Chapter 301 Battle For The Seed Of Fire (Part-5)
Mark slowly got on his feet and looked around in a daze. "What the hell just happened? Just ten seconds ago, I was…"
A while ago;
As Mark activated the skill without considering the fact that it will take some time for the skill to activate and the enemy will not just sit around and do nothing, the lava golem indeed motioned its arm to remove the threat (Missile Defense System).
Having only 18% ether energy left to use, Mark just did what he can do to protect the defense system. He activated the Nullification skill of the suit.
The skill only absorbs all types of damage under the Demigod realm. However, two problems arose. One is that the lava golem's physical strength surpassed the Supreme realm and the other is that the Nullification skill needed 20% ether energy for the full effect.
As a result, Mark's defense was around high-9-circle and the incoming attack power has the equivalent power of a full-powered strike from a mid-10-circle expert.
<strong>*Warning*</strong>
<strong>"The probability of the suit's </strong><strong>destruction is 100%"</strong>
<strong>"The risk of heavy injuries rose to 93%"</strong>
<strong>"The risk of death rose to 67%"</strong>
As the lava golem's palm almost reached Mark, the latter received the warning from the suit and his body became stiff for a fraction of a second. "Shit! I fucked up."
The system was ready to sacrifice his cultivation to release the invincible Protos barrier as the last resort to protect Mark from death.
However, Lan Ju appeared at the last moment and blocked the golem's palm with its enlarged tails.
"How many seconds more?" The beast emperor asked Mark as he swatted the golem's palm away. However, he was met with silence.
It was then he sensed the heartbeat spike from Mark. "It's the fear. Does that mean he cannot take the incoming damage and be just bluffing around?"
Lan Ju wasn't completely sure that Mark cannot block the earlier attack. However, he thought he couldn't just take the chance as Mark had no idea how strong the lava golem was.
Sensing the emotion of fear from Mark, the beast emperor commented as he blocked the lava golem's palm once again, "You are reckless, you know that?"
Meanwhile, sweat beads formed on Mark's forehead and he tried to calm his heart. He sighed in relief and thanked the leopard in his heart before answering in a shaking voice, "Five seconds more."
After sensing Mark's emotions stabilized rather quickly, the zheng turned around to spit out a torrent of water at the lava golem's palm that was about to shoot a beam of lava.
Before the skill was even unleashed, the zheng put an end to it and that gave the missile defense system enough time to finish the countdown timer, unleashing 25 ether missiles with each one containing an attack power of a Demigod (10.05 int).
Because of the less distance, the lava golem could only protect the fire gems by covering its body with its arms. However, the ether missiles turned out to have high penetration. They put holes all over its body, eventually killing it in the end.
Just one shot and the boss died. How incredible that is?
Not to mention, the defense system is still at crystal grade. What would happen if it was upgraded to the maximum? Maybe, he can even kill the gods with this?
Mark's earlier feelings were all gone and his body started to shiver in excitement just the thought of its potential.
He was now more than ever determined to upgrade it to the God grade.
"Lan Ju, thanks for the assistance but now that we are done here, I should collect the reward, whilst you clean up the battlefield," said Mark as he stepped toward the weapon. He intended to dismiss it and fly toward the corpse of the lava golem.
However, before he could do that, two yellow lightning bolts descended from the sky, taking him by surprise.
"Careful…" The zheng used its enlarged tail to strike Mark, pushing him away from the weapon.
One lightning bolt struck the zheng and the other struck the weapon.
Present;
Mark saw the scarlet leopard was badly injured. The lightning drilled a big hole into its stomach and it just lie on the floor in an unconscious state. On the other hand, the missile defense system was in flames, on the verge of destruction.
<strong>*Ding! Missile Defense System-VI's durability has been reduced by 99%. Please repair it.</strong>
"No… no… no…" Mark grabbed his head and started muttering in disbelief, "This cannot happen… The repair costs…"
The system charges 1000 gold coins per 1% durability if it is a crystal-grade weapon. That means… it will cost nearly a million gold coins now.
At the same time, the system charges 100,000 gold coins to house Lan Ju in the familiars' inventory, which will recover its health to full within a day. He can treat it outside too. As long as Allen comes here with the divine sword, he can heal Lan Ju. However, the appearance of the powerful enemies made it impossible for him to do it.
Mark raised his head and glared at the mysterious experts in anger. "1.1 fucking million gold coins… 1.1…"
He kept on muttering while sending the defense system to the inventory and placing the Zheng in the familiars' inventory. After sending them away, he took the vial with a dark green-colored potion and drank it without hesitation.
<strong>*Ding! You consumed the peak strength potion</strong>
<strong>*Ding! All of your stats temporarily increased to 9.9 points.</strong>
<strong>*Ding! Ether particles temporarily increased to 9,999,999,999 points.</strong>
<strong>*Ding! You temporarily received a new summon, Lightning Wyvern.</strong>
<strong>*Ding! You temporarily received a new summon, Thunder Gorilla.</strong>
<strong>*Ding! You temporarily received a new summon, Lightning Dragon.</strong>
<strong>*Ding! The maximum limits of all the skills of the character were raised considerably.</strong>
<strong>*Ding! You temporarily received a new summon, Frosty Wyvern.</strong>
<strong>*Ding! You temporarily received a new summon, Tundra Mammoth.</strong>
<strong>*Ding! You temporarily received a new summon, Ice Dragon.</strong>
Mark felt the terrifying surge of strength in his body but he tried his best to not pay attention to it due to the seriousness of the current situation.
Staring at the mysterious group of experts, who appeared to be taking their time in descending as if they weren't in hurry, Mark mumbled, "You lot will pay for it. But, before that…"
Mark shifted his attention to the fallen golem and immediately rushed at his top speed to secure the reward.
Not only did it take him a fraction of a second to reach there but he also felt too controlled regarding his speed. The feeling was different from earlier when he struggled quite a bit to find balance and everything.
Meanwhile, the mysterious experts didn't stop him and they continued to descend at their own pace.
Mark placed the entire disfigured carcass of the lava golem in his inventory and then placed his attention on the enemies.
They were still a couple of hundred meters away from the ground and Mark became too impatient to wait for them. He dismissed the suit, figuring out that it was of no use to him in his present state.
Then, how will he fly? Well, he can summon a dragon but he doesn't want to waste ether points when there are so many enemies. So, he opts for a different way.
<strong>"Activate Skill: Blizzard Wings"</strong>
Upon unleashing the third bloodline skill, a pair of icy wings erupted from his back. They were made of ice but they were also flexible in nature.
Mark flapped his wings and flew toward the experts. Since he already had experience in flying with the suit, Mark was comfortable. As for the reason, why he chose to fly with these icy wings, it is because of the defense it will provide to him.
Now that he was set, the only thing he needed to do is to take down the strongest of them in one shot.
He activated his Sage eyes and looked at their details.
Since none of them carried any divine grade weapons or have the cultivation above the Demigod realm, even with those special clothing, their identities and their strength were revealed to Mark. A trace of surprise appeared on his face.
The most surprising isn't the fact that everyone is in the Supreme realm but it is their race and their affiliation.
"The dark elves of Ixitus Empire? It's the same as Mari's affiliation. What a great coincidence…"