make her the happiest, then he didn''t mind giving her a little affection, although he would make no promises on the ''reciprocating love'' topic. But regardless of the smitten bunnykin beauty, he still had two more system interfaces to inspect. And he did just that as two bright lights shed! BLING! BLING! ==<[Status Screen]>== [Ember: Tier 1: Level 3] {[Cultivation: Early Stages of the First Cataclysm of Tribtion Transcendance]} {[Age: 3800 years old]} {[Stats: Strength: 13,250,000k Speed: 12,790,000k Defense: 11,180,000k Qi: 13,820,000k]} [Basic Information: 3800 years old, long reddish hair, bright red eyes, G-Cup breasts, fluffy ears, and three soft and fuzzy fox tails] [Body Measurements: 105cm/56cm/91cm| G-Cup Breasts| [Personality: She is kind and has a motherly aura around her, and yet she is also a seductress. She is reserved and refined (most of the time).] {[Background Information:]} [Ember has had a very simr life to Clover and has spent the majority of her life under the whim of monsterkin men who were stronger than her.] [In fact, she was even brought up in the same orphanage as Clover.] [They parted ways after she left the orphanage, but they ended up meeting a few times as ''fellow dolls'' of High-Rank Monster Kings.] [Ember had lived a life just as terrible as Ember''s, but since she was a young girl, she''s always tried to see the best in things. And although that mindset was doing her no favors, there came a point when things started to change.] [It was the moment that she met the human invader, ''The Grim Reaper'', and it was through such an encounter that she found out what she had been enduring forenduring everything that was thrown her way with a smile on her face] [She went through all of that just so it could lead up to the moment she met this man! As soon as he killed all the High-Rank Monster Kings in an excruciating way for her and the other Monster Queen''s, she knew that Azmond was the man whom she wanted to spend her entire life with!] [She wants to tell him how she feels, but she is afraid of rejection. After all, her life was filled with nothing but men giving her lecheros gazes] [They have only been after her body] [So to find a man who, no matter how many times you literally threw your body on him, did nothing to either her or the other Monster Queen''s... It made one doubt their charm, and although she was confident that she was ''moderately'' pretty, Ember didn''t know if Azmond would like her personality, so she''s been trying to work on herself.] [One of those things she''s been ''working on'' was her strength through the ''leveling system'' that Azmond implemented. But more than that, she had been attempting to be a ''better'' and ''kinder'' person. All so she could garner the favor of the man she loved] - [Medusa: Tier 1: Level 2] {[Cultivation: Initial Stages of the First Cataclysm of Tribtion Transcendance]} {[Age: 3750 years old]} Strength: 13,310,000k Speed: 12,050,000k Defense: 11,080,000k Qi: 13,450,000k]} [Basic Information: 3750 years old, long silky ck hair with a greenish shade, venomously green eyes, G-Cup breasts.] [Body Measurements: 103cm/58cm/92cm| G-Cup Breasts| [Personality: She is the first one to ''strike'', she is clingy yet also knows when it''s not time for games; she likes pretending to be a goddess, as she usually instructs all the other Monster Queens on how to act in the ''Monster Queen Harem Wives'' group.] [Medusa grew up in the same orphanage as Clover and Ember, as all three of them were abandoned at extremely young ages, and since then have been ''friends''.] [But it wasn''t until they got together under Azmond that they truly solidified the friendship that got torn apart so many times when they were younger.] [When Medusa, Ember, and Clover were at the orphanage, the three of them were known as the ''three untouchable beauties'', but as most tragic stories about beautiful girls go, such an ''untouchable'' title meant absolutely nothing in the face of those stronger than yourself.] [On a side note, Medusa had met Clover and Ember throughout the years, as she was one of the ''Trophy doll''s'' as well] [Medusa was ready to give up far before Clover was, but there was something that kept her going. That ''something'' being a letter that she was told ''came from her mother'', while she wasn''t even old enough to speak.] [And it was through the existence of that letter that she kept on trudging through the tortuous existence that all Monsterkin women faced if they were beautiful enough and yet not strong enough.] [But regardless of the grim fate she was dished out, just like Clover and Ember, she pushed through!] [All so she could get the chance to see the person who wrote her that letter at birth] [However, thousands of years of the same mental and physical torture were capable of wearing down even the most hardened wills, and Medusa was no exception] [She was nning to end it all, along with Clover, a few weeks after the Monster King metting on the Neenth Floor; however, out of nowhere, a man akin to a fallen immortal showed up and changed the trajectory of her life for the better!] [After interacting with the man known as ''Azmond'' for a while and after seeing everything that he was willing to do to help women that he had absolutely nothing to gain for helping, she knew why she had gone through all those hardships... why she had been through so much pain] [It was all simply the karmic cost that she had to pay for the happiness that wouldeter in her life!] [After figuring out what she thought was the natural price to pay to gain true happiness, she started to be a better and more amodating person, which is why she was trying to help out all the other Monster Queen''s.] [All she wanted was to be seen, just like all the other Monster Queen''s] [All they wanted was someone to look at them for who they were and not what they could give] [Medusa is still trying to organize her feelings, and she is aplete novice when ites to matters of the heart, but she hopes that she can one day show Azmond what she has been feeling since the day they first locked eyes] Chapter 362: Cockoffs Fault... .... Azmond perused the system interfaces of Ember and Medusa while standing outside the castle doors to the castle that Cockoff was staying in. And the only thing that he had to say after analyzing their backgrounds was, ''I have been harsh on them, haven''t I?'' His expression became a little remorseful as he remembered all the times that he had passed off their advances as nothing more than jokes. After recalling all the moments that he left them hanging with dejected looks on their faces, he felt like such an asshole ''I have been holding back with all the Monster Queen''s because I don''t want to make it seem like my feelings for Crystalline, Boundless, Azure, and Sapphire don''t matter. But maybe I''ve been going about it the wrong way'' He thought. A few nanoseconds passed by as he pondered how he should rectify this matter. He could simply ignore the passionate advances made by the Monster Queen''s and continue going about his day, or he could ept a little of them here and there. After all, it was mostly his fault that they had all clung to something that felt far better than the life they were living before. But then again, what would Boundless and Crystalline have to say about his eptance of the Monster Queen''s? There was also Azure and Sapphire, but Azmond was still undecided on what their opinions were on anything involving him. ''That''s right I still have to know what Azure and Sapphire want, and now I have even more women I need to unravel'' He was beginning to think that someone was ying one big, fat game called his life. Did no one even consider that Boundless and Crystalline were borderline yandere''s!? And that wasn''t even to mention that he was pretty sure Calista would w out the eyes of any woman who looked a little too much at him! Furthermore, that wasn''t even to weigh in wdia, who was going through quite the flurry ofplicated emotions as well! Azmond was no idiot; he could see the look in her eyes when she stared at him. And although it was a faint and barely visible emotion, it was still there, and it was bubbling up inside her. He just wasn''t sure at what point wdia would simply erupt and go full yandere as she killed all those around him before tying him up in a dungeon! *Shiver!* He shuddered at just the mere notion of something like that happening. And it wasn''t like he could resist if it did wind uping to pass What was he supposed to do against an insane woman in the Middle Mahayana Realm!? He might as well just roll over and ask to be vited. In addition to all these troublesome situations, there was also the literal Queen of a Tier 8 Kingdom that he had essentially kidnapped! Just imagining how many insanely powerful cultivators were after his head after such a stunt was quite daunting. There was also the fact that Marina would be waking up in less than an hour, and Azmond still wasn''t able toe up with a viable excuse that could get her to understand that he had no clue what the fuck was going on with Aqua! He had met the girl over a decade ago! And it was a brief encounter to boot! And ten+ yearster, her mother sends out two sexy assassins who gave him a power boosta boost that he appreciated and allbut that''s besides the point! Aqua''s mom hade after him for the sole reason of him being a ''deplorable yboy'' or something like that. But if he were being honest, he had not a damn clue how his image could be so tarnished without him even being in a rtionship with Aqua! Well, to be fair, he did screw the brains out of Marina''s maids, but that''s besides the point! "..." ''Wait a minute... Is this all my fault?'' Azmond took a second as he looked back on all the things he had done. The way he talked to Aqua, how he acted like something akin to a lifesaver for the Monster Queen''s, even his moments with Crystalline, Boundless, Calista, and wdia. And after brooding over the matter for a second, it hit him in the face like a fucking cannon ball! "Holy Shit! This is all my fault!" He blurted out with an utterly astounded look on his face. THUD! Following such a promation, he fell to his knees and looked up at the city-sized castle doors with a shell-shocked gleam in his eyes. "..." "..." "..." Everyone was looking at him with unusual stares, as they had not an inkling of an idea why Azmond suddenly had a freak-out session. But they were in for even more of a surprise, as his revtion didn''t end with just that. .... WAAAA! An absurd level of crimson-colored energy exploded from Azmond''s dpidated figure as he stared the castle doors down like they were his worst enemy. "This is all your fault, Cockoff!!" Azmond shouted. Following such a baseless usation, the energy being emitted from him grew to even greater heights! RUMBLE! The entire Twenty First Floor seemed to crumble and quake with the extreme crescendo of energy that was leaking out of Azmond! "!?" "!? "!?" All the members of his group became even more confused over the abrupt release of an aura at the very peak of the Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm! ''Did he finally lose thest of his marbles?'' wdia asked herself with a perplexed expression. Furthermore, she wasn''t the only one with thoughts like that, as just about everyone assumed that Azmond had finally gone insane after all the leveling he had done over thest few months. However, regardless of their opinions on the matter, Azmond cared not for anything around him, as the only thing he was focused on was the seemingly endless castle gates that stood before him! "You think you can get away with doing this to me, Cockoff!? I left you forst due to your ridiculous name, but in the end, I should''ve eradicated you off the face of the earth at the very beginning!" He roared out with an infuriated voice. Chapter 363: Feed Ghost Lady To Goat... .... After realizing that everything was his fault, something inside Azmond snappedsomething that was barely holding together his already insatiable battle hunger. And it was through that break that he knew that he needed something to take out his pent-up frustrations on. And what better punching dummy than a Monster Emperor named ''Cockoff''!? - "You daree to my doorstep and defame my name, human!?" A voice bellowed out from the inside of the enormous castle. "Damn straight, I do! Now get your ass out here so we can settle this with our fists!" Azmond snapped back with a voice that was just as boisterous. "Impudence!!" Cockoff thundered out. OOOM! An eruption of ck energy exploded from the inside of the castle as the top of the small, country-sized castle was sted straight to the heavens! BOOOOOOM! A loud explosion followed the unleashment of Cockoff''s aura, as a third of the castle was instantly blown to smithereens! "You daree to my home and speak such insolent words!?" Following his question, right above the debris shot off from his castle, Cockoff appeared in his two-meter-long, humanoid form. His appearance was analogous to that of a horned goat demon, and yet it was also simr to a horse mixed with some type of sea dragon. Azmond had no clue what sort of creature Cockoff descended from, but to bepletely frank, he didn''t care! ..... "Yeah, and so what!? What''re you going to do about my ''insolence''!?" Azmond sneered. "Y-You!!" Cockoff spoke with a trembling finger. After a few milliseconds of disbelief, his face became enraged beyond words as he shouted, "Courting Death!!!!" RUMBLE!! His Middle Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm aura shot straight up into the Absolute Peak Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm as he burned away his life essence without a moment''s hesitation! "You will regret opening your dirty human mouth in front of me!!" Cockoff limated to his newfound strength with acent attitude, as he viewed this bout with the human as nothing more than a way for him to test the strength he''d eventually gain after the ''rehoming project'' waspleted. "That''s a pretty strong aura you got there. And I''m sure you''re quite confident in your victory, huh?" Azmond asked with a smirk. "You Actually Dare To Patronize Me!?" Cockoff roared. His roar was followed by him unleashing not only an Absolute Peak Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm strength but also his full Monster Form! WAAAA! His figure expanded to insane levels, as he started out at a mere two meters before he ended up at over two million meters in length,pletely trumping over his own castle! Cockoff was the size of a country, and with such an immense size, he red down at the dust-like figure of Azmond with a ferocious gleam in his city-sized eyes. After finding his target, he started to build up even greater levels of energy while floating above. "Let''s see how you deal with this, you insignificant vermin!!!" WAAAAA!! The amount of ck Qi oozing out of Cockoff nearly breached into the Half-Step Mahayana Realm as he zipped into the skies above and started tomence some type of darting session in the sky. WHIZ! WHIZ! WHIZ! He moved left, he moved right, he moved vertically and horizontally, and he zipped around in every direction imaginable at dozens of times the speed of light! *** Meanwhile, on the floor below, a few dozen women were seen conversing with each other. "What is this big fool doing?" wdia asked. "I think he''s trying to show off his meager skills in front of our Lord, the Grim Reaper." Ember added. "...Stupid goat" Calista mumbled. |Agreed! I would go and beat up that demon myself if it weren''t for my sore legs| It may have sounded like a bunch of bull crap when it came out of Boundless''s mouth, but she truly did have shaky legs from the ''exercises'' that she and Azmond did the night before. "..." "..." "..." Everyone looked at Boundless''s trembling exterior as they all spat out, "Bimbo." "...Feed the ghostdy to goat" Calista added. |Hey! What did I do to you girls!? Why are you looking at me like that!?| Boundless spoke with an aggrieved expression. However, all anyone could see were those two cow jugs swinging back and forth. "Agreed, let''s feed Boundless to the goat demon." Medusa nodded. "I vote we cut off those two fat melons of hers first," wdia interjected. "M-Maybe we should go a little easy on her, girls?" Clover muttered. She was a little peeved that Boundless was the only one who got to enjoy Azmond''s r-reproductive organ, but she still didn''t think that she deserved such harsh treatment. Everybody''s eyes focused on Clover as they saw a pair of knockers just as big as Boundless''s. "... Throw her in as well" Calista mumbled. "Agreed." "Agreement, seconded." "Agreed" All the women standing outside the castle gates gave their own approval on the matter as they stared Clover down like they had already decided her fate. "G-Girls, I-I''m" Clover didn''t even know how to process all the res she was getting. And for some reason, everyone was focused on her chest. Was there something wrong with her breasts? Would Azmond not like her because of her chest!? "Is there something wrong with my breasts?" She asked with teary eyes as she held her boobs. Everyone suddenly felt really bad about what they said, as they seemed to always forget about Clover''s insecure side. Although she possessed one of the most shapely figures out of all of them, she was almost always the one to bring herself down by thinking that she wasn''t good enough. They all stared at the saddened silver-haired beauty as they all said, "...Sorry" Clover turned her glossy eyes across all the women before she muttered, "I-It''s okay But are my breasts really that bad?" *Boing! Boing!* Her watermelon-sized pillows bounced a little as she looked down, trying to find something wrong with them. "..." They immediately regretted apologizing to that cow. "... Let''s feed her to the goat" Calista nodded her head as if she had already finalized the matter. "Agreed!" All the women eximed in unison. "B-But!" Clover stuttered, attempting to find a way out. But in the end, she found herself in the same exact situation she just came out of Chapter 364: Cockoff The Malnourished .... Meanwhile, as the women in Azmond''s group were having fun talking to each other, a certain otherworldly handsome man with a white flowing robe on was staring at a massive monster tens of thousands of miles in the sky. Both Azmond and Cockoff had already approached the line that separated the higher atmosphere from the Starry Expanse; however, one of them was too busy zipping around in seemingly arbitrary directions to notice how far they had gone up. "..." Azmond looked at the light show urring in the air around him as the entire world looked to light up with every movement that Cockoff made. BZZTT! BZZTT! BZZTT! He darted in every which direction, eventually coalescing with his previous path as he neared levels nearly 20 times the speed of light! "Are you ready to bear witness to my irresistibly unequivocally unlimited power, human!?" Cockoff''s conceited voice reverberated through the skies as his face popped up a few times in between his blitzing sessions. "..." Azmond saw his face appear for a second as he replied, "Sure." He was bing a little dizzy after watching Cockoff dance around him like a fly, but he had finally found a strong enough opponent that wasn''t wdia, so he would take whatever clown show he was able to get. "You don''t take me seriously, Vermin. But I will show just how foolish you were for underestimating me!! Bare witness to my irresistibly unlimited absurdly-" He couldn''t even finish his catchphrase as Azmond interrupted him, saying,. "Shorten it to ten words or less!" He was bing exhausted with all the talking that this guy was doing! Couldn''t he just get the attack over and done with!? "..." Cockoff processed the human''s voice for a second before his rage reached an all-time high as he roared, "Truly Courting Death!!!" RUMBLE! His aura sted through theyer between the firstyer of Asterion and the Starry Expanse, as Cockoff was tired of the vermin''s sardonic tone! Following such an eruption of energy, he condensed his ck Qi into a colossal cannon that he stacked over the side of his shoulder and aimed it in the direction of Azmond. "Let''s see how you like this, you human scum!!" Azmond looked up at the country-sized cannon before he said, "Finally something interesting!" The power building up within that cannon was of at least the Absolute Peak of the Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm, and it was infinitely close to breaching into the Half-Step Mahayana Realm! And it was through this fact that Azmond became a little excited to test out the new and improved skills that he had increased his proficiency in. ... WAAAA!! The lethal energies being emitted from the cannon had already reached a level where they could decimate an entire High-Rank Nation if they really felt like it. However, it seemed like that wasn''t enough for Cockoff as he continued building up power! .... After reaching the zenith of what he could produce, Cockoff''s voice resounded once more. "Repent in Your Next Life, You Worm!!!" Following his deration, he let go of the cannon as it transformed into a long ck greatsword that he threw over his shoulder and dashed in Azmond''s direction at a speed twenty-five times that of light! ''Oh? He feigned a st technique, only toe at me with a sword. How interesting, but it''s too bad that it won''t change anything,'' Azmond thought with an amused expression. "..." He put on a nonchnt demeanor as he watched the sh of light, which looked like nothing more than an extremelyrge blur, rocket toward him! After a few moments passed by, Azmond turned toward the six-foot-long katana he had in his hand and asked, "What say we try out a good ol Quantum Rift de, Emu? It''s been quite a while since we found an opponent worthy of its full strength." "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu immediately agreed with his proposal. WIGGLE! WIGGLE! Emu wiggled a little before it shot off into the distance, transforming into a katana hundreds of thousands of meters in diameter! "I see you want me to use the Gargantuan Law." Azmond began with a contemtive expression. "Very well, I''ll use that along with the rest of myws in conjunction," he ended with a slight smirk. WAAAAA! An astronomical level of iridescent energies produced from hisprehension of a plethora ofws exploded out of his small, two-meter figure! "I wonder how this will turn out?" Azmond asked with an excited voice. It had been months since he had a real challenge, and this was the best thing he''d get until he eventually fought the Mahayana Realm Monster Overseers, so he figured this was the perfect chance to go all out! RUMBLE!! The space separating the firstyer of Asterion and the Starry Expanse started to violently shake as cracks started to spread throughout the barrier that separated the two spaces! He also took his chance to nce at the system interface of Cockoff as a bright light shed. BLING! [Cockoff the Malnourished: Tier 1: Level 44] {[Age: 7,500 years old]} {[Realm: Middle Stages of Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence]} {[Stats: [Strength: 847,500,000k] [Speed: 832,100,000k] [Defense: 812,630,000k] [Qi: 856,000,000k] {[Rtionship Status: Hostile]}]} "..." Azmond looked over his system interface for a second before he turned his attention back toward the ''malnourished one'' himself. - WHAZOOOM! Lethal energies from the dark void beyond started to leak into the firstyer of Asterion as the atmosphere immediately reached a level of frigidness that made it feel like the whole world was about to freeze over! But the two who caused such a discrepancy in theyers between space''s, stared at each other with primal gazes as they darted toward each other at levels over thirty times the speed of light. They were putting everything they had into their attackseverything that their existence''s could offer them! The tension between the two of them seemed to be capable of shing dimensions in half! And just as their des were about to make contact, Azmond swiveled his body around Cockoff''s greatsword. It was a feat that was only made possible thanks to his far smaller, two hundred thousand-meter long body. Chapter 365: Killing Cockoff, Acquiring a Dragon Ball .... "!?!?" Cockoff thought they would sh swords in an epic sh of power, but before he even knew what happened, his head was already disconnected from his shoulders. *SPURT!* A sea of blood gushed out of the location where his head was severed from his body, as everything for tens of thousands of miles below had a sudden rain shower of ck and crimson-colored blood! "..." Azmond emotionlessly stared at the sight of Cockoff''s colossal figure plummeting to the hellscaped earth as he thought, ''There was a change of ns, so I had to cut your time short.'' He was originally going to have a long and drawn out battle with Cockoff, but he changed his mind when he felt a particr presence begin to wake up from her slumber. Azmond felt around with his divine sense and saw that Marina somehow had a breakthrough into the Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm while under the effects of ''Eternal Dream''. He couldn''t believe it himself, but it had happened nheless, and it was through such an epiphany that she was able to escape ''Eternal Dream'' even earlier than Azmond anticipated. Which all went to say that his fight with the Monster Emperor known as Cockoff had to end early. It was unfortunate, but at least he was able to acquire quite the sum of experience points from taking care of the Monster Emperor. He was also able to obtain something else, as a few bright lights shed. BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed the Monster Emperor ''Cockoff the Malnourished''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +790,500,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +790,500k* *Ding!* *You have partiallypleted the ''Active Quest: Exterminate the Nine Monster Emperor''s of the Nightmare Council - 8/9* *Ding!* *You have partially uncovered the secrets behind the ''Rehoming Project'' and the mystery concerning the location of ''Percival Moonweaver''* *Ding!* *You have obtained a dragon ball!* *Ding!* *You have partiallypleted thepleted the ''Active Quest: In Memory of Akira Toriyama''* *Ding!* *Dragon ball count - 3/7* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Defeat the Monster Emperor ''Cockoff''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +20,000,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +20,000,000k* ... Azmond nced over the system notifications, and the first thing he noticed was that he had acquired another dragon ball on top of the one he got from the ''High-Rank Monster King'' and the one he got while ''cleaning up'' the heinous monsters on the Twenty First Floor. The second dragon ball he got was overlooked; however, it was still present in his storage space, and now there was a third one on top of the two he already had in there. He had yet to discern what would happen once he acquired them all, but he was sure that it was going to be something truly magnificent! After all, even with his new level of strength in the Initial Stages of the Half-Step Mahayana Realm, he couldn''t glean into a single thing when it came to the dragon balls. Speaking of his strength and realm, he was able to break through into the Initial Stages of the Half-Step Quantum Soul Transformation Realm right around the time that Marina started to wake up! And along with that abrupt breakthrough, hisbat strength immediately surged from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence'' to the ''Initial Half-Step Mahayana Realm''. Nheless, in spite of his already insane level of strength, it looked like Azmond wanted to gain even more as he stared at the plummeting country-sized corpse of Cockoff. "Emu, devour." WIGGLE! Emu grew to disproportionate sizes and enveloped the enormous corpse of Cockoff before consuming it in record time. Following the devouring of Cockoff, Azmond received even more system notifications. *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the cultivation base of the Monster Emperor ''Cockoff''* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has increased from ''Initial Stages of Half-Step Quantum Soul Transformation'' ''Middle Stages of Half-Step Quantum Soul Transformation''* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the Sword Lawprehensions of ''Cockoff''* *Ding!* *Your Sword Law has advanced from ''Level 6'' ''Level 7''* *Ding!* *Your Sword Aura has advanced from ''Level 4'' ''Level 5''* *Ding!* *You have absorbed partialprehension of the ''Blitz Law''* *Ding!* *Your Nascent Soul has advanced from ''Adult Development Phase'' to ''Absolute Adult Development Phase''* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Law has had a significant increase inprehension because of your breakthrough!* *Ding!* *Your Space Law has subsequently had a significant increase inprehension because of your Quantum Law!* - The system notifications eventually stoppeding in as Azmond looked through all of them and felt the insane amount of strength that was coursing through his veins. "The rate at which I increase my strength is getting a little blown out of proportion," he muttered before he thought about something else. "Also, why do I keep on getting breakthroughs in the middle of battles??" Azmond was truly starting to entertain the idea that he had be the protagonist or something But that was an insane notion, so he immediately scratched it. He was instead brought back to the urgent matter at hand that he had to take care of. The one that pertained to a certain MILF who was 100% after his head. ... Azmond thought about how to handle the matter concerning the MILF known as Marina, or otherwise termed the ''Queen of the AquaRing Kingdom'', and ''Mother of Aqua Mezdeth AquaRing''. He was contemting whether he should go about it the forceful way and get her to understand his point of view through his fists or if he should go about it with a softer approach. If he were being honest, he''d rather just go about knocking some sense into the sexy MILF''s head, but when he remembered her identity as the mother of that silly blue-haired girl, he had a change of heart. ''It looks like I will need to give her a soft p on the ass instead...'' He thought with a ''disappointed'' sigh. |You know I can read your thoughts from miles away even without my active mind reading, don''t you!?| Boundless blurted out as she appeared right next to him. Chapter 366: Rocking The Bed!? .... "..." Azmond looked at the voluptuous brown-haired beauty who levitated around him as he thought, ''I can feel the headacheing...'' But regardless of his thoughts, he said, "I have no clue what you''re inferring about the innocent things that go through my mind." His expression waspletely earnest, and his voice was candid, so he assumed that would be enough to fool her. But it looked like he was mistaken about the intelligence of the busty beauty, as she ''jiggled'' a little before shouting, |Liar! You want to y around with that dumb blue-haired bimbo down there, don''t you!?| "...No, of course not How could you think a thing like that about little ol me?" He replied. His countenance on the outside was as calm as could be; however, on the inside, he was sweating buckets! ''How did she know!? I keep my intent hidden underneath a deep and thick veil, unable to be spied upon by mortal eyes!'' He thought. That was when he realized something. ''Wait. She''s not a mortal'' And if that wasn''t clear enough before, then Boundless made sure to articte that point as best she could, as she eximed, |I am the embodiment of the ''Boundless System''! Do you really think that you can hide your mortal thoughts from someone as great as I?| *Boing! Boing!* Her mouth kept on moving, but the only thing that Azmond seemed to be focusing on was the two milky white pillows that ricocheted all over the ce with every minute movement she made! |Hey, are you listening to me!?| Boundless had somehow appeared on top of Azmond''s head, as he was able to obtain an even better view of those two godsent creations attached to her chest. "..." He had already be lost in their rhythm as he was attempting toprehend what she was saying, but everything simply came out in an indecipherable dialect. However, he was able to discern one thing from her words, and that was that she was jealous! So, like the opportunist that he was, he took advantage of every opportunity presented to him! "Would you like to fuck-? Err I mean, would you like to rock the bed a little before we go and meet that Milf- I mean, Queen" Azmond asked with a few corrections along the way. He almost let a few of his inner thoughts slip as he looked toward the curvaceous woman who wasying over the top of his head with those two unstoppable weapons in her arsenal. Azmond couldn''t help butpare them to the country-sized cannon that Cockoff was preparing to set off earlier, and it was withoutpetition that Boundless''s weapons far outweighed the firepower of that flimsy weapon of Cockoff! - Meanwhile, as he was brooding over useless things while awaiting her response, Boundless was currently going through a flurry of different emotions. |''He''s being a baka, but his offer is enticing! But then again, I should y hard to get, shouldn''t I!? But''| She took one look at the area between his legs, and that was all she needed to do to decide what her decision would be! |Let''s go rock the bed, Azmond!| She beamed with a lust-filled look on her face. "..." Azmond snapped out of his reverie and saw that ''thirsty'' expression she was making. It was then that he knew it was that time of the day again. The time that he needed to set aside so as to ''attend'' to Boundless''s insatiable urges. Although it wasn''t like he had any resistance to that notion So, like the ''opportunist'' he was, he took her right then and there, without a care in the world that they were tens of thousands of miles in the sky! ... A few very ''intense'' minutes passed as Azmond put on his robe with a refreshed look on his face, while Boundless, with half her kimono on,tched onto his back with a slightly exhausted but mostly content expression. They were leisurely flying through the skies on their way to Cockoff''s castle, where the rest of the group was, and also where he would begin to calm down the soon-to-be infuriated Marina. *** Inside a dark space, with no one in it besides a blue-haired woman with a body that could cause entire kingdoms to go to war. "...Mhmm?" Marina awoke with a lethargic look on her face. She leaned up and looked around her, attempting to understand where she was. And it didn''t take long before she remembered what had happened to her. "T-That perverted yboy bastard!" She screamed out with a flushed face. She couldn''t believe that she had let herself be taken advantage of by that dumb pervert! "I''ll kill him!!" She shouted with fury evident in her voice. Following the deration of his guaranteed death, she got up and looked for a way out of the dark space she found herself in. And it didn''t take long before she saw what appeared to be a window a thousand or so meters away from her. "I''ming for you, yboy pervert! You shall pay for ying with me and my daughter!!" Her shouts echoed around the inside of the ck dome as she sped toward the window, looking to break right through it! However, just as she was about to crash through the window and shatter it, a tall figure materialized in front of her. "!?!?" She stopped in her tracks and looked at the figure who had impeded her advances. "You are-!" She couldn''t finish her words as Azmond interrupted, saying: "I see you have woken up, beautiful Milf," he said with a small smirk. "Y-You bastard, stop calling me weird things ande ept your death!" Marina screamed with a blush on her face. ''Why is this perverted yboy always calling me b-beautiful'' She thought. "You are quite the unusual one, just like your daughter, aren''t you~?" He asked with a yful smile. He had already noticed how flustered she got a few months ago; however, he just assumed it was an unlikely urrence. But it looked like this Milf was easily ruffled, and that was just what he needed to ''assuage'' her emotions. Chapter 367: The Hands Of The Devil .... "Don''t talk about my daughter, you yboy bastard!" Marina yelled with an infuriated tone. She was about to build up energy and kill him right then and there, but before she could, he interrupted, saying: "Why do you keep calling me ''yboy''? I''m not a yboy," Azmond said. "Well, that''s because you yed around with my daughter''s feelings, only to go after my maids afterwards!" "... You know I never touched your daughter, don''t you?" Azmond asked with a puzzled expression. "L-Lies! Why would she call you her ''husband'' if you haven''t even made it to second base yet!?" Marina spat back. "..." He didn''t know how to respond to that without making Aqua sound like a crazy person, so he simply replied, "Maybe Aqua has been craving the attention of her gorgeous mother, so she fabricated a rtionship with me to fill that gaping hole in her heart." Azmond was, of course, speakingplete and utter nonsense, but he had looked at the status screen of Marina. And if he was right in his assumptions, then this should do the trick just fine. "..." Marina heard his words as they put her into a deep state of thinking. ''Is that really the case? But I thought my rtionship with my daughter was pretty good. Was I wrong?'' She thought. A few memories came back to her in that moment, as she remembered all the times that she and Aqua got into a fight, and that was especially the case after the arranged marriage with the FireGod Empire was finalized. ''... Has our rtionship really soured enough that she started imagining a marriage with a man she barely knew?'' After that thought entered her mind, she turned her head back up to Azmond before she said, "I-I still don''t believe you! I love my daughter, and she loves me, so why would she do such a thing!?" "Have you actually tried talking to her like a mother and not as a ruler in the past year?" He asked. "Of course I have-" She stopped herself as she tried to remember a time when she had a proper conversation with her daughter. "..." Azmond looked at the disgruntled look on her face, as he already knew the answer to that question, so he said, "You see? I know you care about your daughter, but you need to show it instead of merely feeling it." "B-But how do I do that when she no longer talks to me?" Marina asked with a devastated look on her face. She didn''t know how her killing the man in front of her turned into a therapy session, but she was too distracted with the matter concerning her daughter to even care. Azmond looked at that distraught expression she had on as he sighed a little and replied, "Just open up to her a little. For starters, maybe take off that crown when talking to her." He pointed his finger at the gaudy golden crown that was centered on the top of her head. "???" Marina followed his finger and looked at the family heirloom that had been passed down in her household for many generations. "Do I really need to take this off when I talk to my daughter?" She questioned. "If you want to mend what has been cracked over the years, then I would suggest you do it. But if you want to keep the same iffy rtionship you have with her, then do whatever you want," he replied. "..." Marina heard his response before she thought it over for a second and took the crown off her head with trembling hands. She was told by her mother to never take the crown off in front of other people, but now she was doing just that on the words of a man who she came out to kill Azmond observed the way Marina appeared without her ostentatious crown on and couldn''t help but blurt out, "Beautiful." "Y-Your flirtatiousments won''t work on me" She mumbled with a blush. "You''re still a perverted yboy in my eyes! I''m simply asking you these questions before I kill you, so don''t get the wrong idea!" She added. "... Is that so?" Azmond inquired with a sh*t-eating grin. He didn''t know why, but he was bing quite fond of this tsundere Milf, who had been on his mind for a while now. "St-Stop giving me that look, you bastard! I can still kill you if I really want to! ...But if you could tell me how else I could be closer with my daughter" She murmured thest part with embarrassment in her voice. "Heh~" Azmond chuckled a little after seeing that shameless look on her face. He moved his muscr figure a little closer to the frazzled Milf, as he felt like he should keep close skinship if he wanted to continue his ''lecture''. And that''s exactly what he did, as he slid behind the jittery woman, put his mouth right next to her ear, and whispered, "Are you sure you want to know what you can do to improve your rtionship with Aqua~?" "!?" She felt a presence near her, but it was already toote as his hot breath mingled with her earlobe, causing her to moan, "Aahn~!" Marina attempted to cover her mouth with her hand; however, before she was able to get it all the way up, arge, veiny hand sped her own. "Your voice is so pretty~, don''t you think you should let the world hear such a melody when it''s at its finest~?" Azmond''s honeyed words dripped into her ears as she lost sense of reason for a second, but it didn''t take long for her to snap out of it as she said, "G-Get off me, you yboy pervert!" She tried to get out of his grasp a few times; however, she quickly figured out that she couldn''t move an inch out of the seemingly inescapable grip of the Half-Step Soul Transformation Realm man before her! ''Wait! Half-Step Soul Transformation!? Wasn''t he just at the Middle Stages of Nascent Soul, not even a few months ago!?'' She thought with an astonished look on her face. Chapter 368: For You~ .... It looked like Marina wasn''t even allowed to be surprised anymore, as Azmond''s hot breath once again slithered into her ears. "Don''t you want to know how to mend your rtionship with Aqua~? I can tell you that if you let me live and bring me back with you, then I''m sure that she''ll see you in a far better light~" "Aahn~!" She moaned a little before she regained her bearings and muttered, "But won''t that just be helping you?" Marina was a little suspicious over the intentions of this man, but what she did know was that he was far stronger than he was a few months ago! "..." Azmond observed the apprehensive look on her face for a second before he replied, "Sure, it could help me in a way, but in the end, I''m stronger than you, so I''m just telling you what I''ll think will help improve that silly girl''s situation, and also" His hands moved around her sensual hips before he added, "I''m also doing this for you~" "F-For me? What do you mean?" She asked with a deep, crimson red overtaking her features. Marina had never been so not in control of the momentum of a conversation in her entire life. She felt like she was just ying around on the strings of this man''s puppet. But for some reason, unbeknownst to her, she kind of liked it ''N-No! What''re you thinking about!? Get your head out of the gutter and focus!'' She reprimanded herself with a stern tone. And it didn''t take long before she was back in tip top mental form and ready to take on the devilish man behind her! With this newfound resolve, she turned her voluptuous figure in Azmond''s direction before she once again asked, "What do you mean by that~?" Her eyes glossed over as she seductively stared into those blues of his with her arms wrapped around his waist and her breasts pressed up against his chest. She had been around for thousands of years, and she refused to be on the losing side of a ''battle'' with a youngster in the Half-Step Soul Transformation Realm! Marina didn''t know how he was so strong with such a weak cultivation base, but she was almost certain that he was extremely young. And that was all the reason she needed to strike back at this otherworldly handsome man with everything she had! No matter what, she wouldn''t allow herself to lose out to him when it came to who controlled the conversation! Or, at least, that was what she originally thought. However, when she saw a devilish smirk emerge on that face of his, she started to rethink her determination ... A few minutes passed by as Marinay copsed on the ck ground surface with a look of euphoria on her face. All Azmond had done to her was tease her erogenous areas a little bit with his hands, and she was already exhausted after a few rounds. She had started off strong and even counterattacked a couple of times; however, everything she did seemed to merely be the prelude to the attack that he threw at her not even a few millisecondster. "..." He looked at the sprawled-out figure of the sexy Queen before he said, "You asked what I meant by I did it for you as well, did you not~?" "...???" Marina turned her dazed expression up toward Azmond, as although she was embarrassed about how badly she lost, she was still curious about his response. And response she got, as Azmond continued, "I said I did it for you as well because I''ve decided." His smile widened as he crouched down to the confused look on Marina''s face and whispered, "I''ve decided that I want you as my woman~" "Wha-!?" She tried to get out a shout; however, she was quickly interrupted by Azmond''s hands moving toward her cheeks. He gently cupped her face before he locked eyes with her and gazed straight into her very soul. "!?!?" Marina had no clue what was going on anymore, but when she saw those dazzling blues of his, she seemed to be lost in their splendor. And while she was in a trance, Azmond''s face inched ever closer to her own as his lips practicality touched hers. Following his abrupt and brazen movement, he asked, "Do you want to spend the rest of your life with me, Marina~?" "..." Marina didn''t even know where she was, but when she looked at the affection and gentleness oozing out of his gaze, her head bobbed a little against her rational side''s resistance. "Good~, then it''s settled; you are my woman from now on, so I''m obligated to help you out with your daughter''s predicament," Azmond said with a small smile. "!?" She wasn''t following. "FireGod Empire, was it?" He began. "I can''t allow my lover''s daughter to get caught up in the ploy of some ancient bastard''s, so I think I''ll pay them a visit," he ended with a slightly evil look on his face as he scanned over Marina''s system interface. "W-Wait You didn''t?" She asked with a baffled expression. Marina may have been confused over this entire experience; however, after she mulled over his words, she was finally beginning to piece things together. "...You said all those things just so you''d have an excuse to tell the FireGod Empire when you go to their doorstep demanding an exnation" She muttered with a look of disbelief. You had to be intelligent to be the Queen of a kingdom as big as AquaRing, and Marina was quite confident in her intellect, but even she couldn''t believe the nonsense she was conjuring up! She looked over the things he said again and again, but nothing was making sense! Was he crazy enough to take on an entire Empire with just his strength!? And why would he go through so much trouble for two women that he barely even knew!? Nothing was making even the slightest modicum of sense! But regardless of her bewildered thoughts, Azmond leaned his face back from hers before he shed a radiant smile and said, "I think it''s tragic that two beautiful women like you and your daughter are forced to go through such things. So if I can lend a tiny bit of assistance to see you two smile again, then I don''t mind." His voice echoed out in an earnest tone, as Marina couldn''t believe what she was hearing. Chapter 369: Full Tsundere Mode .... ''... He would do so much for a small thing like seeing us smile... And why did he mean by saying he wanted me to as well?'' Marina thought with puzzlement filling her heart. So many different emotions and feelings were going through her head... She didn''t even know what was going on anymore... However, when she took one more look at that warm smile on his face, all her queries seemed to fade away. "I included you in that statement because I n to help you with the SubBurn Kingdom as well," Azmond replied with a soft voice. "... Help me as well?" Marina mumbled. She didn''t know thest time someone had actually said they wanted to ''help'' her without some hidden intentions. And she assumed that that was the case for this ''help'' as well. But when she saw no sign of any secret intent in his eyes, she became even more confused. "I-I don''t understand... Why would you want to help both me and my daughter?" She murmured. There must be something more to it than just seeing them smile, right!? No one''s crazy enough to go to war with a High-Rank Kingdom and an Empire just for two women''s smiles! And that wasn''t even to mention Azmond''s insufficient strength as he made such bold ims! But, in spite of her thoughts, all he had to say in response was, "I told you, I just think it''s unfortunate for two beautiful women to be subjected to fates like that." Azmond thought about the matter for a second before he suddenly remembered something as he added, "Oh, and if you''re worried about me demanding your body or your daughter''s, then don''t, because I don''t want anything except your happiness in return." His words sounded out like a cool spring breeze as they left Marina utterly stunned. "S-So that stuff about me being your woman-?" "Well, as you said, I need to have something to back me up when I go after the FireGod Empire," Azmond interjected. "You can just think of it as merely something on paper, only without the paper, haha~" He added with a small chuckle. "..." Marina gazed at the sight of himughing, as she got lost in such a beautiful sight for a second. Furthermore, hisugh seemed to make all the thoughts of doubt and cautiousness that she had a few seconds ago fade away like they were never there to begin with But there still stood onest question that she had yet to ask, and that was, "I-I understand my daughter since she is young and pretty, but why would you do so much for someone old and wrinkled like me?" Marina had never had a real rtionship with someone of the opposite sex, and even her ''husband'' always called her old and bby as he went off and yed around with the whores in the AquaRing Kingdom and the areas surrounding it. This was also one of the reasons why she was so furious when she heard that her daughter was thrown into the same situation as her. She couldn''t recall thest time someone hadplimented her appearance without a lecherous glint in their eyes. But for some reason, all this man named ''Azmond'' seemed to do was call her beautiful with every chance that he got. Although that was nothing unusual for Marina, what left her dumbfounded was the fact that he wasn''t aiming for her body with thosepliments. He seemed to be purely doing it for her. Marina didn''t know how he knew that she was secretly craving for someone to see her without lusting for her, but that wouldn''t be the first unexinable thing centered around him - "..." Azmond heard Marina''s ridiculous question, as he knew who Aqua had inherited her silliness from. *Tap Tap* He took slow steps back toward the gorgeous Milf before he abruptly picked her up and put her in a princess carry. "!?" Marina was taken aback by the sudden movement as she squirmed around in his arms. However, her wiggling around was quickly halted when Azmond said, "Calm down a little. I''m going to take you somewhere, and it would be faster if I took you like this." "...Where are you nning to take me?" She asked. "Well, you said that you were old and wrinkled, so I thought I''d take you to a mirror to get your brain back to thinking straight," he replied with a hardened expression. It looked like he took this matter very seriously! Of course, it was as he should, considering the ludicrous words that flew out of the sexy Milf''s mouth! Had she already gone insane enough to start thinking that she was unattractive just because of her age!? Azmond had a new objective in mind, and that was helping the lonely Milfe back to reality! "A mirror?" Marina questioned. She wasn''t understanding what he was trying to say. Did he want to rub her aged appearance in her face or something? But he didn''t seem like that type of person "Yes, a mirror." Azmond began with a staid countenance. "Since you clearly don''t know how undeniably gorgeous you are, I thought this would be the best way to get you to realize the truth!" "... The truth?" "Yes, the truth is that you are beautiful, and you should know it and own it!" Azmond eximed. He believed in womanpower, and seeing a woman be so unaware of the power her appearance held was uneptable! So he made it his mission to get her out of the clearly delirious pit she found herself inside of! "..." Marina heard the flirtatious words that came out of Azmond''s mouth and looked at the determined look on his face before she mumbled, "W-Why are you so stupid?" "Hmm? What was that?" Azmond asked. Marina turned her flushed face away from his before she muttered, "N-Nothing... Just do whatever you want, yboy pervert!" She went into full tsundere mode as she harrumphed and averted her gaze away from that stupid, handsome face of his. Chapter 370: Stupid Playboy! .... "Hoh?" Azmond mused with a seductive smirk. He originally thought she was quite stuck up and uptight when he first met her; however, it turned out that Marina was hiding quite the adorable side underneath all that seriousness. "You know~?" He began with a hand sliding up her child-bearing hips. "You are extremely cute when you''re like this. If I weren''t such a gentleman, I think I''d eat you up right here and now~," he ended with a yful grin stered on his face. Marina pped his sneaky hand away before she said, "W-Whatever, stupid yboy! Furthermore, you''re still ten thousand years too young to be a match for me!" Azmond''s grin only seemed to widen at her words as he asked, "Is that so~?" He moved one hand to her hard left nipple and pinched it a little as she moaned, "Aahhnn~!" She instantly wet herself as a salty and sweet smell pervaded the air around the two of them. Marina stopped screaming out in ecstacy for a moment as she turned her aggrieved expression up to Azmond. "And here I thought that you said I''d be no match~?" "..." She caught her breath for a second before she replied, "St-Stupid yboy! Go jump off a bridge! "Heh, it''s okay, My Dear~, I understand your troubles, but you don''t need to worry. I''m sure you will have your chance for payback one of these days," he teased with a flirtatious voice. "J-Just die already, you yboy pervert!" She shouted with a fist flying in his direction. WAM! Her fist hit him right in the stomach as searing hot air was blown out behind Azmond; however, he remained unscathed. Azmond gazed down at the small fists nted in his abs as he said, "It looks like you''re the one who''s ten thousand years too early to bepeting with me~" Following his words, he pulled her by her hand as he let her sexy figure press up against his own. *Squish Squish* Those two snow-white pillows were practically pancaked onto his chest as he felt that same heavenly sensation once again. However, despite the softness, he focused all his attention on Marina''s serene, light blue eyes as he whispered, "You know, I think I changed my mind. I won''t bring you to that mirror~" "I''ll think I''ll just keep you here with me for the next indefinite period of time~ Only then can I truly drill in the fact that you''re beautiful regardless of your prime age~," he added with his fingers slightly tilting up her chin. "!!!" His ferocious and yet oddly gentle eyes bore holes straight in her soul, as she once again became lost in those deep, indescribable pupils of his. "..." "..." They stared into each other''s gazes for a second as they melted into each other''s embraces, until, atst, Marina snapped out of it and pushed away from him. "S-Stop getting so close to me!" She eximed before she muttered, "You said you weren''t after my body, didn''t you?" "Hoh?" Azmond looked at the flustered and slightly yearnful look on her face, as he didn''t know how to interpret the words of thisplex Milf. But, given that he did promise such a thing, he replied, "You''re right, I said I wouldn''t go after your body, but I said nothing about matters concerning the heart~" His gaze turned seductive as he stared at the ce where her ''heart'' was located. "B-But that''s cheating! You can''t say one thing and then find a loophole to pass around it!" Marina retorted with a disgruntled expression. She also held her breasts in an attempt to escape thescivious look he was giving her. And just as she thought she would have to go all out in an attempt to fight him off... "Hahaha~" A soft and light-heartedugh echoed out as Azmond held a hand to his stomach while looking in her direction with tears in his eyes. "You truly are so beautiful when you don''t know what''s going on, haha~" He spoke with a small chuckle. "..." Marina realized she had been ying the fool once again, as she red at Azmond before she shot her face away from him and stomped her foot on the ground. "You dumb yboy! Go die!" She shouted. However, although her outermost exterior was a little peeved, if one looked close enough, then they would see a tiny, almost imperceptible smile on her face. Marina didn''t want to admit it, but she kind of liked talking to that yboy although only a little bit But of course, unfortunately for her tsundere faade, Azmond was a very perceptive and perspicacious person, so he could immediately tell what she was feeling. ''I think we''re going to get along quite well~,'' he thought with a wily look on his face. ... A few hours had passed since Azmond ''reunited'' with Marina, and ording to him, everything had been quite swimmingly! However, the reality of the situation was that every single woman that he surrounded himself with was left as jealous as they could be when they saw a new contender enter the ring! Furthermore, when they saw the ''weapons'' that Marina was working with, they knew that she''d an extremely powerful opponent that all of them would need to take seriously! Even Boundless, Ember, Clover, and Medusa, the ''biggest'' ones of the group, felt a little challenged when they saw those two milk cannons attached to Marina. There was also wdia, who, upon seeing those things sway back and forth as she walked, became far moodier than before as she gave Azmond evil res. But of course, that wasn''t to mention the amount of envy and jealousy that the ''smaller'' girls of the group felt when they saw Marina walk in beside Azmond. In particr, Calista was put into a fighting stance as she bared her cat fangs and ws! Nheless, after a few pets from Azmond, everyone seemed to calm down, as he was then able to properly introduce Marina to the rest of the group. Chapter 371: Amonroth, The Monster Emperor .... Azmond told all the girls that Marina would be staying away from her kingdom for a while, as he promised her that he''d help her with something after they left the Luminous Grounds. Everyone became a little suspicious over his words as they flipped between them and those two fat bags, and they couldn''t help but think that something was up. And that was especially the case for Boundless, as she kept screaming out, ''Called it!'', ''You perverted Milf lover!'', and ''Stupid horny baka!'' But, like always, he simply ignored her as he continued his exnation of the events surrounding Marina and her daughter, Aqua. He also had to articte how he knew such sensitive and ssified information as well, but after a sh*t ton of boration, he was ultimately able to get out everything that he needed or wanted to say. Everyone was a little suspicious of one thing or another, but as long as it was kept down to an extent, he didn''t mind the dubious stares he got. Furthermore, in the end, everyone in the group, besides Spiritme and Ayh, held a certain amount of affection for him, so all it really took was a little bit of ''coercing'' with his hands, and everyone believed him! Azmond was even able to get to Calwdia as he teased her body a little. Although he didn''t take it too far, in consideration of the fact that she could ravage him with her Middle Mahayana Realm strength if he pushed it too far... ... But regardless of the ticking time bomb that was Calwdia, he spent the next few weeks traveling around the rest of the Twenty First Floor. There were thousands of Tribtion Transcendence Monster ves that he met along the way, so he was able to acquire a good chunk of experience points, gold, andwprehension. And although he wasn''t able to obtain another dragon ball, he wasn''t too disappointed. After all, he still had an entire world beyond Asterion to explore as part of the ''Mortal Realm''. Yes, that''s correct. ording to Boundless, everything beyond Asterion, including a section of the Starry Seaboard and the Starry Expanse, was all part of the ''Mortal Realm'' that Azmond resided in. He wasn''t clear on the exact extent of the ''Mortal Realm'' he was in; however, with Boundless''s new usages over his ''Quantum Law Comprehension Rate'', he was able to figure out that the ''Mortal Realm'' was basically a universe. At least, that was how Boundless exined it in terms of his past world''s logic. She also told him that the ''Mortal Realm'' he''s in was split up into many different areas, but the only one that Boundless was able to discern was the name for the space that enveloped everything around Asterion. A space that was called the ''Starry Expanse''. Azmond wasn''t sure if the ''Starry Expanse'' was the name of the Mortal Realm or if it was the name of an area or general ssification for the ''void''. But what he did know was that the ''Starry Expanse'' would be his next destination after he was done with Asterion. It sounded a little weird now that he was thinking about it, but the truth of the matter was that Azmond was likely only a few years away from the peak of strength in the world dubbed ''Asterion''. Of course, he still had a few things he needed to resolve and aplish as he reached for the peak of the Mahayana Realm inbat strength. But the moment he ultimately leaves Asterion isn''t even a far-off concept anymore. He gave it another 10 years, and not only would hisbat strength be above the Mahayana Realm, but his actual Realm would be in the Tribtion Transcendence Stage! Nheless, that was a topic for another time, so why don''t we get back to Azmond and the gang as they approach their of the strongest Monster Emperor known as ''Amonroth''. - Amonroth was a Monster Emperor who was reported to be at the very peak of the Half-Step Mahayana Realm! But he was also a Monster Emperor who hadpletely forgotten about the ''human invader'' matter that he promised to take care of He wanted to go and make the human ''disappear'' as soon as he popped up on the Twenty First Floor; however, the ''Rehoming Project'' suddenly had a mishap that required his immediate attention. But luckily, after nearly half a year of fixing the ''mishap'', the ''Rehoming Project'' was ready to beunched ording to the Overseers instructions. Now all he had to do was exterminate the human who had killed off all the other Monster Emperor''s before he waited for the go-ahead from the Overseers tomence the ''Rehoming Project''. His next course of action was wless! Or, at least that was what he thought in the beginning... But, two weekster, he found himself lying on the ground with his half-dismembered country-sized figure scattered across the Twenty First Floor... ******* "H-How?" Amonroth muttered with a baffled look on his severed face. Only half of his head remained after he was confronted by Azmond, but his vitality was quite strong being in the Half-Step Mahayana Realm, so he had no issues living for days with only a fraction of his head pieced together. However, even with the insane vitality that he possessed, his life force was rapidly fading away, and he knew that he had no way to prolong the inevitable. Nheless, his thoughts were soon interrupted by a two-meter-long figure who stood on top of the city-sized eyeball of Amonroth. "You ask how?" Azmond questioned with an amused expression. "Well, it''s because you left me alone for nearly half a year," he replied to himself. "...But, half a year is nothing There''s no way that you could have increased your strength so much in such a brief period of time" Amonroth rebuked with a despondent tone. "You are too quick to doubt, big dude," Azmond said with a small smile. "I would usually take a little time to kill my opponents, but since you seem like you''re having a bad day, I think I''ll finish you off with one swift sh," he added, his katana already extended in the air. Chapter 372: Stats Nearing a Trillion! .... WAAAA! Ludicrous levels of crimson-colored energy tendrils were being emitted off the top of Azmond''s katana, as a good chunk of the Twenty First Floor was quickly covered in his sword aura. After getting his sword aura to level 5 and his swordw to level 7, his control and understanding over the essence of the sword only grew deeper. And through such a connection, he was able to better utilize his sword aura in conjunction with his base form aura. "...T-This is ridiculous" Amonroth muttered as he looked at the blood-colored sword aura trump over a tenth of the Twenty First Step. He had watched this human invade the Twenty First Step with abat strength around the Fourth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm. And now, six monthster, his strength has already breached past the Early Mahayana Realm! That wasn''t even to mention that his cultivation base was originally in the Nascent Soul Realm, and now it was in the Middle Soul Transformation Realm! Everything about this human waspletely absurd! He was an aberration! "...What are you?" He questioned with a terrified look on his face. "..." Azmond looked down at the face he was standing on as he replied, "Me...? Oh, I''m just a hero for fun." "....." Amonroth''s city-sized eyes were left wide open when he heard his response. "... I see So you''re a hero? That exins your increase in strength" He added with a relieved expression. If he were to die, he at least wanted to die in the hands of someone with great renown. And who had better prestige than a hero? However, he was soon taken out of his fading thoughts by Azmond, as he leaped across his face andnded on the middle of his forehead. Following his abrupt movement, he blurted out, "Wait! What the hell did you just say!?" "...." Amonroth felt a little sting from his jumping, but he was more focused on the panicky voice of the human invader. "Why do you seem so surprised over the fact that there are other heroes besides yourself?" He inquired. He had never heard of a hero who was unaware of the existence of other heroes, but it looked like he had found his first one today. "Who cares! Just tell me what you meant by ''as expected of a hero''!" Azmond shouted. "....." Amonroth was under no obligation to tell his enemy anything; however, he would rather not be tortured before he died, so he replied, "The heroese from other worlds of unknown origin and rapidly grow in strength before they integrate their beliefs and ideals into Asterion''s culture." "Afterwards, they travel out into the Starry Expanse, never to be heard of again," he added. Amonroth was going to stay silent after he finished his exnation; however, he suddenly recalled something that was rted to the heroes and also to his revenge against this human. It was also the thing that preupied him while Azmond was doing as he pleased on the Twenty First Floor. That ''thing'' being the ''Rehoming Project'', also known as the ''Behemoth Abomination''! Amonroth found his voice as he bellowed, "...You wish to know more about the heroes!? Very well, I''ll personally show you the culmination of the efforts of a hero who stayed behind millions of years ago, during the archaic age!" "!?" Azmond didn''t understand the abrupt change in Amonroth''s attitude. However, he wasn''t given the time to ponder, as the entire Twenty First Floor started to violently tremble! RUMBLE!! Everything from the mountains and seas to the forests and cities had immensely powerful tremors spread throughout them, as something wasing out of the crimson-shaded ground surface of the Twenty First Step! "You wanted to know, human! So I shall show you what the hero dubbed ''The Insane One'' had envisioned all those years ago! He left the ''Rehoming Project'' up to us! And after millions of years of iteration after iteration of failed hybrids, we were finally able to create the perfect specimen!!" Amonroth''s delirious and crackly voice reverberated as he looked toward the source of the tremors with reverence in his gaze. "..." A cold gleam shed past Azmond''s eyes as he gazed down at the now mindless Amonroth. He decided to open Amonroth''s system interface one more time before he put him out of his misery. A bright light shed. BLING! [Amonroth The Acimed: Tier 1: Level 49] {[Age: 9,800 years old]} {[Realm: Peak Stages of Half-Step Mahayana Realm]} {[Stats: [Strength: 975,200,000k] [Speed: 962,130,000k] [Defense: 987,490,000k] [Qi: 997,000,000k] {[Rtionship Status: Hostile]}]} {[Current Vital Status: Half-dead]} (Lifeforce rapidly draining due to taking on the brunt force of too many Laws by the host.) {[Additional Trivia: [Amonroth is the First Monster Emperor of the Monster Race and is the strongest of them all.] [He was the one tasked by the Overseers to watch over Percival Moonweaver in his cage at the top of his castle.] [Amonroth was also instructed to be the head adviser of the ''Rehoming Project'', and subsequently oversee the development of thest and final hybrid of the ''insane monsterkin scientists''.] [He was ultimately able to finish the activation process of the one and only monster hybrid known as the ''Behemoth Abomination''.] [The Behemoth Abomination was to be the Monster Race''s salvation and also the only way that they could escape the blue marble known as ''Asterion''.] [And after a plethora of test trials while it was in its embryonic phase, the descendants of the insane scientists and Amonroth were able to discover that the Behemoth Abomination would be able to survive in the Starry Seaboard and Starry Expanse for an indefinite period of time.] [It took tens and hundreds of thousands of years, but they had ultimatelye out on top, and the Behemoth Abomination was the fruit of their efforts.] "..." After perusing over the new information revealed in Amonroth''s status screen, Azmond swung his ck and gold katana down. Amonroth felt his impending death plummet down on him, but he still had a fire in his eyes as he roared, "You may kill me now, but you will soon die when the Behemoth Abomination appears above ground!! And your death will be far more excruciating than mine!!!" Chapter 373: Massive Benefits! .... After hearing Amonroth''s monologue about some nonsense, Azmond narrowed his eyes before he said, "That''s interesting, but I don''t really care." SLASH!! His katana cleaved through the air at levels hundreds of times the speed of light, as the entire Twenty First Floor seemed to prepare itself for the damage that was to ensue! And ensue it did, as Emu touched the face of Amonroth and immediately evaporated his existence in its entirety! But it didn''t stop there, as the unrelenting arc filled to the brim withws and Qi collided with the mountains and barren regions of the Twenty First Floor! BOOOOOOOOM!! A loud explosion soon caught up to the damage inflicted, as a tenth of the Twenty First Floor was wiped off the face of the map! That was tens of millions of miles ofndpletely destroyed with a single strike from Azmond. "..." He looked at the seemingly endless pit that was created after he let down his katana before he saw the system notificationse in. *Ding!* *You have killed the Monster Emperor ''Amonroth The Acimed''* *Ding!* *You gained experience +99,500,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +99,500k* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Defeat Amonroth The Acimed''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +1,200,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +1,200,000k* *Ding!* You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Exterminate the Nine Monster Emperor''s on the Twenty First Step of the Luminous Grounds'' - 9/9* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +80,000,000,000!* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +80,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* Following these system notifications, even more came in as Azmond had Emu devour what little remained of Amonroth. He also got the system notifications for all the lives that he reaped with his world-killing sword strike just a second ago. *Ding!* *You have absorbed part of the cultivation of the Monster Emperor ''Amonroth The Acimed''* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has increased from the ''Early Stages of the Middle Soul Transformation Realm'' to the ''Middle Stages of the Middle Soul Transformation Realm''* *Ding!* *You have absorbed partialprehension of the ''Mutation Law''!* *Ding!* *Your ''Mutation Law'' has increased to Level 7* *Ding!* *You have absorbed partial mastery over the swordw that ''Amonroth'' hadprehended!* *Ding!* *Yourprehension in the ''Sword Law'' has increased from ''Level 7'' to ''Level 8''* *Ding!* *Your ''Sword Aura'' and increased from ''Level 5'' to ''Level 6''* *Ding!* *Yourbat power has increased from the ''Initial Stages of Early Mahayana Realm'' to ''Ealry Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +400,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +1,200,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +25,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +68,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +14,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +890,000,000* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +1,200,000,000* *Ding!... You* Azmond received billions upon billions of system notifications informing him of his experience point gains before he got billions more in gold gains. After the gold acquisition system notifications ended, he obtained dozens, if not hundreds of system notifications informing him of his level ups! *Ding!... You!* *Ding!* *Your ''Exterior Cultivation'' level has reached ''Level 418''!* They eventually stoppeding in, as a new system notification appeared in front of his vision. *Ding!* *Yourbat power has increased from the ''Early Stages of Early Mahayana Realm'' to the ''Peak Stages of Early Mahayana Realm''!* Although Azmond wasn''t able to absorb the existence of all the beings he killed, the strength boost he acquired boosted his power hundreds of times more than it was before! However, the price to obtain such a strength boost was one paid in blood... He had taken out over ten billion monster lives with that sword attack, and on top of the lives he reaped along with Amonroth in their fight earlier, the number had already exceeded fifteen billion. One might think that he had justmitted mass genocide for no reason; however, the only ones he had killed were the ones deemed ''heinous beyond repair''. All the ones who were termed ''innocent''ish'' had already been tagged with his ''Non-Main Party Member'' feature and taken into his storage ring. It wouldn''t have normally been possible for Azmond to do something like this previously, but after reaching the Soul Transformation Realm, he had unlocked the ''Tracker'' function, and additionally, he received improvements to the ''Party'' function. The ''Tracker'' function allowed him to track anything he tagged with his divine sense or ''Non-Main Party Member'' function. While the improvements to the ''Party'' function included things like in-depth analysis of all party members, active marking of each member of his party and their rtionship, and ''Karmic'' statuses. The ''Karmic'' statuses were the ones that dictated how far one leaned on the ''good'' or ''bad'' of things. It was rtively subjective and wasn''t always generalized, but it still gave Azmond a better idea of if someone was ''innocent''ish''. And it was through this feature and his insanely fast thinking speeds that he was able to zip around the Twenty First Floor and discern the ''good'' and ''bad'' of every single monsterkin. After a few weeks of doing that, he was able to separate all the ''innocent''ish'' and the ''heinous beyond repair'' monsterkin. Furthermore, that was where the next improvement to his ''Party'' function came in, as he was able to use the new ''instant transportation'' to move all of his ''Non-Main Party Members'' into his storage ring before his fight with Amonroth started. Azmond now had tens of billions of monsterkin stuck in stasis inside his vast and seemingly infinitely spaced storage ring. The storage ring was a mystery he had to uncover as well, but for now, he figured he''d just stick with the current mysteries he had following him around. And speaking of one of those mysteries, he was right next to where Percival Moonweaver was trapped, so he focused his attention on the grayish-haired catkin woman down below. Chapter 374: The Same Treatment... .... FWIP! Azmond phased over to the crimson ground a few miles away before he approached the anxious figure of a certain catkin woman. After he reached her, he asked, "Were you worried for me~?" "N-No I was simply afraid that you''d die and my sister would be left a little sad over your death," wdia replied with a slight blush. It had been months since she had met Azmond, and after such an extended period of time being in each other''s presence, she had started to open up a lot more. She wasn''t as uptight or staid and was more open when it came to showing emotions. "Heh~" Azmond''s smile widened when he saw her attempt to keep up her serious facade. His figure disappeared before he reappeared behind the alluring body of the gorgeous catkin woman. A couple hands made their way around her waist as Azmond leaned his head on her shoulder and whispered, "You''re a funny one, considering that you were the one who promised with your life that you wouldn''t interfere~" "!!!" wdia was careless and let him do that thing he always did, but she quickly calmed down and replied, "That''s only because I didn''t want to interfere in your battle. It''s no-not because I care about your feelings about fighting your own battles or anything! Besides, I knew you''d win" "What was thatst part?" "N-Nothing! Now get away from me, you pervert!" wdia shouted out with a frazzled appearance. Her hands were shot out behind her, as she was aiming to lightly push him away. "!!!" Azmond didn''t have enough time to react. BOOOOOM! wdia identally swung too hard and sent him flying into a mountain a few thousand miles away. "...Oops" wdia mumbled. ''I didn''t mean to hit him that hard... but he deserved it, humph! That dumb man already has my baby sister falling all over herself for him, and yet he still has the gall to y around with me!'' She thought. ''But I hope he''s alive after that strike F-For my sister''s sake, of course!'' Her thoughts went in a different direction as she looked to where Azmond had been sted. She immediately saw his bloodied yet still handsome figure standing upright, looking toward her with a sly grin on his face. "!?" wdia suddenly got a bad premonition for the future when she saw that smirk on his face. "H-Humph! I knew you''d be alright! I didn''t even hit you that hard after all!" She yelled with her arms pressed up against her breasts. "..." Azmond looked at the shamelessness that was wdia with a nk expression. ''She definitely put a good chunk of her strength into that attack, and yet she says that'' He had decided that he would definitely get his revenge when he ultimately conquered the busty beauty. And his ''revenge'' would be served warm and sweaty on arge bed! But regardless of his future aspirations, he leaped off the mountain he was stuck in. BOOM! His figure appeared in front of wdia at an angle, as he was still feeling the aftereffects of his immense speed. After so many augmentations to his strength and the passive aspect boosts he got from hisws, everything about him seemed to tremendously improve. And one of the main things that improved the most was his speed, which had already crossed over into the ''hundreds of times the speed of light'' bracket. He could give a few speedsters quite the run for their money if he were to race them. But, in spite of his speed, he was still working on increasing it with every waking second, as he acquired more and more experience points from his ''Remote Exp Grinders''. A few minutes passed by as Azmond continued his conversation with wdia, until eventually the rest of the girls chimed in as well. And when everyone came back from their own hunting sessions on the non-decimated parts of the Twenty First Floor, they saw how ''chummy'' wdia had be with Azmond. They couldn''t believe that after a few mere weeks of going their own ways to grind levels, that catkin bimbo had already gone through aplete 360 in her attitude toward Azmond! And that astonishment dug itself even deeper in a certain catkin loli who looked to be around 14 and a half years old. She couldn''t believe that her sister had ''betrayed'' her and gone after her mate! Calista had clearly stated that Azmond was hers, so why would her big sister go after him anyway!? She and her big sister got into a heated argument for a bit, as wdia was trying to tell Calista that nothing was going on between her and Azmond, but the stubborn and aggrieved catkin loli didn''t seem to want to listen! It eventually reached a point where Azmond had to intervene. And a few pats and ear rubster, they were both in tranquil and rxed states as theyy in hisp with content smiles on their faces. But, of course, his problems didn''t end with just that, as Boundless, Ember, Medusa, and Clover wore pouts on their faces as they watched wdia and Calista receive all the attention. "Who here wants the same treatment?" Azmond asked. He was hoping that the number would be low, so he could go ahead to where Percival was trapped, but he knew that such a thing was unlikely. And he was quickly proven right as everyone started speaking up: "I would like it I-If you don''t mind, that is" Clover mumbled. "I am ready to do that and more if you want to~" Medusa seductively whispered into his ear. "Don''t you girls think I should be the first one to get special treatment?" Ember spoke in a dignified manner. "And stop pressing those cow bags up against him, Medusa," she added. "Humph. You''re no fun, Ember," Medusa replied as she backed off Azmond a little. Ember passed by Clover and Medusa, as she was looking to be the first one to get priority treatment today. Chapter 375: Middle Soul Transformation Realm .... Ember walked in the direction of Azmond, but before she made it all the way over, a blue-haired Milf suddenly materialized in front of her. "...Marina" Ember muttered with a disgruntled expression. "I recall it being my turn today. Do you not remember, dear Ember~?" Marina spoke with a rich tone as she giggled a little. "..." If there was one person who waspeting for Ember''s spot as the ''Queen of the Harem Fan Group'', then it was this overly well-endowed woman in front of her. She not only had the looks and shapely figure of a queen, but she also had the demeanor and mannerisms of one. After all, she had been the Queen of a Tier 8 Kingdom for thousands of years! Marina had at least double the amount of time to perfect the persona of a queen, which put Ember at a major disadvantage. But she wasn''t one to give up so easily, as she said, "Don''t you think you''re going a little far with that deration, ''dear'' Marina~?" "Do you not remember that I gave you my day a couple weeks ago~?" She added with a ''friendly'' smile. "Oh~? Is that so~? I guess my brain functions have been severely reduced with all this weight I''m carrying around~," Marina replied with a shaking of her bosom. *Jiggle Jiggle* Thew of physics was working in Marina''s favor as she stared at Ember with a hand to her mouth, covering the melodicugh that escaped. "..." Ember looked at those two fat bags before she looked down at her own. Aftering to a grim realization, she thought, ''Damnit! Has she grown or something!? How is she so far ahead of me?? Or has she always been this way?'' Ember looked toward where Azmond was sitting, saw that awkward look on his face, and knew that there was nothing that he could do to help her out. So she simply huffed a little and walked to his side with refined movements. Since Ember couldn''t take her spot in the center of hisp, she had to settle with his right arm. She was originally hoping that his back would be vacant, but like always, that brown-haired bimbo never seemed to leave that spot. But regardless of the location she had to go with, she could still feel his heartbeat, and that was enough for her. Marina followed along not long after as she sat her sensual ass right in the middle of Azmond''sp, in between where wdia and Calista were napping. *Rub Rub* Her two soft mountain peaks grinded up against his groin as she gave him a few seductive nces while making herself at home. "..." Azmond was baffled by the personality change of not only wdia but also Marina. He couldn''t believe that, not even a few weeks ago, Marina was looking to go back to her kingdom as soon as possible. And now she seemed like she never wanted to leave! ''Is this because I''m too handsome? Or maybe it''s due to my irresistible charm?'' Azmond thought with a slightly conceited smirk. It seemed like his max-level shamelessness always shone through in the end! Nheless, in spite of his shamelessness, all the women around him swarmed toward his narcissism like moths to a me. Clover and Medusa ultimately found their ce on Azmond''s body as well. ... A few hours passed by as Azmond sat up, staring at the dazzling star-speckled sky, while six beautiful women and an adorable girl imed ownership over a part of him and fell asleep at their own leisure. The sun was beginning to rise in the east, and that was what told Azmond that it was time to end this little snuggling fest. After all, he still had to rescue Percival Moonweaver and find out where the Monster Overseers were hiding. But before he woke up the girls, he decided to make sure the other Monster Queen''s were doing okay with their leveling frenzy on the Twenty First Floor. His divine sense spread out a couple million miles before it connected to the midway points he set for all the members of his party. It didn''t take long before he was quickly able to verify the safety of all the Monster Queen''s. He also checked up on those two doofuses who were ogling more women than they were focused on leveling up. However, in spite of their perversion, they were able to obtain a good sum of experience points, gold,wprehension, and cultivation base for Azmond. So he decided to let them do as they wanted, as long as they didn''t take it too far. After seeing what everybody was up to, he figured he might as well peruse his system interface while he was at it. And that was exactly what he did as a bright light shed. BLING! ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Apprentice Vanquisher, Harem Chaser, Apprentice Dual Cultivator] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 13/2000] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Soul Transformation] [Stage: Middle Stages of Middle Soul Transformation] (12pression cycles of the Core, Cultivation Base, Physical Body, Nascent Soul, and Essence Soulpleted)] [Core Size: 2500 Meters] [Divine Sense: 3,800,000 Miles] [Core Quality: Quantum Tier] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Rank 6] [Dao Heart Rank: Absolute Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 4 (Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating Monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) {[First Unique Function]} Premature Release due to unforeseen circumstances [Name: Quantum Katana Flux] - [Function: (Quantum Katana Flux), Host has the ability to use (Emu) when in (Katana Form) to tremendously enhance the power of the User] {[Second Unique Function V2]} - [Name: Soulforge Ascendancy] - [Function: Allows the one bonded with (Emu) to gain a portion of the cultivation base,ws, sword aura/intent, and skills of other beings through the devouring of said beings] (Results vary)] {[Third Unique Function]} -[Name: Infinite Slime Separation] - [Function: Emu has the ability to split its body into a seemingly endless number of itself that can be separated by vast distances. (Rtive to the strength of both the host and Emu).] [Works in conjunction with the ''Soulforge Ascendancy'' and ''Quantum Katana Flux'' Unique Functions.] Chapter 376: Tier 1: Level 418 .... {[Copse System Interface]} -> [Emu Treasure Weapon Rank: Late-Early Heaven] [???] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 1: Level 418] [Exp needed for next level: 120,000,000,000,000] [Total Exp: 55,200,500,000,000,000] [Total Gold: 54,950,000,000,000] [Total Spiritual Stones: {[Lowest Ranked: 85,220,970, Low Rank: 2,121,730, Mid Rank: 46,323, High Rank: 954]}] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Late Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm (With all Law assimtion rates and strongest technique.) (Peak Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm with (Emu).] [STR: Middle Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm] [SPD: Middle Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm] [Int: Slightly Above Average] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Charisma: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] ==<[Law(s)]>== Quantum Rank: [Quantum Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 12.340600%]} Divine Rank: None Heavenly Rank: None Mortal Rank: [Space Law: Level 7] {[Comprehension Rate: 25.320%]} (Derived from the Quantum Law) (Comprehension corrtes with the Quantum Law)]} [Vermillion Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 14.150%]} [Serpentine Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 13.920%]} [Stealth Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 17.930%]} [Decay Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 13.490%]} [Sword Law: Level 8] {[Comprehension Rate: 54.425%]} [ughter Law: Level 7] {[Comprehension Rate: 32.675%]} [Primal Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 22.320%]} [Gargantuan Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 24.540%]}] [Annihtion Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 9.345%]} [Fire Law: Level 7] {[Comprehension Rate: 26.590%]} [Water Law: Level 7] {[Comprehension Rate: 27.820%]} [Earth Law: Level 7] {[Comprehension Rate: 25.360%]} [Wind Law: Level 7] {[Comprehension Rate: 29.720%]} [Lightning Law: Level 6] {[Comprehension Rate: 18.350%]} [Darkness Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 8.490%]} [Light Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 2.630%]} [Mimic Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 4.700%]} [Dominion Law: Level 4] {[Comprehension Rate: 3.350%]} [Blitz Law: Level 5] {[Comprehension Rate: 8.755%]} {[Mutation Law: Level 7] {[Comprehension Rate: 27.829%]} - Azmond only focused his attention on the upper half of his system interface, but that was enough for him to understand just how far he hade since the beginning of his journey. It had only been around thirteen and a half years since he had reincarnated, and yet he had already reached the Middle Soul Transformation Realm withbat strength well into the Early Mahayana Realm. If one looked at his progress from day one until now, then they would surely be left speechless over the rate at which he progressed! Nheless, the speed at which he advanced through the realms of Asterion was beside the point. What he put all his focus on at that moment were all the recent power gains he had acquired over thest few months. And that was where we found the first noticeable change: his cultivation, of course. It may not have been explicitly stated, but Azmond had broken through to the Soul Transformation Realm over a month ago. His breakthrough into the Soul Transformation Realm was not a smooth one, and he was once again met with the resistance of the mysterious force that never seemed to be able to kill him. They even sent down five monsters at the peak of the Half-Step Mahayana Realm to kill him! And although Azmond was unaware of how ''they'' were able to send something so strong without any of the Monster Emperor''s or Overseers noticing anything, he made quick work of the monsters, regardless. After killing them, he was able to sessfully form his ''Essence Soul''! The ''Essence Soul'' was somethingpletely unique to the Soul Transformation Realm and was the key point to breaking through the major realm and, subsequently, the minor realms that followed. ..... The Soul Transformation Realm. During this stage, you will need to evolve your Nascent Soul from a ''non-corporeal'' state to a ''corporeal'' state. This is one of the prerequisites you need to fulfill before you can break through to the Soul Transformation Realm. Once you have reached such a point that you can take your Nascent Soul out of your body and move it around remotely, you have reached the Early Soul Transformation Realm. To progress through the stages of the Soul Transformation Realm, you will need to condense your ''cultivation base'', ''Core'', ''Dantian'', and ''Nascent Soul - now an intermittent ''Essence Soul'''' The Nascent Soul and Essence Soul are two different things, but also one and the same. You can think of the ''Essence Soul'' as another yer'' of the ''Nascent Soul''. Itys atop the Nascent Soul like a thin fmentalmost like an outeryer of clothingclothing that you can take outside of your body. Here are the progression marks to advance through the Soul Transformation Realm Early Soul Transformation Realm - (Basic[0], Heavenly[2], Divine[5], Quantum[12]) parameter cycles - ''Infant Development Phase'' Middle Soul Transformation Realm - (Basic[0], Heavenly[2], Divine[5], Quantum[12]) parameter cycles - ''Child Development Phase'' Late Soul Transformation Realm - (Basic[0], Heavenly[2], Divine[5], Quantum[12]) parameter cycles - ''Teenage Development Phase'' Peak Soul Transformation Realm - (Basic[0], Heavenly[2], Divine[5], Quantum[12]) parameter cycles - ''Adult Development Phase'' Half-Step Void Refining Realm - (Basic[0], Heavenly[2], Divine[5], Quantum[12]) parameter cycles - ''Absolute Adult Development Phase'' The (Compression cycles, ect) have been turned into (parameter cycles) due to generalization. The ''Development Phases'' rte to the development of the 2nd yer'' that sits atop the Nascent Soul, otherwise known as the ''Essence Soul''. These development phases also rte to the development of the ''Nascent Soul'' as well. It''s a very intricate and convoluted subject "..." Azmond wore a pleased smile as he looked at the child-like Essence Soul that sat over his Nascent Soul. His Essence Soul in the Early Soul Transformation Realm, just like his Nascent Soul in the Early Nascent Soul Realm, had started out looking like infants, precisely as the development phase suggested. But now, after breaking through to the Middle Soul Transformation Realm, that elusive ''infant version'' of his Essence Soul has evolved into a child-like form. Furthermore, Azmond''s Essence Soul was better able to sit over the ''top'' of his Nascent Soul with a child form, as opposed to the infant form it was previously. Now one of the boons to being in the Soul Transformation Realmbesides the strengthwas the fact that one could start to take their ''Essence Soul'' outside of their body and have it act sort of like a clone of oneself. Chapter 377: Rescuing Percival .... On that note, if one cultivated their Essence Soul with enough high-level herbs and increased the quality of the Essence Soul, then one would be able to get their Essence Soul quite close to the main body in terms ofbat strength. There was also the fact that you could begin to use Soul attacks and Soul Techniques when you had officially achieved the Soul Transformation Realm. These ''Soul'' rted abilities could also be utilized by the Essence Soul and could bebined with other ''Non-Soul'' rted techniques and skills as long as one was proficient enough. With all of thisbined and assuming that you have cultivated the quality of your Essence Soul to a proficient enough level, your ''Essence Soul'' after leaving your body could act as a whole new clone of yourself. In addition, the ''clone'' would possess a strength infinitely nearing your main body! "..." Azmond finished his scrutiny of his Essence Soul before he looked at his enormous Core. After so many increases in cultivation, his Core had reached an absolutely massive size! And with that size came an insane boost to his energy reserves, as he could effectively cast his strongest skills for weeks on end! Unless he purposely used up all his energy in one attack, he''d be able to continue fighting until either he died or his opponent died. It was because of this confidence in his energy storage that Azmond wasn''t too worried about fighting so many enemies one after the other in order to level up. Furthermore, even on the off chance that he did runpletely dry on energy and Qi, he could simply restore more of it with his equally ludicrous energy restoration speed! All in all, he was aplete machine when it came to fighting, and this trait of his only seemed to be more and more apparent the further he climbed the realms of power. Soon enough, he would be forced to leave Asterion just so he could find a battle worth fighting. Nheless, that point wasn''t now and would likely note until years into the future, so he left that ''problem'' for the future him to worry about. ..... After getting a feel for the tremendous strength boosts that he acquired from all aspects of his existenceincluding hiswsAzmond decided to put all his focus into the matter concerning the father of Calista and wdia, otherwise known as ''Percival Moonweaver''. ***** In a pitch-ck space with sporadic and seemingly arbitrary shes of red light shooting throughout, a shriveled-up man was standing up inside a dangling cage. The cage itself was thousands of meters in diameter, and on the inside of the cage were thousands upon thousands of spikes, all of which were extended in the direction of a lone and decrepit man. He was prodded and stabbed through every part of his body as crimson-colored blood leaked, covering his two-meterrge body. The man had facial features that would make one think that he was once handsome and dignified, maybe even a ruler; however, the spikes stuck in his face had already tarnished the appearance he once possessed. SHING! SHING! SHING! The spikes suddenly pulled out of the man as he copsed to the ground with a thud. And just as one might assume that he''d obtain some respite after all he''s been through, the spikes came back with even greater fervor, as they shot right back into the body of the man! *Spurt! Spurt!* The blood that had regenerated inside his body had gushed out once more. However, despite the extreme pain that he must be going through, he simply stood in suspended motion with a dead and lifeless look in his eyes. It would appear that it was not the first time that the spikes retracted before mming back into him, and from his facial expression, one could infer that it was definitely not going to be thest. ''It''s always the same thing'' The shriveled man thought with a dispirited gleam in his gaze. ''...Getting stabbed so many times has made me numb to the pain but the one thing that hasn''t gone numb is my wish to get out of here and make it back to my daughters.'' A small amount of fire nearly came back inside the decrepit man''s eyes before it faded away as fast as it appeared. BZZZTT! "..." He felt the spike drain what little remained of his energy reserves, as he was once again reminded of the inescapable cage that had trapped him on that spot for thest couple years. In all that time, besides the moment he consumed some of his lifeforce to help wdia escape, the shriveled man had not moved an inch from his spot in the cage. And he was likely not going to for the next indefinite period of time. ... ''Couldn''t the Overseers have simply left our small family alone? Why must they always intervene in our lives and unt their tyrannical power in our faces?'' Percival mulled over the fate of the Moonweaver household with a sullen emotion shining through his aged yet youthful face. And just as he was about to go back to enduring the never-ending torture with an unexpressive countenance, the space he was in started to shake! RUMBLE! "!?" Percival turned his dead gaze up to the tremors coursing through the topmost area of the ck and red space. He thought it was just Amonroth attempting to enter into the pocket dimension; however, when he felt a familiar presence, his eyes brightened up considerably. Although the aura was far stronger than hest remembered, there was no doubt that it was who he thought it was. Percival''s voice came out in a hoarse and barely audible tone as he muttered, "wdia?" BOOOOOOM! Following his shrill voice, the top of the pocket dimension exploded open! Eight figures zipped into the dimension not long after, as they were all headed in the same direction. His direction ''... What is happening right now?'' Percival thought with a look of disbelief. Chapter 378: Behemoth Abomination .... A few minutes prior to the intrusion on Percival''s trapped pocket dimension. It may have been overlooked due to the ''flirting'' that Azmond was unconsciously doing with all the girls in his group; however, there was still a cmity that was awakening on the Twenty First Floor. ----- {[Behemoth Abomination: Tier 1: Level 92]} {[Age: Millions of years+]} (Lifespan does not affect the Behemoth for it is a special case.) {[Realm: Peak Stages of Peak Mahayana Realm]} (Part of the way into the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm) {[Stats: [Strength: 8,843,100M] [Speed: 8,120,000M] [Defense: 8,754,000M] [Qi: 8,920,000M] {[Rtionship Status: ???]}]} {[Body Size: 100 Million+ miles in diameter]} {[Current Vital Status: Half-Asleep]} (It has been in a state of dormancy for many years, but will be awakening soon.) {[Background Information]} [It''s a creature of untold proportions, and is capable of rendering entire worlds as nothing more than snacks if it were to leave Asterion.] [And that brought up the fact that the Behemoth Abomination could leave the billion mile wide blue marble in space, known as ''Asterion''!] [This creature was the culmination of the efforts of the original ''Insane One''who was a hero from a different worldand also the added research conducted by the descendants that the ''Insane One'' left behind on Asterion.] [The Behemoth Abomination is capable of traveling past the Starry Seaboard and into the Starry Expanse, as it is the only known beingoutside of Lunar Ascendancy Realm Cultivatorscapable of living out in the Starry Expanse for an indefinite period of time.] [It''s appearance is analogous to that of abination of a plethora of different organisms and can''t be categorized under one set animal. One might even look at the Behemoth Abomination as a type of chimera.] [But don''t be fooled by its ambiguous designation species, for the Behemoth Abomination is a being at the very peak of the Mahayana Realm. Furthermore, its realm is infinitely close to approaching the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm.] [In fact, it has even started to absorb some of the Starry Qi that lies beyond Asterion, so it can be considered as something in the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm and yet also at the Absolute Peak of the Peak Mahayana Realm.] [After millions of years of the Behemoth Abomination lying underground, it has started to awaken, and along with it was the awakening of the hundreds of billions of monsters that have made the small sr system-sized monster their home.] [All beings living on the Behemoth Abomination arepletely unaware of their being an outside world, as they had spent their entire lives on spores and various crevices of the Behemoth.] [In fact, the monsterkin that lived on and inside the Behemoth Abomination had created their own ecosystem on the same scale as Asterion.] [What the beings on the Behemoth Abomination call this ''world'' of theirs is the ''Terrestrial Universe'', and they even have Mahayana Realm cultivators present in this ''world''.] {[Additional Information]} [The Behemoth Abomination has been asleep for many many years and still needs a few years to adjust to its surroundings.] [Approximate full awakening date: 5 years.] [It is rmended that the host ''take care'' of the Behemoth before it awakens, for if it does end up bing conscious, then all of Asterion and even the surrounding areas will be subsequently destroyed.] [Additionally, when the Behemoth Abomination fully awakens, it will have officially entered the ''Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy'' Realm, and will begin its path of destruction until it can acquire enough ''Starry Qi'' to be able to make it to the true ''Lunar Ascendancy Realm''.] ... (STATS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO ''M'' as in ''million'' after ''k'' as in ''thousand'' after a certain number unit.) This was the information that Azmond had acquired upon scanning the Behemoth Abomination with his Discerning Quantum Eye. And the only thing he had to say in response to the things he learned was, "Holy sh*t" The truth of the matter was that he thought he had already been advancing through the realms at an insane pace, and a trace ofcency festered in his heart due to this fact. But, it turned out that he was nowhere near prepared enough to deal with what he originally assumed were the rantings of a Monster Emperor on death''s door. Although the Behemoth Abomination was still mostly underground, a part of its head started to pop out from beneath the ground surface. Thought that ''part'' looked more like an entire continent than a mere ''headpiece''. Nheless, its enormous size wasn''t the most surprising thing about the Behemoth Abomination, as its realm was already on the fine line between the Peak Mahayana Realm and a realm called ''Lunar Ascendancy''. Prior to scanning the Behemoth Abomination, Azmond had no clue about the realms thaty past the Mahayana Realm. Of course, he assumed that they existed due to the two almostical gods who resided in the ''Tree of Life''; however, he didn''t expect that he''d learn about the next set of realms so soon. ''Don''t Reincarnators and Transmigrators in cultivation worlds usually need to spend hundreds of not thousands of years perfecting their strength before learning of what exists beyond the ''veil'' that covered their eyes?'' He thought. "So why the hell have I already approached that point not even 14 years aftering to this world?" Azmond questioned with an inaudible voice. He felt like the script had gonepletely off track, as he was now in some unknownnd chugging his choo choo train around like a madman! However, regardless of his astonishment, he had received a new goal. That ''goal'' being to find a way to surpass the Mahayana Realm in a span of five years! He was hoping to achieve that state sooner than that, but he would give himself the full five years just in case of any mishaps. After finding a new reason to be stronger, he looked toward the refined and elegant Marina. Her and her daughters tragic destiny''s were yet another reason for him to be far stronger than he was. Chapter 379: Percivals Cage... .... Azmond wasn''t privy to the level of strength that the strongest members of the SubBurn Kingdom possessed, but he was sure as hell sure that the ''FireGod'' Empire had Peak Mahayana Realm cultivators at the very minimum! - "..." Marina felt an intense gaze focused on her as she looked toward Azmond and saw an unknown passion burn brightly inside his eyes. She didn''t know why, but for some reason, she liked that look of his more than any other. It was a look that reminded her of what she thought her ideal husband should''ve had when she was younger. Of course, life hit right in the gut for having those whimsical thoughts as a young woman. However, those long lost feelings suddenly came back like an unrelenting barrage on her psyche, as the way she looked at Azmond started to change. If before, she put on a flirtatious persona just to get back at him, then now, she was truly beginning to feel something for the man she had known for half a year. Marina wasn''t even aware of these feelings herself, just like a certain catkin woman, but they were there regardless. "..." She felt her heart pounding a little inside her chest as she was about to send out her divine sense, but before she could "Are you doing okay, My Dear? You''re as red as a beat," Azmond said. *Tap* "!?" She felt a warm yet cold hand touch her forehead as she backed up a little before a deeper blush formed on her face, as she said, "I-I told you to stop calling me that! And don''t touch my forehead without permission!" "Oh~?" Azmond''s smile grew at such a reaction as he said, "So it''s fine if I touch you as long as I ask for permission~? And who was the one begging to be pampered earlier~?" Marina became a little embarrassed when she remembered her past wanton actions as she replied, "Th-That was different!" "Ho~? And how was that different~?" Azmond asked. He had already made his way to the sexy figure of the Milf Queen as he lifted up his knee and put it between her legs before lightly mming her into a wall. BAM! "!?" Marina was taken aback by the abrupt action of Azmond, but when she felt his knee rub up against her already wet holy cave, her expression became a little sensual as a moan nearly escaped her mouth. "Mhmmf~! Y-You" She grumbled. "Me what~?" Azmond interjected with a sly grin. "Rub Rub* His knee rubbed up even harder against her sopping wet cave. And just as things were about to escte between the two of them, Azmond suddenly felt someone tap him on the back. "Hmm?" He looked behind him to see who it was, but when he saw the darkened face of wdia appear, he knew he had fucked up Azmond was supposed to help her with the matter regarding her father, and yet he had gotten a little ''preupied''. "... Listen, I can exin" He murmured. "There is no need," she replied with a chilling tone. "wdia" He started sweating buckets as he observed the face she was making, as her grip on his shoulders tightened. *Snap!* It didn''t take long before his shoulder de shattered, as he was pulled away from Marina and thrown into a random direction. BOOOOOOOOM!! He was sent uncontrobly spiraling into a castle a few thousand miles away! And just as he thought he would destroy the castle in its entirety, he suddenly hit an extremely hard ck surface somewhere in the midway point of his tunneling through the castle. "..." Azmond got up from the collision sight, as he stretched his regenerated arms a little. After a few milliseconds passed, he scanned his surroundings and noticed that only a portion of the castle had gone to ruin. ''How unusual'' He thought. Azmond stopped looking around, as he focused his gaze on whaty below him. And after blowing away a bit of the rubble, he was able to uncover an extremely robust ck surface spread throughout the entire interior of the castle''s deepest depths. "Is this what I think it is?" He questioned. Following his question, he immediately used his Discerning Quantum Eye and was able to discern the truth of the unknown ck surface. "Percival''s cage" He muttered. That''s right! He had somehow ended up right where wdia was wanting him to go by wdia herself! Not long after he discovered the mystery of the ck surface, seven other figures blurred in from behind him. FWIP! FWIP! FWIP! Calista, Ember, Clover, Medusa, Marina, wdia, and Boundless, all appeared next to Azmond, as they looked at the unusual ck surface as well. "...What are those red streaks?" Calista asked with a curious voice. She had her hand pointed at a few red lines that spread throughout the ck surface and asionally flickered a little. "Those are the residue auras of the Monster Overseers," wdia replied. It didn''t take her long at all to piece everything together as she had already deduced what the ck surface was. "...It''s father''s aura!" Calista suddenly eximed. She could barely feel it, but it was there! She knew it was! "..." wdia had already realized that as well, as she turned her gaze toward Azmond and asked, "Can you help me get through this barrier?" "I don''t have a sufficientprehension in a number ofws like you do, and it would be tough to get through this barrier without a certain number ofwsprehended," she added. wdia had already been informed of the absurd number ofws that he had acquired a greatprehension in, as she wasn''t even surprised over the absurdities surrounding Azmond anymore. She had be ustomed to his absurdness after he had told her of a magical and wondrous way to get stronger by merely killing monsters and other beings. After that, the things he told her he was capable of kept oning in droves. And one of those ''things'' just so happened to be rted to his ridiculous number ofprehendedws. Chapter 380: Coming In Through The Front Door! .... "I can do that," Azmond replied to wdia. After his confirmation of her request, a few seconds passed as we made it back to the present day. - ''... What is happening right now?'' Percival thought with a look of disbelief. One second, he was being prodded by spikes like any other day, and the next second, he was ''visited'' by wdia and a bunch of unknown figures. However, in spite of the surprise he felt, he was more worried than anything. "...Y-You must get out of here, wdia" Percival began to mumble with a hoarse voice. His throat may have been ravaged over thest couple years, but if he used a little bit of his soul essence, then he was able to transmit it out. And it looked like it worked, as wdia and the rest of the unknown figures turned in his direction. After realizing that he got her attention, he continued, "I don''t know when Amonroth will be back, but when he does, he will surely kill you instead of capturing you... You must escape and go find your sister... She''s probably all alone right now" His expression turned a little glum when he recalled the young girl that he hadn''t seen since the beginning of their battle with the Overseers. He regretted leaving her behind every day of his life after that point He had promised her mother that he would watch and take care of her until the very end And yet Just as the aura around him was going to be even more doleful, a sudden feminine voice resounded: "Are you going senile, old man!? Do you not see that my power is back and that Calista is right there??" wdia shouted with a perturbed look on her face. "..." Percival went silent for a moment as he scanned her aura and felt that it was even stronger than it was a few months ago. And then his eyes darted over to a short girl with white hair and misty gray eyes. "...Am I really bing that old?" He thought to himself in disbelief. He couldn''t believe that he hadpletely forgotten to scan Calwdia''s aura! And that wasn''t even to mention that he hadpletely overlooked the existence of his other daughter "...I''m a failure as a father" Percival muttered. "It''s okay, old dude. I understand how you feel" Azmond murmured, his hand patting Percival''s back. "...It''s tough, isn''t it-? Wait! Who are you!? And how did you get in here!?" He hadn''t even felt a presence near him before Azmond was already inside the cage with him! Azmond turned his gaze down to the confused and decrepit man as he replied, "I''m Azmond, and I just walked in through the front door." "The front door???" Percival questioned. There was no front door to a cage meant to trap someone for thousands of years! What was this random young man talking about!? However, his queries were soon answered for him as he turned his head behind him and saw therge gaping hole in the cage. ''How did I not see him do that right next to me!? Just who the hell is this man!?'' He thought. "You don''t know about the front door, old dude? Look over there, and you''ll see the front door!" Azmond responded with a finger outstretched. But since Percival had already seen what he was talking about, he decided to ask another question. "Who are you really?? And why did youe in with my daughter''s??" *WAM! WAM!* Azmond pped him on the back a few times as he replied, "I already told you my name is Azmond, and as for why I came in with your daughter''s Well, I suppose you should just ask them yourself." Following his voice, he put his hand on the katana strapped to his back and gripped it before shing down at the spikes still stuck in Percival. SLICE! One sh and a million different attacks were consecutively unleashed onto the interior of the expansive cage. After the sh made contact, not only the spikes, but even the very cage itself was diced up into a million pieces! "!?" Percival was a little taken aback by such a disy of power. He wasn''t too keen on the exact level, but he was sure that the youngster before him had reached the Mahayana Realm at the very minimum! However, when he scanned him with his divine sense, he saw that his cultivation base was only in the Middle Soul Transformation Realm ''Seriously What is going on here?'' He thought with a bewildered expression. BZZTTT!! His thoughts were interrupted by a sudden fluctuation in the energy that made up the ck and red pocket dimension. "!?" He was puzzled over the sudden disturbance, but it didn''t take long before the source announced what he did himself. "Oops, it looks like I went overboard again" Azmond spoke with a wry chuckle as he looked at the once sturdy pocket dimension be nothing more than swiss cheese. "Are you ready to go, old dude?" He asked. "..." Percival was taken out of his stupor as he looked toward him and replied, "You still haven''t told me how you know my daughter''s." *Sigh* "This''ll have to wait until we make it out of here," Azmond replied. After he said his piece, he suddenly picked Percival up like a bag of potatoes and threw him over his shoulder. "You actually have the gall to carry me in this manner??" He questioned. Azmond raised his eyebrow before he responded, "Well, what were you expecting?? A fucking princess carry?? We have approximately half a millisecond before this entire ce is turned into a maelstrom of chaotic elements, so decide now if you want to live or die." "..." Percival observed the serious expression he was making before he gave up and resigned himself to this humiliating way of transportation. He was the king of a cosmic asteroid for God''s sake! But regardless of his grievances, Azmond took his chance while the stubborn old man was going through some inner turmoil. Chapter 381: Meeting Daddy... .... FWIP! After picking up Percival, Azmond disappeared from his spot and shot toward where the girls were before they dashed outside of the pocket dimension. BZZZTT!! The pocket dimension started to copse after they left, as it began to vibrate and spasm before subsequently copsing in on itself. BZZTTtt The pocket dimension below the castle and even the castle itself were sucked into a miniature ck hole-like phenomenon. A few nanoseconds passed as the phenomenon and everything within a thousand-mile radius disappeared. "..." Azmond and the rest looked at the sight of a miniature ck hole vaporizing everything within an instant, as they were sure that they''d die if they were on the receiving end. However, their awe was soon interrupted by a certain catkin girl called Calista, as she flew toward her father. "...Sniffle Sniffle I''m d you''re okay" She mumbled. Percival looked toward this tearful sight as he replied, "It''s okay, baby girl. Daddy is here now~" He stretched out his arms, expecting the girl toe flying into his arms. However, life was often quite disappointing "Azmond!" Calista sniffled as she fell into his warm embrace. "It''s okay, Calista; don''t worry, I won''t be leaving you anytime soon~" Azmond spoke with an affectionate tone. However, outside of his ''faade'', his word phrasings and mannerisms indicated that he was poking fun at the stunned man beside him. Percival was speechless. He still had his arms stretched out, and if anyone were looking at him right now, then they''d surely feel pity for the middle-aged man. He slowly turned his neck in the direction of Calista before he asked, "What about daddy?" Calista snuggled her head out of Azmond''s robes before she replied, "Uhn uhh" That was all she said before her face disappeared from Percival''s sight. "..." He was beginning to think that the cage would feel a whole lot better right about now. Azmond turned his snarky expression in his direction before he said, "It''s okay, old dude. I''m sure that she wille around; just give it some time." His words could be interpreted as friendly andforting; however, when Percival saw the way he coddled his daughter right in front of him, he knew that he was just gloating. But luckily for him, he had a daughter who would pay him some attention! wdia phased right next to the floating Percival before she asked, "You''re not dead?" *Spurt!* He practically died right then and there, as he didn''t know how much more he could take from his daughter''s before he fell over and never got back up! "Do-Don''t you have anything else you want to say to your daddy?" Percival despondently mumbled. "... Don''t call yourself ''daddy''; it''s creepy. And no, I don''t have anything else to say," she replied. *Spurt! Spurt!* He took two hits back-to-back! His health was dangling between 0 and 1 right now! "..." Azmond observed the predicament that Percival found himself in, as he felt kind of bad for the old dude. *Sigh* He sighed a little before he brought Calista over to the husk of a figure being dealt critical damage by wdia. "Here, make up with your daughter''s, old dude," Azmond said as he put Calista in his arms. "???" "???" Both Percival and Calista were surprised by this sudden action, but when they looked at each other and saw the hidden emotions lying deep within their eyes, the aura around them instantly became emotional. ... A few minutes passed by as Calista and her father talked about a variety of different things. And somewhere in the middle of the conversation, wdia had joined in, as she filled in the gaps in details that Calista had passed over during the brief recap she retold. Calista was still a little vexed over the fact that he had left her for so long, but she eventually got over it when she listened to the apologetic tone that her father spoke to her in. In her mind, it seemed like he had been deeply thinking about what he had to do to ensure their safety the entire time he was away. Which ultimately led to her feeling bad about ignoring him earlier... She just wanted to get her little payback, and it was the same way for wdia, but it didn''t feel as good as they thought it would And when they felt the remorse leak out of every word that their father spoke, that regret only deepened. "... I''m sorry Father" Calista mumbled with bubbly eyes. It looked like tears would starting down if she didn''t hear an answer from her father soon. "!!" Percival immediately panicked when he saw those teary eyes of hers, and he replied, "I-It''s really fine, Calista. Don''t even mention it! You know your old man! It would take a lot more than that to bring my spirits down!" His voice came out in a reassuring tone; however, half of the things he said were lies... But regardless of his past suicidal thoughts, he looked into Calista''s beautiful eyes before he hugged her and whispered, "You don''t need to worry; I will never leave your side again-" "No" Calista interjected. "Huh-?" "You can''t be beside me forever, for I will need to leave you and live with my mate" She added with a slight blush on her face. "... Is that so?" Percival''s eyes darkened to insane degrees, as it seemed like his depression from earlier had morphed into an intense killing intent. "And who might this ''mate'' of yours be?" He asked with a ''friendly'' smile. "...You won''t hurt him?" Calista questioned. "...Why, of course not. I just wish to see this wonderful man that had ensnare- I mean, attracted my daughter''s attention," he replied with twitching lips. "Really?" "Of course, my baby girl." Calista thought it over for a second more before she stretched out her finger and said, "Mhmkay He''s right there." And the man she was pointing at just so happened to be the one getting barraged with punches from wdia. It seemed like she was mad about something, but that was irrelevant for Percival. "I see So it''s him" He muttered with narrowed eyes. "Stay here for a second, little Calista. I need to go and ''greet'' this Azmond character," he said with a ''kind'' look on his face. "Kay" Calista replied. She felt like she shouldn''t have said something back there, but when she thought about how strong her ''mate'' was, she knew that he''d be fine! Probably Chapter 382: Minor Heal Stage 5 .... FWIP! Percival appeared in front of Azmond, using the little energy he had recovered, as he looked at him with the ''friendliest'' expression he could muster. However, from Azmond''s perspective, the only thing he thought when he saw that look on his face was, "You have indigestion, old dude?" *Tick!