Chapter 152: Breakthrough
"World Recognition!"
The Titan Anar shouted in terror. He had always thought that Rios only possessed an Immortal bloodline, but he had never thought that he possessed an Immortal-grade mutated bloodline, making the two of them equal in terms of talent level!
World Recognition, also known as Law Recognition or by its most famous name, Law Resonance.
It was a phenomenon that occurred when someone possessed a 100% complete affinity with one of the Laws, or what was known as someone possessing an Immortal-grade talent or mutated bloodline!
At this moment, two phenomena were occurring around the stranger.
One of them belonged to the cosmic law of Life, while the other belonged to the cosmic law of Derivation!
The phenomenon of the cosmic law of Life caused grass to grow everywhere and healed all the injured Elves outside the Array, in addition to almost completely removing their exhaustion!
As for the phenomenon of the cosmic law of Derivation, it caused many things to separate from one another and caused some things to temporarily acquire new properties. It also expelled all impurities from the bodies of the Elves outside, as if they had received a physical purification from all the toxins within their bodies and had become pure and energetic once again, especially Orion!
"This... this!" Orion looked at his hands in shock, his eyes widening when he felt how pure his body had become. "As someone who followed the Body Strengthening Path, my body has been filled with countless impurities, and I thought they would remain in my body for the rest of my life, but I never expected to get rid of them like this." Orion felt the power coursing through his veins after his body had been cleansed of its impurities and smiled. "Just this alone makes my coming to this city more than worthwhile!"
"You are wondering who I am, aren’t you!" The stranger smiled while looking at the Titan Anar, and his body began to grow gradually as he transformed into the battle form of the Tree of Abyss, but he did not stop there!
Rios did not grow after reaching sixty meters. Instead, his body began to transform gradually, his roots merging together while his flexible branches receded toward his back, until he finally took the general shape of a humanoid. However, his entire body was made of tree bark, with numerous purple strands running through the bark!
The stranger stood as a gigantic being sixty meters tall and looked down at the forty-meter-tall Titan...
The stranger had transformed into a gigantic Treant, with one hundred flexible purple branches dancing behind his back like living snakes!
The Treant looked toward the Array. Or more precisely, toward the trunk of the Tree of Cradle that formed the core of the Array. He then extended his hand and ripped the core of the Array out of its place!
The stranger grabbed the trunk of the Immortal Tree of Cradle, brought it toward his mouth, then swallowed it and smiled!
*To break through to the fourth rank, there are two basic requirements.
First, I must have comprehended at least 10% of the first degree of at least one Law, and I have fulfilled this requirement and more.
Second, there must be a catalyst for my body to assimilate that Law. Since I possess complete affinity toward the cosmic law of Derivation and the cosmic law of Life, I do not need a catalyst for them, but I will need a catalyst for the cosmic law of Formation, and I don’t think I will find a better catalyst than the trunk of the Immortal Tree of Cradle... An Immortal-grade catalyst!*
The stranger thought to himself and smiled.
He did not want to break through using only one Law. Instead, he wanted to break through using three Laws at once!
Something no one had ever heard of before!
The stranger began digesting the trunk of the Tree of Cradle within himself and directed it toward his core, along with the energy of the three cosmic Laws:
Derivation, Life, and Formation!
The moment the three Laws came into contact, the true obstacle began to appear. The very obstacle that made it difficult for anyone to break through using more than one Law, and made it impossible to break through using more than two Laws!
The three cosmic Laws began to clash and repel one another fiercely as they attempted to impose their dominance and control over the core!
"Do you think I’m merely a shadow here, or do you think I’ll let you break through as you please!" The Titan Anar suddenly appeared beside Rios and swung a gigantic axe!
Abyss Tomb!
Boom!
In an instant, Abyss Tomb appeared once again, and a violent collision occurred. However, the one who blocked the Titan Anar’s attack was not Rios, but a Centaur Soul!
A Level Five Centaur stood there. It was barely the size of the Titan Anar’s palm, yet it managed to block his attack!
From behind Anar, five more Level Five Centaur Souls quickly appeared and directed their weapons toward him!
"This is impossible! How did they get out of the Array!" Anar looked toward the Array that had imprisoned the Centaur Souls in the sky, only to find it empty!
"Hehehehehehehehe, that fool didn’t know how to properly use the Abyss Tomb technique, but I do!" The stranger laughed mockingly as he looked toward Anar.
As a different and independent consciousness, the stranger was not affected by Rios’s battle against the Titan Anar, so he had maintained his mental strength as it was. Because of this, he was able to use the Abyss Tomb technique again without worrying about losing his mental strength!
As for the Centaur Souls that had been trapped inside the Array, this was one of the abilities of the Abyss Tomb that Rios had never known about before, which allowed him to summon his Souls regardless of where they were!
After seeing that the Souls had begun dealing with the Titan Anar, the stranger redirected his attention toward his core once again.
"Time for this farce between you bastards to end!" The stranger cursed the three cosmic Laws, then manifested the colorless symbols inside his core, causing the conflict between the three cosmic Laws to stop completely!
Under the guidance of the colorless symbols, the three cosmic Laws began rebuilding the core from scratch, and after several minutes, the stranger’s breakthrough was complete!
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Ding!
[The advancement requirements have been fulfilled]
1. Comprehend 10% of one of the Laws (Complete)
2. 10 million points (Complete)
[Congratulations to the Host on achieving a breakthrough]
[The ten million points will now be consumed to upgrade the System]
[This will take several hours]
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"Hahahaha! So this is the power of Level Four!" The stranger clenched his fist and felt the power flowing through his vessels and branches, and his body began growing larger and larger until it finally reached one hundred meters!
This level of power was completely different from what he had possessed at Level Three!
The stranger felt that at this moment, he could fight one hundred versions of his former self without any difficulty!
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
The moment the stranger’s breakthrough was fully completed, everyone heard the sound of lightning and thunder in the sky!
Elena and Orion raised their heads toward the sky, their eyes widening in terror, and Orion shouted in fear, "Damn it! Is this the breakthrough tribulation!"