Awakened: Evolving to Godhood

Chapter 277 - Illusory World (a)

Lucy wanted to cook delicious food for Elliot and win his stomach, so she decided on becoming a Magic Chef. Now, there were many legacies related to this profession. Some were even in the uppermost branch. But considering her limits, she picked one on the middle branch.

Elliot walked up to the tree, picked the most significant golden leaf on the uppermost branch, and returned to their side. The leaf in his hand had a symbol of a mountain surrounded by clouds on it, and he knew that it contained the legacy of the most extraordinary alchemist. It was bound to be challenging, but with everything on his body, such as God's Qi, Spirit God's Qi, Super God Mode, Body of Prey, Legendary Skill Flipping Through Pages, Demonic-ranked Technique Energy Radiation, and so on, he had the complete confidence of overcoming whatever was going to comes his way.

"Sit down." Said the queen, and following her words, the four people put their butts on the cushions. "As you've all chosen your legacies, it's time to let you get a taste of it too."

Those words had only left her mouth when all of them started feeling, including Elliot. Their consciousness began fleeting away, going somewhere far away.

A frown appeared on their faces as they tried to grab onto their consciousness.

"Do not resist this feeling and try to sink into it." She added.

She didn't mean them harm. They all knew that, so they did what they said and let their consciousness leave their body. Instantly, their eyes lost their shines.

Elliot's vision turned blurry after he refused Noah's prompt to get rid of his dizziness. Soon after, he found himself next to a majestic Mountain. He was standing at its summit. In front of him was an uncountable number of stairs.

He realized that he was in a so-called illusory world. His body, the wind fluttering his hair, the clear blue skies, the trees behind him, the ground beneath him, the thousands of people wearing white robes around him, and the mountain in front of him, everything here felt extremely real.

Visible blue energy clouded the entire body of the colossal mountain. Elliot took a deep breath, and two wisps of clear blue entered his mouth, making his mind cloudy but leaving him oddly satisfied.

"Magic power? No, it's something better than that!"

He was right on the mark!

[Congratulations! You've come in contact with high-level energy.]

[I've detected that it is Mana!]

[Mana is the purified form of magic power. Because of impurities in the air, mana typically degrades into magic power. It's ten times better than magic power, meaning a hundred units of it equals a thousand units of magic power.]

"What a great source of energy. I should get more of it it."

Elliot opened his mouth. The next thing that followed nearly shocked the heavens.

"What? Did the energy cover around Celestial Mountain just blur?"

"It's probably your eyes playing tricks on you."

"But I also saw that!"

"Mass hallucinations, I say it has to be that."

Many people were shocked as the mountain wearing clothes blue got stripped naked for an instant of a second!

Elliot was so perverted that he even laid his hands on a majestic mountain, ah!

Thankfully, no one knew that.

[You've used the technique, Steal the Heaven!]

[You've gained 1000 units of mana]

Everyone was busy doing their own things. No one had enough time to look for a person wearing weird clothes in their midst. Elliot performed some hand signs to activate his energy fusion matrix. He put mana and a unit of the essence of life into the said matrix, and it fused them into a new type of energy, called the Energy of Life. After knowing what he could do with it, a smile appeared on his face.

"Welcome to the mountain buried by the clouds. I am the Pill Emperor. As you all already know, only six people will get to enroll in my academy today. But I will be selecting one of them as my legacy disciple. I will teach that person all of my alchemy techniques and make him become the best of the best. To pass the test, you must climb up the stairs before anyone else. There are a total of 9999 steps; every hundred steps come with their own danger. The first six people to reach the top, open the gates and step inside the main building on top of the mountain will enroll into the Academy. The best among the six will become my legacy disciple. I advise you to be careful and not overestimate yourself as it might cost you your lives. Even if you're a cat with nine lives, you'll lose them all by only taking nine steps, so don't try to overreach your limits." A wizened voice came from someplace high above.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the source of the voice. Most of them only saw a blurry figure. Some who have reached a higher state of existence could make the sharp outlines of the blurry figure. Elliot, who was as strong, if not more stronger than the pill Emperor himself, managed to get a clear view of him.

The person stood at the peak of the mountain. He was wearing celestial robes. Sharp sword-like eyebrows decorated his face. Beneath them were eyes that contained endless wisdom. Around them were signs of ages that weren't too apparent and only appeared when the Pill Emperor squinted his eyes. All in all, he was the precise definition of an immortal wrongfully reincarnated in the mortal world.

Elliot's gaze was too piercing.

Pill Emperor felt as if someone was looking at him!

He immediately directed his gaze towards the one who had come to take the test today. Down below were only weak lambs. With their strength, they would fail even to budge a mountain, so how could they even get a clear view of him. Moreover, with his eyesight, Pill Emperor could see the reflection in all of their eyes. In them, he only appeared as a mere blur.

"Maybe I am being oversensitive." Pill Emperor muttered.

"Whatever!" He shook his head and focused on the matter at hand.

Pill Emperor looked at the people down below and announced, "Let the entrance examination begin!"