* A vein popped up on his forehead as he looked at this brazen man speak to him in such a way while ''flirting'' with his daughter. His expression darkened even further as he spat, "I''m not backed up, you fucking bastard!" "Is that so?" Azmond questioned before he added, "You look awfully purple, though... Are you sure you don''t need to just push one out? I have a herb in my storage ring that should help you out." *Toss* He flung a funny-looking ginseng in the shape of a p*nis at Percival. "..." He caught the herb and looked at it before his eyes nearly turned into ck holes as he stared at Azmond like he wanted to make a stew out of him. "Are you looking to die, boy!?" Percival shouted. "... Don''t tell me?" "???" Percival wasn''t following. "Are you ''pent up'' in the other way?? Do you need me to find you some grandma''s to keep youpany?" Azmond asked with a knowing look. "..." A strand of gray hair fell off Percival''s head when he heard the nonsensical words spoken by the young man before him. ''I mean I haven''t gotten out into the ''world of debauchery'' since my wife disappeared. But that''s besides the point!'' He thought. However, when he was stuck in his thoughts, Azmond had already made his way over, as he patted him on the shoulder and looked into his eyes with a hardened expression. "Don''t worry, father of two beauties. I shall help you out with your ''issue''. You see those two well respected gentlemen over there," he said while pointing at Ayh and Spiritme, who had just returned. After Percival''s gaze followed his finger, Azmond continued, "You just need to go over there and ask them about the location of their favorite establishments, and I''m sure they will lead you in the right direction." He followed up his words by pushing the decrepit middle-aged man toward the two doofuses before he added, "I hope you get better soon!" "!?!?" Percival was so lost! One second he was trying to chew out that young man who stole his youngest daughter''s heart, and the next he was being directed toward two obviously no-good miscreants. ''Am I in a bad dream or something!? And why was that young man able to push me around even though my strength had recovered to the Late Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm??'' He thought with a perplexed expression. ''Don''t tell me that he''s even stronger than the Late Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm??'' Percival looked toward the aura being emitted from Azmond and noticed that it was even stronger than it was a few minutes ago! "What the hell is going on here!?" He bellowed. It had finally gotten to him, as he could no longer take how much he didn''t know about this young man who, ording to Calista, had ''taken care'' of his daughters. "Hmm?" Azmond looked toward the sudden outburst made by Percival as he thought, ''Has this old dude finally snapped?'' Nheless, he walked over to the shriveled-up middle-aged man and asked, "You need a good healing or something?" Following his ambiguous words, he used his ''Minor Heal'' skill to heal some of the deeply rooted wounds that were beginning to reappear on Percival. BLING! A bright green light shed as Azmond made quick work of the injuries of the old man. And in the process, he had also taken care of his aged appearance. - OOOM! Immense levels of green Qi swirled around Percival like a tempest spring breeze, as itpletely transformed him into what he looked like in his prime! And along with this healing session, Azmond received a few system notifications. *Ding!* *You have healed a cultivator in the Peak Stages of the Peak Mahayana Realm!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +150 Trillion* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +150 Million* *Ding!* *Your ''Minor Heal'' skill has increased from ''Stage 4'' to ''Stage 5''* *You are now capable of healing the vast majority of well-known and mysterious diseases and injuries across the Mortal Realms.* "Oh? So you can also acquire experience points through this method as well?" Azmond mused, utterly ignoring the bewildered man beside him. "T-This is" Percival mumbled with trembling lips. He was astounded by what happened to him, and for good reason, considering that not only were all his dormant injuries healed, but his appearance had reverted to what he looked like thousands of years ago! "Ho-How is this possible?" No matter which way he thought about it, he couldn''t understand how such a thing could''ve urred! Even his royal physicians, back on the cosmic asteroid he ruled over, were unable to conjure up a viable cure for all the injuries that had haunted him for thousands of years! And that wasn''t even to mention that what the Overseers had done to him should''ve taken hundreds of years to recover from! And yet "What the hell are you!?" He questioned Azmond. "..." Azmond looked toward Percival with a wide smirk before he replied, "Me? Oh, I''m just a hero for fu- wait, that''s already been used once before" He took a moment toe up with something equally cool to say. But nothing came to mind so he simply said, "The moon is red, and the end of the world is before us." His head was tilted at a 110 angle as he stared off into the distance, gazing at the headpiece of the Behemoth Abomination that was sticking up out of the ground. "The What!?" Percival eximed as he followed Azmond''s eyes. And what he saw was a new ''continent'' that had formed in the distance. Chapter 383: I Want Him As My Mate! .... "Is that what I think it is?" Percival asked,pletely forgetting about his previous question. "Yes, it is," Azmond responded with furrowed brows as he tightened his grip on his katana. "That will be the harbinger that will bring about the end of the world. And to save this pitiful world from its inevitable doom, I have resolved myself to take care of all the beautiful girls. This is what I must do" He added with a ''righteous'' look on his face. "..." Percival observed the earnest expression he was making and knew that he was not ying around. "Wait a damn minute!! You are thinking me a fool, aren''t you!? And you can''t have my daughter''s, you sly bastard!" He roared. He had been alive for over ten thousand years! Did this youngster think he was a fool?! "Tsk." Azmond clicked his tongue as he dropped the facade and put on a nonchnt expression. "I''m just trying to get you to leave so that you can go and meet some ''lonely women'' who need a barren old man- Err, I mean, a vigorous and chivalrous veteran to ''soothe their urges''!." He almost messed up with his phrasing, but luckily he fixed it before he added, "I don''t know what happened to the beautiful Milf- I mean, wdia and Calista''s motherbut you need to loosen up a little." "..." Percival narrowed his eyes at the words that Azmond had identally let slip, but he decided to let him go for his daughter''s sake and for his assistance in healing him. Or, at least, that''s what he was originally going to do "I have decided." wdia suddenly intervened in the conversation. "Decided what?" Her father asked. Upon hearing Percival''s question, Calwdia turned in Azmond''s direction before she blurred and reappeared in front of him and said, "I''ve decided that I want him as my mate!" "!?" "!?" Neither Azmond nor Percival had the time to react to her words before she had alreadytched onto the fallen immortal-like man and kissed him on the lips! "!?" "!?" "!?" "!?" Not only Percival and Azmond, but Calista, Marina, and the rest of the women werepletely shell-shocked by this unexpected development! But it looked like the one who caused such unrest could hardly care less, as she made out with Azmond, tongue, and everything! Her saliva mingled with his, and it seemed she wasn''t looking to stop anytime soon! *Rub Rub* *Shlop Shlop* Her sensual body squished up against his as her tongue went even deeper into his mouth, attempting to locate the tongue that had run away from her. "Sister!" Calista suddenly eximed. "Y-You stupid feline!" Marina shouted, her breasts heaving up and down. |Y-You dumb baka! Lusty dumb dumb!| Boundless chimed in with puffed-out hamster cheeks. "How could you get ahead of us like that!?" All the girls yelled in unison. They had promised to take things slowly, one step at a time! But it looked like that stupid cat had struck preemptively! wdia turned an eye toward the fuming girls, and through kisses, she said, "Mhmm~ You know what they say~? Mhmm~, an early bird gets the worm~" After getting out those words, she clung even harder onto Azmond as she glided her hands through his hair and situated herself atop his groin. "..." "..." "..." "..." The girls were all frustrated and infuriated over the wanton and bold moves made by wdia, but more than that, they were turned on, as besides Calista, everybody was leaking... A lusty and promiscuous smell pervaded the surrounding area, as all the men were still trying toprehend what the hell was going on! One second, Azmond was attempting to evade the usations about to be thrown at him by Percival. And the next, wdia is straddling Azmond with her ws, trying to steal every part of him for herself! "..." "..." Spiritme and Ayh were astonished at such a sight, but they were more envious than anything. "He is no longer one of us!" Spiritme dered with a gnashing of his teeth. "Seconded! That bastard had betrayed us!" Ayh shouted. "..." On the other hand, Percival was pondering over how he should go about killing Azmond and burying him without anybody knowing. ''How dare he do these things with my oldest daughter right in front of me!! Is he looking for an early death!?'' He thought with fire practically shooting out of his eyes. ''First, he had the balls to seduce my youngest daughter, and then he dared to conduct himself in this way with my oldest!? I was going to forgive him previously But I have changed my mind!!'' WAAAA! Following his thoughts, Percival started to build up immense levels of energy, as he forgot all about the Abomination Behemoth and focused all his ''attention'' on the otherworldly handsome man making out with his daughter! Azmond looked at the tumultuous chaos that he had been forced into against his will, as he regretted ever temporarily pausing his leveling spree. ''This quagmire makes me want to go to a different world and hunt monsters for years on end'' He thought with a wrinkled exterior. And just as he was about to give in and y the ''Going out to get some milk trick'', a sudden, bright sh of light appeared! BLING! It originated from millions of miles away and enveloped the entirety of the Twenty First Floor of the Luminous Grounds. Everyone was suddenly distracted by this abrupt sh of light, but they weren''t even given the time to wonder what it was, as Azmond, Calista, wdia, Boundless, Ember, Marina, Clover, Medusa, Emu, Ayh, Spiritme, Percival, the Monster Queen''s, and the ''collection girls'' vanished! BLING The bright explosion of light died down as the Twenty-First Floor of the Luminous Grounds returned to the way it was. The only difference was that the Luminous Grounds no longer had anyone rted to Azmond left in it. And since the ''Non-Main Party Members'' were never taken out of Azmond''s storage ring, there was quite literally nothing left of his existence, even if one scoured every floor of the Nightmare Council''s territory Chapter 384: Gathering Of The Monster Overseers .... In an iridescent and spiraling construct located in the center of an unknown space, three shadowy figures of untold proportions were sitting around a vast circr table that seemed to stretch on for millions of miles. "We could''ve just sent Venomspine and the rest of the younger Monster Ancestor''s." A deep and ancient voice reverberated through the hollowedyers of space that enveloped the area they were in. Following the release of that voice, the other two figures turned toward the one who wore a spiked, crimson-colored crown atop his head. "Yes. But they likely would''ve just died uponing into contact with the human invader," replied one of the two who were looking at the figure who spoke first. The one who just responded was a Monster Overseer who went by the name of ''Grommash the Dark Marauder'', while the one who he was speaking to was a Monster Overseer who went by the name ''Vorkath the Nightstalker''. "I agree with Grommash on this one. Those younglings would''ve died without a doubt if we sent them after that aberration," added thest Monster Overseer. This Monster Overseer''s name was ''Dragoth the Abyssal Lord'', and he was the youngest of the three, although not by much. "I understand your points, but was it really necessary to use part of the Starry Qi we have in reserves on a mere Mahayana Realm cultivator?" Vorkath asked. "I think it was the wisest choice, considering that we''re unable to leave this space anymore due to our depleted lifespans," Grommash responded with an archaic voice. "Grommash is right on this one. We should just cut our losses and put the matter concerning the aberration to the back of our minds, and instead focus our efforts on getting the Behemoth Abomination out of its slumber before the five year mark," Dragoth added. "Brother Dragoth, you know that we have no way to speed up the process unless we leave seclusion, do you not?" Vorkath questioned. "That may be the case, but we still have the life essence of the Monster Ancestor''s to lean on," Dragoth replied. "??" "??" The other two Monster Overseer''s were slightly surprised by the viscous actions Dragoth was proposing they take. He was speaking about killing the Monster Ancestor''s, who were thest generation of Monster Emperor''s and were meant to be the pioneers of a new world! They were meant to be the ones to seed them and be the next Monster Overseer''s as they traveled to a new! And just as they were about to speak up against this suggestion made by Dragoth, he spoke first: "Regardless of the cost, even if we have to sacrifice part of our race, we must leave this before the five-year mark," he said with a grave tone. "What has changed your mind so much, Dragoth?" Grommash inquired with a raised brow. There must be something that had changed Dragoth''s mind on the subject; however, neither he nor Vorkath knew what that something was. However, their quandaries were soon answered, as Dragoth replied, "ording to the prophets, the void worms have sped up their approach toward our... We won''t be able to escape in time if we don''t leave within the next four years, and even that is stretching it." "..." "..." A hush fell over the iridescent spiral construct after Dragoth''s voice reverberated out. Both Grommash and Vorkath were unaware of this information, but they had known Dragoth for many years, and they knew that he was not one to lie. So in response to this discovery, Grommash said, "This means a change in everything we have nned" "Yes. What are we to do now?" Vorkath asked with a crackly tone. "Don''t fret, brothers, for there is another piece of news that could mean our breakthroughs into the Lunar Ascendancy Realm," Dragoth said with a small, toothy grin. "???" "???" It had been an extremely long time since Grommash and Vorkath had heard anyone tell them that they could break through. In fact, they had already given up on the idea of breaking through the shackles that restricted them as they waited for their eventual deaths toe. After tens of thousands of years of life, one became numb to bad news, and they wouldn''t be surprised if Dragoth turned back on his words and told them something else terrible. But surprisingly, he flipped their expectations on their heads as he said, "The more ''loyal'' rulers of the nearby Cosmic Asteroids had informed me of a certain cosmic event happening a few light years out from Asterion." "T-This is!" Both Grommash and Vorkath muttered. "A cosmic event is going to be close by!?" Grommash eximed. "How can this be!? We were told by thest Cosmic Rulers that there would be no more Cosmic Events for the next tens of thousands of years!!" Vorkath shouted with a shaky voice. They were both freaking out upon hearing the news, and for good reason! After all, a Cosmic Event was essentially a sure-way ticket for a cultivator to delve into the secrets of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm! Furthermore, if one were lucky enough and encountered a Cosmic Event at the Asteroid level and above, then one would have a chance of advancing straight from the Lunar Ascendancy Realm into the Comet''s Passage Realm, and maybe even the Meteor Shower Realm! "So, you''re saying that we have a chance of breaking through!?" Varkath asked. "Yes, that''s exactly what I''m saying, brother Varkath," Dragoth replied with a wide grin. Grommash and Varkath weren''t the only ones ted over the discovery of a Cosmic Event happening so ''close'' by, as Dragoth had only learned of this information himself a few hours ago. That was all to say that the Iridescent spiral structure was filled with a never-before-seen joyous aura, as all three Monster Overseer''s couldn''t wait to go out and encounter this ''Cosmic Event'' themselves! However, the jubnt aura pervading the iridescent structure quickly died down when Grommash recalled something that could be the determining factor in this revtion. He found his voice as he asked, "But what will we do about the Void Worms? Won''t they be on our way to the Cosmic Event?" Chapter 385: A Distraction!? .... Dragoth turned his aged face toward Grommash before saying, "We won''t need to worry about them, since we''ll be going in the opposite direction of where they areing from." "In the end, the Void Worms are only after the core of Asterion, so the likelihood of them going out of their way to chase us and the Behemoth Abomination is unlikely," he added. "..." "..." Grommash and Vorkath thought over his response for a second before Grommash asked, "What will we do about the human race and the other race''s interferences?" "..." Dragoth thought the question over for a moment. However, it looked like Vorkath got to it first, as he said, "Can''t we just use a ''decoy'' to keep them distracted long enough for us to slip away in the chaos?" Grommash and Dragoth pondered the matter for a second, and eventually, they agreed with Vorkath''s proposal. But what none of them figured out was what they would use as the ''decoy''. The first thought that came to their mind was that human invader who they had kicked out of the Luminous Grounds; however, he was far too weak to be able to distract the other Overseer''s. In fact, they would''ve just killed him right then and there if it were not for the fact that they couldn''t use any ''lethal attacks'' while stuck in the iridescent dimensiona dimension that slowed down time. But regardless of the pest they had already gotten rid of, they were able to formte an idea that might work. And they all seemed to think of it at the same time, as they all shouted, "The Leviathan!" "Yes, that is what we shall use," Vorkath began. "Send ''Venomspine out to the ''Leviathan''s Domain'' and have him prepare for the moment when we absorb the life force of the other Monster Ancestor''s to wake up the Behemoth," he ended with a slightly excited voice. Grommash heard what Vorkath said, and he immediately agreed with this suggestion. He flicked his sleeve a little as an oddly shaped token fell out. Grommash grabbed the token as he uttered somemands into it before he put it back into his sleeve. Afterwards, he looked toward the other two Monster Overseer''s and said, "It''s done. Venomspine will aggravate the Leviathan in his own empire as soon as the Abomination wakes up." Both Vorthak and Dragoth wore gratified expressions, as with all of this set in motion, they could begin their escape n off the blue marble known as ''Asterion''. **** Meanwhile, in a location an undefined distance away from the iridescent spire that housed the Monster Overseer''s, a few hundred figures appeared above a vibrant blue mountain in an area located within the AquaRing Kingdom. The one at the forefront of the group, a tall, handsome man with long ck and flowing white robes, looked around him with a curious gaze. After a few seconds of sending his divine sense out and observing the familiar scenery, he said, "Well, it looks like we''re back in your territory, huh, Marina?" His yful gaze was focused on a well-endowed woman in a frilly blue dress. "This is How did this happen?" Marina asked with her mouth agape. One second, she was on the Twenty First Floor of the Luminous Grounds, and the next second, she was back in her kingdom. And although this would usually be a joyous asion for the one who ruled over the kingdom, for some reason, Marina was a little bit disappointed that her ''vacation'' ended so soon "..." Azmond noticed this as well, so like the gentleman he was, he went over to soothe the nerves of the glum Milf. "Did you not want to be forced back into your queenly duties so soon~?" He whispered into her ears under the vicious gazes of the women around him. And surprisingly enough, the one most perturbed over Azmond going after Marina was the one who had gotten all hot and steamy with him a few minutes ago. "Humph! My mate is not allowed to go after other women in my presence," wdia grumbled with her slender arms lifting her breasts up. She was still a little annoyed that those old farts had interrupted her time with Azmond right when it was getting to the good part! And this situation was not helping to assuage that vexation! And it looked like her irritation wouldn''t end with just that, as a few women egged her on: |Does that mean that you''d let him go after other women if you weren''t there?| Boundless asked, followed by a small giggle escaping her lips. "We thought we were the most perverted ones here, but it turns out that you''re far worse than we are, Haha~," Meduse said with a lightugh. "... Big Sister is no longer sister" Calista mumbled. She would never forgive her sister for going after the same man whom she had chosen to be her mate! Neither would she allow it! Azmond was her mate! Only her mate! ''Azmond''s not allowed to have any more mates!'' She thought with puffed-out hamster cheeks. "..." "..." "..." Everyone took a quick nce at the adorable 5''2 creature beside them before they turned their gazes toward the devastated look on wdia''s face. "It looks like she took Calista''sment quite harshly" Clover whispered under her breath with an empathetic expression. She felt a little sorry for the Catkin woman, who loved her little sister dearly. And it looked like she wasn''t the only one, as a fraction of the Monster Queen''s and ''Collected Girl''s'' stared at wdia with simrly sympathetic looks on their faces. *Jiggle Jiggle* However, when they saw those two cannons attached to her chest, they immediately regretted ever feeling any modicum of empathy for that cow. wdia''s eyes darted around as she saw that everyone was against her, but the one that hurt the most was her sister''s expression when she looked at her with that betrayed gleam in her eyes. She figured this would happen as soon as she dered what she did a few minutes ago; however, she didn''t regret what she did. Not once would she think about changing things if she got another chance! Chapter 386: Percival Going On The Prowl .... wdia knew that she was likely to get left behind in terms of strength, and she didn''t want Azmond to leave her after they''d only known each other for half a year! She wanted to spend more time with him! She wanted to hear more of his quips! She wanted to see his dazzling smile! She wanted more And it wasn''t until a few minutes ago, during Azmond''s talk with her dad, that she realized what she truly wanted. She wanted Azmond! So if wdia were to be asked if she would change anything about what she did, she would immediately reply, ''Hell no!''. That was just the type of person that wdia was! She was headstrong! and she was stubborn! But most of all, when she knew what she wanted, she would acquire it, no matter the cost! Although that ''cost'' was her sister''s trust, she believed that time could mend all soured rtionships. And she was adamant in her belief, based on nothing but faith, that she could repair her rtionship with her baby sister! Furthermore, she had her spections, and one of those just happened to involve her ''mate'' lending her a hand! wdia wasn''t 100% positive that he''d help her out, but if she knew Azmond, she was sure that his kindness would get the better of him. But who knew what the future held for these dynamic couples? So why don''t we head back to the flirtatious situation that was happening between Marina and Azmond? **** "Can''t you hold yourself back a little while we''re in my territory? Mhmmf~!" Marina asked through moans as Azmond yed with her body like puddy. He sometimes flicked a nipple or pinched and pulled them. And it was due to these ''attacks'' focused on her nipples that she was finding it hard to hold herself back. Furthermore, that feeling of wanting to let loose, despite the crowd, only grew exponentially when she felt his veiny hands mold her breasts. "Th-That is~! Shtop it, Azmond~!" Marina screamed with a look of euphoria on her face. "Ho~? But I don''t think I wanna~," Azmond replied before one of his hands moved toward her bouncy ass. *Whack!* He gave it a good p! "Mhmm~! Aahhnn~! A-Azmond~!" She moaned, her tongue hanging out of her face. And it didn''t take long before a sticky and sweet smelling liquid gushed out of her divine cavern. *Squirt!* She immediately wet her dress as the liquids even started to stain Azmond''s robes. "It looks like you''re not as refined during naughty activities as you are when showing off~," he whispered into her ear with a sly grin on his face. "TThat is~, don''t say that~!" She attempted to get out her words; however, they all came out in a slur as her wet and sticky figure copsed into Azmond''s robust arms. "It looks like you''re ready to go and meet your daughter, don''t you think~?" He asked with his arms holding her in an affectionate embrace. "N-No~! Not now" She mumbled through her hot breath. "Heh~" Azmond chortled a little at her frantic response. He was just kidding about them going to the Royal Castle of the AquaRing Kingdom right now. After all, since he was most likely teleported out by the Monster Overseer''s, he might as well hit up the ''City Lord of RiverBloom'' before finding the BranchMaster of the Adventurer''s Association. After he got all of that out of the way, he was nning on heading to where the ''Centennial sh'' would be held, which, ording to the dates from when theyst happened, should be any day now. That was the extent of his objectives now that he was ''barred'' from entering the Luminous Grounds. He had entertained the thought of storming back into the Steps of the Luminous Grounds, but he scratched that idea as soon as he remembered how easily he, along with wdia and Percival were forcefully teleported out. Azmond may be a battle maniac, but he wasn''t stupid enough to go after extremely powerful beings, who, if tipped too far over the edge, might just flip the whole board and risk everything. Since they had not killed him and ''gave'' him a ''chance'' to get stronger, he''d grasp it with everything he had! ''Wait a damn second! Rewind!'' He thought with a panicky voice. "Percival What the hell happened to him??" Azmond suddenly blurted out, his eyes searching around the area for the old dude. "..." "..." "..." "..." All the women were suddenly taken out of their horny-induced trance as they stopped gawking at Azmond ying around with a Peak Tribtion Transcendence Realm Queen and focused on his abrupt outburst. That was when they realized that Percival was gone Some of them tried to remember ever seeing him since they nded''; however, no matter how hard they thought about it, they couldn''t recall the youthful Monster Emperor being around. At least, that was until a certain voluptuous Bunnykin girl spoke up "I saw him go that way" Clover murmured with her long rabbit ears bent down. She didn''t like being the center of attention, but she knew that this could be her chance to be closer to Azmond, so she decided to muster up her courage! However, seeing all eyes focused on her terrified the soft-mannered bunny woman, as she started mumbling iprehensibly with erratic eye flickers. *Boing! Boing!* Her soft mounds of pudding bounced a little as she tried to look around for an escape route. And just as she was about to run away, a soft hand fell down on her bed of long silver hair. *Pat Pat* "Don''t worry about them, Clover," Azmond began with a warm smile. "Just focus on me." Clover turned her big, round pinkish eyes up as she murmured, "Mhmm" Afterwards, she began to narrate how Percival had just gotten up and left with Ayh and Spiritme, talking about going to ''spread the seed''. Clover had no idea what they meant by that, and before she knew it, she became distracted by what Azmond was doing to Marina, so she didn''t have the time to ask. But regardless, her knowledge helped Azmond ascertain what had happened to the middle-aged dude, and honestly, the only thing he had to say was, "He''s really on the prowl right now of all times?" "..." "..." "..." Most everyone else understood the hidden meaning behind his words, as small blushes formed on their faces. Azmond sighed a little before he said, "Well, whatever. We''ll just go on without him." Following his words, he helped the exhausted queen up before he and the rest of the women headed in the direction of where the city of Riverbloom was located. Chapter 387: In the Royal Capital of AquaRing .... Meanwhile, in a blue''ish castle in the very center of the Royal Capital of AquaRing, a woman with long blue hair and eyes and a shapely body was sitting upon a seashell-adorned throne, overlooking a few documents. Aqua had been designated as the stand-in Queen while her mother was off doing whatever she was doing, and along with her new position came a lot of paperwork "Girls, why is there so much today?" She asked, followed by a light sigh escaping her lips. "Well The truth is that a few of the more brazen of the nobles have decided to hold a rebellion, aiming to dethrone you and your mother," Sapphire replied, her hands flipping through a few documents while on the left side of the throne. "I heard those big fat old guys are looking to take our beautiful mother and daughter duo down after the end of the Activation Ceremony and Centennial sh," Azure chimed in with a chirpy voice. Aqua turned her exhausted gaze toward the goofy and overly busty maid beside her as she looked down at her for a moment before she turned her head back to Azure and said, "Lose some weight." "What!? I''m not fat, My Lady! Just ask Azmo-" Azure was about to blurt out something dangerous, but before she could, Sapphire interrupted her, saying: "Yes, My Lady. I''ll make sure to have Azure watch her weight from henceforth," she said with a hand sped onto Azure''s mouth. "Mhmmf-!" Azure attempted to speak; however, her sister didn''t seem like she would let her go so easily. She already realized that she had made a mistake! But she wanted to speak some more as well! She never gets to talk... In spite of her grievances, Sapphire held her grip on her face as she looked toward the narrowed eyes of Aqua. "It almost sounded like you were about to say ''Azmond''" Aqua''s eyes turned into slits as she scrutinized their expressions. "..." "..." Azure and Sapphire were sweating buckets! But luckily for them, Aqua shook her head a little before she said, "I must be bing crazy due to all this paperwork that I''m even starting to imagine things." "Although I do wonder what my husband is doing right now... He must surely be dealing with that nut job mother of mine" She added with a slight look of longing in her gaze. Azure and Sapphire decided not toment on the matter, lest they offend either party. But on the inside, they were overwhelmed with relief when they heard Aqua change the subject herself... "However, I can''t distract myself by thinking about my husband right now," Aqua began with a staid tone. "After all, I still need to finish all this paperwork and deal with those small-time rebellious nobles." "Wise idea, My Lad-" Sapphire attempted to get out her praise; however, it seemed like Aqua wasn''t yet done "And after I finish everything... I''ll go and kill all the bi*ches who had the audacity to go after my husband! Then we''ll reunite and have babies!" Aqua''s face became a little creepy as her eyes darkened a little. Azure and Sapphire were beginning to rethink their lives after seeing that insane expression their princess was making. However, when they heard the word ''babies'', they were suddenly reminded of the ''things'' that they did with that otherworldly handsome man on the Stingcoil ''I kind of want some more of it'' They both thought in unison. But they quickly shook their heads and focused back on flipping through the paperwork that they were ordered to sort through. Aqua also came out of her delusional reverie as she focused back on the task at hand. ''The baby making will have to wait untilter'' Those were thest thoughts she had before she put her all into signing off on documents. ***** Meanwhile, in the sky, hundreds of thousands of miles away from the Royal Capital of AquaRing, a few hundred figures were seen riding on top of the city-sized head of a Gold Dragon. "You said you needed to go back to your Royal Capital, My Love~?" Honeyed words echoed out across the top of the Gold Dragon as Azmond looked toward a voluptuous blue-haired woman who was sitting to the right side of his arm. "..." Marina''s gaze softened a little before she said, "Yes, but it''s not because I want to leave your side or anything. I simply need to get back to my daughter and that idiotic husband of mine" Azmond''s eyes dimmed a little when he heard of her ''husband''; however, he quickly got over it and asked, "When will I be able to see you in public again?" "...I don''t know" She mumbled with a despondent tone. The truth was that she didn''t know if she could ever see him again. That was unless he suddenly became strong enough to beat whatever forces were backing up the FireGod Empire However, that was when she suddenly remembered something as she said, "Actually, there''s a way!" "Oh yeah?" Azmond''s smile widened at her words as his tender grip on her unholy body tightened. Marina felt his hands attempt to slide into her sticky crevices, but she was far too excited to even care as she said, "There''s the Centennial sh! And if you''re able to apply, then you can get in that way. Furthermore, if you win thepetition, then I''m obligated to grant whatever wish you want." "Is that so~? And what exactly do you want me to wish for~?" Azmond replied as he scanned over her alluring slopes with his yful gaze. "T-That is St-Stop thinking about weird things, you pervert!" Marina shouted, her hands pushing him away a little. However, she didn''t like being so far away from his body warmth, so she coughed a little before snuggling back into her spot. "Heh~," he chuckled a little at this reaction as he molded her ass cheeks with his hands. A blush formed on her face when she felt this happening, but she wouldn''t lie and say that she didn''t like it Chapter 388: Ghost Lady Right For Once!? .... "..." "..." "..." The rest of the women were looking at this sight with a dead gaze, as it was basically amon consensus that they''d figure out a way to kill the Bimbo Milf before next year. And that was especially the case for the most yandere of them, i.e., Calista, wdia, Boundless, and Ember There were a few more who were showing signs of turning yandere, but they weren''t yet at that point, so they weren''t included in the ''yandere list''. |''I don''t like that bimbo Milf!''| Boundless eximed while hugging Azmond''s back. She was transmitting her voice to the rest of the girls with puffed-out cheeks. "..." "..." Calista, wdia, and Ember looked at thoserge assets of hers squishing up against Azmond and decided topletely ignore her opinion. "...Ghost Lady is annoying But she''s right" Calista murmured, her gaze focused on those two milky balloons attached to Marina. ''When will I get that big?'' She thought to herself while putting her hands over her moderately-sized bosom. "I want to kill her, but I don''t want Azmond to hate me" wdia spoke with her fangs and ws sticking out with a sharp gleam passing over them. "Same" Ember agreed, her foxtails swinging around in a mesmerizing way. However, don''t be fooled by their hypnotizing appearance, for they could do some real damage if she decided to use them as weapons. Nevertheless, although Ember, Calista, and wdia were the ones taking it the worst, that didn''t mean that the other girls weren''t all a little vexed one way or another. And just as they were about to begin discussing as well, a sudden change happened in the Gold Dragon! BOOOOOM! A loud explosion reverberated as it felt like something hard had hit the Gold Dragon! RAAWRGHHH!! The dragon cried out with a pained look on its face before it started plummeting toward the blue scenery below! "What the hell was that!?" All the girls eximed. "Ah It seems like we will meet some more of those Adventurer''s," Azmond said with a small smirk on his face. WHIRL! He had already started to heal the Tribtion Transcendance Realm Gold Dragon he had captured from the Twenty First Floor. After all, he didn''t want his ''dope ass'' mount to die so soon. A few nanoseconds passed, as the Gold Dragon was back in tip-top shape; however, they were still falling to the earth, and it didn''t look like the Dragon would be able to adjust itself before they hit. So, since they were going to hit the ground either way, Azmond decided to say something he had been wanting to say for a long time... "Brace For Impact!" He hollered with a wide smile stered on his face. All the women around Azmond looked at him with nk expressions, as they couldn''t believe that they had all fallen in love with such an entric man. But regardless of their thoughts, the sharp wind produced from diving down at the speed of light started to hit them. "!!!" "!!!" And just as they thought they''d take some damage, the winds capable of killing a Unity Form Synthesis Realm cultivator hit some type of shield on their bodies before it warped around them. "Ah Soul Essence Barriers" Medusa spoke with a loving smile on her face. She knew that Azmond loved her! This was just his unique way of showing that love! ''So bold he is... Hehe~'' She thought with her snake and human-like tongue licking her lips. One would think that Medusa was a special case in having thoughts like these while plummeting toward the ground at the speed of light; however, just about every woman was thinking the same as her It''s a good thing that Spiritme, Ayh, and Percival weren''t here, or they''d surely be rolling over in jealousy at the sight of hundreds of women fawning over Azmond without him even doing anything! Regardless of everyone''s thoughts, the Gold Dragon was about to hit the ground running, so everyone prepared for the momentum that would likely send them flying when they touched the field. And just as they predicted BOOOOOOOM!! An ear-splitting explosion reverberated as a crater over ten thousand miles wide was created where the Gold Dragonnded! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! A few more explosions sounded out as the dragon was sent tumbling through a few mountain ranges! ... After a few seconds passed, it eventually stopped causing mass destruction with merely its body mass in the mix. On the other hand, Azmond and the rest of the girls were sent flying off the Gold Dragon,nding a few thousand miles away from where the dragon ended up stopping in its tracks. All the women were stuck at the top of trees and such, with a bubble-like substance encapsting their bodies in a nearly indestructible protective shield. After a few seconds of organizing themselves, they got off whatever they were on and gathered around Azmond, who was sitting atop arge boulder with wdia and Calista snuggled in hisp. Nheless, hundreds of beautiful women soon sat around him as they argued a little over who would get the spots closest to him. However, after a few seconds, everyone ultimately decided where they would be sitting, as everyone settled down and waited for the Grim Reaper to speak. *Whoosh~* Azmond''s long white robes fluttered in the wind as he looked off at the setting sun with a refined gleam in his eyes. Everyone around him became a little entranced by this picturesque view before they snapped out of it when they heard him speak. "Who here thinks a diamond adventurer token would look quite good on me~?" He asked. "???" None of them really understood what he was talking about; however, when they imagined him with a diamond token attached to his robe, in unison, they replied, "Handsome" Azmond''s grin grew at the group response as he said, "I knew you girls would understand what I was talking about~, so why don''t I go and get my rightful token~?" Following his words, he kissed wdia on the lips and Calista on the forehead before he disappeared from his spot and reappeared in the skies above. Sonic booms sounded out as Azmond zipped in the direction of four silhouettes who had phased toward the Gold Dragon. Chapter 389: A Dragon Hunt, Lemon .... "This''ll be a nice kill to add to our reputation!" A robust man wearing shiny gold and silver armor with arge greatsword on his back started to speak. "Just imagining the headlines talking about how I yed a Gold-Ranked Dragon gets me excited!" He added, followed by boisterousughter escaping his mouth. "And to think that we found this creature gliding through the skies while we were on our way to the Centennial sh! We must be on a lucky streak!" The one who spoke was a scrawny man with sunken cheeks and a rapier strapped to his waist. He had on a look of avarice as he imagined all the High-Rank beast food he could eat with the reward obtained from bringing in a Dragon''s head. "You''re still the same as always, Duckroff! Do you only think about eating?? You should be more focused on the beautiful women ves that we could buy with all this wealth!" A man with arge frame shouted with ascivious look on his face. "Yah, you''re right, Umbo!" Duckroff and the other man eximed in unison. "..." A girl with dazzling blue armor and gold feathers on her head looked at the three men with a disgusted look on her face. "You idiots know that I was the one who threw the javelin, don''t you?? Stop thinking about taking all the credit!" The name of the girl who just spoke was Lemon, and she had long blonde hair with yellowish eyes. Lemon didn''t even want to be in the presence of these deplorable SS-Rank Adventurer''s; however, since they were simr in strength to her, she had no choice but to deal with their repugnant personalities. In truth, Lemon and the other three SS-Rank Adventurer''s barely knew each other and were all on their way to the Centennial sh. The thing is, they just so happened to spot the Golden-Ranked Dragon at the same time. And, of course, the one who had caused the Dragon to go down was a spiraling javelin thrown by Lemon. However, the other three SS-Rank Adventurer''s were looking to steal what should''ve rightfully been hers! "You see, Lemon," Duckroff began with a sinister smirk on his face. "We have heard many things about your aplishments over thest few thousand years. And we''ve also heard things about that body of yours" He licked his lips while scanning over Lemon''s enticing curves concealed beneath her armor. "Y-You bastard!" Lemon screamed with her hand tightly gripping onto another javelin she conjured up. However, when the javelin was about to increase in intensity, it suddenly fizzled out and faded into the wind. "!?!?" Lemon didn''t know why it disappeared, so she tried to conjure another one. But the one she tried to materialize ended up with the same fate as thest one "What is happening!?" She shouted before she felt somethinge up from her intestines. *Spit!* Crimson-colored blood sttered out of her mouth and onto her hands. "T-This is" She mumbled before her eyes became shaky as she felt her vision blur. Lemon turned her blurred gaze up and saw the evil looks on all three of the SS-Rank Adventurer''s faces. That was when she realized what had happened as she yelled, "You bastards!! You said that was an energy-boosting potion! It even had the official Alchemist Associationbel on it!" "..." Ruckoff''s face became even more malevolent when he saw the struggling look on her face. And the rest of them were the same way, as they had nned this from the moment that they caught sight of the dazzling beauty that was Lemon! First, they reced thebel of a forbidden lethargy potion before they added the Alchemists Associationbel through the use of Ruckoff''s ''Forgesmith'' profession. After that, it was smooth sailing, as all they had to do was convince Lemon that the potion would be a necessity if they wished to take out the Gold-Ranked Dragon in one hit! Of course, there was some truth to this ploy, as the ''strength potion'' did indeed have a strength boost aspect to it; however, more than that, it was a sleep-inducing potion that would leave the inflicted unconscious for days! And that was more than enough time for Ruckoff and the other two SS-Rank Adventurer''s to finish off the Gold-Ranked Dragon before they ''yed'' around with Lemon''s body for a while. Now, none of this would''ve panned out the way it did if not for the prestigious background that she descended from. Since she was pampered and treated as the star child for most of her life, she had just the right amount of naivety to fall for the bel switch trick'' that they used on all the women who caught their eye. You see, it wasn''t merely a coincidence that Ruckoff and the other two SS-Rank Adventurer''s had ''coincidentally'' crossed paths. No! They had been after Lemon for the past few years now! And when they heard rumors of a Gold-Ranked Dragon in the area, they knew that the chance that they had been waiting for had finallye! After all, it was spread around that Lemon was looking for Gold-Rank Dragons scales to make herself a new set of armor. So the three of them were nearly 99% sure that Lemon would go straight for the Dragon as soon as she heard about it. And their predictions had turned out to be correct, as she left her family home in the Royal Capital of AquaRing, dying the Centennial sh sign-up process. And her destination: The Gold-Ranked Dragon! "You despicable scum!" Lemon shouted with blood flying out of her mouth. "It looks like we gave her a little too much of the lethargy potion, Ruckoff," said the scrawny man. "Yeah, it seems like some of her internal organs have been damaged, but it''s no matter; as long as that part of her is still warm, then we won''t have any problems," Ruckoff replied with a malicious glint in his eyes. "You''re right! Let''s just take all that armor off right now, then!" The scrawny man responded, his hands going toward Lemon''s armor. Chapter 390: Killing The Adventurers .... "Y-You Get your hands off me!" Lemon roared with what little strength she had left. Her body had already copsed onto the ground, and she looked like she could pass out at any second; however, she was still holding on with everything she had! "You really don''t learn, do you?" The scrawny man asked, his hands ripping off her blue armor. *Crack!* *Rip!* Her armor and clothes were being torn apart as her wless skin and well-endowed curves were shown in clear view for the three SS-Rank Adventurer''s. She still had her underwear on, but it didn''t look like she would have it on for long "G-Get your filthy hands off me!" She shouted, her hand reaching for the de that she had kept in her boot. SLASH! She sliced out with the short dagger! *Spurt!* The scrawny man''s hand was cut off at the base as blood gushed out from the wound, creating a mini-fountain that soaked his clothes! "Ahrggh!! You bitch!" The scrawny man glowered with a fiery tone. He held his severed hand with his other hand before he lifted up his left leg, about to kill Lemon with one strike. "..." And just as Lemon thought she was about to die, a tall man with long raven ck hair and blue eyes blurred in front of the kick. "!?" "!?" "!?" "!?" Everybody, including Lemon, was surprised by the sudden appearance of the unknown figure. However, Lemon was not one to be a beggar and chooser, as she cried out, "P-Please help me, and I''ll give you whatever you want!" "Ho~?" Azmond mused. "Then I think I''ll take you up on that offer~," he added with a wide smirk on his face. Lemon couldn''t get a clear view of the man who just appeared, and she knew nothing of his intentions, but she was pinning her hope on him. And that was all she could do THUD! She copsed onto the ground with a thud as her alluring body was sprawled out on the hard blue surface with a fatigued look on her face. Azmond looked at the woman who just promised him anything he wanted. After which, his gaze honed in on the three wide-eyed Adventurer''s as he said, "Sorry for what''s about to happen. Nothing personal, but you did take down my dragon So maybe it is personal." His toothy grin was shown to the world as he looked at the three SS-Rank Adventurer''s with a ferocious gleam in his eyes. "!!" "!!" "!!" The three of them were a little shocked over the appearance of a new person, and they were a bit taken aback by the look he was giving them; however, they weren''t ones to cower in fear! "I don''t care who you are, bastard! But you will die with my kick!" The scrawny man bellowed, his kick still in flying motion. |Tiger Killing Kick| He recited inside his head as he incorporated his entire Second Stage Tribtion Transcendence Realm power into that kick! WAAAA! Explosive levels of orange Qi were being emitted from his kick, as it seemed like everything within a thousand-mile radius would be decimated as soon as that kick made contact with Azmond! The scrawny man was expecting the unknown man to be trembling in fear upon feeling the extreme level of power he possessed; however, the only thing he got in response was, "Lame." A crisp whistling sound echoed out as a katana was unsheathed and sheathed. "!?" The scrawny man was still trying toprehend why the handsome man had no reaction to his attack, but he didn''t even get that, as his head fell off his shoulders. Blood gushed out of the location where his head was severed before the head that flew off was diced up into tens of millions of pieces! Following the death of the scrawny man, Azmond had Emu expand out and devour his split up corpse. CHOMP! "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu consumed the corpse as it squeaked a little before returning to Quantum Katana Flux form. A few bright lights shed not long after, as Azmond was bombarded with system notifications: BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed a Second Stage Tribtion Transcendence Realm Cultivator* *Ding!* You have gained experience +250,000,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +250,000k* *Ding!* *You have gained partial mastery in the ''Lust Law''* *Ding!* *Your ''Lust Law'' has reached Level 6* *Ding!* *You have absorbed part of the cultivation base of a Second Stage Tribtion Transcendence Realm Cultivator!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has slightly improved!* *Ding!* *You have absorbed partial mastery in the ''Law of Kick''* *Ding!* *Your ''Law of Kick'' has reached Level 6* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Kill your first human cultivator in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm -1/1''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +80,000,000M* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *Your current ''Exterior Cultivation'' is ''Tier 1: Level 424* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +80,000M* *Ding!* *You have obtained partial mastery in the ''Kick Aura''* *Ding!* *Your ''Kick Aura'' has reached level 4* *Ding!* *You have obtained ''Peak-Earth Rank'' treasured dagger weapon.* *Ding!* *All items obtained shall be directly transported to the ''Storage Space'' from this point on.* *Ding!* *You have obtained Lowest-Rank Spiritual Stone x26,450* *Ding!* *You have obtained Low-Rank Spiritual Stone x1,165* *Ding!* *You have obtained Mid-Rank Spiritual Stone x7* *Ding!* *All wealth (including spiritual stones) will have half of everything converted into ''Store credit'' which can be used in the ''System Shop'' for whenever the host decides to open it* *Ding!* *Conversion rate for ''store credit'' will match the reality''s mary value at a rate of 1:1* Azmond perused over the plethora of system notifications that swarmed his vision before he noticed the confused looks he was receiving from two men. "!?" "!?" Duckroff and the other SS-Rank Adventurer were still trying to understand what was going on! One second, everything was going swimmingly! And the next, one of them had died due to an attack that they couldn''t even begin to fathom! And it was after that realization that Duckroff and the other SS-Rank Adventurer decided to ditch everything they had nned as they ran in different directions! Chapter 391: Mastery In A Plethora Of Laws! .... FWIP! FWIP! Duckroff and the other SS-Rank Adventurer disappeared from their spots and began moving at levels surpassing the speed of light! FWIP! However, for Azmond, their speeds were nothing but the pace of a turtle as he blurred before reappearing in front of both of them. "Wa-!" "Ple-" They both attempted to plead for their lives, but it looked like neither Azmond nor Emu felt like listening to either of them. At the same time and thousands of miles apart, he cut them both down at speeds nearing meteoric stardom! SLASH! SLASH! A couple insanely sharp sword glints were unleashed as not only the bodies of Duckroff and the other SS-Rank Adventurer, but even the veryndscape for thousands of miles was diced up into tiny cube-sized pieces! Luckily, they were in an extremely barren and deste area, or an uncountable number of lives would''ve been reaped with those two leisurely attacks made by Azmond BLING! A few brights shed as a bunch more system notifications bombarded Azmond''s vision, but he decided to focus on the main ones this time around. *Ding!* *You have obtained partial mastery in the ''Lust Law''* *Ding!* *Your ''Lust Law''prehension has reached ''Level 7''* *Ding!* *You have obtained partial mastery over the ''Spear Law''* *Ding!* *You have obtained partial mastery over the ''Greatsword Law''* *Ding!* *Your ''Spear Law'' has advanced to ''Level 6* *Ding!* *Your ''Greatsword Law'' has advanced to ''Level 6* *Ding!* *Your ''Spear Aura'' has reached ''Level 4''* *Ding!* *Your ''Greatsword Aura'' has reached ''Level 4''* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has slightly improved!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation is close to breaking through to the Late Quantum Soul Transformation Realm!* *Ding!* *Yourbat power is close to breaking through to the Middle Mahayana Realm!* "..." Azmond nced over the next series of system notifications before he moved his gaze toward the unconscious blonde-haired beauty who copsed on the ground. After looking at her, the only thing he had to say was, "She woke up feeling quite feminine today, huh" The only reason hemented that was because the underwear that Lemon was wearing was quite provocative She had on a yellow/goldfish-outlined pantie and bra, but the color wasn''t what elicited a response from Azmond. It was instead because the lingerie wasced and frilly. Not only that, but the underwear was essentially see-through, and Azmond was able to ascertain the red cherry tips beneath them "This girl''s definitely the odd one However, I shouldn''t even be surprised that I encountered yet another ''peculiar'' woman" He sighed a little at that fact before he lifted the curvaceous blonde-eyed girl up into a princess carry and turned his body in the direction of the country-sized Gold Dragon. His figure blurred as he phased on top of the head of the Dragon. "Are you ready to go, big guy?" Azmond asked the Dragon. RAWRGHHH!! The dragon roared in response, and although a mortal would run away in fear upon hearing such a primitive roar, Azmond simply responded, "Good. Then, let''s get going." Following his words, the Gold-Ranked Dragon pped its colossal wings, producing a few cyclones before it disappeared into the distance. Azmond went back and picked up all the women in his party on his way out. However, when they saw yet another womane back with him, they all narrowed their eyes. He had to go through a bunch of coercion to get all the girls to understand that he picked her up for the sole reason that she owed him a favor. But, of course, none of them believed that bullcrap! Luckily, Azmond possessed a fine pair of hands that he used to better ''help'' the women understand his perspective. .... And after a few hours of ''coercing'', all of the women were lying on the back of the dragon''s head as sopping wet messes Everyone besides Calista, of course, as all Azmond had to do was pet her, and she was good to go. After ''settling'' all of the women''s urges, Azmond was on a beeline course for the city of RiverBloom. ... A few minutes passed, as Azmond and the rest of the girls were suspended in the air, tens of thousands of miles above RiverBloom. "It looks like this is where we part ways" Marina murmured in a despondent tone. "There is no permanent farewell in the world, and I''m sure I''ll be at your doorstep within the next few weeks~," Azmond replied, his hands coddling the sexy Milf in his arms. "You better hold true to that promise" Marina responded with a light pout. She was trying to escape Azmond''s grasp and leave; however, her body wasn''t listening to her as she practically melted into his embrace. "Heh~" Azmond noticed this as well, and he chuckled a little before saying, "You really need to go if you don''t want me to devour you whole right here and now~" His words dripped into Marina''s ears as a deep red blush overwhelmed her facial features before she pushed away from him. *Jiggle Jiggle* Her unholy body ricocheted a little before she mumbled, "Not now" "What was that?" Azmond asked. "I-I said nothing, you yboy pervert!" After getting out those flustered words, she disappeared from her spot and shot off into the horizon. However, before her figure fully vanished from sight, she shouted, "You better visit me!" And that truly was thest thing she said before her sensual body sped up in the direction of the Royal Capital of AquaRing. ..... "That woman is something else, alright~" Azmond chuckled before he turned his head toward the expectant gazes of the women around him. "You girls as well?" "Yes!" They all responded in unison, as they were ready for another round! *Sigh* Azmond let out an exasperated sigh before he prepared his hands and heavenly massage technique. After stretching for a second, he was raring to go to town as he skillfully used his muscr hands to dig into the women. Calista watched this entire interaction with her hands over her eyes and a crimson-redplexion. Chapter 392: A Body Metamorphosis!? .... A few hours once again passed as Azmond was finally done pleasing the hundreds of women who had been with him for varying amounts of time. However, after he satisfied thest woman, he suddenly got a few system notifications that were taking their time to pop up. A few bright lights shed. BLING! *Ding!* *You have regained 150,000 ''dual cultivation'' experience!* *Ding!* *You have regained 8,300,000 ''dual cultivation'' experience!* *Ding!* *You have regained 20,000 ''dual cultivation'' experience!* *Ding!* *You have regained 25,000,000 ''dual cultivation'' experience!* Azmond received a few hundred notifications like these as he thought, ''I can get dual cultivation experience points without actually dual cultivating?'' And just as that question popped up in his mind, Boundless answered his query by saying, |''Dual Cultivation'' is an extremely abstruse and expansive concept that covers many different things. But the main thing that needs to be done for you to acquire more experience points is to perform sexual acts with women!| Boundless followed up her words by bouncing around the side of his body andtching herself on his back. *Snuggle Snuggle* She made herselffortable before letting her divine nectar leak out of her holy cave and onto Azmond''s robe. "..." Azmond ignored the antics of the busty brown-haired beauty. However, he did receive quite the useful piece of information from her, so he''d make sure to give her some ''special treatment''ter in the night. After getting the information bit from Boundless, he looked at the rest of the system notifications that swarmed his vision. *Ding!* *You have gained 85,000,000 ''dual cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *Your Dual Cultivation Level has reached ''Level 315* *Ding!* *Your Dual Cultivation Level has allowed your body to advance into another tier system for the ''Dual Cultivation'' aspect.* *Ding!* *Your body will begin its metamorphosis into a new species within the next ten seconds!* *Ding* *10 9 8* *Ding!* *You will be unconscious for the next three hours after the countdown ends!* Azmond observed these system notifications with a nk stare before he turned his gaze toward the busty beautytched to his back. He gave her the side eye of the century, and if res could kill, then Boundless would''ve died a million times over already! |Hehe~, did I forget to mention that~?| Boundless asked with a light giggle,pletely ignoring the looks she was getting. However, the next words Azmond would say changed that nonchnt attitude right around! "No special treatment for you tonight," he stated with an emotionless expression. |T-That is You can''t do that to me, Azmond! You big baka!| Boundless shouted, her thoughts in disarray. She thought it would be funny to see him so troubled for once. But she wasn''t having any fun at all! And Azmond''s next words put her in an even deeper morass, as he said, "I''ve already decided. There will be no special treatment for the next three days." |...| Boundless''s big brown eyes became devoid of life after hearing his cruel voice. However, regardless of her distraught countenance, Azmond looked around at all the beauties scattered throughout. His boisterous yet gentle voice reverberated not long after as he said, "I''ll be going unconscious within the next five seconds, and I want none of you to freak out." "??" "??" "??" His voice was heard by all the women present; however, their reaction was far from what Azmond was expecting. "Alright," Medusa responded. "Mhmm" Calista mumbled before she returned to eating a sushi dish she took out of her storage ring. "Alrighty. Tell us when you''re back," Ember chimed in with a rich voice. "...Can we go and pick out those bunny clothes I was talking about after you get back?" Clover asked with her long ears bent down and her boobs bouncing. Azmond listened to all the variousments made by the women he surrounded himself with, as he forgot what he was so worried over. After all, these women had already been exposed to his ridiculous tendencies for thest few months, and after hearing him talk and perform a plethora of impossible things, his saying that he''d be unconscious for a few hours didn''t seem all that blown out of proportion. Although if he told them that he would be going through a race change, their reactions might be a little different, but he didn''t really feel like exining all that within five... four seconds. Azmond turned his eyes away from all the rxed girls as he focused his attention back on the system notifications. However, before he put all his focus on the system notifications, he looked over to where that SS-Rank Adventurer girl was. After he saw that she was still asleep, his gaze went back to his system notifications. *Ding!* *Metamorphosis into a new and improved species willmence in 4 3 2 1* BZZTT! Following the countdown reaching zero, a light buzzing sound echoed out before Azmond was knocked out cold in a split insant! |See you when you wake up, Azmond!| Boundless spoke with a radiant smile as she fell asleep on his unconscious body. ... A few hours passed on top of the head of the Gold-Ranked Dragon, as Azmond was covered inside a starry pink cocoon. "What do you think is happening to him?" Ember asked with a curious tone. "I heard about this from his stories" Clover muttered while hiding behind Medusa. "Oh? And what do you think this is, Clover?" wdia asked with a raised eyebrow. She was the oldest one out of all of them, and yet even she had never heard of anything like this happening. Clover looked at all the stares focused on her as she became a little timid. However, she ultimately built up her courage as she replied, "Azmond said he went into unusual cocoons when he was breaking through in the Body Refinement Realm. And he also said that when he came out of the cocoons, his physical strength had not only improved, but his looks had as well" "You said what!?" All the women eximed. Even the ones who were ying board games and conversing among themselves were left with their mouths agape when they heard what Clover said. Chapter 393: Demon Race Change, Unexpected Boons .... "...Well, that''s just what he told me" Clover muttered, her body inching even further into Medusa''s shadow. "Th-This spells terrible things for us" wdia mumbled while biting her nails. "Indeed" All the other women agreed, as they wore anxious expressions. "If he held so much power over us before, then if he became even more handsome, what would we have to counter his charms?" Ember asked with a shaky voice. All the women started to think about a version of Azmond that was even more ridiculously good-looking, and they couldn''t help but think that was a heavenly yet grim future Nheless, regardless of the thoughts of the beautiful women, the man they were discussing was beginning to awaken from his brief slumber. CRACK! CRACK! The starry pink cocoon started to crack and break apart! "!!!" "!!!" The girls didn''t even have time to react before the cocoon exploded open! BOOOM! Starry pink speckles glittered the skies as a tall man over 6''5 emerged from the cocoon! And the looks of this man were beyond extraordinary! His hair was long and ck like an evesting twilight night, while his eyes dazzled like the deepest and most profound oceans in existence! Furthermore, his physique was on a different level, as his muscles were defined and hardened to a degree that even the sturdiest materials on Asterion would lose out in terms of sturdiness! However, not a single one of these things was the most surprising thing about Azmond''s new appearance The most mind-boggling features he now possessed were the two charcoal-colored spiraling horns extending out of his forehead and the long demon''s tail sticking out of his tailbone! "This is" "What" "How can this be" "Wow" "I''m wet" The unbridled thoughts of the women on the dragon leaked out in their pretty voices as they stared wide-eyed in Azmond''s direction. His previous appearance was, in a word, ''perfect''; however, this new look of his was a different kind of beautiful It was the kind that hit all the right spots for any woman in existence! In fact, everything about this new version of Azmond tickled their insides like a feather, aiming to leak them like a drain! "How can someone possibly be this attractive?" wdia asked with her tongue seductively licking her lips. However, she, along with the rest of the women and Calista, were in for quite a surprise, as there was one more thing that changed in Azmond. SHING! A bright purple and pink light shed! Following the bright sh of light, Azmond''s pupils started to change from their dazzling blue to a mesmerizing blue and purple-pinkish mixture. All three conflicting colors swirled around inside his eyes before they eventually settled and coalesced into a whirlpool of unbelievably effulgent splendor! "He became even more beautiful" Ember muttered as she practically fell to the ground in a trance. Her reaction might''ve seemed a little overexaggerated; however, in reality, it was a surprise that she, along with the rest of the women, hadn''t already jumped Azmond, begging to be ravaged! After all, it wasn''t just Azmond''s superficial appearance that had been modified; his aura and the way he carried himself had both undergone a significant metamorphosis! If before his aura was moreid back but ready to strike whenever necessary, then what was being emitted from him now was something ''dangerous'' and ''lethal'' to anyone of the opposite gender! In fact, it wouldn''t be a surprise if lesbians and the straightest of men copsed on the ground, overwhelmed with lust upon witnessing Azmond''s existence! "..." Azmond looked around him and saw all the bewildered gazes focused on him, as he knew that something major had changed about him. However, he didn''t know what precisely that ''something'' was, so he decided to take out a mirror and look at his reflection. And what he saw left him just as baffled as all the women in his party "If there''s one thing I''m unrivaled in, then it''s my looks because what is this!?" He eximed. Azmond had never seen something so perfect and so dangerous in his entire life! His own appearance made him think that he''d be ensnared if he crossed paths with himself! And that wasn''t even to mention that he now had a tail and horns! He had no clue how he got them, but they looked cool as f*ck!* After observing his new appearance for a few seconds, he decided to get down to the bottom of his look-change, and of course, those two horns and that tail attached to him. On a side note, he wasn''t sure what the horns'' functions were, but he could feel immense levels of physical strength within that razor-sharp obsidian-colored tail sticking out of his tailbone! A bright light shed as he immediately opened up his system interface to see what this was all about. BLING! ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Apprentice Vanquisher, Harem Chaser, Journeyman Dual Cultivator] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 13/2000] [Race: Semon {[Tier 1]}] [Can revert back to human at will] [Racial Bonuses: {[100,000% increase in strength, speed, defense, and Qi]}, {[100,000% Increase in stamina, dexterity, and longevity]}, {[Improved appearance and attractiveness to those of the opposite sex]}, {[100,000% increase in Cultivation Speed]}] ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Soul Transformation] [Stage: Peak Stages of Middle Soul Transformation] (12pression cycles of the Core, Cultivation Base, Physical Body, Nascent Soul, and Essence Soulpleted)] [Core Size: 5500 Meters] [Divine Sense: 4,900,000 Miles] [Core Quality: Quantum Tier] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Rank 6] [Dao Heart Rank: Absolute Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 4 (Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating Monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) {[First Unique Function]} Premature Release due to unforeseen circumstances [Name: Quantum Katana Flux] - [Function: (Quantum Katana Flux), Host has the ability to use (Emu) when in (Katana Form) to tremendously enhance the power of the User] {[Second Unique Function V2]} - [Name: Soulforge Ascendancy] - [Function: Allows the one bonded with (Emu) to gain a portion of the cultivation base,ws, sword aura/intent, and skills of other beings through the devouring of said beings] (Results vary)] {[Third Unique Function]} -[Name: Infinite Slime Separation] - [Function: Emu has the ability to split its body into a seemingly endless number of itself that can be separated by vast distances. (Rtive to the strength of both the host and Emu).] [Works in conjunction with the ''Soulforge Ascendancy'' and ''Quantum Katana Flux'' Unique Functions.] [Emu Treasure Weapon Rank: Peak-Early Heaven] [???] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 1: Level 439] [Exp needed for next level: 160,000,000,000,000] [Total Exp: 77,400,000,000,000,000] [Total Gold: 77,150,000,000,000] [Total Spiritual Stones: {[Lowest Ranked: 135,220,970, Low Rank: 4,600,300, Mid Rank: 78,140, High Rank: 1,830]}] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Peak Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm (With all Law assimtion rates and strongest technique.) (Absolute Peak Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm with (Emu).] [STR: Late Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm] [SPD: Late Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm] [Int: Slightly Above Average] ==<[Talent]>== [Talent(s): {[Cultivation: Top Tier]}, {[Charisma: Top Tier]}, {[Celestial Appearance: Top Tier]}] [Spirit Root Grade: Quantum Law Body Foundation] [Qi Quality: Top Tier] Chapter 394: Demon Race... Side Effects... .... Azmond perused his new system interface and noticed a multitude of different alterations to it. But, of course, the only thing he was really focused on at the moment were the new ''race'' sections. There was the one at the top of his system interface, the one that had his race, racial benefit, racial tier, and of course that he was able to revert back to his ''human form''. Although he had that option avable to him, now that he felt the amount of power that being a ''Semon'' had given him, he never wanted to return to his human form! Nheless, he wouldn''t take that feature for granted, as he might one day need to be a full-blooded, pure human to get something done. But regardless of that information, what he was really focused on was the ''100,000% increase in cultivation speed'' and the ''100,000% increase in the rest of his general attributes''. With these boosts, Azmond was confident that hisbat strength had already surpassed what was stated on his ''stat sheet''. He assumed that Boundless was justzy and didn''t bother to put his ''varyingbat strength'' in that section, but he took it as a chance to surprise even himself when he went into battle! And from the looks of their being a ''tier'' next to his race name, he surmised that the ''percentages'' would increase as long as the ''tier'' increased. Azmond figured it would end up going down something like his ''Law Percentages'', although those were more elusive and constantly changing than what he assumed the ''percentages'' from his race would allot. Furthermore, those ''percentage boosts'' were already incorporated into his bat strength'' stats, so they left no suspense for future battles. Nheless, there was the fact that he could simply scan over his body with his divine sense and immediately ascertain what hisbat strength was; however, that would ruin all the fun! Azmond, for the first time in his life, wanted to see what it was like to go into a battlepletely blind! He wouldn''t want this to be a permanent thing, but doing something so reckless wasn''t that bad every once in a while. It wasn''t like his true topbat strength was too far off from what was shown on his system interface; after all, even with a 100,000% attribute boost, the chasm thaty between realms wasn''t easy to cross. But at the point in the cultivation path where Azmond stood, a 100,000% attribute boost was just the right amount to keep things a little interesting in fights. "This is insane" He muttered. He said such words; however, on the inside, there were ludicrous amounts of tion bubbling up! There truly was nothing better than getting an unexpected boon from something as simple as using his hands to ''soothe the nerves'' of a few hundred women. Nheless, there was one thing that he seemed to overlook from this entire experience That ''thing'' being the reactions of all the women he surrounded himself with. "..." "..." "..." And at the moment, every single one of them was looking at him with drool dripping down their mouths. They all looked like they wanted to gobble him up right then and there! "Uhmm Are you girls okay?" Azmond asked with a slightly nervous look on his face. He was waiting for a response; however, it seemed like all of them weren''t in the mood for words as they pounced toward him! ''Oh sh*t'' Azmond thought with sweat drizzling down his face. He was about to get jumped by a bunch of thirsty beauties, and he needed to think fast! A few nanoseconds passed, as Azmond knew exactly what to do! *Pat* He put his white wolf mask on at a speed thousands of times the speed of light! The only distinctive parts of him that were left out in the open were his horns and the tail that was whipping around behind him. Azmond hadn''t yet obtained a firm grasp on controlling that new appendage of his, so it was sort of left to its own devices Nevertheless, as soon as he put on the mask, all the unruly girls immediately regained their senses. "???" They looked around with perplexed expressions. It was almost like they didn''t even recall going after Azmond like beasts in hate "Have you girls finally snapped out of it?" Azmond asked, his hands waving in front of their faces. All the women and Calista looked toward his voice as they noticed the new mask he had on. "What happened to us?" wdia questioned with a frazzled appearance. "It''s hard to exin, but it looks like I went through a race change and turned into something simr to an ''incubus''," Azmond replied with an exasperated tone. He went on to exin the changes and everything concerning his new race to all the girls. - Meanwhile, in a corner of the crowd of women. |Darn it| Boundless grumbled in the background. She was the only one who wasn''t affected by his appearance change. After all, she was the one who bestowed it! However, she was looking to join in on the ''fun'' to make up for the ban on ''special treatment'' for the next few days. She really wanted to get her well-deserved ''Azmond and Boundless'' time But it looked like that baka was getting smarter! |''Stupid baka! Stay dumb and pretty! Why must you be more intelligent!?''| She thought to herself with a begrudged look on her face. After a few minutes of exining, Azmond got everyone up to speed, as he was looking to go down to the city of Riverbloom. They had, after all, been sitting up in the sky for thest few hours, and the citizens down below were probably freaking out over an enormous object floating in the skies above them. And it didn''t take long before Azmond got everyone to fully calm down with his ''mask tactic'', followed by him bringing all the girls down to the city of RiverBloom. Chapter 395: Meeting The City Lord Again .... Meanwhile, in a wide and expansive mansion located in the most affluent parts of the city of RiverBloom, an old man was sitting on an opulent chair with many servants by his side. "Have we ascertained the intentions of that ridiculously powerful dragon suspended above our City?" An old and antiquated voice sounded out as Eldric Ironhand, the City Lord of RiverBloom, was looking toward his head butler, expecting an answer. THUD! The head butler fell to the ground before his voice came out in a shaky tone as he said, "I''m sorry, My Lord! But we have been unable to understand the intentions of the organism floating above our City! The only thing we have figured out is that the dragon is likely to be in the Unity Form Synthesis Realm" The head butler''s voice became a little tremulous as he recalled the energy reader shattering upon scanning the beast above. Something like that urring either meant that the energy reader was broken or that the energy level of the target had already surpassed the Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm. And the head butler knew that the first option was far less likely than the second option being the case "..." The City Lord turned his gaze from the kneeling head butler before he said, "It looks like our time has finallye." His eyes seemed to contain variousplex emotions as he looked out the square window of the room he was in. After a few seconds passed, his voice once again sounded as he said, "Go and see your loved ones and say your farewells, for this will be ourst stand" "..." "..." "..." The head butler and the other servants understood the meaning behind his words as they wore distraught expressions. And just as they were about to follow their City Lord''s ''instuctions'', a deep and raspy voice suddenly echoed out "Why are you guys thinking about death so soon? You shouldn''t jump to conclusions so easily." "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" The City Lord and the servants swiveled their heads in the direction of the voice, and what they saw was a tall man with two horns, a demon''s tail, and a fox mask on. "You demon! How did you get past the guards!?" The head butler hollered. The rest of the servants had simr reactions, as they were prepared to fight the intruder if need be! However, there was one figure amidst them who had a different response to this mysterious figure''s appearance "Is that you, Azmond?" Eldric asked with a look of disbelief. Azmond focused his gaze on the City Lord before he replied, "Of course it is, old dude. I told you that I''de back with that ''miracle drug'', did I not?" After his words echoed out, he extended a hand in his pocket and took out a bottle filled with an unknown, glowing substance. *Toss* He threw the bottle in the direction of the City Lord before he said, "ording to a woman I know, that should help your wife." Not only Eldric, but the rest of the servants werepletely baffled by the wordsing out of this man. There was only one known cure for the City Lord''s wife So, did he mean to say that he had gone to the Luminous Grounds and acquired the ''cure-all panacea'' from that tyrant of a catkin woman?? Nheless, in spite of this unbelievable news, Eldric caught the bottle in his hands before he hurriedly opened the cap. *Whooshp~* A rich and heavenly fragrance immediately sted out of the bottle and hit everyone in the face. And inside that bottle was a small heart-shaped pill, red and gold in color, with indescribable lines of mysterious energy engraved into the sides of the pill. "T-This is" The City Lord mumbled as he clenched the bottle in his hands. *Drip Drip* Tears streamed down the sides of his cheeks as he copsed to the ground with a face full of an untold number of emotions. However, the one that seemed to overwhelm them all was the evesting happiness he felt at that moment "City Lord!" All the servants screamed, anxiousness written on their faces. They turned their gazes toward Azmond before they shouted, "What did you do to our City Lord, you bastard!?" However, they were soon interrupted by the City Lord himself, as, through tears, he murmured, "Thank you, Azmond You don''t know just how much this means to me" Azmond scratched his cheek a little before he said, "You don''t need to get all sappy on me, old dude. I said I''d get you that ''cure-all'' and I don''t renege on my promises." "But still, thank you" *Sigh* Azmond sighed at this obstinate old man before he asked, "Why don''t we go and see if this thing really works or not? And do you mind if I bring a few women with me?" The City Lord was a little confused over the second question, but he still answered, "Yes, you''re right; let''s go see Ariana right away. And you can bring whoever you wish." After saying those words with a strained tone, he got up off the ground and started to head to the entrance of thevishly decorated red room they were in. "Alrighty, old dude," Azmond began. "Well, you heard him, girls. Come on then~," he added with a wily look on his face. FWIP! FWIP! FWIP! After his voice sounded out, a few hundred women suddenly phased in out of nowhere. "???" The City Lord shot his head back in the direction of Azmond, as he couldn''t believe what he was seeing. "Are those?" He asked. "Yes. Some are my lovers, while the others are sort of like friends," Azmond replied with a small smile. "I see" The City Lord responded. It wasn''t any of his business, so he decided to leave it alone. After all, the young man had done him a favor that he would need a hundred lifetimes to repay! So if he wished to associate himself with hundreds of vixens, then so be it! Chapter 396: The Harem Situation... .... Azmond felt like he was being judged by the City Lord, but he quickly set that matter aside as he looked around at all the women staring at him. "What is it?" He asked with a puzzled expression. "Which one of us are ''lovers'' and which one of us are ''friends''?" They all questioned in unison. An awkward look formed on Azmond''s face before he replied, "Well That''s Hey Old Dude, you need any help??" "What was that, you said?? You need me toe over urgently!?" "???" The City Lord observed the conundrum he was in and immediately knew what he needed to do, as he replied, "Ahh yes It just hit me! I need you to watch over the healing process!" Eldric beckoned with his hands as he waited for Azmond to catch up to him. *Tap Tap* It didn''t even take half an instant for Azmond to make his way over to Eldric with sweat raining down his face. They had already jolted out of the meeting hall and headed for a side building where Ariana was sleeping. "..." "..." "..." Hundreds of women were left in therge room with puffed-out hamster cheeks as they watched Azmond leave them behind! "T-That man" Ember muttered with an aggrieved expression. "I can''t believe he ran away from his mate like that!" wdia hollered with clenched fists. "...Not your mate My mate" Calista mumbled with her big, adorable eyes, staring up at her sister. wdia looked down at the catkin loli before she said, "My mate." "Mine" Calista replied. "Mine." "No Mine" "..." Calista and wdia stared each other down with unrelenting gazes, as neither of them were willing to back down from this debate. And in the background, Boundless was speaking to Clover, Ember, and Medusa. |We already have that blonde bimbo to worry about! What are we going to do about the rest of these floozies who think they can have my Azmond!?| Boundless''s cheeks were simr to a hamster''s, as she grumbled with a peeved look on her face. "Your Azmond?" Medusa questioned with a venomous tone. |I think you''re missing the point, Medusa! All these women are getting ahead of themselves! We must figure out what to do about this!| Boundless retorted. "...What are you suggesting we do?" Clover asked with a curious glint in her pink eyes. Boundless shot her head in Clover''s direction before she said, |I''m d you asked! I think we should just put all these women in a grave and bury them aliv-| "No." Both Clover and Medusa responded with ck expressions. |Why did you shoot down my offer so fast!? You meanies!| "Because it''s dumb," they replied. |...| |Then, what do you think we should do if you''re so smart!?| "Well, since Azmond gaining even more women on his conquest to power is inevitable, how about we just categorize the women who fall for him as ''Concubines'' and ''Wives''," Medusa replied with an elegant demeanor. |Th-That is| Boundless stuttered. She would never admit it, but she agreed that it was a good idea if Azmond was to continue his power gain with the ''Dual Cultivation'' function. And even without that function, she wouldn''t doubt it if all the women in existence chased after him in droves. However, there couldn''t be an unlimited number of women in the main harem, so the optimal choice would be to split it up into the ''Main Wives'' and ''Concubines''. Although this segregation would seem unfair to a lot of the women, if they made it where the women could earn a spot as a ''Main Wife'' then nobody should have anyints And this concept was exactly what Medusa exined to Clover and Boundless, who then brought that information to the rest of the women who followed along behind Azmond. After a few minutes of discussing, everyone had decided that winning the top spot in his heart would be fair game! Furthermore, it would be the same way for the rest of the top ranking ''spots'' as well! However, not everyone was especially happy about this subject, as the more yandere of them were fervently against the mere idea of Azmond having so many women in his harem! That was especially the case for Calista and wdia. Boundless was also a yandere, but since leveling the ''Dual Cultivation'' was something that would benefit not only Azmond but her as well, she resolved herself to deal with all the bi*ches that came along the way. But, of course, if none of them could decide unanimously, then this entire discussion was pointless. And that was when a sudden topic was brought up "I heard that when you reach the Mahayana Realm, you can begin to mass produce clones of yourself" Clover spoke with a meek tone. "Is that really the case!?" Everyone eximed. And it didn''t take long before all their gazes focused on the only Mahayana Realm figure in their group. wdia saw everybody looking at her, and although she hated the mere idea of this subjecting to fruition, she said, "It''s true. You can begin to make dozens of weaker clones of yourself after reaching Mahayana." She went on to exin the intricacies of the matter before she demonstrated it as well. BZZTTT! wdia''s voluptuous figure seemed to blur and be two of herself as a near picture perfect copy materialized right next to her. "You see?" Both wdia''s spoke with a nonchnt voice. She followed up by splitting her existence into multiples, as under the bewildered gazes of the City Hall servants, dozens of wdia''s formed in the meeting hall. Furthermore, the only difference between her main body and these clones was that each one had to split up ''100%'' of her strength among themselves. So if there were twenty of her, then every single one of them possessed exactly 5% of her main body''s strength. Which in essence, meant that wdia had her ''100% strength main body'' and then an additional ''100%'' that could be split up into one clone or a couple dozen clones. Chapter 397: Your Dragon!? .... The number of clones that one could make in the Mahayana Realm was all rtive, as someone talented could make dozens at the Absolute Peak of the Peak Mahayana Realm. While someone inept would be incapable of even conjuring up a few clones And there was also the matter concerning the strength of these clones, as not everyone was allotted ''100% strength'' for their clones. Some of the less fortunate Mahayana Realm Ancestors were only able to split ''20-25% strength'' among one or multiple clones. wdia, on the other hand, was considered a supreme genius for being able to summon twenty clones with a total strength boost of 100%! But regardless of the details involving the Mahayana Realm, all the girls listened intently to wdia''s exnation. Even wdia herself didn''t know why she was doing so much for her ''enemies'', but when she thought about maybe garnering some brownie points with Azmond through this act, she became a little wet And that was all the reason she needed to tell them this knowledge! **** Meanwhile, in a dimly lit room filled withmp lights of varying colors and various paintings, a tall man in a fox mask and an old man were looking over the bed of a sickly woman. The woman herself appeared like she was once quite the beauty; however, the darkened bags under her eyes and the ck streaks spread throughout her skin had already tarnished her once pristine appearance. Azmond looked at the status screen of the woman before he suddenly heard the voice of the City Lord: "She has been like this for years now... And those back lines in her skin have only worsened over time" He spoke with a saddened expression as his hands reached for her frail fingers. "She is the only thing I love in this world... If this ''cure-all'' can''t save her, then I''ll have nothing left to live for And then" Eldric''s voice became a little cracked toward the end as his eyes dulled. *Pat Pat* Azmond patted him on the shoulder before he said, "Don''t worry, old dude. I possess a special set of eyes, and I''ve already determined the cause of her disease." "You have!?" The City Lord eximed. "Yes. And I can tell you for certain that your wife will be just fine. After all, it turns out this ''disease'' was just something that the small-time ''Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm Basilisk General'' had set up." Azmond''s voice echoed across therge and gloomy room as he activated his Discerning Quantum Eye once again. And what he saw was the same thing, telling him that the Basilisk who had started the original Beast Wave was the one who had used a certain type of ''Monster drug'' on Ariana. Azmond wasn''t too sure on the specifics from the basilisk''s side, but he could discern at least that much from what he got from Ariana''s status screen. "It was that bastard!?" The City Lord roared. However, he quickly calmed himself down when he realized that he was in his wife''s chambers. "I can''t believe everything was set up by him right from the beginning" Eldric muttered, fury evident in his voice. "Yeah, it sort of surprised me as well. But in the end, it''s the truth, and I suggest you get over it soon, considering that he''s already dead," Azmond replied. "But what about wdia Moonweaver, who set all this up!?" The City Lord''s killing intent was about to be unleashed in full! But before it could, Azmond''s hand came crashing down as he said, "It wasn''t her fault. She wasn''t the one who ordered that Basilisk to do anything. In fact, she was the one who gave me this panacea." Azmond acted quickly when he felt Eldric''s killing intent, and he didn''t want him to identally let a ''slur'' or ''curse'' slip when speaking of wdia. For if he did, well Azmond would have to kill one of the friends he had made in this world Luckily, he caught him in time before he let something like that slip! ... "..." The City Lord felt the firm grasp on his shoulder, saw the twitching look on Azmond''s face, and knew that he had nearly screwed up. But more than that, Eldric was surprised by the immense level of physical strength that he possessed in that hand of his! "Have you be stronger, young man?" The City Lord asked. He had refrained from scanning Azmond with his divine sense out of courtesy, but now he was bing quite curious about his power. Azmond loosened his grip on the City Lord before he replied, "I have indeed be stronger since thest time we met." WAAAA! Following his words, he released an aura that was at the very peak of the Unity Form Synthesis Realm! "T-This is You went from the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm to the Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm in less than two years!?" Eldric couldn''t believe what he was seeing! How could someone possibly increase their strength so tremendously within a short span of two years!? However, upon realizing this fact, another topic appeared in his mind. And he blurted out what he was thinking as he asked, "Then that object in the sky??" "It''s my dragon," Azmond responded immediately. "Your Dragon!?" The City Lord was receiving one shocking discovery after another! If he said anything else so baffling, then Eldric might just have a heart attack right then and there! "Anyway, old dude, are you ready to use this panacea yet?" Azmond interrupted his thoughts with a question. The City Lord wanted to know what had happened since the young man ventured forth into the Luminous Grounds, but he was more concerned with his wife. "Yes. I''ll need you to exin what you went throughter; however, for now, could you please hold her down with your Qi?" Eldric asked. "Yes," Azmond replied. Following his confirmation, he released his Qi. An immense level of crimson-colored energy exploded out of him as he used it to keep a tight hold on Ariana''s unconscious body. Unless she was a secret Mahayana Realm cultivator in disguise, then she''d never be able to escape his Qi hold. And fortunately for him, her realm was only in the Void Refining Realm Chapter 398: The Main Wife, Clover Going Wild! .... After Azmond kept Ariana''s body still, Eldric put the panacea in her mouth. A few minutes passed as the two of them waited for something to happen within her body. And the waiting didn''tst for long, as Ariana''s body started to shake and wiggle within the constraints of Azmond''s Qi. However, she didn''t even make it half an inch from her original position. Half an hour passed. The bed that Arianaid in was in shambles, and the entire room was a mess, but at the center of it all, there was a beautiful middle-aged womanying up with a lethargic look on her face. Her hair was gray, brown, and messy, while her body was very well-rounded for someone her age. However, besides her superficial appearance, there was something that hadpletely changed in her. That something being that those ck lines that covered her body previously were no longer there! In fact, there wasn''t even a mark or blemish that was left of their existence! It was like they were never there "..." After this woman regained her bearings and understood where she was, her eyes darted around frantically. And that was when she saw him "Eldric!" Ariana shouted. Her voice dripped into the City Lord''s ears like the sweetest of honey, and following right behind her voice, her body jumped up from the bed! Shended in Eldric''s arms with tears streaming down her face, her face staining the City Lord''s clothes. However, for Eldric, he couldn''t care less! "Ariana I''m sorry it took me so long to bring you back" He murmured as the waterworks show once again started up. "It''s okay, you big idiot I know that you tried your best" Ariana replied with a light smile on her face. It was a smile that told Eldric that everything would be okay. And it seemed like he understood that as well ... After a few minutes of Eldric and Ariana having their warm and fuzzy moment, Azmond had already left the room as he walked out into the beautiful yard that was located inside the City Lord''s manor. *Tap Tap* His soft footsteps echoed out as he leisurely walked through the area, and that was when he saw Calista under an exotic tree in a corner of the yard. Unnoticed by Calista, Azmond slipped behind the tree and watched her with a gentle glint in his eyes. It turned out that the catkin loli was quite the fan of small animals, as she was coddling a tiny squirrel in her arms with a satisfied look on her face. "You really do like cute things, don''t you, Calista?" Azmond''s kind voice sounded out as he appeared from behind the tree, his gaze staring down at the fourteen-year-old catkin. "???" Calista looked up toward the source of the voice she loved so much. When she saw who it was, she said, "...Azmond" She gently ced the squirrel aside before she stood up with her arms outstretched. "You want?" Azmond asked. "Uppsies," Calista replied. "Aren''t you getting a little old-?" "Uppsies," she repeated with a nk look on her face. Sigh... He sighed a little before picking up Calista and putting her on his shoulders. *Snuggle Snuggle* She made herself at home on top of his head as she rubbed her face in his bed of long ck hair. "...Mhmm Best spot" She mumbled with a content grin. Azmond was a little exasperated at the adorable creature who sat atop his shoulders. However, it looked like she wouldn''t be getting down for quite a while, so he decided to continue walking throughout the vast and lush green yard that Eldric must''ve grown himself. After all, everything natural in AquaRing was painted a deep or light blue; however, the garden in the City Lord''s Mansion was a bright and vibrant green. ''...No I bet it was Ariana who made this garden'' He thought with a contemtive look on his face. After that thought entered his mind, a few more figures appeared in his vision. "...Azmond" Clover spoke with a meek voice. *Jiggle Jiggle* She came into view with a few ''bounces'' along the way as she walked up to Azmond and hugged him. Azmond looked down at the beautiful woman in his arms as he asked, "Did something happen?" It seemed like she was mulling over something; however, it also looked like she was a little conflicted over what she was feeling. Nheless, he didn''t get long to ponder as Clover turned her moist pinkish eyes up from his robes and said, "The other girls said I was too fat and that you wouldn''t want me to be your main wife" Her eyes bubbled up, as it seemed like the dam was about to break at any moment. Azmond heard her words and looked down at the milky white breasts practically bursting out of her dress, as he knew what had likely happened. However, there was something else that caught his attention "What do you mean by ''Main Wife''?" He asked with a quizzical tone. "W-Well, that is" Clover stuttered as she put a hand to her mouth. Her eyes teared up even more upon realizing that she had screwed up badly. After all, she promised that she wouldn''t tell Azmond yet *Drip Drip* Crystalline tears leaked from her eyes as she clung to his body with trembling arms. Azmond suddenly felt like he was the bad guy in this situation, but he didn''t quite recall what he had done. *Sigh* He sighed a little before he petted her silver hair a little and said, "Don''t worry about it. I''ll pretend that I didn''t hear a thing." "Really?" She questioned with pleading eyes. "Yeah, so don''t stress yourself," he replied with a warm smile. However, what he expected should''ve solved her problems only seemed to worsen them as she started to bawl her eyes out. Azmond gazed down at this sight with confusion filling his heart. ''Did I say something wrong?'' He thought with perplexity. Azmond was about to apologize for whatever he had done, but before he could, Clover stopped the tears for a second as she looked up to him and mumbled, "Sniffle I luv you so much, Azmond~!" "!?" He didn''t even have the time toprehend her words, as she had surprised him once again by *Smooch!* Kissing him on the lips! ..... Chapter 399: My Mask... .... "!?!?" Azmond became even more confused at Clover''s actions as he stared wide-eyed at the woman passionately making out with him. Furthermore, it turned out that the usually timid Clover was quite the bold one when it came down to intimate acts, as her tongue invaded the inside of his mouth with intense fervor! ''What the hell is this situation!?'' He thought with a bewildered countenance. "Slurp!... Wuvv wuv you so so much~!" Clover spoke through kisses as she sucked on his tongue and lips. "What do you mea-?" Azmond was about to ask her a question, but he was quickly interrupted by her saying, "Let''s mate right now and make babies~!" "..." Azmond looked at the infatuated look on her face and suddenly realized something. ''My mask'' He thought with devastation in his voice. ''When did I take it off!?'' Azmond tried to remember when he had taken off the mask; however, no matter how much he thought about it, nothing wasing to mind! At least, that was until... *Munch Munch* A soft chewing sound echoed out as Azmond looked above him with his divine sense. And what he was was Calista, using his mask for a sushi te, as she chowed down on a variety of seafood with a content expression. He observed this sight with a nk expression as he thought, ''Well, what was I expecting when things involved the Moonweaver sisters'' And speaking of the Moonweaver sisters... "Y-You! I told you he was my mate, Calista!" wdia shouted from an entrance to the courtyard. FWIP! Her figure blurred as she phased in front of Azmond, Calista, and Clover with a fighting stance. ''Damn it'' Azmond''s thoughts swirled around for a moment before he swiftly grabbed his mask back, all while recing her sushi ''te'' with an actual te. Following this action, he spun around in an elegant fashion and gently set down the horny Clover before he swiveled in wdia''s direction and caught her in his arms. *Pat Pat* He tenderly petted her head as he hugged her in a warm embrace. "Do you want to go and see what this city has to offer for the seafood variety~?" Azmond''s honeyed words dripped into Calwdia''s ears as she tilted her head up from his scent and replied, "Mhmm" "I want to go too!" Calista chimed in from on top of his head. "...Me too," Clover said with a light blush on her face. She was a little embarrassed over the way that she had just conducted herself a second ago, but that didn''t mean she would deny a ''date''! "Very wel-" Azmond couldn''t finish his response, as he was suddenly interrupted by a ruffling of some bushes. *Rustle Rustle* Hundreds of women popped out from the shrubs in the City Lord''s courtyard as they all looked at him with expectant gazes. "I want to go," Medusa said with a refined voice. "I as well" "Me too" |Count me in!| Eventually, Ember, Boundless, the rest of the Monster Queens, and the ''collection women'' chimed in with their own responses. Even Emu had something to say as it vibrated on Azmond''s back and said, "Mhmu! Mhmu!" "..." Azmond looked around at all the shining eyes focused on him before he let out an aged sigh and said, "Let''s go right now then" Following his words, he, along with the rest of the women, vacated the City Lord''s Mansion and headed in the direction of the best seafood ce in town. A whole group of beautiful women was quite the spectacle in the city of RiverBloom; however, they sometimes sawrge Adventurer partiese into town in the same way, so they assumed it was the same case here. Azmond and the girls walked into a seafood joint and reserved the entire ce before they spent the next few hours enjoying themselves. After a day, the City Lord and Ariana eventually came to greet Azmond and his gang as they thanked him for all they had done for them. Following the formalities, Azmond asked the City Lord where the BranchMaster was. After all, he had gone over to the Adventurer''s Association during thest day, but the BranchMaster was nowhere to be seen. Apparently, ording to the ''New BrachMaster'', the ''Old BranchMaster'' had returned to the Royal Capital of AquaRing. But more than that, the ''New BranchMaster'' was utterly clueless as to where exactly Adrian IronHeart had gone. It turned out that the ''New BranchMaster'' had only arrived in the City of RiverBloom less than a week ago and was still being filled in on all the ongoings of his new position. Nheless, Azmond took what he could get from him and hoped that Adrian''s friend, Eldric, would know more about his disappearance. And fortunately, his spections turned out to be true, as the City Lord said, "Adrian and his disciple, ra, have both returned to the IronHeart Duke Household. I remember him saying something about him taking over his father''s position." Azmond mulled over Eldric''s words for a second before he asked, "Is this Duke Household a big deal?" "???" Question marks formed in the City Lord''s head before he asked, "You don''t know of the nobility ranks?" "Nope," Azmond replied in a straightforward manner. Eldric was a little baffled by this information, but regardless of his surprise, he decided to inform him of the nobility ranks. - The Ranks of Nobility. Descending to Ascending Order: Knight 4 per castle/residence Lord/Lady 2 per castle/residence Baron/Baroness 2 per castle/residence Viscount/Viscountess 1 per castle/residence Count/Countess 1 per castle/residence Marquis/Marquise 1 per castle/residence Duke/Duchess 1 per castle/residence Princess/Princess indefinite amount per Kingdom King/Queen 1 per kingdom In most cases, every noble ranked household possessed both the female and male versions of the nobles, while there were many of such households for all noble ranks in every kingdom. This was essentially what the City Lord had exined to Azmond, but on top of that, he also exined the average cultivation levels of each rank for the AquaRing Kingdom. Furthermore, he went into detail about how one could be a noble of the Kingdom of AquaRing, which mostly boils down to either lineage or achievements and recognition. Chapter 400: Plethora Of Upgrades! .... The ''Lineage'' aspect was, of course, the easiest and simplest one to use to be a noble, as all you had to do was be lucky enough to be born into a Noble Household. However, if you weren''t one of those lucky few, then you''d need to acquire a certain reputation or amass enough merits to be considered for Noble Positions. Nheless, even with this fact, the majority of moners'' who were able to acquire a ''title'' were few and far between. And even the ones who did end up bing nobles would only be granted either the ''Knight'', ''Lord'' or ''Baron'' Noble Ranks. Furthermore, their cultivation had to be far higher than the norm for those of that rank, and the fief bestowed upon them by the kingdom would be either small, barren, or both. Nevertheless, it wasn''t like the AquaRing Kingdom was an outlier in this aspect, as every single kingdom and even the empires followed these guidelines and even stricter ones. After all, the majority of the ones who ''ruled'' considered themselves of higher blood and disdained the mere idea of having ''lesser beings'' in their parties and gatherings. On a side note, Marina wanted to change this for her Kingdom, but in the end, the Ancestors of the AquaRing Kingdom wouldn''t allow it Marina was just a puppet on a string One might even say she was a powerless figurehead And just like Marina, Nadia, her oldest daughter, and her second oldest daughter would likely end up with the same fate as her Maybe even worse, considering that a couple of her daughters were less talented than Aqua. After all, even the most talented of the females in the AquaRing bloodline was forced to be married off to a prince from the FireGod Empire However, there mighte a day when all of their fates will be changed forever. And who knows, the one who would set such a change in motion might just materialize in the form of a devilishly handsome man who just loves chasing experience bags ... A few days passed by as Azmond, Emu, and the girls enjoyed their time in the City of RiverBloom before they parted ways with Eldric and Ariana, heading toward the Royal Capital of AquaRing with a few goals in mind. |Hey, Azmond!?| Boundless''s melodic voice echoed out as sheid her voluptuous body on top of Azmond''s head. *Boing! Boing!* "..." Azmond watched those two milk cannons sway in front of his face for a second before he replied, "Yes?" The devilishly handsome man hiding his appearance behind a wolf mask already knew where this conversation was going. But he decided to entertain the girl anyway. And just as he expected, Boundless''s smile curled upward before she asked, |Are we almost there yet!?| *Jiggle! Jiggle!* *p!* Her perky pudding mountains jiggled a little before they pped him straight in the face! Azmond felt that heavenly sensation smack dab in the nose as hepletely forgot what he was thinking about. So in response to Boundless''s question, Azmond simply nodded his head and said, "Mhmm" Afterwards, he attempted to refocus as he saw some more system notificationse in. A few bright lights shed. BLING! *Ding!* *You have gained experience +700,000,000 from ''Viger B''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +1,500,000,000 from ''Batman the Vignte''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +500,000,000 from ''Thanos''* *Ding!* *You have obtained partial mastery in the ''Primal Law'' due to ''Batman'' and ''Thanos'' teaming up and killing a Tribtion Transcendance Realm Evil Lord who went by the name of ''Lex Luthor''* *Ding!* *You have subsequentlypleted a quest through the efforts of your ''Non-Main Party Members''* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Defeat Lex Luthor''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +50,000,000M* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +50,000M* *Ding!* *You have obtained Lowest-Rank Spiritual Stones: 1,500,000; Low-Rank Spiritual Stones: 30,000; Mid-Rank Spiritual Stones: 450; High-Rank Spiritual Stones: 2* *Ding!* *Your ''Exterior Cultivation'' is now ''Level 448''* *Ding!* *Your Peak Combat Strength has sessfully increased from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm'' to the ''Initial Stages of the Middle Mahayana Realm'' (Excluding the boosts from your race)* *Ding!* *You are one step closer to reaching the peak of the World of Asterion! But before you get ahead of yourself, you must go and activate your profession at your closest convenience!* Azmond perused over the system notifications before he thought, ''Ipletely forgot about going for my profession'' ''After seeing all these people use different professions, I''ve be curious about what mine will end up being'' His thoughts were stuck on that quandary for a second before he said, "It must surely be something cool, right?" Azmond''s voice came out as a low mutter, so nobody could hear him, but if the girls could, they''d probably say something like, ''Will probably be yet another thing that will make you even more overpowered!'' And they wouldn''t be wrong in that assumption, but there''s no telling what the future holds, so let''s take it one step at a time. A few hours passed by as Azmond went through a few more ''hand sessions'' with the girls while sitting on top of the Gold-Ranked Dragons head. They were nearing the Royal Capital of AquaRing and would need to ''park'' the dragon somewhere so as not to attract too much attention. However, before that happened, Azmond saw a few more system notifications appear in his vision. *Ding!* *You have gained 80,000,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 35,000,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 350,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 7,600,000,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 940,050,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!... You have* A few more of such notifications popped up in Azmond''s vision before a few different ones appeared. *Ding!* *You have leveled up your ''Dual Cultivation'' section!* *Ding!* *Your ''Dual Cultivation'' has reached ''Tier 1: Level 3* *Ding!* *Your racial ''boosts'' have been increased from ''100,000%'' to ''104,000%* *Ding!* *Your strength has significantly improved, but since the host wishes to keep it hidden, the increased bat strength'' willy behind a veil for now* Chapter 401: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? .... Azmond looked over the newest system notifications and was pleased with the gains. BZZTT! That was especially the case when he felt the newfound strength coursing through his veins! He wanted to find a stronger opponent to test this strength on, but he knew that such an opponent would likely be hard to find unless he went and picked a fight with a few Ancestors... And even if he did do that, where would he find any Ancestors at that level in the Kingdom of AquaRing!? ''Wait There are the AquaRing Ancestors'' He thought with a growing smirk. Disturbing thoughts were going through his mind as he entertained the idea of picking a fight with the Ancestors after he activated his profession and won the Centennial sh. "It''s Perfect!" He suddenly blurted out. "..." "..." "..." *Cough! Cough!* He coughed a little when he felt the gazes of everyone focused on him. The girls were a little taken aback by his sudden outburst; however, they quickly got over it and continued smothering him with their breasts. ''Anyway, I now know what I n to do Everything is set out for me, and all I need to do is follow the string until the end.'' Azmond''s thoughts faded out as he, Emu, and the girls neared the Royal Capital of AquaRing. ... A few minutes passed as the Golden Dragon had already stopped mid-air andy suspended above a vast mountain range. It still utterly trumped the entire area as it blotted out the skies, but it wasn''t like Azmond needed the dragon tond, so after boarding all the girls off the dragon''s head, he instructed it to fly around for a few months until he called for it. RAAWRGHHH!! The Gold-Ranked Dragon let out a deferential roar before it soared off into the vast skies above. Azmond had also made sure to tell it to stay at least 80,000 miles in the air, lest a few pesky Adventurer''s or Hunter''s shoot it down again. After getting out all of hismands, Azmond focused his attention on the girls as they made their way toward the Royal Capital of AquaRing. The Royal Capital of AquaRing would be where the real fun starts, and it would also be the catapult that wouldunch Azmond and everyone rted to him into a maelstrom of tumultuous events. Now, where those chaotic events led them was out in the wind, but if Azmond''s will to defy was as great as everyone thought it was, then he''d surely make it out even more powerful than he was before **** FWIP! FWIP! Hundreds of hooded figures materialized outside the Royal Capital of AquaRing. The majority of these figures were under six feet tall, while the tallest of them stood in at just under 6''5. This figure was wearing a dark gray and ck hood with energy streaks engraved into the very fabric of the hood. However, it wasn''t the hood that stood out when it came to the appearance of this man. It was instead the two spiraling charcoal-colored horns that protruded out the top of his headthem and the unruly demon''s tail with razor sharp edges that swung around behind him! Azmond, of course, had the option to morph into his human form, and he had tested it out a few times, but he didn''t want to feel the loss of strength that came with it So, in the end, he opted to enter the human city with his ''Semon'' racial features! What could possibly go wrong!? *Tap Tap* Azmond and the rest of the girls took slow steps into the Royal Capital of AquaRing. Varying expressions were present on each of their faces; however, the most dominant emotion being emitted wasplete and utter infatuation! Infatuation for the man leading them into the enormous capital with his tail swinging around like it wanted to put them into a trance! A fox woman with dark red hair and orangish-colored eyes made elegant movements toward Azmond''s side. After she made it to his right arm, she wrapped her breasts around it before she looked up at his face with a seductive glint in her gaze. "When are we going to go see that movie, Azmond~?" Ember asked in a low, sensual whisper. Azmond turned his nonchnt gaze down at the alluring foxkin woman before he replied, "We can go after I activate my profession." He gave the same answer he had given many times before, and it looked like that wouldn''t be good enough for the busty beauty, as she asked, "But won''t you rethink that decision of yours~?" *Squish Squish* She squished her milky white breasts together and entuated them even further while wearing a glossy look in her eyes and a finger on her bright red lips. One look at this sight, and any average man would be salivating with their lower half ready to pounce on Ember at any moment! However... "Nah. We can go afterwards." Azmond was no average man. Ember observed the inexpressive look on his face and knew that her attempts at seduction would never get through to him. "FFine We can go afterwards then" She muttered with a disgruntled expression. "Good. Then let''s get through the front gates," Azmond responded with a small smile before he approached the city gates. Embergged behind a little bit, and that was all the time that the other girls needed to nag her about getting shot down. "It looks like your old bones aren''t going to be pleasured today~," Medusa said before a small giggle escaped her lips. |Dumb fox bimbo! You really thought you could get ahead of me! The great Boundless!