Chapter 399: The Descent

Chapter 399: The Descent

As Stavven reached into his pocket, his eyes reddened, and he took out a test tube emitting a red mist with a magical aura.

Although he hesitated briefly, the next second, he pulled out the stopper and tilted his head back, gulping down the contents.

Just as Ren was about to take the opportunity to launch an attack, suddenly, he saw the black-robed man in front of him, clutching his head in pain and letting out a miserable scream.

"Graham!"

"You bastard! You..."

In an instant, Stavven realized he had been tricked.

The Spider God's Blood he had consumed contained a trace of will or mental imprint from the otherworldly Evildom, Naiou Brekan. The other party had borrowed his body to complete the Sage's Descent.

This was a cross-realm descent that could only be achieved under specific conditions, more advanced than a mere projection.

And he, it seemed, had become the vessel for the other party's descent.

Apparently, Graham, the Grandmaster of the Tutkash Academy, had acted as an accomplice to Naiou Brekan.

Moreover, the entire incident had likely been planned for a long time. Stavven had been immersed in his experiments, giving the other party no opportunity until now, when he had taken the initiative to consume it.

At the same time, in a vast underground hall at the Tutkash Academy's base in the Seredil Plateau, far away from the current events.

Graham, a tall figure conducting experiments, suddenly trembled, causing an excessive amount of reagent to drip into the beaker, and instantly, a cloud of black smoke rose, signaling a failed experiment.

Such a basic mistake was almost impossible for a Fourth Level Dawn Wizard like Graham.

But this scene unfolded before their eyes.

However, Graham's expression didn't show a hint of anger; instead, he smiled.

In his mind, a voice from a distant place suddenly appeared, fragmented and intermittent, saying, '...appreciate the vessel's consumption...'

"You've delayed until now, and your will and talent impress me. It's a pity that your body is currently the best vessel I could find."

"Stavven, this is your destiny!" Graham's deep voice echoed in the vast hall.

At the foot of the Blade Volcano, Ren watched as Stavven, in front of him, let out a few painful roars. His voice then underwent a transformative change, shifting from a normal human male tone to one that was grand, slow, and inhuman.

At the same time, a vast and profound aura of evil enveloped the entire area, centered on him.

The surviving ordinary guards, just recovering from the earth-shattering explosion, suddenly felt an impending disaster.

It was as if an elderly person, tottering along, was helplessly watching a speeding carriage charging towards them.

Or like a regular person on the beach, suddenly facing a towering tsunami tens of meters high.

A sense of extreme helplessness and confusion filled their hearts.

Even Dick, a peak Great Knight, seemed to lose most of his courage at this moment. His knight's longsword felt almost too heavy to wield, and his booted legs felt incredibly heavy.

"This... this is the aura of Evildom!" Dick exclaimed in horror.

"It's the descent of Evildom!" Beyons said solemnly.

Her heart sank, but seeing her captain, Ren, standing a few meters away with a calm expression, Beyons mustered the courage to continue fighting.

"Captain!" Claire called out, her voice trembling.

Anyone could hear the tension and fear in Claire's voice.

She hadn't expected the situation to take such twists and turns.

When she first saw those powerful Clawed Ghouls, she anticipated a fierce battle, but Captain Ren's War Golem had given her a pleasant surprise.

However, when the other party's Legendary Peak Stitched Monster appeared, her heart sank again.

But to her surprise, the Golem had a trump card—a self-destruct ability with unparalleled power.

Yet, facing the descent of Evildom, the previously favorable situation for their side turned against them once more.

Ren, of course, understood that Claire was asking if they should retreat while the other party was still not fully descended.

"You all, move back a bit and protect yourselves with the Wizardry Scrolls. Leave this to me," Ren said without turning back, his gaze fixed on the black-robed man whose body was undergoing dramatic changes.

The man seemed to have lost himself, his eyes rolling back, and his entire body floating in mid-air.

His body underwent a dramatic transformation, rapidly inflating like a balloon. His lower half grew a pair of sharp, jagged limbs that easily pierced the ground with every movement.

As for his upper body, it had swollen several times in size, barely maintaining a human form. His hands had mutated into a pair of deadly weapons resembling serrated blades.

Ren noticed that the man's eyes seemed to gradually regain clarity, though they were completely different from before.

"Stavven! Not a bad vessel!"

Ren heard the man's whisper.

"Stavven?"

"Probably referring to the original owner of the body?"

