Reaper of the Martial World

Chapter Book 11: 56: Ashes (1)

Book 11: Chapter 56: Ashes (1)

Dyon’s senses grasped all of these violent changes. He might have truly been the only one on the mortal plane, aside from maybe his own daughter, that could do so. But even then, Alauna was only a First Grade World Seer, while Dyon had already progressed to the third. Even on the Immortal Plane, he would be respected, especially since the highest-grade World Seer currently was only of the Ninth Grade.

“Water can behave like this…?” Ri’s gaze suddenly became absent as though she was comprehending something.

Dyon, who was about to take a step forward, paused when he noticed this.

In the past several decades, he had comprehended many wills unintentionally. Among them, there was of course one of the most common, water will. However, despite it being one of the more simply wills to comprehend, Dyon rarely came across martial warriors that utilized it.

That wasn’t to say that there weren’t powerful martial warriors that tapped into the will, but even those powerful individuals never will used water will. Instead, they used the far more powerful ice will.

The trouble with water will is that it was simply too lacking in strength.

Other elemental wills had useful auxiliary functions. For example, wind will was excellent for speed, earth will was excellent for defense. Both could evolve to become something greater than their original foundations as well. Wind will could not only be applied to speed, but also agility. At the same time, there were countless minerals earth will users could comprehend to strengthen themselves. Earth encompassed too many things.

However, what about water will?

Sure, if applied at high projectile speeds, one could injure others with water. However, wasn’t that the case for wind and earth as well? Wind could be made to be incredibly sharp, but it would always be lacking in sharpness to blade wills. Earth could be made to be potent in attack, but it would always be best at defense.

On top of this, of elemental wills, there wasn’t even a need to mention fire which stood above the rest along with lightning. There just seemed to be nothing functionally unique about water… There was nothing useful about it aside from the fact it could become ice.

But was this really true?

In the mortal world, there was nothing more important that water. Aside from oxygen, it was probably the one substance one couldn’t live for very long without. Dyon found it hard to believe that it suddenly became so useless in the martial world. However, he never cared to put his mind to comprehending it because he already had so many other things on his plate.

It was on the day Dyon comprehended water will to the first will level that he suddenly understood something.

Dyon smiled lightly. ‘Seems it was worth it if for nothing else than this alone…’

Dyon had come to realize that he had gravely underestimated elemental wills thanks to the Ancient Battlefield. He still remembered that day long ago when his wind will when used in the place actually tinged green… He didn’t understand what it meant then, but he definitely did now.

There were so many cultures that treated the elementals as the fundamental basis of all things. This was not a coincidence.

Ri’s body began to glow fiercely. In the next instant, her clothes sheered apart much like Madeleine’s had. A gorgeous petite frame without imperfection greeted their eyes, but it was then Dyon suddenly moved.

Amphorae and Clara were shocked to the point of feeling frozen in time. Dyon was… attacking Ri?!

There seemed to be no other explanation for what was going on. Why else would he attempt to disrupt her breakthrough like this?!

Dyon’s palms slammed heavily in Ri’s forward, a roar that could quake stars and sunder planets escaping his lips as a burning white flame appeared around him.

But maybe it was only Madeleine who understood instantly this white flame wasn’t Dyon’s purity flame… He was burning his soul!

Madeleine covered her soft lips with a small hand, a gasp of grief escaping her. She remembered what happened last time Dyon burned his soul.

Two years… two years he fell into a coma. If it wasn’t for Clara and the Body Kernel, he may have never awoken again. Yet here he was doing it again without the slightest hesitation.

The Seal was suddenly released in its full glory. The dark river was illuminated, revealing an impossibly deep depth hidden below and ghastly creatures with the strength to swallow galaxies.

The last time Dyon burned his soul, it was within the saint stage… He used it to gain the ability to fight against peak celestials and even eventually a dao expert… Just imagine the kind of strength that had to be produced from that event… To allow the weak soul path to match up against experts of the qi path…

But now, his soul was already at the peak of the mortal plane. In fact, on one certain path, his soul was already deep within the standards of the Immortal Plane.

In those moment, Dyon felt he could see through everything. Even the barrier covering the core region of the Ancient Battlefield could be shattered and seen through by him. However, Dyon didn’t have the luxury of paying attention… His entire focus was on his wife and a void that separated worlds.

“I swear this on my life.” Dyon’s voice sounded no different from an enraged Demon God, bearing his will down upon another plane of existence. “There will be a day I cross this barrier and rip your roots out from the ground! To dare place your hands on my wife… I’ll burn you to ashes!”