| She eximed with a haughty countenance. "...Stupid cow" Calista murmured with a shrimp hanging off the side of her mouth. "Good Calista! You know a dumb cow when you see one! It looks like my teachings are getting through to you!" wdia said with a wide grin as she petted her little sister''s head. "Mhmm But you are dumb cow as well" Another soft murmur sounded out from Calista as her eyes were focused on the two swaying pudding bags that smothered the top of her head. *Jiggle Jiggle* wdia''s perky mountain peaks copsed onto the ground along with her body when she heard thement made by her sister. "H-How could you say that? I already said we could share my mate-" She couldn''t finish her words, as she was interrupted by Calista, saying: "My mate." "Our mate." wdia corrected. "My mate" Calista mumbled with a nk stare honed in on her sister. wdia couldn''t believe her stubbornness... Chapter 402: Mage Society .... Meanwhile, at the front of the group, Azmond was about to walk through the city gates when he suddenly remembered something. "Ipletely forgot that I picked up that blonde haired Adventurerdy from earlier, didn''t I?" He spoke with a sudden sh of realization. *Sigh* He sighed a little before he checked inside his storage ring and saw the women in question peacefully sleeping in a state of stasis. "I should probably figure out what to do with herter She does still owe me that favor, so maybe I can gain something from this encounter," he ended with furrowed brows before he looked toward arge tower in the distance. - The Royal Capital of AquaRing. This city is the center point of the kingdom of AquaRing and is also the most activemerce area in a radius of millions of miles! The city itself stretches on for tens of thousands of miles and has tens of millions of various blue buildings making up the city infrastructure. On top of the turquoise skyscrapers, tael-colored pubs, and variegated assortment of establishments, there''s also the focal point of the vast city. That ''focal point'' being the seemingly endlessly stretching ''Mage Tower'' that was situated at the very center of the Royal Capital! This ''Mage Tower'' had a height that surpassed the ten thousand mile mark! Although it wasn''t yet at the level of the Astral Spire in the Luminous Grounds, it was still ostentatious enough that people from the Azure nk Continent came from all around to catch a glimpse of it! However, it wasn''t the height of the ''Mage Tower'' that everyone came for It was instead the beings that inhabited the floors of the ''Mage Tower''. Beings that went by the names of ''Mages''. These ''Mages'' were cultivators who had awakened the ''Mage'' profession and, after reaching a certain rank and proficiency with their ''profession'', were dubbed ''Mages''. There were ranks for mages, and there was a set hierarchy. The specific ranks of the Mage society went like this: Rank 1: Mage Adept {[Split up into Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3]} Rank 2: Novice Mage {[Split up into Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3]} Rank 3: Intermediate Mage {[Split up into Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3]} Rank 4: Advanced Mage {[Split up into Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3]} Rank 5: Great Mage {[Split up into Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5]} Rank 6: Supreme Mage {[Split up into Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5]} Rank 7: Archmage {[Split up into Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5]} Rank 8: Great Archmage {[Split up into Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5]} Rank 9: Herald Mage {[Split up into Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5, Stage 6, Stage 7]} Rank 10: Supreme Herald {[Split up into Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5, Stage 6, Stage 7]} Rank 11: Magister {[Split up into Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5, Stage 6, Stage 7]} The ranks of the magus society corrted almost one to one with the milestones set in the ''Basic'' Qi system. There were a few differences in the number of ''minor realms''; however, the premise was still there. Say a Mage Adept fought a ''Body Refinement Realm Basic Qi Cultivator'' with no profession, then although both their realms would be in the ''Body Refinement Realm'', the Mage Adept would win 100/100 battles. This was due to many factors, but the ones were that ''Mages'' were essentially ''Cultivators'', except they took a ''divergent path''. That ''divergent path'' was essentially an additional path that a ''Mage'' could take on top of being a cultivator. And the best part about this ''divergent path'' was that it could work in motion and at the same speed as the ''Basic Qi Path''! This meant that one could be a Unity Form Synthesis Realm Cultivator and a ''Herald Mage'' at the same time! On top of that, both the ''divergent path'' and the ''Basic Qi Path'' were capable of working hand in hand, all while improving the advancement speeds of both paths! Furthermore, ''Divergent Path'' cultivators who had been blessed with the ''Mage'' profession were capable of utilizing a different kind of energy instead of Qi. That ''energy'' being ''mana''. Mana was simr to Qi and acted in the same ways; essentially, it was the same thing as Qi and could be converted to Qi at a 1:1 ratio. The only real difference between the two was that Mana was more docile in nature whenpared to Qi. But in the end, Mana was just Qi that had been ''cloned'' by ''mages'' and used in addition to the Qi that they absorbed. Say a mage was about to enter seclusion, and they were looking to breakthrough another minor realm in the Archmage stage. They would first prepare whatever they needed, and then they would start to sense the Qi in the air. (What they called Mana by default.) After sensing the Qi, the Mage would use a profession-specific innate talent to ''clone'' the Qi particle into two separate particlesone Qi particle and one Mana particle. And if all went well, then a ''Mage'' could progress in their ''Basic Qi Realm'' and their ''Mage Rank'' at the same pace! On a side note, it''s not possible for one to ''clone'' a Qi particle more than what was permitted by certain professions. For if one were able to infinitely clone Qi particles, they could immediately reach the maximum realm possible! Which was something that went against the very principles of reality, so it was obviously not going to be allowed. Nevertheless, only the mage realms up to the Mahayana equivalent weremon knowledge among the denizens of Asterion. Anything past that was information privy only to those at the very top of the hierarchicaldder of Asterion. However, most people believed that the ''Magister'' realm was the absolute top for the Mage Society... Chapter 403: Divine Leviathan .... "..." After staring at the colossal mage tower in the distance for a second, Azmond focused his gaze on a series of blue cobblestoned walls that encapsted the Royal Capital of AquaRing for an untold number of miles. These walls were hundreds of miles in height, making them many times bigger than the enormous ones that protected the City of RiverBloom from monster attacks! However, seeing these walls being stacked up so high only made Azmond curious about what exactly the higher-ups of AquaRing were attempting to keep out "Well Regardless of what the purpose of these walls is, let''s just go through them and see what lies beyond." Azmond''s voice echoed out as the girls gave their opinions on the matter before they all approached what appeared to be a guard station. And just likest time "Halt!" A guard in colorful blue armor shouted out, his body phasing into sight not long after. Azmond felt a sense of deja vu as he awaited the guard to continue his dialogue. And it didn''t take long before the guard clicked his tongue and spat, "Another demon kin?" "You guys have been migrating from the mecrest Empire a lot as ofte. Was that defeat at the Starry Seaboard not enough to make your kind realize that you''re outmatched when pitted against us humans!?" The guard added with clear disdain in his tone. "???" Azmond wasn''t expecting this from the guard, but he regained rity and asked, "What happened to the demon race?" "You don''t even know what happens to your own people? Are you an oblivious one or something!?" The guard scoffed but decided to answer anyway, as he said, "The demon race lost, and the Celestial Academy masters are looking to take over all the territory that the demons own on the Inferno God Continent." He caught his breath for a second before he added, "However, the Divine Leviathan that owns half the Inferno God Continent is putting up quite the resistance to the matter involving the demon race''s nigh extinction order." The guard sneered a little when recalling that the human race was being challenged. However, it only took a moment before he said, "Nheless, the Celestial Academy Masters and the rest of the human race masters are putting extreme pressure on the Leviathan. And if all goes well, then your race will be on itsst legs within 6 years!" Azmond ignored the rude remarks made by the guard and thought, ''If what he says is true, then it looks like the humans are pretty well off in Asterion.'' His expression morphed a little before he replied, "Cool. Now can you check my identity token so I can get into the city?" The guard looked at Azmond like he was looking at an idiot before he sneered, "You wish to get into the Royal City with your meager race!?" "Yes." Azmond responded dryly with a raised hand. A few figures behind him immediately halted their actions as Qi started to dissipate from their outstretched palms. wdia and a number of the other women were about to strike the guard down for speaking to Azmond in such a way. And they likely would have if not for Azmond''s hand motion. *Shiver!* "???" The guard shuddered as he felt that something was up. But when he saw the smiling eyes through Azmond''s wolf mask, his nerves seemed to calm down a little. Following his assuaging, Azmond lifted his hand and said, "Here, catch." *Toss* A token flew through the air andnded in the trembling hands of the guard. "???" The guard looked at the tinum Adventurer Token in his hand and suddenly got a bad feeling. "Th-This is" He muttered with a shaky tone, trepidation visible in his countenance. "Yes, that is my SS-Rank Adventurer Token," Azmond said with a wide smirk behind his mask. "I-I see" The guard put his hands on his face before he swiped them down and put on the biggest smile he could muster. "You may pass through whenever you please, kind sir!" He spoke with a rubbing of his hands. Azmond observed the trembling smile of the guard and became a little creeped out, so he replied, "Okay." If he were being honest, he wanted to get away from the guard as soon as possible So following his simple response, Azmond, along with the rest of the women in his party, had already walked through a small opening in the grandiose city gates. *Drip Drip* Sweat fell down the guards face as he saw the Tribtion Transcendence Realm demon cultivator leave. He really thought he was about to die right there! In fact, he was pretty sure that a little bit of piss had started to leak down his leg! "...I should be more careful with my words from now on" The guard muttered with a despondent tone as he returned to his post. **** Meanwhile, on the other side of the gate, a few hundred figures were being led by a tall, demon-like man with a wolf mask on. FWIP! A woman with long grayish white hair and misty eyes suddenly phased beside the man with a wolf mask and said, "For a mere Nascent Soul Realm guard, he sure had some guts to be speaking to people in such a way!" wdia scoffed before she turned her head away with a pout. She really wanted to kill that man for the way he was talking to her mate! But she was abruptly stopped by her mate just as she was about to take the guard''s head off his shoulders! Such pent-up frustration was annoying wdia a little as she held her slender arms under her perky slopes with her fluffy cat tail swinging in the air behind her. "..." Azmond looked at this sight and saw her tail fluff around a little. And it was at that moment that he knew what he had to do! *Poke* He floofed the tail! "Eek~!" wdia shrieked a little as she jumped up in fright with crimson-colored cheeks. "Y-You" She mumbled with an aggrieved expression. "Instinct," Azmond immediately responded upon seeing that look on her face. "...Instinct?" wdia questioned. Chapter 404: Wanna Have Some Fun With This Daddy!? .... "Precisely! I saw that adorable tail of yours and was forced to get a handful on instinct!" Azmond replied with an ''earnest'' tone. wdia gazed into his sweating eyes for a second before she said, "I see Just make sure you tell me first next time" Her blush deepened a little when she thought of a next time, but she wasn''t some little girl, so she straightened herself up beforetching her body on the right side of his arm. Azmond was a little surprised that it all worked out so smoothly, but he wasn''t one to deny a free win. After letting wdia settle in for a few milliseconds, his gaze turned to the rest of the girls. "..." "..." "..." However, he immediately regretted doing that when he saw all the jealous and envious looks on their faces. At this point, he felt like he was raising a hamster farm with all the puffed-out cheeks in the crowd *Sigh* Azmond sighed a little before he thought, ''At this rate, how long will it take until I can activate my profession?'' Following his exasperated thoughts, he prepared his hands and made arge barrier before getting to ''work'' on the girls. "Aahn~" "Mhmm~! Azmond~! More please~!" "Deeper~! I want it deeper~! Heavenly moans echoed out for hours inside that secluded space ... Six hourster, Azmond and the girls were finally ready to explore the Royal Capital of AquaRing. The first ce they headed toward was the Mage Tower, which was situated a few tens of thousands of miles away. Even with it being such a far distance away, everyone in Azmond''s party could see it as clear as day. However, it wasn''t the Mage Tower that they were looking to go into. Instead, it was the enormous coliseum thaty a little bit to the east of the Mage Tower. ----- The Coliseum of Dacratas. It''s a wide building in the shape of a bowl, made of blue and ck cobblestoned steps spiraling around it for dozens of miles. The Coliseum itself is nearly one hundred miles in diameter and is meant to hold hundreds of millions of people, if need be. The Coliseum of Dacratas has been around for as long as anybody could remember, and it''s rumored to have originated in the Archaic Era. Furthermore, this expansive coliseum is only used on days when there is a big event being held! An event such as the ''Centennial sh''... "So, we are going to the coliseum first?" Ember asked with a puzzled look on her face. Azmond looked down at the voluptuous beauty attached to his arm and replied, "Yes. I figured I could sign up beforehand. Although I will still be going to the ''Activation Ceremony'' right after." "So about that-?" She was going to ask about the ''date'', but Azmond interrupted her, saying: "Still no." Ember''s ears bent down at such a response as she sulked a little. However, her sulking didn''tst long *Pat Pat* "!?" She felt a warm hand make contact with her head as she looked up, only to see a warm smile shine through Azmond''s mask. "Don''t worry so much, my dear~ I still have a bunch of fun things in store for you~," he said with an ambiguously seductive smirk. Ember got a little lost in that face for a second, but she quickly got a hold of herself and lightly nodded. "Mhmm" "Good, then let''s get going," Azmond said with kind eyes before his gaze hardened as he continued walking through the bustling city streets. He had hundreds of women tagging along with him, so not attracting attention was about as possible as a woman not being smitten by his appearance! ''Oops I identally let my narcissism slip'' He thought with an awkward expression. Nheless, he swiftly got over it and looked toward all the stares that he and the girls were getting as they walked past. Although he and the girls were covered up in hoods, there would always be gawking onlookers, and some of them were bing a little bold Six rough-looking men wearing heavy iron-ted tunics withrge maces and greatswords on their backs approached Azmond and his group. Specifically, they were aiming for the more ''voluptuous'' figures in his party. "Hey, prettydy~? You looking to have a little fun with Daddy here~? I can sh-" The first gruff man''s voice sounded out; however, he couldn''t even get out his sentence before SLICE! Azmond did not have the patience for these little games right now, so he simply unsheathed Emu and sliced the arm of the man attempting to ''court'' Clover. She was a very timid one, and he didn''t want her to be even more scared of people because of that scum. So in the end, the best course of action was *Spurt!* Blood gushed out of where the robust man''s arm used to be as he looked down at the injury before he screamed, "Argghhh!! Y-You bastard!" WAAA! Following the release of his shrill girl-like cry, he unleashed an aura at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm! It was an extremely powerful, all-epassing aura that Azmond swatted away WAP! "..." The furious aura of the man immediately dissipated as he wore a dumbfounded look on his face. A cold gleam shed past Azmond''s eyes as he said, "Don''t put that disgusting aura of yours next to my girls. If you do it again, I''ll cut off all three of your legs." The robust man was bbergasted at this entire development, as he was still trying toprehend what exactly had happened. On the other hand, the other five men, who confidently swaggered over in the beginning, were now pissing themselves in fear. Meanwhile, the girls in Azmond''s party wore infatuated looks on their faces, as they had already wet themselves as soon as they saw ''their man'' ''protect'' them like that. Furthermore, a few women from an unrted crowd that were passing by had a sweet-smelling liquid permeate the air around them as well Chapter 405: Beating Up Young Master Pengs! .... While the women were getting hot and steamy, the men in the crowd were still attempting to figure out when exactly the wolf-masked man had made a move. But more than that, they were jealous of all the looks the pretty women were giving him Nevertheless, Azmond was oblivious to all of the ongoings of those around him, as his ferocious gaze was focused on the wailing man before him. "Can you shut up?" Azmond asked with a slightly annoyed expression. He was getting sick and tired of grown men bing reduced to tears from just a little scratch! The robust man looked up at the wolf masked man with bloodied teeth before he shouted, "You won''t get away with this, you bastard! Do you know who my eldest senior brother is!? He is a disciple of the Celestial Academy, and he won''t allow you to get away with this!!" Azmond stared deep into the terrified eyes of the man in front of him before he replied, "Is that so? Does that mean you''re a Young Master Peng?" "???" The robust man was confused over what he was asked, but he just assumed that he had scared the wolf-masked man, so he said, "I''m d you know your ce, you pleb! Now hurry up and kneel before this young master! Afterwards, you will need to cripple your cultivation base!" His aura became a little conceited, as he thought he had already scared the sh*t out of the wolf masked man! Azmond wore a dull expression before his face morphed into something terrifying as he realized he had hit the jackpot! ''I can''t believe I actually found a Young Master Peng as soon as I entered the Royal Capital of AquaRing! I just knew that this ce would be my lucky charm!'' He thought with tion bubbling up inside him. "!?!?" The gruff man was once again left perplexed by the reactions of this wolf-masked dude, but he simply assumed that he had gone insane after hearing of his background, so he shouted, "Make sure to shine this young master''s shoes before you cripple your cultivation base!" The robust man expected the wolf masked man to immediately start groveling; however, contrary to his expectations, a punch came flying at him instead! "!!!" WHOOOM! Azmondnded an immensely powerful punch dead center in the stomach of the robust man, subsequently crippling his cultivation base and sending him flying! BOOOOOOM! The robust man wasunched into a pagoda-like building a few miles away! The pagoda was split in half as the upper part of it plummeted to the blue cobblestoned streets below! And a few miles away from this impact, a tall man with a mask on, two demon horns protruding out the top of his head, and a demon tail was standing up straight with exhration evident even through his mask. "I love beating up Young Master Peng''s!" Azmond eximed with an excited smile on his face. He finally found himself a genuine Young Master Peng! Like the ones depicted in the stories as old as time itself! And it was through this discovery that Azmond realized this Peak Nascent Soul guy would be just the beginning! If he was lucky, then he might even be able to catch a few Mahayana Realm ancient farts in his trap! Of course, he would have to follow the order of process first and would likely need to take out his sect brother, then his father, grandfather, Ancestor, ect But if he yed his cards right and the script was followed, then within a few months, Azmond would have Mahayana Realm Cultivators and above knocking on his door steps! Just thinking about all the experience bags that were about toe his way had him drooling. "..." "..." "..." The girls in Azmond''s party, along with the onlookers on the street, were quite a bit surprised by the decisiveness of Azmond. That was especially the case for thosepletely unfamiliar with him In fact, a few of the more envious pedestrians who saw this go down were already calling the guards over. They wouldn''t have resorted to such actions if not for the looks that their women were giving the wolf-masked man! The horniness and lust could be felt emitting off all of them from miles away! And the jealous men didn''t know how much more of it they could take! "Hmm I should probably leave my contact information with that guy so he knows where to send his Eldest Sect Brother," Azmond said. He had already thought over the matter, and this was the best course of action if he wanted to maximize not only his exp gains but also his gold andw acquisition rates! However, his thoughts were soon interrupted by wdia as she appeared beside him and said, "We should probably get going. It looks like a few guards areing our way." She didn''t want to have to go against Azmond''s wishes and kill the guards, but if they got into another heated discussion, then she might just throw all inhibitions out the window Azmond looked down at the peeved look on her face and knew that he might not be able to hold her back if she crossed a certain line. So after thinking it over for an instant, he phased away. FWIP! He put a note that listed all of the ces he would be going into the pocket of the unconscious, robust man. Afterwards, his figure blurred once more. He reappeared next to wdia and the rest of the girls before he looked at them all and said, "Let''s skedaddle." The girls were a little baffled over the weird terminology used by Azmond, but they wouldn''t deny that they needed to escape. FWIP! FWIP! FWIP! Hundreds of hooded figures vanished off the wide streets of a block in the Royal Capital of AquaRing. And following the disappearance of the wolf masked man, a deep sense of emptiness overwhelmed the women who were watching the spectacle go down from beginning to end. On the other hand, the men were crying tears of blood as they wished to all the gods above that the effortlessly charming wolf-masked man would never return! Chapter 406: Azmond... Uppsies .... FWIP! FWIP! FWIP! A few thousand miles away from where Azmond had caused a little bit of chaos, a few hundred hooded figures appeared in the middle of a town square. They stopped next to a fountain, as they decided to take a little snack break before they headed out to the Coliseum. "Here, Azmond, say ahhh~," Medusa whispered into a tall, masked man''s ears with a lusty look on her face. Her hot breath mingled with the inside of his earlobes as she let her lewd body fall on top of his without a care in the world. "No Here, take mine, mate" Calista muttered in a low voice as she stuck a spoon in Azmond''s mouth. |You big baka! Eat mine first!| Boundless eximed, her hand already shoving cake inside his mouth. "I should be the first one to feed him. After all, that''s the only fair thing," Ember chided while holding a spoon full of soup in his mouth. "Mine" Clover mumbled as she spoon-fed him the chocte she had ordered from a nearby shop. "...Me" "Mine!" "Here!" It didn''t take long before all the women attempted to shove things inside Azmond''s mouth. Azmond wore an exasperated look on his face as he had taken in at least five hundred spoonfuls of food. If it weren''t for his extreme level of digestion, then he likely would''ve already fallen over dead after the first few dozen ''I can''t believe these girls are torturing me like this after draining my pockets with all the things they wanted to buy'' He thought with an aggrieved expression. After making so much money passively, he thought he would share some of it with those in his party; however, they took ''share'' to the next level and made it seem more like ''rob''! After all, the prices ofmodities in a Tier 8 Kingdom were no joke! Azmond didn''t know how much more he could take from their spending sprees before flies starteding out of his wallet! Nheless, he couldn''t exactly deny the beautiful women around him, so he simply bought whatever they asked for. He also did whatever they asked, as long as it wasn''t too excessive! ''Wait a damn minute!'' Azmond thought as a sudden revtion hitting him dead smack in the face! ''I''m bing a simp! This can''t be'' He felt like he had made a grave mistake somewhere in his journey to absolute power, but he couldn''t quite recall where that mistake originated from ''T-This is How could this happen to me??'' He thought with a distraught countenance. There was no measurement to describe the level of immeasurable disappointment he felt for himself in that moment! And just as he was about to change his ways and allow no more simping "...Azmond Uppsies" Calista was looking right up at him with those big, adorable eyes of hers, and her arms were outstretched. Azmond''s resolve died right then and there as he threw his determination out the window and replied, "Of course, my little angel~" Afterwards, he picked up the short catkin loli and put her on top of his shoulders. Upon making it to her spot, Calista took out a sushi box from her storage ring and started munching away on his head. However, Azmond, after realizing what he had just done, reprimanded himself as he thought, ''Damn it! You idiot!'' He had utterly fallen for Calista''s cuteness! He had not a chance in hell of resisting her! It was an impossible task!! ''Who put my game difficulty on hell mode!?'' Azmond thought with a begrudged expression. He couldn''t believe how he was being tested like this! But more than that, he couldn''t fathom how one could fail so badly ... A few days passed by since Azmond''s simp awakening, as he had already made it to the Coliseum of Dacratas, preparing to sign up for the ''Centennial sh'' before he headed over to the Holy Cathedral. "This ce is quite busy, isn''t it?" Ember asked as she looked around at the variety of differently dressed people walking around inside the Arena venue. "It looks like that''s the case," Azmond replied as he saw a diverse group of monsterkin, humans, and beastkine in through a set of doors. The arena venue was a part of the Coliseum of Dacratas that extended outward for a few miles on one of the southern entrances to the main arena area. Furthermore, the venue acted as a registration area for all those who were aiming to sign up for whatever event was currently going on. Which in this case, the venue was being used as the sign-up location for the millions of people who wished to participate in the ''Centennial sh''. One might think that millions of people congregating in one ce for a merepetition was a little excessive; however, the Centennial sh was more than apetition. It was a chance. A chance for all those who wished to prove themselves and make their efforts known to the world! After all, the top 100 of the Centennial sh would not only gain renown, but they would also have a chance of acquiring sponsorship and support from the top forces of the kingdom of AquaRing and the nearby kingdoms. In addition to that, the top 20 would acquire a High-Rank Earth Treasured Weapon and a High-Rank Earth Spiritual Qi Pill! Furthermore, if you took it one step further and made it into the top 10, then you''d be able to acquire a Peak-Rank Earth Treasured Weapon and a Peak-Rank Earth Spiritual Qi Pill! Both of which would be valuable resources for even those in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm! And let''s say that you were one the strongest of them all and made it into the top 3. If this was you, then you''d be able to acquire a Low-Rank Heaven Treasured Weapon from the Royal Storage! On top of that, you''d be allotted a Low-Rank Heaven Qi Pill and a guaranteed spot to enter the Royal Academy of AquaRing as long as your age wasn''t too high! Top 1, the strongest person participating in the Centennial sh, would obtain additional awards that no one besides the higher-ups of the gathering was privy to Chapter 407: Marinas Daughters .... "Time to sign up," Azmond began. "Do any of you girls want to join in as well?" He asked. "..." "..." "..." The girls in his party thought the matter over for a second before a number of them raised their voices in response. After a few moments, around thirty-five of them had volunteered to join thepetition, of which Ember, Medusa, Clover, and Calista were the most enthusiastic. Boundless and Calwdia wanted to join as well; however, one of them was essentially a ghost, and the other one was too overpowered. The rules of the ''Centennial sh'' stated that one had to be under five thousand years old and below the Mahayana Realm to participate. That meant that none of the seniors of Asterion could join in on apetition that was meant to be for the younger cultivators to prove themselves. This rule set wdia off a little, but she quickly got over it after a few pets from Azmond. It was the same way with Boundless Just give them a few pets, and the girls are as peaceful and tranquil as Buddhists! Nevertheless, after Azmond and the girls finished up their registrations, they left the venue and went toward the grandiose gold and blue adorned Holy Cathedral that was to the north of the Coliseum of Dacratas. On a side note, Azmond and the girls had to choose their own names for thepetition, and while most simply went with their real names, a few ''unique'' cases went with their own nicknames Azmond, in particr, had gone with his Adventurer pseudonym, which was ''Morningstar''. While a few women, like Calista, Ember, Medusa, and Clover went by nicknames like ''He''s Mine'', ''Little Bunny'', ''Number One Wifey'', ''No, He''s Mine''. Azmond didn''t quite understand why the names they chose were so unusual, but he simply thought of it as nothing more than them having a little fun. - Meanwhile, as Azmond and his party were headed toward the Holy Cathedral of AquaRing, a few shadowy figures were lurking in a corner of the Arena Venue, watching therge group leave. "How strong was that one?" One of the shadowy figures asked. "Unknown, but his aura indicated that he was in the Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm," replied a different shadowy figure. "Oh?" The first figure mused. "Someone like him won''t even make it to the top 100 in thispetition-" He was going to continue speaking; however, he was interrupted by the second shadowy figure: "But there was something odd about his group" He began with a bewildered gleam shining through the hood he had on. "And what was this ''odd thing''?" The first figure asked with a raised brow. "T-That is that every single woman who followed him was in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm" The second figure responded with a low mutter. Even he himself couldn''t believe what the energy readers were telling him; however, after checking multiple times and getting the same 10 billion+ unit readings, he knew it was the truth. "YYou said what?" The first shadowy figure questioned with a look of disbelief. ''Is zeheart really trying to tell me that over two hundred Tribtion Transcendence Realm women are following behind that Unity Form Synthesis Man!?'' Shadowstrike thought to himself with doubt etched across his face. zeheart took a second to calm his nerves before he replied, "This is the truth, Shadowstrike... And it looks like we have quite thepetition this time around" Shadowstrike went silent after hearing the words of zeheart. Following their discussion, a hush fell over that part of the Arena Venue *** Tens of thousands of miles away from the Coliseum of Dacratas, a voluptuous woman with long blue hair and blue eyes was walking through hallowed blue halls, headed in the direction of a wide turquoise dome. "Is that you, mother!? A rich feminine voice echoed out as a woman with curves almost as developed as her mothers sprinted through the halls of the Royal Castle of AquaRing. "Ho? You''re back from your Adventure Quest, Esra?" Marina asked with surprise in her tone. She had only expected Aqua to be left in the castle for at least the next few years, as her other two daughters, Esra and Nadia, were predicted to be out of the castle for the next twenty years. For reference, twenty years was considered nothing for cultivators who had lived as long as Marina and her two eldest daughters, both of whom had already surpassed three thousand years in age. However, unexpectedly, the Queen''s second eldest daughter, Esra, had returned from her SS-Rank outing with her guild. *Pitter Patter* Esra sprinted through themodious halls of the outer stretches of the AquaRing Royal Castle, as she was heading in a straight line for her mother! *Jiggle Jiggle* And of course, the family ''trait'' had also been inherited by Esra as her breasts ricocheted with the abrupt movements she was making! Marina wore a motherly smile on her face as she outstretched her hands, awaiting the soft body of Esra to make contact with her. And it didn''t take long before *Thud* Esra jumped into her mother''s arms with a jovial aura leaking out of her expression. "It''s been over ten years, mother! I missed you so much!" She spoke with a slightly saddened look on her face. Of the three daughters of Marina, Esra was the most sensitive and also the most empathetic of them. And unlike most middle children, she was always being pampered by her mother! Marina''s smile became a lot warmer as she asked, "Did you have fun hunting those Drakes in the Continent of Gaia''s Sanctum?" "Yep yep! Those Drakes stood no chance against me! And after we defeated them all, the beastkin of Gaia''s Sanctum had made a great feast for me and the other girls!" Esra replied with an effervescent grin before she turned her gaze up from her mother''s bosom. And when she looked into her mother''s eyes, she noticed something had changed within them "...Mother?" She questioned with furrowed brows. Marina didn''t like where she thought this conversation was going, but she still responded, "Yes?" Esra narrowed her eyes further before she asked, "What changed?" "What do you mean, my dear?" The Queen inquired, sweat dripping down her dress. She hadpletely overlooked the fact that her second-oldest daughter was extremely perceptive when it came to emotions In fact, for most of her life, Marina had assumed that she was some sort of empath. Chapter 408: A Man... .... Esra gazed into her mother''s nervous gaze before she said, "A man?" The Queen was left utterly dumbfounded after her daughter figured her out so soon. In the end, she just sighed a little and muttered, "Yes" "!!!" Esra''s expression fluctuated for a moment before her eyes brightened and she asked, "Really!?" She was practically beaming upon hearing that her mother had found someone else! After all these years of depression and their scumbag father leaving her for one slut after the next, Esra was beginning to think that her mother would never get out of her strut! Marina observed the tion practically erupting from her second-eldest daughter as she forgot why she was so anxious. After all, Esra was the one who has been telling her mother to go out and have some ''fun'' for years now. But Marina would always respond, ''I''m faithful to my husband.'' or ''Fidelity is important.''. To which Esra would say, ''You''re stupid, mother!'', or ''Just loosen up a little and forget that scum husband of yours!''. And after thousands of years of Esra getting nowhere with changing her mother''s mind, she finally found herself a man! "I''m so happy for you, mother! But I want the details! What''s his name!? Where''s he from!? Is he strong!?" Esra hugged her mother even tighter while barraging her with a bunch of questions. *Sigh* Marina let out an exasperated sigh before she said, "I''ll tell you everything. Just calm down a little." "Really, Mother!? You must not leave out any details!!" Esra eximed, followed by her jumping in the air a little. *Boing Boing* The Queen watched those ''inherited traits'' of hers bounce around a little as she sat down at a gazebo, waiting for her daughter toe sit next to her. And it wasn''t long before Esra ''bounced'' her way over with anticipation for the story telling toe practically oozing out of her bubbly expression. ... A few minutes passed as Marina narrated everything that happened from the moment that she left the castle in a fit of rage. And after she reached the end, she opened her eyes, gauging her daughter''s reaction to the events. However, she never would''ve expected for Esra to say, "...Mother is naughty" A deep blush formed on Esra''s cheeks as she listened to what her mother had done to this ''Azmond'' character. Marina felt a little embarrassed over her ''forwardness'' with Azmond, but she wasn''t ashamed of it, so she said, "Th-This is simply the type of attitude a mother and a queen should have. You must be bold, Esra." "???" Esra turned her flushed face up to her mother and said, "But didn''t it take months for you to reach that point-" "N-No! That is simply because I was scoping out his character! You see, a queen must also scrutinize everything if she wishes to be sessful!" Marina interjected, her eyshes twitching a little. BANG! She mmed the tableying underneath the turquoise gazebo in her passionate retort. *Cough Cough* The Queen realized that she was bing a little unruly as she coughed a little before taking her seat once again. Esra ignored this small outburst of her mother as she tilted her head to the side a little before asking, "So, do you like this man~?" "T-That is-" Marina stuttered a little before she clenched her fists and replied, "Of course I do! That is the way a queen must be!" "Ho~?" Esra put a hand to her mouth before she giggled, "Mother, you really are naughty~ Going off with a man while father is away~? I never would''ve taken you for the wanton type~" "Y-You This is simply how a queen is! Stop talking back to your mother! Humph!" Marina retorted with a small snort. "Heh~" Esra mischievously giggled, as she was having quite a lot of fun teasing her mother. However, that was when she suddenly realized something "Wait, mother This wouldn''t happen to be the man that Aqua was raving about before I left, would it?" Marina turned her head away at this usation before she murmured, "YYes" "What was that?" Esra questioned with a suspicious tone. "I said Yes! He''s the same one! B-But it really isn''t my fault! Th-That man seduced me" The Queen''s flustered voice echoed throughout the lush blue scenery surrounding the gazebo. "!!!" But she quickly realized that she had spoken a little too loudly as she lowered her head and waited for her daughter''s judging gaze toe. "...." And just as she expected, Esra looked at her mother with an indiscernible glint in her blue eyes before she mumbled, "You really are a naughty pervert, mother" Even Esra was bing a little embarrassed upon imagining her mother doing even more ''naughty things'' with the man whom Aqua called ''Husband''. However, she wasn''t yet done talking as she asked, "What are you going to tell Aqua about this?" Marina heard her daughter''s question, as it was one that she was conflicted about as well. After all, not only had she married off her youngest daughter to a prince of the FireGod Empire, but she had also ''stolen'' Aqua''s man for herself Marina thought the matter over for a few seconds before she replied, "Maybe I''ll have Azmond soothe this over... After all, this was all his fault to begin with" "From what you told me, it sounded like you and Aqua did everything to yourselves-" Esra tried to speak, but she was interrupted by her mother, saying: "You''re right, my beloved daughter. I must get Azmond over here to solve everything as soon as possible!" Marina put on an unquestionable look, as she had already decided what she had to do to get her rtionship with her daughter back on track! And that was to simply leave everything up to Azmond! Esra wore a nk face as she stared at her shameless mother and felt a little bad for this ''Azmond'' guy. Though she was also bing a little curious about the man who was capable of making not only her baby sister smitten but also her mother Chapter 409: An Impossible Thing To Comprehend .... Marina was a mother whom Esra once thought to be an unbreakable ice sheet when it came to matters of the heart. And now look at her "Y-Yes! This is the perfect solution! That stupid man and his stupid face are obliged to solve everything! After all, I did him a favor by not killing him! And then, there was that time I k-kissed him" Her mother was a panicky mess, as she threw her hands in the air with her eyes erratically flickering. ''It''s almost like she''s a teenager who has fallen in love for the first time'' Esra thought with an analytical glint in her serene blue eyes. She thought over the subject of her mother and that ''Azmond'' guy for a second before she shrugged her shoulders and decided to not butt in their business. Or at least, that''s what she told herself; however, in actuality, she was just toozy to bother herself with more ''work''. The only thing Esra wanted to do right now was take a nap for the next few centuries! Nheless, it looked like she wouldn''t get that chance just yet, as her mother looked at her trying to sneak away and said, "Where''s your big sister?" "..." Esra turned her slippery figure back in her mother''s direction before she replied, "Nadia is still attempting to break through the Mahayana Realm in the Celestial Academy." *Sigh* Marina sighed a little at this information as her breasts heaved up and down for a second before she muttered, "That girl is always working so hard" "Yep! Big sister would''ve already broken through if it wasn''t for those jealous bastards in the Academy who were holding her back" Esra responded with a bright smile before she reached the part where people were messing with her sister. "??" Marina raised an eyebrow at this revtion as she asked, "The sons of those old foggy''s are still giving her some trouble?" "Yes And not only that, but they''re looking to be toads wanting swan meat as they are trying to court her at the same time! They''re scum of the highest degree!" Esra''s irritated voice reverberated through the vast aquamarine-colored garden surrounding the gazebo as she fervently disyed her view on the matter concerning her big sister! And it looked like she wasn''t the only one irritated by this information, as Marina''s face darkened before she clicked her tongue and said, "Those bastards never learn, do they!?" "If my mother were not preupied with the ongoing battle at the Starry Seaboard, then she would''ve already shown those powerhouse wannabes their ce!" The Queen''s voice sounded out in an infuriated tone as she imagined her innocent and soft-spoken daughter being harassed by the perverted bastards that festered in the Celestial Academy. Which was located on the Divine Sea Continent. Her angersted for quite a while before she eventually calmed down and muttered, "If only Azmond were here, then I could send him into the Royal Academy of AquaRing and then have him get a spot in the Celestial Academy" She sighed a little at the fact that he wouldn''t be next to her until a few weeks from now, when the Centennial shmenced. But regardless of her grievances, the only thing that her well-endowed daughter was focused on was, "You say that like he''s strong enough to be in the Mahayana Realm, while also being young enough to join an academy!" Esra passed the thought off as a joke as she chortled a little. However, what her mother said next flipped her assumptions right on their head ..... "Yeah, he does possess strength in the Middle Mahayana Realm. And on top of that, he said he was under six hundred years old," Marina said with a loving smile on her face. She was imagining the things she''d do with him once he had won the Centennial sh. And the majority of those things were rated r-18 and above Nevertheless, she wasn''t allowed to revel in her own fantasies for long, as her daughter shouted, "What!? You surely must be drinking a little too much, mother!" Esra was beginning to think that her mother treated her as nothing more than a naive child! She wasn''t stupid! And no one with half a brain cell would believe that someone had achieved the Middle Mahayana Realm before the age of Six Hundred! Marina looked at her daughter having a reaction that was simr to the one she had when she learned the ''truth'' of Azmond''s age. She couldn''t believe it herself when she heard it, and she honestly didn''t me her daughter for being in such a state of disbelief. Nheless, she had to help her understand, so she elegantly walked over to her daughter before she transmitted a fraction of her memories into her head. "!!!" Esra was a bit taken aback by the sudden memory transmission, but she quickly regained her bearings and scanned over what her mother had sent her. And after looking over everything, the only thing she had to say was, "I-Impossible! There can''t possibly be a genius under six hundred years old with strength in the Middle Mahayana Realm! Furthermore, it is absolutely unequivocally impossible for one in the Soul Transformation Realm to have such immense strength!!" Esra couldn''t believe the things she was seeing through the memory transmissions sent by her mother! However, it was impossible to fabricate such a direct method of memory transmission! And that wasn''t to mention that her mother had no reason to lie to her! So, what was this situation before her.? Esra fell to the ground with a disgruntled expression, as she felt like her entire life was for nothing. Marina looked down at her distraught daughter as shepletely understood what she was going through. But she couldn''t just leave her like that, so she said, "I couldn''t believe it at first either, but it seems like Azmond''s talent is unparalleled through the times. Furthermore, he also said that he cultivates with a different cultivation system than what we use with ''Basic Qi'' and other profession-rted energy absorption." Esra understood what her mother was saying; however, she couldn''tprehend it! What she was being asked to ept was that someone had not only reached the Middle Mahayana Realm inbat power but had also done so while in the Soul Transformation Realm! Chapter 410: The Holy Cathedral .... Azmond was able to jump-fight a total of four major realms! Four major realms! What kind of concept was that!? For most, it was seen as impossible to even cross a single major realm to do battle! And yet, Esra was expected to believe that someone had done just that, and before he even gained his power boost from activating his profession It took a bit of time, but Marina was ultimately able to get Esra to calm down and ept the truth. Although she still found it unbelievable, and she was under the assumption that her lonely Milf of a mother had been fooled by this ''Azmond'', she decided to give her the benefit of the doubt and believe this impossibility... *** Meanwhile, in an effulgently splendiferous location hundreds of millions of miles away from not only the Kingdom of AquaRing but also the entire Continent of Azure nk. "This is where Sir Overseer said the Great Leviathan was located, but I don''t see him anywhere" An ancient and slightly apprehensive voice echoed out in an area dominated by lights of varying colors and degrees of brightness. Venomspine looked around for a while and used his Mahayana Realm divine sense to scan the surroundings. However, no matter how much he searched and scoured the millions of miles ofnd that made up the Empire known as ''Leviathan''s Domain'', he couldn''t find a single trace of the mythical ''Great Leviathan''. ... A few days passed, and just as Venomspine was about to give up and report back to the Monster Overseers, a sudden tremor spread throughout the ground thaty beneath him! RUMBLE!! Everything for millions of miles started to violently quake, as something was beginning to change in the topography around Venomspine. The mountains crumbled, the forests fell apart, and thend had chasms thousands of miles in diameter, breaking apart the once connectednd masses! And at the very epicenter of this abrupt, unknown phenomenon, a head of untold size emerged from beneath the ground surface! "!!!" Venomspine was taken aback by this sudden event as he looked toward the source and saw a continent-sized serpent-like head spring up! And just as the Monster Ancestor thought he had been discovered by the Great Leviathan, the mighty beast tilted its head up. In an archaic and crackly voice, it said, "A Cosmic Event will be happening soon This is my chance to break through into the Lunar Ascendancy Realm" After its voice reverberated throughout the vast and expansivends, it turned its sinuous face down and dug its head back into the colorfulnds below. A few minutes passed as thend slowly but surely regenerated to the way it was before. It was unknown how this was done, but after it was finished, the Great Leviathan was nowhere to be seen, and in its ce stood apletely dumbfounded Venomspine. "I must report this back to the Monster Overseer''s after I find a ce at a safe enough distance to hide out," he began with a shaky tone. "They must know that they are not the only onespeting for the chance to make it to the Cosmic Event!" Venomspine''s aged voice sounded out before it faded away along with his humanoid figure Hundreds of millions of miles away from the Inferno God Continent and Leviathan''s Domain, a few hundred figures were moving through the bustling blue cobblestone streets of the Royal Capital of AquaRing. And at the forefront of this group, a man with long ck hair and a wolf mask led the group to the entrance of arge blue and yellow building in the shape of a church. However, this ''church'' was not like your usual church ----- The Holy Cathedral of the Royal Capital of AquaRing. It has been around for just about as long as both the Mage Tower and the Coliseum of Dacratas. But, unlike the other two, not a single spec of wear and tear could be seen on the outward appearance of the Holy Cathedral. Some specte that this is due to the protection of the gods, and it''s unknown whether that''s the truth, as even the most powerful of cultivators on Asterion have not an inkling of an idea how the Holy Cathedral has stayed in such impable condition for upwards of millions of years. Nheless, regardless of the peculiarities surrounding the lore of the Holy Cathedral, there is really only one main purpose of this sacred building. That ''purpose'' being the activation of the professions of all those brought to the ''Holy Altar'' and asked to drink the ''Holy Liquid''. On a side note, the Holy Cathedral itself has a diameter of dozens of miles and stretches out to multiple parts of the Royal Capital of AquaRing. The section of the Holy Cathedral that Azmond was about to walk into was on the west side of the building, and at the top of the west entrance, there was what appeared to be an angel with outstretched wings, holding a spear that measured in at thousands of meters. It obviously cost the church quite the sum to sanction the creation of that statue; however, such a cost was likely paid hundreds of thousands of years ago, so none of the church clergy bothered themselves with it. *Tap Tap* Azmond took leisurely steps toward the entrance to the Holy Cathedral as he, along with the women in his party, started to walk the thousands of steps that led up to the two towering doors that allowed one entry into the oh-so-sacred building. "This is a lot of steps" Ember muttered as she looked up at the distance they would have to walk. It really hurt her back and shoulders when walking up stairs, you know!? *Jiggle Jiggle* "..." "..." "..." The rest of the girls looked at the fun bags jiggling around with every step she took and knew why she was so against the idea of stairs. And it was through this realization that they all looked down at their own chests and couldn''t help butment their genes It wasn''t like any of the women in Azmond''s party were particrly ''small'' and even the ''smallest'' of them measured in at C-Cup; however, when pitted up against those two weapons of mass destruction on Ember... Well, let''s just say that the girls were always left in a self-conscious state. At least, that was the case for everyone except those just as ''big'' as Ember and those even ''bigger'', such as the Bunnykin woman who was having a lot of difficulties making it up the stairs. ..... Chapter 411: Tricked, The Nun ... "...Azmond" Clover mumbled in a soft whisper. "Hmm?" Azmond turned his head behind him and saw a fumbling, busty beauty struggling to trudge on. He wondered what the problem was; however, when he saw those two milky white breasts heaving up and down, attempting to break out of her dress, he immediately knew where the problemy. "Do you want a ride-up?" Azmond asked with a gentle smile, his right arm extended in Clover''s direction. She gazed up at those kind eyes of his before she started sniffling and saying, "T-Thank you Azmond" Clover was about to begin bawling out of happiness right then and there, but luckily for her, he had already snatched her up. *Pat Pat* Azmond petted her soft bed of silver hair while in a princess carry. Clover stared up at his warm expression before she murmured, "...I wuv you" "Sorry, what was that?" He questioned. "N-Nothing! Let''s hurry up and get going!" She responded with a flustered tone as she dug her head into his robes. "???" Azmond was a little confused over the reactions of the woman in his arms, but he quickly got over it and made his ascent up thest of the stairs. "..." "..." "..." All the other women in his party were looking at the ''special treatment'' that Clover received, as they wanted the same thing! But when theypared their assets with the overdosed bunny bimbo, they knew they lost out in every way and knew Clover needed it more than them "Damn it! I swear I will start drinking more milk from now on!" wdia cursed before she begrudgingly followed Azmond and Clover. However, as she was making her way up, she suddenly remembered something as she said, "I might even get Azmond to knead my breasts! I heard that works as well!" "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" When the rest of the women in Azmond''s party heard the words of wdia, they felt like an entire new avenue of possibilities had opened up for them! "...Big sister, I forgive" Calista mumbled before she caught up to her sister and grabbed her hand. "???" wdia was surprised by this abrupt change in her baby sister''s attitude toward her, but she wouldn''t deny that she liked it more than how she was usually treated. **** Meanwhile, a few dozen meters away from the reconciled catkin sisters, Azmond made it to the top of the golden blue stairs, with Clover in his arms, Boundless on his back, and Emu at his side. "Are you ready for your awakening ceremony as well, Calista?" Azmond asked with his head turned behind him. "...Mhmm" Calista bobbed her head in confirmation. Azmond''s smile grew a little at her response before he asked, "What do you think your profession will be?" "...Hopefully something that will help you" Calista murmured with her ears bent down. This answer of hers only made Azmond''s grin even wider, but he still replied, "You shouldn''t think like that. Hope for something that will help you instead." As much as he appreciated her thoughts, he''d rather the catkin loli not have her entire life revolve entirely around him. After all, he was a sucker for strong women who let their wings spread wide and far, soaring through the skies! Calista turned her big, round, misty gray eyes away from her big sister and stared into Azmond''s blue''ish purple eyes before she asked, "...Do you not want me?" Tears started to bubble up in her eyes, as it seemed like she would let the waterworks down at any second! "!!!" wdia looked at the state her baby sister was in as she looked in Azmond''s direction and gave him the deadliest re of the century. "???" Azmond didn''t know what he had said that put her on edge, but he knew he needed to do something to fix it! FWIP! He immediately disappeared from his spot and reappeared right next to Calista before he lifted her up and put her on his shoulders. Calista slightly opened her eyes as she realized she was in her favorite spot. Her eyes brightened up as she hugged his head with a content and possessive look on her face. Azmond was going to coerce her with a few sweet words, but it looked like she was already fine. ''Wait Was I tricked??'' He thought with a sudden look of realization. Azmond saw the smile on the catkin loli''s face and instantly knew that he had been fooled Furthermore, when he looked at wdia and saw her make an expression like everything worked out as nned, he couldn''t help but bemoan his fate as a simp ''I have fallen so low-'' He thought to himself with a self-deprecating smile. However, his thoughts were soon interrupted by the voice of an unknown figure. "You''vee to the Holy Cathedral. For what reason have youe?" A feminine voice echoed out across the top stairs of the Holy Cathedral as a woman with a nun outfit appeared at the entrance to the Holy Cathedral. Azmond shot his gaze in the direction of the voice and saw a nun with a busty figure who hid her face behind a mask with a gentle expression on it. ''I feel like this woman is quite powerful'' He thought with an analytical glint in his eyes. It was unknown what made him feel this way, as he didn''t use his Discerning Quantum Eye. But as if on instinct, he just knew that this woman was powerful. The women in Azmond''s party were having simr thoughts, except they thought she held power in a very different ''area'' than what he was thinking about. "...Another cow" Calista murmured with an annoyed look on her face. |It seems like I have another contender! There will be a tough battle ahead!| Boundless eximed, followed by a bouncing of her breasts to assert her authority. - Meanwhile, on Azmond''s side. "I havee here for the Awakening Ceremony, pretty miss~" Azmond''s deep and slightly yful voice sounded out as he looked in the direction of the woman who stood in his way. The nun felt the underlying intent in the visitor''s voice, but she has been a nun of the Holy Cathedral for years, so in a neutral voice, she asked, "And how many people do you wish to awaken?" Azmond''s grin widened a little bit before he replied, "Myself and this adorable creature on my head." Chapter 412: Only Two Shall Be Permitted! .... "..." After hearing Azmond''s response, the nun thought he was ying a joke on her, but she still said, "You must be under the age of one thousand to be eligible for the Awakening Ceremony. If your Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm strength is any indication, then you''re already past that age limit." Her voice came out in a cordial and professional way; however, it looked like the visitor was being stubborn as he said, "Then everything checks out, so let''s head in." Azmond had already passed the voluptuous nun as he was about to take a step toward the other side of therge doors standing in his way. But before he could, the nun''s figure blurred as she materialized in front of him before saying, "You are in the Unity Form Synthesis Realm, and that girl is in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm. It''s impossible for either of you to be under one thousand years old, so please go back from whence you came." Her voice was beginning to lose its cordialness, as she was starting to be a little irritated over these visitors attempting to y her for a fool. Azmond had an indiscernible glint sh past his eyes, as through his mask, one would see a plethora of thoughts going through that head of his. After a few moments of thinking, he said, "Just check our bone ages." Azmond had already altered what would show up on their bone ages through his Godfiend technique. But it wouldn''t show up as anything being changed if anyone below the Lunar Ascendancy Realm was looking. The nun observed the calm and collected demeanor of the man before her as she thought, ''Is he not ying around?'' She became a little astonished over that notioning to pass. But regardless of her surprise, she was still obligated to answer the visitor''s request. And that''s exactly what she did as she stuck her hand to the wrists of Azmond and Calista, checking their pulses. A few seconds of silence passed as the nuns'' astonishment became more and more apparent. Even through her mask, one could begin to make out a beautiful woman with her mouth agape. "T-This is" She murmured with a voice of disbelief. "How can you both be under four hundred years old???" The nun questioned. Azmond''s smirk grew a little under his mask as it looked like his Divine Godfiend technique always came in clutch. Nheless, he walked over to the dumbfounded nun and stood over her far smaller frame before he leaned down into her ear and whispered, "You going to let us in or not~?" Azmond followed up this action by blowing a little into her ear before backing away and returning to his group. He, of course, got an earful from all the jealous women in his party, but he eventually soothed things over and walked toward the tworge golden doors in front of him. The nun, on the other hand, was still recovering from what just happened, as a deep blush formed on her face. ''T-This visitor is a brazen one! How dare he conduct himself in such a way before a Holy Nun of the Holy Cathedral!?'' She thought with an aggrieved expression. She, who was known as Thalia, one of the Seven Holy Sisters of the Holy Cathedral, was treated in such a flirtatious way by a mere boy! It was uneptable! However, in spite of her grievances, she was required byw to go and open up the doors for any qualifying visitors, so that''s exactly what she did. *Tap Tap* Thalia took slow and elegant steps toward the two golden doors, passing by Azmond at a faster pace before she went up to the doors and put her hand on them. "SWxXfGJIiTH" She spoke in an unusual dialect as she closed her eyes and waited for the colossal doors to open up. And it didn''t take long before CREAK! The two golden doors creased open, creating a crack that eventually spread out until both doors were wide open. After reaching this point, Thalia turned her head in the direction of therge group before she said, "Only the man and that little girl will be permitted into the Holy Cathedral. The rest of you will need to wait out here until the Awakening Ceremony ispleted." Azmond''s brows furrowed at this request. But after thinking it over for a second, he found it fair enough, so he looked at all the pouty girls behind him, and in a kind tone, he asked, "Can you all wait out here for a few minutes?" His voice came out like honey for the girls, and although they wanted to tag along with him, they all reluctantly nodded their heads before conjuring up chairs to sit on. Azmond was going to take the brown-haired beauty off his back as well. But when he saw the vicious re Boundless gave him when he tried to do such a thing, he immediately scratched that idea. It wasn''t like it really mattered whether she came along or not, considering that only those who were ssified as ''special existence''s to the system'' or those in his Main Party could see her. "..." "..." "..." However, it seemed like the rest of the girls thought about it differently, as they looked at Boundless, clearly thinking about how unfair it was! "That dumb cow is looking for a little alone time with Azmond, isn''t she!?" wdia questioned with narrowed eyes. "If it weren''t for Calista being there to keep her in check, I never would''ve stayed back," Ember said with a conflicted look on her face. All of the girls were having simr thoughts as Ember and wdia. And while they were thinking about that treacherous ghostdy, Azmond, Calista, Emu, and Boundless were walking through the halls of the Holy Cathedral. Despite the sacred and sacrosanct outward appearance of the Holy Cathedral, the inside was quite leary and a little bit spooky. At least, that was the case for Boundless and Calista, who were both clinging onto Azmond for dear life! .... Chapter 413: The Busty Nun, Thalia .... "...Scary" Calista mumbled with her ears bent down and her tail wrapped around Azmond''s head. |This ce is no good!| Boundless shouted, her alluring body pressed up against Azmond''s back. He felt fluff on his head and squishy down below. It was at that moment that Azmond didn''t know if life could be any more enjoyable. However, when he remembered the power he was about to gain from his Awakening Ceremony, he sported a resolute look as he focused on following the nun. Thalia took furtive nces at the man behind her as she traveled throughout the dimly lit white and golden halls of the Holy Cathedral. She was trying to figure out what exactly was so special about this man. There must''ve been something unique about him that allowed his cultivation base to reach the Peak Unity Form Synthesis Realm before the age of four hundred, right?? Of course, there was also the catkin girl who possessed a track record just as impressive, but for some reason, Thalia''s mind always seemed to focus on the wolf-masked man. She didn''t know what it was, but his aura had some sort of effect that sucked her in Thalia observed his appearance for a second, and that was when she noticed something that she hadpletely overlooked! ''Horns And a tail?'' She thought with surprise etched across her face. ''How had I missed such distinctive features of this man?? And what species are they from??'' Thalia had never seen horns or a tail like his from any known species on Asterion. And she knew of them all! ''Is he a mix of multiple different species?? Maybe the result of a dragon''s lecherous ventures??'' She was beginning to have unusual thoughts, and before she knew it, they had already reached the entrance to the Holy Altar. Thalia was brought out of her stupor as she looked toward a set of blue and purple doors with mysterious runes etched onto the edges. "This is where you both will be going through the activation ceremony. I''ll be guiding you both through the process," she said with her stern gaze focused on Azmond. "Heh~" Azmond chuckled a little at the attention he was receiving before he replied, "That''s fine." The busty nun felt like she was being mocked, but she still said, "Good, then head on in and sit beside the altar." After saying those words, Thalia vanished from sight, seemingly heading out to do something before the Activation Ceremony begins. "...This ce is even scarier" Calista murmured, her hands clutching onto Azmond''s head. He looked up at the little trembling beauty on his head before he softly whispered, "Here, hold my hand. We can go through this together." Calista gazed up at the warm, outstretched hand before she mumbled, "Mhmm" Following her cute and soft confirmation, she grabbed his hand before they walked into the Activation Ceremony hand in hand. It may have looked a little unusual from an onlooker''s perspective, considering that the catkin loli was making herself at home on top of Azmond''s head. But regardless of the oddities surrounding the two, they opened up the purple doors before being greeted with the sight of arge room with a five hundred-meter-wide altar at the very center of the space. The room itself was thousands of meters in diameter and was filled to the brim with green and purple vines. The vines covered up all the walls and even the altar itself; however, at the highest point of the room, there was a wide circr opening that allowed for bright rays of sunlight to shine through the dimly lit altar room. It was almost like the light was meant to remake whoever was going through with the ceremony. Simr to being reborn anew If summed up in a couple words, then the altar room was a surreal sight that would leave any mortal breathless! That was even more the case if you were the one about to go through with the activation ceremonya ceremony that could determine your future achievements! "..." "..." Azmond and Calista looked around the altar room, while Boundless and Emu were enjoying their time in their respective ''spots''. And these dynamicssted for a while, until all of a sudden, the doors to the altar room mmed open! BANG! The mming of the purple doors was followed by a young man with long silver hair tied into a ponytail walking in! He came in with pompous steps and clearly thought of himself as better than even the very air that he breathed! "..." And after looking around for a second, this young man stopped his scanning of the surroundings when he saw Azmond''s tall figure. His expression morphed into a sinister one upon catching sight of Azmond as he approached his location with lofty movements. "So you''re the one who ''taught'' my younger brother a ''lesson'', huh?" The young man sneered. He had been taken out of his time in the Celestial Academy with the announcement that his younger brother had been beaten to a near-death state and crippled by a random man on the streets. After hearing of this information, Maverick immediately halted his courtship of the Academy flower known as Nadia AquaRing as he rushed in the direction of the Royal Capital of AquaRing! And after pulling a few strings within his connections and through his younger brother''s note, he was able to discern the approximate location of the man who had crippled his younger brother. Although it was a little hard to get permission to do as he pleased in a branch of the Holy Confederation, he shed around his status as a second-generation student of the Celestial Academy and immediately acquired the go-ahead to do as he pleased in the Holy Cathedral! Maverick had been pissed off since the moment he heard of his younger brother''s plight; however, his mood improved significantly when he passed a curvaceous nun on the way over. He figured that he''d take that woman for himself after he was done ''dealing'' with the man and the ''Wait! Who is that beautiful catkin girl on his shoulders!?'' He thought with wide eyes. It was out there on whether he had even seen anyone so beautiful in his entire life! In fact, that girl might even be on the same level as the Celestial Academy Flower, Nadia! ''I must have that little girl for myself!'' Maverick thought with ascivious grin on his face. Chapter 414: Im Not Paying For The Damage... .... Calista looked at the one who ruined her fuzzy moment with her mate and saw a disgusting look stered on an unknown man''s face. Her hands trembled a little as she held on even tighter to Azmond''s soft bed of ck hair. "...Azmond H-He" She mumbled, tears bubbling up in her eyes. The way that man was looking at her reminded her of how the nobles of neighboring Cosmic Asteroids looked at her when they came to ''visit''. She didn''t like it one bit Azmond could feel Calista''s fright from miles away as he turned his cold gaze in the direction of the young, silver-haired man. He immediately used his Discerning Quantum Eye before he muttered, "6,000 years old, Seventh Stage Tribtion Transcendance Realm, Divine Prince of the WaterGod Empire, h h h" Azmond scrolled through the silver man''s information before he reached an interesting part and said, "Pursuing the Celestial Academy Flower known as Nadia AquaRing" His cold gaze suddenly became even more frigid as a cold gleam shed past his eyes as he stared into the very soul of the silver-haired man. "!!!" Maverick felt immense levels of danger when his existence was prated by Azmond''s gaze. And just as he was about to react with the full unleashment of his Seventh Stage Tribtion Transcendence Realm power, Azmond shook his hand a little. SHING! His ck and gold katana was taken out of its sheath and put back in. Azmond stood there with a rxed demeanor as he waited for the damage to register. And it didn''t take long before SLICE! SLICE! Tens of millions of sword strikes were unleashed, slicing up every appendage of the silver-haired man before making quick work of his Dantain Space! *Spurt!* Blood gushed out of almost every part of Maverick''s body! It took him a split second to register the pain, but when he did, he screamed, "Arrggghh!!! You fucking bastard!!!" His anguished howl reverberated throughout the altar room, as on the other side of the thickened walls, a certain nun was waiting with a slight sense of trepidation in her countenance. Thalia was expecting the battle to be over in a second, as she would have to go and ''clean up the mess'' that was left over when Maverick was done with that man. But for some reason, she became a little anxious when thinking about the wolf-masked man ending up as a meat pile - Meanwhile, inside the altar room, Azmond was looking down at the meat potato with an icy demeanor. He was already nning on crippling the bastard for daring to have thoughts about his little angel, but after reading about his ''courting methods'' in the Celestial Academy, he sped up the crippling process. After all, he had found what appeared to be one of the ones holding back Marina''s eldest daughter, ''Nadia''. This silver-haired man was one of the prime reasons why Nadia had yet to break through to the Mahayana Realm. And although Azmond knew next to nothing about ''Nadia'', just being rted to Marina meant that he, as the ''Stepfather'' needed to step in! "YYou dirty pleb! I don''t know how you''re so strong, but when my father returns from the Starry Seaboard, he will show you what happens when you mess with those of the WaterGod Empire!" Maverick''s pained cries echoed through the altar room as hey on the ground with only half his body still intact. Even with his cultivation base crippled, he still possessed the life force of someone at the peak of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm, and that was all he needed to stay alive for years! Although, just to be sure, Azmond put his hands in the air and used the ''Minor Heal'' spell on him. WHALOOM! A warm green energy was released from his hands as he healed up Maverick just enough that he wouldn''t die from blood loss. But he still left him as a meat potato because that was what he deserved for looking at his little angel with those filthy eyes of his. "???" The Divine Prince of the WaterGod Empire thought the masked man feared his reputation and started to heal him up. After ''realizing'' this, his expression morphed into a conceited one as he sneered, "You really think this is enough to make up for what you''ve done!? You will need to kneel down and beg for this daddy''s forgiveness if you wish to make it out alive!" Azmond''s apathetic gaze focused on the delusional silver-haired man before he said, "Shut up." CRUNCH! He stepped on Maverick''s ribs while healing them at the same time, causing an eerie cracking sound to echo out. "Arrgghh!!! Y-You fucking bastard!! Do you know who my father is!? He''s the Emperor of the WaterGod Empire, a Peak Mahayana Realm master!!" Maverick roared with an infuriated voice. Azmond took one nce at the Young Master Peng''s attempt to lean on his father''s reputation. And it was after hearing Maverick''s words that Azmond''s smirk widened from ear to ear as he said, "That''s good! I hope your fatheres soon, or I might just die of boredom dealing with small fry like you!" "!?!?" The silver-haired Divine Prince was utterly bewildered by the response made by the masked man. Did he not fear his father!? Was he stupid or something!? Maybe this idiot thought he was capable of contending with the Emperor of an Empire that ranked within the top 20 in all of Asterion!? "You will pay for this! Just wait and see, you fucking idiot!" Maverick hollered with a deranged look on his face. Azmond was getting tired of this overused dialogue, so he simply kicked the meat potato in the direction of the WaterGod Empire. BOOOOOOOM!! Whatever was left of Maverick was sent flying into the distance, as a small blood-red star could be seen gliding off in the blue skies above. "..." Azmond looked at the hole he made in the roof of the Holy Cathedral before he turned toward a certain wall and said, "I''m not paying for the damage." Chapter 415: Thalia .... Azmond''s voice reached its intended target as a voluptuous nun with a body to kill for walked out from behind the wall and entered the altar room. She was expecting the entire ce to have been turned into a bloodbath; however, what she never could''ve predicted was that the one who caused the bloodbath was the wolf-masked man. Her eyes widened after seeing the silver-haired divine prince nowhere in sight as she asked, "What happened here!?" *Jiggle Jiggle* Thalia''s milky white pillows bounced around a little as she jumped around the room, attempting to find any trace of the Divine Prince. However, no matter where she looked, she couldn''t find him The only people in sight were the wolf-masked man and the short catkin loli whotched onto his head. It didn''t take her long to put two and two together as she asked, "...Did you?" "Yep," Azmond interjected before he walked over to the brightly lit altar with Calista in tow. "Can you hurry up and get this activation ceremony started? We''ve been waiting here quite a while after all," he inquired with an indifferent tone. It was like he believed that the Divine Prince''s disappearance had nothing to do with him "..." Thalia wore a baffled expression as she looked at Azmond like she was looking at ab experiment. But regardless of her astonishment, she still had her duty to uphold, so that''s exactly what she did as she walked up to him and gave him two vials. "T-These are vials filled with a certain type of liquid called the ''Holy Liquid''. It''s what you will need to drink before dipping your heads in the Holy Water over there," she exined with a jittery tone as she pointed toward a small pool filled with an unknown, murky white liquid. Azmond observed the vials in his hands and made sure the white liquid within was not any ''suspicious substance'' before he handed one to Calista. "It''s safe to drink, but don''t drink too fast or you''ll choke," he reminded her with an affectionate voice. "Mhmm" Calista bobbed her head a little before she unwrapped her tail from Azmond''s head and got down onto the floor. She may have gotten off his head, but she refused to let go of his hand due to the spooky nature of the altar room. Azmond noticed this as well, but he didn''t mind it in the least, as he said, "On the count of one." "Three Two One" After he reached one, both he and Calista drank the mysterious ''Holy Liquid'' at the same time. Following the consumption of the liquid as it slid down their throats, a bright, effulgent light suddenly erupted from within their bodies! It brightened up the whole room, causing the once-spooky aura to vanish in an instant! And after the light was unleashed from their bodies, Thalia watched the changes happening within the light as she took out a crystal ball. It seemed like she was waiting for something to happen on the surface of the crystal ball. And it didn''t take long before she got the reaction she was expecting, as the crystal ball lit up in a color that matched what was being emitted from Azmond and Calista. A color that just so happened to be a dark crimson red and blue mix for Azmond, while it was a light and vibrant spring green for Calista. "I-I have never seen readings like his before" Thalia muttered as she made sure the colors were matching. After checking a few times, she had all but verified that what was happening was the truth of the situation. However, it made no sense! She had been activating professions for thousands of years, and yet she had never heard of anybody having a profession with a red and blue crimson color! Furthermore, it didn''t look like his profession analysis was done yet, as the body and red crimson color started to have some starry hues mixed somewhere in the middle! Following this new shade of starry light coalescing into the light, yet another darkish purple and pink color was imbued into the energy being released out of Azmond! "What the hell is his profession!?" Thalia eximed as she couldn''t get the crystal ball reader to designate a specific ss. On the other hand, the crystal ball had already indicated that Calista would obtain the profession that was known as a ''Fate Weaver''. Thalia was astounded that someone had finally obtained the ''Fate Weaver'' after thousands of years of no one being born with it, but more than that, she was far more curious about what the Wolf Masked Man would receive as a profession! After a few minutes of Azmond and Calista being enveloped in their respective lights, the brightness in the room suddenly died down as both of them emerged with entirely different aurasing off of them. Calista possessed a mystical and an almost overpoweringly mysterious aura, while Azmond''s aura was something akin to a cage beast that had been let loose into the world! But at the same time, his aura was refined and calm And those weren''t the only qualities it possessed, as his aura felt like one that an imperious ruler who had ruled for countless years owned. Furthermore, there was also this ever-imposing translucent red and blue spiraling aspect in the aura that made it seem like Azmond was evesting and untouchable throughout the ages! It was nigh impossible to describe exactly what the aura indicated his distinctive feature would be; however, the one thing that Thalia did understand was that Azmond was a monster He was an aberration, an anomaly, a freak of nature! Even after minutes of scanning, the crystal ball profession tester could not ascertain which profession he possessed A few more minutes passed as Azmond and Calista had already dipped their heads in the ''Holy Water''. They were now patiently waiting for the results of their profession activation to be released. And finally, something changed within the crystal ball! Chapter 416: Quantum Conqueror .... BLING! A bright, splendiferous light of untold proportions was unleashed from the crystal ball before the radiant light dispersed, and a series of words were left on the surface of the crystal ball. Words that read: ''????, Quantum Conqueror'' "???" Thalia didn''t understand what she was looking at. What the hell was a ''Quantum Conqueror''!? Even after scouting the ancient libraries of Asterion for thousands of years, she had never heard of anything remotely simr to this profession! Thalia turned her bewildered gaze up from the crystal ball before she muttered, "What are you?" Azmond''s grin widened a little as he looked at his profession and replied, "I''m Morningstar." Following his promation, he felt an immense surge of power enter into his veins and start rewriting his very existence! ''Hmm? Some type of limation process or something?'' Azmond thought with a raised eyebrow. WAAAA! Explosive levels of mixture-colored energies surpassing the Middle Mahayana Realm erupted out of his body! Following the unleashment of his aura, arge chunk of information was transmitted into his mind. ''The ranks of a Quantum Conqueror, huh?'' Azmond mused with an intrigued look on his face. "..." Thalia was staring at the Wolf Masked Man like she was looking at something not of this world! On the other hand, Calista was looking at her ''mate'' with a satisfied grin on her face as she thought, ''Of course my mate is the strongest'' Azmond looked over the information that was transmitted into his mind concerning these ''Quantum Emperor Ranks''. From what he could tell, this was essentially the ssification for those who were designated as ''Quantum Conqueror'' when they activated their profession. And luckily for Azmond, the ranks were a lot simpler to remember than the Mage Ranks, as they went like: Quantum Conqueror: Tier 1 - 11 All of which corresponded to the eleven major realms of Asterion. In addition, all of those eleven ranks were further split up into four minor realms: early, middle,te, and peak. Nheless, it wasn''t the ranks that pleased Azmond the most. It was instead the way in which one progressed through the realms! The Quantum Conqueror profession was unlike all the other professions that used specific utilizations of the Qi in the air. Instead, the Quantum Conqueror Profession used the abstruse aspect of ''Conquest'' to further advance in the realms. Now, to borate on that subject, this profession used a different ''form'' of the energy that popted all of existence. Different from ''multiplying and converting'' the Qi like Mages do, Quantum Conqueror''s ''Conquer'' things to advance through the ranks! However, what these ''things'' were exactly varied greatly. But the one thing that held true for those who activated the Quantum Conqueror profession was that one needed to take over different parts of existence. Whether that ''part'' be ruling over a small town or obtaining a fair maiden''s heart, anything and absolutely everything was fair game for those wishing to reach the peak of the Quantum Conqueror Profession! Furthermore, the Quantum Conqueror profession didn''t end with just eleven ranks; however, that was for another time Azmond already understood the gist of his new profession, and basically, he just had to ''take over'' anything he fancied, and he would acquire these things called ''Conqueror Wisps''. These ''Conqueror Wisps'' would be quantified by the system, but usually one would be in the dark when it came to figuring out how many ''Conqueror Wisps'' one acquired after ''Conquering'' something. Nheless, once he had obtained some of these ''Conqueror Wisps'', his ''Quantum Conqueror rank'' would begin to soar! Azmond wanted to go out and test out his new profession right away; however, it looked like he still had some formalities to go through first. By that, it meant that he had to pay for using the holy liquid "How much?" Azmond asked from behind a counter. His heart started to bleed even before he was told the total sum of two Activation Ceremonies! Thalia observed the pain expression he was making before she replied, "Your totales out to 124,568,900,015 Gold, or roughly one hundred billion Aqua Coins." "Oh, and we also take spiritual stones just in case you were looking to use those instead," she added. Azmond looked at the true devil before him as his heart was torn into ten thousand different pieces. THUD! He copsed to the ground with a lifeless expression, as he suddenly felt like life was too unfair! But, regardless of his grievances, he still found the heart to empty out a portion of his gold storage into the storage ring of that she-devil! BING! BING! After watching tens of billions of gold coins get emptied out of his storage ring, he turned his defeated gaze up to Thalia. "!!!" And when he saw a smirk on her face, he knew that she was getting revenge for ignoring the pesky questions she had asked after the activation ceremony was concluded! "Y-You demon!" Azmond stuttered, his trembling finger pointed in Thalia''s direction. "Ho~? I don''t think I know what you mean by that, dear guest," Thalia replied with a gloating expression. "Th-This" He didn''t know how to deal with this petty woman. If it were under any circumstances, then he''d surely give her a good smack on the butt! ''Wait a second! Isn''t this a perfect opportunity to test out my Quantum Conqueror Profession!?'' Azmond thought. After that thought entered his mind, it never left, as it soon consumed his mind, egging him toward the inevitable "I''ve decided!" He abruptly blurted out. "???" Thalia was slightly taken aback by this outburst of his. "..." "..." However, both Boundless and Calista knew where this conversation was going. And when they turned their suspicious gazes in the direction of the nun''s ''assets'', everything checked out Following his deration, Azmond focused his fox-like eyes on the busty nun in front of him. "!?" The nun herself got an extremely bad feeling about that look in his eyes, as she was looking to vacate the area. FWIP! But before she could, a tall, masked figure appeared behind her and ripped off her mask with a sh*t-eating grin on his face! ..... Chapter 417: Are You Dumb Or What? ... "!!!" Thalia was shocked by the unexpected movement of Azmond as she attempted to hide her face. However, Azmond was faster as he spun the voluptuous beauty around before getting a good look at her face. "??" Upon observing her flustered features, he immediately realized why she was trying to hide her face. Although Azmond didn''t understand what Thalia was so anxious about, he understood it from her perspective. Following this evaluation by him, the beautiful nun turned her head down and murmured, "You think I''m ugly, don''t you?" She saw that look in Azmond''s eyes and instantly knew what the ''truth'' was, but she still asked her question anyway. However, contrary to her expectations for his answer, he approached her face with his masked appearance before he replied, "It''s just a little scar~ What are you so worried about~?" "???" Thalia wasn''t following as she gazed into those mysterious eyes of his. She almost got lost in their splendor for a second, but she quickly snapped out of it and said, "But that surprised look you were giving me It''s the same as what everyone else gives me" Thalia clenched the hem of her nun dress as she recalled all the times that she had been shunned and ostracized because of the blemish on her appearance. When Thalia was young, she was always subjected to the abuse of her stepfather, and what she gained from one of the more ''extreme'' hits was arge scar on the left side of her cheek That wasn''t the only scar she had on her body, but it was the one that everyone saw as soon as they looked at her. Which is why, out of all the seven Holy Sisters of the Holy Cathedral, she was the only one who wore a mask "..." Azmond looked at the self-deprecating expression the gorgeous nun was making before he sighed and said, "Are you dumb, or what?" "W-What?" Thalia questioned with a bewildered gleam in her eyes. She never would''ve expected him to chastise a sister of the Holy Cathedral; however, before she had time to mull over that matter *Step Step* Azmond took slow steps toward the confused woman as he gently pushed her against a nearby golden wall. *m!* He put his knee up against her crotch as he stared down into her dazzling blue eyes with a piercing gaze. "Do you know what I hate most?" Azmond questioned the girl with a husky tone. "!?!?" Thalia was still trying toprehend what had happened to her, but when she suddenly heard the wolf-masked man''s voice, she focused her attention on him. There was also something itching away at her crotch, but she decided to ignore it as she once again got lost in those mystical eyes of his. "I don''t kno-" And just as she was about to answer his question, Azmond answered it for her, as he said, "I hate women who undervalue themselves. I hate people like you." Thalia saw a disdainful glint emerge in his gaze, as she felt like something sharp had prated her heart when that gaze fell on her. Thalia didn''t know why this man she just met was eliciting such reactions from her, but she knew that she didn''t like them one bit! And just as she was about to enter into another morass of self-hatred, Azmond turned her flickering eyes back in his direction and said, "I hate that you don''t understand how beautiful you are! Like, seriously, what is wrong with you, woman??" "???" Question marks were going off in Thalia''s head; however, it looked like he wasn''t done yet. "Your long, silky ck hair and those sparkling blue eyes! Not to mention your cute little nose and those baby doll eyshes! You must be damn near blind if you think you''re ugly!" He began with a passionate tone. "Who cares what other people think about you! Screw them! You''re perfect just the way you are! It''s utterly ridiculous that just because of this little scar, you think you''re ugly!!" Azmond ranted for a while, as he vehemently believed that she, along with all other women, were beautiful in their own way! This stupid and silly nun really seemed to set him off, as he spent the next twenty minutes articting to her all the things that he found beautiful about her. And let''s just say that he really went into detail, and at the end of it all, the once dignified and stoic nun was left with cheeks redder than a tomato Thalia was sitting on the ground with an expression that was beyond embarrassed. She had never been so flustered in her entire life! And everything this man told her only made that ''condition'' worse! *Humph!* Azmond huffed a little at the state of the gorgeous nun before he turned his gaze back toward Calista and Boundless. "Let''s get out of here," he said in a dry tone before he walked out the doors of the reception room. "..." "..." Boundless and Calista were still reeling in from the second-hand embarrassment, but it didn''t take long before they were trailing right behind Azmond. And after all of them were gone, the only person left in themodious andvishly decorated reception room was the mess of a nun. Thalia had a few strands of her ck hair in her mouth as she thought, ''That stupid youngster and his stupid flirtatious words... He thinks he can just say things like that and leave as if nothing happened??'' She remembered how Azmond had showered her withplement afterplement as she furrowed her perfect eyebrows and shouted, "Just wait until we meet again, you stupid, stingy man! I will not take this lying down!" *Jiggle Jiggle* Her body ricocheted a little as she leaped up off the ground and raced off in a certain direction of the Holy Cathedral. Thalia''s expression would indicate that she was quite peeved over what had just transpired; however, if one listened close enough, then they would hear a soft melodic giggle escape her mouth. Chapter 418: Tier 1 System Shop .... Meanwhile, outside the two grandiose doors of the Holy Cathedral, Azmond heard the shout made by Thalia as a small smirk emerged on his face. He was going to look at that nun''s system interface again, but before he did, he suddenly heard a system notification ring out inside his head. A few bright lights shed. BLING! *Ding!* *You have received Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps x650,000,000 for partially conquering the heart of a beauty in the Fifth Stage of Tribtion Transcendence!* *Ding!* *Your ''Conqueror Rank'' has advanced from ''Early Rank 1'' to ''Peak Rank 7''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Initial Stages of Middle Mahayana'' to the ''Early Stages of Middle Mahayana''* WAAAA! Following the system notifications, an immense level of energy entered Azmond''s veins, increasing his previous strength by at least a hundred fold! ''A hundredfold increase in strength as opposed to a few minutes ago is quite the substantial boost,'' he thought with a small smile. Following the evaluation of his new strength, he reined in his newfound strength before looking toward all the girls crowding around him. "..." "..." "..." However, when Azmond saw all the puffed-out cheeks of his party members, he decided it was best that he focus his attention on why his ''Conqueror Wisp'' was designated as ''Tier 1''. It turned out that the specific details of the Conqueror Wisps took a while to be transmitted, but they finally came after a few minutes, as they basically said: Tier 1 Quantum Wisp Acquisition Rates: Body Refinement Realm: 0.1 - 1 Qi Condensation Realm: 1.1 - 10 Foundation Establishment Realm: 10.1 - 100 Core Formation Realm: 100.1 - 1,000 Golden Core Formation Realm: 1,001 - 10,000 Nascent Soul Realm: 10,001 - 100,000 Soul Transformation Realm: 100,001 - 1,000,000 Void Refining Realm: 1,000,001 - 10,000,000 Unity Form Synthesis Realm: 10,000,001 - 100,000,000 Tribtion Transcendence Realm: 100,000,001 - 1,000,000,000 Mahayana Realm: 1,000,000,001 - 10,000,000,000 These are all able to be obtained through various activities involving the ''Conquering'' aspect of existence. This was essentially all that Azmond learned about the ''Conqueror Wisps'' dubbed ''Tier 1''. The acquisition rates allotted by beings beyond the Mahayana Realm were still unknown for the current him; however, he figured he would learn more as soon as his ''Quantum Qi Cultivation Base'' improved. Nevertheless, in the meantime, he still had a few pouty beauties to ''take care of''. So that''s exactly what he did ... A few hours passed. Azmond and the girls found themselves in a wide hotel room rented out on the Twenty First Floor of the Mariase Hotel. The only one still awake past midnight was Azmond, and that was only because all the girls were ''worn out'' from all the strenuous ''activities'' they participated in for thest few hours. And he was about to go to sleep as well, but out of nowhere, he suddenly got a few distinct system notifications. *Ding!* *You have gained 5,500,000 ''dual cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 10,980,000 ''dual cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 280,000,000 ''dual cultivation'' experience* *Ding!... You have* A few hundred dual cultivation experience acquisition notifications bombarded Azmond before a few level-up ones hit him next. *Ding!* *You have leveled up your ''dual cultivation'' tab to ''Tier 1: Level 8* *Ding!* *Your ''racial bonuses'' have increased from ''104,000%'' to ''114,000''%* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Early Stages of Middle Mahayana'' to the ''Middle Stages of Middle Mahayana''* *Ding!* *Due to the efforts of your ''remote exp grinders'', your cultivation has increased from the ''Middle Stages of Late Quantum Soul Transformation'' to the ''Absolute Peak Stages of Late Quantum Soul Transformation''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has improved from the ''Middle Stages of Middle Mahayana'' to the ''Late Stages of Middle Mahayana''* Azmond looked over the system notifications before he felt another surge of power course through his veins. His strength had once again taken a huge leap in such a short amount of time! ''The Absolute Peak Stages of Late Soul Transformation, huh?'' He thought with furrowed brows. ''Well, since I''m nearing the peak of the Soul Transformation Realm and my Essence Soul has developed to the ''Adult Development Phase'', I think I''ll look over the ''System Shop'' and ''Storage Space'' features before attempting to break through to Void Refining.'' After those thoughts entered his mind, he immediately put them into practice and started to circte Qi in a remote corner of the hotel room. Azmond had, of course, made sure to put up a Qi barrier to keep everything happening during his cultivation session from leaking out. He had also left some of his ''body warmth'' on the more ''sensitive'' girls, so they wouldn''t wake up looking for him. And after all that was done, he began to cultivate, and luckily for him, it looked like the girls would be passed out for the next few days. Furthermore, the ''Centennial sh'' wouldn''t begin until a week from now, so Azmond had quite a bit of time to increase his cultivation base. Although a week usually wouldn''t be enough for him to even improve by a minor stage, with his ''114,000%'' racial bonus for cultivation speed, his cultivation speed had tremendously improved! And even without the help of his remote exp grinders with Emu attached to them, he would be able to break through to the Void Refining Realm within a week! However, before he did that, he was nning to check out the ''System Shop'' that he had never gotten around to doing an in-depth observation of previously. A bright blue and golden light shed. {[System Shop]} {[Bnce: 80 Trillion Store Credits]} {[Tier 1 Items:]} [Minor Health Potion: 10 Store Credits] [Minor Mana Potion: 15 Store Credits] [Strength Charm (Boosts Strength stat by 15%): 350 Store Credits)] [Speed Charm (Boosts Speed stat by 15%): 350 Store Credits)] [Defense Charm (Boosts Defense stat by 15%): 350 Store Credits)] [Qi Charm (Boosts Qi stat by 15%): 350 Store Credits)] [Heavenly essories Set (Boosts all general stats by 120%): 4,500,000 Store Credits)] [Heavenly Dearth Sword (One time use) (Holds the full power strike of a being in the Early Stages of Lunar Ascendancy): 40 Billion Store Credits] {[Tier 2 Items: ???]} [Reach the Quantum Void Refining Realm to unlock] {[Tier 2 Items: ???]} [Reach the Quantum Void Refining Realm to unlock] Chapter 419: Storage Space .... "..." Azmond perused through the hundreds of items present in the ''Tier 1'' section of the system shop. However, most of them were either trinkets or techniquespletely useless for him, so he passed over them and focused on a select few. Specifically, his attention was brought to the ''Health Potion'', ''Mana Potion'', ''The Stat Charms'', the ''Heavenly essories Set'', and the ''Heavenly Dearth Sword''. The Health and Mana potions were pretty self exnatory, while the various charms could only be worn once for each person. Which meant that Azmond couldn''t stack millions of them on himself Nheless, he could wear one of each, including the ''Heavenly essories Set'', and buy a few duplicates for the people in his party. Although he wasn''t counting on their power to protect him, increasing the power of his ''remote exp grinders'' would only multiply the amount of benefits he could gain! In addition, it would also allow him to send them on tougher missions so as to help increase his ''Questpletion rate'' and ''Exterior Cultivation Level''. After all, a few days ago, Boundless informed him that the ''Main Party Members'' could nowplete ''Quests''pletely independently from the host. And as the past has shown time and time again, the ''experience'' acquired from quests far outweighed anything that could be gained from purely killing monsters! Azmond wished that he could have his ''Non Main Party Members''plete quests as well; however, ording to Boundless, that would break the bnce of existence, and he would not be able to aplish that until he surpassed the ''Dao Realm''. He didn''t really know what that Realm was, but he knew that it was likely light years away from his current stage Nevertheless, instead of dwelling on far-off moments in time, Azmond decided to buy all the things that caught his eye. BING! BING! BING! Hundreds of copies of items were transported into his storage space. That also included a few dozen of those ''Heavenly Dearth Swords'', which he figured mighte in handy at some point in time. After all, a full power strike from a Lunar Ascendancy Expert was likely capable ofpletely destroying Asterion. That meant that Azmond now had dozens of dispensable destroyers in his inventory! Just thinking about all the experience points,ws, gold, spiritual stones, auras, and everything else he could obtain from disposing of trillions of beings made him salivate! Though he would never do something so insane,. At least not yet Nevertheless, regardless of the potential genocides, Azmond took a nce at his ''Storage Space'' as well. For now, the storage space looks like this: {[Storage Space/Inventory]} {[Currencies, ect.]} [Gold Coins: x76,500,000,000,000] [AquaRing Coins: x480,000,000,000] [Heaven Rank Qi Pills: x24] [Earth Rank Qi Pills: x55,000] [Mortal Rank Qi Pills: x23,560,000] [Common Rank Qi Pills: x56,870,000,000] {[Various Items]} [Health Potions: x560] [Mana Potions: x560] [Heavenly Dearth Swords: x37] [Strength Charms: x780] [Speed Charms: x780] [Defense Charms: x780] [Qi Charms: x780] [Heavenly essories Sets: x420] There were various other things in Azmond''s storage space; however, these were the only ones that caught his attention. The rest were all a bunch of unusual items, such as wood pieces, logs, and fur objects. Nheless, what he was interested in were the ''Qi Pills'', the ''Charms'', and the ''Heavenly essories Set''. Azmond already knew what the Charms and Heavenly essories Sets did, so he took them out of his inventory right away. BANG! BANG! BANG! One of everything fell to the mahogany floors with a loud crash, as this action of Azmond''s likely would have woken up the girls if not for his barrier. Nevertheless, he looked over the items with a discerning eye. The system interfaces of the items were pretty simple and basically exined what he already knew. Furthermore, considering that none of them originated from anywhere and were created using hisprehension of the ''Quantum Law'' and Boundless''s ''Reality Law'', they didn''t have any ''background histories''. So, in the end, Azmond took a few cursory nces before he picked up the items. The first ones he got up off the ground were the charms. Every single one of the charms was a different color, as the strength charm was red and in the shape of a small pendant. The rest of the charms looked like pendants as well and were simr to the strength charm. With the only difference being that the Speed charm was a turquoise color, the Defense charm was yellow, and the Qi charm was purple. Azmond nced at all the charms as he looked at their system interfaces and understood that he had to put them on his chest. So that''s precisely what he did, as he first stuck the Strength charm to his robes. BLING! A bright red light shed before a system notification appeared in front of his vision. *Ding!* *You have equipped a ''Common Rarity'' item in one of your six essory slots* *Ding!* *Your strength stat has increased by 15%, and it will keep increasing your stats as long as you have the ''Strength Charm'' equipped.* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has slightly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power is one step closer to breaking past the Middle Stages of Mahayana* WAAA! Azmond felt the sudden increase in physical strength, and he couldn''t help but think that the ''15%'' had improved his strength a lot more than that. ''Wait'' He thought to himself with a sudden look of realization. A bright light shed as he opened up part of his system interface. ==<[Boundless System]>== [Name: Azmond] [Main ss: Quantum Conqueror] [More info will be updated soon.] [Titles: Battle Maniac, Pursuer of the Unknown, Unparalleled Genius, Admirer of Splendor, Apprentice Vanquisher, Harem Chaser, Journeyman Dual Cultivator] [upation(s): Cultivator] [Lifespan: 13/2000] [Race: Semon {[Tier 1]}] [Can revert back to human at will] [Racial Bonuses: {[114,000% increase in strength, speed, defense, and Qi]}, {[114,000% Increase in stamina, dexterity, and longevity]}, {[Improved appearance and attractiveness to those of the opposite sex]}, {[114,000% increase in Cultivation Speed]}] Chapter 420: Late Mahayana Realm ..... ==<[Cultivation]>== [Realm: Quantum Soul Transformation] [Stage: Absolute Peak Stages of Late Soul Transformation] (12 parameter cycles of the Core, Cultivation Base, Physical Body, Nascent Soul, and Essence Soulpleted)] [Core Size: 24,500 Meters] [Divine Sense: 6,500,000 Miles] [Core Quality: Quantum Tier] [Physique: Quantum Law Body Rank 6] [Dao Heart Rank: Absolute Peak Mortal] [Existence Companion Bonds: Emu: Level 4 (Advance the level of your bond with Emu through defeating monsters andpleting quests together to unlock ''unique'' functions!) {[First Unique Function]} Premature Release due to unforeseen circumstances [Name: Quantum Katana Flux] - [Function: (Quantum Katana Flux), Host has the ability to use (Emu) when in (Katana Form) to tremendously enhance the power of the User] {[First Unique Function]} Premature Release due to unforeseen circumstances [Name: Quantum Katana Flux] - [Function: (Quantum Katana Flux), Host has the ability to use (Emu) when in (Katana Form) to tremendously enhance the power of the User] {[Second Unique Function V2]}- [Name: Soulforge Ascendancy] - [Function: Allows the one bonded with (Emu) to gain a portion of the cultivation base,ws, sword aura/intent, and skills of other beings through the devouring of said beings] (Results vary)] {[Second Unique Function V2]} - [Name: Soulforge Ascendancy] - [Function: Allows the one bonded with (Emu) to gain a portion of the cultivation base,ws, sword aura/intent, and skills of other beings through the devouring of said beings] (Results vary)] {[Third Unique Function]}-[Name: Infinite Slime Separation] - [Function: Emu has the ability to split its body into a seemingly endless number of itself that can be separated by vast distances. (Rtive to the strength of both the host and Emu).] [Works in conjunction with the ''Soulforge Ascendancy'' and ''Quantum Katana Flux'' Unique Functions.] {[Third Unique Function]} -[Name: Infinite Slime Separation] - [Function: Emu has the ability to split its body into a seemingly endless number of itself that can be separated by vast distances. (Rtive to the strength of both the host and Emu).] [Works in conjunction with the ''Soulforge Ascendancy'' and ''Quantum Katana Flux'' Unique Functions.] [Emu Treasure Weapon Rank: Peak-Early Heaven] [???] (hidden till unlocked) ==<[Exterior Cultivation]>== [Level: Tier 1: Level 453] [Exp needed for next level: 180,000,000,000,000] [Total Exp: 79,400,000,000,000,000] [Total Gold: 78,150,000,000,000] [Total Spiritual Stones: {[Lowest Ranked: 165,220,900, Low Rank: 5,600,300, Mid Rank: 89,140, High Rank: 2,330]}] ==<[Stats]>== [Overall Combat Power: Initial Stages of the Middle Mahayana Realm (With all Law assimtion rates and strongest technique.) (Middle Stages of the Middle Mahayana Realm with (Emu).] [STR: Initial Stages of the Middle Mahayana Realm] (15% Boost included) [STR: Absolute Peak Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm] [SPD: Absolute Peak Stages of the Early Mahayana Realm] [Int: Slightly Above Average] "..." Azmond only looked at the top half of his system interface, but that was enough for him to read his stats and see that his ''15% boost'' had pushed him over the chasm between Early Mahayana and Middle Mahayana for his Strength Stat! "This will make for insane improvements for my stats," he said with a small smile on his face. Azmond had originally assumed that the ''15%'' would only increase his ''total strength'' by that amount. But it turned out that it instead improved the ''Stat Unit'' itself. So let''s say that he had a stat interface that was simr to everyone else''s, then his stat would say something like ''Three Hundred Billion'' in whatever form was most convenient. However, with this ''Strength Charm'' added into the mix, his original ''Three Hundred Billion Strength Stat'' increased to ''Three Hundred Billion + 15% of Three Hundred Billion''. Which was to say that after equipping the ''Strength Charm'', Azmond''s strength stat had gone from ''Three Hundred Billion'' to ''Three Hundred and Forty Five Billion''. And when put in this context, it was just enough for his ''Strength Stat'' to breach into the Middle Mahayana Realm! After realizing this fact, Azmond rushed to the rest of the stat charms and equipped them onto his body without a moment''s notice. BLING! BLING! BLING! A plethora of varying colored lights shed as all of the charms filled up the ''six essory slots'' that he had avable to him. After the boosts activated, Azmond felt an insane increase in all his attributes. However, he wasn''t yet done, as he picked up the gold set of ''Heavenly essories'' before putting them on his chest. BLING! A radiant and dazzling golden light brightened up the isted area Azmond was meditating in! After the light died down, he took a look at the stat part of his system interface. [Overall Combat Power: Peak Stages of the Late Mahayana Realm (With all Law assimtion rates and strongest technique.) (Absolute Peak Stages of the Late Mahayana Realm with (Emu).] [STR: Early Stages of the Late Mahayana Realm] (135% Boost included) [SPD: Early Stages of the Late Mahayana Realm] (135% Boost included) [Qi: Early Stages of the Late Mahayana Realm] (135% Boost Included) WAAAA! Following a nce at his stats, Azmond felt an extreme level of power wash over him! "T-This is My strength has improved by at least one thousand fold" He muttered with a look of disbelief etched across his face. Azmond couldn''t believe that simply equipping a few essories had improved his strength by such arge margin ''If I''m able to acquire a few more item sets, won''t I be invincible before I know it?'' He thought with a slight sense of anticipation welling up in his heart. However, regardless of his abrupt strength increase, Azmond wasn''t yet done with improving his power! BING! BING! BING! Millions of marble-sized Qi Pills fell on the wooden floor as he was looking to speed up his cultivation speed even further! A few hours passed by. OOOM! An immensely powerful aura overwhelmed the tranquil atmosphere that Azmond was sitting in as he was preparing to break through into the Peak Quantum Soul Transformation Realm! Crimson, blue, purple, and ck Qi energies swirled around his body as if it weren''t for the isted space that Azmond found himself in, it was possible that the entire Royal Capital would''ve been ravished by the Qi! As he was breaking through to the Peak Quantum Soul Transformation Realm in a lotus position, a few system notifications went off in his head. *Ding!* *You have obtained x1,000,000,000 Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering the Qi within a million-mile radius!* *Ding!* *You have obtained x1,200,000,000 Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering the Qi within a one-point, two-million-mile radius!* *Ding!* *You have obtained 1,400,000,000 Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering the Qi within a one-point, four-million-mile radius!* *Ding!* *You have obtained 1,600,000,000 Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering the Qi within a one-point, six-million-mile radius!* *Ding!* *You have obtained x2,000,000,000 Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering the Qi within a two-million-mile radius!* .... Chapter 421: Peak Mahayana Realm, Void Realm .... The hours passed by as the number of Conqueror Wisps that Azmond obtained exponentially increased with each further second. And as Azmond''s breakthrough was reaching its Zenith *Ding!* *You have obtained x3,500,000,000 Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering the Qi within a three-point five-million-mile radius!* *Ding!* *You have broken through to the Peak Quantum Soul Transformation Realm!* *Ding!* *You have obtained x9,999,999,999 Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering the Late Quantum Soul Transformation Realm!* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has increased from the ''Peak of the 7th Rank'' to the ''Peak of the 9th Rank''!* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has officially surpassed your ''Qi Rank'', as you have sessfully entered the ''Unity Form Synthesis Realm'' equivalent of the ''Quantum Conqueror Rank''* *Ding!* *Considering that your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' works on a different spectrum of measurement than the ''Qi System'', your strength shall increase appropriately!* *Ding!* *You Cultivation Realm has improved from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of Late Quantum Soul Transformation'' to the ''Initial Stages of Peak Quantum Soul Transformation''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Late Mahayana Realm'' to the ''Initial Stages of the Peak Mahayana Realm''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has further increased from the ''Initial Stages of the Peak Mahayana Realm'' into the ''Middle Stages of the Peak Mahayana Realm'' through your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank''* WAAAA!! Azmond felt an insane level of power wash over him, as the improvement to his strength this time around was even greater than what he just obtained! In fact, if his past self from half a day went up against him, then he was confident that he could p him out of existence without moving an inch! "So this is what it feels like to have power at or above the Peak Mahayana Realm" Azmond muttered as he clenched and unclenched his fists. Considering that his ''racial benefits'' were hidden, he didn''t know exactly where his exact strength peaked, but he assumed that he was nearing the ''Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm''! "I''ve gained so much strength," he began with a contemtive expression. "But this is still not enough! Unless I reach the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm in my ''visible''bat power, then I won''t stop cultivating!" After finding his reaffirmed resolve, he continued to cultivate using his ''intense and painful strategy'', while also utilizing the absorption of ''Qi Pills'' and ''Spiritual Stones''. At this point, he was slurping up Qi Pills and Spiritual Stones like candies! Apparently his already insane cultivation speed wasn''t good enough for Azmond! ... A few days passed. RUMBLE! An extreme level of energy was causing the entire continent of Azure nk to shake and quake, as even Azmond''s spiritual Qi barriers were unable to contain his breakthrough into the Quantum Void Refining Realm! "This will definitely cause some trouble for me" Azmond muttered with a slightly exasperated tone. He could already feel the immensely powerful energy signatures honing in on his direction. They wereing from all corners of the Azure nk Continent and even the surrounding Continents. Beastkin Emperor''s from Gaia''s Sanctum, Human Emperor''s from the Divine Sea Continent, Human Master''s from the Celestial Academy. With Azmond''s divine sense and midway points, he could ascertain the existence of thousands of Mahayana Realm Cultivators beaming straight toward thevishly decorated hotel! However, they were still a few milliseconds out, which gave him all the time he needed toplete his breakthrough and exterminate whatever the ''Mysterious Beings above'' decided to send for him. On a side note, even with this tumultuous urrence going on around them, the girls in the hotel room hadn''t opened their eyes an inch! "..." Azmond nced at all the sleeping beauties before he refocused on the objective and circted his Qi even faster than before. Qi Pills and Spiritual Stones were being used up in the millions! All so he could acquire the perfect foundation for when he breaks through to the Quantum Void Refining Realm! Furthermore, his Essence Soul and Nascent Soul had already achieved the ''Absolute Adult Development Phases''. In addition, Azmond had juste back from the ''Void Realm'' with maximum gains inprehending the ''Void Law''. This had happened after he broke through to the Half-Step Quantum Void Refining Realm. One might wonder what this ''Void Realm'' was; however, one would first have to understand how the ''Void Refining Realm'' and its subsequent ''Talent Gap'' counterparts functioned. ----- The Void Realm. The Void Realm is a realm where one must take their Essence Soul and Nascent Soul outside of the Corporeal Realm and invite them into a subdimension called the ''Void Realm''. The Void Realm acts as a subdomain or ayer of space that lies and encapstes most Mortal and Heavenly Realms with few exceptions. A cultivator in the Void Refining Realm must let their Nascent Soul and Essence Soul wander throughout this ''Void Realm'' for an extended period of time. What the Nascent Soul and Essence Soul of a cultivator do in the ''Void Realm'' is begin to discern the ''Law of Void'', notprehend, but discern. This implies that the purpose of such exposure is so the cultivator, who begins to reach the peak of the basic mortal realms, can start to understand whates next. The cultivator will be exposed to enough of the Void energy in the Void Realm that they will begin to see a qualitative change happen within their Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Essence Soul. This change will eventually reach a point where the cultivator can start their breakthrough into the Early Stages of the Void Refining Realmthe stage dubbed ''The Void of Inquiry''. The Void Refinement Realm is split into 5 stages. Those stages are Early Void Refinement: Void Strength (Must understand the ''Void Inquiry'' (aspect) of the Void Realm) Middle Void Refinement: Void Pierce (Must understand the ''Void Pration'' (aspect) of the Void Realm) Late Void Refinement: Void Qi (Must understand the ''Void Destruction'' (aspect) of the Void Realm) Peak Void Refinement: Void Body (Must understand the ''Void Supreme'' (aspect) of the Void Realm) Half Step Unity Form Synthesis: Void Fragmentation (Must understand the ''Void Dispersion'' (aspect) of the Void Realm) The [Basic], [Heavenly], [Divine], and [Quantum] Talentw body foundations will say the same in the Void Refinement Realm. The only difference will be that you will need to refine every aspect of your existence, i.e. (Core, Nascent Soul, Essence Soul, ''Void Law'' insights, and physical body) [Doing all 5 once over will count as onepression cycle] [0] Basic, [2] Heavenly, [5] Divine, [12] Quantum Current Compression Cycles Rates Chapter 422: Crias .... Ultimately, the Void Refining Realm was a veryplex subject and involved many different requirements to be able to breakthrough and continue breaking through in. However, the bare minimum requirement for breaking through to the Void Refining Realm was taking your ''illusory form'' into the ''Void Realm'' and getting a ''feel'' for the ''Void Law''. Which in Azmond''s case, it turned into him not only ''getting a feel'' for the Void Law, but he also started toprehend it! Although hisprehension was only in the Level 1 area and would likely stay below the ''0.01%'' range for years toe, it was still enough for Azmond''s power to increase by an insane margin! After all, the ''Void Law'' was a genuine ''Immortal Realm Law''! Let alone the Immortal Realm, Azmond was still meandering around in the beginner areas of one of an infinite number of Mortal Realm''s And yet, he was able to obtain a Law at such a high level with just his breakthrough into the Half-Step Quantum Void Refining Realm! Just imagining what would happen when he eventually breaks through to the true Quantum Void Refining Realm, Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm, Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm, and Quantum Mahayana Realm would have one trembling in excitement and fear On that note, what sort of monster was reality creating? WAAAA! "..." Azmond felt the splendiferous energies around him increase by another few levels, as he feared that Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm cultivators would begin leaving their seclusions He felt that he could take one on even with his Half-Step Quantum Void Refining Realm cultivation base; however, he didn''t want to blow his edge lord cover so soon! There were still so many things he wanted to do in Asterion! Azmond was confident in slipping away from the watchful eyes of a Peak Mahayana Realm Expert, but if Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy and above master''s started getting involved Well, let''s just say that he wouldn''t have many ces to hide A few nanoseconds passed by in the blink of an eye. RUMBLE!! The effulgent energies being emitted from Azmond had already started to shake the surrounding continents as well! And just as a few ancient beings were about to wake up from their slumbers, the aura suddenly stopped. "....." Silence enveloped part of Asterion, as everything went quiet after the aura paused in its tracks. "..." "..." "..." The Mahayana Realm cultivators, who were rushing toward the Kingdom of AquaRing, abruptly stopped in their tracks as they scanned the area, attempting to find the energy source. However, no matter how hard and long they searched, the immensely powerful energy signature simply vanished "...What the hell is happening in Asterion?" A bustydy with blue hair and blue eyes questioned with a suspicious tone. Thisdy possessed an extremely refined aura, and yet she also had a seductive aspect to the way she moved. However, there was something special about the identity of this powerful peak-stage Mahayana Realm Cultivator. And that''s the fact that she''s the mother of Marina AquaRing, which also makes her Aqua''s grandmother! That''s right! She''s the one who Aqua originally went out to find a birthday present for all those years ago! And her name is Margarete AquaRing! Otherwise known as one of the sexiest Milf''s in all the five continents! A woman with long ck hair tied into a bun looked in Margarete''s direction. "Don''t you have thatpetition going on in your kingdom, Margarete? What are you doing out here?" Thedy inquired with a curious voice. Margarete turned her neutral expression toward Crias before she replied, "I was out at the Inferno God Continent, trying to obtain a ck dragon scale from that old bastard in the north." She scoffed a little when she recalled the way that she was treated when she requested a ck dragon scale from the Emperor of the mecrest Empire. Margarete was close to being forced to ''borrow'' one of his scales by force, but before she could ''borrow it'', the Giant Leviathan suddenly awakened on the other half of the Inferno God Continent, in the Leviathan''s Domain. The Leviathan''s head could be seen from all across the continent, and it was because of this that Margarete was distracted enough that the slippery dragon escaped from her grasp! Furthermore, just as she was about to give chase, an eruption of energy in the Half-Step Ascendancy Realm erupted out of her kingdom! She was already pissed off from what happened with the Emperor of the mecrest Empire, but now she had another problem to deal with in her own territory! Irritation was an understatement for what she was feeling! Crias observed her friend''s fluctuation in facial expressions, as she knew that it was a bad time to get on her nerves. But she still decided to ask, "Where do you think that explosion of energy originated from? Was it an Ancestor who had broken through into the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm?" "No." Margarete''s response was instantaneous. "???" Crias wasn''t following. "That energy source had already broken past the limits of the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm," Margarete answered the question that Crias was about to ask. "What''re you saying!? A Lunar Ascendancy Realm Master hade from the Starry Expanse!?" Crias questioned with a tone of disbelief. She had been ruling over the Azure God Empire for thest few thousand years, and yet she had never heard of a Lunar Ascendancy Realm expert appearing in the past one hundred thousand years! Thest time one appeared, half of Asterion was razed to the ground, subsequently creating the Inferno God Continent, which the mecrest Empire shared with the Great Leviathan of Leviathan''s Domain! And yet, Margarete was inferring that yet another apocalypse-level existence had appeared on Asterion!? Has all that breast fat rotted her brain!? Crias nced at the two jiggling watermelons and immediately confirmed her suspicions. She was about to bring it up, but before she could, Margarete turned her apathetic gaze in her direction and said, "No. This is not a Lunar Ascendancy Realm Cultivator from beyond Asterion." "!!!" Crias''s pretty face morphed into one of astoundment, as she knew what her friend was implying. Chapter 423: Another Hero!? .... "How could that be!?" Crias eximed, her hands moving around exaggeratedly. Margarete observed her silly reaction before she replied, "I don''t know how it happened, but that aura jumped from the Initial Stages of the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm to the Peak Stages and beyond. I know this through my eye." Her slender hand extended out before she pointed to the glossy blue eye that had a snake-like slit in the middle. "The eye of the Azure Lord told you this!?" Crias was in doubt before, but after hearing that the eye of a past Lunar Ascendancy Realm hero had informed Margarete of this information, she no longer doubted her friend. "B-But, I don''t understand how this could be possible" Crias mumbled with a perplexed look on her face. She had never heard of such absurdities being possible! And she had even witnessed the Great Leviathan consume a stray Low-Level Cosmic Asteroid outside of Asterion''s innermost air space! But now she was being told that someone was capable of advancing from the Peak Mahayana Realm to the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm, and then the Lunar Ascendancy Realm!? "..." Margarete looked at her shocked, short, and voluptuous witch friend before she said, "This is likely to be theing of another hero. Maybe even one who could thwart the approach of those world-eating worms." Her voice sounded out in a dry tone; however, the one she was speaking to reacted quite entrically "Another hero!? Are you sure, Margarete!? Maybe all that cow fat has been getting to your head-" *Whack!