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Chapter 392: Well of Doom, Zerol's Plea
Chapter 392: Well of Doom, Zerol's Plea
Erix looked at the incoming starry smoke and used his Domain without wasting a second, targeting the presence he sensed inside the giant harbinger of starry smoke.
[Lands of Lively Doom]
_Domain—SS rank.
_Arcane Layer Buff: +120% increase in Magic power and Magic control upon domain activation.
_Spiritual Buff: Spirit Power +100%.
_Elemental Boosts:
—> Flame: 80%.
—> Death: 80%.
—> Space: 80%.
—> Life: 80%.
—> Metal: 80%.
—> Nihilir: 80%.
_Concept Boosts:
—> Punch: 80%.
—> Chaos: 80%.
—> Devorex: 80%.
_Domain Abilities: — Well of Doom.
Bista the Star Smoke also used his domain the moment Erix targeted him. In the blank space, two giant domes clashed against each other.
One was a vast plain of black grass with golden tips, floating islands, and chaotic whirls of dark purple, portraying a world of disaster yet lively abundance with each island having exotic metals growing, making this chaotic world colorful and shiny.
The whirls were destructive and potent, containing the ultimate powers of his chaos concept while the stars high above were colorful and volatile, radiating with intense energy.
Erix controlled the phenomena of his domain, increasing his power and wielding his own exotically shaped powers in his domain.
Clashing against him was a misty domain with tendrils of black and silver glowing like countless stars everywhere, hiding the presence of Bista such that Erix couldn't find him.
'Interesting, but…Your domain feels weaker,' Erix grinned and waved his hand, conjuring a giant chaotic vortex that was five hundred meters in diameter. Inside the vortex was an eccentric array of formations that utilized all of his elements and concepts.
The shape of fists flowed chaotically within a layered fabric of space in the vortex, the tens of thousands of punches crashed against each other and formed into new ones. Each one with an exotic metal medium that also chaotically evolved with his Chaos concept when they clashed and turned into new, more powerful, and chaotic versions!
This was Erix's highest mastery of attack that he could only execute in his Domain. Well of Doom!
It was so powerful that Bista the Star Smoke's domain was breaking down as the Well of Doom hurled forward vertically as if a circular maw that devoured and destroyed everything.
The power of Nihilir was most abundant in each of the punch projectiles inside as they clashed and chaotically evolved before striking anything foreign that entered inside.
Bista the Star Smoke released his attack as well. It was a single black arrow that was a hundred meters long, with dark silver and white sparks on it.
That arrow entered into the Well of Doom, but it was dismantled and annihilated in an instant in the vortex, its energy being used by Erix's Chaos concept's workings!
Two more arrows arrived while the Well of Doom already won the bout of the domain, shrinking Bista's domain by half.
The additional arrows couldn't do anything to the Well of Doom as it continued.
'Bye-bye,' Erix cracked a grin and snapped his finger, detonating his Well of Doom as he applied Chaos concept's power to it and caused all energy inside to become volatile.
*BOOOOM!*
The explosion covered tens of kilometers of radius, including Erix within it as he felt the chaotic waves of energies that resulted from his own elements' chaotic evolution in the explosion. After all, he had used 100,000 Prana—60,000 spirit force—60,000 soul energy in the execution of Well of Doom!
Bista the Star Smoke….was totally annihilated right after the explosion!
[Congratulations. You have successfully defeated Bista the Star Smoke and completed the 30th Floor.]
Erix vanished from outer space and arrived back on the floor hall.
Right as he arrived, Erix saw his reward manifesting before him.
[Congratulations. You have acquired Blank Slate of Empyrean Visage.]
A brownish creamy matter materialized with vein-like patterns on it. It soon turned into a head-shaped thing, but no face on it.
[Blank Slate of Empyrean Visage]
_Special Item.
_Requirement: Empyrean-order.
_Effect: Pouring soul energy and Prana in the visage will construct a clone that will share 50% of your overall powers, with you being able to share consciousness in both bodies.
—> Vital Transfer: You can choose to direct the damage you receive to this clone. The clone has a lifespan of 10 years, but its vitality structure is the same as yours.
'Interesting. If I can share consciousness, then I can give it trivial tasks after putting a wisp of my consciousness in it,' Erix raised his eyebrows in surprise at this reward. It was very useful!
Erix started pouring soul energy and Prana into it without further ado. He only had to add 50,000 soul energy and 50,000 Prana before feeling a solid connection with the visage as it started to transform.
