Raymund Ballast appeared at CharlotteÆs side giving her a light touch on the shoulder Then he looked at Pullas You will handle this impediment
Gladly ItÆs my responsibility as he was part of our Ascension Pact Pullas nodded Xershi started gnashing his teeth and swearing but the leader of the Vulpis Squad was done with his antics The Vulpine raised a claw and snapped his fingers Suddenly XershiÆs rapid mouth movements were totally inert his voice had been stolen
Raymund looked at Charlotte Several more large groupings of porcelain dolls floated up from the ground sending bolts of crackling energy smashing into the sides of the stalled out column Continue to lead the charge If we are to break through to the core area we cannot lose ourselves here for too long Th e? most uptodate novels are published on n(0)velbj)n( )co/m
Which was a relief he would rather save his reversal of fortune for later aimed at threats they would meet upon the Path of the Pinnacle From what he had heard about the trials installed there by Elhume he would need all the strength he could muster to actually proceed to that high summit of harmonious image tuning
The Don believed he cut a very dashing figure rolling his bamboo wheel chair through the portal while the group fell into formation behind him There was a horrible lurching sensation that shook up his organs and then the Don steppedÆ onto this harrowing Path With trepidation in his heart he looked around
The Path was a literal one A grey cobblestone thoroughfare cut with godlike precision rolled forward up and up and up However the true magic of this place lay beyond the edges of the five meter wide road
Because past the edge of the pathway cosmic tapestries of rainbow radiances glittered in the distance They moved in a place of spinning nebulas and glittering light Small luminous orbs hung haphazardly in space around them so as they walked they seemed to be in a frozen snow globe or an interactive astronomy display In the background the rainbow colorations shifted slowly seafoam green undulating to indigo and then to royal purple before shifting toward the color of blood
Don Beigon understood this was a deliberately constructed place Elhume had created this Pathway originally for his own use then as an obvious trap for the greedy within the Nexus The Don had some private theories as to why the original purpose of the Path to the Pinnacle had been discarded but at the very least it served as the perfect venue for his vengeance
He would pretend to have bought into its magic until the last possible moment
It was a place of beauty and possibility And glittering in the distance sat an island shrouded in robinÆs egg blue mist Despite preparing himself mentally the Don still squeezed the arms of his chair as he looked Raw yearning rose up in his chest whispering about a different life he might have lived a life where his wife would be here at his side for this moment
With his very own eyes Don Beigon could see the Pinnacle
As the last few Nether Lattice lackeys were scurrying there the portal another rumble shook the threshold ElhumeÆs attack had landed and all of the DonÆs preparations crumbled One of the unfortunates cried out a note of pure fear and then the portal winked out of existence leaving three individuals stranded in the transitionary space
The moment when the pried open doorway closed was silent as their bodies were squished and crushed to naught An acceptable development because it weakened the Hawk humanoidÆs support
The Don Beigon looked around and measured the fear of the others He cleared his throat We cannot hesitate We need to move forward So long as he isnÆt following we have the chance to reach the Pinnacle unmolested
Almost immediately to counter his statement the air in front of the group flickered A specter manifested his ghostly lines solidifying before their eyes The humanoid swung his long glaive thunder crackling along its length Well met challenger Before you proceed on this Path to the Pinnacle you must
The ten soldiers the Don had brought leapt into formation Engravings glowed between their painstakingly wrought armor Then just as the specter seemed to recognize what was about to happen they cut from ten directions toward the specter The specter hissed and straightened bolts of lightning smashing down in the surrounding area He released a pure and powerful image
However within twenty seconds Don BeigonÆs elites had driven ten blades into his heart and caused the specter to fade from existence
You must face the specters alone to hone your image The Hawk humanoid protested weakly
The Don sneered Not only can we currently not afford to waste time but did you not examine the essence of its body That thing is almost a half Nether Prince hewn with the roughest and most caustic Nether Clashing directly with it will only weaken your image This whole Path was designed to tire you out no the foes we must face are the PathÆs guardians Follow me
Chapter 2397
Congratulations Your Skill The World Tree Guzzles Even Truth has grown to Level 1300
Randidly Ghosthound felt the shifts happening in his Soulspace like the most satisfying kind of back cracks finally releasing long forgotten tension A sense of peace began to spread through his whole being already tingling and lively from the newly refined energies rushing through his veins
His Nether Core spun a dribble more of liquid Aether pumping through him every second His images seethed and burned
Yggdrasil swelled and stretched with the abundant fuel The concentration point of DevickÆs Deviation in him howled out doom over and over again The canopy thickened and strengthened despite her threats The unruly strip of Yggdrasil bulged out with flowers so tall and eye catching it resembled a peacock tail The roots thickened Its thirst was finally sated as it could drink down the refined forms of Aether and Nether
Your Skillset Yggdrasil the Universe that was First a Tree is evolving
In front of Randidly Fiero gritted his teeth and snarled Every time the Vulpine attempted to rev up his image Yggdrasil consumed it The roots pulled from existence and the fabric of the Nexus wore thin before its hunger Randidly clenched his will and focused on the area around his target He squeezed and squeezed thoroughly breaking down the defensive energy around Fiero Those infinite fists thrown outside of time and now crashing down around the two fighters were broken and shredded just from the physical distortions that warped the air around them
Devick as the devil within the World Tree howled and tore when her threats were ignored However her scrabbling fingers only ended up ripping through the power wielded by Fiero and it almost made Randidly smile His emotions his vessel his newly evolved Nether all of it surged together
Randidly kept suppressing the rising urgency of his own notes of Truth but they were becoming clarion songs Grinding against this foe was invaluable for his own preparations to reach the Pinnacle
They hung there struggling on either end of a crash course RandidlyÆs spear depleted of momentum now sawing as best as it could manage to cut through FieroÆs desperation and fury
And Yggdrasil continued to feed
Incorporating influences balancing images Skillset elements are shifting into alignment
The ground beneath them cracked but really it wasnÆt even the groundÆs fault because the entire world around them was cracking under the strain of simply existing near the collision RandidlyÆs skin began to flake and flare with bright tongues of grey flames as liquid Aether and clear Nether moved in incendiary concert within him Negative electric discharge skittered from their position like the legs of a dying spider
Randidly saw it in FieroÆs eyes the moment the Vulpine realized he was about to lose their grappling match And this time as YggdrasilÆs roots slithered closer the wound wouldnÆt be one the fake Elhume would be able to shrug off