Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 480 Abyssal Pillar

The dark figure did not stop his actions at that time. Right after the appearance of the 6th branch, he quickly grabbed the Abyss Transcendence Shard with his left hand, and with a motion comparable to that of a hungry man, the dark figure bit on the shard.

"Rawr!"

A sonorous roar of pain came from the dark figure as blood spurted out of his mouth, with the Transcendence Shard not affected by what he did. From the looks of it, it was the dark figure that was actually harmed by the Shard, and not the other way around.

As for why he was biting the shard, both General Glaivewood and Sir Xote raised their eyebrows as they knew the reason for that.

The dark figure’s blood, which looked as black and viscous as oil, flowed freely towards the Transcendence Shard itself.

"Hong~"

The shard then glowed black after making contact with the blood, which was accompanied by the release of the same suppressive power that the energy flood had from earlier.

Fortunately for General Glaivewood and Sir Xote, the quantity of this released power was in small quantity, which allowed these two to retain their strengths. However, seeing this released aura still made these two unhappy, as they realized what it was going to be used for.

"Tsk, so this dark figure was serious on forcing out the remnant aura of the Transcendence Shard? F**king hell, you’re lucky that you can even pull out something like this!" Sir Xote said in a complaining tone after seeing what the dark figure was doing.

"Well, you cannot be really angry with that dark figure. After all, he’s just making full use of his advantage here." General Glaivewood muttered as he gave the dark figure a narrowed look. "The only time that he can use this shard fully will be for Transcendence, so you can say that what he was doing here is just like looking for scrap..."

"You can say that he’s just looking for scrap, but for me , that scrap is much better than anything else in the world! Hell, I can even sacrifice all my wives just to get something like that!" Sir Xote hotly replied as it appeared to be attempting to fly towards the dark figure.

Of course because of the battle raging around him, Sir Xote was unbale to leave, hence the unhappy expression on its face right now.

"If you just made an action earlier, then you might be able to get that shard. But now? It’s already too late..." General Glaivewood slowly said as he and Sir Xote saw the blood flow from the dark figure trickling to a stop. "He’s already done with his preparations, and there’s nothing that you can do to stop it."

"Argh!"

Once the supply of blood from the dark figure had stopped, the Transcendence Shard also stopped releasing its hidden power, leaving a small cloud of liquefied Abyss Energy floating right on top of the tree.

This Abyss Energy, which was laced with the Law of the Abyss Realm itself, transformed and became rain droplets which poured like a torrent on the 7-branched tree’s body, with the majority of it falling on the dormant 7th branch.

"Tililing!"

Like a cat woken up from its sleep, the dormant 7th branch began to let out a shriek as it absorbed and devoured the rain pouring down on it. It began to grow large just like the 6th branch earlier, however the way that it grew and the way that its appearance changed was way different compared to the other branches.

"Krisha!"

The 7th branch grew like a tumor, making it look like a massive ball of wood that was attached on the tree’s body. It was not as elongated as the other branches anymore, and even the elegance that it should have was not even visible too.

Instead, the 7th branch looked like a monstrosity of nature itself, something that will only exist on objects that had been turned sick by multiple curses.

The rain that was still pouring down did not help matters either, as it seemed to be contributing to the continuous degradation of the 7th branch. Each drop forced a more horrible change on the 7th branch, making it look more and more repulsive with each second that passed by.

It was only after 10 seconds that the rain had stopped, and it was only at this point that the 7th branch had stopped its monstrous change.

"..Poor branch... now it’s already contaminated with the malicious will of the Abyss itself. That’s the only thing that can induce a change like this." Sir Xote mumbled as it and its opponents noticed the change in the 7th branch. "That’s the consequence that you get for using the assistance of the Abyss Realm to comprehend a spell. It puts a part of itself on your spell, and there’s nothing that you can do to remove it. You either expel it right now, or you accept it as a part of your own..."

"Now, what will you do with this, dark figure? You might only be an extension of that cursed Alex, but I am sure that you are also worried by this contamination..." Sir Xote continued to say as it noticed that the dark figure appeared to be upset by the change in the 7th branch. "Will you still accept this power even you knew that there’s a chance for contamination? Heh, it if were me, I will never accept that power now. I might like the Abyss, but I don’t want it being inside me-"

"Rawr!"

Suddenly, the quiet dark figure let out another roar, which was followed by it devouring the whole 7-branched tree in an instant.