* Crias was about to touch upon an extremely sensitive subject, but before she could even open her mouth and say the words, Margarete had already pped her across the head! "Oww What was that for, Sister Margarete?" Crias asked with tears in her eyes that were produced by the pain. Margarete stared at her friend with a cold gaze before she responded, "I did it out of habit." "Out of habit?" Crias questioned. "Precisely. Now stop acting like a fool, we must head back to our nations and prepare for the worst. I''ll also try to find the source of that aura signature," Margarete said with a serious look on her face. Following her promation, she told Crias to prepare all her daughter''s for transport off the within the next few years. Crias was surprised by Margarete''s sudden decision to speed up the transportation process, but in the end, her elder sister always knew best, so she hurried back to the Azure God Empire. On the other hand, Margarete followed behind the hundreds of Mahayana Realm figures speeding toward her kingdom. She had to find a way to steer their attention away from the AquaRing Kingdom, but she didn''t know exactly how she would do that just yet ***** Meanwhile, at the Mariase Hotel in the Royal Capital of AquaRing, a wolf-masked man was floating above a wooden floor with a grimace shining through his mask. And around this man, there were hundreds of gorgeous women staring at him with trepidation evident in their expressions. ''I finally broke through, but the aftereffects are hitting me hard'' Azmond thought. He was going to try alleviating some of the detrimental aftereffects of breaking through; however, just as he was about to start working on it, a few system notifications rang out inside his head. A few bright lights shed. BLING! *Ding!* *You have broken through from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Half-Step Quantum Void Refining Realm'' to the ''Initial Stages of the Early Quantum Void Refining Realm''* *Ding!* *You have acquired the ''Void Strength'' boon!* *Ding!* *Understand the ''Void Inquiry'' aspect in the ''Void Realm'' before you break through to the ''Middle Quantum Void Refining Realm.* *Ding!* *You have obtained x85,000,000k Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering the Half-Step Quantum Void Refining Realm!* *Ding! You have unlocked the ''Beast Taming'' System Function!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has drastically improved!* *Ding* *Your overallbat power had increased from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Middle Stages of the 1st Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm''* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has increased from the ''Peak Ninth Rank'' to the ''Initial Tenth Rank''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Middle Stages of the 1st Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Peak Stages of the 1st Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm''* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Lawprehension rate has tremendously improved!* WAAAA! An immense level of energy was unleashed from Azmond''s battered figure after he had sessfully broken through! "Th-This is" wdia mumbled with a frazzled appearance. She never felt such a powerful aura in her entire life! If a few weeks ago, she felt like she could take Azmond on in a fight and win, then now she felt like an insurmountable chasm had been ced between the two of them! "..." "..." "..." The rest of the girls felt the exact same way, except the gap between them was even wider than with wdia. For some reason, they had a feeling that Azmond could wipe out Asterion with a single flick of his finger now that he possessed such power And what surprised them the most was that he was millions of times weaker just a few seconds ago! Millions of times stronger within a few days! Azmond had already surpassed thebel of ''Aberration''. He had be something else entirely However, regardless of the girl''s astoundment, they still looked on lovingly at the man they deemed theirs. Not many women could say that they had a rtionship so close with someone who possessed strength in the Lunar Ascendancy Realm! And although the majority of them didn''t have official ''lover'' rtionships with Azmond, they still thought of themselves as more than friends. Meanwhile, on Azmond''s side, inside the Qi enclosed iridescent barrier that he set up,. *Drip Drip* Red and purple blood was drizzling down his lips, as his face had turned a few shades grayer It was obvious that he had gone through quite a lot of torture to break through to the Quantum Void Refining Realm. However, it looked like his ''trial'' wasn''t yet done Chapter 424: The Aura Felt All Around The World .... RAAAWRGHHH!!!! A primal roar beyond anything ever before seen in Asterion reverberated throughout the space outside a few Cosmic Asteroids! In the area north of the Starry Seaboard, bordering a few Cosmic Asteroids ruled over by Peak Mahayana Realm''s Experts, a monster of unbelievable proportions appeared. "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" Everyone on Asterion and even the surrounding Cosmic Asteroids were made aware of the sudden appearance of the monster. And the only thing going through their heads was, ''We''re so fu*ked!'' Even the Mahayana Realm and Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts were having the same thoughts as everyone else. The reason for this freak-out session of trillions of beings Well, that was because the colossus approaching from between a few Cosmic Asteroids was a world-sized Void-Devouring Worm! Down below on Asterion, all the senior masters of the Celestial Academy and the different empires were currently congregated in a wide open space. There were tens of thousands of Mahayana Realm experts and dozens of Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts. And every single one of them had ashen expressions as they stood in the air above the Divine Sea Dynasty, looking up at the behemoth overlooking their like a snack! The Void Devouring Worm had already swallowed up a few Cosmic Asteroids, and it didn''t look like it was nning to stop its direct collision course for Asterion! "I thought all the damn prophets had informed us of theming four to five years from now!?" The voice of a Mahayana Realm expert boomed out. He was looking at all the Mahayana Realm and Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts with an infuriated look on his face! After all, he was nning to catch a ride with the Monster Overseers on that disturbing thing they created! Now, what was the point of all the preparations he had made for the moment the end of their came upon them!? However, he wasn''t the only one enraged by the sudden appearance of a Void Devouring Worm, as every single peak expert gathered at the Divine Sea Dynasty was beyond ticked off! All of them were told by their respective prophets that they had a few years to prepare, and they all had things in mind for when that time came. And now all their meticulous ns had gone to s*it; they had to leave the right this instant! But how!? "..." "..." "..." They pondered over how to escape in that split second when they suddenly remembered that abomination that the Monster Overseers had made. That was when all their desperate and vicious res honed in on the three Monster Overseers, who were in their full-sized forms. Vorkath and the other two were always known to be extremely haughty individuals and often liked showing off, which was why they didn''t find it all that surprising that they were in their country-sized forms. On a side note, all of them always had a small tooth to pick with them because of their ''kidnapping'' tendencies, and now they had the perfect excuse to get their revenge! "You will give us ess to board the Behemoth Abomination with all of our people, Vorkath-!" The leader of the Beastkin Confederacy shouted. However, before he could finish his demands, there was a sudden burst of energy unleashed from the east side of Asterion. Specifically, the energy was released from an oddly blue kingdom on the continent of Azure nk WAAAA! All of the Peak Mahayana Realm Ancestors and the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Antiques shot their shocked expressions in the direction of the outburst. The majority of them had juste out of their multi-millennium-long efforts to impede their eventual lifespan depletions, so they assumed they were just seeing things Because what they saw was a sudden Qi deunch out of the SunBurn Kingdom! WHIZZZ!! The crimson, purple, and blue-colored Qi Arc glided through the skies, aiming for the Void Devouring Worm that was still a few tens of billions of miles out! WHAZOOOM! The multi-colored Sword Qi Arc suddenly increased from its few million-meter wide diameter to over four hundred million miles in width! It immediately enveloped the entirety of the skies of Asterion, leaving the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm and below cultivatorspletely in the dark! "What the hell is going on here!?" The beastkin Confederacy leader roared. He had never felt something so extraordinarily powerful in his entire life! In fact, none of the gathered experts had ever experienced anything even close to being on that Qi Arcs level! The Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Master''s started to tremble when they felt the overpoweringly regal aura press down on them! - Even the Great Leviathan, who was still slumbering underneath the ground millions of miles away, was abruptly awoken by this aura. RUMBLE!! "...." It popped its continent-sized head out of the ground as it looked in the direction of the Qi Arc de with a sinuous gaze. Half of the Inferno God Continent was split in half upon its heading up, but the Great Leviathan was too distracted to even care. It was originally not going to interfere with the Void Devouring Worm until thest second, ultimately killing it, but it changed its mind when it felt that unfamiliar aura. In actuality, all of the ancient foggy''s gathered over the Divine Sea Dynasty were all too shocked to even check the strength of the Void-Devouring World Eating Worm. A real full-grown Void-Devouring World Eating Worm would be the size of arge sr system and usually travel inrge packs. On the other hand, this ''Void Devouring Worm'' was nothing more than a fledgling at the Peak Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm. Its size was a littlerger than the norm, as it was a little bigger than Asterion. But other than that, it was no different from the Behemoth Abomination. If those old monsters had actually used their dusted brains for once, they would''ve realized that fact as well. But no matter. Even if those idiots didn''t know any better, the Great Leviathan was older than all of them and also far smarter. Chapter 425: The Great Leviathan ..... The Great Leviathan. It was a beast born over one hundred and fifty thousand years ago. After it was conceived, it ate its parents before it ate any other creature that tickled its fancy. And after thousands of years of devouring anything that could increase its strength by even the smallest amount, the Great Leviathan eventually reached a point where it was unrivaled throughout all of Asterion! It had reached the Absolute Peak Stages of the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm tens of thousands of years ago, and although it was so strong, things were often forgotten in time. One of those ''things'' just so happened to be the strength of the Great Leviathan, as with every passing generation, all the current experts seemed to forget about the creature who once ruled over Asterion with a tyrannical fist. Now, of course, the Great Leviathan could do something about these pesky ants who thought themselves his equal; however, after nearly two hundred thousand years of doing the same thing, it all became so pointless After dealing with the first few generations of Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts, it gave up on trying to quell rebellions, and instead, it opted to hide out in the ground below its ''Leviathans Domain''. On that note, the ''Levaiathan''s Domain'' was half arge, four hundred million-wide continent that was inhabited by only the enormous Great Leviathan. Don''t be mistaken, there were hundreds of billions of demons living in Leviathan''s Domain; however, every single one of them inhabited the holes and crevices of the Great Leviathan, not the continent itself. The Great Leviathan was simr to the hybrid experiments of the ''Insane One'' and his descendants, except he was far older and more intelligent than the majority of them. There was only one of these ''Hybrids'' that could give him some trouble if it fully awakened; however, that one had been around since the Archaic Era and had long since lost its intellect. **** Meanwhile, back in Leviathan''s Domain. "...." The Great Leviathan was staring up at the sr system-sized Qi Arc. Even he couldn''t fathom the amount of power contained in that attack Furthermore, he couldn''t begin to ascertain where exactly that attack had originated from. The Great Leviathan didn''t recall there being such a strong expert on Asterion, so what the hell was this situation!? That was when a sudden idea hit him in the head as he thought, ''Is it another one of those troublesome heroes? But for its strength to increase so much while staying unnoticed'' The Great Leviathan started to entertain the possibility of there being a new anonymous hero. But the only problem was that the heroes who havee before have usually shown off their strength for hundreds of years, sometimes getting cut down by the ruling forces of Asterion. However, the ones who did survive the chase of all experts on Asterion were able to venture off into the Starry Expanse, unhindered by anything that came their way! Furthermore, they would usually break through to the Lunar Ascendancy Realm before taking off into the Starry Expanse. Although that wasn''t always the case as the weaker-minded ''japanese'' ones would always speak about wanting to go make friends with ''aliens''. These heroes would usually die as soon as they left with their Tribtion Transcendance Realm Strength. Even with their magical and mysterious ''systems'' and ''cheats'', there would always be some deaths incurred with every new batch of heroes. On a side note, the ones who left Asterion with a 1st Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm cultivation base never once came back to Asterion. And it was because of this established fact that everyone assumed that all people who awakened the ''Hero ss'' would never return to their roots. Either that, or they died somewhere along their way out of Asterion. Since no one was strong enough to verify the facts, everyone just went with the consensus that the heroes left them for dead Even the ''kind-hearted'' heroes were no better. In fact, they were even worse, as they always promised things like, ''Don''t worry, we wille back to bring you all away from this ce'' or ''We got your backs, broskies; don''t sweat it, mate!'' Of course, all of these promises fell on deaf ears, as no one believed a single thing that any hero ever said In fact, a group of a few heroes left Asterion a few dozen years ago, and they told them the same thing. They even had the gall toe toward the Great Leviathan and tell him that he would be their mount when they returned! The Great Leviathan would''ve killed those weaklings right then and there if not for their special statuses and their ''highly effective boons by God''. As for some reason, whoever messes with the ''heroes'', whether they seed in killing one or not, would always end up being affected by this ''boon of God''. Even those in the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm would almost immediately die after killing a hero. Which is one of the reasons why, hundreds of thousands of years ago, all Cultivators of Asterion barred the killing of any ''certified heroes''. After all, the ''Boon of God'' didn''t just affect the one who had killed or harmed the hero; it also affected those in close or distant rtion to the one who offended the hero. In fact, a few tens of thousands of years ago, a Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm expert killed a hero after this ''hero'' forced himself upon his daughter. After the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Expert killed the hero, he died not even a few secondster, due to some ''unknown phenomenon''. And not long after, the entire family line of this Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm expert, for dozens of generations, was wiped off the face of the earth! His entire empire of tens of billions of people had fallen overnight, and every single person in the empire ''mysteriously died''... Nheless, regardless of the peculiarities of those dubbed heroes, let us get back to the cataclysmic-level event and the ''solution'' to this event. Chapter 426: Immense Boons! .... RUMBLE!!! All of Asterion and every cosmic asteroid within tens of billions of miles in the surrounding area started to violently quake! Following these unfounded tremors on a seemingly unlimitedly powerful scale, everything within the area coined ''Asterion'' suddenly went quiet "..." Silence enveloped the entire world, as everything slowed down to a standstill. It stayed that way for a few milliseconds before a bright, effulgent ray of multicolored light shone through the quiescent world! BLINGG!! All of Asterion was lit up and subsequently blinded for a few seconds! "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" Trillions of beings were trying to understand what was going on; however, they didn''t even get the chance before the light started to die out. And where there was once a world devouring worm, hundreds of millions of miles in diameter with billions of razor-sharp building-sized teeth, there was nothing No worm, no blood, no corpse, and the entire space had already cleared out as the sun once again had its bright rays light up the world! "..." "..." "..." "..." Everyone down below looked on at this sight with dumbfounded expressions, as they had never witnessed something so ridiculous in their entire lives! That was even more the case for the peak-level experts of Asterion, who, at this moment, were simply staring up at the lucid blue sky with nk looks on their faces. This was also the case for the Great Leviathan, who was unable to see the attack and even less able to discern where the one whounched it was located ***** Meanwhile, above avishly decorated hotel in the center of the Royal Capital of AquaRing, a tall wolf-masked man was floating in the skies above. His countenance was otherworldly, and his demeanor was like that of a fallen immortal. And this refined and elegantly powerful man looked at his ck and gold katana, digesting the worm, with a content look on his face. Azmond had just returned from the SunBurn Kingdom, for he hadunched his attack from there out of fear of being discovered by any lurking experts. He was likely unrivaled in all of Asterion, but he couldn''t blow his edgelord facade just yet! Azmond was determined to y the Eminence in Shadow until the moment he reached the peak of the Asterion Great Realms! Until that moment came, he would be lurking in the shadows, ying around with women, and getting even stronger! Of course, there woulde a day when he''d leave Asterion; however, he wanted to drain it of everything it had first! And just as his thoughts were going to swirl around some more, a few system notifications suddenly rang out in his head. A few blue and gold lights shed, as Azmond''s vision waspletely overwhelmed! BLING! *Ding!* *Your cultivation has been exposed to the world! However, no one knows your identity!* *Ding!* *You have conquered the ''unknown'' in the hearts of trillions!* *Ding!* *You have obtained x5,000,000,000 Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps!* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has increased from the ''Initial Stages of Rank 10'' to the ''Late Stages of Rank 10''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat has increased from ''The Peak Stages of the 1st Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Initial Stages of the 2nd Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm''* *Ding!* *You have conquered the 1st Star of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm in strength!* *Ding!* *You have gained x0.5 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has advanced from the ''Late Stages of Rank 10'' to the ''Peak Stages of Rank 10''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Initial Stages of the 2nd Star of Lunar Ascendancy'' to the ''Early Stages of the 2nd Star of Lunar Ascendancy''* Following these system notifications, a few more bright lights shed as another series of bright screens appeared in front of Azmond''s face. *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the cultivation base of a ''Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Fledgling Void Devouring Worm''* *Ding!* *Your cultivation base has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has increased from the ''Initial Stages of the Early Quantum Void Refining Realm'' to the ''Peak Stages of the Early Void Refining Realm''* *Ding!* *Comprehend the aspect of ''Void Inquiry'' to further advance into the Middle Quantum Void Refining Realm.* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed thewprehensions of the ''Fledgling Void Devouring Worm''* *Ding!* *You have obtained partial mastery in the ''Law of Avarice''* *Ding!* *You have obtained partial mastery in the ''Law of Annihtion''* *Ding!* *You have obtained partial mastery in the ''Law of Genocide''* *Ding!* *You have obtained partial mastery in the ''Law of Devour''* *Ding!* *You have obtained partial mastery in the ''Law of Voraciousness''* Following these system notifications, a few more continued toe in, as it seemed like the system screens were nigh endless! *Ding!* *You have defeated the ''Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Fledgling Void Devouring Worm''* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +9,990,000M* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +9,990M* *Ding!* *You have acquired: Lowest Ranked Spiritual Stones: 534,000,000; Low-Ranked Spiritual Stones: 27,790,000; Mid-Ranked Spiritual Stones: 125,500; High-Ranked Spiritual Stones: 398; Highest-Ranked Spiritual Stones: 2* *Ding!* *You havepleted the ''Active Quest: Exterminate the Fledgling Void Devouring Worm and save the world of Asterion'' with excellent des!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +1,500,000,000M* *Ding!* *You gained gold +1,500,000M* *Ding!* *You have acquired: Lowest Ranked Spiritual Stones: 1,900,000,000; Low-Ranked Spiritual Stones: 325,000,000; Mid-Ranked Spiritual Stones: 1,350,500; High-Ranked Spiritual Stones: 4,570; Highest-Ranked Spiritual Stones: 28* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!... You have* A few more level-up notifications sounded out before a certain screen popped up in Azmond''s vision. *Ding!* *Your ''Exterior Cultivation Level'' has reached ''Tier 1: Level 467* *Ding!* *Half of the mary currencies you obtained have been split in half and divided up between your ''System Shop Credits'' and your ''Real World Money''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has improved significantly!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Early Stages of the 2nd Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Late Stages of the 2nd Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' due to your ''Qi Cultivation'' and ''Exterior Cultivation'' increases* ... Chapter 427: Azmond... Too Strong? ... *Ding!* *You have conquered multiple smaller minor realms of the 2nd Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm!* *Ding!* *You have obtained x2.0 Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has increased from the ''Peak Stages of Rank 10'' to the ''Absolute Stages of Rank 10''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has moderately improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Late Stages of the 2nd Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Peak Stages of the 2nd Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm''* "..." Azmond sat in a lotus position as he received power boost after power boost! WAAAA! The regal aura being released from him instantly multiplied by a few thousandfold, as it threatened to envelop the entirety of Asterion and the surrounding cosmic bodies! But before it could, Azmond quickly reigned in his power and condensed it. And luckily, he caught it in time, so not a single soul on Asterion was able to notice a thing! After dealing with the release of his overwhelming aura, Azmond got a handle on the extreme level of power he now possessed. OOOM! He stretched his hands a little, as he felt like he could delete multiple Asterion''s with a light blow of his breath! It was insane for him to imagine that not even a few days ago, there were tens of thousands of people stronger than him on Asterion. And now, he was likely unrivaled on this small, blue marble in space! ''How far I havee since the beginning'' Azmond thought with a reminiscent look on his face. It had already been nearly fourteen years since he had reincarnated from the far smaller blue marble, and now he had already broken past the peak of the ce he was reincarnated into It was an incredible notion to entertain, but he was the reality of that unbelievable idea He was going to revel in the moment for a while longer, but before he could "Azmond! There are multiple powerful aura signatures speeding in from the south! Every single one of them is stronger than me!" wdia eximed with an anxious expression. She and the rest of the girls didn''t know exactly how strong Azmond had be, but the auras zing in were, at the very least, of the Late Mahayana Realm! And there were even a few Peak Mahayana Realm cultivators who joined in on the way over! wdia had no clue how strong Azmond had be over thest few days, but she found it impossible that he had already reached a point where he could take on dozens of Peak Mahayana Realm experts! She was expecting him to take all of them and find somewhere to hide; however, contrary to her expectations "Don''t worry about it, my dear~" Azmond''s flirtatious voice echoed out, as he had already found his way behind the unsuspecting catkin woman. *Whooshm~* He blew hot air into her ears before he gently grabbed her by the waist. "Mhmff~ T-This is not the time to be ying around~!" wdia spoke through muffled moans. She was taking this situation very seriously, but it seemed like Azmond saw their impending doom as nothing more than a joke! "Heh~" Azmond chuckled a little when he saw the panicky and flustered look on her face. Following his light-hearted chortle, he let go of her waist, and instead, he clutched her hands and spun her around in his direction. "???" wdia was still trying toprehend what was happening when she suddenly found herself face-to-face with her mate. Her cheeks immediately reddened when she saw how close his face was, but she was a strong willed woman, so she refused to look away. In fact, she even had the resolve to look him straight in his multi-colored eyes and say, "We must leave. I don''t wish to see you die" Azmond tilted his head a little at her mncholic demeanor before he replied, "Why are we going to die?" wdia couldn''t believe he didn''t realize the danger he was in. Thus, she responded, "There are Peak Mahayana Realm Experts among those honing in on this location! No matter how strong you''ve be, it''s impossible for you topete with them all!" "Is that so?" His smirk widened at her promation as he pulled her in even closer before saying, "You should know by now that there is nothing impossible!" "!!!" wdia had a bad feeling creeping up her neck, but before she could voice her concerns FWIP! Azmond disappeared from his spot and reappeared outside the Mariase Hotel once again. ''It seems like going to the SubBurn Kingdom wasn''t enough to divert all of their attention, as some of them are heading over to the original ''energy outburst spot'', otherwise known as the kingdom of AquaRing'' A few contemtive thoughts swirled around in his head for a few nanoseconds before he looked toward the immensely powerful energy sources. ''Around sixty-five of them... all at the Late and Peak Mahayana Realm, just as my Catkin beauty has said,'' Azmond thought, his hand already moving toward his ck and gold katana. However, before he could grab it and swiftly dispose of all the Mahayana Realm Experts, he observed an eerily familiar system interface among thoseing toward him. After reading the name of one of the Mahayana Realm Experts, he asked, "Is that really Marina''s mother?" Azmond had never seen Aqua''s grandmother or Marina''s mother in person, but he assumed that she would be an old and wrinkled hag. However, it turned out that his expectations were far from reality, as the busty woman before him had curves that would make even Mount Olympus seem like chump change! And that wasn''t to mention the nigh wless skin and facial features shepletely owned like a high and mighty Milf Queen! After witnessing such a mesmerizing beauty among the opposing party, he changed his mind as easily as that! Nheless, it wasn''t like the ns changedpletely, as there was yet another unfamiliar yet familiar name among the Peak Mahayana Realm Experts. ''The Emperor of the Water God Empire, eh?'' Azmond thought with a cruel smile stered on his face. Chapter 428: A Big Senior ... "It looks like the big fishy hase to serve himself right on the tter," Azmond remarked, his posture already rxed. Since he had a few interesting events to participate in, he decided that he would test out his ''tail''. It has been on his bucket list for a while now; however, he always forgot about it in the midst of battle. However, there was no better time than now to see exactly what his lethal tail was capable of! A few nanoseconds passed, as Azmond had already used his Godfiend technique to disguise himself as a wizened old man with an otherworldly countenance. He was nning on using this perfect veneer to fool everybody in Asterion as he climbed even further ahead of them before his eventual venture out into the Starry Expanse! ... A few nanosecondster. "Are you the senior who released that aura earlier?" An ancient and raspy voice echoed out across the vast blue skies. Following the sounding of this voice, dozens of extremely powerful figures appeared in the air a few hundred thousand miles away from the Mariase Hotel. And in front of these various figures, there was a tall old man with long white hair and a long white beard that reached his knees. The antiquated old man flipped his aged gaze through all the visitors before he said, "I havee from beyond the stars, and through the orders of the Heaven Exploding Faction, I was tasked with watching over this until the day of reckoning." "!?" The first Mahayana realm expert who spoke was surprised by this revtion. He was expecting the unknown old man to not say a word, but surprisingly, he revealed so much without them even asking anything! Azmond observed the reactions of all those around him and thought that he may have revealed too much at once. He just didn''t want to go through the whole dialogue exchange hassle, so he assumed this would work best for what he wanted. However, it seemed like his hasty actions had elicited some suspicious looks from all the Peak Mahayana Realm experts. Azmond had to correct this situation, so he said, "I was the one who released that aura, and I was also the one who took care of that little worm buzzing around my post." "Little worm?" The first Mahayana Realm Expert repeated with an expression of disbelief. They had already learned from their seniors that the Void Devouring Realm worm was a fledgling, likely just a junior of their race, who went on ahead of the pack. But that didn''t mean that they weren''t the least bit surprised when they heard the old man call this powerful creature a ''Little Worm''! On that note, their ''seniors'', the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts, had already surmised that the Fledgling Void Devouring Worm was probably going through a racial rite of sorts in order to prove itself. Not that any of that mattered anymore, considering that it had already vanished "!?" "!?" "!?" All of the gathered Mahayana Realm experts, including Marina''s mother, were surprised by the nonchnt words of the old man before them. But, more than that, they were astounded over this unknown old man revealing that he hade from beyond the stars! He surely meant that he came to Asterion from the Starry Expanse! That meant that what their seniors had said about civilizations existing beyond Asterion was true! And apparently, this ''Heaven Exploding Faction'' was one of these ''interster civilizations''! It was presumed for years that only savage and extraordinarily powerful races like the ''Void Devouring Worms'' were the only things living in the Starry Expanse, but it looked like that waspletely wrong! And it was after the mysterious old man made these unbelievable ims that all of the Mahayana Realm experts started to see him in a different light! "..." Azmond scrutinized the expressions on everyone''s faces and realized that he had sessfully lured them into his little, fabricated stroy. Now all he had to do was sink the hook all the way into the fish! And that''s exactly what he did, as he tilted his head up at an angle before he said, "I have recently returned from my secluded cultivation and broke through the 2nd Star of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm. Now, I am looking to make myself a ruling faction on this while I''m on post." Azmond gauged the astonished reactions of those around him before he added, "I assume no one here has a problem with this?" "..." "..." "..." All of the Mahayana Realm Experts looked at the dangerous re in his eyes and knew that if they answered wrongly, they would likely die. But, of course, in all situations, there was always an idiot who wished to test his luck in murderous waters "You really think we believe any of the bull crap you''re saying, you old geezer!? Your realm is merely of the Early Void Refining Realm! Who do you think you are!?" The Emperor of the Water God Empire had taken his stance on the matter, as a few other kings and emperors had followed the Water God Emperor''s example. Azmond looked around at all those who voiced their opinions on the matter. ''1 2 3 4 5'' He started to count inside his head as he scanned through all the Mahayana Realm experts. And after reaching the number twenty-five, Azmond swung out his unruly tail. WHIPP! It cut through the air at speeds millions of times the speed of light, as it extended to an unbelievable degree! "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" The Mahayana Realm Experts weren''t even able to quantify what had just urred, as before they knew it, twenty-five Late and Peak Mahayana Realm Experts were sliced up into billions of pieces! "Well, it looks like this tail is quite an effective dicer. I will definitely be using it more often in the future," Azmond said with his hand holding onto his blood-dripping tail. And not long after his voice sounded out, the entire area was bathed in blood, as everything was dyed red! The forty Mahayana Realm Experts who were still alive put on horrified expressions as they didn''t even see the old man make a single movement! Chapter 429: What Is This Man...? ... Before the Mahayana Realm Experts knew it, the Water God Emperor and the rest of the Mahayana Realm Experts who spoke up were turned into a shower of blood! Margarete looked at the mysteriously dangerous old man as she activated the Azure Lord''s eye. She was attempting to discern something about this wizened old man; however, as soon as she activated her eye, everything went dark, as blood soon started to drip down her pretty face! "!?!?" Margarete closed her cyan-colored eyes in shock, as she knew she would go blind if she stared any longer. ''What the hell was that!?'' She thought with a bewildered look on her face. Not once had anything even close to that ever happened when she used the Azure God''s eye! And there was even a time when she used her eye to scan the existence of the Great Leviathan! ''What is this man?'' She questioned with one of her bloodied eyes staring up at the ''friendly expression'' that the old man was making. "...." A deafening hush fell over the skies, as no one knew what to say after such a disy. Every single Mahayana Realm Expert started to fear for their lives, as they had never seen anything so inexplicable in their entire lives! Dozens of Late and Peak Mahayana Realm Experts dead! Just like that! No struggle or resistance! Even their life-saving defenses, capable of fending off Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts, were rendered obsolete in the face of this mysterious old man! "..." "..." "..." All of them suddenly had a change of heart, as theypletely resisted the idea of going against the old man. And just as one of them was about to speak up, the silence was broken by the old man with a demon''s tail attached to his tailbone. "You know, I wasn''t asking for your permission. I will do what I want, regardless of what you think. I was simply being nice to the people I would soon Lord over," Azmond announced with a dry tone, his ferocious gaze traveling over all of the experts. He was already nning on quilling any resistances against his inevitable reign as this identity, and if these ''Experts'' were adamant on getting in his way, then he''d just exterminate them and be done with it. All of the remaining Mahayana Realm Experts seemed to understand his intent, as the majority of them turned their heads down out of fear of looking at the mysterious old man the wrong way. However, it seemed like not everyone was so cowardly, as Marina''s mother decided to speak up and say, "To do what you are proposing, you will need to bring this matter up with the absolute rulers of Asterion. Which includes the thirty-eight different Emperor''s and the secret organization rulers, such as the Hidden Lotus Syndicate." Margarete went on to inform Azmond of all the steps he would have to go through to make his wishese to reality. It was almost like she was all for the idea of a sudden switch of ruling powers And in fact, she was. After all, her daughter and granddaughters were being yed around with under the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Ruler''s. Margarete was not strong enough to help them herself, so if this mysterious old man was wanting to rule over everything, then she was willing to give her support! With the unquestionable strength he just disyed, she no longer doubted whether this old man truly was in the ''2nd Star of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm''. She had no idea what that realm implied, and neither did Azmond, but she was confident that his strength had already surpassed the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm. And that was all she needed to renew her confidence in his ability. Now, all she had to do was get on his good side before bringing up the matter of her daughter and granddaughters. In a matter of a few milliseconds, Margarete had already decided to defect from the side of the Celestial Academy Elders, as she jumped ship! Azmond listened to Marina''s mom with rapt attention, as he basically got the rundown of the situation in Asterion. Although there were only 34 emperors left after he killed the Water God Emperor and a few others, there were still enough left over that he needed to persuade the rest of them. Margarete had also informed him that it was unadvisable to kill off all of the ruling forces, as he would still need their support if he wished to effectively rule over Asterion without turning it into a savage battlefield. Azmond understood this point, so he agreed with not killing off all of the powerful rulers, only the annoying ones! That was the least he could do for the people of Asterion. After all, they would soon be made into remote exp grinders that would hunt out in the Starry Expanse for him! ... A few seconds passed. Azmond had essentially figured out everything he wanted to know from Margarete, and in the middle of his conversation with her, he had received a few system notifications. *Ding!* *You have killed twenty-five cultivators in the Late and Peak Stages of Mahayana* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +8,600,000M* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +9,500,000M* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +6,200,000M* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +9,250,000M* *Ding!... You* After the experience acquisition notifications came in, the gold notifications soon followed. And after a level up or two from the quest notifications, Azmond received the system notifications he got from Emu devouring what remained of their existence''s. A few bright blue and gold lights shed. BLING! *Ding!* *You have obtained a plethora ofprehensions in a number ofws!* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the cultivation base''s,prehensions, and skills of a number of Mahayana Realm Beings* *Ding!* *Variousws have been improved to Level 8 (Nearing the Peak of Asterion)* *Ding!* *Your ''Sword Law'' has advanced from ''Level 8'' to ''Level 9''* *Ding!* *Your ''Sword Aura'' has advanced from ''Level 6'' to ''Level 7''* *Ding!* *Various other Weapon Laws and Aura''s have advanced in levels!* Chapter 430: Exterminating Bugs ... *Ding!* *You obtained an exorbitant number of spiritual stones from the Late and Peak Mahayana Realm Master''s* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has increased from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of Early Quantum Quantum Void Refining'' to the ''Half-Step Stages of Middle Quantum Void Refining''* Following these system notifications were the ones that Azmond received from his ''Quantum Conqueror ss''. BLING! *Ding!* *You have conquered the lives of twenty five Mahayana Realm Experts!* *Ding!* *You have received x250,000,000,000 Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has advanced from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of Rank 10'' to the ''Half-Step Stages of Rank 11''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Peak Stages of 2nd Star Lunar Ascendancy'' to the ''Absolute Peak Stages of 2nd Star Lunar Ascendancy'' *Ding!* *You have conquered the hearts of forty Mahayana Realm Experts* *Ding!* *You have obtained x400,000,000,000 Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has advanced from the ''Half-Step Stages of Rank 11'' to the ''Initial Stages of Early Rank 11''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has soared!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of 2nd Star Lunar Ascendancy'' to the ''Initial Stages of 3rd Star Lunar Ascendancy''* *Ding!* *You havepletely conquered the 2nd Star of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm!* *Ding!* *You have obtained x5,000,000,000K Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps* *Ding!* *Your *Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has increased from the ''Initial Stages of the Early 11th Rank'' to the ''Midway Stages of the Early 11th Rank''* *Ding!* *You have conquered the 10th Rank of the ''Quantum Conqueror Ranking System''* *Ding!* *You have obtained x6,000,000,000K Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps* After dozens of varying system notifications swarmed Azmond''s vision, he finally gained some respite as he refocused his attention back on the forty odd Mahayana Realm Experts staring at him. "What are you guys looking at?" Azmond asked with a raised eyebrow. "..." "..." "..." The Mahayana Realm Experts looked at the mysterious old man with nk expressions. That was until one of the kings of a Tier 9 kingdom stepped forward and said, "You haven''t told us if we could go yet" His voice came out with sweat raining down his face, as he was clearly nervous when speaking to the being that exterminated a third of them like it was nothing "..." Azmond turned his apathetic gaze away from Margarete before he honed in on the king who had just spoken to him. "Feel free to report back to your seniors or whatever. I''ll be back to force their allegiance, whether they like it or not," he said with a nonchnt tone as he waved them away. The Mahayana Realm Master''s knew it was time for them to go, as they all left the area in hurry, clearly afraid that the crazy old man would change his mind! Margarete was going to leave as well; however, before she even made it a few meters away from Azmond, he suddenly appeared behind her. "!?" She thought the old man was going to kill her as she got into a fighting stance. But contrary to her expectations, all Azmond did was send out a green spring-like energy before saying, "You have extremely beautiful eyes, and it would be a pity if something happened to them because of me." "!?" Margarete was confused by his words, but she didn''t get the chance toprehend them, as Azmond had already ced his hand on her head. WHAZOOSH! That warm andfortable green energy seemed to intensify as Azmond used it to the extent of its capabilities. "???" Margarete''s apprehension had already died out; however, it was soon reced with astonishment as she felt her injuries heal up in an instant! She was expecting it to take a few years to fully regenerate her eye, but unexpectedly, this unknown old man from the ''Heaven Exploding Faction'' had decided to help her! ''I knew it was the right idea to put my faith in this strangely powerful man'' Margarete thought with a gratified smile as her view of the old man once again improved. Azmond finished healing Marina''s mom before he said, "You make it home safely, alright?" "???" Margarete was a little taken aback by his clear concern for her, but she still replied, "I will. And just tell me if you need to know anything else about your ''territory''. If you want to find me, I live in the AquaRing Kingdom-" She was going to tell her where she resided, but she was interrupted by Azmond, saying, "No need to say more. I already know where you live." His voice came out in a crackly and antiquated tone as he looked toward the wide-eyed Milf before him. "Sir, H-How do you know that?" Margarete asked with a perplexed expression. She didn''t recall telling him where she lived Nheless, it didn''t take long before Azmond said, "Just like you, I also possess quite the special pair of eyes." He pointed at his eyes, which, for a brief moment, fluctuated between ck and a mystical shade of an unknown coalescence of colors. "!?" Margarete felt an untold number of secrets lying within those eyes. She even had the feeling that those eyes were of a higher tier than her ''Azure Lord''s Eyes''. ''But how can that be? My eyes are descended from a genuine Hero, and the only eyes that are capable ofpeting with them are'' That was when a sudden wave of realization overwhelmed her as she looked at the old man with an astounded expression! ''I was partly joking before but it looks like this man truly is a hero'' She thought with an unknown glint shing past her eyes. After understanding this, she turned her head up to the smiling old man and said, "This isn''t your true appearance, is it?" The smile on Azmond''s face suddenly froze, as he immediately understood what she was implying. And all it took was one nce at that perceptive woman for him to understand that there was no way he could fool his way out of this one .... Chapter 431: No Horny! Only Hands! .... ''Damn it! What gave it away!?'' Azmond thought with an imperceptible expression of frustration. After all the posturing he had done! And yet all of it was for naught! If it were anyone else who saw through his veneer, he would just kill them, but in this case, he couldn''t After all, how would he exin himself to Aqua and Marina if he did that? Plus, she had informed him of a number of things, and all favors must be paid... *Sigh* Azmond let out an exasperated sigh before he asked, "What gave it away?" Margarete stared into his multi-colored eyes and said, "It was your eyes and the fact that all heroes appear young no matter how old they are" Azmond couldn''t believe that he had been discovered because of something as silly as that. ''Wait'' He thought with a sh of realization as he looked toward the busty mother of a mother. And when he saw the surprised look on her face, he immediately knew that he had been fooled "You weren''t certain about that inference?" Azmond asked. "No, I wasn''t, considering I didn''t know for certain that you were a hero. But now it looks like I was right," Margarete responded with a curious glint in her eyes. Even after everything was revealed, she still couldn''t believe that a hero was right in front of her, and that greatly interested her Azmond observed that intrigued expression of hers and knew that there truly was no backing out. So in response to her interest, he put his hands to his face before he brought them down and revealed what he looked like. Although he still had his wolf mask on and wasn''t truly unveiled to the world, it was still enough for Margarete to get a good idea of his true age. "How old are you-?" She was about to ask, but she was interrupted by Azmond, saying: "There''s no point in me telling you that because you wouldn''t believe me anyway; however, I can tell you that I''m not actually a hero." "!?" ''Not a hero?? So I was wrong???'' "Don''t put on that look," he interrupted her thoughts before he continued by saying, "I may not be a hero, but I''m far superior to one." Azmond''s voice sounded out with a smiling expression behind his mask. He was clearly enjoying the beautiful Milf''s repeated questions, and just as he predicted, she "Better than a hero!?" Margarete eximed with a disbelieving tone, her body edging ever closer to Azmond''s. *Jiggle Jiggle* "Heh~" Azmond''s smirk widened even further as he watched the flustered woman ''bounce'' toward him in the skies. "Although I can''t go into detail, what I say is the truth. On that note, I won''t be able to tell you any time in the near future. But regardless, it was nice talking to you, Miss Margarete. I hope to see you again soon... real soon~" His words faded out with a sly grin on his face as he passed by the frazzled beauty and tapped her on her pert ass. *p* "Feels like jelly~" Azmond mused with a flirtatious voice before his smirk faded off into the wind. And in his ce was a voluptuous blue-haired Milf, who was still trying to process what just happened! However, when she felt the slight hand print still pressed against her butt, a deep crimson red overtook her gorgeous facial features. "T-That perverted bastard" Margarete mumbled with gritted teeth. This likely would''ve been a case of s*xual assault if not for the fact that she kind of liked it After moaning over her luck with men for a minute, Margarete turned her head in the direction of her kingdom before she phased away from her spot. And along with her disappearance, there was a sweet and tangy smell that trailed right behind her **** Meanwhile, a few hundred thousand miles away from where the Mahayana Realm Cultivators had confronted Azmond in his old man form. "You''re back, Azmond?" Ember questioned as she felt a presence suddenly enter the hotel room. Following her rich feminine voice, the rest of Azmond''s party looked in the direction Ember was looking. "Azmond!" They all eximed when they saw the tall, handsome figure standing in the doorway with a radiant smile stered on his face. Everyone immediately rushed him with passionate expressions, as it seemed like they were ready to go all the way right then and there! "..." Azmond looked at all the women who approached him like they wanted to have a battle with no words involved. He realized that it was time for him to make a decision: Do or don''t sleep with hundreds of women? And after thinking over it for a second, he immediately rejected the notion! ''I''m not a degenerate! Just a man who knows what he wants!'' Azmond thought with a resolute expression. It was not the time to take that step with the various women in his party! Unless he developed the rtionship with the women to a point of true love, then even if he gained more strength, he wouldn''t sleep with just any woman, all willy-nilly! ''At least, wait until I can create a decent number of clones!... Err, I mean, I''m pure of heart and believe in the most innocent of things!'' Azmond almost let his true reason for not sleeping with the women slip After all, he was looking at extraordinary power gains if he slept with all the women! But in the end, he wasn''t confident that his body could take all that ''strenuous exercise''. Plus, there would be a certain level of unfairness for the women who had spent the longest amount of time around Azmond. It wasn''t very proper of him to take all these women to bed at once, while some had a deeper connection with him Furthermore, there was his little angel, Calista, and he was no pedo! So in the end, she would be left out, watching hundreds of other women get railed by him *Sigh* Azmond sighed at all theplications of life before he said, "No horny! I will only use my hands!" "..." "..." "..." Following his words, all the women calmed down a little as they stopped in their tracks. Although they still had flushed faces and were willing to do ''it'' at any moment, if Azmond didn''t wish for it, then so be it. After all, he said he would use his hands, and that was good enough for Clover, Medusa, wdia, and the rest of the girls! Even though they all craved for something more, that didn''t mean they wouldn''t take what they could get! Chapter 432: Beast Taming System Function .... A few hours passed by as sensual moans echoed throughout the Mariase Hotel. After Azmond was done satisfying all the women with his skilled hands, a few system notifications rang out inside his head. *Ding!* *You have partially conquered the hearts of 214 women in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm!* *Ding!* *You have fully conquered the hearts of 5+ women in the Tribtion Transcendance and Mahayana Realm!* *Ding!* *You have obtained x560,000,000K Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has advanced from the ''Midway Stages of the Early 11th Rank'' to the ''Late Stages of the Early 11th Rank''* *Ding!* *You have gained 1,500,000,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 630,000,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 43,000,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 1,694,000,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience!* A few hundred dual cultivation experience acquisition notifications bombarded Azmond''s vision before a few level-up ones came as well. *Ding!* *Your ''Dual Cultivation'' tab has leveled up from ''Tier 1: Level 14'' to ''Tier 1: Level 18''* *Ding!* *Your ''racial boosts'' have increased from ''126,000%'' to ''134,000%''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has slightly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Initial Stages of the 3rd Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Early Stages of the 3rd Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm''* A few more system notifications followed, informing Azmond of his ''conquering a few stages ofbat power'' before even more of such system notifications followed. It was obvious that his ''Quantum Conqueror'' profession waspletely overpowered! Although his profession wasn''t the only overpowered one as Calista also possessed quite the ridiculously powerful profession herself. After all, Calista was in possession of the ''Fate Weaver'' profession, which was a profession rarely seen throughout the entire history of Asterion! ----- The Fate Weaver Profession. It was a profession that originated from a time period millions of years ago, and throughout this entire period of time, the profession has only been owned by a total of eight people! Which made it one of the most sought-out and also one of the best professions of all time! What made it so special and so desired was that the one who had this profession could begin to alter the ''fates'' of all those around them. In Calista''s case, it meant that she was capable of altering the ''good'' and the ''bad'' aspects of anybody near her level of power! And she could also slightly change the fates of all those around her, depending on how long they''ve been exposed to her aura! This all went to say that the catkin loli was utterly broken If she wanted to, she could make all Tribtion Transcendance Realm Experts and below fall right on their faces or suddenly get hit with a series of misfortunate events. On the other hand, she could allow all those close to her to get hit in the face with a bout of good fortune! Obtaining a pot of spiritual stones out of nowhere, improving your cultivation foundation and base for no apparent reason, a jade beauty falling out of the skies for a lonely man And the list went on and on! You name it, and Calista was capable of having fate direct the course of events to lead up to whatever it may be that she wanted! This ''good'' and ''bad'' meter also applied to both herself and those stronger than her. Although for those significantly stronger than her, such as Azmond, she could only affect them if the person allowed it. But other than that, her powers were essentially all-powerful! Azmond gazed kindly at the catkin girl sleeping on hisp, as he also traced his eyes around all the sprawled-out women. No matter how many times he saw it, he would never tire of the sight of all these curvaceous girlsying their nude bodies bare for the whole world to see! They always started with clothes; however, after receiving Azmond''s ''special hand movements'', they always seemed to lose their clothes somewhere along the way Not that he wasining in the slightest After all, if he couldn''t touch them, then he would sure as hell appreciate the sight presented before him! Nheless, regardless of the picture-perfect view in front of him, Azmond currently had two things on his checklist. The first one: his Beast Taming Feature The second one: the yellow-haired and eyed Lemon in his storage ring And as of this moment, he had no idea what to do about the second thing on his check list Azmond could simply ignore the matter altogether and leave her inside his storage space forever Or he could bring Lemon out and see if he could smooth things over Considering that time froze inside his storage ring, the second option might actually work, as she wouldn''t be all that mad at him for leaving her inside a dark space for a few days. After a few minutes of deep thought, Azmond thought it over and eventually decided to take Lemon out and talk to her. However, he wouldn''t be doing it with his main body, and he would first look at his ''Beast Taming'' function. Nheless, he had already decided what he would do, so he called his system interface. A bright blue and golden light shed! BLING! {[Beast Taming]} [Names of the Main Tamed Beasts: None] [Number of beasts tamed: None/10,000]} [Attribute boosts gained from tamed beasts: None] [Experience gained from tamed beasts: 30%] That was essentially all there was to the ''Beast Taming'' feature, and although Azmond was unsure on exactly how effective gaining experience was with beasts, he assumed it was quite good. It was almost like he now possessed a potential ''10,000 Main Party Members'', and since his ''Main Party Member List'' also capped at 10,000 members, it was like he had doubled his ''potential effective remote exp grinders''! Just imagining all the experience points,ws, cultivation, and everything else he could obtain had Azmond salivating! He couldn''t believe that he had obtained yet another way to exponentially increase his strength. However, he was far fromining! In fact, he was nning to test this new feature out on that gold dragon he had ''picked up'' from the Luminous Grounds. ... Chapter 433: Lemons Troubles ... A few minutes passed. Azmond had already perused through his system interface and got a basic understanding of all that he needed to know. Now, it was finally time to take that Lemon girl out of his storage ring! And that was exactly what he did, as a shocked girl with yellow hair and eyes fell down onto a soft bed. PLOP! She bounced a little before *Jiggle Jiggle* Lemon''s breasts ricocheted a bit as she nearly fell off the bed due to the amount of weight that was pulling her in two different directions! Azmond''s Essence Soul looked over this sight with an intrigued gleam in his eyes. He couldn''t believe that he was able to witness such a sight so soon after letting Lemon out of his storage ring! ''This Knight-likedy really was born into an extremely ''affluent'' household because how else does one obtain a figure like that?'' Azmond thought with his eyes scanning over her figure. Lemon was a very beautiful woman, and although she was thousands of years old, she still possessed a figure that was to die for! And that was especially the case for her snow-white mounds of jelly and the two round mountain tops thaty beyond her slim and toned waist. She almost had a certain amount of muscle mass, but it wasn''t to the extent that she was macho. It was just enough that one could appreciate the sweat sliding down her well-endowed crevices And this woman with long, curly yellow hair was currently on a big, soft bed in the room beside where Azmond''s main body was. Looking around the ce, Lemon appraised her surroundings with a dumbfounded look on her face. And that was when she saw a tall, masked man standing over her. "!!!" She immediately went on guard and asked, "Who are you, and how did you get in here!?" "Heh~" Azmond chuckled a little at this reaction before he said, "You don''t remember me, my little knight that needed rescuing~?" His voice came out in a flirtatious and seductive way as he approached the frazzled, yellow-haired beauty in front of him. Lemonpletely ignored his sneaky advances as she muttered, "...Remember you?" She thought about it for a second, and that was when she suddenly recalled that she was about to be rap*d by those scumbag SS-Rank Adventurer''s, when all of a sudden, this mysterious masked man appeared! Everything after that was pretty fuzzy for Lemon; however, she faintly remembers saying that she would do anything in return for his help. And seeing as she was here safe and sound, with her purity intact, Lemon was almost positive that this man had somehow ''taken care'' of those SS-Rank Adventurer''s. Which meant that he was likely waiting for her to ''pay him back''... Lemon''s ears reddened as a certain form of ''repayment'' entered her mind. However, she quickly shook her head as her expression turned earnest. Following this sudden seriousness, she turned her dazzling yellow eyes up towards Azmond''s multi-colored jewels and bowed a little before saying, "Thank you so much for saving me! Whatever you want, I will grant it! As long as it''s within reason" She muttered thest part, but Azmond basically got the gist of her words as he replied, "What if I want something that you don''t want to give up~?" His eyes traveled down the body of the defenseless and busty beauty as he licked his lips a little. "!!!" Lemon started to freak out when she saw that gaze, as she backed up a little in fright. Azmond paused his lecherous looks as he observed the frightened woman, who was beginning to look like a rabbit. With those assets of hers, it wouldn''t be too much of a surprise if she was rted to Clover However, after seeing her in such a state, Azmond''sscivious expression immediately cracked. And it didn''t take long before, "Haha~" Azmond''s light-heartedugh sounded out in the hotel room as he held one hand to his stomach and another to his face. "???" Lemon waspletely lost. One second, she assumed that she was about to be ravaged by this unknown man, and the next second, he wasughing his ass off in a corner of the room Nheless, she didn''t get long to brood over the matter as Azmond interrupted her thoughts, saying, "You girls are always the same when I do that Pftt But I really should stop it" He almost let out another chortle, but luckily, he had saved himself toward the end. Although his opinion on the subject still stood true, he felt that he should stop ying around with women so much. After all, if he kept it up, then his wless and impably unblemished reputation would be tarnished! Lemon took one look at Azmond''s demeanor and instantly knew that she was being teased. Her cheeks puffed out a little at this realization as she muttered, "Y-You I thought you were a nice man, but it turns out my preconceptions were wrong! Humph!" She turned her head in the opposite direction while holding her breasts up with her slender arms. "..." Azmond looked at this sight and found it eerily familiar as he said, "Anyway, Miss Knight-" "It''s Lemon, not Miss Knight," Lemon interjected. "Err, yes, so Miss KnigI mean, Lemon, what were you doing out there anyway? With those other Adventurer''s you were with?" Azmond asked with an awkward expression. "I was looking for some gold scales to make a new set of armor. My family, although high up in standing, is unable to afford scales from a rare gold-ranked dragon." Lemon''s feminine voice resounded as she approached a chair that was right next to Azmond. ''For one who was so afraid of me a second ago, she sure is quick to be close,'' Azmond thought, his eyes ncing at the unholy curves situated beside him. He only appreciated the beauty for a split second before he asked, "Would you like something better than a gold-ranked dragon scale instead?" "..." Lemon looked up at the smiling eyes of the mysterious man as she replied, "You can really acquire something better than a gold-ranked dragon scale?" "Why, of course, but if I do, you will owe me two favors," Azmond responded with two fingers in the air. "How do you n to repay me for all these favors that you owe me~?" He asked with a yful voice. "!!!" Lemon''s mind immediately went into the gutter again, as her cheeks reddened before she asked, "W-What do you want?" She had a feeling that he would ask for the thing that he had been staring at this entire time, but she still felt like she should ask anyway ..... Chapter 434: I Want You .... Azmond observed the jittery countenance of the yellow-haired beauty before he replied, "There''s only one thing I want from you. And that is You." His words were followed by him sticking a finger in the direction of the knight-like woman. "!?" Lemon was a little bit taken aback, but then again, she had expected it, so in reluctance, she mumbled, "F-Fine But please be gentle" Following her sweet and timid voice, she started to undress right in front of the man she had just met. The reason she was so quick to get down and dirty with this man was simple Her family code of honor dictated that all favors be paid back in full, and her life was equal to her purity in her eyes. Azmond looked at the gorgeous woman stripping for him with a nk expression. And after a few milliseconds passed, he said, "Hey, girl. You know I wasn''t talking about your body, right?" "!?!?" Azmond raised an eyebrow as he looked at the confused woman, who stared at him like a deer in headlights. "Really?" She questioned with her perky breasts and their cherry tips out in the open. "Yes," he responded instantaneously. Lemon looked at him with a face redder than a tomato as she slowly put her upper dress back on. After getting her clothes back on, she turned in Azmond''s direction as she screamed, "F-Forget everything you saw!" "...You were the one willing to be an exhibitionist for a man you just met. Though I must admit that you possess quite the un-knightly figure.." Azmond remarked with a reminiscent look on his face. He was remembering the glorious sight he just witnessed before he said, "I do wonder how you''re able to fight all that in a set of knight''s armor." His expression became a little intrigued, as it was almost like her well-endowed body was trying its best to hide away from the world. And it was doing terribly *Jiggle Jiggle* Lemon bounced a little as she put her arms in front of her and yelled, "Y-You idiot! Stupid degenerate perverted wolf, man!" She didn''t even know what she was saying anymore; she just knew that she needed to get out her frustrations! "You know~?" Azmond interrupted her with a flirtatious voice. "!!!" Lemon got a bad feeling as she backed away from him a little before making a run for the door. FWIP! Azmond phased in front of her as he continued by saying, "You know, if you''re so pent up, I can help you out~" Following his seductive words, he moved his muscr hands to her hips before pulling her into a sensual embrace. His hands were positioned perfectly, as her body was pressed up against his chest, with her headying against his shoulder. "!!!" Lemon had already fallen into his clutches as she turned to escape, but no matter how much she struggled, Azmond wasn''t budging! "Why don''t we work on those pent-up frustrations of yours~?" He whispered into her ears, his hot breath mingling with her lobes. "Mhmm~!" She moaned a little before she put a hand to her mouth and tilted her aggrieved expression up to Azmond''s face. "Don''t worry, I won''t go overboard. Just rx a little and let the master work his hands~" After Azmond''s sly words sounded out, the hotel room was subsequently filled with loud, sensual moansmoans that were even heard by Azmond''s main body and the rest of the women. - Meanwhile, on the other side of the thick walls, all of the girls in Azmond''s party wore profuse blushes on their pretty faces. Every single one of them was listening in on the soundsing from next door as they suddenly felt like going another ''round'' with Azmond "..." "..." "..." "..." They all turned their thirsty gazes in the direction of a wolf-masked man, as they longed to feel that pleasure again. Azmond''s main body looked around at Clover, Medusa, Ember, wdia, Boundless, and the rest staring at him with voracious expressions. And it was at that moment that he knew that it was going to be yet another long night ... A few days passed, as that ''long night'' transformed into ''multiple long nights''. It seemed like the women in Azmond''s party werepletely lust-driven, but thankfully, he had ''assisted'' them with their issues! Now everyone, including Lemon, was good to go and participate in the ''Centennial sh''! Over thesest few days, Azmond had worked really ''hard'' on getting Lemon over to his ''side''. Which he was ultimately able to aplish with a few rounds of his ''hand sessions''. And after achieving this minor goal of his, Azmond was able to acquire the backing of the Duke Household, ''Hemsworth''. Following this ''backing'', he was able to obtain a bunch of information pertaining to all the holes his knowledge needed filled on the subject of the world of Asterion. After all, Margarete didn''t tell him of all the small things, which was essential if Azmond wished to conquer all of Asterion with a swift and effective fist! Of course, he had the option of killing the strongest cultivators and conquering Asterion through that method. However, how was he supposed to acquire absolute allegiance and trillions of remote exp grinders if he ruined everything like that!? Considering that these ''Void Devouring Worms'' travel upwards of light years to make it to Asterion, Azmond naturally assumed that life or this in general was quite rare. He didn''t know that for sure, but he had his guesses on the matter. And that was all he needed to convince himself to y the long game and win over everyone he could! Of course, in every situation, there would always be a Young Master Peng, and Azmond would deal with those types of people as they came along. He wouldn''t let Young Master Peng''s get in the way of hisplete conquest of Asterion! In fact, he might just head over to the ''Courting Death Academy'' after he finishes the ''Centennial sh'', ''Marina''s family situation'', and the ''Royal Academy of AquaRing'' matters. Azmond might even be able to use the ''Royal Academy of AquaRing'' as a springboard that would allow him to jump up to the ''Courting Death Academy''. Chapter 435: Thanos...? .... If all goes well, ''Courting Death Academy'' should lead him straight to the ''Celestial Academy''. Now, which order of events happened first was still out there; however, this was basically what Azmond needed to get done to acquire extreme prestige in Asterion! If he yed his cards right, then he should be seen as a supreme master in Asterion within twenty years! Not just a supreme master through pure strength, but a supreme master in every aspect of the word! After all, he had heard from Boundless that after he reached the Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm, he would acquire another profession/ss to choose from. Furthermore, once he achieved the Quantum Tribtion Transcendence Realm, he would obtain yet another profession! And once he reaches the Quantum Mahayana Realm, he will obtain some form of ''Cloning Feature''. Which all went to say that Azmond was about to be ridiculously overpowered! Not just in strength, but also in other aspects, such as Alchemy, Formations, and jobs or professions like that! He wasn''t sure which professions he would obtain in the Unity Form Synthesis and Tribtion Transcendance Realms; however, he was sure that they would be auxiliary-rted! Nevertheless, let''s get back to the man in question - Azmond was lying in two different spots, with his Essence Soul clone in one room and Lemon sprawled out on top of him. While his main body was in the room next door, sitting next to hundreds of exhausted women,. Every single woman had heaving breasts, as their well-endowed figures were shown to the world in all their divine glory! On a side note, Azmond had given Lemon some ck dragon scales he bought from the system shop. In addition, he even promised to make her the armor himself. And it was through these actions and his ''hands'' that he was able to acquire the trust of the yellow-eyed woman! Although she wasn''t as open with him as the rest of the women, she still saw herself as more than a friend. Lemon, just like the rest of the women in Azmond''s partybesides Boundless, Azure, Sapphire, wdia, Marina, and Crystallinewere stuck somewhere in between the friend zone and friends with benefits. And even though no one put too much attention on it, they were all a little salty that they couldn''t receive the same ''Special treatment'' as Boundless. But it wasn''t like they could solve their ''problems'' anytime soon, considering that Azmond was quite adamant on not taking it so far with so many women. Nheless, if he let the current situation sit for a few more years, who knew what these thirsty women would do "..." Azmond sat on arge bed, big enough to fit hundreds of people, as he overlooked his system interface. And while he was doing that, a few system notifications bombarded his vision. Bright blue and gold lights shed. BLING! *Ding!* *You have gained 780,000,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 350,000,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 600,000,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 1,300,000,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!* *You have gained 930,000,000 ''Dual Cultivation'' experience* *Ding!... You have* A few thousand of these dual cultivation experience acquisition notifications swarmed Azmond''s vision before a few level-up ones came. *Ding!* *Your ''Dual Cultivation'' tab has leveled up from ''Tier 1: Level 18'' to ''Tier 1: Level 34''* *Ding!* *Your ''racial boost'' has increased from ''134,000%'' to ''166,000%''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Early Stages of 3rd Star Lunar Ascendancy'' to the ''Middle Stages of 3rd Star Lunar Ascendancy''* *Ding!* *You have conquered some of your ''Qi System'' ranks* *Ding!* *You have gained x1,600,000,000K Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank has increased from the ''Nearing Early Stages of Early 11th Rank'' to ''Early Stages of Early 11th Rank''* Following these system notifications, a few more came in, informing Azmond of a few other things he conquered before his ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' eventually stopped at *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has reached the ''Middle Stages of Early 11th Rank''* After these notifications rang out, a few more revolving around a different feature bombarded Azmond''s vision. *Ding!* *Viger A has killed another Demon Lord!* *Ding!* "You have acquired x560,000M experience due to the efforts of Viger A* *Ding!* *Batman has once again teamed up with Thanos in order to kill Robin!* *Ding!* *You have acquired x428,000M experience due to the efforts of Thanos and Batman!* *Ding!* *Robin has died, eliciting the immediate actions of Starfire!* *Ding!* *Starfire has killed Batman!* *Ding!* *You have acquired x856,000M experience due to the efforts of Starfire!* *Ding!* *Thanos finds Starfire not pleasing to the eye!* *Ding!* *Thanos kills Starfire!* *Ding!* *You have acquired x1,235,000M experience due to the efforts of Thanos!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* Following all of these notificationsing in, Azmond felt an immense amount of power rush over him! WAAAA! An explosive surge of strength nearly consumed all of Asterion, but luckily, Azmond was getting better at reeling in his strength as fast as possible. And it was because of this control that not a single soul within ten billion miles felt a disturbance Nheless, after he acquired this new level of strength, a few more system notifications popped up. *Ding!* *Your ''Exterior Cultivation'' has reached ''Tier 1: Level 473''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat strength has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat strength has increased from the ''Middle Stages of 3rd Star Lunar Ascendancy'' to the ''Late Stages of 3rd Star Lunar Ascendancy''* *Ding!* *You have conquered more stages of the ''Qi System''* *Ding!* *You have gained x50,000,000,000 Tier 1 Conqueror Wisps* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has increased from ''Middle Stages of 11th Rank'' to the ''Nearing Late Stages of 11th Rank''* After all these system notifications were viewed by Azmond, a few billion gold and spiritual stone notifications came in. These system notifications were followed up byw and aura pop-ups.. And after all of these system notifications appeared, Azmond''s vision was finally able to obtain some respite ..... Chapter 436: Strength Increases By The Second .... WAAAA! "..." Azmond felt his strength constantly increasing with each passing second. Following the checking of his current power, he decided to go to sleep until morning came. After all, tomorrow would be the day that he, along with a few dozen of his party members, participated in the ''Centennial sh''. **** The bright morning rays of sunlight shone down through the windows of a specific Mariase Hotel room. And inside that room, there was a tall, otherworldly handsome man with long ck hair, standing in the middle of hundreds of beautiful women. All of the women looked like they were dressed up for a special outing, as they all wore varying sun dresses, kimonos, and cheongsams. The women in Azmond''s party clearly saw this ''Centennial sh'' as nothing more than an opportunity to be closer to the man they loved Even the ones who weren''t participating had changed up their outfits a little. After all, everyone wanted to obtain some of Azmond''s attention! Azmond gazed at all the gorgeous women around him before he turned his head in the direction of the door. *Step Step* He took slow steps toward the door, and along with him, Calista had already leaped onto his shoulders, while Boundless took over his back. "...This spot best" Calista mumbled with a content look on her face. |No! This spot is far superior!| Boundless eximed, her milky white breasts pressing up against Azmond''s back. "You both are wrong! This spot is the best!" wdia remarked with a haughty expression. She had already found her way to the front side of his chest, clinging to him like a ko. And it didn''t just end with her, as Ember took over the left side of his arm while Clover wrapped her soft pillows around his right arm. Azmond flipped his neutral gaze through all the women iming ownership of his body parts. He couldn''t help but think that he had suddenly be a piece ofnd that was for rent Nevertheless, he didn''t mind it, considering all the ''softness'' that was violently pressing up against him with their arguments. ''This must be what heaven feels like'' Azmond thought with satisfaction filling his heart. After reveling in the moment for a second, he and the rest of the girls had already started to walk out of the room door, headed for the Coliseum of Dacratas. - Meanwhile, in a wide dome-shaped coliseum, a few thousand miles away from the hotel of Mariase. "Do you know why I''m here?" A refined feminine voice reverberated through the halls of a section of the coliseum. "..." "..." "..." Dozens of ostentatiously dressed people went silent upon hearing the voice of the one who was called the ''Mother of the Queen''. Otherwise known as the ancestor of the kingdom of AquaRing All of thesevishly dressed men and women were the executives of the ''Centennial sh'', and they also managed other smaller events that were held in the Coliseum of Dacratas. And right now, all of these extremely affluent figures are gathered around arge, rectangr table, awaiting the next words of the scary woman before them Margarete looked around at all the frightened Tribtion Transcendence Realm Master''s as she sighed a little before saying, "I havee here to keep you all in line. Which means no secret deals or rigged matches this time around." "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" The expressions of the coliseum executives suddenly turned ashen as they looked at their Queen Mother with pleading gazes. And one of the more corpulent of the men in the group decided to speak up, as he said, "M-My Queen You can''t do this to us-!" However, he didn''t even get the chance to finish his sentence, as a beam of turquoise light was shot out of Margarete''s left eye. BZZOOM! It sted out at levels tens of thousands of times the speed of light, subsequently evaporating the fat rich man! Following this abrupt action performed by Margarete, in a voice as cold as ice, she said, "I was not asking for your opinions. I was simply stating how it would be." She looked around at all the terrified faces before she continued by saying, "If I hear of anybody going against my wishes, then you will end up with a fate far worse than his" FWIP! After speaking these words, her voluptuous figure and all its jiggliness disappeared from sight. "..." "..." "... And in her ce, she left behind dozens of powerful figureheads looking at each other with baffled expressions, wondering what they should do! They had expended so much effort in order to rig the games, all so they could have zeheart and Shadowstrike win everything. But now it looked like all their efforts were in vain! And it was this discovery that left them all in disheartened and sulky moods, as they didn''t know what they had done to incur such cruel actions from their Queen Nheless, orders were orders, and thest thing they wanted was to get on the bad side of that eighteen thousand-year-old witch So aftermenting their fates for a few seconds, they vanished from the table and made their way throughout their respective areas of the Coliseum. *** Meanwhile, outside the northern entrance of the coliseum of Dacratas, a few hundred beautiful women were being led around by a tall man with a fox mask on. Azmond had already switched up his outfit so as to stay incognito among a select few who might discover who he was. After all, there was that Margarete, and he had already felt her aura the moment she reappeared in the capital. He didn''t know why she was here, but he had a strong gut feeling that she would be an integral part of this ''Centennial sh''. It wasn''t like he minded thepany of this gorgeous Milf, but in the end, he wanted to keep his Edgelord senior identity hidden. And it was because of this that he couldn''t disclose his true identity to Margarete until hepletely conquered all of Asterion! This was, of course, assuming that no ''mishaps'' happened along the way. After all, that seductive Milf had quite the perceptive gaze Chapter 437: Signing Up For The Centennial Clash ..... *Step Step* Hundreds of different footsteps echoed throughout the reception area of the Coliseum of Dacratas as hundreds of people walked in through the front gates. "..." "..." "..." Hundreds of thousands of people turned their curious gazes in the direction of the newrge group of people. It wasn''t every day that hundreds of people entered the building at the same time And it was because of this peculiarity that people of all races, ranging from the Nascent Soul to the Tribtion Transcendance Realm, were staring at numerous beautiful womening in. Most of the women in Azmond''s party were originally beautiful before their ''unfortunate situations'', but after reaching the Tribtion Transcendance Realm, all of them had gone through numerous transformations. And it was through these ''transformations'' that all of them had achieved incredible levels of beauty! In fact, all of them could even be considered jade beauties of the highest degree! That was, if they weren''t lined up next to Boundless, Ember, Clover, and the rest All of the ''Main Wives'' in Azmond''s party had already reached a level of beauty that went nearly unrivaled throughout all of Asterion. Nheless, it was due to the number and appearance of these women that everybody inside the coliseum found themselves staring. Even women were looking at wdia and the rest with envious gazes. Which woman didn''t want to be more beautiful? Which woman didn''t want to be seen as a work of art wherever they went?? Surely none of the women in that room were thinking any differently. *Tap Tap* Azmond took slow steps toward the sign-up desk as he leaned his body over the other side, attempting to call over a worker. And it didn''t take long before his beckoning seeded, as a woman with a long brown ponytail popped out from behind a wall. She looked at the ''unique'' group in front of her for a second before she snapped out of her stupor and asked, "What may I do for you today?" "We would like to sign up a few more people for the Centennial sh," Azmond responded with a warm smile shining through his mask. "!!!" Even through his mask, the workerdy nearly became star struck right then and there. However, she had been working her post for hundreds of years and was no stranger to people who used charming techniques. She shook her head a little before asking, "Can you please not use your charming technique on me? And for your question, you can still register more people, but it must be within the next twenty minutes." "???" Azmond was confused on the first part, considering that he used no charming technique, but he still replied, "Alright, then could you register another 186 people?" His words echoed out, followed by him pointing his finger at all the cheerful and vibrant women around him. "..." Thedy clerk was left a little speechless. But regardless of her shock, she regained her bearings and said, "I can register them all, but you will need to categorize yourselves as a guild for it to go through. Is that okay with you?" Azmond thought the matter over for a second before he said, "Sure thing, just put the guild name as ''Heaven Exploding Faction''." "Okay, and what would you like their names to be?" The clerk asked after tapping a few buttons on a translucent screen. "Hmm" Azmond pondered the topic for a moment before he turned his head behind him and asked, "Do you girls wish to tell her your names?" "Yes!" All of the girls responded in unison. "Thene on up here," he replied with an inviting voice. And it wasn''t long before all of the women in Azmond''s party rushed up to him and jotted their names down on separate tablet screens. After a few minutes passed, everyone in Azmond''s party had signed their names on the screen. They were now waiting around for Azmond as he continued conversing with thedy clerk. He had basically learned the rundown of this ''Centennial sh'' through her information. And from what she said, thepetition was split up into multiple rounds, spaced out between seven days, and would only end once the Semi-Finals and Finals had concluded. However, the only event going on for the next two days would be the ''Preliminary Matches'', which would dwindle down the millions of participants to a few hundred thousand. After the preliminary matches had concluded, the next set of bouts would start, which would further reduce those few hundred thousand people down to a few thousand. Following three days of these fights, thest two days would be separated into the ''Free For All'' and ''Top 500'' matches. The ''Free For All'' would be the main event on the second tost day and would involve thousands of people fighting on five different rings. Thest 100 people left standing on each ring would be able to move onto the ''Top 500'' matches, which would begin the next day. After the ''Top 500'' matches started, a few hours would pass, as everybody would get a chance to fight all 499 people, so as to not have people iming that he was ''beat by one of the strongest opponents''. And finally, once all of these battles had concluded, the ''Top 32'' would emerge. Following the ''Top 32'' appearing, half a day would be spent on taking that ''Top 32'' to ''Top 16'', ''Top 8'', ''Top 3'', and ultimately, ''Top 1''. After all of this was said and done, everybody would be allotted appropriate rewards depending on where they were ced. Although only the top 200 really gained anything of value, the ones who ranked lower would still be able to obtain quite a bit of recognition and attention if they performed remarkably. *** Azmond finished finalizing all the paper work while learning everything that he needed to know about the ''Centennial sh''. And interestingly enough, he had also learned that not only the Queen and her daughters, but also the Queen''s mother and other high-level members of varying-ranked nations would be watching from the VIP stands. It was even rumored that the rulers of many top-level kingdoms, and even Emperor''s would be in the VIP stands! Thedy clerk was unclear on why so many people would be spectating the ''Centennial sh'' this time around, but Azmond had his spections. And if he were being honest, then he assumed that all of this attention was likely his fault .... Chapter 438: Unexpected Participants .... ''I guess I brought a lot of trouble to this blue kingdom, huh?'' Azmond thought with a wry smile. He had already decided that he would properly apologize to Aqua, her mom, and Margareteter. But for now, he had apetition to edge his way through! Azmond was nning to edge from the beginning of thepetition to the end of thepetition! This was what any edge lord worth half his stuff should be willing to do! However, he was soon pulled out of his edging thoughts with the words of a very yellow beauty.. "Hey, Azmond? You never told me why we''re participating in thispetition," Lemon said with a curious gleam in her eyes. She hade to learn quite a lot about Azmond thesest few days, and although she wasn''t in ''love'' with him, she still thought of herself as ''rtively close''. Which was why, in terms of boldness, she had already gotten ahead of hundreds of girls in Azmond''s party! In fact, she was even beginning to encroach upon the status that the ''Main Wives'' had with him. Although that was still only a mere conjecture, as none of them had any proof of this happening,. But for some reason, they all had the feeling that she was close to taking the ''next step''! After all, she spent nearly all day, every day, with Azmond''s Essence Soul clone! It was like she hadpletely forgotten about the family that she had in her Duke household In reality, that was far from the truth, as Lemon was still aiming to head back to her family. However, before she did, she felt like a little vacation with this mysteriously charming man wasn''t such a bad idea Although, only a little break! Very brief! For sure "..." Azmond turned his gaze away from the receptionist as he observed all the lecherous stares that his girls were getting. |Are you nning to?| Boundless questioned with a suspicious tone while leaning her breasts over his head. Azmond was sucked into the docile eyes of Boundless before he sighed and replied, "No, not now." |Really!? That doesn''t seem like you! Usually, you would be like, ''I''ll kill anyone who even dares nce at my girls!''| Boundless eximed with a slight giggle escaping her mouth. "...Well, I''ve changed my ways" Azmond replied, his eye ncing in the opposite direction of Boundless. |Hehe~ You can''t fool me~ Don''t forget that I know how your brain functions, and it''s because of that that I know you n to get them all during your fights-| "Nope. I don''t know what you''re talking about," Azmond responded with a twitching smile. ''How did she know?'' He thought. |Hehe~! You dumb baka~! I''m Boundless! There is no one more awesome than me~! And with that awesomenesses the ability to understand what my baka is thinking at all times~!| Boundless''s words were followed by her squeezing her body even closer to Azmond as she rubbed her face up against him with an obsessive glint in her eyes. ''Pretty sure that''s just your yandere talking'' Azmond thought with a sigh before he started walking away from the reception table. He and the rest of the girls were headed in the direction of the ''Reserved Rooms'' that were left out for every participating member of the Centennial sh. There were thousands of such ''Reserved Rooms'', and Azmond was allotted one hundred fifty rooms to split up among all those in his ''Guild''. He and the rest of the girls were walking to their designated rooms under the onlookers'' gazes before two familiar yet unfamiliar figures appeared in the corner of Azmond''s eyes. ''Azure and Sapphire'' He thought with a crinkled forehead. Azmond could sense the iing trouble from miles away And just as he predicted, Azure and Sapphire came running in his direction as soon as they caught sight of him. "Azmond!" They both shouted with fervent looks on their faces. It was clear that his disguise did absolutely nothing to prevent his identity from being revealed to these two maid sisters ''I should really use my Godfiend technique to better conceal myself before thepetition begins'' Azmond thought, an exasperated sigh escaping his mouth. Nheless, he had already been discovered by the two beautiful maids, so he walked away from the scrutinizing res of his group and made his way over to the two of them. *Umph* He grabbed them both in his arms before spinning them around a little. After he did a single circle with them in his arms, he put them down and yfully looked into their dazzling light blue eyes. "Were you girls good while I wasn''t there~?" Azmond asked with a warm smile ying on his lips. "..." "..." Azure and Sapphire had a plethora of conflicting emotions go through their minds in that instant. They wanted to respond positively and then kiss him, but they have been brooding over their rtionship with Azmond for a long while now And even after all this time to think, they didn''t know how to categorize what it was they had with him. Were they lovers? Were they friends with benefits? Did they just have a quick fling? A multitude of questions entered their minds in that moment, as they struggled to understand what exactly it was they had had with Azmond. Azmond noticed the tumultuous thoughts of the maids right away as he raised an eyebrow before asking, "Why are you two thinking so deeply about something so ridiculous?" "???" Azure and Sapphire gazed up at him with perplexed expressions, and that was when they noticed that his eye color had changed. They weren''t sure when that color change had happened, but it was quickly growing on them But that was besides the point! Right now, all they wanted to focus on was what Azmond meant when he said what he did! *Squish Squish* The curvaceous maids pressed their bodies up against Azmond''s firm chest before they stared at him with pleading eyes, clearly indicating that they wanted him to borate on what he said! Azmond kindly smiled at this adorable sight,pletely ignoring the aggrieved girls standing behind him. That was especially the case for the newest member of the ''Azmond fan/harem group'', namely, Lemon. It was unknown what was going through her head when she saw the masked man y around with other women in front of her. However, those furrowed brows and twitching facial expressions clearly indicated something ... Chapter 439: Accidentally Drugged? ... Azmond stared into Azure and Sapphire''s glistening eyes for a moment before he said, "I''m talking about our rtionship~ I''m sorry if I didn''t make it clear enough before, but you two are mine~" "!!!" "!!!" His sly yet gentle eyes prated the souls of both Azure and Sapphire, as they didn''t know how to respond to this abrupt deration. What were they supposed to say in this situation!? Were they supposed to answer that they wanted to be with him as well!? Azure and Sapphire wouldn''t deny that an offer like that was quite enticing But this was all too sudden! The only reason they even came over in the first ce was because they remembered Azmond''s scent and saw those same smiling eyes through a mask! And now they were put in the spotlight! Furthermore, it only took one look at Azmond''s multi-colored eyes to know that he was patiently waiting for a response "..." "..." Azure and Sapphire looked at each other for a second before Sapphire shot her gaze back to Azmond and said, "Can you give us some time? It''s a lot to take in, and we barely know you outside of wh-what we did on the Stingcoil" A blush formed on her face when she spoke thest part, but she was thousands of years old, and she wasn''t one to easily be flustered! Or so she thought "..." Azmond analyzed the facial expressions of Azure and Sapphire before he said, "I don''t mind, but don''t keep me waiting for too long~" His words were followed by him blowing warm air into the ears of the two beauties as he walked past them and pped them on their jiggly asses! *p! p!* Following the echoing of a heavenly sound, both of the maids let out sensual moans. "Aaahhnn~" They nearly wet themselves right then and there, as they put their hands to their mouths almost instantaneously before crouching to the ground. Azure and Sapphire were trying to assuage their growing lust as they looked behind them and saw a sh*t-eating grin shin through Azmond''s fox mask. "!!!" They were extremely vexed over what he had done to them. But more than that, they were horny So after gathering their bearings, they got up off the ground with shaky legs and reddened cheeks as they scurried in the direction of their rooms. ''Wait! We forgot to get the tea for Princess Aqua and Esra!'' Sapphire and Azure thought at the same time. Following those thoughts, they walked in the opposite direction, strolling past Azmond with embarrassed expressions. "Heh~" Azmond watched them hurry down the halls, his eyes focused on the four pudding tops seductively swaying left and right with every movement they made. However, his watching session was soon interrupted by *Whack! Whack!* A few ps hit him across the head. "Ow" Azmond feigned pain as he looked at the puffed-out cheeks of Boundless, wdia, and the rest. After realizing that he had no viable way of weasling himself out of this one, he mumbled, "Uhmm I''m sorry?" |Stupid Baka! You owe me ten hours of ''special treatment'' tonight!| Boundless snorted before turning her unholy body away from Azmond. But when she remembered that her ''spot'' was on him, she inched her way back over with a so very angry expression before falling on top of Azmond with her pouty cheeks rubbing up against him. ''So cute'' Azmond thought with an arrow going straight through his heart. However, it looked like the damage wasn''t done with just that, as Calista punched him in the gut a little. *Poof!* Her fist came out like cotton hitting a hard surface, but she wore a victorious smile and looked up at Azmond and asked, "Upssies?" *Spurt!* He took critical damage upon seeing the cute actions of Calista as he looked into those big, murky gray eyes of hers and knew that he stood no chance against the final boss Nheless, he saw those stretched-out arms of hers, and he knew that he had no choice in the matter. *Umph!* Azmond tenderly picked the catkin loli up before putting her over the top of his shoulders. "...Mhmm I forgive But sushiter" Calista mumbled before snuggling her head in his ck hair. Azmond took extreme levels of cuteness overload damage, as he felt like he would die soon if something didn''t swoop in and save him soon! But contrary to what he was expecting, the damage only worsened as Clover, Medusa, Ember, Lemon, and wdia bombarded him with various doses of sweetness! He felt like he would die from all the sharine, but he persevered! And it was because of his resolve to trudge on that he eventually found himself in a preliminary match on one of the tens of thousands of smaller arena blocks "Uhmm How the f*ck did I get here??" Azmond questioned as he looked in front of him and saw a well-built man in a tunic staring him down. One second, he was talking to his girls and using his hand techniques in the varying hotel rooms, and the next second, he found himself under the eyes of billions! Although only a few of them were focused on Azmond''s fight, there were still enough to let him know that he was doing pretty well in the preliminary rounds. But what he didn''t understand was how the hell he had gotten to this point in the first ce!? ''Wait It''sing back to me'' Azmond thought with a scrunched-up expression. He was trying to recall everything that had happened to him in thest few hours. And after a few milliseconds of deep thought, he got the gist of what happened ''Clover identally drugged me and got me drunk? But how did this happen?? I''m a Quantum Void Refining Realm Expert for God''s sake'' Azmond couldn''t understand how, with his cultivation base and strength, he was able to get drunk Nheless, regardless of his opinions on the matter, the facts were presented right in front of him. And through a series of drunken bar-like fights with barely any strength involved, Azmond found himself in the fourth match of his preminaries! Chapter 440: Whatever You Say, Acorn ..... "Mr. Morningstar, you may make the first move since the announcer has already told us we could begin." The gruff voice of the man in the tunic interrupted Azmond''s train of thought. Azmond looked up from the ground and saw the passive, aggressive look that his ''opponent'' was giving him. Furthermore, it was clear that this dude was underestimating him with how rxed his posture was. And there was also that conceited and pompous smirk stered across his face It was a smile that Azmond really felt like wiping off him! Nevertheless, even though this guy was annoying, and even in spite of the fact that he had drunkenly fought his way through a part of the preliminaries, Azmond calmed his hasty hand. After all, he still had to keep up his edge-lord facade, and luckily for him, his drunk self had made sure to make a better disguise before going out to fight. It was through these actions of his past self that he now had a silly and almost dead-looking appearance ''...Why the hell do I look like a walking corpse?'' Azmond asked himself with a confused look on his face. He looked down at his frail hands before scanning through the rest of his body, and after doing this, he understood what his drunk self was thinking. ''The ssic ''y the pig to eat the tiger'' part, huh? Fine, old me, I will finish what you began,'' Azmond thought with a small smirk on his face. Following this discovery and newfound objective, he turned his neutral gaze in the direction of his opponent. "You said your name was?" Azmond asked. "...It''s Acros. Did you not even read the match-up board? And it was mentioned not even a few seconds ago by the announcer" The man in the tunic responded with a twitching smile. This was going to be a quick and glorious win for him, and yet this weakling really had the nerve to not even remember his name?? Azmond scrutinized the look on Acros''s face before he said, "Uhmm... Sure, whatever you say, Acorn." *Pop!* A vein appeared on the head of Acros as he looked in the direction of Azmond with a ''friendly'' smile and thought, ''You''re so f*cking dead.'' A few minutes passed, and Mr. Acorn was found lying on the hard squared surface of their fighting ring. His face was bruised up quite badly, while the rest of his body was not faring any better, as one would begin to think that he had been attacked by a bear On the other hand, Morningstar stood over the unconscious body of Mr. Acorn with a wide grin on his face. But since he had to y his part to perfection, he fell to the ground not long after, his expression one of extreme anguish! "Ahhh! You nearly bested me, Mr. Acorn-!" Azmond screamed out before he was interrupted by the announcer, saying: "His name is Acros, Sir." "Yeah, yeah, sure," Azmond responded to the announcer before he turned his head in Acros''s direction and said, "You were a tough opponent! You nearly took me down with thatst whatchamacallit attack! Arghh! Pain, agony! We shall meet again, Mr. Acorn!" Azmond fell to the ground with a bloodied and bruised face as hey there for a second before slowly getting up and limping off the five hundred meter-wide fighting ring. The announcer looked at this sight with disbelieving eyes, as he had never seen someone so ridiculous in all his years of working in the Coliseum of Dacratas. **** Meanwhile, in the VIP stands above the expansive area that encapstes the fighting part of the Coliseum. "None of your daughters are participating this time around, Marina?" A corpulent man with a round belly asked with a spiteful smirk on his face. His eyes sometimes traced down the curves of the Queen, as he always found himself yearning for that deliciously seductive body of hers. Marina turned her ice-cold gaze in the direction of the King of SunBurn Kingdom as she snorted a little before saying, "That''s none of your business, My Lord. But if you are so adamant on talking about the ongoings of the younger generation, then why don''t we speak about how your second eldest son was rejected at the annual Celestial Academy recruiting event?" Adam SubBurn''s expression darkened at the mention of his son''s folly as he remembered why he hated this woman so much. In his opinion, the only thing that Marina was good for was that child-bearing body of hers. For that reason alone, he was quite envious of Broli, getting to enjoy her whenever he felt like it. ''If only Brother Broli were here right now, then I''d be able to reel in this stupid woman a little. Thest time we had spoken, he said that he would help me tie down his wife and sleep with her,'' Adam thought with a slightly annoyed look on his face. Broli promised to help Adam when it came to bedding Marina, but now, where was that brother of his when he really needed him!? As Adam''s thoughts were swirling around inside his head, he had unknowingly let Marina focus her attention on something else instead of him. Marina was staring intently at a sickly figure limping out of a fighting ring as she giggled a little with a lovely smile ying on her lips. "!!!" King Adam SubBurn was beyond irritated by this sight as he tried to follow her gaze and figure out what was more important for Marina than him. However, when he looked down, he saw nothing The sickly man Marina was staring at had already vanished without a trace Meanwhile, on another side of the VIP stands, a young, beautiful woman with long blue hair and blue eyes was staring off into the distance with a look of longing in her gaze. "..." Aqua waspletely ignoring the fights going on down below, as the only thing upying her mind was the ''angel'' she had met all those years ago. If she had it her way, she would be cultivating right now, preparing to go and meet her husband, but her mother''s persistence in telling her to ''upkeep face'' bying out to gatherings like these forced her to leave seclusion. "It wasn''t enough that I had to marry that bastard, but now I have to attend meaningless gatherings like these" Shemented with a disgruntled expression. Aqua was getting tired of being bossed around by her mother. But in the end, she was stronger than her, so there was nothing she could do Chapter 441: Hello, My Princess~ ..... "Hello, My Princess~" "???" Aqua was taken out of her stupor by the voice of a man. She turned her head in the direction of the voice, and after realizing who it was, her expression darkened. "You didn''t greet me, My Princesss~ I was beginning to think that you didn''t care for me~" The man who was speaking was the divine prince of the Fire God Empire and was also the one who was meant to marry Aqua. He was wearing overly opulent dress attire, with a ck and gold outline adorning the area around the tassels that covered his body. Furthermore, there was enough jewelry covering his body that if he wanted to open up a jewelry shop, all he would have to do was walk in there and start undressing! Although the sight of him undressing would definitely be a terrible one, considering how many fat roles he had stacked on him It was due to all this fat that even his appearance was unable to be discerned by anyone Aqua looked at the chubby prince with a cold gaze, feeling the itching urge to kill him right this instant. And just as her frigid aura was about to be released, a few cordial voices sounded out from an aisle in their section of the VIP stands. "My Lady, you must see the ongoing fights! They truly are spectacr!" "Yes, My Lady, please view the fights at your own leisure, specifically the ones with that corpse-like man in them!" "My Lady, pay no heed to these bumbleheads. But if I were to rmend you do something, then it would be toe over and see your mother, seeing as she has called for you." Three figures dressed in noble-like outfits were seen walking over toward the princess. However, there was something oddly familiar about these three figures ... "What are you talking about, brother Ayh?? Do you not possess eyes!? How could that corpse-like man amount to anything???" "I feel that there is something special about that man, brother Spiritme! Just trust me on this one and put all your money into betting that he will win it all!" Ayh responded with a confident expression. "Pish posh! Nonsense! Let''s just ask Sir Percival what he thinks about this!" Spiritme replied with a begrudged tone, his figure moving in the direction of the leading nobleman. "What do you think, Sir Percival?" He asked after he made it a few feet away from the leading noble figure. Percival turned his staid gaze away from Aqua as he looked at the two bumbling buffoons and said, "I think you both should stop this nonsense and begin helping the princess get over to her mother and sister." A dangerous aura was leaking from the youthful version of Percival as he stared down at Ayh and Spiritme with a deadly gleam in his eyes. "!!!" "!!!" They both became a little frightened at the look Percival was giving them. And that was all it took for them to walk over to Princess Aqua and start leading her away from her seat. "What are you doing?" Aqua questioned with a cold tone. "We really must go, My Lady," Ayh replied, his hands attempting to guide the princess through the luxurious stands. "Yes, My Lady. If we don''t go now, then that fiance of yours will never leave you alone," Spiritme said with sweat raining down his face. Aqua listened to the words of the two foreign nobles, as she felt like they made sense. But when she looked down and saw that two men were clutching her arms, her gaze froze over as she looked at them with killing intent leaking out of her expression. Although Aqua was far weaker than Spiritme was, when she red at him like that, he immediately let go of her arm. It was the same for Ayh as well "..." "..." Nheless, they looked at the blue-eyed princess with pleading eyes. Aqua observed their expressions as she knew that they were just doing their best to help her. *Sigh* She sighed before walking past the two of them while saying, "Fine." Afterwards, Aqua, Spirtme, and Ayh walked away from the eastern section of the VIP stands. And in their ce, they left Percival and Sir Pervasshat staring at each other with varying gazes. "Are you trying to ruin my fun, ve??" Pervasshat questioned with fury evident in his tone. "Of course not, Good Lord. I simply do what I must for the increased rtions between my Duke household and the AquaRing Kingdom." Percival responded in a condescending way, although his demeanor was still cordial. "!!!" Pervasshat was infuriated at the gall of this ''Duke'', as he actually dared to interrupt the enjoyment of a divine prince! "Just wait until my father gets here! Let''s see what will stop me from acquiring my fiance then!" He spat out with a reddened face. "Very well. I look forward to the day that your motheres to ''acquire'' your fiance," Percival replied in a nonchnt way before walking away from the enraged divine prince. "This unknown bastard from some hick boonie kingdom dares to look down on me in such a way!?" Pervasshats'' infuriated voice reverberated throughout a barren section of the VIP stands. However, when he caught sight of the back view of Aqua, his fury was assuaged a little as he licked his lips with a disgustinglyscivious look on his face. "Just wait until I get my hands on that body of yours, my fiance~ I will y with you whichever so way I choose to!" After getting out those deplorable words, Pervasshat and all his fat rolls disappeared from the stands. ''I will wait for my father to arrive! And then let''s see how much longer you can hold out from being mine!'' His thoughts faded out as he headed in the direction of an airspace outside of the Coliseum, seemingly treating the entirepetition as a joke. But little did he know that thispetition would alter the course of his life for years toe Chapter 442: Do You Know Who I Am!? .... Meanwhile, in one of the fighting rings during the sixth set of rounds during the preliminary part of the tournament,. "Do you know who I am!?" A voice boomed out with arrogance oozing out of every word. The owner of this voice was staring down at a 5''8 sickly-looking fellow with barely any meat on his bones. His outfit was sort of simr to that of a ninja, but at the same time, it was all tattered and looked as if it had been through years of tough times And it was because of these features that a man who stood in at 7''2, with a frame analogous to that of a giant, saw his opponent as nothing more than a joke. "I don''t know how you managed to win five matches before mine, but this will be the moment you realize the difference between your strength and mine!" WAAA! Therge man fully unleashed his Peak Void Refining Realm aura as he wore a smug look on his face. "This is the difference between someone in the Early Void Refining and Peak Void Refining Realms! Bow before your daddy!" Azmond turned his lifeless and haggard eyes up to the weakass aura being released. And it was at that moment THUD! He fell to his knees! "H-How can you be so strong??" Azmond asked with ''disbelief'' etched across his face. "Ha! You pissant weakling! This is the difference between one such as you and one as great as I!" The robust man roared with a satisfied look on his face. ''It seems like this man is extremely solipsistic Perfect!'' Azmond thought with an imperceptible sh of excitement shing past his eyes. After realizing this would be an interesting fight, he struggled to get up off the ground. Therge man looked at this sight with a slightly annoyed expression. "Don''t you know when you should just give it up??" He asked with furrowed brows. Azmond shot his dark gray eyes in the direction of the robust man''s face before, through a hoarse voice, he replied, "I can''t" "You can''t what!?" Therge man snarled, his eyes watching the corpse-like man start walking toward him. *Thud Thud* Azmond took heavy steps under the ''immense'' pressure as he took step after step in the robust man''s direction. And with this snail-pacer trudge toward therge man, Azmond focused his shaky eyes on the expression of the robust man. After getting a good look at his ugly mug, he shouted, "I can''t lose! My family is still waiting for me to provide for them!" Following his chivalrous words, he used all of his ''will power'' in order to dash at the robust man. "!?!?" Robert observed this man going against him with a dumbfounded look on his face. "How are you able to move under my immeasurably powerful, all-epassing, extremely, absurdly strong aura!?" He bellowed out with a stupefied expression. "Why?" Azmond repeated with an unwavering gaze, his body speeding up in Robert''s direction. WAAM! The robust man mmed his eight-foot-long hammer down in an attempt to thwart his advance. However, before it could touch a hair on Azmond''s head, he slid under the hammer before making his way around the giant-like man. After making it behind Robert, he continued what he was saying earlier. "I''m able to resist your extremely powerful aura because" Azmond''s hand went into the air at this part of his words as he continued, "Because of the power of friendship!" "!!!" Following his promation, he let his fist go straight into the cocopebbles of the robust man. "Arrgghh!!" Robert hollered with an anguished look on his face as he frothed at the mouth before falling to the ground. He had passed out cold after taking on that ''attack'' from Azmond. The announcer was still trying to process what the hell just happened. But regardless of his confusion on the matter, he still had to announce the results, so he shouted, "The winner of fighting ring 736, round number 6, is participant ''Morningstar''!" After the announcer''s voice resounded, the crowd cheered with fervent expressions, as who didn''t love an underdog story! Azmond nced at all the fans he had managed to gain, as he knew what it was he had to do for the next part of his Edgelord n. He fell to the ground with a thud! "It hurts so bad! That truly was a battle too intense for my weak body to handle!" Azmond shouted with a pained look on his face. He rolled around on the ground, holding a few ''bloody'' parts of his body. "No, not my love!" "Don''t put him out of the battles so soon!" "I can''t see him die! Someone close my eyes!" "Please! Someone help him and heal him!" "Seeing him injured makes me wet" Thousands of fans among the crowd made varyingments as they waited with bated breath! "..." Azmond looked up and saw that his ''fake it till you make it'' n was working. And now the next step mustmence! "I-I will die soon" He mumbled with an ashen expression. The crowd went into an uproar after this announcement, but before it got out of hand, Azmond interrupted them, saying: "However, I can be saved using a special ''money to health'' ability of mine... But it must be done soon!" "!?" "!?" "!?" The crowd heard what the sickly man said, as they thought it sounded like a bunch of bullcrap! On top of that, the announcer said, "We have healers who should be able to help you right away." "No!" Azmond shouted, blood leaking out of all his seven offices. "I will die within ten seconds unless I''m able to obtain four hundred billion gold coins to heal my injuries!" "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" The people in the crowd started to freak out when they heard that he would die within ten seconds! And it was at that moment that they knew they had a choice to make! BING! BING! BING! All the rich onlookers threw billions of gold coins in Azmond''s direction! ..... Chapter 443: Starry Qi, Higher Realms ... "..." Azmond gazed at all the wealth being chucked at him with a gratified expression. However, on the inside, he was sneering at these fools for giving up so much wealth over a few sappy words! ''Heh~ I knew thispetition would be my ticket to bing extraordinarily rich!'' He thought to himself as hisplexion started to be a little brighter. "It looks like all this money is working" Azmond muttered while taking all the gold coins into his storage space. He emitted a green aura to make it seem like he was healing some injuries that he didn''t have. And it worked like a charm for fooling those rich idiots! BING! BING! BING! Tens of thousands of people were throwing tens of billions of gold coins in Azmond''s direction. It even reached a point where the onlookers werepeting with each other to see who could spare more money! Azmond had ''only'' asked for 400 hundred billion gold coins, and yet he had already obtained 3 trillion from tens of thousands of morons! He was getting loaded off of fooling a bunch of Young Master Peng''s! Just thinking about all the cultivation materials he could buy in the second tier of the system shop made him start to drool! After all, the second tier had items that could allow him to cultivate with things able to boost one to the Comet Passage and Meteor Shower Realms! And all Azmond had to do to acquire these absurdly rare items was obtain enough system credits to buy them en masse! Furthermore, he also gained something else from this little charade as a few bright lights shed. *Ding!* *You have gained x8.0 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for partially Conquering the hearts of tens of thousands of nobles in a Tier 8 Kingdom* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has increased from the ''Middle Stages of Early 11th Rank'' to the ''Late Stages of Early 11th Rank''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Late Stages of 3rd Star Lunar Ascendancy'' to the ''Nearing Peak Stages of 3rd Star Lunar Ascendancy''* Azmond watched the system notificationse in, all while picking up all the gold coins, aqua coins, and spiritual stones that were thrown his way! He had even obtained some foreign currencies that he would have to convert into gold coins at ater date. A few minutes passed as Azmond had already ''fully healed up'' and made his way out of the fighting ring area. He found himself in the ''resting lounge'' where he saw a bunch of his female party members return from their respective fights as well. Azmond talked to his party members for a while and learned that all of them were quite popr in their matches, as a bunch of men even proposed on the spot. That was especially the case for Ember, Medusa, Clover, Lemon, and Calista Lemon participated because it was requested by her family; however, Calista was aplete mystery for Azmond But ording to catkin culture, fighting in bigpetitions and cing well will allow for a ''special event'' to be ced in front of the catkin. Azmond had no clue what ''special event'' Calista had in the works, and she was unwilling to tell him anything, so he was leftpletely in the dark Nevertheless, all the girls were doing their own thing, and not a single one of them had lost a match yet. In fact, Ember and Medusa were predicted by the masses to be the winners of thepetition! Clover would be on that list as well, if not for her meek and oddly ditsy demeanor. And then there was Boundless |Azmond! Thispetition is so boring! I know you just wanna swoop in and pick up those blue-haired bimbos! Forget them, and let''s go already!