Ren gazed at the man's massive figure, nearly ten meters tall, and the powerful aura far beyond the Legendary tier, and couldn't help but sigh, muttering to himself:

"Ah, I always wanted to be a wizard, but now I have to get up close and personal. What a twist of fate!"

Instantly, Ren's body also underwent a significant transformation.

As he faced this formidable being, he knew that his current late-stage Tier 2 Liquidization Wizard abilities were not enough, even with his exceptional wizard talent.

After a few seconds, a monstrous draconian, even taller than the spider demon possessed by the Evildom, appeared before everyone.

Its overwhelming and wild aura instantly dispersed the terrifying aura of the Evildom, allowing the surrounding crowd to regain their senses, their faces filled with surprise and joy at their narrow escape.

At this moment, Evildom Naiyu Brekan, who had been examining his new vessel, also noticed the changes in Ren, who was not far away.

He hadn't expected that a tiny insect, previously ignorable in his eyes, had suddenly transformed into a force to be reckoned with.

"Hmm? Interesting!"

"Mortal, I give you a chance to submit to me."

"A deity once tried to recruit me too. You're not the first," Ren, in his draconian king form, said calmly.

Naiyu Brekan instantly understood Ren's meaning.

"Very well, your life will end in agony and torment!"

"Swoosh!"

Ren's four pairs of limbs bent slightly, and with a quick tap like a dragonfly skimming the water, his massive form disappeared from its original spot.

"Clang!"

When he appeared again, it was right in front of Ren, startlingly close.

Ren's sharp and pointed right forelimb slashed down at Ren's head, but Ren's massive dragon claws firmly blocked the attack.

The next instant, Ren's left forelimb joined the fight, and dozens of silver arcs flashed by!

"Ding ding clang clang!"

The possessed Stavven and Ren, in his draconian king form, engaged in a fierce battle.

Two huge, blurry silhouettes charged and crashed through the nearby forest, stirring up powerful gusts of wind. Although the trees weren't directly attacked, the force of the wind caused them to topple over in large numbers.

The ground seemed to have been planted with landmines, emitting loud 'Boom! Boom! Boom!' explosions.

Soon after, numerous pits of varying sizes appeared.

Evidently, the ground wasn't self-destructing; it was their incredible speed that caused these impacts each time they landed, as their power burst forth from the ground.

The intense battle raged on for about half a minute, and suddenly, the two colossal beasts stopped.

Naiyu Brekan, in his half-spider demon form, had his slightly serrated forelimbs locked with Ren's enormous dragon claws, which were covered in tempered mithril, in a test of strength.

Both Stavven's chitinous forelimbs and Ren's dragon claws emitted faint creaking sounds as they deformed under the pressure.

After a few seconds, they both seemed to exert force simultaneously.

Naiyu Brekan, in his half-spider demon form, was sent flying over ten meters, while Ren's draconian form's sturdy lower limbs sank half a meter into the ground, struggling to hold their ground.

"Not bad, your bloodline transformation is impressive, but your stamina must be reaching its limit. As for me, I've only just finished warming up!"

"Oh? You've finished warming up? I've barely started." Ren said, adding a point to his mental attribute.

Instantly, a surging wave of heat pumped forcefully from his heart, revitalizing his slightly fatigued body back to its peak condition!

Ever since his previous battle with the Goddess of the Underworld, Hel, Ren had found trash-talking to be incredibly useful, primarily due to the deities' high and mighty attitude towards mortals.

When faced with defiance from what they considered ants, they often became uncontrollably furious.

And this was advantageous for Ren.

"Mortal, your arrogance will lead to your downfall!" Naiyu Brekan didn't believe Ren's words and instead felt deeply offended.

"Earth-Splitting Strike!"

Seemingly aware that his close-range attacks wouldn't be effective against Ren in the short term, Naiyu Brekan, in his half-spider demon form, raised his forelimb with great effort.

Suddenly, three sharp spikes, each four to five meters tall, erupted from the ground in front of Ren, like waves crashing towards him.

But Ren didn't remain passive; he spread his massive wings behind him and flapped them forcefully.

"Perhaps it's you who will reach your downfall!"

Before he finished speaking, Ren appeared in front of Naiyu Brekan, in his half-spider demon form, and slashed down with his dragon claws, covered in tempered mithril!

"Boom!!"

Naiyu Brekan, caught off guard, barely managed to lift his forelimbs to block his chest, but Ren's powerful strike sent him flying.

However, Naiyu Brekan quickly adjusted his body mid-air and continued to close the distance for hand-to-hand combat.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a loud dragon's roar echoed through the sky, and a fourteen to fifteen-meter-long red dragon descended rapidly from above.