"Rawr!"

All the 7 branches, including the monstrous-looking 7th branch, went inside the dark figure’s mouth and throat, leaving nothing but only its scrapings scattered everywhere.

All the attacks that the Cosmic Guard fleet had been bombarding on the dark figure and the tree now went into a halt, as the sudden move of their enemy had rendered them confused and also uneasy.

Even Sir Xote was also rendered uneasy by this change, however he still kept his calm as he realized what will happen next.

"For a Fifth Stage Abyss Monster to reach the Sixth Stage, it must first create its own Original Abyss Spell. Once this Original Abyss Spell was complete, that Abyss Monster must use the power of Greed and Gluttony to swallow the spell whole. If that monster does not have the power of Greed and Gluttony, then must ask for assistance from an Abyss Monster that has one. " Sir Xote thought as it saw the gulping motions made the by the dark figure. Sir Xote appeared to be slightly unhappy from what it was seeing, but it continued to keep its body moving against his current opponents.

"Once the Original Abyss Spell was inside its body, the Abyss Monster will then convert that Original Abyss Spell into a Pillar. That Pillar, which is called as an Abyssal Pillar, shall be the foundation of the Sixth Stage Power of any Abyss Monster..." Sir Xote thought as he dodged a massive spear thrusts by three Delia’s.

"All that methods must be done under the presence of the Abyss itself, so that it can bestow the Abyss Energy that will reform the body of the Abyss Monster and strengthen the Abyss Pillar. From what I know, this reformation will happen in an instant, since it was the Abyss itself that will be initiating the change." Right after Sir Xote said these words, the previously dormant rift in space began to shake again.

This shaking was accompanied by the release of more Abyss Energy, although the amount that came out was too minuscule compared to the flood before.

A massive, scaly hand then shot out of this rift out of nowhere, which shot straight towards the motionless dark figure.

This hand, which had the finesse comparable to that of a rough giant, grabbed the dark figure like it was just clay, and right in front of Sir Xote’s wide eyes, the hand began to crush and mold the dark figure’s body.

In no time at all, the dark figure became reduced to what looked like a large sphere of malleable flesh, which the hand then began to work on.

Massive amounts of Abyss Energy came out of the scaly hand, which it fed on the new body that it was making, with each pulse of the Abyss Energy having a higher quality compared to before.

"Rawr!"

The dark figure could only shout in pain as the hand continued to mold his own body, with his struggles and undecipherable curses doing nothing to change his own situation.

The dark figure can only do nothing but be under the mercy of the scaly hand, which at this point had quickened its pace.

More and more Abyss Energy was fed on to the dark figure as his new body began to make its appearance, which was leagues incomparable to what it looked like before.

"...."

It was only after 5 seconds had passed by that the scaly hand stopped its actions.

Once it was done, the scaly hand quickly threw the dark figure back to the Four Moons World, while the hand went back inside the rift.

Just as fast as the hand appeared, it also quickly disappeared, leaving nothing on its previous postion but traces of its sudden actions.

As for the dark figure himself, he continued to spiral back towards the Four Moons World, with his body looking like it lost its ability to move.

As it fell down, an aura that was comparable to that of a Sixth Stage Being emanated from the dark figure, which confirms its breakthrough to the Sixth Stage.

The release of this aura was accompanied by the manifestation of a smiley face behind the dark figure, something that made Sir Xote stiffen his body.

"... A scaly hand and a smiley face. So this man has allied himself with that faction, huh." Sir Xote said as its eyes narrowed in displeasure. "Hmph, good luck to you then."

Sir Xote only shook its head as the dark figure hit the ground of the Four Moons World. Even when the place that the dark figure had landed in was not that far away from him, Sir Xote did nothing to attack him.

Instead, it just let the dark figure lay on that area peacefully, as it knew that sooner or later, he will also stand up and join the fray.

"Hmph, now that he’s in the Sixth Stage, there’s no way that his dark figure can exclude himself from the matters of the Abyss anymore. In that case, maybe I can entice him to ally with me. Hehehe, since he’s getting nearer and nearer to the will of the Abyss, then maybe his mind will be too warped to even reject me..." Sir Xote thought to itself as it resisted the ruge to lick its lips. "Hehehe, why am I even thinking that he’s of the right mind? He’s already contaminated by the Abyss, so he’s guaranteed to be insane!"