| She grumbled with a vexed expression. Even while Azmond was in ''dead man form'' Boundless never did leave his side Although she stayed off his frail back, she still hovered around him without ever leaving his sight. In a way, Boundless was eerily simr to Emu. Speaking of Emu... "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu squeaked while sitting atop Azmond''s head. Emu was too showy and ostentatious while in ''Quantum Katana Flux Mode'', so it was best that Emu simply stay a slime till Azmond went full edgelord toward the end of thepetition! After all, only through maximum edginess could he edge his way to ''borrowing'' the wealth of all the rich people who came to view the ''Centennial sh''! On that note, Azmond had seen representatives from nearly every big organization out there! Even executives of secret organizations like the ''Hidden Lotus Syndicate'' were hiding within the VIP stands. And he had a feeling that even more ''all-mighty'' figures would appear toward the end of thepetition. You know what that means!? ''More money to ''borrow''!'' Azmond thought with expectation bubbling up inside him. After thispetition was over, he might even be close to breaking through the Great Realm thates after the Lunar Ascendancy Realm in terms ofbat power! Extending upon the subject of Great Realms past the Lunar Ascendancy Realm. Azmond had bought a ''Mortal Realms'' booklet from the system shop. It was a pamphlet that detailed all of the general Major Realms in any average Mortal ne of existence. Of which he had glossed over the first three past the Mahayana Realm. Namely, the Lunar Ascendancy Realm, the Comet''s Passage Realm, and the Meteor Shower Realm. And the exact details for the Lunar Ascendancy Realm went something like this: Lunar Ascendancy Realm. Once a cultivator has reached the peak of the Mahayana Realm, which includes the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm, one can begin to enter the Lunar Ascendancy Realm. The Lunar Ascendancy Realm is a realm where a Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm expert must begin to convert their ''Spiritual Qi'' into a higher form of Qi, namely, the ''Starry Qi''. Starry Qi permeates the entirety of the ''Higher-Level'' areas of Mortal nes of Existence. Which, for Azmond, would start at the Starry Seaboard and Starry Expanse. .... Chapter 444: Lunar Ascendancy Realm .... Info Dump Down Below!! ... Lunar Ascendancy Realm Continuation Page. Once one has acquired a way to obtain ''Starry Qi'', one can begin to absorb it until therees a day when all of the ''Spiritual Qi'' contained inside your Dantain, Core, and Qi Cyclones transforms into a far thicker and more condensed ''Starry Qi''. In Azmond''s case-specific situation, since he does not have his Dantain or Qi Cyclones anymore, he will fill up his ''Core'' instead. After converting whatever it is that holds your ''Spiritual Qi'' to a state of ''100% Starry Qi and 0% Spiritual Qi'', you will have officially broken through into the Lunar Ascendancy Realm. Upon which, you can begin to scale the minor stages of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm by condensing more of the ''Starry Qi'' within whatever is unique to your circumstances. The minor stages of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm go like this: 1st Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm [1 star filled in for whatever rtes to you, i.e., your Dantain Space will begin to look like a star is shining within it.] 2nd Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm [2 stars filled in for whatever rtes to you, i.e., your Dantain Space will begin to look like two stars are shining within it.] 3rd Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm [3 stars filled in for whatever rtes to you, i.e., your Dantain Space will begin to look like three stars are shining within it.] 4th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm: [4 stars filled in for whatever rtes to you, i.e., your Dantain Space will begin to look like four stars are shining within it. (The color of your Dantain Space will begin to darken at this stage)] 5th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm [5 stars filled in for whatever rtes to you, i.e., your Dantain Space will begin to look like five stars are shining within it.] 6th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm [6 stars filled in for whatever rtes to you, i.e., your Dantain Space will begin to look like six stars are shining within it.] 7th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm [7 stars filled in for whatever rtes to you, i.e., your Dantain Space will begin to look like seven stars are shining within it. (The color of your Dantain Space will start to resplendently brighten.)] 8th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm [8 stars filled in for whatever rtes to you, i.e., your Dantain Space will begin to look like eight stars are shining within it.] 9th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm [9 stars filled in for whatever rtes to you, i.e., your Dantain Space will begin to look like nine stars are shining within it. (The shine will be at an all-time high for this stage.)] Half-Step Comet''s Passage Realm [All nine of your stars will begin to coalesce until theybine and begin to take on the shape of an illusoryet that stands in as your ''dantian space'' (Energy Storage will begin to grow exponentially!)] This was all that Azmond had learned from the Mortal Realm pamphlet, and from it, he was able to figure out that once one has achieved the Lunar Ascendancy Realm, the ''brightness'' and ''Shine'' will be major determining factors of the ''quality'' and ''progression'' in this realm. Although all of this wasn''t for the current Azmond, it was good to know what exactly he would be going up against in theing days. Furthermore, figuring out what that ''Starry Qi'' was would prove to be quite vital for Azmond''s ''acquisition of goods''. Nheless, it''s time to get back to the ''piggy bank'', otherwise known as the ''Centennial sh''. A few hours passed, as Azmond and all the girls in his party had sessfully reached the eighth set of bouts. It took a while tob through millions of participants, but ultimately only those who won at least half of their matches were allowed to move onto the next set of rounds. Three hundred thousand people were left in thepletion, and of those three hundred thousand, a few thousand of them were currently fighting on a battle ring. And Azmond just so happened to be one of those few thousand - "Do you know who I am!?" A young man with a ponytail screamed. He wore a pompous-looking set of robes, while his face matched his dressing style to a T. It was clear that this man saw himself as superior to all! Which was quite funny, considering that this young man was four thousand years old, and yet he was still in the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm Nheless, Azmond had to y the pig if he wanted to ''borrow'' all the money from his growing fan base. A fan base that had already surpassed over five hundred thousand people! Even a few people in the VIP section were intently focused on the sickly man, who somehow made it through all of his matches with near-death wins. The VIP''s didn''t really understand how it was possible for one to nearly die against an Early Void Refining Realm Expert and then go on to nearly die against a Peak Void Refining Expert. But in the end, who really cared!? This man was giving them the entertainment that they had been yearning for! Plus, all the various representatives noticed that the Queen of the AquaRing Kingdom always seemed to be looking at the frail man. And for that reason alone, all of their interests had been piqued to the absolute limit! Although not everyone was excited over this new contender "Have you found out who the hell that bastard is yet!?" The king of the SubBurn Kingdom snarled. "!!!" The head butler of the king bowed down in fright before saying, "That man registered with a different appearance, My Lord. And as for his previous appearance''s identity, there is no database to reference It''s almost like he''s a ghost" "Is that really all you could find out, you stupid dog!?" Adam SubBurn spat back, his hands cracking his arm rests. He was getting sick and tired of ''his woman'' staring at this ''Morningstar'' at every chance she got! ... Chapter 445: A Thorn In My Side, A Surprise ... THUD! "!!!" The head butler fell to the ground and banged his head against the floor before he slurred his words, "Th-That is not all, My Lord! I have learned that this man originated from somewhere in the Great Wilnds Forest! After leaving the forest, he was seen in the Kingdom of AquaRing, near a city called ''Riverbloom''!" The Great Wilnds Forest, huh King Adam looked at his frightened butler before shouting, "Well, go on! What the hell are you stopping for!?" "Y-Yes, my Lord!" The head butler stuttered before saying, "He swiftly left the City of RiverBloom after a sudden monster-beast invasion! He took care of the invasion before going to the Luminous Grounds-" He went on to narrate the entire journey of Azmond from the moment he left the Great Wilnds Forest. Most things rting to Azmond were pretty easy to find if one searched hard enough, so it was rtively simple for the head butler to get his informants to give him this information. "..." King Adam had his imperious gaze focused on the sickly man below as he thought over everything that his butler told him. This man is interesting and a mystery, but more than that, he is a thorn in my side I don''t like thorns in my side, and just like that child I disposed of all those years ago, I will dispose of this man just the same. Following the King''s thoughts, he turned his head toward Queen Marina and once again saw that oddly infatuated expression on her face. His annoyance grew exponentially at this sight, but he had to hold it in At least, until his ancestors arrived, aiming to discuss the matter concerning the ''Mysterious old man'' who imed to be from beyond the stars. After the survivors of the ''Tail event'' returned to their respective organizations, they informed every senior of their plight. And it was because of this disclosure that all the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts decided to group up where it all started. Namely, the kingdom of AquaRing! Adam SubBurn wasn''t sure on the exact date; however, it was expected to happen around the time that the ''Centennial sh''es to a close. But before it reached that point, all of the representatives of organizations and their extended families would arrive on the scene. Which meant that Adam SunBurn''s children, his wives, and concubines would all be here. That notion held true for every other ruler as well. So, in around six days, every single ruling force and their families would be gathered at the Coliseum of Dacratas, ready to discuss countermeasures to the threat that was aiming to ''Rule Over All''! **** Meanwhile, in one of the countless fighting rings, the threat in question wore a pained expression as he looked at his unconscious opponent with a victorious look on his face. HOORAAH!! The crowd went absolutely wild after watching the corpse-like man emerge as the winner from an overwhelming disadvantage! Azmond observed the hundreds of thousands of people cheering for him as a wide grimace formed on his face before he fell to the ground! "Arrgghh!! So much pain! Too much pain! Help The money" He shouted with blood pouring out of his mouth in great amounts. Following this plea for help (money), all of the onlookers did what they always did, which was throw billions of coins in the sickly man''s direction. BING! BING! BING! Trillions of gold coins rained down on Azmond as he quickly used his ''Healing Technique'' to ''recover'' from his injuries. After pocketing all the money, Azmond limped away from the fighting arena with a worth 60 trillion coins richer! ... A few days passed by, as Azmond and the girls had sessfully reached the top 500 without any issues. In fact, not a single member of Azmond''s party had lost a bout. Although that wasn''t much of a surprise, considering that every one of the girls was at the minimum, in the Fifth Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm! That was just what having the girls ''finish the prey'' allowed for! And it was because of this fact that Azmond had inadvertently created his own harem of fan girls, all nearing the peak realms of Asterion! But regardless of that fact, he was left quite surprised when he saw that nearly half of the spots in the ''Top 500'' had been filled up by his ''Guild''. The organizers of this thing would usually be quite mad in this situation, wouldn''t they? I wonder why no one has tried to do anything about us yet Azmond found the entire situation quite unusual, but he decided to set the matter aside for now and focus on winning this whole thing with maximum benefits! Since the beginning of thispetition, he had already multiplied his total worth by one hundredfold, and he wasn''t nning to end it just there! Just imagining all the cultivation materials he could buy after this was done had him drooling Meanwhile, in the VIP stands where Queen Marina was sitting,. "Who is that man, mother? And why do you keep looking at him?" Esra asked with a curious glint in her eyes. Marina turned her head in the direction of her second-eldest daughter before she replied, "I just found his matches interesting, that''s all." "...Is that so?" "Yes, now stop thinking about nonsense and focus on thepetition." "Heh~" Esra giggled a little before turning her gaze back to the sickly man limping off a fighting ring. Is that the man that mother was talking about when she said, ''I found a man''...? It must be, but why would she go after such a weird-looking guy? Esra thought the matter over for a second before she realized something and muttered under her breath, "A disguise" After she came to that conclusion, the way she looked at the man suddenly changed, as she became increasingly curious about this ''Azmond'' character. And she became even more intrigued over what would happen when her talented baby sister learned of her mother''s little affair with her ''husband''. Just the thought of watching this drama unfold got Esra excited! Entertain me well, Azmond If you do, then I might give you a little surprise She licked her lips a little while staring at the corpse-like man with a seductive glean shing past her serene, blue eyes. .... Chapter 446: Does Crazy Run In The Family!? .... *Shiver!* Azmond suddenly shuddered a little as he shot his head in the direction of the source of such a feeling. And when he saw a voluptuous beauty with a toned stomach, wearing an adventurer''s getup, he knew that he had done something wrong Why is Aqua''s sister looking at me like that?? Does crazy run in the AquaRing family or something? He hurried his steps up, as his limp had seeminglypletely disappeared! Azmond skedaddled out of there faster than ever! "That won''t be enough to run away from me~" Esra spoke under her breath, as the aura around her almost spiked a little due to her excitement. Marina may not have noticed this disturbance due to her focusing on that frail man; however, Aqua saw it all clearly. Although she wasn''t as perceptive as her second eldest sister, Aqua was still confident in her ability to read people. After all, her entire life, all she has ever done was read people to escape perilous situations like the one she found herself in all those years ago Esra is acting weird And she seems to be looking at the same contestant that mother has been staring at this entire time Aqua followed their variegated gazes as she saw the silhouette of a sickly man escaping into a tunnel that led to the rest lounge. Why does that man seem so familiar She felt like she had seen him somewhere, but she couldn''t recall where. As opposed to her overly perspicacious sister and her mother''s prior knowledge of Azmond''s ns, Aqua waspletely in the dark about his happenings Nheless, her overwhelming obsession with a man she knew for a few minutes all those years ago had started giving her hints. It waspletely nonsensical and ridiculous, but if given enough time, it was almost a certainty that she would realize who the sickly man truly was And on the other side of this pair of mother and daughter were two jealous men, both of whom thought of the blue-haired women as their own. ''I swear, when the seniors get here, I will show this woman who her daddy is!'' Both of the delusional men thought in unison. *** Meanwhile, down in the rest lounge of the Coliseum of Dacratas. "Who here wants to go out for some treats while we wait for the next matchups to be announced?" Azmond''s gentle voice echoed out inside a remote corner of the lounge area as he sat on a red leather couch, observing all the beautiful women around him. He had already put on his mask and changed his clothes, so it would be hard for anyone to tell that he wasn''t in his ''sickly form''. And it was in his muscr build, concealed under arge baggy robe, that a certain catkin girl approached him, aiming for something "...I go" Calista mumbled before making herself at home on top of his shoulders. |If you''re so badly begging me toe, then I don''t mind doing you this favor!| Boundless eximed, her bodyying over the back of the couch, leaning her arms against Azmond''s back. "...If you don''t mind meing" Clover murmured with her ears bent down. "I want toe~ in multiple different ways~," Medusa seductively whispered into the side of Azmond''s left ear. He felt that one a little, and her body was beyond sensual, but he kept up the poker face regardless. *Tap Tap* Ember approached Azmond from one of the battle tunnels as she neared his rxed figure andid her curvaceous body on top of him. Her tails curled around his head before she moved her pretty face over to his right ear and whispered, "I want to go~" Ember''s crotch was sitting directly above his slumbering dragon, and she seemed ready to go at it! Azmond noticed this as well, but nevertheless, it wasn''t yet time for him to take any more girls to the bed. So, in response to her alluring body rubbing up against him, he told his dragon to calm down before saying, "Let''s go on then." Following his words, he picked up Ember by the ass, getting a good cope and feel of her bouncy mountain tops. Afterwards, he set her down with a mischievous smirk on his face. Ember grabbed her soft tails, and her face flushed a little when she realized she had wet herself. This stupid man Always leaving me unsatisfied on purpose! I swear I''ll work my hand around his meat rod until it gets suffocated to death! And just as her thoughts were going to enter an even deeper state of enticement "Don''t forget about me!" A rich, feminine voice sounded out as a yellow-haired girl came running in from the eastern set of tunnels. *Pitter Patter* Her boots repeatedly hit the blue and red cobblestoned floor of the Coliseum as she was darting in the direction of Azmond and the group of women. "No blonde bimbos allowed," wdia said from behind a white pir that stood between Azmond and Lemon. *Skirt!* Lemon stopped in her tracks as she turned her dazzling eyes in the direction of the very ''mature'' catkin woman standing in her way. Her expression became a little puffy as she said, "Why are you always stopping me from going with you guys!? I''m part of the group too!" *Jiggle Jiggle* Lemon spoke these words while her milky white breasts bounced a little when she stretched her arms out in front of her. wdia stared nk-faced at the fun bags of Lemon before, in an apathetic voice, she said, "No blonde bimbos are allowed. Go find some grass to munch on!" "H-How could you say such mean things!? We have already known each other for a few weeks now! Can''t you be a little nicer to me!?" Lemon asked with tears building up in her eyes. "No." wdia responded instantaneously. "...Please?" Lemon begged, her breasts bouncing around even more. "No." wdia repeated with a dead gaze. After realizing that she would never get through to wdia, Lemon turned her teary eyes in the direction of Azmond. Chapter 447: Mine. .... Azmond saw the little quagmire Lemon found herself in as he sighed before saying, "Come on, Lemon." He beckoned her with his outstretched arms, clearly indicating that she could tag along. "Yay! Thank you so much, Azmond!" Lemon beamed with a radiant smile on her face. She hurried past wdia, but not before pulling one of her eyelids down, sticking her tongue out, and saying, "Bleh!" After which, she giggled mischievously before sprinting toward Azmond and leaping into his firm arms. "I''m ready to go!" Lemon eximed while snuggled up in his embrace. wdia saw this entire thing go down as her facial features started to violently twitch. But regardless of her frustrations, since her mate was the strongest in the pack, his say was final. However, that didn''t stop a certain level of frustration from building up inside the gorgeous catkin woman as she made her way over to Azmond. wdia pushed Lemon out of the way before ring in her direction and saying, "Mine." "But!" Lemon retorted with an aggrieved expression. She was just gettingfy, and yet she was kicked off so soon! "Mine." wdia repeated, her gaze unwavering. "Bu-" "Mine." "..." Lemon ultimately ended up giving up, as she sat beside the rest of the women with a pouty look on her face. I''m the daughter of a Duke, and yet I get treated like this by that dumb feline! Humph! When me and Azmond are alone, I''ll make sure to rub our intimacies in her face! She started to cheekily giggle as she, along with the rest of the women in Azmond''s party, walked out of the Coliseum, aiming to take a quick break before the Top 500 matches began. **** A few hours passed. The top 500 matches were about to begin, and all the contestants who made it this far were seen standing on five different blueish rings over one hundred thousand meters in width. Every single one of these rings was situated in the very center of the Coliseum of Dacratas and was capable of being viewed the best when one was in the VIP stands. On the subject of the VIP stands, hundreds of mysterious figures have been teleporting in since the Top 500 participants were decided. This was due to the fact that the true scouting usually began as soon as the top 500 participants were finalized. And it was even more the case in this ''Centennial sh''. After all, the ''mysterious old man event'' had put enormous amounts of attention on anything rted to the AquaRing Kingdom. Nheless, Azmond and the girls in his party had already found their respective fighting rings, as all they were waiting for was the go-ahead to start the free for all. Everyone in his party had already discussed the matter of fighting each other beforehand, and it was unanimously decided that they shouldn''t fight each other unless it really came down to it. However, from the looks of thepetition, a lot of the women might be eliminated before they''re even able to reach that point. After all, everybody who had made it to the Top 500 was at the very minimum in the Fifth Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm. Which meant that every other contentant was at a simr level to the women in Azmond''s party. In fact, a number of participants had already achieved the Half-Step Mahayana Realm, and their auras were extremely domineering and daunting in the eyes of the masses! Nevertheless, there seemed to be an oddball that was quite out of ce when lined up against all the big yers. That oddball being "Yo. Which of these people are the richest?" Azmond''s voice broke the silence that fell over the Coliseum as he asked a passerby a question. The passerby ignored the sickly man talking to him as he hurried his steps in the direction he was heading in. That was pretty rude To just ignore me like that when I was asking so politely Azmond was beginning to think that people were against the idea of talking to him for some reason "Pfft" Marina let a light giggle escape from the highest area of the floating VIP stands. "..." "..." "..." All the other VIPs looked at the Queen of the AquaRing Kingdom with perplexed expressions. What did she find so funny?? However, not everyone had such neutral thoughts, as Adam SunBurn was observing her small outburst with an annoyed look on his face. I want that man dead! But every time I send out people to take care of him, they nevere back! If the seniors don''t arrive soon, then I will head down there and kill this man myself! Furthermore, the King of SunBurn wasn''t the only one with thoughts like these, as a certain fat young man was looking at Princess Aqua. And what he saw was her gaze fluctuating between affection, confusion, and skepticism while she intently stared at the frail figure below. Aqua was beginning to think that the sickly man held a sharp resemnce to her husband; however, she wasn''t positive on that inference. So in the end, she was left with a conflicted look on her face as she observed every single movement that the corpse-like man made. However, regardless of her tumultuous thoughts, from Pervasshats perspective, it looked like his woman had been enamored by that average-looking ''Morningstar''! I''m far more handsome than that son of a b*tch, and yet Aqua never gives me anything but disgusted looks! I swear I''ll kill that bastard as soon as the seniors arrive! Pervasshat clenched his fists as he hatefully red at the distant figure of Azmond. On a side note, all of the various princesses had seen the way that Princess Aqua was staring at the decrepit man below. And it was through these observations that, even under the fierce gazes of their fathers, they started to look at Azmond differently. Even with his average and skinny appearance, there was something about him that was capable of attracting any number of women! They didn''t know what it was, but for some reason, something was telling them that they wanted to be dominated underneath this frail man ..... Chapter 448: Sisters Unite! ... Azmond felt all the differing gazes bore into his back, as he didn''t understand exactly what he had done to elicit so many intense emotions. The number of powerful and overprotective fathers and husbands staring him down had already surpassed an incalcble number However, he was, after all, as shameless as they came, so he shed a courageous smile toward all the entranced women before focusing back on the free for all. Marina saw her man give that ''look'' to all these women as her eyelids started to twitch. Those f*cking bitches are thinking of going after my Azmond!? I won''t allow it! Unbeknownst to the blue-haired Milf, she was beginning to have some extremely dangerous thoughts. And just when her mind was about to start churning again, a certain daughter of hers noticed this peculiarity "Is your man being taken away from you, Mother~?" Esra asked with a light chuckle. Marina was taken out of her reverie by the teasing voice of her second-eldest daughter. "I have no clue what you''re talking about. Just focus on the battle and stop worrying about your mother''s business," she said with a staid expression. However, if one was perceptive enough, then they''d see an imperceptible sign of embarrassment on her face. And unfortunately for the Milf, her daughter possessed just enough perceptiveness to notice "Hehe~ Mother is silly~" Esre giggled a little before turning her attention to the skies. There was another person looking toe view the Centennial sh But this one was quite familiar to Marina and Esra "Big Sister!" Esra eximed as she jumped up from her seat and flew toward her sister. "..." A divinely beautiful blue-haired woman with a well-endowed body was floating in the skies, about to descend toward the VIP stands. However, before she could even make it half way down, a flying blue rocket in adventurer attire came shooting at her from the VIP stands! *Poof!* Esranded in her sister''s arms with an ted look on her face. "It''s nice to see you too, little sister," Nadia said with a warm smile ying on her usually apathetic expression. It wasn''t often that the untouchable beauty of the Celestial Academy disyed her emotions to other people; however, when she was around her mother and sisters, that icy facade seemed to fade "I missed you so much, Big Sister!" Esra started to cry tears of joy while her busty figure smothered her sister''s equally curvaceous body. Nadia gazed kindly at her slightly shorter sister, as she missed moments like these. Even though it had only been around ten years since they hadst seen each other, she had a hard time at the Academy, and this was just the break she needed. They enjoyed their little reunion for a few moments before Nadia looked down at her sister and asked, "Where is my baby sister?" Esra turned her head up before replying, "She''s down there with mother! However, she''s being hounded by that fatso again, so be careful! Oh, and Mother is also being harassed by that other fatty" An indiscernible glint shed past Nadia''s dazzling blue eyes at this response. However, her gaze quickly cleared up as she let go of her sister and resumed her descent toward the VIP stands. It was unknown what was going through her head at that moment, but if Esra knew her sister, then it was likely nothing good I hope that the man who ensnared my younger sister and mother is capable of protecting my older sister as well Esra''s eyes focused on the decrepit figure standing on one of the five enormous fighting rings. An untold number of thoughts were spiraling in her mind, as she seemed to be pitting all her hopes on a man she didn''t even know Azmond once again felt another passionate gaze bore into the back of his head. But he opted to ignore this stare, as he had a Free For All to stumble his way through! He already had the perfect pick-pocketing n to maximize his benefits in this round. And just as these thoughts entered his mind, the boisterous voice of one of the main announcers sounded out! "The Free For All will begin on the count of ten! Thest six to seven people left on each ring will be allowed to move onto the Top 32!" Following the loud voice of the announcer, he started to count down from ten. "3 2 1 Begin the fights!" After he reached zero, the entire crowd erupted, as everyone had already started cing bets on who they predicted woulde out on top! In fact, Azmond had joined in on this betting with his masked Essence Soul clone. After all, he was ranked quite low on the bets, as even with his previous victories, he still barely managed to scrape by. And no one was willing to betrge sums of money on someone who was at the bottom rungs of the power pyramid. So in the end, Morningstar was ced near the bottom of thest five hundred people standing. And you know what that meant? Time to be fu*cking loaded! Azmond immediately dumped all his money into betting on himself! He would ring all these rich old guys anddiespletely dry! Not a single penny would be left in their wide pockets after he was done with them! And at the exact moment he ced bets worth quadrillions of gold coins, the free-for-all had already started! SHING! SHING! WAAA! OOOM! Thousands upon thousands of absurdly powerful country-destroying spells were unleashed from all sides of the Coliseum! BLING! Ultimately, it caused the entire ce to erupt in a bright sh of resplendent, multi-colored lights! If not for the protective barriers making the inside of the Coliseum nigh impervious to anything below the Mahayana Realm in strength, then everything within hundreds of thousands of miles would''ve been destroyed after all those attacks wereunched! Furthermore, on top of the protective barrier and formations set up around the Coliseum, the fighting rings and even the very ground wereyered with defensive spell after spell! Nheless, there was no spell to prevent the absolute level of effulgent lights that were being flung around inside the Coliseum! .... Chapter 449: Why Did You Dodge!? .... "Can you handle those Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendance Realm Masters, zeheart!?" Shadowstrike inquired while in the midst of a battle himself. "Of course I can!" zeheart responded with a smug expression as he sted away another Seventh Cataclysm cultivator. OOOM! zeheart''s aura increased a hundredfold as he stared down at the next set of Sixth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm Cultivators! His gaze turned ferocious as he shot toward the nearest contestant! FWIP! He appeared behind the unsuspecting man in but an instant! "!?!?" The man was still trying toprehend what was going on. However, before he could even quantify the disappearance of zeheart, he was sted outside of the fighting ring! BOOM! BOOM! The man was kicked straight into the outeryer of the protective barrier as he slid down the side of it with half his facepletely scorched. "I told you these guys are nothing but chump change, Shadowstrike!" zeheart sneered with arrogance oozing out of his voice. "..." Shadowstrike was d that hispanion was faring quite well. However, he, on the other hand, found himself in quite a predicament. Nheless, zeheart was faring far worse... SHING! SHING! Razor-sharp des capable of bissecting countries in half came flying in every direction, aiming straight for zeheart''s throat! "Really!? Thirteen of you guys at once!?" zeheart questioned with an exasperated tone. He couldn''t believe that thirteen experts at or around the peak stages of Tribtion Transcendance really stooped so low as to gang up on him! "This is how it must be, zeheart! You are a threat! Which means that you must be eliminated!" One of the attackers shouted, his sword nearly reaching the neck of zeheart. However, before it was able to touch him, zeheart swerved out of the way, counterattacking with an upward kick! BANG! A loud rattling sound followed as the attacker''s sword was flung out of his hand. "!?!?" The attacker was bewildered by this development. He assumed that hispatriots would lend him a hand; however, when he looked around and saw all of hispanions strung outside the fighting rings, his expression turned ashen "H-How?" The attacker muttered in disbelief. "It''s because you''re all far too slow," zeheart replied with a wide grin stered on his face. Following his condescending words, he picked the man up by his cor before throwing him outside of the ring! BOOOOOM! The man crashed into the side of the protective barrier, subsequently falling unconscious with blood leaking out of his mouth. "That was far too easy, Shadowstrike! You think we will acquire the fancy or any princesses with this show of power!?" "Are you really looking to retire and be a gigolo so soon?" Shadowstrike questioned, his hand firmly sping onto the head of a Sixth Cataclysm contestant. He threw the person outside of the ring before waiting for zeheart''s answer. And it wasn''t long before zeheart replied, "Of course I am! I can''t wait to spend my life in luxury, snuggled up in the bosom of a princess! After all, it''s what I deserve for spending thousands of years doing all the dirty work for Asterion!" Shadowstrike wore a disgruntled expression after listening to the ridiculous words of his friend. How likely was it that a princess of high enough standing would be looking their way?? The chance was basically zero! However, his thinking quickly flipped on its head when he saw a man even weaker than them receive flirtatious stares from all the princesses and even their moms and grandmas Hell, even the aunts and cousins were looking at this man the same way! Shadowstrike personally witnessed the most nondescript of them obtain the attention of essentially everyone in the crowd. And all he was doing was dodging and weaving in between lethal attacks, barely escaping death "Ow! This hurts so much, guys! Pl-Please stop" Azmond screamed out with a bloody countenance. SHING! A de flew past his neck, nearly taking off his head in one fell swoop! "Stop dodging, you fu*king weasel!" A man in shiny golden armor shouted. He was a Fifth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendance Realm Master, and yet he was being yed around with by this damn worm! SHING! SLICE! Arge greatsword came flying from a different direction, aiming straight for the sickly man''s head! The wind whistled as it felt like the great sword was capable of splitting an entire continent in half! Azmond, in response to this attack, turned his ''shaky'' gaze behind him before he *Roll* He did a barrel roll, effectively dodging the strike that nearly cracked the fighting ring! "!?" The man who swung the great sword was baffled by this development. "Why did you dodge, you bastard!?" He roared with an enraged look on his face. "Ahhh! It was because I don''t like scary things!" Azmond responded with a frightened expression. His legs were shaky and his bnce was wobbly, yet he was still able to stay alive under the joint attacks of five different Fifth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm Cultivators! "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" The five powerful cultivators were beyond pissed off at this man as they closed in on him from five different directions. It was clear that they were trying to close him into an inescapable circle! And since they could move many times faster than the man, they closed the gap between them in an instant! ZIP! ZIP! On top of that, they moved in sporadic ways while moving toward him, so as not to allow any space for him to escape! Azmond watched this ridiculous tactic with an interested gleam in his eyes. After a few nanoseconds of understanding what they were trying to do, he simply BOOM! Jumped up! "!?" "!?" "!?" All of the Fifth Cataclysm cultivators looked at this scene with dumbfounded expressions. That was until the one holding the great sword spoke up by saying, "Why did you run, you weasel!? Come back here and face your death-!" However, this man didn''t even get the chance to finish his sentence as a sword stabbed him in the side! And the one who stabbed him was hispanion! "You fucker Don''t you know how to swing that thing!?" The man hollored, blood drizzling down his lips. Chapter 450: How Is This Even Allowed!? .... "What do you mean me, you as*hole!? You stabbed me as well!!" A man with a rapier yelled with a greatsword lodged into the side of his thigh. "What about me!?" "You bastards! Stabbing me!?" "How could you!?" Every single one of the five Fifth Cataclysm Cultivators had been attacked by each other when they made that scissor attack! However, that shouldn''t be possible! They weren''t some amateurs who didn''t know how to control their strength! And yet - ''It looks like Calista''s boons are helping me out quite a bit,'' Azmond thought with a gratified smile on his face. He was already missing his little angel, but she was in the middle of a fight as well, so he let her be. Azmond and the girls had already agreed beforehand that they would not interfere in each other''s battles unless absolutely necessary. After all, they all considered this some form of trial for themselves. Plus, fighting hundreds of people near you in strength was hard toe by when you had nearly reached the top. Nheless, Azmond still had a fight to finish up, so he took himself out of his thoughts before screaming, "I need money to do a power-up! If only anyone was kind enough to help this lone warrior!?" After his pleading words sounded throughout the Coliseum, Marina giggled a little, while the rest of the viewers went into a frenzy! HOORAAH!! They cheered while throwing trillions upon trillions of gold coins in the corpse-like man''s direction! Even though the majority of them thought he would wind up losing, it was still fun to spend exorbitant amounts of money on entertainment! BING! BING! BING! "..." Azmond watched the varying currencies cover the skies in a vibrant nket of colors as he assumed this was what heaven would feel like. Nevertheless, he still had to put on the act, so he floated in the aura above the five cultivators with a pained look on his face. Following this show of pain, he pocketed all the money before conjuring up some nonsensical goldish-green aura that enveloped him in its warm embrace! WAAAA! Extreme levels of energy were being released from the sickly man as his aura immediately soared into the Sixth Cataclysm of Tribtion Transcendance! "!?" "!?" "!?" The five Fifth Cataclysm Cultivators were left wide-eyed at this sequence of events! How was this even allowed!? They looked toward the announcers and organizers, hoping for an exnation, but all they received in return were shocked expressions. "Is this allowed!?" One of the organizers asked a different one. "It doesn''t say that you can''t use money from the crowd to be more powerful!" An organizer responded while his hands flipped through a rule book. "But isn''t this using exterior means to be more powerful!? It shouldn''t be allowed!" A different organizer retorted, his trembling finger pointed in the direction of Azmond. "It doesn''t matter what we think! The rule book says that as long as it isn''t direct assistance from a supreme expert, then everything goes!" "..." "..." "..." All the organizers went silent after hearing the oldest and wisest of them speak up. After understanding that there was nothing that they could do, they shot their heads back in the direction of the sickly man, aiming to see how far he would be able to go! After the release of Azmond''s Sixth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendance Realm Aura, he fell to the ground with a loud BANG! The ground floor started to crack a little before the sickly man turned his head up and disappeared. The five Fifth Cataclysm Cultivators weren''t even able to see his movements, and before they knew it FWIP! Azmond blurred behind them all at speeds hundreds of times the speed of light! After reaching them all in an instant, he sent out five consecutive punches to the back! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Five explosions boomed out as five figures were seen sliding down the protective barrier that encased the Coliseum of Dacratas. Following these quick knockouts, Azmond fell to his knees with an ashen expression. His knee caps were busted and his skin was razed, as it was clear that he had paid quite the hefty price to be able to emerge victorious! "!!!" "!!!" HOOORAAH!! The crowd went absolutely wild after seeing that the sickly man hade out of that fight on top! They threw even more money in his direction, hoping to heal him up so he could continue fighting! Azmond saw an incalcble number of currencies fall to the ground around him, as he knew he would be making it big with this one! He quickly absorbed them while ''healing himself''. After which, a few bright blue and gold lights shed. BLING! *Ding!* *You have gained x15,000,000,000M Gold* *Ding!* *You have gained x120 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for partially Conquering the hearts of tens of millions of beings* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has increased from the ''Early Stages of the Middle 11th Rank'' to the ''Middle Stages of the Middle 11th Rank''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Late Stages of the 3rd Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Peak Stages of the 3rd Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm''* Following these system notifications, a surge of power was suddenly released from Azmond before it was reeled in just as fast. Afterwards, he limped away from where he was, aiming to find another opponent to use as a board to con more money out of all these rich fools! **** Meanwhile, in the floating VIP stands a few tens of thousands of meters above the fighting rings, a few monsterkin in refined suits were standing behind the ostentatious seat of a blue-haired woman. "Thatdy seems awfully familiar, My Lady." The leading man in the suit spoke with a circumspect tone. It was clear that he was beginning to think that something was up. "Probably just a coincidence, Sir Percival," Marina replied with a cordial tone. Even though she knew of this ''Foreign Duke''s'' true identity as the father of wdia and Calista, since it was clear that he didn''t wish to reveal his identity just yet, Marina decided to hold off on telling him of Azmond. And there were also Spiritme and Ayh, who were both in ''disguise'', as all three of them wore monocles, so as to keep themselves underneath a ''veneer''... Marina found the entire situation a little ridiculous, but Percival was, after all, in the Peak Mahayana Realm, so if he wanted to y as a Duke, then so be it. ... Chapter 451: Transformation Mid-Battle!? ... This whole thing with Percival, Spiritme, and Ayh all started a few days ago, when they showed up on the Queen''s doorstep, looking to trade some goods. However, these ''goods'' were really just some lingerie and panties that they stole from a nearby brothel in the Royal Capital. But regardless of their silliness, Marina ultimately decided to buy their ''goods'', as she saw no harm in keeping a friendly Peak Mahayana Realm Expert near her and her daughters. It was unknown what exactly was going through the heads of Percival and his two ''stewards'', but if Marina were being honest, she didn''t really care **** Meanwhile, back during the fights happening on the fighting rings,. The original 500 people in the Top 500 had already been dwindled down to a mere 150! And unfortunately, of those who were disqualified, a few of the women in Azmond''s party lost their battles. Although their injuries weren''t too severe, the damage done to their pride and yearning for Azmond''s attention hit them hard Nheless, Azmond had promised to give them all some ''hand treatment'' regardless of whether they won or lost, so they weren''t utterly consumed by depression. On the other hand, of the 150 participants who were left standing, there were all of ''Azmond''s Main Wives'' plus fifty women from the rest of his ''Main Party''. Ten of those women were Monster Empresses, while the other forty were part of the previous ''collection girls'', which Azmond now called ''The Two Hundred Ice Lilies Of The Cultivation World'' It was a name that he gave them on a whim, but in the end, they really seemed to like the group name, so that was what he stuck with. Nevertheless, in spite of all this information, of the one hundred fifty still fighting on the rings, almost all of the contenders were of the Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendance Realm! Which all went to say that Azmond needed to up his ''posturing''! And that''s exactly what he did "Arghhh!!" Azmond''s anguished screams echoed throughout the Coliseum of Dacratas, as his average figure was nearlyunched outside of the fighting ring. "!!!!" "!!!!" All of the members in the crowd nearly fell off their seats when they saw such a close call. They waited with bated breath for the sickly man to keep on fighting! After all this time, they were practically wishing for a miracle toe true! A miracle that would allow this underdog of the underdogs toe out of this thing on top! And it was through this line of thinking that they knew what they needed to do BING! BING! BING! Quadrillions of gold coins, spiritual stones, and other currencies were chucked in Morningstar''s direction! "..." Azmond turned his bloodied eyes around at all the money being sent to him as an imperceptible grin materialized on his face. After which, he activated his storage space and pocketed every single thing worth anything! WAAAA! A mighty and splendiferous greenish-gold aura was unleashed from the sickly man, nearly reaching the top of the Coliseum of Dacratas! HOOORAAH!! The crowd went absolutely wild after seeing absurb amounts of their wealth get put ''to good use''. And the one receiving the focus of their passionate screams was currently going through an extremely bright transformation! OOOM! Arge cocoon of green and golden energies enveloped Azmond''s decrepit figure. A few nanoseconds passed, as everyone on the fighting rings was left utterly stunned! Many of them were geniuses of the highest degree, and yet they had never seen anything so crazy in their entire lives! This unknown and nameless ''Morningstar'' had already climbed his way from struggling against Void Refining Cultivators all the way to having the strength of Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm Cultivators! No one in the crowd or in thepetition itself understood how such a thing could be remotely possible! However, a few members of a certain blue-haired and busty family had already deduced a few things. Although Aqua was still unsure of the true identity of the sickly man, she was close to putting all the puzzle pieces together. On the other hand, her mother and second-eldest sister wore seductive expressions as they stared down at Azmond ying everyone for fools! Whereas the eldest sister of Aqua and Esra was gazing at the shimmering cocoon with a curious gleam in her dimly lit eyes. This man is quite interesting His power boosts are one thing; however, the way my sisters and mother are looking at him makes me think that something is up However, in spite of the thoughts of the females of the AquaRing family, it looked like a few other women were extremely intrigued by this corpse-like man, as all thedies and princesses were staring at the dazzling cocoon with hearts in their eyes. At this point, Azmond hadpletely entranced tens of thousands of women without even using his true appearance God forbid he ever takes off his disguise and mask, lest he end up being forced to leave Asterion early Meanwhile, in a certain shadowy corner of the Coliseum of Dacratas, a voluptuous woman with a figure unmatched by most was leaning up against a blue brick wall. Margarete was staring at the giant cocoon that had nted itself in the middle of her Coliseum, as her interest had been piqued. Furthermore, just like her daughter and granddaughters, there was something eerily familiar about the sickly man inside the cocoon. She couldn''t quite pinpoint what that something was. However, just like her granddaughter, if given enough time, she was sure that she would be able to figure it out. After thinking about the inexplicable matter for a second, her unholy body vanished without a trace. FWIP! She reappeared outside the Coliseum of Dacratas, greeting a few representatives from foreign nations that decided to drop by. At this point, everyone was beginning to swarm toward the Kingdom of AquaRing in droves. In fact, nearly three thousand Mahayana Realm Experts were already lurking around the colossal Coliseum of Dacratas, awaiting the moment their seniors and overseers arrived. Nheless, there was still some lotting to do, so unlike Marina, Azmond had no time to worry about the big fishies just yet. However, he would make sure to give them some ''special attention''ter ..... Chapter 452: Has Everyone Gone Crazy!? ***** Meanwhile, back during the ongoing fights in the Coliseum of Dacratas. The number of participants had already been further chopped down to eighty-five people, of whom twenty were part of Azmond''s party. And of these eighty-five remaining people, including the girls in Azmond''s party, everyone, at the very minimum, was in the Seventh Cataclysm, while the majority of the remaining participants were of the Half-Step Mahayana Realm. Furthermore, of those in the Half-Step Mahayana Realm, zeheart and Shadowstrike were expected to win it all with their Peak Stage Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence Realm strength! "The match will begin in 5 4 3 2" The high-pitched voice of the announcer echoed out before "1!" And as soon as his voice reached 1, the eighty-five remaining people once again went at it with ferocious passion! SHING! SHING! des and spells were flying all over the ce as the stadium lit up in a bright array of colors! And this time, they rained down more fervently than ever! After all, thest eighty-five standing participants were forced to take a break for a few minutes as a few ''Super VIP spectators'' had shown up in the VIP stands. Namely, they were the Kings, Emperor''s, and Leaders of secret organizations. Although only those below the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm had shown up, they were still of sufficient status to be called Hegemony''s of Asterion! And of course, there were the Peak Mahayana Realm Experts of the cosmic asteroids that surrounded Asterion. Though these experts were only mere figureheads that were essentially enved by the various overseers, they still held a certain amount of authority. Furthermore, these weren''t the only people who showed up, as the princes, princesses, and close family of these rulers had started filling up the VIP stands! Many of these descendants were of the Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendance Realm and above. However, there were a few younger ones that mingled in the crowd. And many of these young descendants all seemed to have their eyes on a particr blue-haired princess around their age. "I want her for myself!" A young man with blonde hair yelled with a nasty look on his face. "You fool! Do you think you are worthy of her with your mere 7th Tier Kingdom lineage!?" *Smack!* Another young man with bright red hair smacked the first man across the head before gazing at Aqua with infatuation in his gaze. "These men are so disgusting" A foreign princess from the Azure Empire muttered, disgust shining through her eyes. "My mother said we should prepare to leave this after this sillypetition is over, but having to be around these perverts before that happens makes me want to puke!" The same princess gagged, her hands holding onto one of her friends. "I know what you mean... My mother had told me the same thing," a green-haired elf princess from a kingdom on Gaia''s Sanctum mumbled. "Why can''t we just skip this entire thing and leave already-?" The princess of the Azure Empire was about to continue speaking, but she was interrupted by a sudden cracking sound CRACK! It sounded like ss shattering, and before anybody knew what happened, the golden cocoon that Azmond had been in for thest few minutes had started to break apart! "He''s finallying out!? I thought he was dead!" One of the VIP spectatorsmented with an astonished expression. Everyone else in the crowd had simr reactions, as everyone honed in on the goldish cocoon sitting at the edge of one of the five fighting rings. "???" The new princesses were surprised by this sudden development. And when they saw the enamored looks on their friends'' faces, they knew something was wrong here. As even in the Celestial Academy, not a single one of these princesses ever showed any emotion as intense as they were emitting now! "What is going on?" An Azure Empire princess asked one of the princesses who had been here longer than she had. "You don''t know, Ana!? That cocoon holds this man of untold mysteries! He''s so mysterious and so cool!" "???" Ana was beyond confused at the seemingly hypnotized expression on her friend''s face. Has everyone gone crazy or something?? This ''mysterious man'' or whatever can''t possibly be as great as everyone is making him out to be! At this thought, Ana turned her dark blue eyes down to the source of all thismotion. And what she saw were the remnants of a golden cocoon and a man The man looked like nothing special His aura was a little stronger, and his features were average But even so Why do I feel like this man''s dull gaze is attempting to suck me in?? Is he ying tricks on everyone here!? After this thought entered her mind, she turned to her elders, intending to tell them of this oddity. "!?" But when she saw their ecstatic expressions, she knew that the man below was not using any sort of charm, for if he was, her elders would''ve noticed. What is going on here?? Even my mother seems a little taken aback by the aura being released from this man! Doesn''t she have any sense of decency!? Father is right over there! Ana looked toward her usually stalwart figure with his medium-length blonde hair and saw that he was just as excited as the rest What in the Azure God''s name did I miss while ying around in the Academy!? I was onlyte by a few minutes! She couldn''t believe she had missed so much, being only a few minutes past when she was supposed to arrive! Her bewildered gaze scanned through everyone in the crowd, and although the new arrivals seemed fine, the rest of the crowd appeared to be in a trance! And just as she was about to blurt out that there was a problem, she suddenly looked back at the catalyst of this entire situation. It was at that moment that shepletely forgot what exactly she was going to say And just like the rest of the spectators, she got sucked into the ''spell'' of the mysterious man. Her eyes glossed over a little as small, faint traces of hearts began to form in her watery eyes. She too had fallen for the passive charm that Azmond''s ''Semon'' race was leaking out at all times ..... Chapter 453: Please Go Easy On Me... ..... Considering that Azmond didn''t know about this ''passive effect'', it wasn''t like he was purposefully doing all this charming. But if he did know, he would likely try to let even more of this ''charm'' out! After all, the number of Conqueror Wisps he was obtaining had already surpassed apletely absurd number! In fact, he was close to breaking through the Late Stages of the 11th Rank, which corrted to the Late Mahayana Realm! And that in and of itself was a major achievement for Azmond, as it meant that he would be one step closer to reaching the equivalent of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm for his ''Quantum Conqueror Rank''! Furthermore, on top of all these Conqueror Wisps, he was able to amass quite a number of experience points, gold,ws, spiritual stones, etc, all from his ''Remote Exp Grinders''! And surprisingly, he had even obtained arge amount of dual cultivation experience points from all the enamoring he was doing with the women in the crowd. It was something that surprised him a little, but when he thought it over, he realized that the ''dual Cultivation'' function, just like all the other system functions, was beginning to evolve! Azmond nor Boundless knew exactly where these constant system evolutions would take them, but there was one thing they knew for sure And that was that Azmond, and subsequently, Boundless, would only get stronger even faster from here on out! While we''re on the subject of power, Azmond had been stocking up on ridiculous amounts of system credits, and through his calctions, he predicted that he had enough to be able to break past the Lunar Ascendancy Realm inbat power! And some of that power gain woulde from his increased cultivation base, which, at this rate, should be at the Unity Form Synthesis Realm after he expended all his system credits at the end of thispetition! In fact, Azmond had already sent out his Nascent Soul and Essence Soul into the Void Realm, all so he couldprehend the Void Aspect of ''Void Inquiry''. It took no time at all, and with his improved cultivation base, he was able to smoothly breakthrough to the Middle Quantum Void Refining Realm! That was actually one of the reasons that he took so long to emerge from the golden cocoon, causing even the announcer to go on without him. But in the end, he hade out of the cocoon, and he was now looking at all the other contestants with the same sunken cheeks. And although his appearance had not changed much, the sickly man''splexion seemed to have improved quite a bit. "Please go easy on me, seniors," Azmond said politely with cupped hands. He was just putting on the proper y that an Eminence in Shadow must put on; however, from the perspective of the other contenstants and even the crowd, he was obviously taunting them! "You actually dare to mock me!? The great iron mountain!?" A robust man, over seven feet tall, thundered out with an infuriated look on his face. BOOM! BOOM! He took thunderous steps toward Azmond, subsequently destroying slight parts of the sturdy fighting ring below him! And just as the Iron Mountain was mere feet away from the corpse-like figure, he domineeringly stood over his far smaller frame. "You will die now!" The Iron Mountain roared, hisrge hands crashing down on the sickly-looking man. "..." Azmond nonchntly gazed up at the country-crushing fists zing toward him as he waited for the turtle-paced fist to get a little closer before... *Roll!* He barrel-rolled, effectively dodging the powerful fists! OOOM! Brown Qi swirled around the hardened fists of Iron Mountain, as it was already toote for him to retract his ''Mountain Crushing Technique'' BOOOOM! A loud explosion reverberated as a section of one of the fighting rings was split in half! However, not long after this happened, the ring regenerated at a speed that seemed almost impossible! And before anyone knew it, the ring was back in tip-top shape, while the Iron Mountain was looking around with an enraged look on his face. WAAAA!! His aura exploded outward as he entered a state of mindless destruction! "You will die!!" Iron Mountain bellowed, his boisterous voice reaching the ears of every spectator. RUMBLE! His aura expanded even further, as it quickly surpassed the Seventh Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendance Realm and breached into the Half-Step Mahayana Realm! "DIE!!!" Iron Mountain roared before his feet disappeared, followed by the rest of his body blurring. FWIP! He reappeared in front of Azmond, his rage oozing out onto his expression! |Explosion Death| The Iron Mountain silently enunciated the name of his ultimate technique as extreme levels of brown Qi erupted from his hands, forming a spiraling whirlpool of utter fiery destruction! Everything within the Coliseum of Dacratas was consumed by the enormous spell cast by Iron Mountain! It was obvious that he had already discarded the rules! He was willing to go to any lengths in order to kill this cocky man! Azmond looked up at the colossal cannon forming above his head. And just as he was about to say something in response to the immense attack being directed at him WAKAZOOOM! An extremely condensed beam of brown and magma-colored energy shot out of the cannon! Azmond''s apathetic expression was swiftly enveloped by the cannon shot. Must the Young Master Peng''s always be so hasty when they get like this? What sort of dialogue exchange was that? *Sigh*Azmond sighed a little before swiping his hand downward and pulling up a source of energy from within him. *Sigh* Azmond sighed a little before swiping his hand downward and pulling up a source of energy from within him. It looks like it''s time for me to use my Kamehameha After this thought popped up inside his head, he cupped his fists while being covered up inside the cannon beam of destruction. "..." "..." "..." Everyone in the stands was waiting with bated breath, as they were hoping with every fiber of their being that the ultimate dark horse woulde out of this on top. But after a few seconds passed, a lot of them (Mostly the men) assumed that he had passed away underneath the might of a Half-Step Mahayana Realm Cultivator. Chapter 454: A Classic, Going Saiyan ..... "It looks like the miracle man has passed away" A Duke from a neighboring kingdom muttered, a light sigh escaping his mouth. He had spent trillions of gold coins in the hopes that ''Morningstar'' woulde out of every situation as the victor. But in the end, it looked like he had wasted all his money And just as he was about to focus his attention on the other ongoing fights, a princess from the Azure God Empire decided to speak up: "You don''t know what you''re talking about, old man! My Morningstar would never die! If you say anything like that again, then I will help you pass away in his stead!" Ana passionately rebuked the duke; her eyes narrowed down to slits. It was clear that she wasn''t joking around when she said what she did *Shiver!* The foreign duke shuddered a little before turning his gaze away from the murderous woman beside him. He had enough crazy with his nine wives and twenty-five concubines and didn''t need any more women problems! "Humph! Coward! Keep your mouth shut from now on!" Ana snorted at the old man before watching the cannon beam with rapt attention. She, along with the rest of Azmond''s fervent fans just knew that there was no way their Morningstar would die against such a weak man! And just as they suspected "HAMEEE!!!" A loud and deep voice broke the cheers andughter of the crowd as Azmond started to conjure up something truly devastating! He had already reached the middle piece of this spell of ultimate proportions, and all he needed to say was thatst part to finish it all off "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" Everyone in the crowd suddenly had their attention brought back to the immensely powerful cannon beam on ring five, as they could''ve sworn that they heard something. On the other hand, all the women in the crowd had their eyes brighten, as they knew who that sexy voice belonged to! And before anybody could even process what was happening "HAAAAAA!!!" Azmond finished his recitation! |Kamehameha - Crimson Void Edition| A silent enunciation followed, as an equally powerful beam attack was unleashed from his cupped hands! WAAAA!! The two overwhelming attacks startedpeting with each other mid-air! "!!!!" Iron Mountain was left utterly stunned at this development, as he was sure that he infused enough energy in that attack to blow away a plethora of high-level nations! And he wasn''t the only surprised one, as a blue-haired royal family wore puzzled looks on their faces. "What is he doing, mother?" Esra questioned. "How am I supposed to know?? It''s not like I know who he is or anything," Marina replied with a poker face. "Sure, sure. So what is he doing, mother?" Esra asked with a sly grin on her face. The busty milf turned her dry gaze toward her cheeky daughter beforepletely ignoring her. "..." "..." Aqua and Nadia saw this little scene happen with their mother and sister, as they became even more curious about the existence of this mysterious man. And Aqua, in particr, had a certain light sh past her eyes, as she felt like she was on the precipice of figuring out exactly what made her think this man was so familiar. **** Meanwhile, back on the fighting rings down below, Calista, Ember, Clover, and the rest were looking at Azmond with intrigued gazes. It was clear that not a single one of them was worried over the safety of Azmond when dealing with foes so much weaker than him. However, they were a little anxious over the inevitable The inevitable being that he would most definitely do somethingpletely ludicrous toward the end of thispetition! But then again, that was still a couple days away, so for now, all they needed to focus on were the fights with their opponents. All of the fights happening on the fighting rings had certain qualities of space imbued into the rings themselves. This ''Quality of space'' stretched the ''space'' of every section in the fighting rings. Enough so that the ones fighting would be able to fully let loose without worrying about identally causing too much damage to each other''s fights. Although it was a Free For All, it still needed to be interesting for the ones who paid to watch it. So that meant that the ''bright lights filling up the Coliseum'' had to be reduced. Which was exactly what a ''space master'' in the Mahayana Realm did during the quick break earlier. And it was through the efforts of this ''Space Master'' that the fight became far more pleasing to the eyes of those spectating. Nheless, the fight involving an iconic beam attack was still underway, so let''s get back to seeing how it would end up turning out RUMBLE! A part of one of the five rings had an explosion of energy collide in the middle, as even with the stretched space, it looked like it was also happening outside in the Coliseum as well! "You really think you canpete against me!?" Iron Mountain roared with a contemptuous countenance. He was originally in a state of mindless battle, but after seeing that his attack was pushing back the beam attack of Morningstar, he injected even greater amounts of power into his cannon beam! And at this moment in time, it looked like Morningstar was about to lose out in this little tug-of-war. However, just as his Kamehameha was going to be overwhelmed, the deep and raspy voice of the frail man echoed out: "I Need Money!! If I don''t get any type of money in the next two seconds, then I will lose!!!" Azmond shouted, with an imperceptible gleam of greed shining in his eyes. HOORAAHH!!! The crowd went absolutely wild at the wordd spoken by Morningstar, as they had been waiting for this since the beginning! BING! BING! BING! Various things were thrown down from the normal stands, noble stands, and even the VIP stands! Everyone was chucking everything they could think of at Azmond! In fact, a few pairs of panties and bras got mixed up somewhere in the middle of their throwing fest Of which, the majority of them werepletely soaked and had a tangy and sweet smell permeating around them .... Chapter 455: Sorry, Sir Ironfart... .... "..." Azmond looked down at all the things being thrown at him,pletely ignoring the scandalous women''s wear, as he focused all his attention on the currencies! Quadrillions of gold coins werending next to him as he quickly pocketed them all before shing a slightly pained yet gratified smile at all the spectators. "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" After witnessing this ''dazzling'' smile, millions of women wentpletely bonkers as they dumped even more wealth in Morningstar''s direction! BING! BING! BING! A countless number of things worth tens of quadrillions of gold coins were being transmitted directly into his storage space. He had even acquired an incalcble number of treasured weapons, Qi Pills, formation scriptures, and various other luxurious items! Azmond''s mood was at an all-time high, as he was sure that he had obtained at least 50% of the wealth of millions of noble-level figures. Nheless, he was taken out of his self-indulgent reverie by the sudden pressure being emitted from the big lug shooting a cannon beam at him. WAAAA!! Iron Mountain started to expend a small amount of his lifeforce in an attempt to push the decrepit man over the edge! "Just die already, you son of a b*tch!!" He bellowed with fire practicallying out of his eyes. RUMBLE! The energies colliding against each other increased in intensity once more! And just as the spiraling cannon beam was going to disintegrate the sickly-looking man. "Please don''t kill me, sir! Or else I''ll have to use my secret technique!" Azmond shouted with a ''panicky'' look on his face. "Ha! You think I''ll give you a chance to survive this battle!? I''m no fool! Just die already!" Iron Mountain spat back with a sinister smirk ying on his lips. "...Very Well" Azmond''s voice came out in a monotone way before he put one of his feet forward. BOOM! The tform below his feet immediately cracked as resplendent gold energy was unleashed from his skeleton-like frame! WAAAA! "This is my super powerful Gold Absorption Ultra Sucker Technique!" Azmond hollered with a valiant demeanor. "..." "..." "..." The women in the crowd didn''t really understand what his technique name meant, but they were already smitten by the courageous glean in Morningstar''s eyes! HOORAAHH!! They cheered with all their hearts as millions of women gave their full support for Azmond! None of them had any of their lovers money to give to him, but if they did, they would have surely done so already! Azmond was deafened by the cheering, but regardless of the noise, he focused his gaze on Iron Mountain. After understanding just how cocky he was from his facial expression, Azmond''s grin widened as he unleashed his ''super secret technique'' to the fullest extent of his capabilities! OOOM! A majestic and effulgent golden green aura sted out of his sickly figure as he pretended to absorb the ''essence'' of all the currencies that were thrown at him. And it didn''t take long before WAAAAA!! The Crimson Void Kamehameha had an explosive increase in energy, as the entire stadium went into an even greater uproar! HOOORAAHH!! "My panties!" "Here, my holy cave beads!" "This is what I use to wipe myself down there in the bathroom" "I want you to have the vase that contains all my stored bodily fluids, particrly from that one area!" A plethora of different feminine voices sounded out, followed by a multitude of mysterious items being thrown at Azmond after he unleashed that powerful aura. Azmond was distracted by all the strange fluid drenched things being tossed at him, but he was still in the middle of a power-up, so he ignored them for now. The Crimson Void Kamehameha had its power increased by an incalcble degree! BOOOOOOM! "!?!?" Iron Mountain was swiftly pushed back by the extreme force going against him, as he felt like he would die if he didn''t do something soon! "Courting Death!!!" He roared, his fists pping together, as he expended even more of his life essence. BOOOOOM! Iron Mountain started to push Morningstar back once more, but before he could even celebrate this small aplishment. The aura being released from Azmond''s crimson-colored Kamehameha increased again as it neared the very peak of the Half-Step Mahayana Realm! "I''m sorry about this, Sir Ironfart, but this is just how da dice are rolled," he said with his cupped hands extended even further as his ck hair started to stick on end. RUMBLE!! The crimson and gold energy being unleashed by Azmond had reached an all-time high as it broke through all of Iron Mountain''s defenses! Iron Mountain didn''t even know what had happened when, the next moment, he wasunched straight into the roof of the protective barrier! CRACK! The protective barrier cracked for a split second, but it wasn''t long before it reversed the damage and returned to its wless appearance. BANG! The robust body of Iron Mountain fell to the hard surface below, as he was frothing from the mouth with blood leaking out of all seven orifices. If he wasn''t healed by a high-level healer soon, then he would surely die within the next few minutes! However, luckily for him, a few healers in the Tribtion Transcendance Realm rushed out of a Coliseum Tunnel right away. They lifted his battered figure up before bringing him back to the infirmary. "...." A hush fell over the entire venue, as even the top dawg VIP spectators were surprised by what just unfolded before them. And just as the silence was about to reach a level at the pen drop degree, a fervent shout was heard from one of the Coliseum aisles! Following the first shout, it wasn''t long before the entire venue erupted in uproarious cheers! BING! BING! Even more underwear and money were thrown at Azmond from every direction! He sucked everything into his storage space before his gaze crossed paths with all the women of the AquaRing family for a split second. Although it was only for a mere moment, the most perceptive of the women immediately noticed this little action of his. You are an interesting one for sure Makes me want to go over and gobble you up right this instant ..... Chapter 456: 100%, For Sure... ..... Esra seductively licked her lips a little before she was taken out of her thoughts by her mother. *Whack!* By that, it meant that she was literally taken out of her thoughts with a smack to the head! "Ow! What was that for, mother!?" Esra eximed with real tears building up in her eyes. "Don''t even think about it, my beloved daughter," Marina replied with a twitching smile. "But I wasn''t thinking about anything-!" "Don''t talk back to your mother," Marina said, her eyes never leaving Azmond''s figure. "..." Esra instantly knew what was going on here, as her pained expression quickly turned into a cheeky one. "You''re jealousy is showing, mother~ Teehee~" She spoke with a light giggle escaping her rosy red lips. The blue-haired Milf turned her head in the direction of her second-eldest daughter before "Ow! Stop hitting me, mother!" "Then stop thinking nonsense and focus back on thepetition," Marina responded with a slightly ticked-off voice. For some reason, she didn''t like the way that her daughter was looking at Azmond. It made her feel a little irritated Am I sick or something? However, she quickly discarded that thought right away before dismissing the entire conversation and training her sight back on the ongoingpetition. And when Marina saw the slight trace of happiness shine through Azmond''s frightened expression, she let out a light, heavenly giggle with her pretty hand in front of her mouth. Her eyes and mouth creased like divine arches, as it was a sight that her daughters didn''t know if they had ever seen in their entire lives. "???" "???" Aqua and Nadia looked at their mother as they thought, ''Mother is smiling?'' After which, they both followed her gaze, as they immediately figured out the source for this weird oddity in their mother. And it was at this moment that something started to click in them ''Mother is having an affair!?''They both thought in unison. ''Mother is having an affair!?'' They both thought in unison. After this thought nted itself inside their pretty little heads, the way they looked at the decrepit man began to change once more. And oddly enough, they weren''t angry at this discovery. In fact, they couldn''t be more grateful to this man for giving their mother the shine back in her usually dull eyes. But on the other hand, they needed to ascertain the personality of the man who wished to im their mother''s heart. They refused to hand over their mother to just any random man! And as they were having these thoughts, a few other figures realized this little tidbit as well Particrly, the two fatsos who were trying to practice the art of a ''Frog aiming for a swan''s meat''! - This bastard actually dared to go after my woman!? King Adam SunBurn was absolutely livid at this revtion, as he nearly let his aura explode out in full intensity right then and there! And he wasn''t the only one who felt his way I was nning on going after Aqua''s mother after I yed around with her daughter a few times, but now all my ns have gone to waste! The Divine Prince of the Fire God Empire, Sir Pervasshat, was crushing the arm rests of his expensive seat as he red at the corpse-like figure with killing intent oozing out of his gaze. **** Meanwhile, down in the arena below, eighty-four powerful cultivators in the Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendance Realm and Half-Step Mahayana Realm were still duking it out! WAAAA!! SHING! SHING! Absurdly powerful auras and equally powerful spells were being released from every piece of stretched space as the entire venue was thrown into absolute chaos! However, even with all these extraordinary battles happening all over the ce, the only thing that the spectators seemed to be focused on was the decrepit figure limping around on one of the five fighting rings. Azmond was lucky enough not to get into a ring with any of the girls in his party, so right now, he was simply walking around, waiting for someone to pick a fight with him. FWIP! FWIP! FWIP! And it didn''t take long for him to get his wish, as dozens of figures surrounded him with malevolent looks on their faces. Well, here we go again Another series of Young Master Peng''s,ing straight to the picking I truly pity these silk pants for encountering me, because just like all the other ones, I will be looting their storage rings as well! That''s right, Azmond had not only been receiving ''donations'' from the crowd, but he had also been taking the possessions of every single opponent that he fought. Which ultimately led to him amassing a level of affluency so great that he was beginning to rival that of the Emperor''s in Asterion! Speaking of Emperor''s, I forgot to check through the storage rings of the rulers I ''took out'' while in my mysterious old man disguise. Azmond''s tail nearly wiped out in excitement at the thought of tasting the blood of those Peak Mahayana Realm Experts. But luckily, he was able to reel in that unusually unruly appendage of his, as his disguise was once again proven to be impable! Utterly unlike the disguises of three men in suits All of which were sitting in their respective seats in the VIP stands, making sure that neither Pervasshat nor Adam SunBurn made any moves on the women of their ''savior''. After all, one of the prime reasons that they were in ''disguise'' was because they wished to keep an eye out for the man who helped them out in a plethora of different ways! That, and they were aiming to acquire a little something something aspensation for their hard work! The brothels didn''t pay for themselves, and the three of them were all out of money But that was totally besides the point! They were really just trying to look out for their ''savior''! 100%, for sure ... A day and a half passed by in the blink of an eye, as the Centennial sh had already reached a point where only the Top 2 were left in thepetition. Namely, zeheart and Morningstar Both of which were currently staring each other down on opposing sides of one extremelyrge fighting ringa ring that was set up just for the final match of the Centennial sh. Chapter 457: My Bad, Mr. Bowzer ..... "This will be as far as you go, Morningstar! I don''t know how you managed to beat Shadowstrike, but I will not go down as easily as him!" zeheart shouted with a confident expression, his arms crossed over each other. Just like all the other Young Master Peng''s, it was quite obvious that this one saw himself as the strongest person in the entire world! "..." This dude is quite the solipsistic one After that thought passed through Azmond''s mind, he sighed a little before getting into his part. "Ahhh You are so scary, Mr. Barkfart!" "It''s zeheart, you moron!" "Ahh, yes, so, Mr. Blisterfister, I don''t know how to fight, so please go easy on me!" Azmond ''corrected'' himself with an easygoing smile. zeheart felt a huge migraineing as veins popped up all over his head before he nted his feet in the ground. All he was waiting for was the go-ahead from the referee, and he would let loose on this bastard! This bastard who had an entire harem of Tribtion Transcendance Realm Cultivators! How dare this f*cker have something that I don''t!? This is uneptable!! I refuse to allow this man to live any longer! And it wasn''t long after he thought of this that the referee finally reached zero in his countdown "Zero!" After which, zeheart disappeared from his spot! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Explosions resounded throughout the colossal fighting ring as he blitzed from one side of the ring to the next! zeheart repeated this process an uncountable number of times before eventually reaching a point where not a single trace of his figure could be seen! "You can''t hit him if you can''t see me!" His voice echoed out from within the innumerable blurs and electricity sparks as Azmond was effectively encapsted inside some type of energy light cage. All made from the meteoric movements of this speedster-focused Young Master Peng Azmond became a little dizzy from watching zeheart do circles around him, so he increased his perception speed before getting a better look at him. And after doing so, the speed zeheart was disying was no different from the speed of a turtle in his eyes. ''Maybe speed it up a little?'' He thought with a contemtive expression. It was almost like time was frozen with his maximum perception rate, which made things a little boring. So in the end, he sped it up a bit before ''resuming'' time. "Do you finally realize who you''re dealing with!? I hail from the Jade Serpent Society and havee here seeking a harem of ultimate proportions! That and a princess to take care of me for the rest of my life!!" zeheart''s slimy voice faded in and out of the space around the fighting ring, as Azmond was tiring of all this chatter. So in response to zeheart''s words, Azmond said, "Cool. Oh Ooops I slipped due to your extremely overpowered speed trails!" THUD! He fell to the ground with a thud as he wore a ''disgruntled'' look on his face, trying to get back up before ultimately slipping again. ''Ha! This is so my chance!'' zeheart thought with a wide, conceited grin stered on his face. Following this thought, his legs blurred even more before he zipped in a zigzag-like line and shot straight toward Morningstar, aiming to take him out with the use of his overwhelming speed! A countless number of sonic booms resounded as zeheart reached speeds surpassing hundreds of times the speed of light! FWIP! His well-built figure phased and wobbled a little behind Morningstar due to the extreme force pushing on his side. zeheart outstretched his hands, daggers extending out, looking to stab his opponent in the heart! And just as he was about to seed in stabbing Morningstar Azmond had once again slipped! "Oops My bad, Mr. Bowzer," he apologized with a remorseful tone. "!?!?" zeheart was unable to pull back at this close of a distance, ultimately leading to him tripping over the sickly body sprawled out on the ground. His head quickly hit the hard ring surface before his body was forced forward due to the momentum! Millions of explosions boomed out as Balzeheart was sent tumbling at the speed of light, straight off the fighting stage! BOOOOOOOM! One final explosion sounded as he crashed right into the side of the protective barrier, causing ripples to spread throughout it. zeheart was left unconscious, his body sliding down the protective barrier, and his expression disying nothing but utter disbelief. Azmond stared at the knocked-out figure of zeheart as he said, "It looks like he has trouble keeping his bnce as well Haha" "..." "..." "..." When everyone in the crowd heard these words spoken by Morningstar, they went silent, astonishment etched across their faces. Not in their entire lives had they ever witnessed a final bout like this one! If it could even be called a bout, that is! Nheless, once they saw that the dark horse had won the entirepetition, they erupted in an unbelievably loud uproar! HOOOORAHH!! They were too excited about this development to even care about the fact they had lost most of their wealth in ''donations'' and betting against Morningstar in the beginning However, Azmond made sure to remember for them! In fact, he remembered real good as he scanned through his storage space and saw all the valuables and money he possessed! His expression was one of extreme tion, as all he needed to top it all off was the betting pots! Once he has acquired all his dues, he should be richer than even the Emperor''s of well-known Empires! Speaking of Emperor''s, there are a lot of them in the VIP stands, and I assume that they aren''t here for a merepetition Azmond turned his gaze up to the VIP stands and saw a bunch of familiar faces, but he saw even more unfamiliar ones. There were even some that held a certain degree of hatred for him, particrly pertaining to the two fat piggies, of which one was his father Chapter 458: A Doppelganger!? ..... It looks like that bastard father of mine is aiming to go after my Marina Azmond''s eyes narrowed at this notion, as he really felt like going up there to teach both him and that divine prince a lesson. However, if his predictions were urate, then he would have just that chance as soon as the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts arrived. Which should be "Ladies and gentlemen, we have our winner! Morningstar!" The main announcer began with a high-pitched voice before he continued, "Mr. Morningstar has won everything that the previous cements allotted, plus a spot at the Royal AquaRing Academy as a special exams level teacher!" "In addition to that, he has won a spot as an Elite level student in the Celestial Academy-!" The announcer was going to continue speaking, but before he could, he was abruptly interrupted by the loud sound of rumbling! RUMBLE!! Everything within a million miles felt like an immensely powerful earthquake was spreading throughout, as something absurdly strong was entering the scene! "Now that this sillypetition is over, let us begin the true event." A crackly and boisterous voice reverberated in the surroundings as an old man of unbelievable proportions materialized in the air above the Coliseum of Dacratas. "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" All of the various VIP spectators were taken away from the Centennial sh as they focused on the white-haired old man who had appeared in the skies out of nowhere! "Are you the senior who ims to be from beyond the stars!?" A King of a corrupt Tier 7 Kingdom inquired with a slightly shaky tone. "..." Azmond''s Essence Clone turned its cold gaze in the direction of the one who spoke. After scanning through his system interface, he said, "Don''t speak anymore. In fact, simply stop talking forever." "!?!?" The Tier 7 King wasn''t even able to hear the rest of the old man''s words, as the upper half of his body was sliced off from the lower half! Following the sudden action, the rest of the king''s body was sliced up into billions of micro-sized meat chunks, which caused crimson blood to stter! But before the blood could even make it to anyone around the king, it was all absorbed by a slimy extension that was attached to Azmond''s tail. FWAZIP! The old man''s razor-sharp tail was retracted as the old man wiped the blood that drenched the tail red. Everyone in the crowd was finally able toprehend what was happening, as themoners and low-level nobles were the first to freak out! "Help! There''s a crazy old man killing in the Coliseum of Dacratas!" "Please! I don''t want to die! After all, I still haven''t acquired the phone number and used boxers from Morningstar!" "I have a family at home I can''t die here But if I were to die, could I at least receive a few shirts from Morningstar?" Everyone in the crowd had varying responses to this new event, but the majority of the women seemed to only be focused on one thing Azmond, in both forms, stared nk-faced at all the scandalous words of the spectators. And before long, high-level nobles and VIP stand members followed along with the trend. The men were panicking badly, attempting to call all of their contacts and seniors, while the women were trying to abandon their husbands and goy with Morningstar just once before they died! Is something seriously wrong with the women of this world?? Both Azmond''s thoughts were filled with exasperation as they sighed a little before the main body disappeared from the fighting ring, slipping past all the eyes around him. The main body told the girls to leave the stands, as he had already exined the whole ''Complete Conquest n'' to them. And the first part of that n was to show everyone you meant business! What better ce was there to do just that than the location where all the strongest seniors in the world would be gathering?? But it looked like the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Master''s were in hiding. They were likely doing this because of their cunning nature, which made them think that there really could be something more to this ''mysterious old man'' who killed dozens of ruling figures, like butchering chickens Which was why they opted to wait out the chaos in an extension of the Void Realm. However, they never would''ve anticipated that the ''Senior from the Heaven Exploding Faction'' would go straight for the Coliseum of Dacratas! In fact, they assumed they would have more time to figure out some countermeasures to deal with this Heaven Exploding Faction Senior until they eventually left Asterion! But his tyrannical appearance above the Coliseum of Dacratas had flipped their ns right the f*ck upside down! BZZZTT! A crackling sound echoed out as dozens of ancient auras exploded out of a crack in the sky. "You Are Truly Courting Death!!" Multiple enraged voices boomed out just as Azmond''s Essence Soul Clone was about to go on a killing spree with some of the scum in the stands. Azmond shot his gaze away from all the ''loot bags'', as he looked at the forty or so Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Master''s menacingly floating in the skies above. "Is this all of you?" Azmond''s old and archaic voice echoed out, seemingly directing a question toward the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Ancestor''s and Overseers. "Yes, we are the entire ruling force on Asterion, excluding the Great Leviathan!" An antiquated old man with long gray hair responded, his brows deeply furrowed. "...I see, that''s good. Then are you all willing to bend the knee before someone significantly stronger than yourselves?" Azmond asked. "No, we are not-!" One of them started to speak; however, he was interrupted by a razor-sharp tail. SLASH! "!?!?" The one who spoke saw nothing other than an obsidian blur shooting straight toward him. And before he knew it, his vision was flipped upside down as he saw the world from a different perspective for a moment. But such a view didn''tst long, as the rest of his was reduced to blood mist in a split second! ... Chapter 459: Who Is That Powerful Master!? ... POOF! The blood of the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Expert turned into a blood cloud before being devoured by Emu. "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" The rest of the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Master''s weren''t even able to quantify what had happened when, all of a sudden, one of them had died! Furthermore, the crowd in the Coliseum of Dacratas was even more shocked by this action of the mysterious old man. - "Who is that powerful master!? And how was he able to kill a Celestial Academy Overseer as easily as that!?" "I heard that a few of you had gone to meet that mysterious old man in person. So tell us what exactly it is he wants!?" "..." "..." "..." The High-Ranking Kings and Emperor''s went silent upon hearing the questions being asked by the other Mahayana Realm Cultivators in the VIP stands. However, in the end, one of them decided to speak up, as he said, "This old man He wants to rule over all of Asterion" "..." A hush fell over the VIP venue when they heard these words. And it didn''t take long before they erupted with a plethora of questions: "Are you saying that he wants to rule over this marked for death!? But why!?" "Some of you said that he came from the Starry Expanse, so maybe he has a way to prevent the Void Devouring Worms from swallowing our!" "How could someone possibly be from the Starry Expanse!? This old man is clearly just an old cott who has been in seclusion for a ridiculous number of years!" There were differing opinions voiced by those in the crowd; however, they were swiftly silenced by the rich and refined voice of a certain blue-haired Milf: "Can you busy bodies shut up for a second! You have no clue just how powerful that old man is! In fact, he could likely wipe out all of Asterion with a single swipe of his hands!" "???" "???" All of the Mahayana Realm rulers swiveled their heads in the direction of themanding voice and saw the Queen Mother, Margarete AquaRing, ring at them all with a sinuous gaze. "....." They all went quiet as soon as they realized who it was. After all, none of them wished to get on the bad side of that ancient witch Tch! Margarete clicked her tongue at their cowardly attitudes before she focused her attention on the wizened old man confronting thirty-nine Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts. **** Meanwhile, in the skies, tens of thousands of meters off the ground, dozens of majestic auras were piling on top of one singr old man. The old man in question wore quite an amused look on his face as he waited to see what exactly their reactions would be. However, contrary to his expectations "Please forgive us, senior!" They all eximed in unison, sweat raining down their faces. Azmond dumbfoundedly stared at the scene of dozens of almighty figures bowing to him in mid-air. It seems like everyone who has lived long enough values their lives enough that they aren''t willing to resist an overwhelming force *Sigh* He sighed a little at this revtion before he said, "Then relinquish all your treasures and go back to what you were doing." The Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Ancestor''s and Overseers were a little confused over this demand. But regardless of their confusion, they immediately did as they were told and transmitted all of their belongings into the mysterious old man''s storage ring. Afterwards, one of the Half-Step Mahayana Realm Ancestors from the continent of Gaia''s Sanctum spoke up by saying, "About the Void Devouring Worms" They were all secretly hoping that this extremely powerful figure was capable of taking care of the Void-Devouring Worms. After all, in actuality, they were all relying on that hybrid Behemoth Abomination that was originally put in the works by the ''Insane One'' and continued by the current generation of Monster Overseers. Beyond that, no one truly had the confidence to resist the astral winds of the Starry Expanse for prolonged periods of time Azmond observed the expectant gazes of all these once domineering figures. They really had a quick change of heart, huh? Nheless, in spite of his thoughts, he said, "I will deal with those bugs myself. Your only job is to continue doing what you were doing, and make sure to prepare to have all your territory annexed by my Heaven Exploding Faction." Following his words, his figure started to vanish from sight. But not before he got out a few more sentences "Oh, and make sure to stay away from the Kingdom of AquaRing, for it is under my protection. If I hear that any of you went against my will" The wizened old man''s face darkened considerably before he said, "I might just kill all of you and be done with it." "!?" "!?" "!?" The Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts were nearly frightened to death when they felt that extreme killing intent. But they still mustered up the courage to turn their heads up and nod in unison. "Good, then I''ll be on my way and will not be returning before the four-year mark unless one of you forces my hand." The threatening voice of the mysterious old man faded out as his figurepletely disappeared from Asterion. In fact, not a single one of the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts could even ascertain the approximate location of the Heaven Exploding Faction Senior Meanwhile, in the VIP stands of the Coliseum of Dacrats, a bunch of high-standing figures were able to exhale, as they had been on edge the entire time the Old Man was up there. But after observing all the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Ancestor''s and Overseers bow their heads in clear subservience, the more sagacious of the VIP spectators were able to guess what had happened "The man from beyond the stars has sessfully taken all of the world rulers under his heel" The Emperor of the Earth God Empire muttered with his sweaty palms gripping his seat. After this information was revealed to the rest of the high-ranking members of society, everyone was thrown into disarray! ..... Chapter 460: Princess Aya of the Demon God Empire ..... Even the leaders of the Demon Nations were fretting over the news regarding a new change of leadership! But at the same time, they were also anticipating the changes that would follow this unexpected change in who lorded over them If they yed their cards right, then they might be able toe out of this situation with a more favorable oue than what they were looking at previously. Although they had faith that the Great Leviathan would keep them under his wing, they knew of the mythical beast''s flippant personality. And all it would take was one bad day for the Great Leviathan to decide that it no longer wanted to watch over the demon race... If that ever happened, then arge section of the mecrest Empire, along with some of the surrounding areas, would be razed to the ground! But now There was a chance! A chance to change their fates! To change their destiny''s! All they had to do was reach out and grasp this chance that was presented to them! And they knew just the way All of the Mahayana Realm Experts of the demon race honed their gazes on the voluptuous and well-endowed figure of one of their demon princesses. ----- Princess Aya of the Demon God Empire. She was a divinely beautiful woman with long white hair that was braided in some areas; her eyes were like sparkling rubies and dazzled in the sun with their crimson glows. Her body was one that resembled the most sensual of subi, and for good reason, considering that she descended from vampire and subus parents. And it was because of her lineage that she was able to acquire not only the flight and hypnotic abilities of her father but also the heart-shaped tail and seduction-based abilities of her mother. It was through these abilities and her high affinity for them that she was able to climb up the rankings among her siblings to determine who was most worthy of the throne. [Cultivation Realm: Seventh Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence] [Age: 6,500] Now, this same Aya sat in the VIP stands with an intrigued gleam in her eyes. Intrigued not because of the man who just made himself the secret ruler of Asterion but because of the decrepit man down on the fighting rings. She intently watched this man converse with a bunch of women with a small smile stered on her face. Aya didn''t know what it was that made her feel a sense of familiarity with this unknown man, but something was telling her that they were the same. And she wanted to figure out what that something was However, it seemed like her elders and rtives had other ns in mind for who she was allowed to be around "Listen, Aya. Why don''t we have a discussion about marriage?" One of the brothers of the Demonic Emperor spoke while rubbing his hands together. "Yes, my dear niece. Think of the betterment of the Demonic Empire as a whole! You must consider marriage at some point, and why not that point be right now!?" Another brother of the Demonic Emperor buttered up to Aya with a hint of avarice in his gaze. And it didn''t take long before the other ''family members'' and ''friends'' of hers chimed in with their own self-beneficial opinions. "..." Aya listened to all the people she knew trying to egg her into marrying the old white-haired man as one of his concubines. After hearing what everyone had to say, her expression turned awfully doleful, as she knew that there was no way she would be able to get out of this one. If only my father were here Then I would be able to choose who I wanted to be my partner for eternity Aya''s thoughts traced back to her domineering yet kind father, who, along with her mother, were once integral parts of her life. That was until the day that they left for the Starry Seaboard, and subsequently, the Starry Expanse Like a certain catkin girl, Aya was abandoned The only difference being that she was left alone in her cruel family for thousands of years instead of just one. But after such a long period of time, she ultimately got used to disappointment. And it was because of this adaptation of hers that she let out a mncholic sigh before lightly nodding, "Very well" That was all she said before her attention was brought back to the cheerful atmosphere that surrounded the corpse-like man outside the fighting ring. If only I had something like that Something that made me feel Feel anything Aya''s mood became a little glum, as she was going to continue spiraling; however, she was quickly taken out of her thoughts by the voices of her ''family''. "I knew you would understand our perspective, my dear niece! I will attempt to get in contact with the new ruler right away! And from what I''ve heard from our Demon Overseer, the winner of this tournament is actually the disciple of the new ruler!" One of her uncles spoke to Aya with a ''benevolent'' look on his face, as he had indeed heard from his senior that the new ruler sent the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts a voice transmission. The transmission only mentioned something about keeping out of the way of ''Morningstar'', not to spy on him, and also not to attract too much attention to him. Which all went to say that the Demon Emperor''s brothers would need to be discreet in their contact with this ''Morningstar'' character. Nheless, they were overjoyed that their ''snobby'' niece had finally decided to do something for the greater good of the family! In other words, for the greater good of them! Observing the greedy expressions her family members were making, Aya turned her gaze away from them, focusing on the sickly man below. She wanted to decipher just what it was that made that man''s life seem so much more colorful **** Meanwhile, on another side of the wide and expansive VIP stands, the AquaRing family was suddenly greeted by their Queen Mother. "Hello, mother" Marina muttered with a slightly shaky voice. Chapter 461: A Joyous Occasion! ..... "Don''t be so nervous, daughter of mine. After all, this is a joyous asion for our family!" Margarete spoke with an unusually wide smile on her face. "..." Marina was a little bit taken aback by her mother''s sudden effervescence; she raised an eyebrow and asked, "What happened?" "Well, my daughter. I think I just found an extremely powerful backer that should be able to assist me with you and your daughters'' marriages!" Listening to her mother speak, Marina felt like this dialogue was eerily simr to something she had said herself. And this suspicion only further bubbled up inside her heart before she was unable to suppress it anymore and asked, "Who is it?" Marina already had a hint as to who it might be, but she still felt the need to ask. And just as she expected, Margarete shed a brilliant smile before saying, "It''s the man who came from beyond the stars!" Marina became silent after this response, as she just knew it would end up going like this. Azmond''s looking to go after my mother as well, isn''t he? At this notion, she felt a tinge of jealousy in her heart, and for some reason, there was something constricting her insides. She didn''t like that feeling one single bit! And it looked like her mother noticed this as well, as a little bit of perplexion shed past her pretty eyes before she asked, "Do you know the man from beyond the stars as well?" Marina thought about how to respond to her overly perceptive mother before she eventually gave in and replied, "You could say that I know his disciple a little." "Really-?" Margarete was about to ask a to ask a question with a doubtful tone, but she was abruptly interrupted by Esra, saying: "I thought you said that you didn''t know him, mother, teehee~" She mischievously giggled, one of her dainty hands covering her toothy grin. "..." "..." Both Marina and Margarete looked in the direction of the devious expression on Esra''s face before Margarete shot her suspicious gaze toward her daughter. "What is she talking about?" Margarete inquired with one of her brows raised. Marina red at her trouble-making daughter for a second before she replied, "I don''t know what that silly daughter of mine is implying, but I simply didn''t wish to tie ourselves to anyone rted to that man until we knew that it would be a good thing." Margarete was still a little doubtful over her daughter''s words, but in the end, she discarded the matter before mentioning something else. "So whatever happened to that ''husband'' of Aqua''s? Didn''t you storm out a while back, going out to kill him?" "Mom! You said you were merely going to talk with him when we are on the phone!" Aqua interjected in the conversation with an aggrieved look on her face. "Oh?" Nadia mused with an extremely interested glint in her eyes. She, along with everyone else, had heard tales of this ''husband'' of Aqua''s; however, she took it as nothing more than a joke when she was informed of this in the Celestial Academy. But now, it looked like there was more to this ''Azmond'' character than a mere fairytale that her baby sister made up to cure her loneliness - "Well, my beloved Aqua, I didn''t tell you of this because I didn''t wish to make you hate me more But I had to do it for us You must understand," Marina exined herself with a mildly remorseful tone. However, it looked like her daughter was having none of it, as her cheeks became akin to that of a hamster''s as she shouted, "Humph! No excuses, mother! I hate you!" *Spurt!* The busty Milf practically died right then and there from the amount of emotional damage that she just received from her daughter''s words. "Y-You surely don''t mean that" She despondently mumbled. "Yes, I do! You''re the worst mother!" Aqua retorted. *Spurt! Spurt!* THUD! Marina fell off her seat, as she felt like balling her eyes out right about now. However, when she saw the judging gleam in her mother''s eyes, she knew this was no time to show any weaknesses, so she stood up before speaking once more: "But, my dear, it wasn''t like I really killed him. He''s still perfectly alive and healthy!" "Really!?" Aqua eximed. "Then, where is he right now!?" She asked with an expectant gaze. Looking at the expectation oozing out of her daughter''s expression, Marina knew that this was the only chance she would get to mend her rtionship with her baby girl. So in the end, she sighed a little before saying, "Azmond is currently somewhere in this kingdom. In fact, Azure and Sapphire had already greeted him." "What!?" Aqua shouted before turning her vicious gaze in the direction of the two anxious maids standing behind her seat. "W-Well, you see" Sapphire attempted to speak, but she was swiftly interrupted by Aqua, saying: "No excuses! You didn''t even bother to tell me that my husband was already in the kingdom!" "B-But, mydy, we were nning to tell you; however, we felt that the time wasn''t right-" "Nope, I''m not going to buy your excuses so easily! This betrayal of my trust means no more royal snacks for the next two months!" Aqua interjected with a non-negotiable tone. "!!!" "!!!" Sapphire and Azure were devastated over this information, as they felt like they were being treated extremely unjustly! They really were nning to tell theirdy of the news concerning Azmond''s arrival in the capital; however, he had sent them a voice transmission, telling them not to tell Aqua yet. But it looks like all the waiting they did for that cheeky man all went to waste when their Queen was attempting to pass Aqua''s focus onto someone else! They looked at the slightly apologetic gleam in their Queen''s eyes and immediately knew that they had been used as bait to distract Aqua from the matter revolving around Marina''s rtions with the ''disciple of the man beyond the stars''. However, it looked like there would be yet another change in focus, as Margarete was still waiting for her daughter to answer her question on the fate of that ''husband'' of Aqua''s. ... Chapter 462: What Changed...? ... "So why didn''t you kill him?" Margarete inquired with a voice that effectively broke the chatter happening between Marina and Aqua. "..." "..." They were both taken away from each other''s throats as they looked toward the Queen Mother. Nadia was also curious as to why her mother was unable to kill someone after going out to do it herself. And it didn''t take long before Marina gave in underneath the pressure and said, "This Azmond was weaker than me in the beginning; however, he took me off guard and quickly surpassed me by multiple minor realms in strength." "As expected of my husband!" Aqua beamed with a radiant smile ying on her lips. "Ho?" Nadia mused, her interest in this man having been piqued. "Teehee~" Esra mischievously giggled as she knew that there was more to this ''Azmond'' than what was shown at face value. Her yful gaze shot toward the retreating sickly figure as she seductively lipped her lips. Every further thing I hear about you makes me want to gobble you up even more! While Esra was having some very lewd thoughts, Margarete and Aqua were focusing all of their attention on the curvaceous Queen of the AquaRing Kingdom. "..." Marina knew she had some exining to do as she slumped into her seat before beginning to narrate the events that followed after she left the castle. Of course, she left out everything that had to do with Azmond''s ''system'' and that ''ghostdy''. But other than that, she essentially summed everything up as him being an utterly ridiculous aberration and unparalleled genius. A few minutes passed by in the blink of an eye. "So what you''re saying is that you were bested by a boy less than a tenth of your age?" Margarete''s rich voice, filled with a tinge of disappointment, echoed out within a sound canceling Qi barrier. Marina looked at her mother with a disgruntled look on her face. Did shepletely overlook every single thing I said and focus on the most unimportant part? The unholy curves of the Milf Queen had a few ripples spread throughout, as she just knew that her battle-hungry mother would react like this. Her entire life, she was always told that she needed to do better and that she needed to do more if she wished to escape her fate as a woman of the AquaRing household. And for as long as she could remember, she has taken her mother''s words to heart and has attempted to better herself, not only for her sake but for her daughter''s. But in the end, she was limited by talent It was only recently that she broke through the Seventh Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendence Realm. A feat that those half her age had aplished with their higher-level ''Basic Tier Qi Talent Body Law Foundation''. She knew that she had already failed her mother''s expectations time and time again, but in the end, she decided that cultivation wouldn''t be enough to get her a ticket away from her destiny as a toy to the brother of Adam SubBurn. So after decades of experimentation, Marina was eventually able to perfect the art of ruling a kingdom and producing maximum amounts of money for said kingdom. In fact, she was one of the main reasons that the AquaRing Kingdom had gone up from a Tier 7 Kingdom to a Tier 8 Kingdom, and nearly breach through into the ranks of a Tier 9 Kingdom! That and the strength of her tyrannical mother as she terrorized the rest of the ruling forces on Asterion. Although, in spite of her mother''s strength, there would always be someone stronger. And in this case, the ones who were stronger numbered in the dozens. Furthermore, they weren''t just a little bit stronger, as some of them even started to approach the very peak of the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm, nearly touching upon the state that the Great Leviathan had achieved. So in the end, Margarete, just like her daughter, was forced to follow the whims of those who held more strength than they did. Nevertheless, Marina looked her mother straight in the eye with a resolute glean in her gaze before she said, "Yes, I did lose to him, mother. I''m not ashamed to admit that I lost to someone who bested me without question." Margarete was a little shocked over the sudden resolve of her daughter, as she, just like her granddaughter''s, felt that something was changing in Marina. However, unlike Aqua and Nadia, she wasn''t as shy when it came to asking... - "You''re different What changed?" Margarete inquired with a curious tone. Marina heard the all-too-familiar question and turned her head down a little before thinking over what exactly it was that gave everybody the idea that she had changed. Have I really changed all that much? But I don''t feel any different than before Marina couldn''tprehend what it was that made everyone assume she had changed. But when she put her pretty hands up to her mouth and felt the slight crease in her lips, she understood what they were talking about... And it was at that moment that her eyes creased right along with her lips as she stared at her family before saying, "I guess I have changed." "..." "..." "..." Nadia, Aqua, Esra, and Margarete were left starstruck for a moment as they got lost in the lively eyes of Marina. "Mother You''re hot" Esra mumbled with her mouth agape. *Whack!* "Shut up, you unruly daughter of mine!" Marina yelled after smacking her second-eldest daughter across the back of her head. "Ow! Mother, you big meanie! That man will never like you if you''re so mean!- Oh, oops" Esra let something slip that she shouldn''t have Her apologetic eyes stared at her mother, as she was silently lip-voicing the word ''sorry''. Marina looked at her daughter with a disbelieving gaze before she felt the eyes of her mother bore into her back. "A man?" Margarete questioned with a ''friendly'' look on her face. "Listen, mother, Esra here is quite the silly one, and she oftentimes makes up things-!" "Don''t bother. You think I''m as easy to fool as your daughter''s?? Tell me right this instant what she meant by ''A man''," Margarete interjected with a fierceness hidden in her tone. ..... Chapter 463: Daring and Bold ..... "..." Marina was left at an interpass, as she really only had one option left in this situation. ''Azmond'' She transmitted her voice outward. And it didn''t take long before the sickly man down below turned his gaze away from the women he was talking to. Hispassionate eyes honed in on her before he awaited her next words. Marina saw this as well, so she transmitted, ''My second eldest daughter identally let something slip, and my mother will figure us out at this rate, so is it okay if I tell them about you?'' ''Sure, My Love. But just keep it down to my ''disciple of the man beyond the stars identity.'' I don''t want Aqua freaking out just yet; she needs time to settle into the situation first.'' Azmond''s counter-transmission was instantaneous, as he shed her an affectionate smile before beginning to approach the VIP stands. "!!!" Marina was a little surprised over the care that he was showing them, especially pertaining to her daughter''s mood, which she knew he was doing so she could repair her rtionship with Aqua first This man is Why is he always talking like he would do anything for me? I don''t understand what exactly it is that he sees as worth going through so much trouble to obtain He has enough power that he could acquire my body by force if he wanted So what is it that he truly wants from me? Or was he serious about all that ''Wanting to see you smile'' stuff? A plethora of different thoughts entered Marina''s mind before a certain feeling sprouted up in her heart as she felt her heartbeat quickening. But regardless of this foreign emotion that always seemed to bubble inside her, she turned her ted expression back toward her mother before saying, "Since it hase down to this, I wish to introduce to you all to the man I had an affair with after leaving the castle that fateful day." "An affair!?" Everybody besides Esra eximed in unison. Although none of them cared about their father or Marina''s husband, Broli, they were still worried over what sort of consequences Marina''s actions would have for rtions between the Kingdom of AquaRing and the SubBurn Kingdom! A scandal like this could mean an all-out war being incurreda war that couldst until either one of the kingdoms was destroyed! - "What have you done, Marina!?" Margarete questioned with a feeling of trepidation bubbling up inside her. Even though she wasn''t worried about the SubBurn Kingdom itself, she was worried about the forces that supported both Adam SunBurn and his brother, Broli SunBurn. If they retaliated before she was able to obtain the full support of the Man Beyond The Star''s, then she would be left with no other choice but to fight to the death with the FireGod, WaterGod, Jade Serpent Society, and a plethora of other Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm forces! And as much as she was confident in her strength, there was not much she could do in a war at that scale. And the final result would be theplete destruction of everything inside the millions of miles that make up the AquaRing Kingdom Just as Maragerete was about to have her daughter stop speaking nonsense and go break up whatever she had with this man, the man in question showed up on the VIP stands "Yo." Azmond spoke with a slight smile stered on his ashen face. "???" "???" "???" All of the women in the AquaRing family shot their heads in the direction of the easygoing voice, and when they saw who it was, they all eximed, "Morningstar!?" Everyone besides Marina, of course, as the only thing she did was have her smile widen a little bit as she felt like jumping into his arms right about now. But in the end, she held back and instead waited to see how this would all y out. However, never in all her most far-out expectations did she predict that Morningstar would jump over the seating aisles beforending on the seat rest in front of Marina. After making this unexpected and sudden movement, he pulled her by the hands and brought her on top of the headrest. Both of their feet were intermingling in that small space, but that wasn''t the only thing that was intermingling *Slurp! Slurp!* Wet and messy sounds echoed out as Morningstar took the sexy Milf''s tongue for himself before disengaging from the kissing and saying, "She''s mine." "!?" "!?" "!?" Esra, Aqua, Nadia, and Margarete didn''t even know what had happened, and before they knew it, Marina was left with a flushed face and a tongue digging out her insides! "Y-You" Marina mumbled with ears redder than a tomato, her eyes flickering left and right, as she didn''t seem to be able to hold eye contact with the cheeky man who held her in his firm arms. Th-This man How can he be so sudden and daring?? Right in front of my mother and daughters, no less! She didn''t know what she was thinking about anymore, but the one thing she knew was that the kiss felt really good. And for some reason, she started craving even more of what she just felt invade her mouth. Her glossy eyes turned up to look at Morningstar with hot, steamy breath, waiting for the tumultuous chaos to unfold. And it didn''t take long before Margarete and her daughter''s voiced their varying reactions to this out of the blue event: "Mother!? In front of us, really!?" "Mother You really are naughty Teehee~" "I can''t believe you went out and found yourself a man!" But of course, the most fervent reaction made by the females in the AquaRing family was from one of the oldest Milf''s in all of Asterion. "You actually managed to snatch up the disciple of the ''Man Beyond The Stars''??" Margarete inquired with a slight look of disbelief. But more than that, she was overjoyed with this discovery, as it meant that her daughter had already secured the guaranteed protection of the Man Beyond The Stars! Chapter 464: Last Warning ..... No wonder the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts left right after speaking to the Man Beyond The Stars! It''s because he must''ve secretly told them all to back off from whatever they had nned for my Kingdom! My daughter has done an unbelievably wondrous thing for our family! Who cares about that little Broli sh*t or whatever!? Even the Mighty Empires and their stuck-up a*shole Ancestor''s are nothing in front of the might of the ''Man Beyond The Stars''! Margarete''s thoughts were followed by her eyes shining as she looked at her daughter with a proud expression. "???" Marina didn''t understand what she said to deserve this passionate gaze from her mother. Is she that happy that I ''hooked'' up with the disciple of the man beyond the stars? After realizing that her mother was not the least bit mad over this information, she turned her eyes toward all her daughter''s, hoping that they were taking this information well. And surprisingly, not a single one of them seemed to be at all angry over her revealing this. But then again, both Aqua and Nadia wore slightly apprehensive looks on their faces, as it was clear that they worried over her safety. Upon understanding this, a warm feeling began to permeate inside the heart of the gorgeous Milf, as for some reason, she was d She was d that she met Azmond That she could see more of her daughter''s dormant emotions because of him Even Esra was nowhere near this outgoing and mischievous before the ''new version of Marina'' came back to her castle. In fact, her rtionship with all her daughters and her mother was always on the rocky side of things due to her curmudgeon mood. After all, Marina always had to deal with that ''husband'' of hers, and it was because of this that her attitude started to go sour over time. Until eventually, she was pulled further and further away from her daughter''s But now that Azmond was here, they all appeared like a happy family Like a family that she had wanted to build since the beginning - "..." Marina turned her glossy eyes up from Azmond''s robe as she looked at his slightly above average facial features. But regardless of his averageness, she felt like he would be the most handsome man in the world, no matter what he looked like *Thump! Thump!