The visage was made of an exotic item of high grade procured by Mystic Root and Erix could feel that it was receiving power from somewhere else since he was connected to it. He also felt a strange scanning on himself.
Five minutes later, a completely naked Erix stood beside the real Erix, both looking strikingly the same with a shredded and lean muscled physical body and lively red eyes with black patterns in pupils.
There were two bodies, but only one Erix. Since his mind, consciousness, and such were of an evolved lifeform with both his soul and spirit stat having 8k, simultaneously living two lives was not difficult.
Erix wore energy clothes on his other body and he moved both of them to the 31st Floor afterward.
With two of them, it would be way easier to defeat the next floors!
'With this, Rin should have reached higher than the 35th floor or she simply stopped?' Erix remembered that Rin didn't say she failed at the 36th Floor, but only said that she finished the 35th floor.
Rin indeed finished 35th and then stopped because she went around to check the things and also a new type of training for her soul, which took her several hours before she returned to the Blessed Island.
….
Erix looked at the 31st Floor's challenge and looked at the reward, but it confused him.
[31st Floor.]
[Challenge]: Kill 500 Necrotic Swamp Wyverns.
[Minimum Power Level Required]: 230,000. Find adventures on ???
[Chances]: 2
[Reward]: —
'What's going on?'
"Zerol, what's up with this? Why I can't see the rewards."
Zerol the Genie appeared before Erix and promptly answered with a smile, "You broke out of Mystic Root's influence and this reward was only supposed to go to those who are still under it, so it's canceled for you."
"But don't worry. It's not like you will not get any rewards," Zerol added with a chuckle. "You should know that you also cannot level up anymore, thus not gaining any stat points to improve your stats. From now on, you will have to train your physical body in an orthodox way, refining it with exotic phenomena and Body Arts."
"Yeah I know," Erix grinned. "So what's the reward of this floor?"
"The reward is random, but it will be one of the five categories. Elemental - Spiritual - Soul - Physical - Conceptual. It could be anything that comes under these five broad categories, but it will be a consumable item."
"Not consumable like a healing potion, but consumable like Elemental crystal, some high Tier spiritual ingredient, and such."
"I see," Erix raised his eyebrows while nodding. "Alright, I'll begin then. Thanks for the information."
"Wait," Zerol quickly said. "I gave Isabella an additional quest like you two before she cleared 20th Floor. And I can also specify a reward for the floors for you all."
"Oh?" Erix narrowed his eyes. "That's interesting, but I doubt you want to do this for free."
Zerol sighed and nodded, "Of course. As you know a big force is coming here and that's why Mystic Root adjusted the development of this planet. Because of this, there's a chance that I can gain freedom."
"According to my contract, I still have to stay under Mystic Root for around a hundred years," Zerol wryly smiled. "I don't want to remain bound for a hundred years more. If I manage to escape, then Mystic Root won't trap me again because that's how it works."
"How can you get freedom forcefully then?" Erix curiously asked.
"Even if your planet gets out of Mystic Root's influence after becoming a cosmic planet from gravel planet, I'll just get transferred to another place, but…If someone destroys the bindings while I am here, then I can become free," Zerol said with glinting eyes. "Of course, it's not easy to do, but the force that's coming here has enough power to do it."
"What bindings? You mean Labyrinth Towers?" Erix was speechless.
"Exactly," Zerol nodded. "You can't destroy it, I know. But Reverend-order powerhouses can destroy them. Even still, it will take them a considerable size of formations and energy to do it and I don't think they would do this without any benefits in return."
"I am also useless to them," Zerol weakly smiled.
"So what do you want me to do?" Erix raised his eyebrows.
"Make a deal with them. I am not useless, but you will be immensely useful to them."
Erix laughed out loud while shaking his head.
"We can talk about this later when they come here. No use discussing this now. As for specifying rewards, you can do that if you want to," Erix grinned. "I am going to the next floor now."
"I will do it," Zerol said with a firm nod. "I also specified rewards for Rin because I've learned enough about you two. I'll help you first, so please consider helping me."
"Alright. I like that attitude," Erix smiled and nodded. "We'll definitely consider this, but everything is based on the guests that are coming here."
"I know," Zerol nodded. "You can go ahead. I'll give you the best reward possible, the same as people under Mystic Root's influence receive."
"Thanks."
With that, Erix challenged the floor and disappeared.
Erix and others broke out of Mystic Root's influence so they wouldn't receive rewards like others and it was randomized, but with Zerol's help, they would still receive the best floor rewards like others under Mystic Root!