"Who dares disturb the great Hemaodos?" Suddenly, the deep and imposing voice abruptly stopped.

Upon hearing the noise from above, Ren, in his draconian king form, and Naiyu Brekan, in his half-spider demon form, clashed once more before retreating a few dozen meters and looking up at the sky.

At this moment, the Lava Dragon Helmod finally got a clear look at the two creatures, and they were nothing like the ferocious beasts or easy prey it had imagined.

One of them, in a half-spider demon form, stared at Helmod with cold eyes, as if looking down at a tiny insect. As it drew closer, Helmod also sensed the overwhelming aura emanating from both creatures.

Such evil and immense power, damn it, this was an incarnation of a deity!

Helmod's vertical pupils contracted, and it immediately changed direction, flapping its fleshy wings to take off and leave the area immediately!

Damn it, I should've just stayed in the lava, why did I have to meddle?

Helmod was now desperate to escape.

"There's actually a little fire dragon here."

As the half-spider demon, Naiou Brekan, whispered, he suddenly opened his mouth wide, aiming at the Lava Dragon Helmod.

A black pillar of light instantly shot out from his mouth, directly hitting the Lava Dragon in mid-air.

"Whoosh!"

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Although Helmod tried to dodge, the black pillar of light still pierced through its right fleshy wing, creating a huge hole, and the wound continued to be corroded by black energy.

Almost simultaneously, a silver lightning bolt instantly struck Helmod's lower abdomen, thrown by Ren in his Draconian King form, using a short spear!

Seeing his target flying above him, Ren didn't hesitate to take a shot.

After suffering two consecutive heavy blows, Helmod let out a miserable cry! Its fear intensified, and it desperately flapped its damaged wing, fleeing the scene and stumbling towards the Blade Volcano Crater.

It wasn't that it didn't want to escape further.

The problem now was that if it didn't immediately use the high temperature of the lava to heal its wounds, it might not be able to fly far before falling from the sky.

Helmod could feel that the energy level of the corrosion on its right wing was very high, and it needed external help to quickly remove it.

Otherwise, it didn't want to be located by an evil god.

Dick, Claire, and Bianca on the side were all stunned by what they had just witnessed.

What was going on? The Lava Dragon Helmod had appeared briefly like a clown and then fled at full speed? What about the dragon's dignity?

After the brief interruption, Naiou Brekan in his half-spider demon form continued to fight with Ren.

The intense battle prompted Ren to use his contribution points three times in a row, and Naiou Brekan's gaze towards Ren changed!

He knew that if he didn't use more effective methods, as a deity, he might have to retreat with embarrassment this time.

After another heavy clash, Naiou Brekan spoke in a deep voice:

"Spider Swarm Storm!"

His abdomen suddenly burst open, and countless black-patterned spiders the size of fists emerged, rushing towards Ren.

"Shh!"

At the same time, these small spiders raised their mouthparts and spat out white, viscous spider webs at Ren.

Perhaps one, ten, or even hundreds of spiders wouldn't be a concern for Ren.

But when the number reached this level, he had to be cautious.

The spider webs they spat out filled the sky, creating a dense layer of white, sticky webs.

"Iron Armor Spell!"

"Cutting Web!"

This was the first time Ren had used both offensive and defensive spells in his Draconian King form.

For a moment, Ren's legs seemed to be stuck in a swamp, slowing his movement significantly. However, the consecutive use of the Cutting Web spell also cleared the spider swarm in front of him!

At this moment, Naiou Brekan in his half-spider demon form quietly approached Ren from behind and delivered a fierce thrust to Ren's back!

"Slap!"

Naiou Brekan's sneak attack was interrupted by a sudden strike from Ren's thick tail.

Just as Naiou Brekan was about to give up and retreat, feeling it was a bad idea, the dragon's tail wrapped around his waist.

"Pfft!"

His sharp forelimbs pierced Ren's tail, but a hammer suddenly struck him.

"Bang!" Naiou Brekan easily blocked Ren's hammer, looking puzzled.

After all, such close combat was not conducive to the swinging and force of the hammer, the damage was far less than that of claws. He didn't understand why Ren would do this.

Suddenly, Naiou Brekan's entire body trembled, and he let out a painful roar!

"You! Mortal, you blasphemer..."

But at this moment, he was already too weak to continue speaking. He could clearly feel that the divine imprint he had painstakingly transmitted was being erased by some mysterious power!