* Her heart started to beat faster as weird thoughts swirled around inside that pretty little head of hers. What am I thinking about? I shouldn''t be having these thoughts about a man who was merely fabricating a rtionship with me to have an excuse for his future actions against the FireGod Empire and SunBurn Kingdom So why? What is this feeling? The gorgeous Milf put her hands to her heart, under the watchful stares of her family, as she started to feel that feeling hit her with more intensity this time around. And just as she was about to make a bold move in the middle of a crowd, an annoying voice interrupted her moment "How dare youy your hand on my woman!? You Are Truly Courting Death!!" The gruff voice of a man reverberated throughout the VIP stands, as a corpulent man that had to weigh in at over 300 pounds was taking thunderous steps toward Azmond''s group. "???" "???" "???" Aqua, Marina, Nadia, Esra, and Margarete were surprised by this abrupt interruption; however, when they saw who it was, their expressions instantly morphed into disdainful ones. Marina was already a little irritated that someone had messed up her moment, but when she saw who it was, her irritation only grew as she clicked her tongue before sneering, "I''m not your woman, Adam. Go back to where you came from, and I will forget this ever happened." "!!!" The King of the SunBurn Kingdom was fuming after hearing the words spoken by ''his woman''. "Shut up! I willy with you right this instant if you force my hand, so shut up, you damn whore-!" SHING! He wasn''t even able to finish his sentence before a katana was unsheathed. Following this lightning-quick sword draw, the world went silent for a moment before SLICE! *Spurt!* King Adam''s extended right arm was cut off at the base, while blood gushed out of the wound in great amounts! "Arghhh!!! It hurts!! He-Help!!" He screamed like a little girl as soon as he registered what had happened to him. "..." Azmond looked at this scene with a cold gleam shing through his eyes. This bastard father of mine had already been cheated on a number of times now, so I figured I would let past grievances be However, it seems like this scum really has a death wish with calling Marina by such a derogatory term Sigh He sighed a little before saying, "This is yourst warning, King SunBurn. Speak to my Marina like that again, and I''ll have your head on the ground instead." "!?!?" Adam turned his anguished face up to the source of this affront to his ego, as his eyes maddened before he shouted, "You actually dare to attack and injure one as great as I!? Do you know who I am, you peasant!?" He rolled up off the ground before attempting to keep his bnce as he red in the direction of the sickly man and roared, "Take this man out! Kill Him!! I don''t care about the consequences!!" FWIP! FWIP! A few shadowy figures appeared from behind the fat king. And every single one of them was in the Middle Mahayana Realm! It looks like this piggy father of mine has quite the backer to be capable of bringing out Ancient Cultivators of this level. Azmond sported a slightly amused expression as he unsheathed his katana once more. SHING! SHING! Millions of cuts were made in that split second, as the Dantain Space''s of all the shadowy figures were shattered to the utmost degree! BZZZTT!! Stray energies flew out of where their Dantain Spaces once were as they instantly copsed to the ground, frothing at the mouth. .... Chapter 465: A Troubled Milf .... After effectively crippling the Middle Mahayana Realm Master''s, Azmond finished them off with another quick draw before having Emu devour them all. Following these swift actions, a few bright blue and gold lights shed. BLING! *Ding!* *You have gained experience +89,500,000M* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +89,500M* *Ding!* *You have obtained a plethora of different Spiritual Stones!* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed a multitude of differingws and subsequently advanced a fewws to ''Level 8'' and ''Level 9''* *Ding!* *Your Sword Law has increased from ''Level 8'' to ''Level 9'' and has sessfully crossed the 75%prehension mark!* *Ding!* *Your Sword Aura has advanced from ''Level 6'' to ''Level 7''* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the cultivation bases of multiple cultivators in the Middle Mahayana Realm!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation base has slightly improved!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has increased from the ''Initial Stages of the Middle Quantum Void Refining Realm'' to the ''Early Stages of the Middle Quantum Void Refining Realm''* *Ding!* *A plethora of other Weapon Laws and Weapon Aura''s have been increased in level!* *Ding!* *You have gained x4.0 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for conquering the lives of more than five Mahayana Realm Cultivators!* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' inches ever closer to the Late 11th Rank, or the Late Mahayana Realm equivalent!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Middle Stages of the 4th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Late Stages of the 4th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm''* Following these system notifications, Azmond turned his ice-cold gaze up from the blue and gold screens. "H-How could you kill them so easily!? You are just a mere Middle Void-Refining Realm ant! It''s impossible that you''re able to kill them!!" "..." Azmond listened to the hollering of the delusional King as he put down his soft and squishy Milf. *Umph* "???" Marina was slightly puzzled over everything that was happening, but when she heard the overprotective words spoken by Azmond just a second ago, that ''feeling'' once again made itself known. Why does he keep doing this? Over and over, again and again He doesn''t even give me the chance to catch my breath, as before I know it, he takes my heart through a violent storm A heart over a thousand years old started to race unrelentingly, as Marina didn''t understand what was happening with her as ofte But regardless of herplicated emotions, hot breath escaped her mouth as she felt Azmond''s body disconnect from hers. And for some reason, a sense of loss was left in the spots where her body was touching his. That stupid man He better make this up to me She thought to herself with a slightly pouty expression as something started to leak from between her legs, causing her cheeks to redden. Azmond nced at the troubled Milf behind him as he lightly chuckled before moving his eyes back in the direction he was walking. And in the surroundings, all the females of the AquaRing Family were watching this whole spectacle unfold with bated breath. Margarete was beyond surprised that the disciple of that cheeky man was so strong, while Nadia and Aqua were bing more and more interested in the man who stole their mother''s heart. On the other hand, Esra was seductively licking her lips with a voracious gaze in her eyes. It was obvious that she was thinking about something entirely different from her sister''s and mother In fact, a little bit of wet and sticky divine nectar started to leak from her holy cave, resulting in her squirming a little and rubbing her sensual thighs together. In addition to these women''s reactions, there were a few others watching this thing unfold. Which included an infuriated Pervasshat, who was about to make a move with his elders in tow. And then there was Princess Aya from the Demon Empire, who had been watching every single thing that the sickly man had done since the very beginning. She blushed a little when she saw him abruptly kiss the Queen of the AquaRing Kingdom, and she was left in trepidation when the servants of the SubBurn Kingdom were sent after Morningstar. She went through a flurry of emotions and even thought of sending out her servants in order to help him, but in the end, everything seemed to work out just fine. However, she wasn''t the only woman watching from the sidelines, as a certain nun from the Holy Cathedral was anxiously watching every move that Morningstar made. And it maye as quite a surprise that she knew of the true identity of Morningstar; however, the moment that Azmond left the Holy Cathedral, she had people spy on him. And through these people, she was immediately able to ascertain who Morningstar truly was. But that didn''t mean she was a stalker! She was simply trying to keep an eye on that troublemaker! That stupid, bold, flirtatious, sweet trouble maker She quickly shook her head to distract herself from these thoughts as she waited to see what would happen next. If it really came down to his life or death, then Thalia had the pope as her backer, and although she would need to pay with her unsullied body, she would pay the price Nheless, besides the troubled Aya and Thalia, there were also all the women from Azmond''s party. None of them were particrly worried about his safety when dealing with such weaklings. Everyone except one "Are you girls sure that he''ll be fine!? I mean, those are Mahayana Realm Cultivators!! And Azmond doesn''t seem that old!!" Lemon was pacing around in circles with a panicky voice leaking out into the surroundings. "..." "..." "..." wdia, Calista, Boundless, Ember, Medusa, and Clover were all looking at this busty blonde woman ''bounce'' all over the ce with perturbed looks on their faces. "Can you stop that!? You dumb blonde bimbo!" wdia finally couldn''t take it anymore, as she yelled. "Hwaat!?" Lemon stopped in her tracks when she heard the annoyed voice of that feline. "But aren''t any of you girls worried?" She asked after stopping all that jiggling around. "No." They all responded in unison. And there was even a catkin loli with whitish gray hair that rolled over on a leather couch before mumbling, "...Hungry Mate hurry up Starve" Calista was going through some terribly tough times, as she didn''t know how much longer she couldst without a refill of her snacks! Chapter 466: Dreams Of Becoming The S*xy Big Sister .... "..." "..." "..." The rest of the girls stared nk-faced at the grumbling catkin girl before they felt like adorable was an understatement for her It seemed like every single one of them felt the urge to be her big sister, as it would look like Boundless and wdia had somepetition. However, their dreams of bing a sexy big sister figure and showing off in front of Azmond were quickly shut down by Boundless and wdia, as they red at them all before saying, "Don''t even think about it." They both smothered Calista in their bosoms as they stared at everyone like they were their worst enemies. And that was all it took for all the girls to back off, as they knew they would make it nowhere with those two sister cons in their way. **** Meanwhile, in the VIP stands above the Coliseum of Dacrats, a skeleton-like man with a short and simple-looking katana at his side was taking daunting steps toward a fat man of untold proportions! By untold proportions, it meant that he was so round and had so manyyers that it was hard to count them all However, of the two of them, the corpulent one with a crown atop his head appeared to be the cockier one "You actually daree against me like this!? Just because you are the disciple of that fraud, you think you can do whatever you want!?" Adam SunBurn screamed with a delusional expression. It looks like he''s already lost his mind due to the shock After this thought passed through Azmond''s mind, he approached the trembling King of the SunBurn Kingdom before bending down. His eyes emitted levels of killing intent never before witnessed on Asterion, as he prated the very soul of the man who this body should''ve called father. It truly is too bad that you''re such scum Maybe you could''ve gone farther in this life if you were just a decent person Azmond felt the urge to simply kill this terrified piggy, as he could smell the stench of piss dripping down his legs from miles away. And yet Adam still had the gall to say, "Y-You better let me out of this one alive!! Or else, you will die a terrible death beyond anything that you can imagine!! Fear me!!" Azmond was beginning to think that he waspletely unrted to this man, as there was no way that he was created from the genes of the squealing piggy before him. If only my ''mother'' were here right now I could check and see if she had any affairs in the time period that corrted with my birth. If so, then I could just kill this scum and be done with it He sighed a little at the fact that he missed the perfect opportunity to verify whether or not the ones his ''mother'' cheated with lined up with the time that he was born. In fact, everything about his existence and lineage in this world was quite a mystery, as he didn''t even know whether or not this ''father'' of his was truly rted to him. And if he wasn''t rted to him, then who was his true father? And why would this father of his stoop so low so as to sleep with his ''mother''. As although Azmond didn''t know her that well and didn''t even bother checking her status screen while she was here, he still wished to know about the history of his body Nheless, that was a matter for another time, as the only thing he was focused on right now was figuring out what he should do with the King of the SunBurn Kingdom and "Do you know who you are dealing with!?" A screechy voice resounded from a separate location in the VIP stands as a certain divine prince of the FireGod Empire moved his round body over to Azmond. He wore an infuriated and yet conceited look on his face, while his clothes were stacked to the brim with shiny rocks. And if one were topare this young man to anything, then it would definitely be an extremely ugly pokemon ball. "..." Azmond watched the living meatball approach him with an arrogant air permeating around him. Has this guy never seen a sd in his entire life? Or is this the physique he was aiming for? "Pfft" He chuckled a little when he saw the haughty demeanor of this meatball. "You dareugh at me!?" The divine prince spat back, his outstretched index finger trembling. Spit flew out of the stinky mouth of the dumpling-like man as his fat rolls made great movements with every word he spoke. "Haha~" Azmond finally couldn''t hold it in anymore, as he outrightughed his a*s off! Furthermore, he wasn''t the only one, as Marina, her mother, her daughter''s, Aya, the members of Azmond''s party, and even the usually stoic nun had tears build up in their eyes! The more reserved of them were trying to hold themselves back; however, when they saw how confident the meatball was, not a single one of them could repress the heavenly giggles any longer And it didn''t take long beforeughter could be heard from all parts of the VIP stands, as even those outside their little circle found this entire thing quite funny. "!!!!" Pervasshat heard everyoneughing at him as his face became redder than a tomato, as he erupted in rage and shouted, "Kill Them All! I don''t care what you have to do!!! I want them all dead right this instant!!!" "However, save me some of the women in his party! I wish to see how much longer they will beughing when I have them beneath my divine body!!" He gave anothermand as a few figures in cloaks materialized in front of the Divine Prince. There were dozens of them, and all of them were in the Middle and Late Mahayana Realm! Pervasshat had gone through a lot of trouble to be able to convince his stingy father to give him such escorts, and now he was finally able to put them to use! ..... Chapter 467: Mahayana Realm Loot ..... "Don''tpare those weaklings that were Adam''s servants to mine! After all, I have guards that are in the Late Mahayana Realm! The difference between the Middle Mahayana Realm and the Late Mahayana Realm is not one that a peasant like you could hope to cross!" The divine prince of the FireGod Empire went on this long rant about how he was better than everyone, and his stuff was also better than what everyone else had. In Azmond''s words, it was the ''same ol same ol''. So in response to this prolonged ranting session, he simply unsheathed his katana once more. SHING! SHING! After which, the twenty or so Mahayana Realm bodyguards were crippled, diced up, and then absorbed by Emu, further increasing Azmond and Emu''s strength. A few bright lights shed while Pervasshat closed his eyes, continuing his long speech about how great he was and how Azmond should kowtow and lick his boots. *Ding!* *You have gained experience +800,000,000M* *Ding!* *You have gained gold +800,000M* *Ding!* *You have obtained a plethora of different-ranked spiritual stones, further increasing your total wealth!* *Ding!* *You have obtained a multitude ofprehensions in variousws!* *Ding!* *Your Sword Law has taken one step closer to reaching 100%prehension!* *Ding!* *Your Sword Aura has taken one step closer to reaching the maximum stage of the Lowest-Level Areas of the Mortal Realm* *Ding!* *You have obtained the Lowest Level Death Law, Lowest Level Life Law, Magic Law, Nature Law, Inferno Law, Sun Fire Law, Growth Law, Regeneration Law, Assortment Law, Electricity Law, Law of Bnce, Law of Order, Law of Quality, Law of the Ruler, Lowest Level Law of Causality, and Law of Comfort.* *Ding!* *You have obtained furtherprehensions in a number of your currentws!" *Ding!* *More Laws have reached Level 7, Level 8, and Level 9, passing the 25%, 50%, and 75% thresholds!* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the cultivation bases of dozens of beings in the Mahayana Realm!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation base has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has increased from the ''Early Stages of the Middle Quantum Void Refining Realm'' to the ''Middle Stages of the Middle Quantum Void Refining Realm''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Early Stages of the 4th Star of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Middle Stages of the 4th Star of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm''* *Ding!* *You have gained x500.0 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering a plethora of different aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has increased from the ''Nearing Late Stages of the 11th Rank'' to the ''Late Stages of the 11th Rank''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Middle Stages of the 4th Star of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Late Stages of the 4th Star of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm''* *Ding!* *Do check out the Tier 2 System Shop items and use the ''Beast Taming System Function'' to acquire additional Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps!* Azmond assumed this would be the end of the system notifications swarming his screen; however, he was immediately proven wrong when a few more came in. BLING! *Ding!* *You havepleted various quests over thest period of time!* *Ding!* *You will acquire the experience points and other rewards from the Major Active Quests that youpleted, as the [A Rank Difficulty] Acquisitions have been calcted!* *Ding!* *You have gained experience +500,000,000,000M* *Ding!* *You have obtained an exorbitant amount of spiritual stones and other currencies!* *Ding!* *Your total wealth has multiplied!* *Ding!* *You have achieved one of the requirements to unlock the Tier 3 section of the system shop!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!... You have* *Ding!* *Your ''Exterior Cultivation'' has reached Level ''492''* *Ding!* *You are close to breaking through to Tier 2, and will subsequently be a Tier 2 existence the moment you reach the Lunar Ascendancy Realm and have your ''Exterior Cultivation'' at ''Tier 1: Level 500 (Max Level)''* *Ding!* *Upon bing a Tier 2 existence, you will receive major multiplicative boosts to your ''Racial benefits''! On top of that, your overall attributes will tremendously increase!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Late Stages of the 4th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Peak Stages of the 4th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm!* *Ding!* *You have gained x550.0 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has taken one step closer to reaching the ''Peak 11th Rank''* After that system notification sounded, it looked like all the main pop-up screens had finished going through. And following Azmond''s perusal of his system interface, he focused his attention back on reality as he stared down at the mess of an existence that was rambling on and on about how much greater he was. "Don''t you ever shut up?" Azmond questioned with an apathetic tone. He was getting sick and tired of listening to this grown man jabber about how much more superior he was to everyone else. Even the art of Young Master Peng had a limit, and unless you yed it off well, what this Divine Prince was doing could be considered an absolute affront to the art of ''Young Master Peng''! And to tarnish the reputation that Young Master Peng''s have been building up since the beginning of time pissed Azmond off! "!!!!" Pervasshat was taken out of his self-indulgent reverie by the frosty voice of the sickly man in front of him. And when he saw that dead look in the man''s eyes, he knew that he better shut up while he was ahead. So that''s exactly what the Divine Prince did, as he paused all movements of his mouth and waited with a trembling countenance. He also noticed that all of his guards were nowhere to be seen, and he was intelligent enough to understand what had happened in thest few seconds Chapter 468: Perva*shats Lowest Point... ..... "Please, Sir! I don''t know what was going through my head when I said those things! Spare this lowly one''s life!" Pervasshat whined and sniffled while groveling at the decrepit man''s feet, hoping with all his being toe out of this one alive! He was originally going to call some of his Late Mahayana Realm Elders; however, part of his bodyguards were those same elders, so who was he supposed to be calling!? Ghosts!? His breaches had already been stained with a yellow and brown substance as the VIP stands began to smell like a pig''s sty. "..." Azmond flipped his neutral gaze between the disbelieving King and the fat roll that was groveling beneath him. After understanding that they were both nothing more than dredges of society, he lifted up a leg before BOOM! BOOM! Kicking them both millions of miles away from the AquaRing Kingdom! However, before they were knocked out cold from the mere speed they were moving at, Azmond''s raspy voice echoed out as he said, "I hope both of you are prepared to receive a visit from me. And I do hope that you bring a bunch of experience bags-, I mean, I hope you obtain the help of a lot of backup forces." After saying these words and the two fatsos clearly understanding the underlying meaning behind what he said, both Pervasshat and King Adam SubBurn were sent back to where they came! I will eventually end up killing them, but they make better as experience bait At this thought, Azmond imagined all the secretly colluding forces that would show their heads when he ''visited'' their respective ces of residence. After all, if he wanted to maximize his Conqueror Wisps, he would need to dig up all the bad roots that nted themselves inside his world. The times toe will definitely be quite exciting On a side note, I also need to visit the home of a certain Leviathan that has been searching for me ever since I broke past the Lunar Ascendancy Realm in power. After all, the Venomspine Monster Ancestor seems to be nning something based on the system interfaces of the Monster Overseers that came by the Coliseum in their humanoid forms. Although Azmond wasn''t particrly worried about the ploy''s thought-up by ants, he still wanted to keep a certain eye on the ongoings of his new territory. Which ultimately meant that he would have to root out the rotten weeds, properly organize everyone under his rule, get a goodyout of every majorndmark in Asterion, and then have everyone absolutely loyal to him by the four-year mark. If he was able to aplish all that by the cutoff point, then he would begin the movement of the entire world as he traveled out into the Starry Expanse. But before that point came, he would, of course, need to achieve all the aforementioned points, but he also wanted to do a few other things. The first thing being to reach the Quantum Mahayana Realm and, subsequently, the Quantum Lunar Ascendancy Realm. However, that goal would naturally be achieved over time. In actuality, what he really wanted to be able to speed up that ''eventuality'' was to go to the ''Royal Academy of AquaRing'' as his ''Azmond Child Identity'', then go to the ''Courting Death'' and ''Celestial Academy'' with the same identity. And the reason he wanted to do this, besides for his own curiosity, was because he wished to know just how far he could maximize his ''Conqueror Wisp'' Boons. If his deductions were right, then the number of Conqueror Wisps he obtained was all dependent on not only the ''existence value'' of something but also the way that he went about acquiring this ''existence value''. The ''existence value'' was something Azmond coined for the level of energy that he received from each thing that he ''conquered''. In a word, the ''existence value'' was just another way to ssify the ''importance'' that the ''Quantum Conqueror ss'' considered something to be. So if the ''existence value'' of whatever he was conquering was higher, then he would naturally obtain a high margin of Conqueror Wisps. And if he further multiplied the worth of that ''Existence Value'' before reaping it, then he could obtain Conqueror Wisps many times greater than what he would''ve obtained! This was all to say that if he improved the worth of his existence at a deeper level in the hearts of those in major congregations of people like ''Academies'', then his Conqueror Wisp acquisition rates would soar! So in the meantime, he would build up his reputation as both the ''Man Beyond The Stars'' in the hearts of trillions and then acquire minor reverence from all the lower-level beings. While his soon-to-be ''Azmond child form'' would climb up the ranks of the Academies until he reached the absolute peak of what he could be in terms of being the ''Most Talented Genius in the History of Forever''! Just imagining how many Conqueror Wisps he would obtain upon being widely known as the ''Most Talented in History'' had him drooling And on top of being ''The Strongest Master in Asterion'', he could use both of his reputations in conjunction to maximize his benefits to an insane degree! Azmond nned to dry this of everything it had before moving on to the next ce to wring dry! Now the first step on that n to glory and riches was to use the ''Special Exam Level Teacher at the Royal Academy of AquaRing'' to get his ''Azmond child form'' admitted into the Academy! After this was done, he would keep all his previous history under wraps and start from the absolute beginning, so as to increase his profits! And at the same time, he would have ''The Man Beyond the Star''s'' identity head out and secretly improve the opinions of people through his intimidation tactic used on the thirty-nine Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts! If all went well, then Azmond should be looking at surpassing the 11th Quantum Conqueror Rank before a month passes by! But of course, he first had to put all this nning into action, so let''s get back to the epilogue of the Centennial sh Chapter 469: Aya, The Demon Princess **** In a secret room, surrounded by purple shades on all sides, in the VIP stands of the Coliseum of Dacratas. "You said something about me being requested to meet this Princess Aya?" Azmond asked, his figure standing outside these purple shades. He had already waved to Thalia beforeing here, upon which he received a cold re and a harrumph. Following this cold greeting from Thalia, he promised the girls in his party that he would give them a ''hand session'' when night came. They were all overjoyed at this promise made by Azmond; however, Boundless was expecting something else, which she would surely receive After all this was out of the way, a man in butler attire came up to his seat, asking if he had any free time to meet his princess. Azmond responded with a ''sure, why not?'', and before he knew it, he was waiting outside a wide area of purple shades in a private and exclusive section of the VIP stands. I wonder what it is this troubled woman wants with me? He had already glossed over her system interface, and he got a general understanding of what it was that she wanted with him. However, considering that Azmond was quite curious about her race as well, he decided it would do him no harm to hear what she had to say. And it didn''t take long before "You maye in." A melodic voice that dripped into the ears like honey sounded out from the other side of the purple shades. Welp No time like the present to see just what her race is capable of. Following these thoughts, Azmond moved the shades out of the way before leisurely walking into the inside of Princess Aya''s private seating area. And what he saw after getting a good view of the inside was something that went beyond even his already high expectations She''s beautiful Like ridiculously beautiful And it isn''t just her appearance, as her aura, simr to mine, is capable of enrapturing all those who gaze in her direction. What Azmond saw was a lone woman, sitting on a velvet-colored mat with golden tassels hanging off the side of it, seemingly some sort of cultivation device. On the other hand, the woman herself appeared to be surrounded by a deep and mysterious veil that covered her supremely divine facial features. The only things that Azmond could properly view of her appearance were those misty red eyes, her long, slightly braided white hair, and her pointed ears. Other than that, he was also able to get an idea of just how well-endowed she was, even with the baggy western-styled clothes that covered her up. She is something else, alright However, it''s to be expected from one who descends from not only a subus but also a vampire. And it shouldn''t be as simple as just being a by-product of two very different species, as her parents were no ordinary members of their respective races. Azmond was going to continue pondering the matter, but he was swiftly taken out of his reverie by the refined voice of the woman before him. "You are very interesting," Aya said, her eyes attempting to glean into the very essence of his soul. Of course, this was all a figure of speech, and she wasn''t actually prying into his secrets, which Azmond greatly appreciated. After all, he hated nothing more than people who became too nosy Of course, there were exceptions to that hate, but in the end, it all came down to whether he could forgive said person for delving too deep into his secrets. Nheless, Azmond stared into those big, dazzling red eyes of hers before he said, "I find you quite interesting as well, miss." "..." Aya raised an eyebrow at his words and asked, "Is that so?" "Yes, it is~ In fact, you interest me far more than I thought you would~" Azmond responded with a yful voice, as he never once strayed away from that prating gaze of hers. The demon princess was even more intrigued by this man after hearing his cheeky response and seeing that sly grin on his face. It''s almost like he''s an entirely different person than the way he was in the fighting rings He''s be more bold, or rather... He was always this way. After these thoughts passed through her mind, she suddenly realized something as she muttered, "A disguise" Azmond looked into the serene yet dangerous eyes of Aya, as he was slightly taken aback by the level of quick-wittedness she possessed. But regardless of his shock, he asked, "How did you know?" "I could guess this much because of your attitude when talking to me. It must surely be because you were ying everybody for fool''s in the Coliseum; subsequently, your flirtatious words don''t match your average appearance." Aya''s words sounded out inside the noise canceling barrier she enacted beforehand, as every word she spoke was the absolute truth. Azmond was more than a little surprised by the intelligence of this woman, as his wily smirk only grew before he said, "You''re quite the smart one, aren''t you~?" "... I consider myself to have slightly above average intelligence. Your situation was simply one that even a monkey could figure out if given enough time," Aya replied after a moment of thinking to herself. "Heh~ Are you calling everyone in the stadium a bunch of monkey''s~?" Azmond asked with an amused expression. Somehow, he had already conjured up a seat and found himself sitting right next to the easygoing beauty. Aya noticed this as well, but she didn''t particrly mind, as she said, "I don''t know what you''re talking about." "Sure, you don''t~" Azmond chuckled a little while his appearance slowly started to melt. "???" The Demon Princess was a little bewildered by the scene urring before her as she asked, "What''re you doing?" And it didn''t take long before she got a response from Azmond, as he replied, "You were talking about me being in disguise, and you were right, so don''t you think you deserve a prize~?" A prize? What does he mean by that-? However, she didn''t even get the time to mull over the matter, as his appearance had already transformed into somethingpletely out of this world. "!!!" So this is what he meant How is this possible How can one be-? ..... Chapter 470: Ayas Worry ..... "Do you like your reward~?" Azmond interjected her thoughts with his face mere inches away from hers. "..." A light blush formed on Aya''s face as she teleported away and appeared in a different section of the wide, crimson-carpeted room. "No closeness" She spoke with reddened ears from a few meters away. "Ho~? But you sounded awfully sure of your ability to resist any charms just a second ago~" Azmond noticed that she was quite confident in her resistance to charm, which was why she pointed out his disguise, expecting him to reveal something far superior. But unexpectedly for her, she was forced to look at something that didn''t even seem like it came from this ne of existence Why is he so absurdly good-looking?? I don''t understand Aya''s usually organized and well-structured train of thought was thrown into disarray the moment that Azmond got rid of his disguise. She wasn''t a superficial person in the slightest; however, when someone like him appeared in front of her, and with that radiant smile of his, she might as well have had no charm resistance! Nevertheless, Aya still managed to control her emotions as she organized her thoughts before saying, "I still wish to ask you about something. Or rather, about two different things." There was still a slight tinge of redness on her cheeks; however, it had lessened considerably whenpared to just a second ago. Ho? She''s quite good at reining in her emotions But unfortunately for her, I enjoy a challenge Azmond''s eyes creased up, as he knew just what he needed to do to loosen up this troubled vampire and subus mix. His movements were swift and unnoticeable as he blurred from his spot and appeared right next to Aya, his face aiming straight for hers. And just as it seemed like they were about to kiss, his mouth passed by her wless face and whispered, "You wish to speak about what exactly~?" "!?" Aya felt his warm breath mingle with her left earlobe as she backed up a little before mumbling, "I-I wish to ask you about your race and also about a potential partnership between the Demon Race and your master." Her words came out in a slight stutter, but she was eventually able to get her intent across with a hand covering her rosyplexion. Aya wasn''t one to let her emotions get the better of her. However, ever since this man entered her private viewing room and took off his disguise, she was beginning to lose her control over the flow of the conversation. Something that worried her more than anything After all, her entire life, all she had to rely on was her talent and her wits. And to allow her talent to fully bloom, Aya had to use her wits to get herself out of every precarious situation she found herself in when she was younger. So to find herself so flustered over a man whom she had known for less than a few minutes left her baffled at what woulde if she wasn''t able to resist him "..." Azmond looked at the troubled expression that the Demon Princess was making as he chortled a little before sporting a serious look on his face. "???" Aya was surprised by this sudden seriousness, but she wasn''t one toin over obtaining a little respite. She sat on her velvet mat, waiting for him to speak up, and it didn''t take long before "So I assume that your elders are the ones aiming for the second demand, while you''re the one who wishes to know more about my race?" Azmond''s deep and soothing voice resounded as he stared into those pretty red jewels of hers. Aya heard his words clearly as she replied, "I don''t know how you figured that out, but yes, you are urate in your deduction." "Well, I could figure it out because of my eyes," Azmond said while pointing at one of his multi-colored eyes. The Demon Princess almost got lost in his gaze for a second before she snapped out of it and said, "Your eyes do seem to have some special effects" Her eyes flickered a little when she said thest part, as it was obvious that she was simply entranced by those whirlpools on his face. "Sure, sure~" Azmond mused before saying, "However, on a serious note. I do wish to tell you that I am a certain variation of sex demon called a ''Semon'', and while I''m simr to you in a way, I''m alsopletely and fundamentally different." "Different?" Aya questioned with a perplexed look on her face. Although she wasn''t too keen on the details of his race, she was sure that they were the same. However, it looked like she was wrong? Azmond smiled a little at her disappointed expression, as even through her veil, he could see it as clear as day. And in response to her dismay, he said, "You don''t need to be so glum, haha~ I never said we weren''t alike, just not the same~" "!?" Aya became even more confused at these words, but more than that, she felt a tinge of happiness upon hearing that they were the same. Azmond noticed this as well, but he decided to leave it forter, as he said, "And about that other question. I don''t mind telling my master of this potential ''partnership''; however, don''t be mistaken; he will be taking everyone under his rule, so don''t see him as an equal." Hearing his response, Ayapletely understood what he was talking about, as she replied, "I can tell my seniors and family members of this, so when can I expect you to drop by again?" "Oh~? You want me toe back so soon~?" Azmond asked with a fox-like look on his face. His body inched ever closer to hers, as he was aiming to make the gentle yet serious beauty''s heart race a little more. "... I-I didn''t mean it like that St-Stop misconstruing my words!" Aya shouted with a low voice as her cheeks puffed out a little. "Heh~ but it sounded like you wanted me toe back right away~ So why don''t I just stay so you don''t have to go through the whole process of waiting~?" Azmond''s yful words echoed out, as he was once again right in front of the alluring body of the red-eyed woman. .... Chapter 471: Stay And Keep You Company? ... "Do you want me to stay and keep youpany~?" Azmond asked with his nose about to touch Aya''s. "!!!" Aya didn''t know what to do as she started internally freaking out with her eyes darting all over the ce, trying to find an out. However, no matter how much she attempted to steer her sight away from the devilishly handsome man, nothing seemed to work! And in the end, she found herself gazing into his hypnotizing eyes like a deer in headlights "I-I don''t know anymore" She murmured, her eyes glossing over, as a certain emotion started to shine through her veiled expression. Is this girl already raring to go? Azmond found this situation quite to his liking as he leaned in, preparing to pretend to press his lips against hers before backing out at thest second. However, right when his soft lips were about to touch her equally enticing lips, she dodged her head to the right before saying, "I''m not as easy to fool as all the other women you tried this on." After which, her jittery countenance immediately transformed into a stoic one, as it became abundantly clear to Azmond that she was the one ying him by the string. It looks like I was the one who was tricked this time, huh? Even though he should be quite peeved over that fact, for some reason, his interest in the woman before him only seemed to grow exponentially. And before he knew it, he shed a wide, brilliant smile before patting her on the head, slowly fading away from sight. Just as Azmond was about to disappear, with a devious grin on his face, he said, "I can''t wait to talk to you again, miss Aya~ Until next time~" After which, his figure vanished from sight as he left the velvety and crimson-colored room, heading back to the girls in his party. And in his ce, he left a gorgeous woman, confused and slightly relieved. As even though Aya would never admit it, she was close to falling for his charms Although only by a little bit! Her thoughts trailed off as a slight smile emerged on an expression that had been expressionless for many years before today **** |Did you go and meet that harlot!?| Boundless''s vexed voice echoed out across the VIP stands as she ran up to Azmond, expecting an answer. However, contrary to her expectations, he simply shed a light smile and said, "Let''s go and meet some old friends from the City of RiverBloom." After saying those words, he walked right past the busty brown beauty and made his way toward the exit of the Coliseum of Dacrats. |Y-You| Boundless was at a loss for words for a second until she finally found her voice and shouted, |You Big Baka!| After which, she ran like a ninja in the tall, masked man''s direction and leaped up onto his back! |Take this, you dumb baka!| Boundless eximed while her soft hands fell on his back. However, instead of hitting him, she snuggled up to him with a content look on her face. But after a moment or two of walking like this, her eyes widened as she said, |You tricked me! You meanie!| Boundless couldn''t believe she had fallen for such an ''borate ploy''! Azmond looked at the silly woman doing whatever came to her mind as a light chuckle escaped his lips before he asked, "Do you want some of those cinnamon rolls you saw next to Calista''s favorite shop?" |Really!?| Boundlesspletely forgot what she was just thinking about as her mind traced back to those tantalizing cinnamon rolls. And it didn''t take long before she snuggled even further into his back and mumbled, |Luv you| A deep blush formed on her face after she said those words, as she made herself at home on his body. Azmond watched this scene happen with a loving smile on his face as he responded, "I love you too, my little cinnamon roll~" |Mhmm| For just an instant in time, it was almost like there were just the two of them in the world. A host and a system Forever together until the end of time. However, their moment was quickly interrupted by all the other unique characters in their party: "You said we could go to that Takayoki ce, Azmond!" wdia eximed, her body already linking up with his right arm. "..." Azmond turned his gaze down to those pretty misty jewels on her face as he sighed a little at their mesmerizing beauty before saying, "We can go there on our way to the IronHeart Household in the countryside." "You promise?" She asked with a pleading voice. "Of course. So why don''t we enjoy our time together?" Azmond replied, his feet already taking a step outside of the Coliseum. However, he left behind a few troubled women in the VIP stands, namely, Thalia, Aya, the AquaRing family, and, of course, the Azure Empire Princess, who had be an avid fan of his. On the note of the AquaRing family, Marina, Margarete, and Aqua were still talking to Esra and Nadia while deciding what they would be doing next. They had already acquired the support of the disciple of the man beyond the stars, so now they had to figure out what it was they would be doing until Azmond informed his ''master'' of their matter. And that was when Esra brought something up as she said, "Why don''t we just go with Morningstar and his group?" "..." "..." "..." Nadia, Aqua, Marina, and Margarete all looked in the direction of the second-eldest daughter of Marina. And Esra took that as her cue to continue, so that''s what she did "I mean, it sounds kinda fun, right? We''re always stuck up in one ce or another, whether it be the Adventurer''s Guild, Mage''s Tower, or even the Castles," she began with a slight grin. "So why don''t we change it up? It can''t hurt to be a little adventurous every once in a while! Plus, I want to see exactly where the extent of the abilities of that Morningstar lie!" .... Chapter 472: Spicing Up Life .... Esra ended her reasoning with an excited expression, as it was clear that she was just bored and looking for something to spice up her life. Although it wasn''t like any of the other women were any different "Can we bring out cultivation materials? Because I still have my Qi Pills, Ice Mat, Qi Increasing Formations, and my-" Aqua tried to speak but was quickly interrupted by Esra, saying: "Don''t you think of anything other than cultivating? Do you not want to have any fun without obsessing over cultivation all the time!?" "No." That was all Aqua said in response as she walked away from the group, aiming to prepare all the storage rings that kept her cultivation materials. "..." "..." "..." Nadia and the rest looked at this scene with exasperated expressions, as they already knew how hard-working Aqua was. Always talking about ''keeping up with my husband this'' and ''I refuse to be left behind that''! It was almost like the youngest of them had be a cultivation machine! Although it seemed to be working out well for her, as she was already able to enter the Peak Soul Transformation Realm at an age under 30! It was an unbelievable aplishment that was worthy of the title of a once-in-a million-year genius! Nheless, it almost seemed like she was wasting away her youth by being so industrious And everyone in her family noticed that as well, which was why Margarete said, "Why don''t we just send her to the Royal Academy of AquaRing as well?" "Hmm That might not actually be such a bad thing, mother" Marina responded after a moment of contemtion. Nadia and Esra agreed with their mother and grandmother, as it was already decided unanimously that Aqua would be sent to the Royal Academy of AqauRing as one of the Special Exam students! They could also use this chance to ferment the rtionship between their family and the ''Man Beyond the Stars''! Furthermore, Marina could also use this as an excuse to frequently visit the Academy and see Azmond! I mean I can use this opportunity to better understand what sort of environment my daughter will be learning in! Yes, that is what I meant Marina corrected her thoughts with a wry smile, as she had already started calling her people to get Aqua admitted into the Academy. And it didn''t take long before everything was finalized, as the entrance ceremony two weeks from now would not only have a new Special Exams teacher but also a new Special Exams student applying! "This will be quite the event," Nadia mused with a lovely smile ying on her lips. She couldn''t wait to see her baby sister go out and have some fun outside the blue cobblestone walls that trapped her here her whole life. Although Nadia herself didn''t have the best experience with Academies, she still believed that her sister should give it a chance and maybe make some friends. Esra, Marina, and Margarete were thinking along the same lines, as they had only ever wished the best for the genius of the family. This was more the case with Marina, as she already had something in mind that should be able to improve her youngest daughter''s mood by quite arge amount. If I can find an opportunity to introduce Azmond into the academy in his ''child'' form as well as his teacher form, then I should be able to convince Azmond to let Aqua use the ''leveling system'' as well. At this thought, the voluptuous Milf suddenly got an idea, as she figured that if she dumped enough cultivation resources into that bottomless pit called Azmond, then he would be able to unlock another clone. As long as he reaches the Unity Form Synthesis Realm, then the number of Essence Soul Clones he can make will increase to two due to his Nascent Soul bing better limated to the Essence Soul that encapstes it. Marina''s smile widened, as she had effectively found a way to not only help Azmond but also her daughter! Margarete, Nadia, and Esra noticed the sudden tion in the busty Milf, but they summed it up as nothing more than her being a young teenager in love and discarded their thoughts. Nheless, after a few more minutes of talking, they had all decided that they would be following along with Morningstar and have a mansion built beside the IronHeart Duke Household. And at this decision, they all went in different directions, preparing whatever they needed for the next period of time. It was unknown how long it would take until they permanently came back to the Royal Capital, so they had all their stand-ins learn everything they needed to do for the next couple years. Although Marina and the rest doubted it would take that long for Aqua and Azmond to conquer the academy, it was still good to be prepared. **** Meanwhile, as the members of the AquaRing family were finishing up their preparations, arge group of women with noble auras were following behind a tall man with a wolf mask on. A yellow-haired girl ran out of the group of chattering women as shetched onto Azmond''s arm before saying, "Did you see my fights!? I was totally awesome, wasn''t I!? Just seeing the look on my father''s face put me in a far better mood than before!" Lemon appeared to be extremely proud of the fact that she had managed to make it into the Top 20 in the Centennial sh. Azmond realized this as well, so he shed her a kind smile and said, "You did good, Lemon." *Pat Pat* He tenderly patted her head while continuing to walk through the bustling and futuristic streets of the Royal Capital. "Mhmm" Lemon mumbled with reddened ears as her heart fluttered a little at his soft touches. The rest of the girls saw this scene and immediately became envious. "...Mate Not allowed to touch blonde bimbo" Calista murmured while her slender arms were pulling Azmond''s hand away from Lemon''s head. She was on his shoulders this entire time, so doing something like this was quite simple. Chapter 473: Carrot...? .... "You tell him, little sister! No blonde bimbos allowed!" wdia spoke with her hands thrusting into the air. Azmond looked at the two silly catkin girls. Lightly shaking his head, he said, "Don''t worry. You all will get your timeter. After all, my Dual Cultivation and Race features are about to level up again." "Mhmm" All of the girls calmed their nerves at this promise of his. Although they still didn''tpletely understand Azmond''s system, they had a rough understanding of what it was capable of giving him. Which ultimately came down to being designated a rge power up''! So if they could get a few cuddles and hand sessions for him and themselves to get more powerful, then who were they to reject his offer!? However, it looked like a few of the ''Main-Wives'' wanted a little something more, as Clover, Ember, and Medusa caught up to Azmond and snuggled their lusty bodies against his. "...Carrot?" Clover asked with a hand extended in his direction. Azmond looked down at the meek beauty next to him as he grabbed the golden carrot and took a bite, immediately feeling an increase in cultivation speed. "You and that Bunnymancer profession truly are quite the mystery, you know?" Even after a few dozen times of consuming this ''carrot'' made by Clover, he never could understand exactly how it was possible for something to increase cultivation speed at a near infinite rate. The Bunnymancer Profession/ss This is a special profession that is only ever seen once in a blue moon, and the number of times that it has been witnessed in the history of Asterion could be counted on one hand! Simr to the ''Fate Weaver'' ss, the Bunnymancer ss was capable of affecting the aspect of ''Fate'' or ''Destiny''. Although it wasn''t as direct as a Fate Weaver could in weaving fate, a Bunnymancer could use the aspect of destiny to alter thews of existence to a small degree, subsequently granting them the ability to conjure up ''Golden Carrots'' once a month. This rate increases the further you increase your cultivation and proficiency with the Bunnymancer ss. At the Half-Step Mahayana Realm, Clover is able to conjure up four of these ''Golden Carrots'' daily. Which means that she is able to permanently increase the cultivation base of either herself or herpanions four times a day. This ss, like many other unique sses, can only be activated once one has found their soulmate. So in Clover''s case, she wasn''t able to activate this secondary ss until she really got to know Azmond. Furthermore, it wasn''t able to show its effectiveness until she had built a deep enough rtionship with him to elicit a reaction from the Bunnymancer ss. "Thanks for the carrot, Clover," Azmond said with his hands caressing the top of her head, just in between those adorable bunny ears of hers. "Mhmm" Clover meekly nodded with a giddy grin on her face. Her bunny tail wiggled a little while her long ears flopped a bit, as it was clear from her cute actions that she was quite happy over the words of appreciation. After all, she, just like most of the girls in Azmond''s party, had never been appreciated or thanked for anything they did In the eyes of all those who ''owned'' the women before, they were nothing more than dolls or trophies that could be used to show off in front of other people. And in the case of the Two Hundred Ice Lilies of the Cultivation World, their fates before meeting Azmond were teetering on the line between life and death None of them had good lives, as even Calista, wdia, Clover, Medusa, Ember, and Lemon were all the same in that department. In fact, even Crystalline, Azure, Sapphire, Aqua, Marina, Margarete, and the rest were all in the same boat when it came to unfortunate lives Sapphire and Aqua had to desperately struggle against their own family to w their way to being maids of Marina, while Marina was forced into an unwanted marriage with a scumbag. Margarete was all alone for her entire life and was forced to adapt to the cruel world that she was thrown into, as her life literally started on a bloody war-torn battlefield. On the other hand, Lemon had the nicest upbringing of them all, as her family was nice and her environment was warm and peachy; however, after going out into the world, aiming to be a well-renowned Adventurer, trial after trial was thrown her way. Until eventually, there came a day when a few other SS-Rank Adventurer''s could no longer hold back their repressed urges. Andstly, but not least, we had Crystalline, who, despite her icy countenance, was forced to do whatever was asked of her at the whim of everyone she called her ''family''. She was all alone, forced into solitude by an ice shell that was her cold demeanor, ostracized by the people, and either seen as a supreme genius or a hindrance that needed to be taken out. Crystalline had a life that, although not as bad as some, was still at a level where, when someone like Azmond appeared in her gray and dull world, everything started to change And she wasn''t the only case like that, as just about everyone in Azmond''s party had their gray and dull worlds brightened to a degree that they could confidently call themselves happy! "What does everyone want to do about lodging once we make it to the IronHeart Household?" Azmond asked with a smile, his gaze flipping through all the girls in his party. And it didn''t take long before Medusa spoke up and asked, "Isn''t the answer already obvious? We''re going to be sleeping with you." Azmond expected this sort of response, but he still felt a little exasperated at the thought of hundreds of women being sprawled out on his bed, with their lewd bodies disyed for only one male''s eyes to see. Wait Have I be some sort of pimpy yboy scum of the highest degree?? I mean, I literally have hundreds of women who follow me around and do whatever I say At this realization, his expression turned distraught, as he couldn''t believe that his reputation with his main body could basically be summed up as Scum! ..... Chapter 474: A Recap Of The Beauties ... That''s not to mention that I tease these girls almost constantly, causing them to be horny nearly 24/7 I''m essentially making my own lusty harem without doing any of the nighttime activities with my ''harem''... Azmond was realizing many things, as he knew that he needed to do something about this situation, and soon! Maybe I should have all the Two Hundred Ice Lilies of The Cultivation World be something akin to my maids and also the main fighting force of my Heaven Exploding Faction? If I do that, then I can separate them away from me a little while also allowing them to explore other avenues, say, finding themselves another man to spend their lives with. Azmond doubted the usibility of this n, considering that finding someone who could act as his recement was nearly impossible, but maybe it could give him some time to figure out what it was he wanted. Plus, having arge group of sexy maids at your beck and call was the dream of any man. Then, I''ve decided! I''ll have Clover, Medusa, Ember, wdia, Azure, Sapphire, Marina, Crystalline, and Boundless as my current lovers or future lovers, while Lemon is still undecided, and Calista is clearly the cute and adorable mascot! On the other hand, all of the Two Hundred Ice Lilies, including the rest of the monster queens, will be my maids, or rather, the sword of the Heaven Exploding Faction! From there, I will just let everything y out at its own pace and see where it goes. After all, I n to reach the very peak of existence, so there are an uncountable number of years to see where everything ends up. There''s also Thalia, Margarete, and that Aya girl, but they are still far from reaching the point of being considered lovers, so they will be excluded for now. Oh, and there''s also Aqua and that Esra chick, both of which have their own little fantasies about me I will just add them to the list of ''Beautiful crazies that need to be dealt with at ater date.'' After figuring out all his differentplicated andplex rtionships, Azmond understood something that came as quite a surprise to him! That thing being that he waspletely and utterly... Trash of the highest degree! What have I done? All these women How did I amass such arge gathering of potential love interests in less than two dozen years of being here!? Azmond was beginning to lose hope in the faith he had in his character Welp I guess there is nothing I can do about all of this, so I''ve decided to leave all these convoluted issues for my future self to figure out! Good luck future me! After getting out his cheers for future him, he walked outside the main city square of the Royal City of AquaRing and started his approach into the far-off outskirts, where he would eventually reach arge mansion in the outer sections of the bluends of the Royal Capital. Many spaceships of varying sizes and dimensions passed over their heads on their way out of the most popted areas of the Royal Capital as they stared at the mages going in and out of the colossal mage tower. Everyone was quite surprised by the sheer number of high-ranking mages that went in and out of the Mage Tower, going about their business with serious expressions. It was clear for those in Azmond''s party that the mages of the mage tower were always hard at work, and more often than not, they were either carrying around vials with weird substances in them or long staffs. Nheless, they only considered the Mage Tower for a bit before moving onto all the ces that they wished to dine at. All of which included dozens of different restaurants, such as sweet shops, sushi joints, ramen stands, fine steak dining, pudding shops, and a plethora of other ces It didn''t take much for one to infer that Azmond waspletely pooped after eating so much food And it wasn''t like he was allowed to stop eating, as the girls in his party would always be gloomy when he said he was full. It''s like they''re trying to stuff me to the very limit before popping me and seeing what''s inside my guts Azmond sighed a little at this notion but continued to eat everything that the girls shoved into his mouth. A few days passed by, and Azmond and the gang had gone through nearly every restaurant, eating anything that came their way. The number of gold coins and Aqua Coins that had been expended on this munching fest had already surpassed the hundreds of billions But in the end, it was a nice little outing to reward all the girls for their high cings in the Centennial sh. And it was also a way for Azmond to spend some time with them before he went off to the various academies and climbed his way to the very top. As the only ones he would be taking with him were Calista and Boundless, the rest of the girls would need to find their own paths before the end of the world came to pass. Upon which, Azmond and Lemon suggested that all the Two Hundred Ice Lilies, Ember, Medusa, Clover, and wdia, should make a subsidiary of the soon-to-be ''Heaven Exploding Faction''. And what they could call this subsidiary that would also be attached to the extremely powerful and elusive Adventurer''s Association is the ''Heaven Exploding Guild''. The Adventurer''s Association. It was said that the Adventurer''s Association had connections with beings beyond the Starry Seaboard and Starry Expanse; however, even the Great Leviathan and other Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts were unable to get anything tangible from the leaders of the Association. Or rather, from the sole owner of the Association, known as ''The Traveler''. A man who even the Great Leviathan was apprehensive about carelessly approaching! ..... Chapter 475 The True Powerhouses Of The World 475 The True Powerhouses Of The World Chapter 475 ...¡­.. When it was said that the thirty-nine Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts were all the ruling forces of Asterion, besides The Leviathan, that was technically true. However, there were also a few other elusive figures who weren''t as open as the Empires and Secret Sects when it came to ruling. Namely, they were the leaders of the Adventurer''s Association, ''The Traveler''. The Mage Meister of the Mage Tower, ''The Anachronism''. And then finally, there was the Emperor of the Divine Sea Dynasty, ''The Overseeing Emperor'' All of these figures were suspected to be stronger than the Great Leviathan; however, for some reason, none of them ever got involved in world affairs. In fact, even when Azmond unleashed his power at the 3rd Star of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm, not a single one of them made a move. And the weirdest thing about it all was that these three elusive figures were said to have been alive for hundreds of thousands of years! Which would make them even older than the Great Leviathan! However, what Azmond didn''t understand was why powerful figures like these, who had clearly surpassed the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm, never made a move. In fact, even with the inevitable devouring of the Asterion, not one of those three people seemed even the slightest bit worried. And even their own people had never seen them in their entire lives¡­ It was almost like these three ancient monsters were nothing more than fairy tales made up to keep all the world-level rulers in check. In the eyes of the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Master''s, they truly did see these three elusive ancients as anything more than ideas that were meant to keep them in line. And considering that no one had been alive long enough to witness the truth of this matter, everyone naturally assumed that they were just made-up concepts. Nheless, the subject involving these three very real beings was for another time, as Azmond was currently parting ways with all the Ice Lilies and a few of his potential lovers. ¡­ It had already been a few days since the Centennial sh had concluded, and afterwards, Azmond had once again met Azure and Sapphire, talked to them for a while, and gave them a few hanides. After which, he was forced to give all the Two Hundred Ice Lilies and his potential lovers a few handies, which ultimately led to everyone being regenerated for the undetermined period of separation that was toe. Azure and Sapphire were still undecided on whether they wanted to be lovers of Azmond; however, they knew that it would surely not be thest time that they met him, so they opted to take it slow. After all, if there was one thing that two talented maids in the Tribtion Transcendance Realm had, then it was time. That was especially the case after Azmond had made everyone a part of his main party, which allowed them all to utilize the ''Leveling function''. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om In essence, it allowed everyone in his Main-Party to be capable of surpassing any number of arrogant heavenly geniuses! And on the subject of system functions, Azmond had added 10,000 beasts to his beast-taming function, all of which he obtained through the Luminous Grounds. After all, he didn''t kill all the trapped Tribtion Transcendence Realm Monster ves on the Twenty First Step. Only the ones who had lost every semnce of reason were deemed irredeemable and subsequently ''taken care of'' by Azmond. But in the end, a little over 10,000 of the Tribtion Transcendance Realm Beast''s were able to be saved from bing experience bags. And on that note, the number lined up almost perfectly with the number of open slots Azmond had in his Beast Taming Function. Furthermore, on top of the loot gains that would be acquired from them being his contracted beast''s, there was also a neat feature that would allow all contracted beasts to venture out into the Starry Expanse! Azmond made sure to make good use of that feature as he sent out all of his beasts into the Starry Expanse, aiming to understand what exactlyy beyond¡­ Thousands of country-sized creatures were seen leaving Asterion''s atmosphere one fateful day, coinciding with the day that Azmond temporarily bid farewell to all his girls. And just like Crystalline, everyone went out and did their own thing, hoping to acquire reputations and achievements that would help Azmond on his quest toplete world dominance. On that note, there was actually a way for all the girls to assist him in gaining more power. And that was to simply do what they were going to do anyway! Spread out and conquer! Spread out and increase the existence value of everything rted to Azmond! Doing it this way would allow the total existence value of Asterion to increase by an uncountable amount! The number of Conqueror Wisps that Azmond would indirectly be receiving through his affection rates with all the girls would be utterly insane! Who knows? Maybe by the time he ventures out into the Starry Expanse, he will already be unrivaled! At the rate at which Azmond was progressing, it wasn''t actually a too far-off goal for him to acquire abat power that trumps all those he encounters to ludicrous degrees! Nheless, after getting everything out of the way and letting everyone find their own paths, Calista, Boundless, Emu, and Azmond made their way to the IronHeart Mansion, where their new beginning to the peak would begin! I know I promised the girls we would all sleep on the same bed; however, it looks like I''ll have to give them ten times what they asked for the next time we meet¡­ Azmond''s thoughts echoed out as he, along with his small group, stood outside the luxurious gates of the IronHeart Mansion. **** "Hello?" Azmond spoke with a louder than usual voice, his head in the direction of the holographic screen that stood to the side of the gates. "Yes?" A robotic voice responded back, as a hologram of an old man in refined attire materialized in the air not long after. And when the little holographic person saw who it was on the other side, it immediately said, "I can''t believe you actually decided to give these old bones a visit!" Following this sudden exmation, a man with long, flowing gray and white robes sped through the expansive halls of his mansion, making it to the front doors in no time at all. ...¡­. Have some idea about my story? Comment it and let me know. Astral_Pandemonium Creator''s Thought Chapter 476 IronHeart Duke Mansion 476 IronHeart Duke Mansion Chapter 476 ...¡­. BAM! The colossal and opulent doors of the IronHeart Duke mansion mmed open as an old man with a certain amount of ss in his step phased through to the other side. And not long after this figure appeared, a woman in a tight-fitted ck and white suit formed from thin air, tagging right along behind the retired BranchMaster. "It''s good to see you, Young Azmond. Did you enjoy yourself while in the Luminous Grounds?" Adrian IronHeart''s friendly voice echoed throughout the vibrant and colorful yard as he, along with the beautiful woman behind him, were standing on the other side of therge mansion gates. Azmond smiled a little at the pleasant attitudes of both the BranchMaster and his disciple, ra, before saying, "You two truly are a breath of fresh air." He couldn''t help butpare them to most of the other nobles he had met in the Centennial sh, and at such aparison, he realized just how humble Adrian and ra were. They would not make good Young Master Peng''s¡­ In fact, they are nowhere near the level of Young Master Peng Dao that I haveprehended¡­ Azmond was a little saddened over the fact that he was unable to find another avid set of Young Master Peng''s, but in the end, it was still nice to see the two of them. Although he hadn''t had much interaction with them when the beast wave happened in the City of RiverBloom, it was due to their help that he was able to get his Adventurer status kick-started. ... That reminds me¡­ I should probably go andplete that ''Climb to the Top of the Adventurer Ranks'' quest when I have the chance with a few more clones. Azmond has been thinking about that clone system function he would unlock at the Quantum Mahayana Realm, and he has been patiently waiting for the moment he obtained such an overpowered system feature! Just imagining all the things he could get done with dozens or hundreds of himself was enough to make him start daydreaming. Nheless, he still had some room and lodging to obtain from these wealthy acquaintances of his. Azmond was originally going to ask Percival, Ayh, and Spiritme to let him stay somewhere while he and Calista were enrolled in the Royal Academy of AquaRing. However, after asking them through voice transmission, they responded, ''We spent all our money on the more distinguished establishments in AquaRing''. Upon which, they shamelessly slithered away, attempting to suck up to the AquaRing Royal family after understanding that they would be receiving nothing from Azmond. They were disappointed at this fact, but Azmond did promise them that if they did a good job keeping Marina and the rest safe, then they would be rewarded with enough money to be considered Kings! At this promise, they had aplete 360 in their attitudes and were suddenly willing to do whatever it took to take care of the leader''sdies! On that note, they all unanimously decided to call Azmond their leader. After all, they had heard about his identities, and it was at that moment they knew which thigh they needed totch onto! If only Percival''s wife and wdia''s mother knew about the antics of that sleazy man¡­ Heh~ Just imagining the drama that would unfold makes me anticipate the day that I can revel in the misfortunes of that middle-aged dude¡­ Azmond was going to continue gloating in front of the illusory Percival inside his mind, but he was suddenly interrupted by the voice of Adrian IronHeart. "So, what were you two looking to do here?" He asked in a weing voice as he sat on the other side of a circr wooden table. Azmond, Calista, Boundless, and Emu had already been invited inside therge mansion, as they sat on the other side of a table that separated them from the BranchMaster and ra. Calista was on Azmond''s shoulders, while Emu took his head, and Boundless imed ownership over his right side. And it was under this battle formation that Azmond smiled kindly at Adrian and said, "We havee here to request that you let us live here while we enroll in the Royal Academy of AquaRing." "!?" Adrian was a little shocked at hearing this as he raised an eyebrow before asking, "You know that you must be under 100 years old to be eligible to enroll in the Academy, don''t you?" All it took was one look at their Unity Form Synthesis Realm Auras to know that neither of them could possibly be young enough to be able to make it into the Royal Academy of AquaRing. However, his spections were blown out of the ballpark with the words that followed, as Azmond said, "I won the Centennial sh and was able to acquire a spot as a Special Exams Teacher, while this little angel," Azmond began with his handying down a few pats on Calista''s head as he continued, "Will be turning 15 years old this year." "Winning the Centennial sh!? 15-year-old Unity Form Synthesis Realm Expert!? You surely jest, Young Azmond!" Adrian practically fell off his seat upon hearing this news. And he wasn''t the only one, as ra was right behind him in the level of disbelief oozing from her expression. "No matter if it makes any sense or not, I havee here to ask you if it''s okay if we stay here for the next indefinite period of time?" Azmond spoke with a smile shining through his mask. "... Yeah, we stay¡­ Eat your sushi¡­" Calista mumbled, her mouth drooling a bit as she looked at the appetizer tes. Azmond saw the troubled look on her face as he waved his hand and brought all the appetizers toward his little glutton through levitation. "...Mhmm¡­ Luv you, mate¡­" Calista murmured before munching away at all the food, her fluffy tail swinging all over the ce. |I want some too, Azmond!| Boundless chimed in, her body violently rubbing up against Azmond''s arm. FWIP! N?v(el)B\\jnn Azmond made even more food appear, as Boundless was able to munch away as well. ...¡­. Creation is hard, cheer me up! VOTE for me! Astral_Pandemonium Creator''s Thought Chapter 477 I Just Got Lucky 477 I Just Got Lucky Chapter 477 ...¡­.. "As we were saying-" Just as Azmond was about to continue his conversation with the baffled master and disciple pair, he was interrupted by Emu, saying: "Mhmu! Mhmu!" It squeaked with its golden eyes shining while looking at all the appetizers. "You too?" Azmond asked. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu confidently confirmed. FWIP! And that was all the confirmation that was needed for tens of tes to materialize in front of the ck and gold slime. "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu''s eyes sparkled, as it had already started voraciously devouring everything that it saw! ¡­ "..." "..." Adrian and ra stared at this scene with nk stares, as they didn''t even know what they should think anymore. "Anywho, as I was saying, could we perhaps stay at your residence while we''re enrolled in the Academy of AquaRing?" Azmond asked with an easygoing expression. "..." "..." The BranchMaster and his disciple were still trying toprehend the revtions they had heard not even a few seconds ago¡­ "You wish to stay here¡­?" Adrian finally asked after a second to calm his nerves. "Yes," Azmond replied instantaneously. "I see¡­" The BranchMaster wasn''t even sure what to say, so he just nodded his head and said, "You can stay however long you want. However, could you show me one thing in return?" "...I don''t mind, so what is it you want to see?" Azmond inquired after a moment to think it over. "Could you show me the aura you used to win apetition as prestigious as the Centennial sh? I wasn''t able to witness the matches myself, but I had heard of there being Half-Step Mahayana Realm Experts being expected to win." The BranchMaster and heir of the IronHeart Household may not be very informed of ongoing news, especially after being asked to return for his Duke training, but even he was aware of big events like the Centennial sh. But surely I must''ve heard wrong this time, right!? I mean, there''s no way that this youngster is capable of going from the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm to the Half-Step Mahayana Realm in a mere couple years! Right!? Adrian was beginning to profusely sweat as he thought of the possibility that Azmond really had broken through nearly two major realms being the reality of the situation¡­ And it wound up that his ridiculous spections turned out to be proven correct, as an aura at the very peak of the Half-Step Mahayana Realm was unleashed from Azmond''s masked figure! WAAAA! The top of the IronHeart Mansion nearly had its diamond-adorned roof blown off as immense pressure pressed down on everything within thousands of miles! ¡­ "Th-This is¡­" Neither Adrian nor ra could believe their eyes as they stared at the man before them in disbelief. "H-How can this possibly have happened!? You were in the Early Unity Form Synthesis Realm not even a few years ago! How could you have already broken through not only the Tribtion Transcendence Realm but also the Half-Step Mahayana Realm!?" Adrian''s astonished voice reverberated throughout themodious halls of the lounge area of his mansion as he stared wide-eyed at the phenomenon urring before him. Azmond''s smirk widened a little through his mask as he said, "I just got lucky. So which rooms can we use?" "Lucky!? And the first two on the right are vacant," Adrian replied. "Cool, I''ll talk to youter, old dude. And once again, it was nice seeing you," Azmond responded, his body already getting up off the couch. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om *Tap Tap* He walked through the white marbled halls of the IronHeart Mansion, aiming to settle himself in before he prepared for his cultivation session. After all, there were still many gains that he had to digest from this recent wealth-relinquishing spree. Which included not only mary currencies but also all the Qi Pills and Qi Abode enhancers that he obtained from his fans¡ªfans that were still searching for any trace of him, even at this very moment¡­ *Shiver!* Azmond shuddered a little bit when he thought of all the thirsty women that must be searching for any trace of his existence. But luckily for him, he managed to hide his tracks rtively well with his ''wless disguise''! Nheless, footsteps echoed out as Azmond approached the two rooms that the BranchMaster told them they could have. "Do you wish to go to your own room, Calista?" Azmond asked with a gentle smile, his hand sped onto hers from atop his head. "Nuh uh!" Calista vehemently rejected the mere notion of ever doing something so sphemous, as she clung even harder to his soft bed of long ck hair. *Sigh¡­* Azmond sighed a little at the adorable clinginess of his little angel as he opened the door to the first room and let everyone enter inside. After which, he closed the doors before beginning to set out everything that he would be using for his cultivation session that couldst until the entrance ceremony began for the AquaRing Academy. "Did we just get treated as thin air, Master?" ra questioned with her mouth still agape. "Yes, I think so, my disciple," Adrian replied with a look that said he had just been offered to be conned, and he took the offer without a second of hesitation. ***** Meanwhile, in therge andvishly decorated gold and blue room that Azmond, Calista, Boundless, and Emu would be staying in for the next indefinite period of time. WAAAA! Azmond was sitting cross-legged on a cultivation efficiency-enhancing mat while glossing over all his recent gains from inside a Qi-canceling barrier. And while he was sitting there, he was receiving thousands upon thousands of System Notifications from all the remote experience grinders that he had working away. Although Azmond never did take out all the monsters he escorted (kidnapped) away from their homes, he was able to receive both the system notifications obtained from the work of his Main-Party Members, the new humans and beastkin he added to his ''Non Main-Party'', and also the experience acquired from his contracted beasts. Which at this moment, were fighting things called ''Star Beasts''. ...¡­.. Have some idea about my story? Comment it and let me know. Chapter 478 Insane Improvements! 478 Insane Improvements! Chapter 478 ...¡­.. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om Star Beasts were inhabitants of the vast void of space that were able to live in the Starry Expanse, even though some of them had rtively low cultivation bases. There were even some that were in the Body Refinement Realm and the Qi Condensation Realm! Furthermore, these ''Star Beasts'' were what those at the Starry Seaboard were fighting on a daily basis. And they were also one of the main contributing reasons for 95% of all deaths incurred in Asterion! This was due to not only most people being ''recruited'' to fight in the Starry Seaboard, but also because of all the fights that happened before and after one joined in on the battle of the Starry Seaboard. In fact, most of the time, the Star Beasts weren''t even the ones to me for the absurd death rates at the Starry Seaboard, as there were constant Guild and Faction Wars happening at every moment. Nheless, in Azmond''s case, these Star Beats were actually helping him out tremendously, as his contracted beasts were killing thousands of them every second! That meant that at the minimum, 1,000 experience was being acquired by the contacted beasts with every second that passed! And this was at the very bare minimum, as the numbers likely extended to hundreds, if not thousands, and tens of thousands that amount! One million+ experience points were acquired with every second that passed in the real world¡­ And without Azmond even having to do anything! What sort of concept was this!? Nevertheless, he made sure to make great use of this new way to obtain experience points, as his level was inching ever closer to Tier 1: Level 500! In fact, Azmond predicted that he would be able to break past Tier 1 into Tier 2 by the time that he finished his current cultivation session! Which was to say that within the next few days, his strength would soar exponentially! And it was because of this looming fact that Azmond immediately got right down to it while Calista, Boundless, and Emu were sleeping. A few bright lights shed. *Ding!* *You have obtained experience +120,000,000* *Ding!* *You have obtained experience +1,500,000,000* *Ding!* *You have obtained experience +300,000,000* *Ding!* *You have obtained experience +4,000,000* *Ding!* *You have obtained experience +1,600,000* *Ding!* *You have obtained experience +3,700,000,000* *Ding!... You have¡­* Following the experience pop-ups, millions of gold system notifications appeared. And those notifications were followed by millions of spiritual stones,ws, item acquisitions, and a multitude of other pop-ups. After all of these bright blue and gold screens swarmed Azmond''s vision, he looked at the few that attracted the most of his attention. BLING! *Ding!* *You have obtained the following Laws through the efforts of yourself and your main party members: Crimson Law, Aqua Law, Aerospace Law, Hyperventtion Law, Excrecation Law, Digging Law, Jump Law, Sprint Law, Speed Law, Strength Law, Defense Law, Weight Lifting Law, Muscle Law, Gaming Law, Law of Insight, Law of Extended Vision, Law of Nocturnal, Law of the Olden Ones, Law of Surpassing Boundaries, Law of Suppression, Law of Capturing.* *Ding!* *A plethora of yourws have advanced in level from ''Level 1'' to ''Level 7 and Level 8''!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved due to all the passive attribute-basedw benefits!* *Ding!* *You have obtained the Weapon Aura''s: Rapier Aura, Mace Aura, Staff Aura, ve Aura, Hammer Aura, Longsword Aura, Saber Aura, Bow Aura, Gun Aura, Cannon Aura, Trap Aura, Spike Aura, Dagger Aura, and Glove Aura.* *Ding!* *You have obtained a number ofprehensions in a plethora of different weapon auras!* *Ding!* *All of your weapon auras have had their levels increased from various levels to ''Level 5+''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously increased!* *Ding!* *Your wealth has tremendously improved due to all iing acquisition rates!* *Ding!* *You have obtained Dual Cultivation experience +85,000,000M due to all the shameless seducing you did to millions of high-ranking figures of Asterion!* *Ding!* *Your Dual Cultivation Tab has leveled up!* 21:55 *Ding!* *Your Dual Cultivation Tab has leveled up!* *Ding!* *Your Dual Cultivation Tab has leveled up!* *Ding!* *Your Dual Cultivation Tab has leveled up!* *Ding!.. You have¡­* A series of level-up notifications swarmed in due to all the backed-up dual cultivation experience that Azmond acquired from all the ''work'' he did in the Coliseum of Dacratas. On that note, the sheer amount of experience he gained had surpassed all his previous dual cultivation gains one hundredfold! ... I should go out and indirectly flirt with all the women in existence if this is what I can acquire from a few days of ying the weakling with my Semon race¡­ Azmond''s razor-sharp tail swung around a little at this notion, as it seemed to very much like the idea of going out and acting like the universe''s biggest yboy! Nheless, after these level-up notifications flooded his vision, a few more came in. BLING! *Ding!* *Your Dual Cultivation Tab has reached Tier 1: Level 97!* *Ding!* *Your racial attribute boosts have increased to ''192,000%''* *Ding!* *You are close to breaking through to being a Tier 2 Semon!* *Ding!* *Upon breaking past Tier 1: Level 100 into Tier 2: Level 1, you will have major increases to all your Semon-rted attribute boosts!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Peak Stages of the 4th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Peak Stages of the 6th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm''* ¡­ WAAAA! A wave of strength washed over Azmond, increasing his strength by an untold amount before even more system notifications came in. BLING! *Ding!* *You have obtained x25,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your ''Quantum Conqueror Rank'' has taken major strides and improved all the way to the ''Absolute Peak of the 11th Rank''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has further increased from the ''Peak Stages of the 6th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Initial Stages of the 7th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm''* ...¡­ Creation is hard, cheer me up! VOTE for me! Astral_Pandemonium Creator''s Thought Chapter 479 Buying Out Everything In The System Shop! 479 Buying Out Everything In The System Shop! Chapter 479 ...¡­.. WAAA! Another wave of power enveloped Azmond in its warm embrace, as his strength had improved a countless number of times whenpared to when he first entered the room! And this was all before his cultivation session even started... "Ahh¡­ There are so many interesting things in the Second Tier of the System Shop," Azmond mused with a small smile, his eyes glossing over a few bright blue screens. BLING! {[System Shop]} ¡ú [Tier 1 Store Credits: 420 Quadrillion] {[Tier 1]} ¡ú [Copse]} {[Tier 2]} [Earth Rank Qi Absorption Pills - x500,000,000K System Credits] [Heaven Rank Qi Absorption Pills - x10,000,000M System Credits] [God Devouring Qi Cultivation Efficiency Increasing Mat (Times 15 boost to cultivation speed) - x100,000,000M] [Heaven Rank Qi Efficiency Increasing Cave Above Formation (Times 30 boost to cultivation speed in a specific area) - x200,000,000M] [Highest Ranked Spiritual Stones - x1,000,000M] [World Devouring Fruit (Can only be bought once; gives whoever eats it the ability to improve their physical strength through devouring cosmic bodies. (Heaven Rank Physique) - x100,000,000,000M] [Time-Altering Formation (Works in conjunction with Qi Efficiency Formations) (Times 10 Time Slow Down Effect within an area of one hundred meters or less) - x50,000,000,000M] [Set of the Timeless Immortal''s Robes (Can only be bought once) (Contains the aspects of Annihtion and Time within the very robes themselves) (Increases cultivation speed by x100) (x10 boost to all fundamental attributes) - 20,000,000,000M] "..." Azmond looked over all the new system shop items, as he already knew what he would buy as soon as he saw them. I''ll buy everything! 22:00 At this thought, his grin widened as he went on a spending spree and bought one of everything, while buying a countless number of Highest Ranked Spiritual Stones, Earth Ranked Qi Absorption Pills, and Heaven Ranked Qi Absorption Pills! After buying out most of the items in the catalog, Azmond took out the God-Devouring Qi Cultivation Efficiency Mat, setting it down a couple seconds after it materialized. WAAA! The Qi swirling around in the room had an instant transformation, as the entire ce brightened up to insane degrees! A few moments passed, and the aura within the room finally calmed down a little. After which, Azmond felt the ludicrous amounts of Qi swarm around his body, aiming to envelop him in its entirety! Azmond''s expression morphed into one of tion as he felt his cultivation speed improve to insane levels! But it seemed like that wasn''t enough for him, as he also took out the Heaven Ranked Qi Efficiency Increasing Cave Abode Formation Scroll. He unraveled the scroll andid it down on the ground below, upon which¡­ BLING! A bright, golden, and crimson-colored aura erupted from the scroll! WAAA! The Qi density within the isted space Azmond was in started to be augmented to ridiculous degrees! n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om After the Qi settled down, simr to what happened with the God-Devouring Mat, a serene and seemingly heavenly aura permeated the area around the wolf-masked man. This feeling is indescribable¡­ I don''t even know how to put it into words¡­ Azmond didn''t know how to articte what he was feeling throughout this body, as the once average Qi in the air multiplied hundreds of times due to both of the Qi increasing items. Nheless, he wasn''t yet done with improving his cultivation condition, as another set of items appeared in front of him. Namely, they were the Time-Altering Formation, the robes from the Timeless Immortal, and the World-Devouring Fruit. The first thing Azmond did was take the Time Altering Formation and p it down on the ground below. WAAA! The formation melted into the ground before diapersing and releasing a green aura into the surroundings! 22:23 After which, the aura of the mansion room seemed to have a change in the very way it melded into the atmosphere! It was almost like a time immortal hade down from the heavens to fundamentally rewrite the very timews that designated the rules of existence! And it was because of this abstruse alteration in the very make-up of the Qi atoms that everything within Azmond''s bubble felt like a world not of this ne of existence¡­ This is something beyond even my understanding¡­ No matter how much he contemted the Time Law, he never could figure out how it worked on the most basic of levels. And it was for good reason, considering that the Time Law of the lowest level was at the very peak of the Mortal Realms Categorization Theorem! Although Azmond had managed to acquireprehensions of the Void Law, which was a Heaven-Ranked Law, that was only because the Void Law was something that was essentially set up for all cultivators to easilyprehend. On the other hand, the Time Law was an extremely elusive and yet all-epassingw, which made it far harder toprehend than its fellow Heaven Ranked Law. Nevertheless, Azmond didn''t need to understand the intricacies of the Time Law for the Time Formation to take effect, as he could enjoy all the benefits for a mere few Quadrillion Store Credits! ... I''m broke as hell right now, but it was all worth it in the end! Even though he was crying tears of blood on the inside, Azmond convinced himself that all these absurd expenditures were worth it. Nheless, in spite of his borderline depression, he took a look at the World Devouring Fruit and the set of Timeless Immortal Robes as well. The first thing he did was put on the Timeless Immortal Robes, and when he did¡­ WAAAA! A surge of power unlike anything before exploded out of Azmond as his strength increased by ten times¡­ one hundred times¡­ one thousand times¡­ ten thousand times¡­ It was sufficient to say that it didn''t stop just there, as his strength was improved to utterly insane levels! In the end, Azmond felt like he could kill billions of his past selves with but a mere thought! And after this surge of power overwhelmed him, the Qi that surrounded his body once again increased, and it was by no small amount either! Chapter 480 A Big Step Forward 480 A Big Step Forward Chapter 480 ...¡­.. WAAA! Following the release of even more condensed Qi, Azmond saw a few bright blue and golden lights sh in front of him. BLING! *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Initial Stages of the 7th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm'' to the ''Peak Stages of the Half-Step Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have gained x320,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering many aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has broken through shackles and passed into the ''Initial Stages of the 12th Rank''* Following this system notification¡­ WAAA! A surge of overwhelming power enveloped Azmond as his strength once again took a major spike upward! After which, a few more bright lights shed¡­ BLING! *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the Peak Stages of the Half-Step Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Initial Stages of the Early Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have gained x100,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has increased from the ''Initial Stages of the 12th Rank'' to the ''Early Stages of the 12th Rank''* Following these system notifications, it looked like they would finally stoping in, as Azmond was able to get some breathing space. Nheless, in spite of his overly convoluted vision, he was beyond ted at the fact that his strength had improved by leaps and bounds! After all, he had finally made it past the Lunar Ascendancy Realm and into the Comet''s Passage Realm! That was a big step¡ªa step that Azmond didn''t know what would result from his strength being so far ahead of everyone else¡­ Nevertheless, he was happy with these results, but in the end, Azmond wouldn''t be Azmond if he didn''t reach for more! Furthermore, he hadn''t even started his cultivation session yet¡­ So that''s exactly what he did, as he focused his mind while in a lotus-sitting position. OOOM! All the splendiferous Qi of Asterion swarmed toward Azmond in droves, as it almost looked like Asterion itself wanted to be one with him! This will be a doozy for sure¡­ Those were thest thoughts he had before being taken away into the world of cultivation as time passed him by¡­ ¡­ Ten hourster,. WAZOOOM! Immense levels of majestic and regal Qi impacted Azmond''s chiseled physique, attempting to destroy it! And usually one would defend against these attacks from the very world itself; however, Azmond was the one who elicited these lethal moves from the Qi, so he took it all head-on! That''s right! Even with his insane level of cultivation speed, he still felt the need to double all boosts by taking in ludicrous levels of pain! Azmond didn''t feel like going easy on himself under the pretense that his cultivation speed was ''good enough''. If there was more to gain, then he would take it! After all, it was unknown what sort of danger lurked around every corner, just waiting for him to gox in his cultivation¡­ Azmond refused to be a victim of circumstance or a statistic to add to the long bank of organisms that died due to being overlycent! He would give it his all, no matter how little the gains were! And it looked like this mindset was working in his favor, as the Qi swirled around even faster and with even greater passion! It looks like the Qi truly is trying to kill me once and for all¡­ Azmond couldn''t help but let out a light chuckle as he continued focusing on improving his cultivation realm. He had already sent out his Essence Soul and Nascent Soul into the Void Realm toprehend the next aspect of the void, namely, the Void Aspect of Void Pration. Azmond had alreadyprehended the Void Aspect of Void Inquiry and was able to reach the Middle Quantum Void Refining Realm known as ''Void Pierce''. Whereas now, he was attempting to understand the Void Aspect of ''Void Pration'' and break through into the Late Void Refining realm, known as ''Void Qi''. A few minutes passed, and Azmond was sessfully able toprehend the Void Aspect of Void Pration in the Void Realm. Which meant that all he needed to do now was breakthrough with enough momentum from all the Qi he was absorbing! And that was exactly what he did, as the Qi within the isted space of the blue and golden mansion room became akin to a maelstrom of a plethora of elements! WAAA! Azmond was put through the wringer, as blood was pouring out of every single hole in his body. Nheless, he wore an indifferent expression, as this amount of pain might as well have been nothing more than the routine for him. And after so long of constantly feeling excruciating pain, Azmond had be limated to the ''due process''. ¡­ A few hours passed. Azmond had officially broken through into the Late Quantum Void Refining Realm and achieved the realm known as ''Void Qi''! WHOOSH! The regal Qi in the room evenly dispersed from the bloodied figure of a stalwart man as the Qi continued its spiraling in the isted space, waiting for the moment it could be put to use again. And it didn''t take long for that to happen, as the mesmerizing eyes of Azmond abruptly opened. "..." He looked around for a second and cracked his crumbling bones as he regenerated while perusing the iing system notifications. BLING! *Ding!* *You have officially broken through into the Late Quantum Void Refining Realm!* *Ding!* *You have understood the Void Aspect of ''Void Pration''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Initial Stages of the Early Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Middle Stages of the Early Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have gained x700,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has increased from the ''Early Stages of Rank 12'' to the ''Nearing Middle Stages of Rank 12''* *Ding!* *You can beginprehending a plethora of Laws through the Void Realm!* After these system pop-ups appeared, Azmond felt quite the surge of strength course throughout his veins. Nheless, he continued his arduous cultivation, intending to break through to the Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm before his Dual Cultivation and Exterior Cultivation Features had a Tier rank up. ...¡­.. Creation is hard, cheer me up! VOTE for me! Astral_Pandemonium N?v(el)B\\jnn Creator''s Thought Chapter 481 Peak Stages of the Early Comets Passage Realm 481 Peak Stages of the Early Comet''s Passage Realm Chapter 481 ...¡­.. Two days passed by in the blink of an eye, although only a couple hours had passed in the real world. WAAAA! The multi-colored aura within the mansion room had already reached a degree that, if let loose into the world, entire sr systems would be crushed under its pressure! Although that would only be the case in the lowest-level areas of the Starry Expanse, it was still a fact. In truth, on the cosmological scale upon which all matters of the Void abide by, Azmond possessed a general strength around that of a Comet. Which means that, when put into retrospect, his strength had reached a point where he could destroy a smallet if his power was unleashed beyond the scope of the low-level Asterion and its close vicinity. Nevertheless, none of that really mattered for the current him, as he was still cultivating with passion, finishing his breakthrough into the Peak Quantum Void Refining Realm. That meant that Azmond was about to reach the realm known as ''Void Body'' afterprehending the Void Aspect of ''Void Destruction''. - A few hours passed, and the Qi swirling around in the mansion room had already reached a degree never before seen on Asterion! If the Qi within that room were to leak out into the surroundings, then people would likely explode from the sheer amount of condensed energy that was permeating the space around Azmond! Nheless, the wolf-masked man was taking in all this condensed Qi on top of making it reactive to his aura, resulting in explosions reverberating in the surroundings! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! If it weren''t for all the istion barriers that Azmond set up, then it was almost a guaranteed fact that everything within Asterion would''ve been destroyed because of its own Qi! OOOM! The Timeless Immortal''s Robes were churning in full motion as the time was slowed even further, allowing Azmond to absorb even more of the Qi before spitting it out and repeating the process. 15:43 The Timeless Immortal''s Robes were churning in full motion as the time was slowed even further, allowing Azmond to absorb even more of the Qi before spitting it out and repeating the process. Blood gushed out of every part of his body, but he continued to repeat this over and over again and again¡­ ¡­ A few minutes passed by as the Qi evenly dispersed from Azmond''s cross-legged figure, causing multi-colored energy shockwaves to get sent out in every direction of the isted barrier. After all this time and pain, he was ultimately able to sessfullyprehend the Void Aspect of ''Void Destruction'' and break through into the realm of ''Void Body''! Which was to say that Azmond''s body was now as hard as ayer of the void! n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om And since he worked even harder to maximize his gains, he was able to acquire a physique far stronger than what one would normally gain! Speaking of physiques, Azmond had consumed the World Devouring Fruit some time ago and was able to obtain the Heaven Ranked Physique, ''Cosmic Devourer''. Which from what he could tell, it was something that woulde in handy once he left Asterion. However, for now, all it did was give him a stronger and tougher body, subsequently increasing his basic attributes by leaps and bounds! On the subject of attribute boosts¡­ A few bright blue and golden lights shed in front of Azmond''s vision. *Ding!* *You have officially broken through into the ''Peak Quantum Void Refining Realm'' andprehended the Void Aspect of ''Void Destruction''* *Ding!* *You have obtained a Void Body of the highest level!* *Ding!* *Your Void Body has started working in conjunction with your Cosmic Devourer Physique!* *Ding!* *Attribute boosts areing from multiple aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Middle Stages of the Early Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Peak Stages of the Early Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have gained x1,200,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps from Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has increased from the ''Nearing Middle Stages of Rank 12'' to the ''Middle Stages of Rank 12''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Peak Stages of the Early Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Early Comet''s Passage Realm''* Following these system notifications, a few million more from all his remote exp grinders and contracted beasts came in. After which, everything calmed down a little as Azmond digested his gains and got a feel for his new strength. A few minutes passed as he wasted no time and continued his breakthrough spree. After all, he still had a few months to spend inside this bubble until the entrance ceremony for the Royal Academy of AquaRing began. And considering that Calista, Boundless, and Emu would likely be sleeping for the next day, Azmond took this opportunity to increase his power even further! He didn''t care that he was already far stronger than all the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Masters of Asterion. After all, his real opponents would be in a different league than those busy bodies with a godplex ruling over Asterion. So, Azmond, like the industrious person he was, resumed his cultivation session. - WAAA! Immense levels of multi-colored Qi were flying in every which direction inside an IronHeart Mansion room, as it had been four days since Azmond''s breakthrough into the Peak Quantum Void Refining Realm. And with every waking second, he had spent all his time cultivating with his psychopathic style of cultivation. Nevertheless, his boons from this cultivation session were quite lucrative, as Azmond had sessfully broken through into the Half-Step Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm! He had alreadyprehended the Void Aspect of ''Void Supreme'' and achieved the realm known as ''Void Fragmentation''. And it didn''t take long after he achieved both of these prerequisites that he solidified his cultivation base in the Half-Step Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm, with 12 parameter cycles having beenpressed for each stage. It may have been overlooked before, but Azmond never stopped his advancement through the Quantum Body Law Talent Foundation, ultimately leading to his strength and foundation increasing ordingly. On that note, if he were cultivating like everyone else with a ''Basic Body Law Foundation'' was, then he would have surely already be an immortal. But for the sake of achieving the absolute peak of everything, Azmond was willing to dy his inevitable ascension and take it nice and ''slow''. ... Chapter 482 A Fish In A Bucket 482 A Fish In A Bucket Chapter 482 ... ''It took me quite a while to reach the Half-Step Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm, but it''s not the worst, so it is what it is¡­'' If anyone had heard the thoughts of that insane wolf-masked man, then they would surely spit out blood from the sheer amount of shamelessness spewing out of his mouth! Slow, he says!? Nevertheless, in spite of his shamelessness, a few bright lights shed in front of his vision. BLING! *Ding!* *You have officially broken through into the Half-Step Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm!* *Ding!* *You haveprehended the Void Aspect of ''Void Supreme'' and achieved the state known as ''Void Fragmentation''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Early Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Initial Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have gained x4,800,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has increased from the ''Middle Stages of Rank 12'' to the ''Nearing Late Stages of Rank 12''* After the system notifications bombarded his vision, Azmond continued his cultivation session without taking a single break, and with blood pouring out of all seven of his orifices, the Qi within the room swarmed toward him without respite. ¡­ Two weeks passed by inside the time-dted bubble that Azmond had conjured up around him, as he was finishing his breakthrough into the Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm. ''This breakthrough is definitely going to be the biggest one yet, and with the boost I''m going to obtain, I''m sure that those beings from beyond the heavens are surely going to send down something utterly ridiculous.'' And just as he predicted, at the zenith of his breakthrough into the Early Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm, a few looming shadows traveled throughout the vastness of space. Entires devoid of life suddenly disappeared out of nowhere when these shadows passed by, and when a tiny blue came into view, these shadows swam through the void of space, aiming to acquire a little snack. ''It looks like the beasts this time are some sort of void species known as the Void Kindren¡­'' Azmond thoughts resounded inside his head as his Essence Soul old man form made its way out of the stratosphere of Asterion, speeding in a seemingly arbitrary direction of space. ... A few light yearster, Azmond, in his wizened old man form, found himself face-to-face with six or seven shadowy figures that trumped even thergest of the giants back in his home universe. Azmond activated his Quantum Discerning Eye uponing into contact with these behemoths. A few bright blue and gold lights shed. BLING! [Fledgling Void Kindren: Tier 1: Level 143] {[Age: 140,800 years old]} {[Realm: Absolute Peak Stages of the 9th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm]} {[Approximate Body Size: 3.5 Billion Miles in Diameter.]} {[Stats: ¡ú [Strength: 0.92 Starry Value] [Speed: 0.91 Starry Value] [Defense: 0.90 Starry Value] [Qi: 0.93 Starry Value] {[Rtionship Status: Hostile]}]} {[Current Vital Status: Alive]} (Lifeforce rapidly increasing due to taking in the cosmicws of every devoured cosmic body.) (Lifeforce will continue to increase until a precipe is reached, upon which, it will break through.) {[Additional Trivia: [The Fledgling Void Kindren is a beast of ultimate proportions that traverses the great body of space in the Starry Expanse, devouring anything that catches its eye.] [Fledgling Void Kindrens are ssified as an invasive species in the Starry Expanse, and the Starry Expanse Alliance has designated their existences as ones that need to be destroyed on contact.] [Their strengths vary greatly, and a fully grown Fledgling Void Kindren can reach sizes as big as gxies and can go unnoticed even by some Gxy and Universal Realm Experts.] BLING! [Fledgling Void Kindren: Tier 1: Level 144] {[Age: 142,900 years old]} {[Realm: Absolute Peak Stages of the 9th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm]} {[Approximate Body Size: 3.55 Billion Miles in Diameter.]} {[Stats:]} [Strength: 0.93 Starry Value] [Speed: 0.92 Starry Value] n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om [Defense: 0.91 Starry Value] [Qi: 0.94 Starry Value] {[Rtionship Status: Hostile]}]} {[Current Vital Status: Alive]} (Lifeforce rapidly increasing due to taking in the cosmicws of every devoured cosmic body.) After ncing at the system interfaces of a couple of the Fledgling Void Kindren, Azmond was a little perplexed over hearing that this species could be asrge as entire gxies, but more than that, he was astounded over these new realms! ''The Gxy and Universal Realm?? What sort of existence must you be for your realm to be named after cosmic bodies at that scale!?'' Azmond found this revtion a little too surreal, as he felt like he had been living in nothing more than a bucket this entire time. But a mere fish in a pond who thought he was the strongest of them all, only to realize that there was an endless sea of sharks out there¡­ ''I was naive in thinking that I had begun to approach the peak, as even with my rapid breakthroughs, touching upon such an abstruse concept like a universe is impossible¡­'' Even though Azmond had acquired the pamphlet indicating all the realms of every Mortal Realm, he was only allowed to view the first three realms past Mahayana. Namely, the Lunar Ascendancy, Comet''s Passage, and Meteor Shower Realms. So, he naturally assumed that it would end with just those three; however, it looked like the number of Great Realms in the Starry Expanse expanded far more than a mere three realms¡­ ... ''It looks like I still have a long journey ahead of me¡­'' ''After realizing how wide the gap is between me and the top, I only became more and more curious about those two gods I met in the Tree of Life¡­'' Azmond started pondering over how strong those two goofballs must''ve been before he was rudely taken out of his deep state of thought by the roars of the six or so Fledgling Void Kindren. RAAAWRGHHH!! Their ear-splitting roars reverberated throughout the vastness of space as their primal voices broke through theyers of space that separated cosmic body from cosmic body! ...¡­.. Creation is hard, cheer me up! VOTE for me! Astral_Pandemonium Chapter 483 The Dao Of Young Master Peng 483 The Dao Of Young Master Peng Chapter 483 ...¡­.. Following a multitude of ear-deafening roars, six auras of unbelievable proportions with seemingly unlimited levels of power erupted from the six Fledgling Void Kindren! Their praying mantis-like bodies with distinct dragon features spread out as they overwhelmed every area of space within billions of miles! It looks like these guys have noticed my presence, and they don''t seem the least bit happy about it¡­ Azmond''s smirk widened a little at the futile efforts of these overgrown bugs, as he couldn''t help but pity the beings from beyond the heavens. The only time they had evere close to actually killing him was the moment he broke through into the Quantum Foundation Establishment Realm. And ever since then, they have been on losing streak after streak, as they never seemed to be able to catch their breaths. On that note, unfortunately for them, Azmond was not nning to end his winning streak so soon¡­ "...." The six Fledgling Void Kindred''s had already destroyed thousands of different cosmic bodies as they stretched out their sr system-size spiky appendages. "It looks like you guys are preparing some sort of de attack, huh?" Azmond asked with an amused look on his face. He was quite enjoying the struggles of these lesser beings, and in his opinion, hisprehension of the Dao of Young Master Peng was reaching extraordinary levels. The moment I be the strongest in existence, I''ll surely have assimted the Dao of Young Master Peng into my very being. Azmond''s silly thoughts were soon interrupted by the six dark ck and red praying mantis-like figures shing down with their colossal ws. SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! Five different Qi arcs of varying degrees of strength were unleashed from the five Void Fledglings! RUMBLE! Everything within billions of miles started to violently tremble and quake as the five Qi Arcs neared their target with overwhelming force! "Ho?" Azmond mused with his hand tightly sped onto his six-foot-long katana. SHING! A katana was unsheathed at speeds tens of millions times the speed of light! SHING! SHING! SHING! Billions of consecutive slices were shot out from that one attack, as everything within the surrounding void had devastating crevices spread throughout! Bright, multi-colored light exploded outward as thousands of lifelesss vanished from existence! And it didn''t take long before Azmond''s shes reached the six Void Fledglings! "!!!!" "!!!!" "!!!!" They all started to freak out as they attempted to run away with their humongous figures. However, they weren''t even given the time to understand what had just urred when, suddenly and out of nowhere, their corporeal forms were sliced up into countless meat chunks! Everything within ten billion miles of this ''fight'' was dyed green and red as the blood of the Void Fledglings sttered the remaining cosmic bodies! "..." Azmond''s cold gaze scanned over the absolute destruction he just caused, as the attacks of the Void Fledglings dissipated as easily as breathing. After consuming all of what remained of the Void Fledglings through the use of Emu''s disproportionately sized mouth, a plethora of system notifications came in. BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed six Fledgling Void Kindrens!* *Ding!* *You have obtained Starry Experience +5.6* *Ding!* *You have obtained 0.2 Lowest-Ranked Star Stones* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the cultivation bases of six beings in the 9th Star of the Lunar Ascendancy Realm!* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed thews of six beings at the 9th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm* *Ding!* *All of your Low Level Mortal Laws have advanced to Level 9 and are sitting on the edge of Level 10!* *Ding!* *You have obtained all three hundred Low Level Mortal Laws!* *Ding!* *All of yourws have advanced to the state of being capable of breaking through Level 10 and then subsequently the Cosmic Tier of Law Level known as ''Stardust Level 0 Laws''* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up!* *Ding!... You¡­* Following these system notifications, a particrly special one popped up in Azmond''s vision. BLING! *Ding!* *Your Exterior Cultivation Tab has reached the Max Level of ''Tier 1: Level 500''* *Ding!* *Once you break through to the Quantum Lunar Ascendancy Realm, you will be able to advance into ''Tier 2: Level 1'' for your Exterior Cultivation.* *Ding!* *This will also apply for your Dual Cultivation Tab as well!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously increased due to reaching the limit of Tier 1 for your Exterior Cultivation Tab!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat strength has increased from the ''Initial Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Early Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have obtained x5,500,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has advanced from ''Nearing Late Stages of Rank 12'' to ''Late Stages of Rank 12''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has slightly increased!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power edges ever closer to the Middle Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm!* ¡­ Following these system notifications, Azmond was washed over by an insane level of power! WAAA! The levels of energy swirling within an IronHeart Mansion room had once again taken a spike in overall quantity and quality! My power has taken one power boost after the next, and I haven''t even gotten through my entire cultivation session¡­- He was going to continue mulling over the matter, but before he got the chance, a few more system notifications swarmed his peripheral view. And along with it came his sessful breakthrough into the Early Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm! *Ding!* *You havepletely understood the Void Aspect of ''Void Dispersion''* *Ding!* *You have obtained perfect Unity between all aspects of your existence!* n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om *Ding!* *All of your parameter cycles have been refined twelve times over!* *Ding!* *You have sessfully broken through into the Early Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm!* ...¡­. Have some idea about my story? Comment it and let me know. Astral_Pandemonium Chapter 484 Preparing To Activate The Second Class 484 Preparing To Activate The Second ss Chapter 484 ...¡­. *Ding!* *You have unlocked the ability to activate your second Profession/ss* *Ding!* *All your previous system functions have been further refined and improved with your Quantum Law reaching Level 9!* *Ding!* *Your Space Law has also reached Level 9!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the Early Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Middle Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have obtained x6,500,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has increased from the ''Late Stages of the 12th Rank'''' to the ''Nearing Peak Stages of the 12th Rank''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Middle Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm'' to ''Nearing the Late Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm''* Following these system notifications, Azmond received another power boost, as he felt his strength reach untold levels! This is quite a pleasant surprise, but considering that not even an entire night has passed in the outside world, I think I will continue consuming all these Highest-Ranked Spiritual Stones and Qi Absorption Pills. After he figured out what he would do next, the Qi within a room of the IronHeart Mansion started to have violent Qi fluctuations, all capable of erasing Asterion in its entirety! A few more weeks passed inside the time dtion bubble that Azmond was cultivating in, as he had sessfully broken through to the Middle Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm! ¡­ The Unity Form Synthesis Realm. The Unity Form Synthesis Realm is split up into 4 Minor Realms Early Unity Form Synthesis: Minor Unity Middle Unity Form Synthesis: Greater Unity Late Unity Form Synthesis: Major Unity Peak Unity Form Synthesis: Complete Unity Half-Step Tribtion Transcendence: Overflowing Unity To breakthrough into the Unity Form Synthesis Realm, you must glean into your understanding of the Void Law before you wash your body with the Void Law to a certain point before you''re able to break through. To progress through the Unity Form Synthesis Realm, you must acquire greater ''Unity'' between all your 5+ aspects of existence. [0] Basic, [2] Heavenly, [5] Divine, [12] Quantum ¡ú Current Compression Cycles Rates of all aspects of existence That was basically the gist of the Unity Form Synthesis Realm, all of which was information that Azmond hadprehended a while ago. Nheless, he was currently working on improving his unity in all aspects of his existence. And so far, everything has been going quite smoothly, as Azmond has obtained Minor Unity in everything a total of twelve times! After doing that, he was able to break through into the Middle Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm! Following his breakthrough, a few bright blue and gold lights shed in front of his vision. BLING! *Ding!* *You have sessfully broken through into the Middle Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm after Unifying your existence a sufficient number of times!* n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om *Ding!* *If you keep up this rate and break through all the way to the Half-Step Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm before activating your second profession, then you are more likely to get the best of the assortment!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from ''Nearing the Late Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm'' to ''Nearing the Peak Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have obtained x12,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering multiple aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has improved from ''Nearing the Peak Stages of the 12th Rank'' to the ''Peak Stages of the 12th Rank''* After all of these pop-up screens appeared in front of Azmond''s vision as a wave of power even greater than when he broke through to the Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm was unleashed from his bloodied and battered frame! WAAAA! The crimson and multi-colored aura that erupted from him threatened to destroy everything within sight, as it felt like the very fabric of reality was bending around him! Azmond''s entire persona and existence had already reached a point where he was akin to a god in human form! In fact, a halo of mysterious origin was almost faintly visible above his head! It was unknown what this thing was or where it came from; however, it only worked to further entuate Azmond''s divine facial features. Speaking of his appearance, after so many realm advancements, Azmond''s looks had taken leap after leap, as with the help of the Cosmic Devourer and Peak Void Body Physiques, his facial features had achieved a level beyond reason! And that wasn''t even to mention what he would look like after he went through his Tier advancements into Tier 2 for his Exterior Cultivation and Dual Cultivation Tabs¡­ At this point, Azmond was beginning to worry that his looks would soon be capable of enrapturing all of existence with but a mere nce! ¡­ It looks like this mask and I will be together for quite a while¡­ Azmond looked at the White Wolf Mask, which reminded him of the first ''friend'' he made in this world, as a warm smile emerged on his face. I hope I get a Profession rted to augmentation for my Unity Form Synthesis ss Activation¡­ He was thinking of augmenting his mask and Emu so as to increase their abilities even further! Plus, he wanted to do something in memory of the Giant White Wolf he had met all those years ago¡­ If I wait until I reach the Half-Step Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm to activate another ss, then I should be able to acquire a Profession that matches what I want. At this thought, a sense of expectation welled up within him, as he couldn''t wait for the day that he obtained another Profession. And while we''re on the note of the Giant White Wolf, maybe I should send out my Divine Sense and see what she''s up to after I break through to the Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm. ...¡­ Creation is hard, cheer me up! VOTE for me! Astral_Pandemonium Creator''s Thought Chapter 485 Sensing All Of Asterion 485 Sensing All Of Asterion Chapter 485 ...¡­ Azmond''s Divine Sense had already surpassed a hundred million miles in diameter, and technically, he could already scan all of Asterion after a few rounds of scanning. But where was the fun in that? He would rather make his finding of the Giant White Wolf an asion to celebrate his breakthrough into the Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm. After all, what sort of celebration was better than meeting up with lost friends and catching up? Furthermore, this ''friend'' of his was sure to be a fluffy fluffy big girl! I can''t wait to fluff that Giant White Wolf¡­ Hehe¡­ Azmond creepilyughed a little while imagining all thezing around he would do on the back of hispanion, just like the old days in the deep cavern. Nheless, he was taken out of his reverie by the voices of Boundless, Emu, and Calista¡­ |Are you ready to go out and do something, Azmond!?| Boundless asked after noticing that Azmond had slightly opened his closed eyes. "...Hungry¡­ Food¡­ New Hungry¡­" Calista mumbled with an adorably disgruntled expression, as she seemed to be attempting to convey her dissatisfaction with theck of food variety. As much as she loved munching on sushi all day, Calista wanted to try something else for change! Specifically, she had been thinking about this tuna that she saw in a shop window of the Country Outskirts of the Royal City of AquaRing. Drool almost leaked out of her mouth when she recalled the way that the tantalizing fish was staring her down. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om Nevertheless, it looked like Calista wasn''t the only voracious one, as a ck and gold slime bobbed up and down a little while its eyes shined like the most dazzling of gold ingots! "Mhmu! Mhmu!" ''Those space bugs were good, but I want human food too!'' Emu bounced around for a few moments before jumping up on Azmond''s bed of long ck hair. Azmond looked at all the expectant gazes around him, as he knew what he had to do to satisfy them all. It looks like I''ll need to dy my continued cultivation until we get back from a fun day out. Azmond shrugged his shoulders a tad bit before walking over to the door that leads out of the mansion room. "Well, are you girlsing?" He asked with an amused voice, his head turning in the direction of the two frazzled beauties. After hearing Azmond''s inviting words, both Calista and Boundless had their eyes sparkle as they frolicked away from their spots and headed toward the wolf-masked man. A few secondster, as the gang were making their way down the spiraling blue stairs of the IronHeart Mansion,. "...Luv you, mate¡­" Calista murmured from atop broad shoulders. Azmond gazed kindly at the cute face looking over the top of his head as he shed a radiant smile before saying, "I''m d you''re having fun." The Catkin girl''s ears bent down at this response as her brows furrowed, and she said, "That''s not what you''re supposed to say back to me¡­" But it didn''t take long before his confusion was cleared up as Calista wrapped her fluffy gray and white tail around his head before saying, "You''re supposed to say, I love you back. This is what Big Sister told me¡­" "???" Question marks were going off in Azmond''s head; however, it didn''t take him long to understand, as he replied, "I''m sorry, Calista. I guess I was pretty inconsiderate, huh?" After realizing the mistake he made, Azmond focused his mesmerizing multi-colored gaze on Calista before whispering, "I love you too." The adorable catkin girl was taken aback by this abrupt ''deration of love'' as her tail started to wiggle around before she asked, "Really¡­? So does that mean Mate has decided to be my Mate¡­?" Calista became a little excited at such a notion as hearts formed in her eyes; her entire existence focused only on Azmond. However, much to her dismay, the wolf-masked man put on an ufortable expression before saying, "I''m sorry, Calista, but it goes against my moralpass to have a lover of such a young and impressionable age." "What¡­?" Calista''s excitement immediately died out as her eyes seemed to lose their shine before she mumbled, "Mate¡­ Meanie¡­" After which, the adorable catkin girl started to sniffle while gripping onto Azmond''s soft strands of raven ck hair. "..." Azmond felt bad about telling her upfront like that, but it just didn''t feel right for him to do anything with her, given that his mental age was already thirty years old. It wasn''t like he didn''t enjoy being around Calista, but in the end, she was still a kid¡­ And although Azmond was many things, a child predator was not one of them. Nheless, he couldn''t exactly leave her in such a depressed state, so he tenderly kissed her on the forehead before saying, "How about this? If you still feel the same way in ten years, then we can see what happens from there, Kay~?" Azmond felt like his little angel deserved at least this much, and he was sure that she would eventually get over him after getting out into the world. However, contrary to his expectations, Calista''s eyes returned to their bright, pretty shade of misty gray as she pulled Azmond''s face to hers before asking, "Really!? You promise!?" For the first time in ages, Calista raised her voice, as she seemed to be really passionate when it came to this topic. Azmond was surprised by her sudden movements from atop his head, as he could feel her fuzzy tail whacking him. She seems to be really happy about this¡­? Azmond didn''t understand why Calista appeared to like this news a lot, but regardless of his thoughts, he said, "I promise you." Although he was confused, Azmond wasn''t one to renege on promises, and this would be no exception. However, he was betting on the future where Calista would eventually get over him. Though that doesn''t mean there will be any more boys in her life¡­ ...¡­ Chapter 486 Like Father, Like Son 486 Like Father, Like Son Chapter 486 ...¡­ Azmond''s face darkened at the thought of Calistaing home with a boyfriend, as he decided right then and there that he wouldn''t allow it! And like the father-like figure he was, Azmond held the hands of the giddy catkin girl as they walked down the spiraling stairs with Boundless and Emu in tow. When they reached the very bottom, they were greeted with the sight of Eldric IronHeart and ra talking with an old man in the lounge area of the wide mansion. "Have you been taking these Duke lessons seriously, Eldric? You know how important it is to me to get you up to speed before I die, don''t you?" An antiquated and refined voice sounded out in the lounge area as Eldric looked at this figure with a slightly mncholic aura leaking from him. "Are you sure there is now way you can make it past the end of the year, father!? There must surely be a way to extend your lifespan!" The retired BranchMaster spoke with a strained voice. It was clear that Eldric was still trying to take everything in¡­ After all, it hadn''t been that long since he had arrived here in the Capital, and now he just came to learn that his father''s previous one hundred-year life expectancy was shortened to a mere few months! *Sigh¡­* Mark IronHeart let out a tired sigh as he put his hand on his son''s shoulder and said, "Listen, I may be in the Fifth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendance Realm, but I have long since reached the end of my lifespan. And it is through you, Eldric, that I wish to leave behind my legacy." After saying these words, the wrinkled and sickly old man took out a box from his storage ring. He followed up this action by opening up the box, as a heavenly fragrance was released into the air! "Th-This is¡­ Father, how did you acquire a Unity Form Synthesis Realm Breakthrough Pill!?" Eldric could hardly believe his eyes when he saw the Nine Lines on a gold and silver pill, as this was a clear indication of a breakthrough pill for the Ninth Major Realm on the road of Cultivation! "It doesn''t matter how I got it." Mark began with apassionate expression as he continued, "I just wish to let you know that I will be giving this to you so that you can break through that pesky bottleneck that has been ailing you for years." After getting out these words, Mark closed the box and put it in his son''s hands. "..." It took Eldric a second to process what was happening, but when he did, he stammered, "F-Father, you can''t possibly give something so valuable to this unfilial son of yours¡­!" The BranchMaster immediately put the box back in his father''s hands; however, before he could, the wrinkled old man blurred a little before reappearing in a different spot of the room. Coincidentally, Mark appeared right where Azmond and the gang wereing down the stairs. And when Azmond saw the System Interface of the old man, an interested gleam shed past his eyes as he said, "It looks like someone has poisoned you, old dude." "!?!?" Mark didn''t know who this wolf-masked man was, but when he heard the man''s words, his expression became a little astonished as he asked, "How did you know that?? And who are you??" 09:19 *Tap Tap* Eldric quickly found his way over to the bottom of the staircase as he interjected in their conversation and said, "Do not worry, father; he is not a threat. Although he showed up not long ago, I knew him when I was on post as the BranchMaster in RiverBloom." "Is that so¡­?" Mark raised an eyebrow at his son''s response before he turned his head in the direction of the wolf-masked man and said, "You still haven''t told me how you know of my condition." "Oh?" Azmond''s smirk grew a little before he replied, "It doesn''t really matter how I know what it is that ails you, but what I can tell you is that I can cure it." "!?" Mark''s eyes widened at this promation as he shouted, "Preposterous! How can you heal a poison that lessens my lifespan with each passing day!?" Even though the old Duke was at the Fifth Cataclysm of the Tribtion Transcendance Realm, he had never heard of a case where one could heal a draining lifespan! Is this youngster trying to scam me and my son!? At this thought, Mark extended his hands out, preparing to get into a fighting stance, but before he could¡­ "Why are you so easily frightened, old man?" Azmond asked with a puzzled expression before he blurred and appeared behind the Old Duke. "!!!" Mark was surprised by this sudden action, as he attempted to turn around and let loose his full strength. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om But before he could even move, a hand came crashing down on his back! WAAA! A gentle green aura was released from Azmond''s palm as he used his Stage 7 Mastered Comprehension Minor Heal Spell. Following this release of his spell, the Old Duke started to regain some of the color in hisplexion as all the injuries he had umted over the years started to heal up! "How is this possible!?" Mark questioned with a baffled expression. He had searched for ages, trying to find even the smallest hint as to where he could acquire something to help his injuries. And yet, even after such a long period of time, all his efforts were proven futile, as the Old Duke never found anything¡­ Nheless, when he felt his draining lifespan start to patch itself up inside his body, a wave of tion overwhelmed him as he immediately fell to the ground and said, "Thank you very much, great sir!" Mark prostrated to the ground with a grateful look on his face as he looked over to his shocked son and shouted, "What are you still doing up there!? Hurry up and now before this mystical master!" After which, the Old Duke pulled his son to the ground. ...¡­ Creation is hard, cheer me up! VOTE for me! Chapter 487: The Old Duke ...¡­ Eldric was now in a bowing position, kowtowing before the man who he had allowed to stay inside his house not even half a day ago. How did things turn out like this??? One second, I was thinking about that matter with the AquaRing Royal Family moving in next door, and the next second, I''m prostrating before the youngster who ghosted me all those years ago¡­ The BranchMastermented his terrible luck as he turned his head up from the ground. When he saw theughing expression shine through the mask of the wolf-masked man, Eldric knew right then and there that Azmond was finding this entire situation quite a big joke! And in fact, the BranchMaster was correct, as all Azmond did was heal up the Old Duke with a simple spell, and then the host of the mansion who let them stay here was bowing before them! Nevertheless, he couldn''t exactly leave the old dudes on the ground like that, so Azmond went over to both of them and lifted them up by the arms and said, "There really is no need for you two to be doing something as demeaning as that. After all, I barely expended any effort in helping you heal up." "Thank you very much, sir!" Mark yelled with an intense emotion of gratitude visible in his voice. "Quick, thank the young Lord, you unfilial son!" He shouted as he smacked his son across the head. Eldric felt like he was being severely bullied at this point, but he still said, "Thank you for saving my father, Young Azmond!" Even though he was bemoaning his fate, the BranchMaster was still extremely grateful for Azmond''s assistance in healing his father. After all, this not only meant that he would be able to catch a break in his Duke Lessons, but it also meant that his father would be able to live another extended period of time! As one would expect, Eldric was overjoyed after seeing his father''s depleting life force start to work in reverse, as there was even a subtle hint of rejuvenation in the Old Duke''s countenance. Azmond looked at the two passionate Old Dude''s as he became a little creeped out and said, "It''s really nothing much, but this should count as paying for my stay, right?" Even though he saw this entire activity as nothing more than a side quest, if there were benefits to gain, then Azmond would be the first one toe knocking! "..." "..." Mark and Eldric looked at each other for a moment before they erupted inughter as Eldric said, "Why, of course you can stay here! In fact, you can stay for as long as you like!" "Ahh¡­ That''s good news; I will thank you in advance for my stay here for the next few months," Azmond responded with a slightly relieved tone. He was really starting to worry about his rooming situation for a while there¡­ Nheless, it looked like everything worked out in the end. ¡­ Azmond spent the next few minutes conversing with Eldric and his father, as he told them about his stay at the Academy of AquaRing and such. Upon which, Mark practically had a heart attack right then and there! Imagine hearing that there was someone stronger than you, but he was less than a tenth of your age!? It was such a scenarioing to pass that put the Old Duke out ofmission for a few seconds. But after a while to calm his nerves, he eventually joined back in the conversation. Azmond went on to say that he would also have another person who would stop by every once in a while. He told them this so as not to freak them out when this ''person'' does wind up stopping by. And this character in question was Azmond''s clone, known as ''Morningstar''. Although he could only ever use either his Old Man Beyond the Stars or Morningstar clone at the same time, Azmond would still be able to utilize them whenever it best suited his circumstances. On a side note, after talking to the two old dudes for a while, he also decided to give them some Earth-ranked and Heaven-ranked Qi Pills so that they could breakthrough some more. Azmond threw out hundreds of pills capable of helping Tribtion Transcendence Cultivators like he was throwing out candy! And after looking at everything they were given, Eldric and Mark practically fell t on their faces, as even though the ranks of the pills were something to wonder at, what really left them stunned was the quality of the pills! Not in their entire lives had they ever seen anything as high quality as the Qi Pills that Young Azmond had given them! And they had even journeyed out to the Divine Sea Dynasty, the capital of alchemy, a number of times! Of course, they started to freak out after smelling all the heavenly fragrances, as they couldn''t even believe their own five senses anymore¡­ However, after a few minutes to get a grip on themselves, Eldric and his father were able to gain back enough lucidity to bid farewell to the Young Lord. Even though they were reluctant to take all the Qi Pills, after Azmond told them it was a non-negotiable matter, they all praised the Young Lord''s benevolence and opened the doors of the mansion for him. Their reverent expressions were a little intense, to say the least, but Azmond simply summed it up to their happiness getting a little out of hand as he walked through the mansion doors, along with Boundless, Calista, and Emu. ¡­ Step Step Azmond and the gang walked outside the massive Mansion Gates, and the first thing they noticed was the colossal seashell-adorned mansion to the left of the IronHeart Mansion. |Why does that ce give me the feeling that a few of those dumb blue bimbo''s will show up¡­?| Boundless questioned with a bad feeling bubbling up inside her heart. And it looked like she wasn''t the only one with such apprehension, as Calista turned her face up at the ten thousand-meter-wide castle and muttered, "...No Blue Bimbo''s¡­" However, it looked like fate was aiming to y a cruel joke on both Boundless and Calista, as a couple busty figures materialized out of thin air. ...¡­. Chapter 488: All These Yanderes... ...¡­. "Hey, Mister Wolf Masked Man! Do you happen to know where Morningstar went?" Esra''s chirpy voice echoed out as she sped up in the direction of Azmond and his group, looking every which way, attempting to locate that sickly man who won the Centennial sh. And right behind her was the stoic Nadia, as she was quite interested in the matter concerning the rtionship between Morningstar and her mother. Azmond looked at the two voluptuous women headed in his direction as he sighed a little before saying, "I have no clue where brother Morningstar went, as all of us affiliated with the Heaven Exploding Faction have our own paths to take." Azmond spoke these words with an aloof demeanor as he tilted his head up at an angle, causing the wind to blow his robes in a very specific direction. "!!!" Esra and Nadia witnessed this esoteric sight before them, and they were a little taken aback by the debonair ways of this man. Furthermore, for some reason, Esra became a little wet, as she felt an uncanny simrity between this wolf-masked man and Morningstar. Wait¡­ Could it be¡­? After this thought entered her mind, Esra approached Azmond''s figure before sping her hands behind her back and bending over a bit. "You are Morningstar, aren''t you~? Teehee~" She asked as a small, heavenly giggle escaped her mouth. Esra made sure to whisper this so as not to let this information slip into her sister''s ears. Azmond stopped his posturing as he turned his neutral expression down before a few sweat beads formed on his forehead. How did she figure out my true identity so soon?? Is this girl really an empath or something!? Azmond didn''t understand how this girl always seemed to be able to figure him out, even withpletely different personas! Nheless, he locked his mesmerizing multi-colored eyes with hers as he said, "No clue what you''re talking about, pretty miss. I am simply here on ount of my sect." "Is that so~?" Esra asked with a hand to her mouth and a sh*t-eating grin stered on her face. It was quite obvious that she wasn''t buying a single thing that the wolf-masked man said¡­ "..." Azmond observed the cheeky antics of the beautiful woman with dark blue hair and a witch''s hat on, as he remembered why he ran away so fast when leaving the Coliseum of Dacratas. And just as he was about to slip away from this troublesome woman, Nadia interrupted their conversation by saying, "I''m sorry for taking up your time, but we would really like to know where that Morningstar is." Azmond saw the apathetic blue eyes of Nadia hone in on him as he backed up a little. After which, he said, "I may not know where Morningstar is at this exact moment, but I can tell you for certain that he will be going to the Royal Academy of AquaRing to take up a position as a Special Exams Teacher." That was all Azmond said before his figure faded away from the spot he was in, taking with him both the pouty Boundless and Calista. The reason he left so fast was partially because of the scary women in the AquaRing family, but mostly because Azmond was afraid of what Calista would do to those two girls if he talked to them any longer¡­ Seriously, what is it with all these girls around me being so yandere¡­ Although he was thinking this, in reality, there was nothing that he loved more than a yandere! Nevertheless, Azmond left the two disgruntled blue-haired women to their own devices as he darted in the direction of the nearest shopping district, aiming to have a little fun before he continued his cultivation session. After all, there were still five or so days left until the Entrance Ceremony for the Royal Academy of AquaRing, which meant that Azmond had just enough time to spend a couple days having some fun with Boundless, Calista, and Emu before he resumed his cultivation. On that note, Azmond was hoping to achieve the Half-Step Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm before the Entrance Ceremony started. And ording to his calctions, including the time dtion in the equation, he should be able to reach that stage within a few months of cultivating in the time dtion bubble. Nevertheless, that was a topic for after he spent the next couple days out in the city, giving Boundless, Calista, and Emu a good time¡­ "We were just blown off, weren''t we?" Esra asked. "Yes, I believe so, little sister¡­" Nadia responded with a disbelieving murmur. Neither of them could believe that they had been passed over as easily as that¡­ However, Esra licked her lips a little while focusing on the energy trail that Azmond left behind. Just wait until I catch you¡­ I love how mysterious you are, and when I finally get you in my grasp, I will unravel all of those mysteries one fabric piece at a time¡­ Her wanton thoughts echoed out inside her head as she and Nadia suddenly heard the voice transmission from their grandmother. "It looks like Grandmother is ready to send us into the Academy as teachers," Nadia announced with an indifferent expression, her curvaceous body already walking in the direction of their mansion. "W-Wait up for me!" Esra was abruptly taken out of her reverie as she hurried in the direction of her big sister. ***** Meanwhile, in the shopping district of the Royal Capital of AquaRing,. Azmond, Calista, Boundless, and Emu had been leisurely strolling throughout the bright and vibrant streets of the city as bright rays of sunlight shone down on them from above. They had already been walking around for a while now and ended up visiting many different restaurants, where they stopped by and ate or bought whatever they wanted. Azmond''s money was being drained with every second that passed as they walked, but with all the new ways he had to acquire more wealth, his total worth was constantly going up, even with all the spending that was being done. ...¡­ Chapter 489: Bunch Of Bumbling Buffoons ...¡­ Nheless, even though Azmond''s worth was like a violent roller coaster, Calista, Boundless, and Emu had a fun time doing as they wished on the streets, and just as they were about to make their way back to the IronHeart Mansion, a few pompous figures stepped out from a dark alleyway. "We have heard lots about you from all our elders, and we have also heard that you will be attending our prestigious academy when the entrance ceremony begins." The conceited voice of the leading figure sounded out as he, with his overly ostentatious attire, walked up to Azmond and his group. And when these vagrants saw the young catkin girltched onto the Wolf Masked Man''s hands, a certain glint shed past their eyes, as they knew what they could gain from this mission asked of them by their elders. A lot of high-ranking people had heard of the Heaven Exploding Faction, and with that information, they knew that everyone affiliated with it had something to do with the Man Beyond the Stars. And for most, that was all that needed to be said for everyone to make various calctive moves with varying objectives in mind. In the case of these four miscreants wearing the blue and gold outfits of the Royal Academy, they needed to cause some trouble for the younger sect brother of Morningstar. Although all of them had no confidence in doing anything against the Half-Step Mahayana Realm Morningstar, they had no issues with taking on the Middle Unity Form Synthesis Realm man before them. After all, these four students of the Royal Academy of AquaRing were all Second Generation Students, and have thus been in the Academy for thousands of years! On this note, the Academies of Asterion were not like normal Academies, where one would spend a few years studying and then graduate. As is the case for most students, they spent the majority of their lives in academies. This was not only to further their strengths but also to ferment their positions within their respective households and obtain a better hold over matters concerning the Academies. Which, in this case, meant that these four young nobles of Marquise Households had been in the Royal Academy of AquaRing for upwards of four thousand years! This was all done so that these students of the second generation could obtain higher cements within the academy for their elders. Furthermore, this setup was exactly how the Courting Death and Celestial Academy functioned as well. The only difference being that those of the Courting Death and Celestial Academies would be in a far higher strength bracket than those of the AquaRing Academy. - Azmond looked at the four bumbling moronsing up to him with their lecherous gazes focused on Calista as he clicked his tongue before a sharp whistling sound echoed out. SHING! "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" The four idiots didn''t even get the time to react, as their Dantain Space''s were shattered as easily as that! Azmond crippled them on a moment''s notice, as he really couldn''t be bothered to deal with these low-level Young Master Peng''s. "Don''t look at my little angel that way again, or I''ll take your life on top of your cultivation bases," he said with an apathetic tone, his icy gaze flipping through all four of the wailing Young Lord''s. "???" "???" Some people in the crowd started to notice this loud disturbance as they saw four of the notorious troublemakers iling around on the ground with all of their limbs missing! They quickly scattered from the area after seeing this scene, as they knew that something big was about to go down, and they sure as hell didn''t want to be in the middle of it. The streets of this part of the Capital of AquaRing were quickly deemed deserted, as the only source of noise in the surroundings originated from the nearby Mage Tower and the anguished cries of the four Young Lords. "..." Azmond looked at the four meatballs for a second before he walked away from the scene, headed in the direction of the IronHeart Mansion. It was still a few thousand miles out; however, for a cultivator at his strength, such a distance was nothing more than a short stroll. FWIP! And before anyone knew any better, the wolf masked man, along with the ghostdy, the wiggly sword, and the Catkin girl, had disappeared from sight. "Are they gone¡­?" Someone from among the hiding crowd asked with a cautious tone. And just as he was about to poke his head out from the barrel he was hiding behind, a few wizened figures with long white beards materialized out of thin air. "..." "..." "..." There were four of these antiquated old men, and every single one of them wore infuriated looks on their faces as they turned their vicious gazes in the direction that the wolf-masked man blitzed off to. "I can''t believe these members of the Heaven Exploding Faction! They truly have the audacity to cripple some of our descendants!?" One of the old men roared as his eyebrows practically caught fire. "This is uneptable! We must do something about this!" Another of the old men snarled with his feet nted into the ground. CRACKLE! The air started to crackle because of the auras being released by the four Fourth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendence Realm Ancestor''s. After taking a few seconds to heal their descendants of their superficial injuries, their rage simmered even further when they realized that there was no way for them to heal theirpletely shattered Dantains. And that was all it took for these four Marquises to make a drastic move as they phased in the direction of the IronHeart Mansion! ¡­ A few seconds passed as the four Fourth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendance Realm Ancestor''s found themselves above a farrger blue sea shelled mansion and a still enormous gold, blue, and white mansion. After they arrived, the first thing they did was release their boisterous voices. "Get the hell out of here, old man IronHeart-!" However, before they could even get out the rest of their demands, a sudden shimmer appeared in the sky as an obsidian tail shot through the skies at speeds surpassing hundreds of millions of times the speed of light! ...¡­. Chapter 490: A Surprise... ...¡­. "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" As Azmond''s razor-sharp tail shot out, it was fair to say that not a single one of the four Fourth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendance Realm Marquises was given the chance to react¡­ And after their existences were diced up into billions of pieces, a slimy ck tendril enveloped what remained of their bodies. CHOMP! Everything that remained of the four Marquises was subsequently devoured by Emu, as Azmond received a few system notifications from within the IronHeart Mansion. A wolf-masked man was talking to Eldric and Mark as his tail flickered for a split second before a few bright blue and gold lights appeared in his vision. BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed four Fourth Cataclysm Tribtion Transcendance Realm Cultivators!* *Ding!* *You have gained Starry Experience <0.001* *Ding!* *You have obtained Lowest Ranked Star Stones < x0.001* *Ding!* *You have obtained variouswprehensions and items!* *Ding!* *You have gained a plethora of stacked upw and auraprehensions due to all three hundred of your Laws being at 99.99% Comprehension.* *Ding!* *All of your experience points will be stored for you until the moment that you break through to a Tier 2 Existence for your Exterior Cultivation Tab!* *Ding!* *You have obtained x100.0 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *You have obtained various Qi Pills and cultivation materials that the four Fourth Cataclysm Marquises possessed!* Following these system notifications, Azmond felt a slight increase in strength as he focused his attention back on the pair of father and son that were talking to him. A few minutes passed by as Azmond finished up his talk with the two Old Dude''s, his body already getting up off a luxurious leather couch. And just as he was about to make it to the blue spiraling stairs with Boundless, Emu, and Calista, a friendly voice sounded out from behind him. "If you wish to build up powerful rtions, Young Lord Azmond, then you must be acquainted with the AquaRing family that has decided to stay here while the Queen''s husband is in the SubBurn Kingdom with his brother." Eldric''s voice echoed out as he pointed at a nearby square window, his finger aiming at the enormous blue sea-shelled castle that essentially popped up overnight. Azmond was reminded of those troublesome sisters as he shuddered a little before speeding up the stairs. "I will keep that in mind, old dudes¡­" He muttered while his figure practically teleported up the stairs. "..." "..." Mark and Eldric looked at each other with confused expressions before Eldric suddenly said, "We forgot to bring up the matter of the First Demon Princess of the Demon Empire, Aya Starshire, and one of the Seven Holy Sisters of the Holy Cathedral moving in on the other side of the mansion¡­" The BranchMaster''s sight focused on the purple, pinkish, and dark gold mansions being constructed by magicians on the right side of the IronHeart Mansion. Mark followed his son''s eyes as he sighed a little before saying, "I''m sure that Young Lord Azmond will know of their existences when he sees that they enrolled in the AquaRing Academy right along with him¡­" "I had also heard that the maids of the Queen, all three of the daughters of the Queen, and even the Queen''s mother would be in the Academy of AquaRing as well," he added with a contemtive look on his face. The Old Duke had no idea why so many high-standing figures suddenly felt like enrolling in the Royal Academy of AquaRing, but it wasn''t really any of his business, so he decided to leave it all up to the youngsters. Eldric looked at his tired father for a moment before he said, "It looks like Young Lord Azmond is in for quite a surprise, and at such an auspicious date, as the World Devouring Worms will be here within the next four years." *Sigh¡­* A sigh escaped Mark''s mouth as he was reminded of those apocalyptic existences that marked their small blue marble for destruction. "We still have those members of the Heaven Exploding Faction, and since Young Lord Azmond is one of the sect members, maybe we can find a way to ask him to help us out a little when ites to contacting the Man Beyond the Stars," he conferred after a moment of thought. The BranchMaster looked at his father grasping onto straws of hope, as he said, "Maybe, father. But in the end, all we can do is help Young Lord Azmond in any way we can." "Indeed." Mark''s facial features seemed to age by a few years as he realized that even despite his old age, he was still attempting to curry favor with a youngster who was less than one thousand years old¡­ And as they were on the topic of acquiring favor, Eldric suddenly had a sense of realization hit him in the side of the head as he looked at his ck haired disciple. ra was watching everyone talk while acting as a mere bystander, but when she saw the intense gaze of her master hone in on her, a bad feeling sprouted up inside her. However, before she could even understand where that feeling originated from, two smiling expressions appeared in front of her face. "Uhmm¡­ Yes, Master¡­?" ra questioned with a nervous look on her face. "There''s no need to be so anxious, beloved disciple of mine!" Eldric began with a crooked smile as he and his father approached the confused, ck-eyed woman from two different sides. "You have been looking for a suitable husband as ofte; have you not, beloved disciple of mine?" The BranchMaster asked with his hands rubbing together. "!!!" ra''s bad feeling came back ten times stronger, as she knew exactly where this conversation was going. It can''t be¡­ Master wouldn''t do that to me¡­ She believed that her master would never have her do something so scandalous, but contrary to her expectations, the BranchMaster asked, "Why don''t we send you to the Royal Academy of AquaRing?? You always said you wanted to go to school like everyone else, so why don''t we make perfect use of this chance!?" After these words escaped her master''s smiling mouth, ra slumped into her chair, as she just knew that her master would do this to her¡­ ...¡­. Chapter 491: A Breakthrough Into The Late Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm ...¡­. Master wants me to get Azmond onto our side¡­ And since he is also Morningstar, we will acquire two different members of the Heaven Exploding Faction¡­ Even though ra understood what her master was thinking, that didn''t mean that she liked it! ra may not hate Azmond or Morningstar, but she didn''t really know either of them that well, so how was she expected to go along with this n of her master''s?? Nheless, she wasn''t against the idea enough to go against her master''s wishes, so ramented her fate for a second before saying, "Fine! But I will only see how this ys out! I refuse to force anything upon Azmond¡­" After which, she slumped all the way into her couch with a light crimson blush on her face. "..." "..." Eldric and Mark listened to the reluctant response made by ra, as they found just the link that could connect them to the Heaven Exploding Faction! All they had to do was move that silly disciple in the direction that would lead her to Young Lord Azmond''s side! On a side note, it looked like the members of the IronHeart Household weren''t the only ones having this conversation with a person of the younger generation, as both the pope and the uncles of the first demon princess were going through simr dialogues¡­ On top of that, Margarete and Marina were instructing their daughters and granddaughters to do whatever it took to link themselves with Azmond and the Heaven Exploding Faction. None of these various powerful figures seemed to care about the price to acquire the friendship of the Heaven Exploding Faction, as all anyone was thinking about were ways to escape the blue marble called Asterion before it ends up as a pebble in a worm''s stomach! However, not everyone was thinking about bing all buddy buddy with the Heaven Exploding Faction, as many evil forces were working in the dark, aiming to take the Heaven Exploding Faction down a notch, no matter what it took! In fact, even a few of the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts were colluding with the intent of going against the power of the Man Beyond the Stars. Although they had witnessed his power firsthand, it wasn''t to the extent that they believed they stood no chance, as the only reason that they retreated so hastily that day was so as to back up and assess. And as ofte, they had heard rumors that their factions were still falling under the rule of the Heaven Exploding Faction. Who else but the Man Beyond the Stars could be the culprit of such an undertaking?? To the majority of the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts, they refer to the Man Beyond the Heavens as someone who literally aimed to annex all of their territories! They thought he was just kidding when he said he would be back to ''request'' for their territories that day! However, it turned out that his words were his intent, as the Man Beyond the Stars had already put his goal of ultimate conquest into motion¡­ ***** Meanwhile, as many powerful figures were moving with different objectives in mind, Azmond was cultivating inside a time bubble. And beside him was an adorable catkin girl, as she looked to be hard at work cultivating as well! Or rather, Calista was working on controlling her constantly increasing strength, while Azmond was looking to improve his already absurdbat power! ¡­ A few weeks passed by inside the time bubble. WAAA! Azmond sat in a lotus position while taking in all the Qi within the area, and just as the Qi swirled around him with unrelenting passion, it dispersed before regathering at an even faster rate! It was a good thing that he had separated the time barrier with a barrier of his own, so Calista and Emu were not harmed in the slightest while he was breaking through. Nheless, just as the Qi was going to reach the absolute peak of what it could, a sudden phenomenon formed from thin air, eliciting the Qi to be even more violent! WAAA! WAAA! Azmond was making the resplendent Qi attack him over and over again, as it was almost like he was on a suicide mission! However, he kept on letting the Qie at him, regardless of the number of times his physical body was being destroyed! Twenty minutes passed by inside the time bubble as Azmond''s breakthrough into the Late Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm was reaching the precipice of breaching the chasm between minor realms! RUMBLE! Everything within the small space he was cultivating started to violently shake and tremble as Azmond obtained Major Unity in all aspects of existence for the twelfth time! And it was at the moment that hepleted that twelfth round of existence Unity, that the Qi within all of Asterion and even the surrounding tens of billions of miles started to heat up! It was only for a split second, and no one was able to catch it in time, but it definitely happened. Azmond made sure to reign in his strength in that moment, as, just like all his other breakthroughs, his breakthrough into the Late Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm was one that caused his aura to be fully unleashed involuntarily. There was nothing that Azmond could do about this aura release, but unless there was someone close to him in strength nearby, he would have no issues keeping his strength under wraps. However, there was a chance that a being from the Starry Expanse was capable of noticing this disturbance in the Starry Qi, but it was highly unlikely for something in the Comet''s Passage Realm and above to be in the area around Asterion. Even those 9th Star Lunar Ascendancy Realm Fledgling Void Devourers were an extreme exception, as they were simply the things that the beings beyond the heavens sent down to kill him. In reality, finding a Lunar Ascendancy Realm Expert was like trying to find a needle in a haystack! That was to say that it was nearly impossible for one to appear out of nowhere¡­ ...¡­. Chapter 492: Early Comets Passage Realm Star Beasts ...¡­.. CRACK! CRACK! The sky above Asterion started to shatter and crack just as Azmond finished his breakthrough into the Late Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm. "..." Azmond sent out his divine sense to the source of this anomaly, as he saw¡­ Early Comet''s Passage Realm Star Beasts?? He couldn''t believe what he was seeing, as not even a second ago, it was believed impossible for there to be even a Lunar Star Ascendancy Realm Expert in the surrounding airspace. However, after a moment to think it over and a couple quick nces at the system interfaces of these Star Beasts, Azmond realized what was going on. It looks like these Star Beasts are capable of hiding from the eyes of all masters below the Comet''s Passage Realm¡­ Although I don''t know what realm the Leaders of the Adventurer''s Association, Mage Tower, and Divine Sea Dynasty are in, they shouldn''t be above the Half-Step Comet''s Passage Realm¡­ After understanding that he was the only one who could see these mysterious Star Beasts in human form, Azmond took one more look at their system interfaces with his Discerning Quantum Eye. BLING! [Fledgling Void Kindren (Senior Scout): Tier 1: Level 158] {[Age: 241,300 years old]} {[Realm: Absolute Peak Stages of the Early Comet''s Passage Realm]} {[Approximate Body Size: 7.25 Billion Miles in Diameter.]} {[Stats: ¡ú [Strength: 1.6 Starry Value] [Speed: 1.5 Starry Value] [Defense: 1.4 Starry Value] [Qi: 1.7 Starry Value] {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]}]} {[Current Vital Status: Alive]} {[Background Information: [This Fledgling Void Kindren has been sent out by its n Chief to see what exactly caused six of their younglings to unexpectedly have their life crystals shattered.] [Scout Void Fledglings are able to easily transform into humanoids and can blend in among many interster civilizations.] {[Distinctive Inherited Skill: Cosmic Camouge (Can hide from all prying eyes rtive to your cultivation realm.)]} (Can hide from all those below the Comet''s Passage Realm.) [Fledgling Void Kindren (Senior Scout): Tier 1: Level 156] {[Age: 235,100 years old]} {[Realm: Peak Stages of the Early Comet''s Passage Realm]} {[Approximate Body Size: 7.21 Billion Miles in Diameter.]} {[Stats:]} [Strength: 1.5 Starry Value] [Speed: 1.4 Starry Value] [Defense: 1.3 Starry Value] [Qi: 1.6 Starry Value] {[Rtionship Status: Neutral]}]} {[Current Vital Status: Alive]} [Followed its fellow scout in the mission to figure out what happened to the six younglings.] "..." Azmond looked at the two system interfaces of the praying mantis humanoid-like figures, and he immediately realized that the beings beyond the heavens put a lot more thought into this one. It seems like the beings beyond the heavens decided to use their brains for once, as they sent out those six ants, expecting me to swiftly kill them. And after I killed them, more and more woulde out in search of the ones that went missing¡­ It was as if he ced together all the pieces of a puzzle, and that only made him understand that these beings beyond the heavens put more thought into their actions than he originally assumed. "It looks like I need to take care of these two, but I don''t want to interrupt my cultivation session right when I''m about to reach the best part, so I think I will just send out my Essence Soul." After figuring out what he would do, Azmond had the Man Beyond the Starse back from his secret takeover of the top forces of Asterion. Upon arriving at the IronHeart Mansion unnoticed, the Man Beyond the Stars already knew what he needed to do as he phased through the skies at speeds achieving meteoric stardom! And while Old Star was discreetly taking care of the Fledgling Void Kindren, Azmond''s main body was digesting the gains from his recent breakthrough. ... A few bright blue and golden lights shed in front of the face of a wolf-masked man, as the violent energies in the atmosphere seemed to be in a temporary state of tranquility. BLING! *Ding!* *You have sessfully broken through to the Late Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm with twelve parameter cyclespleted for your Unity!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from ''Nearing the Middle Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have gained x25,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps after Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has increased to the ''Absolute Peak Stages of Rank 12''* *Ding!* *After obtaining a sufficient number of Conqueror Wisps, you can begin to breakthrough into Rank 13 of your Quantum Conqueror ss!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Middle Comet''s Passage Realm to the ''Initial Stages of the Late Comet''s Passage Realm''* Following these system notifications, Azmond received a few more from his Essence Soul killing off those pesky Fledgling Void Kindren. BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed two Fledgling Void Kindren at the Peak Stages of the Early Comet''s Passage Realm!* *Ding!* *You have gained Starry experience +1.5!* *Ding!* *You have gained Starry Experience +1.5!* *Ding!* *You have obtained tremendous amounts of experience points!* *Ding!* *You have obtained Lowest Ranked Star Stones +1.4* *Ding!* *Your wealth has tremendously increased!* *Ding!* *Half of all your wealth has been converted into system credits.* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the existences of two Early Comet''s Passage organisms!* *Ding!* *You have obtained variouspressions in higher-level Mortal Laws!* *Ding!* *You have obtained the following Laws with aprehension rate of less than 0.001% and are subsequently designated as being Level 0 Starry Laws, namely: The Law of Attrition, The Law of Attraction, The Law of Gravity, The Law of Super Growth, The Law of Extreme.* *Ding!* *All of these Laws have been added to a separate section in your Law Tab, namely, the ''High-Mortal'' segment of the Mortal Law Tab.* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the cultivation bases of two organisms in the Early Comet''s Passage Realm!* *Ding!* *Your Cultivation Base has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your Cultivation Base has rocketed up from the ''Initial Stages of the Late Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm'' to the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Late Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm''* ...¡­. Chapter 493: Peak Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm ...¡­. *Ding!* *Because of your cultivation improvements, your overallbat power has tremendously increased!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Initial Stages of the Late Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Middle Stages of the Late Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have Conquered various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *You have gained x45,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps from Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank inches ever closer to overflowing into Rank 13!* WAAA! After all of these blue and golden lights were done shing, Azmond was able to catch a break for his vision, as he instantly felt a wave of power wash over him! It''s nice that those Void Fledglings decided to send more loot bags my way, but I do wonder when it will be that they send some more¡­? Azmond was already bing addicted to acquiring the loot that he obtained from the Void Fledglings, as he was patiently expecting the day that they would send even stronger bugs after him! Nheless, Azmond had his Essence Soul Clone go back to doing whatever it was doing, as his main body went back to cultivating. After all, there were still over four days left until the entrance ceremony for the Royal Academy of AquaRing, which left just enough time for Azmond to achieve the Half-Step Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm! ... A week passed by inside the time bubble as Azmond officially turned fourteen years old, while Calista reached the age of fifteen. And on the day that Azmond became fourteen years old, a massive lightning cataclysm of Qi was happening inside the time bubble that was set up inside the guest room of the IronHeart Mansion! WAAAA! A man with long ck hair and multi-colored eyes was being flung all around inside a few robust protective barriers! Nheless, he never left his meditation position, as this was the moment that he would be breaking through into the Peak Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm! Azmond wasn''t someone who was willing to waste heaven''s gifts, as blood gushed out of his mouth while his body rebounded off the protective barriers like a ping pong ball, effectively turning into a ball himself! I''m so close! Just a little bit more, and I will have achieved the Peak Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm! He pushed through all obstacles sitting in his way, as the gap between the Late Quantum Unity Form Synthesis and Peak Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm was crumbling right in front of him! ¡­ A few minutes passed by, as Azmond had sessfully broken through into the Peak Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm! He sat on the hard blue and gold marbled surface of the mansion room with half of his face scorched to a shade of ck cker than ck, while the rest of his body had holes and tears in every section! However, despite the injuries and pain being inflicted on him from the aftereffects of his breakthrough, there was always something to gain from everything. And in this case, that something just so happened to be a level up for his Boundless Restoration Skill from ''Level 4'' to ''Level 5''. Which for Azmond, meant that he was now capable of fully regenerating even if only an atom was left of his existence! It also meant that he could regenerate from insane levels of soul, physical, and spiritual damage! In addition to all of that, Azmond could also resist a certain amount of Law Inflictions while healing himself! That, in and of itself, was something that was previously deemed impossible for all the residents of Asterion! After all, to be able to heal from Law injuries was to say that one could begin to resist the very forces of nature that impacted every being in existence! It was something that would mean extraordinary things for the future Azmond, as he would surely thank his past self for going through so much pain! Azmond felt the boons that he acquired from his recent breakthrough, and before long, a number of system notifications swarmed his vision. BLING! *Ding!* *You have sessfully broken through into the Peak Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm!* *Ding!* *You have obtained Complete Unity in all aspects of your existence twelve times over!* *Ding!* *Your Void Body has taken one step further due to your subsequentprehensions of the Void Law!* *Ding!* *Your physical strength has taken a leap upwards!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Middle Stages of the Late Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Nearing Peak Stages of the Late Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have gained x130,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has increased from ''Overflowing into Rank 13'' into ''Initial Stages of Rank 13''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has spiked upwards!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from ''Nearing the Peak Stages of the Late Comet''s Passage Realm'' to Middle Stages of the Peak Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have conquered various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *You have gained x130,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank inches ever closer to the ''Early Stages of Rank 13''* WAAAA! An immense wave of strength washed over Azmond as he felt his power increase by a countless amount with this recent breakthrough! He looked inside his Dantain Space with his Divine Sense and saw that his dazzling Starry-colored Golden Core had already reached a size over one million miles wide! And beside his colossal Golden Core, there were his Primordial Yin Imprimpts, all of which had started to resplendently glow as Azmond''s race seemed to have some mystical effect on them. They had started doing this the moment that he reached Tier 1: Level 100 for his Dual Cultivation a few days ago with Boundless. And even since then, they have been violently pulsating, seemingly about to overwhelm Azmond with whatever was inside the four of them! He had no idea what would happen when they unleashed whatever it was they were trying to, but what he did know was that it would only happen when Tier 2 for his Dual Cultivation Tab was achieved. However, considering that Azmond would need to be in the Quantum Lunar Ascendancy Realm for that to happen, he decided to leave that matter for another time. For now, all he wanted to do was continue cultivating until the Half-Step Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm was achieved! And that was exactly what Azmond did. ...¡­ Chapter 494: Another Half A Month Of Cultivation ...¡­ Another month and a half has passed since Azmond''s breakthrough into the Peak Quantum Until Form Synthesis Realm, and since then, he has been cultivating in his usual turtuos way. That was until he reached the point in his cultivation session where he saw a breakthrough in sight! And when that happened, all the brilliant Qi in the air around Azmond suddenly dispersed before regathering back at his body! The energy in the air repeated this process a total of thirty-five times, until eventually, the Qi in the air calmed down¡­ However, unfortunately for Azmond''s pain receptors, that was merely the calm before the storm! WAAAA! Qi bombarded his body from every direction, causing gashes of varying degrees to appear on his wless skin. And it didn''t look like the Qi was nning to stop with just this, as the breakthrough into the Peak Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm was one that required the cultivator topress every aspect of their existences a total of twelve times, aiming to reach the goal of obtaining Overflowing Unity! For Azmond, he was going through his Twelfth Parameter Compression Cycle, and for him, this was meant to be the most perilous of all the parameter cycles in the Peak Quantum Unity Form Synthesis Realm¡­ ¡­ A few more minutes passed, and Azmond''s physical form and soul had already been rebuilt a seemingly endless number of times. It eventually reached a point where he stopped counting the number of times that he lost consciousness for a split second. But luckily for him, his concentration when it came to cultivation was unrivaled! WAAAA! The Qi in the air made one final attempt at taking Azmond down by a peg; however, all attempts were proven futile, as before a mass of Qi capable of killing millions of Comet''s Passage Realm Cultivators touched him, it was negated because of the dispersion of the Qi flowing off of his body. OOOM! An absurdly regal and majestic multi-colored aura was unleashed from the stalwart figure of a wolf masked man as the halo above his head became slightly more visible. It took a second for the splendiferous light to die down, but once it did, a man of absolute resplendence emerged from the cylinder light beam. Every part of his existence exuded regality, and his facial features looked like they were chiseled from divine stone by the very gods themselves! However, it wasn''t his peerless appearance that would surprise anybody who had witnessed his breakthrough from beginning to end. It would instead be the fact that his robes and mask had stayed undamaged during the entire experience¡­ Nheless, the reason for this weird urrence was because the Timeless Immortal Robes were an extremely special existence, and part of their essence leaked out onto his mask, effectively enhancing its overall durability. This was a nice surprise for Azmond, as he had been a little worried over the robustness of his White Wolf Mask for quite a while now. There was also the Heavenly essories Set that he had equipped at all times, but just like the Timeless Immortal Robes, they were extremely durable. WAAAA! Azmond felt an immense level of power wash over him, as his strength had once again spiked up by insane degrees! Following this phenomenon, a few bright blue and golden lights shed. BLING! *Ding!* *You have sessfully broken through to the Half-Step Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm after obtaining Overflowing Unity in all aspects of your existence twelve times over!* *Ding!* *You now have the option to roll for a new profession, with high odds of obtaining the one that suits you best!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously increased!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from ''Nearing Peak Stages of the Late Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Initial Stages of the Peak Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have Conquered various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *You have gained x580,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has increased from ''Nearing the Early Stages of Rank 13'' to ''Early Stages of Rank 13''* *Ding!* *Your Golden Core has achieved a size of over five million miles in diameter and has already reached a point where Starry Qi can begin limating to the inside of your Dantain Space!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from ''Initial Stages of the Peak Comet''s Passage Realm'' to ''Early Stages of the Peak Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *Your racial benefits from your ''Semon'' race have increased from their original ''198,000%'' to ''498,000%'' due to various aspects of your existence affecting your race in a positive way!* Azmond assumed that this would be the end of the translucent pop-ups; however, contrary to his expectations¡­ BLING! *Ding!* *Reach the Quantum Mahayana Realm to unlock Tier 3 of the System Shop!* *Ding!* *Your maximum Contracted Beast and Main Party Member Limit has been increased from their previous ''10,000'' to ''50,000''* *Ding!* *Due to your racial benefits, your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Early Stages of the Peak Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Middle Stages of the Peak Comet''s Passage Realm!* *Ding!* *You have gained x110,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *You''re inching ever closer to the Middle Stages of the 13th Rank!* Following these system notifications, Azmond waited a second, just to verify that no more major ones wereing in. He rxed his vision after a moment and focused on solidifying his breakthrough into the Half-Step Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm. ... A few hours passed inside the time bubble, as Azmond was able to sessfully solidify his cultivation in the Half-Step Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm. And it didn''t take long before a new system interface popped up in his vision. [System ss Roulette] ¡ú [Due to thews of reality at y, you can''t automatically choose whichever ss you want, and it is because of these rules that the Boundless System has decided to make a roulette so as to better facilitate the rules of existence.] ...¡­ Chapter 495: You, Me, Eat. ...¡­ "Oh?" Azmond was a little surprised over the new system notification that showed up in front of him, but regardless of his surprise, he continued scrolling down the extravagantly decorated blue and gold spiraling screen with different colored and sized triangles on the roulette. BLING! [System-ss Roulette] [ss Choices] [Necromancer God] - [14.26% Chance] (A Rank) [Summoner Lord] - [6.18% Chance] (A Rank) [Ejaction Terror] - [8.49% Chance] (A Rank) [Space ArchMaster] - [21.95% Chance] (A Rank} [Beast Taming Conqueror] - [30.27% Chance] (A Rank) Past these five choices, there were dozens more with far lower percentile rates. And after scrolling down to the very bottom, there was one that really stood out to Azmond; however¡­ [Astral Augmenter] - [0.00006% Chance] (SSS Rank ss) (ording to System Standards) The chance of acquiring the Astral Augmenter ss was abysmally low. In fact, the chance of Azmond getting this ss was so low that he didn''t even know if ten lifetimes of luck would be enough to get it¡­ It looks like the Ranks of these sses corrte with the likelihood of one obtaining that specific ss. At this realization, Azmond called upon his lucky charm, as he was aiming for the highest-ranked ss! He would take nothing less! But to increase his chances of obtaining that ss, Azmond needed his adorable little catkin girl! "...Mate¡­ Hungry¡­?" Calista asked from the other side of the time barrier. She had on a cute, perplexed expression, as she really couldn''t figure out why exactly she was called upon. But luckily for her adorable self, Azmond was there to exin himself as he waved her over. Upon which, she got up out of her cultivation position and walked in her mate''s direction before plopping down in hisp. Azmond ignored her antics as he looked down at the content catkin girl and asked, "Could you by chance use those neat powers of yours to increase my fate in a positive way?" "I would really appreciate it," he added with a warm and gentle smile. Calista looked up at her mate before she mumbled, "Mhmm¡­ But you, me¡­ eatter¡­" That was all she said before taking Azmond by the hands and unleashing some mysterious green energy. WAAA! The green energy seemed to work wonders on Azmond, as he felt something fundamental change within his very existence! After which, he immediately decided to test his luck so as not to let this opportunity go to waste! *Tap!* Azmond pressed down on the wide golden button in front of him as the System ss Roulette started to rapidly spin in motion! [System ss Roulette.] ¨C > [Spinning!!] [Spinning!] [Spinning!!] DING! DING! DING! [Spinning!!] [Congrattions Host! You havended on the ss of¡­] "..." Azmond waited with bated breath for the rest of the words to form on the screen, and when they finally did¡­ [You havended on the ss of¡­ Astral Augmenter!] After it told him what he got, Azmond practically erupted inughter, as he couldn''t believe that he had actually gotten the ss with the lowest chance of being acquired! His eyes immediately darted in the direction of the confused Calista as he picked her up, spun her around a little, and kissed her on the forehead. "You''re the best, my little Angel!" Azmond spoke while smothering the young Catkin girl. "???" Calista had no clue what was going on, but she liked the hugs and kisses, so she didn''t really mind being in the dark on the matter concerning her mate''s weirdness. Azmond thanked Calista with plenty of pets and hugs for a few minutes until he refocused his attention back on his new ss. Upon which, he clicked on a blue button that said, [Please Receive Your ss!] After clicking on that button, a bright golden light shed as Azmond''s entire side of the time bubble erupted in a bright array of colors! It''s almost like what happened when I received my first ss in the Holy Cathedral¡­ He couldn''t help butpare this phenomenon to the time he obtained his Quantum Conqueror ss. The only difference was that something felt different about this one¡­ It''s like his first ss was what his essence was in the form of a Profession, while this one was something akin to an external force. To Azmond, it didn''t really make a difference whether something was meant for him or not, as he would take it all regardless. But it did help him understand that this ss would be somethingpletely out of his expectations! A few minutes passed as the bright, dazzling light finally died down in Azmond''s section of the time bubble. And after reaching this point, a few system notifications appeared in front of his vision. BLING! *Ding!* *You have fully assimted with the ss known as ''Astral Augmenter''* *Ding!* *Your basic attributes have all spiked upwards due to an SSS Rank ss being assimted into your existence!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation base has tremendously increased due to a high-level construct being incorporated into your existence!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Middle Stages of the Peak Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Peak Stages of the Peak Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has increased from the ''Initial Stages of the Half-Step Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm'' to the ''Late Stages of the Half-Step Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has moderately improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Peak Stages of the Peak Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Peak Comet''s Passage Realm''* *Ding!* *You have gained x400,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has increased from the ''Early Stages of the 13th Rank'' to ''Nearing the Middle Stages of the 13th Rank''* After all these system notifications sounded out, an insane wave of power was unleashed from Azmond. WAAAA! His aura almost consumed everything within a radius of billions of miles, but luckily, he was able to reel it in in time. ...¡­ Chapter 496: How Hard It Is To Move With These Large Things! ...¡­. After getting a feel for his newfound strength, Azmond looked at a digital clock that was hanging on one of the walls of the mansion room. The clock indicated the time: [07:57] "Oh¡­ shit¡­" He muttered after realizing that he had approximately two minutes to prepare himself for the entrance ceremony. Azmond practically jumped up out of his meditative position and found his way around therge room, picking up Emu, Boundless, and Calista. After which, he took out various items from his storage space. BING! BING! A few pairs of the outfits meant to be worn by students of the Royal Academy of AquaRung dropped on the ground. And along with them, there were a few power limiting bracelets that they would all have to wear if they wished to sessfully enter the Academy as students. "Is it already time¡­?" Calista asked with her head slightly tilted in a cute way. "Yes, it is, and we have around a minute and a half to make it out of that door," Azmond replied with a tone of urgency. His clone had already made it to the Academy and secured its position as a Special Exams Teacher. However, if Azmond''s main body waste today, then his second Essence Clone would be forced to write him up¡­ Just imagining getting written up by your Clone was enough to make anyone embarrassed! |Hey! Wait for me, you meanies!| Boundless screamed out as she wasgging behind the Wolf Masked Man and the catkin girl. These big meanies! Don''t they know how hard it is to move around with all this weight attached to my chest?? Boundless was mulling over her grievances with a pouty expression as she ultimately caught up to Azmond when he made it to the bottom of the spiraling staircase. After catching up, she punched him in the arm before harrumphing and climbing onto his back. Her slender arms leaned up against Azmond''s neck, as she seemed to be in a far more pleasant mood after finding her spot. Azmond ignored the softness pressing against the back of his head as he rushed past Mark and Eldric. He noticed that ra wasn''t there with them, but that was hardly a top concern for him. After noticing his existence, The Old Duke and the BranchMaster tried to say hello; however, they weren''t even given the chance, as Azmond was already out the door by the time that they got a single word out of their mouths. "Well, it looks like he''s in quite the rush," said Eldric. "That makes sense, considering that the entrance ceremony should be starting any second now," Mark responded with a few strokes of his beard. "Oh¡­ It seems that Young Lord Azmond is in for a time crunch¡­" The BranchMaster''s voice echoed out as he stared in the direction in which Azmond and the catkin girl ran off. **** Meanwhile, in the bustling blue and golden-white streets of the Royal Capital, a wolf-masked man was speeding through the crowds with a busty brown-haired ghostdy on his back and a young catkin girl to his side. They were blitzing through the streets, utterly ignoring therge crowd that gathered around them in every direction. In the distance, there was arge assortment of gold and blue castles, all of which seemed to reach the heavens. This was the Royal Academy of AquaRing and all its affiliate profession-rted buildings! Azmond was moving uphill, atop the turquoise-colored cobblestoned roads; his destination was none other than this Academy! And after taking cursory nces at his digital watch, he realized that he needed to speed things up a little. So Azmond bent down for half an instant as he swiftly picked up Calista and nted a foot into the cobblestone roads before¡­ BOOOM! A loud sonic boom echoed out, as Azmond was already on a collision course for the Royal Academy! And just as he was about to crash into the castle and destroy manyyers of its infrastructure, he somersaulted mid-air! This effectively resulted in him redirecting the momentum downward as he started barreling down to the crowded grounds of the wide area outside the Entrance Ceremony! A fiery,bustible rocket was shot down from the skies, aiming to take out everything in the Royal Academy! However, before such a situation could ur, Azmond used his new profession to augment thews that encapsted the space around him. Following this augmentation, he gentlynded on the ground with Calista and Boundless like a feather that was blown through a violent storm. After discreetlynding behind a couple of students wearing the same outfits, a few system notifications sounded out. BLING! *Ding!* *You have augmented a section of ayer of space in a Low-Level Mortal World!* *Ding!* *You need 0/0.1 Augmenter Experience to level up your Astral Augmenter ss!* *Ding!* *You have gained Augmenter Experience +95.0* *Ding!* *You have leveled up your ''Astral Augmenter'' ss!* *Ding!* *You need 0.1/1 Augmenter Experience to level up your Astral Augmenter ss!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up your ''Astral Augmenter'' ss!* *Ding!* *You need 1/10 Augmenter Experience to level up your Astral Augmenter ss!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up your ''Astral Augmenter'' ss!* *Ding!* *You need 10/100 Augmenter Experience to level up your Astral Augmenter ss!* *Ding!* *Your ''Astral Augmenter'' ss has reached Level 3!* *Ding!* *Your ss Attributes for the ''Astral Augmenter'' ss have increased from their default ''0%'' to ''150%'' after leveling up three times.* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Peak Comet''s Passage Realm'' to the ''Initial Stages of the Half-Step Meteor Shower Realm''* *Ding!* *You have Conquered various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *You have gained x800,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has increased from the ''Nearing Middle Stages of the 13th Rank'' to ''Middle Stages of the 13th Rank''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Initial Stages of the Half-Step Meteor Shower Realm'' to the ''Early Stages of the Half-Step Meteor Shower Realm''* ...¡­. Chapter 497: Astral Augmenter Class ...¡­.. Following thetest system notifications, Azmond felt an extreme level of resplendent power wash over him! BZZZTT! He almost let some of it slip as his aura fluctuated a little, causing the students in front of him to raise their eyebrows in confusion. But luckily for him, they quickly shrugged their shoulders and went back to waiting in line to get their student badges. "..." Azmond stared at the long line of people that stretched on for thousands of heads, as he knew that he would be waiting around for a while. And since Calista and Boundless had already fallen asleep on his head and back, Azmond decided that he would continue experimenting with the ''Astral Augmenter'' ss. ¡­ The Astral Augmenter ss. It''s a ss that is capable of augmenting just about every aspect of existence if brought to a high enough level. The Astral Augmenter ss functions based on what the owner of the ss ''Augments''. This is how you use it and also how you level up the ss. Anything and absolutely everything can be augmented by users with the Astral Augmenter ss! However, like everything, there are restrictions¡­ The restrictions for the Astral Augmenter ss are that the user of the ss can only Augment things that are within two major realms of their ''Existence Value''. The ''Existence Value'' of an existence is determined based on the quality of said existence. Meaning that someone in the Mahayana Realm with an absurdly highbat strength in the Lunar Ascendancy Realm would have an ''Existence Value'' equal to that of a Lunar Ascendancy Realm existence. ''Existence'' in this case is a very broad term and can mean a variety of things. Say the Asterion, for instance. Even though it is a and possesses an extremely high universal value, its existence value is only around that of an Initial Lunar Ascendancy Realm Expert. This is all to say that Azmond is capable of affecting most aspects of the construct termed ''Asterion''. Which, in a way, means that he has essentially be the god of the, as not only has he been made omniscient within the bracket underneath the Meteor Shower Realm, but he has also been reborn into something almost Omni-present! Of course, this is only the case while Azmond is in Asterion, and only under the circumstances that there is no one significantly stronger than him nearby, but within a certain area, he has be invincible! The Astral Augmenter ss is an extremely abstruse and mysterious ss that has been sought after by the strongest of Hegemony''s since the very beginning of time. There are no recorded users of the Astral Augmenter ss, and Azmond is likely the first of its kind inside the Starry Expanse¡­ To advance through the Astral Augmenter ss, the user needs to augment whatever they feel like, and since there are no Augmentation caps, you can augment whatever and whenever you feel like it! The levels of the most basic stage of the Astral Augmenter ss are centered around a level system from 1 - 100 that requires ten times more experience points for the first ten levels with each further level you advance. Afterwards, the experience requirements and subsequent rewards for each level vary. The higher your Astral Augmenter Level, the more diversity you can use when augmenting existences, i.e., by bendingws, warping objects to fit the ideals of the user, increasing the Existence Values of existences to a certain degree, and a plethora of other possible applicable uses. All in all, just continue augmenting, and never stop augmenting until all of existence is under your heel! "..." Azmond received all the relevant information pertaining to the Astral Augmenter ss, as the only thing he had to say was, "Overpowered¡­" He had never heard of anything so overpowered in his entire life! And if Azmond used this new ss in conjunction with his Quantum Conqueror ss, then there was no telling how much faster he would start gaining power¡­ Nheless, Azmond decided to continue testing out this Astral Augmenter ss right away, as he started small and augmented a few golden tiles on the ground beneath him. BZZZTT! Low humming sounds echoed out as the ground started to shake a little beneath his feet. The tile that Azmond was trying to augment started to melt before being rebuilt and melting again. It repeated that process a few times, as a few system notifications sounded out inside his head at the same time. BLING! *Ding!* *You have augmented a tile of a low-level Mortal World!* *Ding!* *You have received Augmenter Experience +0.1* *Ding!* *You have received Augmenter Experience +0.2* *Ding!* *You have received Augmenter Experience +0.1* *Ding!* *You have received Augmenter Experience +0.2* ¡­ Azmond saw a bunch of simr pop-ups appear in his vision, as all he had to do was lift a finger a little and release some esoteric, murky energy from his fingertips, and these system notifications constantly appeared! This is so damn overpowered¡­ Azmond''s grin widened at the thought of seeing how far he could take this new ss. And the first thing he did was return the tile back to its original form as he lifted up all of his fingers and started augmenting over a dozen things at once! BZZZTT! Various blue tiles andmp posts, along with tables and such, started to vibrate before melting and rebuilding themselves under the influence of some unknown force. BLING! *Ding!* *You have gained Augmenter Experience +0.3* *Ding!* *You have gained Augmenter Experience +0.2* *Ding!* *You have gained Augmenter Experience +0.4* *Ding!* *You have gained Augmenter Experience +0.6* *Ding!... You¡­* ¡­ Following these system notifications, there were corresponding ones for Azmond''s Quantum Conqueror Wisps acquisition rates, as they were working with each other to maximize benefits! I don''t understand how something can be this overpowered¡­ This must surely be a cheat of the highest proportions, right?? He was beginning to think that he was bing the very embodiment of a cheat himself, as he was literally able to alter aspects of reality! ...¡­. Chapter 498: One Step Closer To Becoming A God ...¡­. Azmond was altering the Laws of Reality to a degree! It was almost like he had taken one step closer to bing a genuine god¡­ Nevertheless, he continued his experimentation with the Astral Augmenter ss while the line to sign up for the Entrance Ceremony was being reduced at noticeable speeds. And while we''re on the topic of noticing things, not a single person was able to notice a single thing that Azmond was augmenting. Even as entire tables and chairs were being constantly melted and rebuilt, not a single person paid any attention. Azmond found this urrence incredibly unusual, and just as he was about to figure out what the problem was himself, a sudden piece of information was transmitted into his mind. Ahh, so it really does have to do with the Laws of Reality, just like what Boundless does with myprehensions in the Quantum Law¡­ A sh of realization came to him as he better understood how exactly his cinnamon roll was able to keep the things she did hidden from lesser beings. It was all due to the effects of the ''Law of Reality''! And although Azmond had no idea how the Law of Reality was rted to his Quantum Law, everything seemed to be lined up in such a way that one event would inevitably lead to a second event urring. With these ''events'' being the cheat after cheat that he obtained through pain and torture,. After all, everything in life has a cause and an effect, and for Azmond, the cause was the excruciating pain he had to go through. While the effect was all the cheats he gained because of all that pain he experienced,. In the end, everything bnced out, and if Azmond wanted to gain power even faster than the day prior, then he would need to pay exponentially increasing prices. It was unknown how far the prices would soar, but he knew without question that he would pay them, even if they came at the cost of his sanity and humanity. Power was everything in the World of Cultivation, Power was the way forward, Power was the way. Azmond was simply trying to find his own way to the peak of power. BZZZTT! Hundreds of different objects were being augmented by Azmond, as the line for the Entrance Ceremony had been cut down to a total of one hundred and fifty people. It had already been over ten minutes since he arrived at the Academy, and ever since, he has been constantly experimenting with the functions of the Astral Augmenter ss. And so far, Azmond has been able to increase his original limit of ten or so augmented existences at once to a number that exceeded two hundred! For some reason, he felt that just using his various appendages to activate this ss was not enough, so he tried to use his mind like a psychic. And surprisingly enough, it actually worked after a few dozen attempts! Furthermore, there was something else that Azmond gained after figuring out he could do this with the Astral Augmenter ss. That thing being that he could now use some form of mental energy! It was unknown when this feeling started to sprout up, but Azmond felt that his mind was beginning to evolve. Out of all aspects of his existence, it was always his mind that stayed rtively stagnant whenpared to the rest of his existence. But after activating the Astral Augmenter Profession and obtaining the ability to augment all of existence, Azmond was able to utilize his mind in a different manner than most! And it was through this unique utilization that he felt his control over his mind increase! In addition, he felt that his mental strength was increasing! It was like Azmond was building up a muscle by training it, and his training regimen just so happened to be something that required no stamina¡­ Which was all to say that his power over his mind was improving at utterly ridiculous rates! Ten minutes ago, Azmond could barely maintain control over thirty or so different objects with his mind. And now he was capable of simultaneously controlling hundreds of different existences! Azmond was augmenting everything that caught his eye, as an entire section of the Entrance Ceremony area was being turned into a giant field of blue and gold puddy! These globs of puddy kept on melting even further into the ground before building themselves back up and restarting the process over and over again. As Amzond was augmenting everything around him, a few bright blue and gold lights shed in front of his vision. BLING! *Ding!* *You have slightly improved your ''mental capacity'' by 0.1 Mental Points* *Ding!* *You have slightly improved your ''mental capacity'' by 0.2 Mental Points* *Ding!* *You have slightly improved your ''mental capacity'' by 0.1 Mental Points* *Ding!* *You have slightly improved your ''mental capacity'' by 0.2 Mental Points* *Ding¡­ You¡­* *Ding!* *You have leveled up your ''Mental Capacity'' from the ''Peak Stages of the Common Rank'' to the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Common Rank''* *Ding!* *You have slightly improved your ''mental capacity'' by 0.4 Mental Points* *Ding!* *You need 1.6/150 Mental Points to level up your Mental Capacity into the ''Mortal Ranks'' from the ''Common Ranks''* ¡­ After a few more minutes of improving his control over the power of his ''Mental Capacity'', Azmond suddenly thought of another unique utilization he could try with his Astral Augmenter ss. BZZZTT! Slight crimson and multi-colored energy fluctuation tendrils were being released from his Emu Katana, as he was attempting something quite ridiculous! BZZZTT! The energy signatures intensified a bit as Emu started to emit some unknown, murky energy! After which, an odd phenomenon was happening in the surroundings, as slight cut marks were forming on various objects. And along with those cut marks, Emu stopped violently vibrating as it returned to a slightly shaking state. The cut marks never stopped forming, but at the same time the cut marks emerged, they healed up just as fast. A weird oddity was happening within the Royal Academy Entrance Ceremony Grounds, as hundreds of miniscule cuts were appearing before regenerating. This process was repeated a countless number of times, as Azmond received some very interesting system notifications¡­ ...¡­. Chapter 499: Countless System Notifications ...¡­. BLING! *Ding!* *You have received Augmenter Experience +0.2 for augmenting existences through the applications of your bonded weapon!* *Ding!* *Your Mental Capacity has slightly increased by 0.4 Points!* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the existences of all the things you cut through the applications of your bonded weapon.* *Ding!* *You have received Augmenter Experience +0.4 for augmenting existences through the applications of your bonded weapon!* *Ding!* *Your Mental Capacity has slightly increased by 0.3 Points!* *Ding!* *You have gained x10.5 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *You have gained x23.2 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* Thousands of such system notifications popped up in Azmond''s peripheral view, as he was being bombarded with every single pop-up he could think of! However, none of these system notifications were what really interested him, it was instead¡­ BLING! *Ding!* *You have slightly increased yourprehensions over the Law of the Sword and the Aura of the Sword!* X148 *Ding!* *You have slightly increased yourprehensions over the Law of the Sword and the Aura of the Sword!* X267 *Ding!* *You have slightly increased yourprehensions over all three hundred of your Laws due to them all being incorporated into your sword strikes!* *Ding!* *Through the use of your Astral Augmenter ss and other special characteristics, you have made the impossible possible!* *Ding!* *You have obtained the Title: The Unparalleled Cheat. (1000% Boost to all basic stats.)* *Ding!* *All your basic attributes have tremendously increased due to the passive benefits of the Title: The Unparalleled Cheat.* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Early Stages of the Half-Step Meteor Shower Realm'' to the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Half-Step Meteor Shower Realm''* *Ding!* *You have Conquered various aspects of existence and obtained x2,000,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has increased from ''Middle Stages of the 13th Rank'' to ''Nearing the Late Stages of the 13th Rank''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has significantly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Half-Step Meteor Shower Realm'' to ''Infinitesimally Close to the Initial Stages of the Early Meteor Shower Realm''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power,wprehensions, refinements, mental capacity, and various other aspects of existence are constantly increasing due to all the Augmentations being passively conducted by your bonded weapon and your mind!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation base is constantly improving due to the efforts of your Primordial Yin Imprints and the Augmentations being conducted by your bonded weapon.* *Ding!* *Your rate of strength gain has improved by leaps and bounds!* *Ding!* *Your Cultivation Speed has significantly increased due to limating to all your other aspects of existence!* Following these system notifications, an immense and regal wave of power washed over Azmond as his aura multiplied in intensity by an uncountable amount! This is one pleasant surprise after another, and I haven''t even made it into the Academy yet¡­ Speaking of Academies¡­ BLING! *Ding!* *New Active Quest Activated!* *Ding!* *Climb your way to the very top of the social hierarchy of the Royal Academy of AquaRing within six months!* *Ding!* *Due to the number of A Rank and above Active Quests being quite numerous, you have been allotted a temporary clone to help with reaching the very peak of the Adventurer''s Association!* *Ding!* *New Active Quests acquired!* *Ding!* *Officially create the Faction known as ''The Heaven Exploding Sect'' and Annex all forty empires of Asterion. (Including all their subsidiary Kingdoms.)* *Ding!* *Upon Conquering all of Asterion with everyone under your rule before the World Devouring Worms arrive, you will obtain extraordinary amounts of Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps!* *Ding!* *Complete all Active Quests to acquire an extremelyrge sum of Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps!* Following these system notifications, Azmond was taken out of his reverie by the voice of an archaic looking man in long baggy purple robes and a mage''s hat on. "Listen up, everyone!" The man began with an attention catcher as everyone looked his way before he continued, "I havee to inform you all that we have a few particrly special students attending the Academy this year!" Following the old man''s voice, a few figures emerged from behind some iridescent blinds that sat above the ce where everyone was verifying their identities and receiving their student badges. "I implore you all to wee the Eldest Princess of the Demon Empire, Princess Aya Starshire!" The old mage shouted with one of his hands beckoning forth a woman of untold mystique. Aya took slow steps out from behind the blinders as her dazzling ruby eyes scanned through the crowd, seemingly looking for someone. "!!!" Azmond immediately ducked his head at this search, as he didn''t feel like dealing with these women before he even got into the Academy! "..." Aya eventually gave up her search as she backed away from the cheering crowd of students with a slight pout on her face. And after she backed away, another woman came forth as the Old Man in the purple mage attire announced, "Next, will you please wee one of the Seven Holy Sisters of the Holy Cathedral, Thalia!" HOOORAAH! The crowd of students erupted in uproarious cheers when they saw the masked woman walk out from behind the blinders! "I love you, Thalia! Please whip me with your whip!" "I don''t care what separates us because I believe in true love! Please, my dear Thalia, will you marry me and give me your baby!?" A round man screamed with a passionate look on his face. "Don''t listen to that moron! You should marry someone like me!" "No me!" Everyone had varyingments to make about the announcement of Thalia joining the Academy, but it didn''t take long before the Head Master calmed everyone down and said, "Next, we have some particrly prestigious guests of our very Kingdom! Please, will you all give a warm wee to the AquaRing Royal Family!" After his words rang out among the blue and gold scenery, a few busty figures emerged from behind the blinders, passing by the retreating Thalia. The Holy Sister left with the same expression that Aya did, as she wasn''t able to find the man who had taken her heart by storm that one fateful day¡­ ...¡­ Chapter 500: A Sh*tty Train Of Logical Thought... ...¡­ "..." Azmond was dodging everyone like the gue as he dove behind anybody he could find, all while Augmenting everything in his surroundings. His Astral Augmenter Levels were constantly going up with every second that passed. And not only that, but every single one of his aspects of existence went up when he used Emu in conjunction with his Astral Augmenter ss! Azmond''s strength was going up by leaps and bounds with every passing moment, but at this point in time, his power was doing him no favors. He was weaving in and out of the crowd as he effectively dodged the eyes of Nadia, Aqua, Esra, Marina, and Margarete. All of which were looking for him with dangerously narrowed eyes. Everyone in the crowd felt a little intimidated by the stares of the beautiful blue-haired women, but the Royal AquaRing family didn''t seem to care one bit about the opinions of anyone¡­ "W-Well, as you can see, the women of the Royal AquaRing family are as vibrant and expressive as always!" The Head Master''s slightly nervous voice echoed out as he cleared his throat before continuing, "Although we all love the women of the AquaRing Royal Family, we also have one more-" However, before he could finish hismentary, he was interrupted by the sexy Maragerete, as she said, "We know you''re right there, Azmond." "Umu?" Azmond responded with a confused voice, as he never left the backside of the student in front of him. Damnit! I thought those skills I absorbed from the Void Fledgling Scouts would work in camouging me! They literally have ''Cosmic Camouge'' in the name! He was frustrated that his new inherited skill didn''t work on the sniffers of these dangerous women! Nheless, when Maragerete''s sinuous voice sounded, everyone followed her eyes and saw a wolf-masked man in the academy outfit hiding behind a puzzled woman. Azmond was ying the bunny ears prank on the girl with his fingers, which was probably what gave him away¡­ I knew I shouldn''t have done that, but I really couldn''t help myself when I saw this perfect bunny ear-suitable head!! He wasmenting his fate as one who did stuff on a whim while backing up from behind the perplexed woman. And when Azmond did that, the woman seemed to finally notice his existence as she asked, "How the hell did you get behind-" However, before this woman could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by the fervent cry of a certain blue-haired girl! "I finally found you, husband!" Aqua shouted, her curvy body already rushing in the direction of the wolf-masked man. "..." Azmond knew that his cover had been blown, and he also knew that there was no point in hiding it anymore. After all, Marina had managed to patch up her rtionship with Aqua over thest couple weeks. Nheless, he probably shouldn''t tell her about his rtionship with her mother just yet¡­ It didn''t take a genius to figure out what such a discovery would do to Aqua¡­ But luckily for everyone involved, Azmond now has three clones! He had his Old Man Beyond the Stars clone and two additional Essence Soul Clones, both of which came to be because of his cultivation and system. Azmond had the resources to keep up this little charade until a few thousand years passed by! The thousand-year unit was just a ceholder, and it could vary, but he was hoping that he could settle Aqua in before such a long period of time passed¡­ However, life often throws curve balls in your direction¡­ "Morningstar!" Marina eximed as she saw a sickly man approach the stage. Well, this just got a little confusing¡­ Azmond had two women jumping at two separate versions of him, and it was at that moment that he knew that life was perfect! I may be a ''little'' but possessive, but since both me and my clones share the same train of thought and existence essence, we are all the same. That is to say that he was capable of satisfying all of his women without running out of rentable ''plots ofnd'', namely, his body parts. For example, Azmond only had two arms, a head, and a back with just his main body. But when he put a couple of clones in the mix, that number multiplied! Now, Azmond wasn''t doing this just to satisfy a statistic, no! He was doing this so that no woman would be left out when they did something with him! How unfair would it be if Azmond had a plethora of lovely women, but he only walked with two of them hand in hand!? Just think about the women''s feelings on this matter! How do you think it would make them feel to be excluded like that!? There was, of course, the option to have the women take turns with him, but who in any number of universes liked to take turns!? Turns suck! This was all to say that clones would be not only Azmond''s saving grace but also the cause of the increased happiness of all his women! ''Wait... I think I might be losing my mind, because that is the most terrible line of thought I''ve ever heard... Even though it is logical, it still isn''t right... Ai, I think I''ve done so many push-ups that my brain has friend...'' Discarding everything he thought previously, Azmond want back to what he was doing. ¡­ "..." Under the wide eyes of the thousands of new students and the staff of the Royal Academy of AquaRing, Azmond''s main body took on the full bodies of both Aqua and Marina. "I can''t believe you were here all along! Why didn''t youe to see me, you big meanie!" Aqua voiced her grievances while tightly embracing Azmond. "I''m sorry, Aqua, but I had a few things going on, so I couldn''t see you right away," Azmond responded with a wry smile as he attempted to assuage the emotions of the obsessive beauty. He was trying his best not to let anything perilous slip from his mouth¡­ "It''s okay, Husband! I don''t mind that it took a while for us to reunite, but from this point on, we will never be separating¡­" Aqua started with a cheerful voice, but it started to get darker towards the end. Her grip on Azmond''s torso tightened as he could''ve sworn that he felt something break¡­ ...¡­ Chapter 501: A Troubled Headmaster ...¡­ It looks like I found myself in cahoots with another insane yandere¡­ Azmond didn''t know what it was about him that seemed to attract all the crazies to his doorstep¡­ Though, if he were being honest, out of all the different personality types out there, Yandere''s were definitely in his top 3. After all, being with a yandere basically guaranteed that she would be faithful until the day that they both died¡­ There were, of course, the obvious threats of death that came with dating a yandere; however, in the end, Azmond was the strongest, so there were no downsides! Right¡­? A crooked smile formed on his face as he was beginning to rethink his opinion on the matter, but it looked like he didn''t have that chance anymore¡­ "We''re going to be together forever and ever, Husband! Till the day we die! Forever~!" Aqua murmured with her eyes in the shapes of hearts. Her slender arms were wrapped around Azmond''s muscr neck as she lightly bit her lips while staring into his multi-colored eyes. "..." "..." "..." Everyone in the crowd was looking at this scene with inexplicable expressions, as even the Headmaster of the Academy had no idea what was going on anymore. Should I interrupt them from whatever it is that they''re doing¡­? A dangerous thought entered his mind for but an instant before it was shot down almost instantaneously by a dangerous re from Marina. "!!!" The Headmaster felt a shiver go down his spine upon being on the receiving end of that re. Maybe I should just let the youngsters do what they want¡­ After all, this is the first day of school, so some leniency is permitted every now and then¡­ Sweat beads fell down his head as he turned his head away from the two girls in love and their awkward partners. The Headmaster walked down the stairs of his morous podium as he headed in the direction of the rest of the teachers and staff. On his way out, he passed by Princess Aya and Holy Sister Thalia, both of whom had puffed out their cheeks as they stared at Azmond''s main body getting smothered by Aqua''s breasts. BZzzzt! "!!!" The Headmaster felt a dangerous aura leak out from the girls as he sped up his steps, intending to escape whatever was going on with the new students. However, before he fully left the area, he made one more announcement: "Everyone, feel free to pick up your student identity tokens and head to your respective sses! I wish everyone a good first day of the school year! Oh, and all attendance sheets and your ss schedules will be handed to you by your teacher''s!" After getting out these words, the old man with long gray hair and a mage''s outfit made his immediate retreat. And that was especially the case when he felt the conflicted aura of that terrifying Margarete be emitted from her furrowed brows. It looks like The Terror of the Starry Seaboard has a special rtionship with that Azmond newbie and our new Special Exams Teacher¡­ The Headmaster kept this information in mind, as it would surely prove useful at ater date. ***** Meanwhile, on Azmond''s side. Even though it took a few minutes for the two excited women to calm down, it eventually happened as he petted both of them until content expressions emerged on their gorgeous faces. Azmond''s main body was with Boundless, Emu, Calista, and Aqua while in the line for the identity tokens. On the other hand, his Morningstar clone was with Marina and her family as they walked toward the teacher''s lounge. Azmond was currently receiving the evilest res from everyone around him, and yet he didn''t seem to care a single bit... There were those who admired Aqua and the other women, and then there were those who were utterly infatuated with them. But regardless of which group the people veered toward, whether they were men or women, everyone gritted their teeth while watching Azmond. It looks like this will be quite the eventful Academy Arc¡­ And if my spections are correct, there will be nock of Young Master Peng''s¡­ Azmond''s smirk widened at such a thought as he really looked forward to the three consecutive Academy Arcs toe! ***** A few hours passed by, as Azmond''s main body, Calista, and Aqua had already acquired their student tokens and were heading to the testing area to see where they should be ced in the Academy. After all, for most of the students, their power levels and talents were unknown, as the majority of them had gotten into the Academy due to their social statuses and family connections. Although there were somemoners among those taking the Entrance Ceremony, the exact amount was excruciatingly low¡­ Nheless, Azmond and the gang headed through a wide, gold-spackled rectangle door, as they were weed by the sight of a spectacrly decorated ck and blue room. "In case you didn''t know, you country bumpkin, this will be the area where you will do your power analysis tests." A voice entered the ears of Azmond and the gang as a few noble-like men in red and gray buttoned suits walked behind them. Oh? A few Young Master Peng''s¡­ There truly is no better way to start off an Academy Arc! He turned his head in the direction of the voices and saw these overly exaggerated young men with scrawny frames. Their appearances screamed money! Nevertheless, Azmond maintained hisposure as he looked them in the eyes and said, "How about you fine young men go on ahead and show this ''country bumpkin'' how it''s done?" Azmond spread out his arms and gestured for the four young nobles to walk in front of them. "???" Aqua was perplexed by this disy of cowardice, but when she saw the sinister glint shine through his mask, she knew exactly what it was that he was nning. I knew my husband was no coward! Mhmm~ I love him so much! For some reason, a wet and sticky liquid leaked from her lower area as she clung even harder onto Azmond''s sly figure. ...¡­ Chapter 502: D*ckgobbler... ...¡­. "???" Azmond could smell the lustful smells from miles away, and it didn''t take him long to deduce the source of such a smell¡­ Sigh¡­ These women and their horny yandere natures¡­ He bemoaned his luck with women for a second before he refocused back on the smug expressions of the four Young Master Peng''s. "Ha! At least you know your ce, you worm!" The leading pompous figure sneered as he walked past Azmond before turning his head back at Aqua and saying, "Here, watch this, Princess Aqua! I will show you just what noble blood can do if put in the hands of someone like me!" Aqua threw up a little inside her head at the words of the young noble as her smile twitched a bit. And just as she was about to make a move and take off the pig''s head, Azmond waved at her to stop her rash movements with an evil grin on his face. ''Let''s wait and see how this ys out,'' he transmitted to her head. Aqua was still a little reluctant to let that pig go, but in the end, she loved her husband far more than she cared about the lecherous thoughts of some pig, so she backed away from the four nobles with Azmond. "..." The Leading Young Noble was a little disappointed that his ''future wife'' had ignored him so tantly, but in the end, he summed it up to the interference of that worm. So the Young Noble simply scoffed before saying, "Watch and learn how it''s done, you country bumpkin." After which, he, along with his posse, arrogantly strutted in the direction of the middle of the ck and blue room. At the center of therge square room, there was arge red circle painted on the ground, and on the wall directly in front of this red circle, there were hundreds of targets a few miles away. Since most of the rooms in the Royal Academy of AquaRing had stretched spaces incorporated into the infrastructure, the original one hundred-mile wide academy was able to fit hundreds of thousands of miles of space inside it! The teacher who did the testing turned his bored gaze up at the next set of testees as he let out a tired sigh before asking, "Are all four of you taking the beast fighting simtion test or the basic spell archery test?" "Of course we are taking the beast fighting simtion! Hurry and get us into the simtion right away!" The leading young noblemanded with a haughty tone. The Testing Teacher looked at this sight with a nk face, as he just knew that another one of ''them'' would appear this year as well. *Sigh¡­* He sighed a little before pressing arge red button thaty to the side of the mahogany desk he was sitting under. BLING! A bright blue light shed before the young nobles were enveloped in dazzling blue beams! "Names?" The Testing Teacher inquired with a notebook in his hand. "My name is Dickgobbler, and you better remember it!" The leading pompous figure responded with his nose pointed to the sky. "My name-" "Mine is-" The rest of his squad replied with their names as well. And after all four of them got out their names, Dickgobbler waited next to the Testing Teacher with his arms crossed over each other. The Testing Teaching wasn''t even surprised by the attitudes of any new students anymore as he jotted down all of their names on a futuristic notebook. After getting them all down, he looked at their noble family ranks and saw that all of them were the sons of marquises. Pretty high ranking, huh? But in terms ofbat power, they rank at the bottom most rungs of their family, as all of them are around the Peak Void Refining Realm at the age of three thousand¡­ The Training Teacher pondered the matter within the span of a split second before he turned his head in the direction of a few other figures. "Will you all be taking the test as well?" He asked Azmond and his group. "Yes, but we will be going right after they go," Azmond replied while petting Calista and Aqua''s soft heads with his hands. "Alright, but do keep in mind that it will be quite a while before the four of theme out." That was all the Training Teacher said in response, as he swiveled his neutral expression back towards the four conceited nobles before he announced, "Begin the Simtion." BZZZTT! After which, a weird buzzing sound rang out before the light beams that surrounded the four of them started to vibrate. A few momentster, all of them were sessfully transported into a different world, simted by a piece of extremely advanced technology. - A few minutes passed by, and just as Azmond, Aqua, Boundless, Emu, and Calista were getting a little bored, a sudden fluctuation of blue energy urred in the surroundings as four ashen-faced figures appeared outside of the Simtion. And after they materialized from thin air, a few words formed on the wide andrge transparent screen hanging in the air. The first line of words said: [Dickgobbler - 285 Points - Overall Rank: C.] After the first line, a few more appeared in varying intervals. Following all four students having their results transmitted back to the screen, the Training Teacher penciled down their final scores before moving his focus toward the three figures standing in the background. "You may begin your test. And would you like to start the Beast Simtion or Basic Spell Archery tests?" He asked after making eye contact with the wolf-masked man. "..." Azmond thought it over for a second before he asked, "I assume that the Beast Simtion Test is more difficult than the Basic Spell Archery test?" "Yes, you are correct in your deductions; however, as with all things, there is an appropriate reward allotted for every increase in difficulty. Which, in this case, means that you can get put into a better ss if you score well enough on the Beast Simtion." The Testing Teacher''s informative words echoed throughout the extremelyrge training room as he patiently waited for a response with his monocle honing in on the three figures. He had already figured out the identity of the blue-haired woman, as who didn''t know of the unparalleled genius of a princess who showed her talent a few years ago?? But... ...¡­.. Chapter 503: D*ckgobblers Fury ...¡­. When it came to the other two new students, namely the wolf-masked man and the young catkin girl on Azmond''s head, the Training Teacher had not an inkling of an idea who they were. But since they were hanging around the youngest princess of the AquaRing Kingdom, they must surely have some extremely special identities. Have I been cooped up in books for so long with the Headmaster that I don''t even know what''s happening in recent times¡­? The Training Teacher lifted up his monocle a tad bit before taking himself out of his reverie. "We will be going through with the Beast Simtion Test," Azmond responded after a few moments of thinking. "That''s very good, then if you would please stand over where the students that came before you are standing," the Training Teacher asked while beckoning Azmond and his gang to stand on the bright blue spots in the center of the training room. "Very well," Azmond responded before walking over to the various blue-dotted spots located on top of the giant red circle. Along with him came Calista, Boundless, Emu, and Aqua. And just as they neared the closest blue spots, the four young nobles from before strutted up to them with cocky looks on their faces. "Did you see that, you shrimp??" The leading young noble sneered with his finger stretched out in the wolf-masked man''s direction. "This is the power that we of the powerful noble households hold! Do you finally understand the difference between one ascking as you and those as superior as we are???" He looked down at Azmond''s far taller frame before he turned his gaze toward Princess Aqua and asked, "Why don''t you just leave that shrimp ande with us, mdy? I will show you a good time in this Academy! After all, my elder brother came by from the Celestial Academy and thought this ce was quite to his liking!" Aqua''s loving expression morphed into one of extreme disdain as she clicked her tongue before saying, "I don''t know who you are; I don''t know who your eldest brother is, and I don''t want to be within five hundred thousand meters of your existence. So if you don''t mind, please get the hell out of our way before I show you the way to the afterlife." After getting out these cold words, Aqua''s eyes and their shine came back to them as she clung onto Azmond''s right arm before pulling him along to the bright lights she liked best. "Come on, Husband! Let''s go to these ones!" ''Husband!?'' All four of the young nobles were still in shock from the way Dickgobbler was treated, but when they heard what the princess said, they all gritted their teeth in anger. I can''t believe that b*tch actually talked to me like that! And then I hear that she is married to that weak piece of scum with no cultivation base!? Dickgobbler was practically erupting in fury as he turned his trembling countenance in the direction of the receding wolf-masked man. I swear I''ll get my elder brother to kill them! In the end, everything works out in my favor, as my older brother came here to follow Princess Nadia from the Celestial Academy, and from what I hear, he hates it when other men are close to his ''future wife''! Considering that Princess Nadia and subsequently my Elder Brother will need to return from this little vacation of theirs within the next six months, I need to make my Elder Brother kill this bastard before that point in time! Dickgobbler would kill them off himself, but in the end, he didn''t possess enough authority to tantly kill other students in the middle of school grounds. After deciding what he would do after he makes it to his ss, Dickgobbler moved over and sat on the sidelines with his posse, waiting for the terrible results of the shrimp to be presented before them. Even through all of this, all four of them were blissfully unaware of the fact that Azmond was a member of the absurdly powerful Heaven Exploding Faction. And they will likely stay ignorant until the very day that their fates are determined by the ''shrimp'' himself, just as every other Young Master Peng will have theirs decided for them¡­ "..." Azmond was being dragged along behind Aqua, as he looked shocked over the stunt she just pulled. I can''t believe this sweet girl has such a side to her¡­ Usually, one would be a little nervous after having a woman do such a thing right in front of them. But Azmond was no normal person, as the way he looked at the gorgeous princess started to change. God¡­ I am such a sucker for strong-willed women, aren''t I¡­? He lightly shrugged his shoulders beforeughing a little at his taste in women. *Pinch!* "Ow! What was that for, Boundless?" Azmond asked under his breath with a pained expression. |Stop thinking about that blue cow when you have me! You big dum dum, meanie!| Boundless reprimanded him with her cheeks puffed out and her arms beating down on the firm back she was riding on. "..." Azmond looked at this adorable sight disyed by his cinnamon roll as heughed a lovingugh before lightly caressing her long brown hair and saying, "You really are so cute, Boundless~" After which, he grabbed her two squishy butt cheeks before walking up to the blue spot right next to Aqua''s. |Mhmm~| Boundless moaned a little before murmuring, |Sht-Shtop doing that, you big baka~!| She lightly bit her lips in an attempt to get out her ''angry'' voice, but in the end, she crumbled when Azmond caressed the area around her sopping wet heavenly cave. ''For such an all-powerful system, you sure are quite the pervert when ites to being treated like a masochist, huh~?" Azmond mused with his divine sense focused on the juices leaking down her sensual thighs. |Aahhn~| Boundless squirted a little at these demeaning words being directed toward her as she clenched even harder onto the blue and gold academy uniform she was on top of. ...¡­. Chapter 504: No, Mine. ...¡­. Just as Boundless was about to orgasm right in front of all these people, she was taken out of her self-intoxicated stupor by the voice of the dumb blue cow. "Are you ready, my Husband?" Aqua asked with a wide, bright smile on her face. She was reluctant to part with her husband, but it wouldn''t take that long for them toplete the test, so she wasn''t too depressed. After all, now that Azmond was here, Aqua would never allow him to leave her! Not ever ever¡­ ever¡­ A creepy expression emerged on her face as a low giggle escaped her light red lips. "..." Azmond looked at this scene, as he started to feel something when he saw such a wonderful sight. He didn''t know what it was, but for some reason, unbeknownst to him, the ditsy princess was bing even more beautiful in his eyes. I always heard that you should never stick your d*ck in crazy, but it looks like that is exactly what I like most¡­ Azmond sighed a little at his unusual tastes before he said, "Let us see how much you have improved sincest we met, my little princess~" His yful voice sounded out before he turned his head in the Training Teacher''s direction and said, "Let''s get this started." "Very well," the teacher replied with a knowing glint in his eyes. He may be old, but even he could tell when someone was trying to escape. Furthermore, when the Training Teacher saw the obsessive look in Princess Aqua''s eyes, he knew that she was about to jump the poor boy. So in response to Azmond''s requests, he activated the blue spots right away, causing three bright blue lights to surround them. "...Eat when we get back¡­" Calista mumbled as she looked at Azmond with an adorable expression and a finger in her mouth. "Wait! No! Let me stay!" Aqua shouted out as she banged on the impermeable light barrier that enveloped her. "Sorry, but there is no way to cancel the activation of the Beast Simtion once it has started," the Training Teacher replied with a slightly nervous look on his face. His gaze was focused on the wolf-masked man, as he was practically trying to convey, ''You owe me big for this one, young man¡­'' Azmond understood that point as well, which was why he shed a grateful look in the teacher''s direction. |Haha! Dumb blue bimbo! He is mine, you see! Always will be mine!| Boundless mocked the fretting princess with a smug expression as she giggled while rubbing her face up against Azmond''s cheeks. |Mine.| She announced with a dark sheen in her eyes. Boundless was attempting to unt her high ground in the dynamics, but it looked like someone was even higher than her¡­ "No, mine." Calista spoke with a dry tone while wrapping her fluffy tail around Azmond''s head. |Mine| Boundless retorted. "No, mine." Calista''s voice was non-negotiable, as Boundless knew that there was no way she coulde out on top, especially when the Catkin girl literally had the high ground¡­ Nheless, they were all taken out of their thoughts by the voice of the Training Teacher: "Transportation to the illusory worlds made by the system will begin in 10 seconds. Kill as many high-ranking monsters as you can to acquire the maximum amount of points that you can. The higher you score, the higher the chance you have of getting into a better ss." Following his words, a countdown started to sound out inside Azmond and the girls'' heads. "10¡­ 9¡­ 8¡­ 3¡­ 2¡­ 1¡­" "No! Let me out! Why does that catkin girl get to be with my husband!? I want to be with my husband!!" Aqua yelled with a panicky tone as she had long since unleashed her full power on the light barrier surrounding her. However, no matter what she did, her Half-Step Unity Form Synthesis Realm Power did not do a single thing in helping to budge the barrier! And when the countdown reached zero, Calista, Azmond, and Aqua were all teleported to different simted worlds. Beep! Beep! Beeps were sounding off after Azmond and the gang left for their trials. "Hmm?" The Training Teacher looked toward the source of this disturbance as he saw that a button called ''Nightmare'' had been tapped. His eyes widened at this realization as he shouted, "Shit! How did I end up clicking the Nightmare Difficulty button for that Azmond kid??" The truth was that Azmond himself had changed the difficulty for himself using his Astral Augmenter ss. All he did was alter the reality of the buttons, which caused the Training Teacher to tap the wrong one. "How could this happen!? The Nightmare Difficulty was meant only for those who had graduated from the Academy and ruled over a part of the world! It was meant for Tribtion Transcendance Realm Cultivators!" He began with an urgent tone as he tried to take Azmond back from his trial. However, it was already toote¡­ "The Nightmare Difficulty is one where, unlike the lesser difficulties, the testee can truly die in the simtion¡­" The Training Teacher slumped into his chair as he realized that he would be leaving this room with one less student¡­ ***** Meanwhile, in the simtion world where Azmond found himself transported,. "Oh? So this is some sort of primitive where the only thing here is a countless number of mindless beasts?" Azmond scanned a section of the world with his divine sense, and the first thing he understood was that there were no other human beings in this world. In fact, there was nothing else except the forest and the varying-sized beasts that roamed the world, devouring each other. The world itself was dark green and blue in color, while its diameter was roughly a hundred timesrger than Asterion, which made it a with a size of around 100 billion miles! "I''m sort of surprised that I sent us to such a high-level world¡­" Azmond muttered, a curious gleam shing past his eyes. ...¡­. Chapter 505: Goliath Titanoboa ...¡­. Even though Azmond was the one who put the difficulty in Nightmare mode, he didn''t expect it to be such a wide difference from what he predicted the normal and easy difficulties to be like. Furthermore, in addition to the enormous size of the world itself, all of the beasts that lived on it were absolutely humongous! It was almost like millions of small, world-sized beasts were fighting for supremacy over who would rule over this! And it was because of this fact that Azmond already knew that he would have a fun time in this simted world! A few seconds passed by as a wolf-masked man stood atop a grandiose mountain, his cold gaze overlooking all of the other mountain-sized Void Refining Realm Monsters fighting it out. There was a giant monkey and lizard fighting in the background, withrge purple beans shooting out in every direction; however, for Azmond, those were just some small fry¡­ "It looks like you are raring to go, huh?" He asked the ''mountain'' he was standing on. RUMBLE! The mountain started to violently shake as pieces of it fell off and turned into debris akin to meteors! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! ming rocks hit the lush greenery below as the ground cracked and crumbled, resulting in wide chasms forming around the ''mountain''! "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" All Unity Form Synthesis Realm and below monsters shot their heads in the direction of this phenomenon, as they immediately realized that one of the ''Earth Kings'' was awakening! The ''Mountain'' beneath Azmond''s feet lifted up off the ground! And before long, everything within tens of thousands of miles started to break apart as the rest of the ''Mountains'' body emerged from within the earth! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Loud explosions were sounding out everywhere, as it turned out that the ''Mountain'' the wolf-masked man was standing on was nothing more than one of the spikes on top of a behemoth''s head! RAAAWRGHHH!! A primal roar that was capable of inducing fear in all beings weaker than it reverberated out from the head of a colossal serpent beast! Azmond turned his nonchnt gaze down at the brown and green spike he stood on with a sword in hand as he analyzed the monster''s existence with his Discerning Quantum Eye. A bright blue and gold light shed. BLING! [Goliath Titanoboa: Tier 1: Level 13] {[Age: 11,900 years old]} {[Realm: Early Stages of Early Mahayana Realm]} {[Stats: ¡ú [Strength: 225,600,000k] [Speed: 215,130,000k] [Defense: 240,490,000k] [Qi: 260,210,000k] {[Rtionship Status: Hostile]}]} {[Current Vital Status: Alive]} {[Additional Trivia: [The Goliath Titanoboa is a being that was simted by certain technology in the Royal Academy of AquaRing.] [Its backstory in the world simted by the simtion is that it has been asleep for thest few hundred years, but when it was awake and roaming, it was capable of ruling over millions of miles ofnd, tyrannically devouring anything that it didn''t agree with.] [This beast in ''Nightmare Difficulty'' is a real construct and will allot the same rewards that a real version of it would give in real life.] After perusing the system interface of the Goliath Titanoboa, Azmond looked down at the ''mountain'' he was catching a ride on. BZZZTT! Immense levels of blue''ish energy were being built up inside the mouth of the Goliath Titanoboa, as it was looking to take out everything in a hundred thousand-mile radius to get the small tick off its back! "You don''t have to be so rash, you know?" Azmond spoke with a calm demeanor as he lightly tapped his katana. SHING! A dazzling multi-colored shean shed out as the Goliath Titanoboa didn''t even get the time to react to such a lightning-quick movement! SLICE! Its body was split up into millions upon millions of sliced chunks as a section of the earth below was diced up as well! And just as the damage was about to cause a blood shower to rain down from the skies, Azmond had Emu absorb the beast''s corpse. After which, a few system notifications rang out inside his head. BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed an Early Mahayana Realm Goliath Titanoboa!