That hammer strike was Ren's signature move, the 'Spirit Shattering Impact' of the War Hammer Wizard! The accompanying true damage was most effective against divine projections or incarnations.

As the spiritual imprint of Naiyou Brekan faded, a semi-transparent human-like shadow appeared on the fallen corpse.

"Thank you, Ren! I was supposed to kill you, but I didn't expect you to save me. Otherwise, my soul would have been eternally bound and controlled by the Spider Evildom, Naiyou Brekan!"

This scene startled Ren.

After all, not every wizard leaves behind a ghost-like state after death.

The last time he witnessed such a phenomenon was long ago during the Agatha Mill mission. Later, Ren had looked up some information and gained a basic understanding.

One of the conditions for the appearance of a corporeal spirit is the strong obsession of the deceased, which is the most crucial factor.

Naturally, the likelihood of a spirit appearing after death increases if the deceased was a powerful psychic wizard during their lifetime.

"My soul is about to dissipate. As a token of gratitude, I have important information for you, Ren. Be cautious of the Isodrael Academy on Seredil Plateau. They were the ones who hired me to kill you."

"Additionally, the Tutkash Academy has fallen. Grandmaster Graham is secretly preparing materials to summon a fragment of Naiyou Brekan."

Before the spirit could finish speaking, Stavven's spirit began to gradually dissipate."

Ren fell into deep thought.

Stavven's words contained a lot of information.

As Stavven's soul dissipated, a special aura began to emanate from the corpse of his spider-transformed body.

A black crystal the size of a thumb floated above the body, radiating an aura of evil, greatness, and grandeur.

The crystal's design seemed familiar to Ren.

It reminded him of the Psychic Crystal he obtained from the Sea Goddess Hera.

This sense of deja vu stirred Ren's heart.

"Could this be a Psychic Crystal of Naiyou Brekan?"

Psychic Crystals were extremely precious, coveted by Epic-level warriors. Naturally, Ren didn't want to attract unnecessary attention.

As Ren reached out to grasp the dark crystal, a system prompt sounded:

[Ding! Detected Psychic Crystal that can enhance the degree of psychic liquidization. Accelerate absorption? (Note: System absorption can eliminate impurities and complete absorption at once.)]



Indeed!

Seeing the system prompt, Ren was overjoyed.

His original purpose for coming to the Blade Volcano was to slay the Magma Fire Dragon, but he never expected such a windfall.

After a moment's thought, Ren decided to absorb it immediately.

The longer such a valuable item was left unattended, the more risks it posed.

Harold's Psychic Crystal was a prime example, which ultimately benefited him.

As for the evil aura attached to the crystal, Ren remained unfazed.

Additionally, a few days ago, when his Rune Seamstress reached level 7, he found that he still had over 13,000 School Contribution Points. So, he redeemed the Tier 3 Metal Spell 'Steel Armor Spell'.

In other words, he now had two Tier 3 Metal Spells to choose from for his Tier 3 Talent Spell: the offensive 'Thorn Iron Sphere' and the defensive 'Steel Armor Spell'.

Without hesitation, Ren chose the latter!

The silver mist in his psyche began to condense into a liquid, and the silver liquid gradually increased.

After a few seconds, the silver mist in his psyche had completely transformed into silver liquid.

Ren glanced at the attribute panel on the system's homepage, and he noticed that his Psyche attribute now read: 98 (Liquidization 100%)!

At this moment, it seemed that there was still energy left in the Psychic Crystal, and the enhancement continued.

The system prompt sounded again:

[Ascension begins. Continuous Metamorphosis in progress.]



Instantly, Ren felt his psyche undergo a dramatic change in the double-layered psychic crystal structure.

Based on the original double-layered crystal, a slightly smaller but more complex three-dimensional structure emerged, symbolizing the Tier 3 Metal Spell 'Steel Armor Spell'.

Indeed, Ren's choice of Tier 3 Talent Spell was the Steel Armor Spell.

The battle with Naiyou Brekan had left him wounded all over, though not severely. It served as a wake-up call.

As he faced increasingly powerful enemies, the defense provided by his dragon scales and steel body was becoming insufficient. Further reinforcement was necessary.

In an instant, the psychic crystal structure seemed to transform from a double-layered cake into a triple-layered one.

Around the crystal's three-dimensional structure, the silver liquid became increasingly dense, and within it, floating specks of starlight could be discerned.

Upon closer inspection, these granular starlights were revealed to be psychic crystals resembling ice crystals.

(End of Chapter)

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