* *Ding!* *You have gained Starry Experience <0.1* *Ding!* *You have gained Lowest-Ranked Star Stones <0.1* *Ding!* *All of your experience points will continue to be stored inside your system!* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the existence of a Goliath Titanoboa!* *Ding!* *You have obtained variousprehensions in Low-Rank Mortal Laws and arge amount of assimted Cultivation base and skills!* *Ding!* *You have gained x10,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has slightly improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power inches ever closer to the ''Initial Stages of the Early Meteor Shower Realm''* *Ding!* *Your cultivation base inches ever closer to achieving the peak of the Half-Step Quantum Tribtion Transcendence Realm.* Following these system notifications, Azmond received a few more from the passive benefits of his Astral Augmenter ss, and then some more telling him of his improved mental capacity. His Mental Capacity had already reached the ''Initial Stages of the Early Mortal Rank'' from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Peak Common Rank'' during thest few minutes. Nheless, after scanning over all his gains, Azmond was taken out of his reverie by two inconspicuous girls who weretched onto him. |Let''s continue hunting! Take out all those stinky monsters! Oh, but only save the cute ones!| Boundless hounded him with directives while rubbing her sensual, milky white breasts over the top of his head. "Mhmm¡­ Kill them all¡­ Then we can eat them¡­" Calista mumbled while drool dripped from her mouth. It was clear that the only thing she was thinking about was how to best fill her stomach with exotic creatures¡­ And she wasn''t the only one, as a certain katana started to vibrate from his side. BZzzzt! "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Emu squeked while wiggling a little. "..." It looks like we all have amon path in mind, though the goals we''re all aiming for are a bit different¡­ Despite Azmond''s thoughts, he turned his head in the direction of the next Colossus, as he already knew that this would be a ridiculously amazing grinding fest! ...¡­ Chapter 506: A Random Glitch...? ...¡­ I really should thank that teacher for his ''help''ter. After all, I assumed that there would only be Tribtion Transcendance Realm monsters inside the simtion, but it looks like something glitched out. Although it all works out in my favor so I will take it with gratitude in my heart! Following these thoughts, Azmond blurred from his position as he shot in the direction of a giant, one hundred thousand-meter-wide monkey! ¡­ A few days passed by inside the simtion, as less than a few minutes had gone by in the outside world. And inside therge, one hundred billion-wide simted world, a man with long flowing white robes and a wolf mask on was seen jumping from mountain to mountain, traversing thends of this ''loot bag world''. Azmond had both Boundless and Calista on him, but he didn''t particrly mind them being there when he was fighting, so he allowed it. On a side note, during thesest few days, Azmond had obtained not only a few dozen Starry Experience Points and Lowest Ranked Star Stones, but he had also gotten his Astral Augmenter ss to Level 12 and acquired a ''600% boost to all basic attributes''. Furthermore, he had improved his mental capacity from the ''Initial Stages of the Early Mortal Realm'' to the ''Peak Stages of the Peak Mortal Realm''! Which was to say that Azmond was capable of altering thousands of separate existences all at once! He not only increased the amount of Astral Experience he obtained by doing this, but he also improved the rate at which his Mental Capacity and Quantum Conqueror Ranks improved! In addition to all of this, Azmond''s cultivation base had reached the very peak of the Half-Step Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm! The only reason that he hadn''t already broken through to the Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm was because he didn''t want to break through inside a simtion. His reason for this apprehension was because he was afraid that the ''Beings Beyond the Heavens'' would send down Star Beasts while he was in the simtion. Nheless, that wasn''t really the main cause for his cautious behavior, as he could just have his ''Man Beyond the Stars'' clone take care of all issues involving the Star Beasts. Instead, Azmond didn''t want to breakthrough until he had amassed enough cultivation base topletely skip the Early Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm and directly reach the Middle Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm! But to do this, he had to continue grinding, so that is exactly what he has been doing for thest few days inside the Simtion. "...Eat fish¡­?" Calista asked with her mind seemingly somewhere else. Azmond looked up at the adorable grayish haired girl drooling above his head as he chuckled a little before saying, "Sure, we can eat some fish. But only after I finish up the rest of these beasts." |Finish up the rest? But aren''t there trillions of them still left alive¡­? Wait¡­| Boundless immediately understood where he was going with his words. "Heh~" Azmond''s smirk widened at his cinnamon roll''s perceptiveness as he asked, "Who wants to see a go boom?" The truth was that he had gotten a little tired of zipping around the from one side to the next. It was, in a word, bing ''tedious''. Especially considering that all the monsters were mostly in the Tribtion Transcendance Realm and below. Furthermore, they liked to hide out in their own territories, so their domains were always spread far apart, which led to Azmond running around like he was on a wild goose hunt! He was bing tired of all the hassle, so he opted to use a far different approach¡­ "So, who wants to see a go boom so we can get out of here and go eat?" Azmond asked with a yful smile stered on his face. |...| Boundless didn''t even know how to respond to this, but in the end, everything went towards improving her and the system, so she lightly nodded her head before snuggling back in his back. Calista, on the other hand, was always thinking about food, so she didn''t really care either way. However, she bobbed her head a little in one of her fantasies, so Azmond took that as confirmation andmenced the ultimate super borate n, ''Big Boom Boom!'' FWIP! His figure blurred as he vanished from his spot atop a vast mountain range. And when he reappeared, he was in the space thaty above this simted beast world. "It looks like this is as far as I can go up," Azmond muttered while noticing that a non-corporeal barrier of sorts was obstructing his path upward. "Well, this is a simted world, so it''s no surprise that there would be a limit to how far I can fly out. But no matter, this is enough for me to start what I want to." He moved his hand away from the effulgent and colorful static barrier that fluctuated a little upon being touched as he looked down at the vast blue and green world below him. There were a total of seven continents in this world, and every single one stretched on for tens of billions of miles. And unlike all the previouss Azmond has known, this one was mostlynd, with only around 40% of it being filled with seas that contained an uncountable number of terrifying sea beasts! Calista had him go hunting for a few krakens a few days ago, and he was quite surprised over the sheer size of the beasts, as they were at least fifty thousand miles in length and swam around vast and endless seas with tens of thousands of tentacles, attempting to find anything to drag into the neverending depths. Nevertheless, all of the adventuring Azmond and the gang did in this world was a thing of the past; as with everything, there was always a time to bid farewell and move onto a new chapter. Which in this case, it meant that the was about to go boom boom! ...¡­ Chapter 507: Nothing But Ash ...¡­ "..." Azmond looked down at the that filled up around a tenth of his vision as he lifted his hand in the air and had Emu fly into his grip. BZzzzt! Emu had multi-colored tendrils of energy emanating off of its razor-sharp edge, as it looked like it was about to go off the deep end and begin devouring anything in sight! "I wonder what will happen if we devour an entire world of this magnitude?" Azmond asked with a growing excitement welling up inside him. And it didn''t take long before he could no longer control himself, as his back and gold, crimson-colored katana was sent downward. Although the motion was excruciatingly slow and there were no fancy movements involved in this strike, all it took was the de reaching a 90¡ã angle for everything to register! SHING! A tiny sword arc norger than a few centimeters was sent blitzing in the direction of the simted at a level surpassing hundreds of millions of times the speed of light! It was due to this insane speed that it didn''t take even a split second for the dazzling Qi Arc to make contact with the. Following the miniscule sword arc touching a trillions upon trillions of times its size, the whole world achieved a state of pen-drop silence. "..." A few seconds passed by before something finally changed within the''s surface, as a crack was formed. This crack quickly spread out and increased in speed, as it didn''t take even half a second for the to have a razor-thin crack lined throughout the entire thing. After this crack traveled in a circr line throughout the entire, the crack turned into a cut, and then¡­ All hell broke loose! BOOOOOOOOOM!! Everything in between the cracks exploded outward as the world literally split apart! Explosions of never-before-seen degrees were set off throughout every segment of the ''crack'' as two evenly cut sides of a over one hundred billion miles wide were separated into two different pieces! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! These two pieces of a had even more effulgent explosions reverberate throughout the surrounding space as both pieces were being destroyed at insane rates! However, they weren''t simply being destroyed; they were being sliced up into far smaller pieces! And after a few nanoseconds, those two evenly cut pieces had trillions of additional slices made in every part of the! RAAAWRGHHH!! Trillions of monsters let out mindless cries as they were being killed in numbers that surpassed anything thought to be possible in a simtion! Half a second passed as the damage to the massive seemed to have finally ended. Or at least, that is what one would assume as billions of pieces of a were left floating out in the vast expanse of fabricated void. But all of this was merely the prelude toplete and utter destruction, as¡­ BOOOOOOOOM! Billions of small chunks of the simted world were simultaneously blown up! It didn''t take long before the dark night sky was transformed into a dazzling light show of explosions! ¡­ After a few seconds of all of these explosions going off, everything finally died down. And what was left was¡­ "Nothing but ash¡­" Azmond murmured with a satisfied look on his face. He was clearly pleased with all the damage he had caused to a bunch of pixels in a system. Nheless, these ''pixels'' would give him enormous amounts of system notifications, and that made it all worth it in his opinion! But before the pop-ups swarmed his vision, Azmond had Emu stretch out and devour everything that remained of the simted world. CHOMP! Emu consumed everything that was left over, as that was the exact moment that Azmond received all of the system notifications and strength increases. BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed trillions of beings in the Body Refinement - Soul Transformation Realm.* *Ding!* *You have killed billions of beings in the Void Refining Realm.* *Ding!* *You have killed hundreds of millions of beings in the Unity Form Synthesis Realm.* *Ding!* *You have killed millions of beings in the Tribtion Transcendance Realm.* *Ding!* *You have killed tens of thousands of beings in the Mahayana Realm.* *Ding!* *You have gained Starry Experience +3,650 after killing numerous beings!* *Ding!* *You have gained Lowest-Ranked Star Stones +3,650 after killing numerous beings!* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the existences of trillions of high-ranking beasts!* *Ding!* *You have obtained variouswprehensions, skills, stats, cultivation bases, and a plethora of other aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *All of your Low-Rank Mortal Laws and Weapon Auras have advanced to the maximum levels and forcefully breached past the limit between ''Low Rank Mortal Laws'' and ''High Rank Starry Mortal Laws''* *Ding!* *All of your three hundred Low Rank Mortal Laws have been added to your dozen or so Starry Laws, as you now possess exactly 308 Starry Laws at ''Level 0'' and ''Level 1''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from ''Infinitesimally Close to the Initial Stages of the Early Meteor Shower Realm'' to the ''Peak Stages of the Early Meteor Shower Realm''* *Ding!* *You have Conquered various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *You have gained x40,000,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank has advanced into the ''Absolute Peak Stages of Rank 13'' (Late Comet''s Passage Realm equivalent).* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Peak Stages of the Early Meteor Shower Realm'' to the ''Initial Stages of the Middle Meteor Shower Realm''* *Ding!* *You have incorporated your Astral Augmenter skills into the attack that augmented not only the lives of trillions of beings but also the fate of a over one hundred billion miles in diameter!* *Ding!* *You have obtained Augmenter Experience +50,000,000,000.* *Ding!* *Your Astral Augmenter ss has leveled up!* *Ding!* *Your Astral Augmenter ss has leveled up!* *Ding!* *Your Astral Augmenter ss has leveled up!* *Ding!* *Your Astral Augmenter ss has leveled up!* *Ding!... You¡­* ...¡­ Chapter 508: Simply Did Some Things ...¡­ Following a number of system notifications, a few more bombarded Azmond''s vision not long after. BLING! *Ding!* *You have obtained Mental Capacity Points +500,000,000.* *Ding!* *Your Mental Capacity has tremendously improved and rocketed throughout all of the Mortal Rank and directly achieved the Earth Rank!* *Ding!* *Your Mental Capacity has reached the Middle Stages of the Early Earth Rank!* *Ding!* *You can now augment tens of thousands of objects at once!* After all of these system notifications rang out, Azmond was finally able to catch his breath. Or at least that was what he originally assumed would happen¡­ WAAAA! An immense wave of power washed over his stalwart figure! Holy sh*t¡­ My strength just increased by an unbelievable amount¡­ Azmond didn''t even know how he should process the fact that he could now destroy thousands of that same evaporated with a mere flick of his fingers. He didn''t even need to input 1% of his total strength to aplish the same feat again¡­ |So does this mean we are going back now¡­?| Boundless questioned with a curious tone. "..." Azmond was taken out of his stupor by her voice as he kindly looked at the busty woman leaning over his shoulder and replied, "Yes, considering that we have been here approximately seven days and the trial ends on the seven-day mark, it should happen-" FWIP! He wasn''t even able to finish his words before a bright sh of light appeared out of nowhere and zipped them away! ***** Meanwhile, back in the real world, inside the test training room of the Royal Academy of AquaRing, a few pompous figures were conversing with each other with smug looks stered on their faces. "I predict that the shrimp will barely even make it past 10 points! What do you think, brother Dickgobbler?" "Ha! You overestimate that bastard, for there is no way that he will surpass the 1 point mark!" Dickgobbler responded, a raucousugh escaping his mouth. "You''re so right, brother Dickgobbler! Haha!" And just as the three of them wereughing their asses off with those disgusting smirks on their faces, a sudden energy fluctuation was felt inside the room. Bzzztt! Following this energy fluctuation, Dickgobbler, his posse, and the Training Teacher all turned their heads in the direction of the three figures materializing from thin air. Did that boy make it out¡­? The Training Teacher was focused on the fact that there were three fluctuations, which indicated that not a single one of them had died. But how is that possible!? How can a Freshman survive seven days of the Nightmare Difficulty!? He wore an expression of utter disbelief as he waited for the three figures to finish their transportation back to the real world. And as this was happening, something was urring with the screen that the Training Teacher was sitting over. Bzzzt! Bzzzt! Electricity sparks were flying all over the ce as a plethora ofplicated and advanced holographic screens were glitching out. However, the Training Teacher was too preupied with the matter of the boy and the catkin girl surviving, so he focused all his attention on their inevitable arrival. And it was because of this focus that hepletely missed the countless zeros and question marks that spammed the section of the screens that said, ''Score for participant Azmond:''. After a few nanoseconds of the screens spazzing out, they eventually calmed down as the point indicatornded on the score of ''Null and Void''. Nheless, the Training Teacher looked at the fully formed figures appearing above the blue spots, as he had already confirmed his spections. "You all really made it out alive!" He shouted with a shocked look on his face. His figure had already started its approach toward the three of them as he checked over Azmond''s body with a baffled expression. "How did you do it?? How did you survive for a whole week on Nightmare Difficulty!?" Azmond looked at the weird teacher as he responded, "I simply did some things, and bam, here I am." "Some ''things''??" The Training Teacher questioned. Why had he never heard of anyone getting through a Nightmare test through ''doing some things''??? "Of course, some things. Now if you don''t mind, we would like our ss tokens so we can begin our sses for the day." Azmond spoke with a nonchnt expression as he walked past the stunned teacher and headed towards his desk. And while he was at it, he also took it upon himself to change the stat indicators of the point screen with his Astral Augmenter abilities. After which, the indicators for participant Azmond and participant Calista both changed to ''3000 points''. Azmond felt that was just the right amount needed to fool this teacher in just the right direction. A few seconds passed as the Training Teacher walked back over to his desk with a frazzled appearance. He couldn''t remember thest time he had been so confused in his entire life¡­ Nheless, his confusion was quickly covered up by the excited voice of a certain blue-haired princess¡­ "Azmond!" Aqua eximed while leaping off of a blue spot andnding in the firm arms of the wolf-masked man. "You really are something else, alright," Azmond said with a light chuckle escaping his mouth. Nheless, he continued coddling the clingy woman in his arms while resisting the dangerous res released from both Boundless and Calista. "I missed you so much! Why did you leave me all alone for seven whole days, you big meanie!?" Aqua grumbled with an aggrieved look on her face. She started to softly hit Azmond''s chest with her cheeks puffed out and her big, beautiful blue eyes never leaving his multi-colored gaze. ¡­ After a few seconds of the silly princess ying around, Azmond took her, along with Calista and Boundless, and walked over to the wide metal desk that extended off from the futuristic area of the Training Teacher''s table. And just as they were about to ask for their new student tokens, a few nasty voices sounded out from behind them¡­ "Heh! Let''s see what pitiful score this stupid shrimp has scored! With his non-existent cultivation base, it''s sure to be something never before seen in the history of the Academy!" Dickgobbler sneered while leading his group of young nobles over to the wolf-masked man. Azmond stared at this scene with a nk expression as he let out a sigh before saying, "Ignore the clowns." After which, he turned his head away from them while waiting for the Training Teacher to go over their scores and give the appropriate student tokens. ..... Chapter 509: D*ckgobblers Stupidity... ..... "!!!" Dickgobbler and the rest of his posse werepletely infuriated over being tantly ignored. And that was all it took for Dickgobbler to shout, "You bastard shrimp! Take this and see how you like a strike from this daddy!!" He threw out a punch using his Earth Rank family inherited technique called the ''Gobbler Barrage''. And as soon as that technique was utilized, dozens of illusory fists were unleashed in the direction of the wolf-masked man, seemingly aiming to destroy his entire existence! "..." Azmond shot his cold gaze in the direction of the ming dildo-looking fists as his stoic facade broke for a second. "Pftt¡­" He chuckled a little before lightly transmitting some focus to his mind, causing the area around Dickgobbler to be slightly augmented. The Young Master Peng himself fell face first to the ground as his body went tumbling due to the space around him being warped in whichever way Azmond so chose. The Training Teacher turned his head up from the scores presented before him as he said, "There will be no ying around in these training grounds, Young Master Dickgobbler, so please take your horse ying elsewhere." After getting out those words, he went back to allocating appropriate rewards for the three unbelievable scores he was looking at. On the other hand, Dickgobbler got up from his sprawled-out position as he looked around him with confusion and embarrassment shining through his expression. Upon standing up off of the blue and gold steel ground surface, he red at the wolf-masked man and shouted, "I will get you back for this one, you damn shrimp!" Dickgobbler had no clue if Azmond actually had anything to do with his falling, but it didn''t really matter to him! All he wanted was someone to vent his frustration on! After making that promation, Dickgobbler walked away from his spot, heading for therge doors that led outside the Training Room. And right behind him were the three other Young Master''s, as they took a second to understand what had just happened to their leader. However, just as they were about to leave the room, the score results were put on the huge blue screen on the furthest back wall. And the results read, ''Azmond: 3000 points, Aqua: 1800 points, Calista: 3000 points''. After these results were released, the four Young Masters had their eyes open wider than they thought possible! Nheless, they were already making their ''cool'' exit, and they couldn''t just back out halfway, so they skedaddled right out of there in a split second! S-So what if you got a score of three thousand¡­ I will just have my Eldest Brothere teach you a lesson, and then Princess Aqua will be all mine! Dickgobbler''s delusional thoughts echoed out inside his head as he and the other three Young Masters left that ce like they were trying to escape death! Azmond looked at the receding pompous figures as he chortled a bit before turning his slightly watery eyes toward the Training Teacher, awaiting the student identity tokens. And it didn''t take long before the Training Teacher snapped out of his reverie and said, "He-Here are your student tokens¡­ You all got the basic ones at the Entrance Ceremony, but these are different as the three of you have scored within the S-Rank range and will need to go to ss 1-A where you will be assigned to the new Special Exams Teacher along with a few of the other ''special'' students." Following this information disclosure, he tossed three bronze tokens with the letter S on the front of them. "Everybody starts out as Bronze-Tiered with varying letters on the front that determine your rank. Advance in your studies and increase your power to obtain higher-tiered identity tokens." The Training Teacher informed them of everything they needed to know, as it wasn''t long before Azmond and the gang were already headed out the door, aiming to see their new ss. And in their ce, they left a teacher who was still reeling from the shock he just received¡­ I will ask the Headmaster to keep me up to date on the ongoings of those younglings, especially that Azmond kid¡­ ¡­ Meanwhile, in the wide andvishly decorated hallways of the Royal Academy of AquaRing, a wolf-masked man, a catkin loli, a blue-haired princess, and a ghostdy were leisurely strolling through the halls. "..." "..." "..." They were being stared at by just about everyone in the area, but it didn''t seem like any of the unique figures cared in the slightest. And when the three (five) of them made it to ss 1-A and jarred open the door, the once lively ssroom was suddenly brought to a pen-drop silence. Nheless¡­ "Yo," Azmond announced himself before finding a seat in the far back, particrly in the part of the ssroom that was nearest to the window. And on his way to his seat, he saw a few familiar faces that seemed to be going through quite a flurry of emotions. Azure, Sapphire, Aya, and Thalia were all admitted as students of ss 1-A and were currently looking at him with varying gazes. It looks like Thalia and Aya are a little mad at me for not greeting them as soon as I arrived¡­ On the other hand, Azure and Sapphire appear to be quite confused about whether they''re allowed toe up and talk to me¡­ Azmond perfectly analyzed the problems of the four beautiful women as he sighed a little and decided that he would give them all some attentionter. However, for now, he simply passed by the gorgeous women and found his seat. And right behind him were Aqua, Calista, and Boundless. Aqua took the seat to the right of him, while Calista and Boundless imed the seats that were in front of him and to the northeast of his location. After the three of them settled down, everyone in the ssroom had their eyes focused on the wolf-masked man, as who didn''t like a mystery? And what bigger mystery was there than the man who emerged from the Great Wilnds Forest one day and imed to be associated with the new secret organization, namely, the Heaven Exploding Faction!? ...¡­ Chapter 510: The Heaven Exploding Factions Fame! ...¡­ Most of the inhabitants of Asterion were buzzing over the Heaven Exploding Faction, guessing that it would be the next ruling force! Not only that, but people threw out the idea that the Heaven Exploding Faction was attempting to put all the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts under its rule! Just this information alone was enough for the Inferno God Continent, the Divine Sea Continent, the Azure nk Continent, the Aero Continent, and Gaia''s Sanctum to be raving about this ''Heaven Exploding Faction'' on a daily basis! There were only three known members of the Heaven Exploding Faction: Morningstar, the rising star of both the Adventurer''s Association and the winner of the Centennial sh in the Kingdom of AquaRing. Then there was Azmond, a man who never took off his mask for reasons unknown to the masses. He was said to be the youngest disciple of the Man Beyond the Stars and also the disciple who was dropped off in the Great Wilnds Forest for training. And then,stly but not least, there was the Man Beyond the Stars, otherwise known as the strongest expert in all of Asterion and the one who had killed a Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Expert with but a mere flick of the wrist! Not only that, but he had also killed a couple dozen ruling figures a few weeks back and threw the bnce of Asterion off the rails! In fact, everything would''ve already devolved intoplete chaos by this point if not for the topic of the Heaven Exploding Faction distracting all those who were aiming to take advantage of the situation! On a side note, there was something quite peculiar about all those who were of the Heaven Exploding Faction. That thing being that every single member possessed a weird tail of sorts. In addition to that, the Man Beyond the Heavens even had these menacing horns spiraling off the top of his head. And it was inevitable that people would begin to infer that the Heaven Exploding Faction members were some sort of demon subspecies from the Starry Expanse! This was one of the main reasons why everyone was looking at Azmond like some sort ofb experiment in ss 1-A of the Royal Academy of AquaRing. "Do you guys need something¡­?" Azmond asked with a bored tone and a hand leaning up against his chin. "!!!" "!!!" The other students in the ssroom looked at that lifeless gleam shining through his mask and knew that he was not one to be carelessly messed with! It was through this realization that all the students shot their heads away from Azmond, instead focusing on the new arrivalsing through the ssroom doors. However, some of the female students had small blushes on their faces, as that ''re'' of Azmond''s seemed to really get them going¡­ Azmond noticed this as well but decided to ignore it as he passed his gaze over all the students and saw Azure, Sapphire, Aya, and Thalia all sitting right next to each other. Thalia wore a mask as well, but even through the mask, Azmond could feel her annoyance from miles away. It seems like she''s expecting me to say something to her¡­ He thought with a wry smile while noticing the same thing in Aya''s mood. And although it was faint for Azure and Sapphire, they still wanted him toe over as well¡­ "..." Azmond observed the moods of all the women he knew as he let out an exasperated sigh before transmitting various messages to the three of them. All he said was that they could find some time to talk after school, but that was enough for all their eyes to brighten as the irritation building up within them had all but vanished! What silly and adorable women¡­ Azmond enjoyed thepany of all four of them, and he wished to better understand what exactly it was that they wanted. However, he was swiftly taken out of his thoughts by the opening of the ssroom doors as a certain someone came in¡­ Oh, look, it''s me¡­ Heh¡­ Both Azmond''s had simr thoughts as Morningstar walked up to the board and introduced himself before beginning the ss. ¡­ A few hours passed by as Azmond and Morningstar bid farewell to each other before heading in two separate directions. Nheless, no matter which Azmond it was, both of them were constantly gaining more power for themselves as the Astral Augmenter ss was capable of being utilized by all clones. Which was to say that Azmond was gaining Augmenter Experience at an utterly ridiculous rate! In fact, his Astral Augmenter ss had already reached level 20! And along with that boost in level, there were major increases in his strength and mental capacity! Nevertheless, Azmond''s constant and passive strength gains were nothing new, so he continued going about his days as per usual. And with two of him in the Academy, his main body was able to spend some time with Azure, Sapphire, Aya, Thalia, Aqua, Boundless, Calista, and Emu. While his Morningstar Essence Clone was working away at getting to better understand Marina, Margarete, Nadia, and Esra,. All of whom were temporary instructors at the academy. ... After a few days of going back and forth with all of the women, he got the gist of just what it was that everybody wanted from him. And those things for Azure, Sapphire, Aya, and Thalia were some help in better understanding what it was that interested them so much when it came to him. Although all of them were constantly perturbed over that yful personality of his, in the end, they wouldn''t lie and deny that they weren''t the least bit attracted to those sweet words always flowing out of his mouth¡­ B-But only by a little bit¡­! They all seemed to have the same thought at the same time as they were having lunch with Azmond''s main body on top of a rooftop. The four of them were quite reserved, and only really Azure was keeping the conversation afloat. But luckily for them, Azmond had quite the way with words, as he teased them like a bomb would go off and blow up the school if he ever stopped! ...¡­ Chapter 511: Women And Their Horrible Backstories ...¡­ Despite the flustered women surrounding Azmond''s main body on the rooftop, there were even more women who just couldn''t seem to escape the grasp of the big bad wolf¡­ Namely, they were Marina, Margarete, Nadia, and Esra, all of whom possessed far different personalities and gave Azmond quite some trouble when they scissored him in the middle with their questions. Unlike Aya and Thalia, who liked to be around him due to their unknown emotions, Nadia, Margarete, and Esra were far from reaching a point where they felt affection for the man. Esra was cheeky by nature and often liked to y the seductress, but in the end, she was a pure virgin and was easily taken off guard by Azmond''s counterattacks to her flirtatious words. On the other hand, Nadia was more refined and sort of an ice queen, eerily simr to the way Crystalline was before she came into contact with him. She was a tough nut to crack, but after a few weeks of getting through that icy exterior, Azmond was ultimately able to get her to open up a little bit. It turned out that she had been enduring quite a lot while in the Celestial Academy, and all she ever wanted was to help her family escape the fate that all females in the AquaRung household ended up with. That was all Nadia ever wanted, and over the years, the stress that came along with that goal was quite overwhelming for her, which eventually led to her closing off all emotions. ording to Margarete and Marina, she wasn''t always so cold and distant, as it turned out that Nadia was simply yet another victim of circumstance¡­ All these women and their horrible backstories¡­ Azmind was beginning to think that not a single woman he met was truly happy their entire lives, as he spoon-fed Nadia a bit of a delicious strawberry cheesecake while in the teacher''s lounge. It turned out that she was quite the fan of sweets, especially the ones that had strawberries in them. She always became a little shy when Azmond called her taste in food cute, but for some reason, unbeknownst to Nadia, it made her stomach flutter a little when he said those words while only focusing on her¡­ Nheless, after thest two weeks of getting through to the women whilepleting various Academy-rted activities, Margarete, Aya, and Thalia had started to notice a few things within themselves when they looked at Azmond. It wasn''t really ''look'' per se, as at this point, they might as well have been outright staring at him whenever they got the chance¡­ Although it was for two different versions of himself, the point still stood. Thalia was beginning to take off that silly mask that covered up her divinely beautiful face, while Aya was starting to see Azmond as more than a tool that would get her ''family'' off her back. On the other hand, Margarete, for the first time in thousands of years, started to open up to a person other than her family and the Empress of the Azure Empire. And just like her daughter, Marina, she started smiling again. Smiles that would be capable of brightening up New York City were being shed by every girl that Azmond decided he ought to ''assist''. He was a sucker for strong-willed women who didn''t understand their own value, and all of them were strong, independent women on the inside. All Azmond had to do was dig in far enough to uncover those sweet and gooey versions of them that were just looking for a chance toe out! Which ultimately led to his first Academy Arc turning into nothing more than a grinding session for his Astral Augmenter and Quantum Conqueror ss and a ''Help the beautiful women get back on their feet'' Quest. And during this entire time, various Academy missions were assigned by the academy, pertaining to going outside of academy grounds andpleting a multitude of tasks. It was through these Academy Quests that Azmond took the opportunity to add all of the women close to him to his Main Party. Almost every one of them freaked out after feeling their strength go up with each monster they killed, but after all this time together, they had gotten used to all the impossibilities that surrounded Azmond''s existence. And after an entire month passed since the Entrance Ceremony, today marked the day that Nadia, along with all those affiliated with the Celestial Academy, would need to return. It was also a day in which sh*t would go down! "So¡­ Are we still going to that park today, Azmond?" Nadia asked while linking arms with his left arm. "..." Azmond looked down at the dark blue-haired woman as he gently caressed her head before responding, "We can''t. Did you already forget about you needing to head back to your Celestial Academy for the new semester?" Nadia went silent at his response, as she really didn''t want to be reminded of the sus pit of corrupt officials and pushy young masters that she was set to depart for within the next few hours. Although her strength had increased to the Early Mahayana Realm due to some assistance from the Boundless System, she still didn''t want to go back¡­ "..." Azmond observed the conflicted expression that the gorgeous woman was making as he reassured her by saying, "You know you aren''t actually going back, don''t you? I was just kidding with my earlier words." "Really?? I don''t have to go back to the Celestial Academy? But you do know that they have Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts in their midst, don''t you??" Nadia questioned with an anxious tone. It was clear that she was worried about the safety of one Mr. Azmond¡­ And the man in question understood this as well, which was why he put her head to his chest before saying, "Don''t worry so much about it, my dear. I may not look like it, but Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts are nothing much to me." "Are you really that much stronger than what you''ve shown us??" Nadia inquired with a perplexed voice. She could hardly believe her ears at his words, as even though she was aware that he was ridiculously strong, it was hard to tell exactly how strong he was when no one was near him in strength¡­ And it wasn''t like Azmond ever really felt like disclosing his actual power level, so in the end, everyone had their guesses, but that was it... ..... Chapter 512: Guesses Were Just Guesses ..... Guesses were just guesses, and for most of the girls, besides a select few, they assumed that Azmond was somewhere around the Absolute Peak Mahayana to Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm. However, never in their wildest dreams would they be able to guess his actual strength¡­ Even before the School Year started, Azmond was far above everyone in strength with hisbat power in the Middle Stages of the Meteor Shower Realm, but after all this time, his strength had never once stopped progressing! It was unknown where exactly his actualbat strength stood, especially when his racial attributes were thrown into the mix, but there was one thing for certain. That ''one thing'' being that Azmond had already long since surpassed the limits of the floating blue marble called Asterion! In fact, he was trying his best at every moment to not identally destroy the entire thing with a light tap of his fingers! He would''ve considered leaving Asterion by this point, but in the end, the potential quadrillions of Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps were too enticing for the loot goblin himself¡­ Nheless, Azmond was currently walking down a set of stairs with the entire AquaRing family, excluding Aqua. And his destination was none other than the ce where the Entrance Ceremony began at the Royal Academy of AquaRing! The reason for him heading over to this location was because the representatives of the Celestial Academy would being back to retrieve their number one student. Furthermore, if what Azmond heard was correct, then a Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Expert would surely greet them with their presence. And in the eyes of the Loot Goblin, there was nothing more enticing than a big, fat steak who served himself on a tter! *Step Step Step* Azmond and the girls of the AquaRing family made their way toward a wide and vast metal covered courtyard, where they were immediately greeted with the sight of a few menacing figures heading toward them from the front gates of the Academy. "Scary¡­" Azure murmured while hiding behind Morningstar. Sapphire was the same way, but unlike her sister, she had some self-respect for herself. On the other hand, Nadia, Marina, and Margarete stared at the approaching figures with apathetic gazes, as they truly didn''t like these people in the slightest. And then there was Esra¡­ "These people of the Celestial Academy sure wear some silly outfits, teehee~" *Pop! Pop!* Veins appeared on the foreheads of the representatives of the Celestial Academy, as they just knew that something like this would happen when they encountered the ''Unhinged Witch of the AquaRing Family''. Nheless, they calmed their nerves before looking in the direction of the eldest daughter of Marina. "You will need toe back with us, Nadia. You know the rules of the Celestial Academy, and you know that the recess is over." A gruff and stern voice reverberated throughout the area as the leading figure of the Celestial Academy group stepped forth with hisrge stalwart frame fully in view. This man was the head of the disciplinarymittee in the Celestial Academy and was also the one who watched over the Courting Death Academy in his free time. His name was Akraz, and his purpose foring here today was to ''persuade Nadia AquaRing toe back to the academy.'' Akraz was in the Absolute Peak of the Mahayana Realm and had been alive for many years now. And the reason that such a strong and ancient figure came to the Royal Academy of AquaRing personally was because Nadia had more than one purpose for the Ancestors of both the Courting Death and Celestial Academy. In fact, her existence, or specifically, her ''blood'' was the key that most Ancestors in the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm could use to break through into the Early Lunar Ascendancy Realm! After all, other than Cosmic Events like the one a few light years away, there was only really one way for a low-level like Asterion to produce someone in the Lunar Ascendancy Realm (Excluding the Heroes). Other than a Cosmic Event or being a hero from a different world, the only way to advance into the Lunar Ascendancy Realm with the limited resources and talent allocation on Asterion was to use ''Heavenly Phenomenons'' to one''s advantage. And in the case of the Celestial Academy Elders, they were hoping to utilize the mysterious Primordial Divine Yin, Heavenly Seraph, that Nadia possessed. If it wasn''t already obvious as to how they would obtain this Primordial Divine Yin of hers, then they would vite her before throwing her away¡­ "..." Azmond read over the information presented to him on the system interfaces of the leading Akraz as his face darkened. You know what? I think I''ve decided¡­ His thoughts took a turn for the worst, as although three consecutive Academy Arcs sounded fun and all, in reality, he had already obtained enough reputation within the Royal Academy of AquaRing to boost his loot acquisition by quite a lot. However, to make the best use of his reputation as the ''Terroizer of the Young Masters'', Azmond figured that he might as well fully ferment that position in the hearts of all beings in Asterion! FWIP! His figure immediately blurred as he vanished from the eyes of all beings! And before anyone even knew what had happened, Azmond appeared behind Akraz and the rest of his squad. SHING! A crisp, unsheathing sound echoed out as the air froze over for half a moment. Following this sound, everything copsed in on itself, as all space within this section of the Royal Academy was instantly diced up into billions upon billions of molecr-sized chunks! And along with this slicing of the space around them, all of the representatives of the Celestial Academy died right then and there with not a hint of resistance! CHOMP! Azmond had Emu devour what remained of their existences as he moved away from the destruction while augmenting the space, returning it to its previous state. "..." "..." "..." The women of the AquaRing family looked at this go down with astonishment written across their faces. "How are you so strong¡­?" Margarete asked with a tone of disbelief. Even though she knew of the strength possessed by the Man Beyond the Stars and Azmond had already told her of his identities, she still couldn''t believe what she was seeing! Even if he is in the Lunar Ascendancy Realm, I should be able to see at least a glimpse of his speed! However, I couldn''t even quantify his aftershadow! It''s like he faded away from reality at a speed beyond humanprehension¡­ The busty Milf had never seen anything so ridiculous in her entire life, and she wasn''t the only Milf with a shocked countenance¡­ Marina looked at her man with a shocked but also surprisingly loving expression. She didn''t know what it was about Azmond, but seeing him fight like aplete beast turned her on to the maximum degree! In fact, she was wet the moment the chaos began! God... I wanna fu*k him so damn bad¡­ Marina was willing to let loose right then and there, as she was having an extremely hard time trying to hold herself back from jumping the sickly man! ..... Chapter 513: The Disappointment Of The Century ..... "..." "..." "..." Margarete and the rest could smell the lust from miles away as they turned their pretty heads in the direction of the voluptuous Queen before sighing in unison. "Mother is so naughty¡­" Esra mumbled with a slight blush on her face. For some reason, she was bing a little horny as well¡­ And the adorable witch wasn''t the only one with these thoughts, as Marina''s horniness seemed to be infectious. That was especially the case for the two maids, who had already gotten a taste of his meat rod all those months ago¡­ "Sister¡­ I want him¡­" Azure murmured, small hearts materializing in her eyes. "...Same¡­" Sapphire responded with the same obsessive expression, as her eyes never left Morningstar. Even though his appearance was far inferior in this form than it was in his true form, at this point in time, Azmond had already charmed every single one of the women around him with just his personality¡­ It wasn''t like he was actively trying to get them all to bepletely obsessed with him, but with his new Semon race and his already charismatic personality, it was simply inevitable¡­ In the end, the only ones still left in the limbo were the sexiest yet also the oldest Milf in Asterion, the Eldest Demon Princess of the Demon Empire, the Holy Sister of the Holy Cathedral, Esra, Nadia, and ra, the disciple of Adrian. All of the other women who gathered around Azmond had already fallen deep into the pit known as his orbit, and it was unknown whether any of them would be able to w their way out¡­ Furthermore, even the women who were still undecided weren''t too far off from tipping over into the dark side! In addition, the Monster Queen''s, like Medusa, Ember, and Clover, even after all this time, never once stopped thinking about the fox-like man. Even the shy Lemon was on the verge of leaving her family home and going to ravage Azmond at any given moment! And then, of course, there was Crystalline, who, at this point in time, was close to taking over the Hidden Lotus Syndicate due to her own effort and the assistance of the Boundless System. Of which she felt grateful toward both Azmond and Boundless for every further ounce of power that she obtained. Nevertheless, every woman that the Loot Goblin has met since reincarnating into this world has felt nothing but happiness since meeting Azmond, and at this moment, dozens of women were simply waiting for him to make the first move¡­ That was even the case for the lonely god who sat atop the Tree of Life, patiently waiting for that annoying mortal to return and say hello¡­ Nheless, all of this was for another time, as right now, Azmond has a few corrupt academies to take care of! It truly is too bad that the Courting Death Academy is nothing more than a morass swamp of corruption and scum¡­ Truly unfortunate indeed¡­ Azmond let out a cold sigh before a deadly gleam shed past his eyes. FWIP! Following this sudden emission of killing intent, he disappeared from his spot, heading straight for the two Academies on the other side of the world! ''I will be back in a bit. Hold down the fort until I return.'' He transmitted his voice to the girls of the AquaRing family while his speeding figure fully vanished from sight. And in his ce, he left a few puzzled women who were still trying toprehend what was happening¡­ "Should we tell the Headmaster about theck of futurepetition among academies¡­?" Sapphire asked in a soft murmur. "Yes¡­ Go ahead and do just that¡­" Marina responded with her gaze focused on the direction that Azmond disappeared in. It looks like the Headmaster and the Training Teacher, Frezero, are going to have to deal with the aftermath of yet another ''Heaven Exploding Faction'' incident¡­ Although Marina was thinking these things, she couldn''t be any more turned on by the fact that she knew he was doing this for them! In fact, all of the women in the AquaRing family had figured out his motives for doing things that conflicted with his ''Agenda before ascension''. And more often than not, his ns only ever changed when one of them was involved¡­ It''s me, isn''t it¡­? Nadia wasn''t stupid, and she knew that it was highly likely that all this was happening because of her. She should''ve felt bad that the chaos that would ensue would be her fault, but for some reason, she felt this warmth well up within her¡­ It feels nice¡­ Nadia was a woman who didn''t like the help of anyone else, and she would normally get mad at someone for butting their heads into her business, but for some reason, when Azmond did it, things felt different¡­ "..." Marina looked at the expression her daughter was making as she thought, ''And there goes another one of my daughter''s¡­ Does Azmond truly wish to go for the Oyakodon route??'' ***** Meanwhile, in the space located above a giant floating assortment of extravagantly resplendent castles in the Divine Sea Dynasty,. "..." Azmond was looking down at the floating wondend that stretched on for tens of thousands of miles as he wondered just how much money and effort had to go into building this thing. It truly is too bad that it will be no more after today¡­ But fret not, for there will be another academy, a kingdom, and an empire following right along with you to the afterlife. I guarantee that you won''t be alone. A cold gleam shed past his eyes before he lightly tapped his katana. And before the Ancestors of the Celestial Academy even had the time to react¡­ SHING! A katana was unsheathed, and a miniscule sword arc was sent flying from Emu! SLICE! It took less than a split second for the Celestial Academy to get split straight down the middle, with both sides of the academy sliding off of each other! "Who Dares!?" An archaic voice roared from within the confines of the Celestial Academy. "How dare youe to the Celestial Academy and destroy our property!!" Another voice bellowed. Before long, there were dozens of ancient figures with flowing golden robes standing in the air directly in front of Azmond. ...¡­. Chapter 514: Stop The Whining ...¡­. "Exin yourself, trespasser! If not, then we will strike you down on the count of three!" The first and oldest voice shouted, his aura already on the verge of exploding. There were a total of nine Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts among these few dozen figures, which meant that the Celestial Academy took up a total of around a fourth of the total Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm poption. It just went to show exactly how much power this seemingly secret and secluded academy held away from the world! Nheless, none of that really mattered to Azmond as he pulled something out of his Storage Space. BING! A body fell out of his Storage Space andnded on a piece of thin air. "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" All of the ancient elders of the Celestial Academy had their eyes widened to insane degrees after understanding who that corpse was¡­ "This old thing is one of yours, is it not?" Azmond asked with a small grin as he kicked the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Expert in the direction of the ancients. "H-How Dare You!?" The Eldest Elder of the Celestial Academy hollered with fury practically spilling out of his expression. "Ha! I dare to do a lot more than take out a mere bug who had the gall to spy on me in my own home!" Azmond responded with a slightly maniacalugh, his hand moving toward his katana once more. SHING! And before the opposing Elders could even see a glimpse of his sword strike, their heads were already sliced off their shoulders! "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" Their Nascent Souls and Essence Souls started freaking out as they ran away from the scene faster than they ever had in their long lives! However, nothing they did seemed to make any difference for the monster in human form as he swiped out his tail! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! Billions upon billions of tail strikes were made in an instant as everything within tens of thousands of miles was diced up into countless small chunks of space andws! It was safe to say that the few dozen Nascent Souls and Essence Souls had alreadypletely evaporated, along with any and all spare clones¡­ "It looks like you guys weren''t as all-powerful as you once thought you were, huh?" Azmond asked no one in particr before his fierce gaze focused on the rest of the Celestial Academy. It only took one quick scan with his Divine Sense and Discerning Quantum Eye for him to find anyone and everyone rted to the suffering of Nadia and the rest of her family. FWIP! He disappeared from his spot and phased to the left side of the sliced-off academy. After making it into avishly decorated gold and white hallway, multiple anxious figures in academy uniforms came into view. There were a total of four of them, and all of them were in theter stages of the Tribtion Transcendance Realm. SHING! A crisp, shing sound echoed out as the four of them were dispatched of without a moment''s hesitation! "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" Their Nascent Souls and Essence Souls started to scatter as small shrill cries could be heard from the Young Masters. "Shut up with the whining," Azmondmanded with a voice bereft of emotion. SLICE! Following this voice, another tail swipe urred as all of the various Nascent Souls and Essence Souls were sliced up into millions of different pieces! "Ahhhh!!! Nooo! Please spare my life-!!" They pleaded with everything they had; however, all of their pleas fell on deaf ears. That makes four¡­ Five hundred and fifty more to go¡­ At this thought, Azmond vanished from his spot, speeding throughout the infrastructure of both sides of the split academy. He ignored all physical barriers and phased through walls using his Augmentation abilities, making quick work of all of his ''targets'' without even giving them the chance to react! There were thousands of students in the Celestial Academy, alling from various kingdoms and all stretches of life, and one fateful day, anyone and absolutely everyone who had the nerve to target a woman just trying to help her family were deemed deceased within half a minute... Azmond was merciless in his actions, and no matter if they were female or male, anyone who had even the smallest part to y in the plot of abducting and ra*ing Nadia was dead before a tenth of an incense stick passed. And along with all these deaths, a plethora of system notifications popped up in the vision of a wolf-masked man. BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed 10 cultivators in the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm and 500+ cultivators in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm!* *Ding!* *You have obtained 0.20 Starry Experience!* *Ding!* *You have obtained 0.20 Lowest-Ranked Star Stones!* *Ding!* *You have conquered various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *You have obtained x500,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror Rank inches ever closer to the next stage!* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the existences of hundreds of beings in the Tribtion Transcendance and Mahayana Realm!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation base has moderately improved!* *Ding!* *Your cultivation has long since reached the peak of the Half-Step Quantum Tribtion Transcendance Realm, and you''re able to break through at any given moment with insane boosts to your cultivation upon sessfully breaking through!* *Both your Astral Augmenter ss and Mental Capacity aspects have been improved by leaps and bounds, subsequently increasing your overallbat power by crazy margins!* *Ding!* *Your Astral Augmenter ss has reached ''Level 42''* *Ding!* *Your Mental Capacity has improved past the limits of the Mortal Rank and sessfully made it into the Earth Rank!* *Ding!* *You are now able to augment hundreds of thousands of objects at once!* *Ding!* *Your total attribute boost from your Astral Augmenter ss has passed the ''2000%'' mark!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *All of your aspects of existence have improved by leaps and bounds!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Early Stages of the Peak Meteor Shower Realm'' to the ''Middle Stages of the Peak Meteor Shower Realm''* ...¡­ Chapter 515: In The Name Of All Young Master Pengs ...¡­ Following all of these pop-ups, Azmond turned his head away from the glowing blue and gold screens as he saw the terrified looks on all of the students'' faces. They must think I''m a monster¡­ For some reason, that notion didn''t really mind him that much, as his nonchnt expression glossed through all of the various students. None of them have done much more than what was necessary for them to survive in this world, so I will let them live. After all, the fault lies not within them but within the hearts of those ancient bastards I cleaned up. Azmond made sure not to kill a single innocent''ish person with that earlier strike, and he wasn''t nning on changing that fact by murdering a bunch of students who weren''t rted to the atrocities conducted by the Celestial Academy. On that note, he had actually found out that Nadia wasn''t the first target for Primordial Yin extraction, and it was highly likely that she wouldn''t be thest. In fact, after all of these years since the founding of the Celestial Academy, there have been millions of women who had their Primordial Yin''s ''taken by force''. By this point, all of the upper brass of the academy had be scum of the highest level. And the depth of the scumminess of the Celestial Academy didn''t end with just them, as almost every high-ranking student was just as bad as the elders. Just a bunch of deplorable bastards who get their knockers off on viting a bunch of innocent girls for their own gain¡­ I am no hero or person who fights for the people, but even I have a point where I must do a full clean-up session. Azmond''s thoughts swirled around inside his head as he was already headed toward his next destination, namely, the Courting Death Academy. This ''Courting Death'' Academy is undeserving of its name, and there is nothing that I hate more than ra*e and the besmirching of the great reputation thates along with being a proper Young Master Peng! He was beyond infuriated at the fact that an academy had the audacity to call itself the ''Courting Death Academy'' while they conducted such despicable things underneath the eyes of everyone in Asterion! "Do these guys not know that a true Young Master Peng always works out in the open with their wealth and overwhelming backgrounds on full disy!?" Azmond''s irritated shout could be heard bouncing around for millions of miles as he traveled from one side of the to the next. It took no longer than a nanosecond for a tall, ticked-off figure with a wolf mask to appear in the airspace above the Courting Death Academy. "Time for retribution! For ruining the names of all great Young Master Peng''s, I sentence you all to death!" Azmond shouted with a voice that could break the sound barrier. And it didn''t take long after his voice reverberated that a few figures with long gold and silver robes materialized in the air above the academy. On their robes, there were stitchings that said, ''Courting Death Academy! If you pick a fight with us, you truly are Courting Death!''. Upon seeing these dope a** stitchings, Azmond''s annoyance only increased a hundredfold as he berated them by saying, "Are you all happy with yourselves!? Putting on those robes even though we all knew that you don''t deserve them!!" His disdain for these bastards had reached an all-time high as he tapped his sword handle a little. "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" The ancients of the Courting Death Academy were still trying to understand what was happening when, out of nowhere, a sword gleamed. Following this sword gleam, they were first crippled before their appendages were cut off one at a time, and then finally they died with their Essence Soul and Nascent Soul''s no more¡­ "You see?? That is how you act as a Young Master Peng!! If any of you bastards were still alive, then I''m sure you would obtain a better understanding of how you should have one Court Death!" Azmond hounded the Ancestors and Elders of the Courting Death Academy even in death¡­ Nheless, he stopped shouting at the corpses after a bit, as he had Emu devour their existences. CHOMP! "Mhmu! Mhmu!" Following the munching and squeaking of Emu, Azmond moved onto the rest of the vile students in the Courting Death Academy. FWIP! His figure blurred as he approached the ck-and-gold assortment of buildings and towers that made up the academy. "Well, at least they got all of this right. But everything else ispletely wrong! What a waste of potential, Young Master Peng''s!" Azmond appeared to be extremely passionate about this subject, as he appreciated the color scheme and overall atmosphere of the Courting Death Academy, but other than that, everything sucked! All of the students seemed oddly normal, with no overly pompous figures strutting about, while the amount of silk pants was utterlycking! "It''s all so wrong¡­ This is a fake Courting Death Academy! An imposter!" Azmond began with his finger trembling as he pointed at everything he deemed ''wrong''. "Wrong wrong wrong wrong¡­ You know what?? Screw this sh*t! I will just take out the scum and then make my own academy in the future!" He ended with a determined expression, his mind made up and his body moving in the direction of some ''trash'' that needed to be cleaned up. ¡­ A few minutes passed by and the Courting Death Academy had all of its scum wiped clean, and along with a few hundred deaths, a multitude of system notifications rang out inside the head of a wolf-masked man. BLING! *Ding!* *You have killed three Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy and 320+ Tribtion Transcendance Realm Experts!* *Ding!* *You have obtained 0.09 Starry Experience!* *Ding!* *You have obtained 0.9 Lowest-Ranked Star Stones!* *Ding!* *You have obtained a number ofprehensions in variousws!* *Ding!* *All of yourws inch ever closer to breaking past Starry Level 0 into Level 1.* *Ding!* *You have gained 1,000,000 Augmenter Experience due to all the Augmentations you conducted to a wide plethora of beings at a high standing in Asterion.* ..... Chapter 516: A Fraction Of A Cosmic Event ..... *Ding!* *Your Astral Augmenter ss has leveled up!* *Ding!* *Your Astral Augmenter ss has reached ''Level 41''* *Ding!* *Your Astral Augmenter ss will give you a huge boost in all basic attribute gains as long as you''re able to make it past Level 100.* *Ding!* *You have partially absorbed the cultivation bases of a number of cultivators and received another boost to your total cultivation base bank.* *Ding!* *You have obtained various ranked Spiritual Stones, including Lowest Ranked, Low Ranked, Mid Ranked, High Ranked, and Highest Ranked Stones.* *Ding!* *You have obtained x3,000,000,000,000 Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps for Conquering various aspects of existence!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror ss has leveled up!* *Ding!* *Your Quantum Conqueror ss has increased from the ''Absolute Peak Stages of the Middle 14th Rank'' to the ''Initial Stages of the Late 14th Rank''''* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has increased from the ''Middle Stages of the Peak Meteor Shower Realm'' to ''Nearing the Late Stages of the Peak Meteor Shower Realm''* Following all of these system notifications, an immense wave of strength washed over Azmond as he felt his power take a spike upwards! "If I keep going at this rate, then I might be able to surpass the higher-ranking members of the Void Kindren n." He had been a little worried over the increasingly difficult enemies he started facing from the Void Kindren n, as they had already started sending out enormous insects in the Meteor Shower Realm. And if he wasn''t careful, then his death and the destruction of the could be right around the corner¡­ Nheless, at the rate at which Azmond was progressing, he should be able to outdo the Void Kindrens in terms of power as long as they don''t send out anything past the Meteor Shower Realm. But even if they did send out something beyond the Meteor Shower Realm, he still had a plethora of Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps that he could obtain from all the ''thorough conquering'' that he had been working on for thest month. So far, around 70% of the ruling kingdoms have fallen under his heel, as all of the Leaders had been ''Convinced'' by the Man Beyond the Stars. And it was because of this ''convincing'' that the number of Conqueror Wisps he obtained was beginning to have insane rates of exponential improvement! On that note, it turned out that every further thing that was ''thoroughly conquered'' was able to increase the total number of Conqueror Wisps that Azmond received from any number of activities. This was to say that he was obtaining ridiculous numbers of Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps from doing rtively basic things! Nevertheless, in spite of all the conquering that he and his clones were doing, there was still a kingdom and an empire that needed to be ''cleaned up''. FWIP! Azmond materialized above a wide expanse ofnd with arge fake sun at the top of a huge mountain. There were tens of thousands of buildings and towers that were dyed a yellowish color, with all of these various structures being something akin to a futuristic Aztdscape. And at the very zenith point of thisnd, termed the SubBurn Kingdom, there was a man with enough fat rolls to feed a family sitting upon an extravagant throne with a dazzling sun on the backdrop. "Have you figured out a way to kill that Morningstar bastard yet!?" Adam SubBurn asked with an extremely irritated tone. He had been asking around for ways to sneak a death underneath the gaze of the Man Beyond the Stars, and after nearly a month of colluding, he found a Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Master who had been in seclusion for thest few thousand years who might be able to help him. Lord Beboob! "So, Lord Beboob, do you think you can help me silence that shrimp bastard once and for all??" The king inquired. "I think I should be able to do it. But you know what my price is for doing something against an organization that could find me even if I escape into the Void Realm?" Lord Beboob responded with an ancient and archaic voice as he lifted up a cup of special herbal tea without using his hands. "..." Adam SunBurn looked at the wizened old man with a scaly tail swinging behind him, as although he hated all subspecies that weren''t humans, he had to do what he had to do if he wished to kill that bastard who dared to make moves on ''his woman''! So, even though the price was a hefty one to pay, he did it without a moment''s hesitation as a glowing sphere around two feet in diameter was taken out of his storage ring. WAAA! The aura that the sphere released felt like it was great enough to raze the world to the ground! "!!!" Lord Beboob observed the living miracle before him, as he never would''ve anticipated that he would be able to witness one of these things in person. A fraction of a Cosmic Event¡­ This will be exactly what I need to break through in my Sun Obsoletion Arts and make a breakthrough into the Lunar Ascendancy Realm! Although this sphere called the ''Sun''s Ray'' was nothing more than something of symbolic value for the SubBurn Kingdom and was seen as nothing but a gimmick item to the rest of the world, for Lord Beboob, this was his chance! The Sun''s Ray was just the thing he needed to supplement his strength so that he could breakthrough! "I will get the job done, and that boy will be dead before the sun rises tomorrow," Lord Beboob said with his hand already snatching the Sun''s Ray away from the King. "That''s very good, Sir Beboob! I wish you luck in your killing of that shrimp bastard!" Adam SunBurn eximed before spending a few seconds praising the existence of the old man. After getting enough ass kissing in to fill his quota for the day, the King of the SubBurn Kingdom and Lord Beboob both looked to the sky as they felt something rapidly approaching their location. "What is tha-!?" Lord Beboob tried to get out his question; however, before he could, a sword gleam shed at a speed imperceptible to the human eye. ...¡­ Chapter 517: Dear Daddy Gets Sucked Up ...¡­ SHING! *Spurt!* Lord Beboob was sliced into a billion different pieces before he even knew what had happened to him! "!!!" Adam SubBurn watched the Sun''s Ray fall to the ground with a thud, as the new owner had already died before it could even be used! "W-Who Dares!?" He shouted, sweat beads raining down his forehead. His anxious and terrified gaze searched around the area, attempting to find the one who killed senior Lord Beboob. And the second he blinked and opened his eyes again, there was a wolf-masked man standing before him! "Wh-Who The Hell Are You!?" Adam roared, his hand reaching out for the sword he kept in his fat rolls. However, before he was even given the chance to counterattack a force of nature, a razor-sharp tail appeared out of nowhere and sliced off a few of the meat sausages that the king called his fingers. "Arrghh!! You bastard!!! Do you know who I am!? Are you even able to understand what sort of forces I have behind me!? You may have been able to take Lord Beboob by surprise with your tricks, but I know of Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts who could leave you half an inch from death!!!" "..." The King''s words seemed to fall on deaf ears, as the wolf-masked man simply stared at the whining, delusional mess before him with a nk stare. Now that I''m looking over his system interface in depth, I understand that his not being my father makesplete sense¡­ I honestly don''t even know how he lives with himself¡­ Azmond listened to the fanciful words of ''his father'' with a dead gaze, and before long, he got tired of the jabbering and asked, "Where is your brother?" "???" Adam was confused by the question, but he assumed this was his chance to intimidate the man as he responded, "M-My brother is the soon-to-be husband of the Queen of the AquaRing Kingdom and is also the disciple of a Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Expert from the Divine Sea Dynasty-" SHING! SLICE! *Spurt!* A crisp sword unsheathing sound echoed out, followed by a few more of the king''s fingers being sliced off! "I don''t remember asking you whether or not your brother was anything. I asked where he was." Azmond''s emotionless voice entered the bleeding ears of the SunBurn Kingdom as the crying king looked up while sobbing before stammering, "I-I don''t know where Brother Broli is! I on-only know that he went to the Fire God Empire a few days ago and hasn''t returned since! You must believe me!" At this point, Adam was already groveling on the ground, kowtowing before his daddy! "..." Azmond turned his cold gaze down at the fat mountain sniveling on his feet as he realized that trash like this wasn''t even worth keeping alive. "You know what, King SunBurn?" He began with a smiling expression while bringing the king''s fat face up toward his. "Y-Yes, My Lord?? Whatever you wish is mymand!!" Adam replied with a differential disposition. "Well, that''s excellent, because the thing I want is¡­" Azmond paused for a moment before he continued, "Your life." "!!!" Before the king even got the chance to fullyprehend the wolf-masked man''s words¡­ SHING! A tail moved out at speeds surpassing human understanding, slicing Adam''s body into a trillion tiny pieces! POP! A bloody firework exploded in the throne room of the Royal Castle of SubBurn, as the King was left in a state an inch away from death. "You said you would have me half an inch away from death, so I figured I should return the favor by giving you the real deal." Azmond spoke with an apathetic tone as he took out a special soul trapping container from his storage space. Following this action, he slowly took off his mask while looking at a fairy-like Essence Soul floating in front of him. "This will be your new home from now on¡­ Father¡­" His stoic facial expression turned into a wide, maniacal grin as he observed the tiny Essence Soul go through a period of realization. Although King Adam SunBurn barely recognized the godly appearance of Azmond being something rted to him, as soon as his aura waves were unleashed along with the masking off, he immediately knew that it was the same baby he disposed of all those years ago¡­ And that realization made his face darken, as he was about to beg for his life before¡­ *Swip!* King Adam SunBurn was sucked into a soul trapping container, never to be seen in Asterion ever again¡­ "This will be your life until the end of time, so enjoy yourself in there." Azmond''s indifferent voice echoed out as his figure faded away from sight, and along with his disappearance, the Royal Castle of SunBurn was sliced into two! Everyone in the Royal Capital started freaking out that day, as Royal Guards numbering in the hundreds quickly barged into the Throne Room. However, all they saw when they made it into the room were blood-stained walls and a king that was no longer there¡­ ***** Meanwhile, in an area above an empire dyed a bright, vibrant red, a figure with an appearance beyond description appeared in the bright blue skies. "..." His gaze honed in on therge assortment of opulent red and orange castles as a cold gleam shed past his multi-colored eyes before he vanished from sight. FWIP! He reappeared inside avishly decorated throne room, where he was greeted with the sight of a man with arge frame and a fiery crown atop his head sitting on a throne adorned with dozens of fiery, ming swords. "!!!" The Emperor of the FireGod Empire immediately understood what was going on when the mysterious man appeared before him. After all, news traveled fast among those of the higher ss, and two high-ranking academies and a Tier 8 Kingdom having most of their infrastructure destroyed was impossible not to go unnoticed by the rest of Asterion''s rulers. But never in Emperor Frank''s life would he have expected the person who caused all of the recent chaos to find his way inside his throne room! ..... Chapter 518: Information From The Emperor ..... "Do you know why I''m here, Emperor Frank?" Azmond asked with an apathetic voice. "I-I don''t, good sir, but could you please exin to me why you''re targeting my Empire¡­?" Frank responded with a stutter, sweat beads materializing on his forehead. "I have recently taken it upon myself to take out all the trash in the world. Or rather, all those who have gotten ahead of themselves, which brings up my reason foring here. Namely, it was for your son, Pervasshat, and Broli of the Kingdom of SunBurn." Azmond''s icy, cold voice echoed out inside the hollow throne room as the Emperor''s eyes immediately widened at his words. "S-Sir, what has my unfilial son done to someone as great as you to require you to personally move¡­? If there''s something I can do for you so as to reprimand my son, then feel free to inform me right away!" Frank eximed with an anxious look on his face. He already deduced that his idiot son had something to do with a member of the Heaven Exploding Faction moving against them, and that left him in a state of trepidation. After all, Pervasshat was one of his favorite son''s, and if this mysterious wolf-masked man went overboard with his request, then he would have no other choice but to ask his seniors to help him take care of this intruder. "..." Azmond observed all the facial expressions that the Emperor made as he turned his gaze away from him and saw two Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Expertsying in wake behind a thin fment of space. Following a sudden realization, he moved his fingers a little as a few energy tendrils were released from behind his back. These energy tendrils quickly shot out and found their way to where the two Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts were located. And not long after, a couple resistant grunts sounded out before two antiquated figures were brought out from where they were hiding under the effects of a constraint technique. "If these two old farts are what you''re relying on, then I would think again, Mr. Frank. So why don''t we continue discussing your son and that visitor of your great and mighty Empire?" Azmond spoke with an emotionless expression, as he had already materialized a chair from thin air. "..." Emperor Frank looked at his two seniors, who both had their mouths covered up using some mysterious ability. It was this sight that made him understand that he no longer had any chance of oveing this matter with the Heaven Exploding Faction¡­ If even a disciple of the Man Beyond the Stars was this strong, then there was no way that anybody in Asterion could possibly resist the Heaven Exploding Faction¡­ He wasn''t stupid, and even he knew when it was time to give it up. A few seconds passed by as Azmond was able to extract any relevant information from the Emperor of the FireGod Empire. And from what he learned, there was the location of both the Emperor''s son and the brother of Adam SunBurn. Both of which just so happened to be in the exact same ce... FWIP! The wolf-masked man vanished from sight, leaving both the Fire God Ancestor''s and the Emperor in a state of dumbfoundment. Earlier that day, they were discussing how to escape the inevitable annexing being conducted by the Man Beyond the Stars, and now they were only thinking about how to best preserve their lives¡­ ¡­ A few thousand miles away from the Royal Castle of the FireGod Empire. FWIP! A wolf-masked man slowly formed in the sky as he turned his dead fish eyes down at the sight of an ''establishment'' located at the far edges of the FireGod Empire''s Royal Capital. The name of this establishment was the ''Honey Bar''; however, contrary to its rtively nice name, there was absolutely nothing nice happening inside its confines¡­ It looks like this is the ce where all ve traders sell the ''goods'' that didn''t make the cut when it came to finding rich owners. Azmond had already scanned the Honey Bar with his Discerning Quantum Eye, as he immediately understood that this ce was nothing more than somewhere where all the scum in the Empire congregated. "Deplorable creatures like the ones that fester around here aren''t worthy of life." His emotionless words came out with an icy aura that caused the surrounding atmosphere to freeze over. SHING! He unsheathed his katana at a speed hundreds of millions of times the speed of light, as the Honey Bar wasn''t even given the chance to keep its foundation intact! BOOOOM! WAAAA! An immense explosion reverberated, followed by intense winds pushing everything out of the way! Following this unbelievably fast and sudden movement, everything besides a single room in the Honey Bar was destroyed without being given a second chance! This, of course, included all the bastards that were in the process of ra*ing a wide variety of girls and women. However, somehow, none of the girls were killed by this utterly devastating attack, as they sat on the hard ground with confused looks on their faces. Their lifeless eyes scanned their surroundings, attempting to understand what had happened; however, all they saw was a wolf-masked man standing over them while walking down steps made from thin air. "You''re all free, and if you wish to find somewhere to take refuge, then head to the west. As long as you can make the journey, then you will find a group of women who were once in simr situations as you all. They''re called the Two Hundred Ice Lilies of the Cultivation World, and there are monsterkin among them as well, so you bunch will be safe and un-discriminated against." Azmond''s soft words resounded as he passed by the stunned girls. Their faces shot in the direction of the receding figure of the man who saved them, as they didn''t know why, but for some reason, they felt they should listen to the words of this man. Following these thoughts, they left the area, heading toward the west, aiming to understand why that mysteriously attractive man told them to find the Two Hundred Ice Lilies of the Cultivation World. ...¡­ Chapter 519: A Fate Worse Than Dear Fathers ...¡­ "..." Azmond took a cursory nce at the women leaving like rabbits who found out there was a whole new world outside their holes in the ground. He sighed a little before taking a few steps into the wide pit that he made in the area that was once the Honey Bar. Those silly girls are making that ''Ice Queens Glory'' organization in the West, so I thought I would send them some new recruits¡­ He chuckled a little when he recalled thest time he sent a clone out to check on Ember, Clover, Medusa, Lemon, and the rest that had apparently decided to group back up together during thisst month. They ultimately opted toward the route that involved them making an organization of their own, namely, the ''Ice Queen''s Glory'', and from what Azmond has heard from the continents on the west side of the, this organization was growing ridiculously fast. In fact, it was even said that they had nearly taken over the entire continent known as the Aero Continent, iming it as the territory of Ice Queen''s Glory and subsequently having it as the subsidiary of the Heaven Exploding Faction. And if Azmond was right in his predictions, then this action of theirs would most definitely allot him quadrillions of Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps uponpletely conquering Asterion! Furthermore, that wasn''t even to mention the activities of Crystalline, Aya, Thalia, and the entire AquaRing family. Crystalline was extremely close to taking over the Hidden Lotus Syndicate, as he had sent a clone to assist her in her ''development''. This clone had not actually interacted with the Ice Goddess of the Hidden Lotus Syndicate as Azmond, but they were in the same vicinity nearly all the time. However, that was a story for another time¡­ On the other hand, Aya was doing good work when it came to convincing her elders of the benefits of fully bending the knee before the Man Beyond the Stars and giving up their Demon Empire as a subsidiary of the Heaven Exploding Faction. Thalia was doing the same thing, but for the Holy Order instead. At this moment in time, even the Holy Pope was beginning to consider the offer as something viable for the future of the Holy Order. After all, if they worked in conjunction with the Heaven Exploding Faction, then they would be able to ingrain their religion into the hearts of every being on Asterion! But of course, Azmond wouldn''t allow something like this without benefits of his own, which was why he said that they could spread their religion in the ''New World'' as long as his name was at the very top, along with whatever gods they believed in. And it was this subject that caused all of the clergy and the Holy Pope to consider the offer extremely carefully, as they had been discussing what they should do for thest few weeks. Nheless, there was also the AquaRing family, which was making quite the mark in terms of convincing the Azure God Empire and a few other empires and kingdoms that all the girls had good connections with. The exact details of this convincing session were the subsequent annexation of their empires and kingdoms, essentially asking them to give up everything they had without a fight. After all, every single one of them would undoubtedly lose if they fought the Heaven Exploding Faction members, and the results of such a loss would be far worse than what they''d lose if they just gave in. All in all, everyone, including Azmond, was working hard to bring every ruling force underneath their heels, as around 40% of all of Asterion had already secretly be the subsidiary forces of the Heaven Exploding Faction. It was due to this that the number of Tier 2 Conqueror Wisps being obtained on a daily basis had already surpassed the hundreds of trillions! Nevertheless, despite the ongoings of all the women close to Azmond, the man in question was currently standing outside a room with two naked menying inside, seemingly preparing for a few women toe in and serve them. "..." Azmond turned his apathetic gaze toward the extravagant door of this lone room as he walked up to it and lightly knocked on the door. "You maye in! And make sure this set of girls is willing to take a beating, for thest ones died far too easily!" A disgusting voice sounded out from the other side of the door, and hearing it only made the wolf-masked man''s face darken further. Very well¡­ I shall give you two a worse fate than my ''father'' received. Following these thoughts, he slightly opened the door before outright knocking the hell out of it as the door was sent flying in the direction of the California King-sized bed that held two men with more fat rolls than they had brain cells. "!!!" "!!!" "Who the hell are yo-!?" Pervasshat tried to speak, but before he finished his sentence, a hand sped onto his face and pulled him up into the air. "What the hell do you think you''re doing to me!? Do you know who I am!?" He roared while squirming with a tight grip on his face. "..." Azmond watched all of those fat rolls jiggle around as he turned his gaze down toward the other potato in human skin. "!!!" Broli Sunburn nearly pissed himself when he felt that piercing gaze bore into his existence. "S-Sir, I don''t know who you are, but have you heard of the SunBurn and AquaRing Kingdoms because I-" *sp* He was lifted up in the same way as Pervasshat, as both of the squealing piggies were shot straight up into the air using a ssic pitcher''s throw! BOOOM! An explosion followed not long after as Azmond leaped right up behind them, quickly surpassing them in height as he stopped mid-air and clutched them by their heads again. They were now at an area nearing the line that separated Asterion and the Starry Expanse, as a cold gleam shed past the wolf-masked man''s eyes. "You Are Truly Courting Death!! Do you know who my brother is!?" Broli shouted. "I don''t think you understand just how painful a death you will have once my father hears of this utter disrespect to our great name!!" Pervasshat bellowed, his hands trying to get the firm arm away from his face. ...¡­ Chapter 520: Breakthroughs!!! ...¡­ "..." Azmond red down at the two worms wiggling around in his hands as he asked, "Who here wants to figure out what it''s like to fly through space like a rocket?" "You bastard-!" They both eximed, but we''re swiftly interrupted by Azmond, saying: "That''s good. I''m so very d that both of you are so willing. And in response to this enthusiasm of yours, I will show you around the great void of space in person¡­" Following his words, he darted straight through the barrier that separated Asterion from the Starry Expanse! "What are you doing, you damn bastard!? Are you trying to kill us all!?" Broli shouted, frost forming on his face as the Void of Space was clearly taking its toll on his Tribtion Transcendance Realm body. On the other hand, Pervasshat was faring a bit better, but not by much. "Don''t you folks worry, for I will give you the best experience possible in the Starry Expanse!" Azmond responded with a malicious grin, his figure sting through every known speed barrier as he traversed dozens of light years in a split second! Normally, both of the two scumbags would be dead after being dragged along at this speed, but he made sure to keep them on the edge of death and life. After all, they didn''t deserve to die so easily¡­ "Have either of you ever wondered what it would be like to be seared alive on top of a red giant?" Azmond''s yful voice echoed out in the vacuum of space using some magical means as he looked down at the two gurgling meat bags in his hands. "Oh¡­ I forgot that you guys can''t talk, can you?" He asked with a forgetful look on his face. "Silly me! Oh well, time to see what it''s like to have you both burned alive for all eternity!" He threw both of the meat bags into the nearest red giant, a few light years away. And it didn''t take long before both Broli and Pervasshat found themselves on the surface of a sun that burned at insane degrees. Normally, one would die upon being thrown into a sun, no matter if they were in the Tribtion Transcendence Realm or not, but in this case¡­ "That constant version of the Minor Heal Spell should be enough to keep both of them alive for the next few million years, or until that sun dies out," Azmond softly muttered while taking a good long look at the zing ball of fire before him. After watching those two bastards go through excruciating pain for a while, he turned around and sped back up toward his home. It took little more than an instant for his stalwart figure to make it back into Asterion''s atmosphere. "..." Azmond stared at all the familiar scenery of Asterion for a second as he felt that something had changed a little bit. However, he lightly shook his head and discarded that train of thought as he shot in the direction of the AquaRing Kingdom on the Azure nk Continent. But when he approached the Azure nk Continent, there was definitely something that had changed, as all of the majorndmarks had someone''s face stered on them. What the hell is going on here?? I was only gone for a few minutes at most¡­ He got a closer look at one of these faces covering arge bridge separating tworge water sources in the AquaRing Kingdom. And when he saw whose face was on the poster, he practically fell over right then and there! "T-This is my face¡­? But what the hell¡­? I was only gone for a few minutes, so there''s no way that all of these posters could be put up so quick¡­- Is that a statue!?" Azmond zipped in the direction of arge marble statue in the distance, sitting atop an enormous mountain with tens of thousands of people gathered around it. And the person whom this statue depicted was¡­ him¡­ "Alright, what the fuck is going on here!?" He shouted, his immense aura fluctuating a little. "???" "???" "???" The various cultivators admiring the impable statue were taken aback by the abrupt release of energy beside them; however, when they turned their heads in the direction of this eruption of aura, no one was there¡­ ¡­ A few million miles away from that statue, Azmond was flying through the skies, watching all of the various depictions of himself pass him by. "How could so much change within such a short period of time?? And what is that symbol that is embroidered on everyone''s clothes?? It looks like the Cthulhu symbol from my past life¡­ The one that embodies absolute pandemonium¡­" He saw this small badge with a terrifying creature on the front of it on the bodies of everyone around him, and there was only one exnation for this¡­ "My Faction token¡­ This is what we were going to use to determine which of us was associated with the Heaven Exploding Faction¡­ But how can this be¡­? We weren''t going to put this part of the organization into y until the two-year mark¡­ That is unless¡­" A sudden realization overcame him as a seemingly unlimited number of system notifications consumed his vision! "Oh shit¡­ My clones¡­ A temporal anomaly¡­ T-This is¡­ Was it a ck hole??? But how¡­?" Everything was being pieced together inside Azmond''s head as he felt his power spike up like a rocket with an endless amount of rocket fuel! The Late Meteor Shower Realm, the Peak Meteor Shower Realm, the Half-Step Moonlit Path Realm, the Initial Moonlit Path Realm¡­ The Early Moonlit Path Realm, the Middle Moonlit Path Realm¡­ And it wasn''t until his power reached the absolute peak of the Half-Step Forger Realm that the power boosts stoppeding in. However, despite the insane increase in his strength, there were no changes to his Cultivation Base as it was still sitting at the Absolute Peak Stages of the Half-Step Tribtion Transcendance Realm. "My Quantum Conquer Rank¡­ Rank 16¡­ T-This is¡­" Azmond had never been so baffled in his entire life as he felt the power he now wielded while watching all the system notifications swarm his vision. And it wasn''t just his overallbat power and Quantum Conqueror Rank that had increased, as his Astral Augmenter ss and Mental Capacity shot straight up! ...¡­. Chapter 521: Ludicrous Leveling! ...¡­. Astral Augmenter ss 45¡­ Level 60¡­ Level 70¡­ Level 85¡­ Level 99¡­ Mental Capacity Level 35¡­ Level 45¡­ Level 60¡­ Level 75¡­ Level 85¡­ Level 99¡­ Both of these two aspects of existence stopped at Level 99 for a brief moment before they broke past some sort of bottleneck and rocketed to Level 100! But it didn''t stop with just that, as Level 105¡­ as Level 110¡­ Level 125¡­ and Level 140 came not long after. And eventually, Azmond''s Astral Augmenter ss stopped leveling up at Level 175, while his Mental Capacity paused at Level 173. It was at this moment that another wave of power overwhelmed his existence! However, this time, instead of physical prowess boosts, it was all focused on the mental attributes, as the number of things he could manipte and augment with his mind had touched upon hundreds of millions! He could now manipte hundreds of millions of individual atoms without issue! And just as he assumed the boosts would stoping, all of the passive attribute bonuses from his Astral Augmenter ss hit him right in the side! BLING! *Ding!* *Your basic attribute bonuses have improved to insane degrees through the leveling of your Astral Augmenter ss due to the assistance of extended parts of your existence!* *Ding!* *Basic Attributes from your Astral Augmenter ss have increased past the ''9000%'' mark!* *Ding!* *Your overallbat power has tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *Due to the efforts of your clones, you have obtained improved gains in every inch of your existence!* *Ding!* *You have leveled up a number of Starry Laws and Auras past Level 1 into Level 2 and 3!* *Ding!* *Your existence inches ever closer to the peak of the Mortal ne of Existence!* *Ding!* *You have obtained incalcble amounts of Starry Experience due to all of the various Hegemony''s and Void Kindren that you''ve killed over the years!* *Ding!* *You have acquired another 950 Starry Laws ranging from Level 1 to Level 3.* *Ding!* *The amount of Starry Experience and Star Stones you have stored away surpasses the amount necessary to break through into the Quantum Lunar Ascendancy Realm!* *Ding!* *The amount of high-rank Starry Expanse cultivation resources you have acquired from the Void Kindren has surpassed the amount necessary to breakthrough into the Quantum Meteor Shower Realm!* *Ding!* *Due to all of the various Moonlit Path Realm and below Void Kindren you have killed over thest few years, your Vanquisher des, Companion Bond Level, and Party Functions have been tremendously improved!* *Ding!* *You are now able to absorb all existences at a higher level than you were before!* *Ding!* *You can now absorb the souls, soul essence, life essence, Nascent Soul, Essence Souls, and certain traits of every existence with the help of ''Emu''.* *Ding!* *Due to your Essence Soul Clones absorbing all of the Void Kindren over the years, you have obtained a number of traits, all of which were put into the ''Trait Transmutation Bank'' for further discernment and additional power gains at a future date!* *Ding!* *You have absorbed a number of soul rted existence aspects; however, your Essence Soul Clones decided to wait till the main body was back before they went any further with various power applications of all absorbed aspects of existence!* ¡­ Azmond received so many system notifications and repeated power gains that he didn''t even know what to do with himself¡­ Initial Stage Forging Realm¡­ Early Stage Forging Realm¡­ Middle Stage Forging Realm¡­ His power eventually stopped at the Late Stages of the Forging Realm, as the level of power he felt inside himself was enough to snap entire sr systems out of existence! "I-I don''t even know what to say anymore¡­" He was left awestruck at the fact that his power had improved by multiple major realms while he was out taking a short trip through the Starry Expanse¡­ Nheless, he was taken out of his stupor by the arrival of three different figures. "..." Azmond turned his gaze at all three of these familiar yet oddly unfamiliar beings as hemanded, "Assimte." "Yes." All three of them responded in the same voice as the main body before being sucked into his existence. WAAAA! His main body was overwhelmed by all the iing memories from the three Essence Soul Clones he had set on ''Automaton Mode'' all that time ago¡­ ¡­ After a few moments of digesting everything experienced by the other pieces of his existence, he looked down at his veiny hands and understood everything. "4 years¡­" He softly murmured with a face that looked slightly older than before. "So much has happened during this period of time, huh?" Azmond turned his aloof gaze up toward the vast and expansive blue sky, as everything had developed in a way even beyond his expectations. Nheless, he let out all of his Essence Clones as the Man Beyond the Stars returned to ruling over all of Asterion in a ce called the ''Great Leviathan''s Gravestone.'' Apparently, the Great Leviathan rebelled a few years ago, as the Man Beyond the Stars was forced to put it down. However, instead of absorbing its existence with the help of one of Emu''s extensions, this clone decided to use the Great Leviathan''s corpse as the base of operations for the Heaven Exploding Faction. There was a huge hole in the corpse, which made for the perfect location in which arge cosmopolitan city of unbelievable proportions was built! The Heaven Exploding Faction''s main city was this precise city, and its name was the Heaven Exploding Capital! Nevertheless, this wasn''t the only thing that had changed over the years, as Crystalline, while in the Hidden Lotus Syndicate, took over the sect after having onest battle with one of Azmond''s Essence Clones, namely, ''Young Master Peng''. Young Master Peng was someone that he had set up to counter Crystalline and help her grow at exponentially fast rates without her knowing even the slightest bit about his true identity. Azmond made sure topletely alter the personality of this clone to make this operation go wlessly. And in the end, everything worked out as Crystalline wiped the floor with this Essence Clone under the eyes of her parents and all the elders of the sect! ...¡­ Chapter 522: Armageddon Approaches ...¡­ Young Master Peng revealed his identity not long after Crystalline won apetition known as the ''Heir''s Ascension'', as it turned out that he was not the grandson of the Grand Elder of the Hidden Lotus Syndicate¡­ As he was instead the third disciple of the Man Beyond the Stars! However, to Crystalline, he was the man she loved more than anything in the world¡­ On that note, Amond in his base form as this Essence Clone, experienced the pleasures of Yin and Yang for many days after this was revealed¡­ Nheless, this wasn''t the only version of Azmond that was getting all hot and steamy, as Morningstar was having the time of his life with Azure, Sapphire, Marina, Margarete, Esra, Nadia, Aya, and Thalia. And then there were the rest of the women scattered throughout the world, primarily joining the ''Ice Queen''s Glory''. All of which required the constant catering to by all versions of Azmond. They took turns going in rotation with all of the women, as the number of Dual Cultivation Experience Points added to storage from Lemon, Ember, Medusa, Clover, and the rest of the Two Hundred Ice Lilies had already surpassed an unbelievable amount! But regardless of which version of the same exact existence was having fun with the women, there was one thing inmon no matter what. That thing being that all of the Essence Clones used their ''base appearance'', namely, the one at the very core of their existence. This ''base appearance'' was what Azmond considered his devilishly handsome look to be termed, and this was what was always used when under the act of dual cultivation. If it wasn''t used, then it sort of felt like cheating, which was a big no no. After all, he didn''t much want to kill himself due to his own yandere tendencies, so in the end, all existence frequencies had to match up. All in all, every version of him was identically cloned down to thest personality quark, follicle of hair, and even the very atoms that made up his existence! Azmond tolerated no cheating, and that was true even for himself! So the only way he could bypass this principle while giving every girl the same amount of attention was to¡­ OCD the hell out of his Essence Soul Clones! And it was during this OCD session that he decided to make them all automated, which resulted in them turning off the ability of constantly transmitting memories and such back to the main body. This is what led to the main bodies confusion when he found himself going through the end of some sort of temporal anomaly while on his way back to Asterion. Azmond assumed it was some sort of invisible ck hole that hid in betweenyers of space, but none of that really mattered right now, as there was a lot of catching up to do¡­ The Assimtion of Essence Clones made this whole limation process a lot easier, but he would still like to check up on everything with his main body. So that''s exactly what he did as he started traveling the world, visiting every single person he has met sinceing to Asterion. Of which, included Percival Moonweaver, Ayh, Spiritme, Eldric and his wife Ariana, Branchmaster Adrian, his disciple, ra, Calista, wdia and all of the other women he now called his lovers¡­ ¡­ A few weeks passed by as the day of Armageddon was inching ever closer for the people of Asterion. "Have you heard the news?" "What news??" "You know! The one involving the Heaven Exploding Faction''s mysterious fourth membering back from beyond the Starry Expanse! The one who has been missing for thest four years, Azmond!" "Really!? How have I not heard about this yet!?" "Probably because you literally live under a damn rock! Haha!" "Psshh, you''re an a*shole, but regardless, what is so special about this Azmond character? I''ve been in seclusion for thest two hundred years and am still limating to the fact that this ''Heaven Exploding Faction'' took over the world in such a short span of time." "That''s old news, brother! You just need to know that the Heaven Exploding Faction is nning big things for Asterion''s Armageddon, and Azmond''s reappearance was just the key that was needed to set everything in motion!" "Oh yeah¡­ The World Eating Worms, huh¡­?" "Eh? Hell no! The World Eating Worms are old news, as the Man Beyond the Stars took care of them all a few months ago! How were you not awake when monstersrger thans were hovering above Asterion with their billions of razor sharp teeth!?" "Once again¡­ I was cultivating, you idiot¡­" "Well, you should stop cultivating and keep up with the times! If not, then the Heaven Exploding Faction might just swoop up the entire rock that you cultivate in while you''re sleeping!" Conversations like this one were urring all over Asterion as there was a grand asion approaching! Namely, the time of Armageddon! The time in which Void Kindren the size of sr systems woulde down from beyond the stars and attempt to deny the authority of the Heaven Exploding Faction! And it was on this fateful day that trillions upon trillions of mortals and cultivators alike waited outside their homes, looking up at the Starry night skies with rapt attention. "When will they be here¡­?" A viger of the Vige of Kuro in the kingdom of AquaRing inquired. "It should be any second now¡­" A different viger responded with his eyes glued to the star-spackled dark nket that enveloped the world in its embrace. And then out of nowhere, something changed within Asterion''s atmosphere, as a splendiferous phenomenon urred in the space outside the outermostyer of the world! FWAAZOOP! An unusual sound echoed out across Asterion and all its surrounding space! A grandiose mantis-like monster of unbelievable proportions warped in from an enormous wormhole that fluctuated in the void a few tens of billions of miles away from the small blue marble floating around in space¡­ ...¡­.. Chapter 523: One By One They Appeared! ...¡­.. "Ahhh! Look, Father! There''s a high-ranking Void Kindren, just like the ones depicted in the books of the True Courting Death Academy!" A young boy''s excited shout could be heard from inside arge red castle, as the king of a small kingdom called Magmaworth, was looking at his energetic son with a proud look on his face. After all, his son had not only gotten into the direct subsidiary of the Heaven Exploding Faction, the ''True Courting Death Academy'', but he had also obtained the favor of one of the Two Hundred Ice Lilies that visited the Academy from her outing in Ice Queen''s Glory! It was suffice to say that he was beyond ted to have such an outstanding son! Nheless, today marked a monumental day for not only his family and kingdom, but the rest of Asterion as well. As although it was the day of Armageddon, it was also the day of rebirth! It was a day in which the final stand against the Chieftain of the Void Kindren Tribe, Squirzool, wouldmence! And after the inevitable victory of the Heaven Exploding Faction came to pass, the entire world would take another step in overall advancement as they would journey out into the stars with the entire in tow! There was something that Azmond''s mind in his Essence Soul Clones and managed to think up during thest four years. That something being to utilize the technology of Asterion in a way that not even the hero dubbed ''The Insane One'' could conjure up. And what exactly it was that Azmond thought up¡­ Well, the giant thruster and countless smaller thrusters on the back of the should give an inclination into which direction that his mind delved towards¡­ That''s right! Azmond and his Essence Soul Clones made the entire into one extremelyrge spaceship! This was only possible due to the technological advancements that had tremendously improved over the course of millions of years! As for the material and space to put the thruster queries, well, let''s just say that the high-ranking cultivators turned into space miners and the Divine Sea Dynasty was permanently erased from the face of the under the order that it be turned into a ''Governmental Project''. However, unlike the various government construction sites back on earth, which took what felt like eternity to reach a state of totalpletion, the construction project dubbed ''Make Asterion go light speed'' was put underway two years ago and was already nearing the final stages of itspletion. On a side note, the inhabitants of the Divine Sea Dynasty, including the members of the Celestial Academy were forced to evacuate the continent and migrate to the other parts of the. Speaking of the Celestial Academy, after the founding of the ''True Courting Death Academy'' with their superior ''Courting Death Teachings'', the inferior Celestial Academy was forced to disband. And along with that disbandment, nearly every no corrupt influential figure of the previous Academy moved over to the True Courting Death Academy, finding an environment far superior to the one they were surrounded by in the Celestial Academy. Furthermore, with everybody in the world being the heel one group of extremely like-minded people, there were no more petty wars and prolonged battles between high-ranking figures, as there was nothing to fight about. If anybody had any qualms, then they could simply voice them to the Heaven Exploding Faction, and if these qualms didn''t align with the end game n of the as a whole then all ''non-aligning'' parties would be exterminated by a prime member of the Heaven Exploding Faction. On that note, there were only four known members of the Exploding Heaven Faction, as everyone else on the were simply affiliated with subsidiaries of the Exploding Heaven Faction. It wasn''t like countless people had rushed to the home base of the Heaven Exploding Faction in the corpse of the Great Leviathan; however, when they asked what they needed to do to join, Morningstar would always be at the front gates, and he would always tell them, ''You''re not worthy. Go back from whence you came.'' Some resisted the order demanded of them by Morningstar, but in the end, not a single one of them even made it a single step past him before being sliced up into numerous meat chunks using the signature move of the Heaven Exploding Faction members. It was a signature move that was eventually termed ''Endless'' by the Man Beyond the Heavens himself. And it waspletely understandable that all people of Asterion agreed that the name was fitting, as everytime one of the Heaven Exploding Faction Members unsheathed their identical katana''s, a seemingly endless number of sword shes were unleashed upon whichever poor sap incurred the wrath of the hegemonies that ruled over the world¡­ Nheless, all of this went to saying that the absolute rulers of Asterion were nning to put on quite the show for all the denizens of the¡­ ¡­ GWAZOOM! Multiple of the sr system-sized praying mantis-like Monsters appeared right after the first one materialized. They all varied in size, as their strength was a good indication of how big they turned out to be. Some of them even started to encroach upon the size ofrge sr systems as they possessed auras that were well into the Moonlit Path Realm! After dozens of such figures with thousands more in the Meteor Shower Realm and below appeared, there was an even greater fluctuation in the deep void of space as something truly terrifying was ripping its way through the fabric of space that separated two points that were an unknown distance away from each other! RUMBLE!! Everything within hundreds of billions of miles started to tremble as one was eventually able to see an enormous red and purple elongated pincer sp onto the edges of a wormhole. Following the first pincer was a second one, and it didn''t stop with just that as four more appeared not long after! ...¡­. Chapter 524: All The Girls, So Much More To Explore ...¡­. From the void appeared the body of a monstrous Void Kindren. It embodied the scariest thing from the worst of nightmares and it materialized in the space outside the sr system in which Asterion resided, utterly trumping over the entire sr system like a giant looking at a toy train! WAAAA!! An immensely powerful aura surpassing the Moonlit Path Realm and extending into the Forger Realm erupted from the Tyrannical Chieftain of the Squirzool Tribe! However¡­ "Endless." A voice emitting nothing but the unequivocal summit of low mortal sword intent echoed out across not only Asterion, but even the vine of space. And after taking a second to register what just urred, half of everything within a trillion miles simply disappeared¡­ After which¡­ SHING! SHING! SHING! The extraordinarily resplendent sword strikes ultimately had their effects made known, as they could be seen in clear view for all inhabitants of Asterion! Everyone watched the distant cosmic bodies and Void Kindren get evaporated due to the sheer number of sword strikes with dumbfounded looks etched across their faces¡­ The Squirzool Tribe Chieftain struggled a little more than the other Void Kindren, but it made not a difference for the old man that levitated above the blue marble, possessing the disposition of an immortal who lost his way from the heaven of swords! "It turned out that they were only worth this much." The nonchnt words of the Man Beyond the Heavens echoed out across all of Asterion as he looked at the below with the bearings of one who had already ascended. "..." "..." "..." All the high level inhabitants of Asterion were awestruck at this dazzling disy; however, their astonishment only grew when the remnants of the old man''s attack finished fishing out its damage, making sure with absolutely certainty that all the Void Kindren would stay dead¡­ BOOOOOOM! A loud explosion unlike anything shown before reverberated throughout the surrounding void as it looked like nothing short of a star going supernova! "!!!" "!!!" "!!!" The Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts who were still entertaining the idea of rebellion even at this point in time immediately discarded that insane notion with the level of strength they just witnessed. After all, they knew without a doubt that they''d die within half an instant if they were ever put on the receiving end of such a massive and all-epassing attack¡­ "I think we should give it up and let the Heaven Exploding Faction Lord over us¡­" "Indeed¡­ There is no point in going against such a god-like force for the merger benefits we still have left to gain from this. In fact, we may even be able to obtain immense boons if that ''Make Asterion go Light Speed'' project is sessful, then the number of potential cultivation materials we could gain from the Starry Expanse would be lucrative beyond anything we''ve ever known!" All of the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm Experts, and even those in the Peak Mahayana Realm and below were having simr conversations, as who didn''t like the idea of gaining even greater amounts of power??? Especially when considering the bleak feature that Asterion and them would''ve had if not for the Heaven Exploding Faction¡­ Nevertheless, that was already a blemish on a past long gone, as all anyone could think about after seeing the Man Beyond the Heavens in action was whether or not they would one day be able to reach such a level of strength as well. ¡­ Meanwhile, inside a spacious room located in the most affluent area of Heaven Exploding City, underneath the corpse of the Great Leviathan. |It looks like your little n worked, Azmond!| Boundless eximed, her voluptuous curves hanging over the top of Azmond''s main body. "I think this was a very good n, sir Azmond," ra chimed in while massaging his shoulders with a perverted look on her face. I always wonder why that girl''s always asking if she can give me a shoulder rub until I recall her unusual ''traits''... Azmond let out a soft wry chuckle before he turned his head in the direction of all the women who he had met thus far. Of which, included wdia, Lemon, Ember, Clover, Medusa, Crystalline, ra, Boundless, Marina, Margarete, Esra, Aqua, Nadia, Sapphire, Azure, Aya, Thalia, and Calista. The number may be interpreted as something a little excessive¡­ And no one would deny that im¡­ Nevertheless, it was no time to be dwelling on all the past yboy actions of the devilishly handsome man as he still had plenty more adventures to take and who knew exactly how many interesting characters he would meet by the end of it all?? Speaking of interesting characters¡­ "Yo, good brother of mine! You need to hook us up with some beautiful women as well! Stop hogging them all to yourself!" The yful voice of Spiritme resounded as he patted his ''good brother'' on the back before looking to Ayh and Percival for support. "..." "..." However, it didn''t look like either of them were looking to assist the lone soldier¡­ After all, they were deep within enemy territory and surrounded by vicious women on all sides¡­ ''It''s all on you. Good luck,'' they both thought in unison while giving him thumbs up. "..." Spiritme flipped his head through all of the divinely beautiful women as he muttered, "I''m sorry-" But before he could even get out the words, a few energy tendrils were unleashed from wdia, Medusa, and ra. WHIP! They whacked him across the vast room surrounded by wide windows, as he was sent flying through one of the windows sections, causing it to explode into a number of small ss shards. BING! Following the shattering of the ss, he was seen flying through the skies with a begrudged look on his face. Life is so unfair to single bachelor''s like myself¡­ "I really don''t like him¡­" wdia grumbled, her hands petting the soft bed of hair that her baby sister possessed. "I''ve told you many times now; stop touching my head, big sister¡­ It''s only for my mate to feel, not for you." An oddly coherent sentence came out of Calista''s mouth as her mature facial features red at her sister with an unnaturally beautiful look on her face. ...¡­. Chapter 525: To Infinity And Beyond (The End) ...¡­. "..." After observing those ungodly facial features of her sister, wdia couldn''t help but think that she had pulled the shorter straw when it came to genes, especially when considering the fact that Calista had already be ''bigger'' than her in such a short amount of time¡­ *Pat* However, she was quickly taken out of her thoughts by two muscr arms lifting her curvaceous body up before finding herself on top of her favorite spot. "Hehe¡­" She creepily giggled while snuggling even further into Azmond''sp. "..." "..." "..." "..." The rest of the girl''s were extremely envious at this disy of affection, as they wanted the same thing, and luckily for them, they didn''t have to wait long as Azmond beckoned them with his hands. All of the women had their expressions morph into ones of contentment as they practically melted into Azmond''s wide embrace. "This spot will always be the best¡­" Clover softly murmured as her floppy bunny ears bounced around a little, mimicking the actions of her watermelon-sized breasts. It were these actions that forced Azmond to fondle both the fuzzy ears and the squishy milky tops. "Aahhnn~!" Clover let out a sensual moan as she clung onto his robes while looking up into his multi-colored eyes with a growing lust bubbling up inside her. "Ho? Are you already raring to go another round, My Love~?" Azmond asked with a seductive smirk, his veiny hands grabbing the soft ass that was beginning to leak something out from between the alluring crevices that made up her lusty figure. "Mhmm~! I want to f*ck like rabbits, Azmond! Let''s go at it and mate right away!" Clover incoherently mumbled with a glossy look in her pretty pink pupils. "Umu! Very well~ Today marks a change for not only Asterion but for all of our lives as well, so why don''t we celebrate a little~?" Azmond responded with his hands messing up the bunny woman''s insides without even directly entering inside her. And she wasn''t the only one in this state, as the ecstacy filled moans of a fox-kin, snake-kin, two cat-kin, a demon-kin, and various other heavenly beauties made their ways into the ears of no one other than Azmond himself. Their sensual moans also just so happened to be the result of the actions of none other than himself¡­ Percival and Ayh, along with Eldric and his father were forcefully extracted from the room without the liberty to resist¡­ Theymented their fates for being treated in such a way; however, it was through this group ban session that they formed a bond that was built upon the fact that all of them werepletely and utterly maidenless! (...) Meanwhile, back in what appeared to be some form ofmand center, all of the country-toppling beauties were having the time of their lives straddling the man they all loved. And thanks to Azmond''s breakthrough into the Quantum Mahayana Realm, he possessed unparalled stamina and speed, allowing him topletely satisfy any number of women without giving the smallest bit of respite! ¡­ After nearly forty eight hours since the ''Day of Armageddon'' and the ''Fun Time'' of the unofficial wives of the undisclosed leader of the Heaven Exploding Faction, a man of untold perfection awoke on a giant bed with just him and the adult-version of Calista sprawled out on top of him. "..." Azmond could hardly believe how much that young catkin loli had grown over the years¡­ It felt like just yesterday that she was small enough to fit on top of his shoulders¡­ But now she was far rger'' in multiple different areas of interest¡­ ''It all came so fast and at the same time so slow, but in the end, things have changed¡­ They have changed¡­'' ''I have changed¡­'' Azmond recalled the days in which he just came to this world, training inside of a cave, hoping to obtain immortality along with a giant white wolf¡­ ''Wait¡­'' He suddenly realized something that made him look like aplete idiot. ''I forgot to check up on that silly wolf girl¡ªa girl who had already taken on her humanoid form¡­'' Azmond couldn''t believe he had forgotten something so important. He sighed before sending out a spare clone with his sole objective being to locate the wolf girl and see what she''s been up to on the¡­ ''Gaia''s Sanctum Continent¡­?'' Azmond found her approximate location a bit surprising as he never would''ve expected that she would achieve a level of cultivation that would allow her to cross continents. Nheless, he still sent out the clone, receiving constant memory transmissions as he didn''t want to miss a single moment of his encounter with the wolf girl. After meeting her, Azmond realized that the white wolf from way back when was exactly the same then as she was now. It wasn''t until spending prolonged periods of time with her that he realized that fact. It may have taken a few months, but the reuination led to a little more than just that. And in time, Azmond realized another thing. He loved her. Azmond loved her in the same way that he loved all his other women, and it was no surprise to anyone that he brought her back to his home and introduced her to the rest of the girls. Although not happy at first, over time, snow and the other girls became closer. Before long, they were already as tight as could be. Snow was the name that Azmond bestowed upon the beautiful white wolf, and it was also the name that would be used for their permanent departure from the world¡­ Standing on the extreme edge of the world were Azmond and all the girls he had developed rtionships with thus far. They stood beside him and behind him, all looking at their husband and the nket of stars looming in the skies above. Their future was with Azmond, and their destination would be somewhere within that twilight cover. In their lives, they regretted nothing. After all, whether good or bad, decent or evil, everything they had done to reach this point led to them meeting their future. And for that reason alone, they regretted nothing. "Well, girls, another adventure awaits, so who''s ready for a cruise through the stars?" Azmond asked as he stared at the all-epassing twinkling lights. "Oh, and I also heard that the Immortal Realm was a nice ce, so what are your opinions on eternity?" "In this world and the next, we go where you go," the most beautiful girls in existence answered in unison. Within them resided the full extent of their passion, and from their expressions exuded the fullness of their love. They had already steeled themselves for anything that may or may not happen. And as long as Azmond was by their side, they would deal with the repercussions of their actions together. "Very well then," Azmond said as his smirk widened and his yearning intensified. "I believe it''s time we go on a trip in our favorite rocket ship." BZZZzzzzttt!!! With the sting of ming blue rocket engines on a world-sized ship, Azmond and his wives embarked on a journey through the stars. It was a journey that would lead them to Infinity And Beyond. THE END The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!