Chapter 345: Too Puny For the Status As A Primordial
Caelus’s eyes widened as he caught a glimpse of something beyond the Master Gate.
For a split second, two enormous eyes stared back at him through the void.
It looked like draconic eyes, but observing the shadow, he felt like it was more like a snake.
Then they vanished as quickly as they appeared.
"What happened, Caelus?" Seraphin Lin noticed his reaction and frowned.
Caelus shook his head and forced his expression to remain neutral.
"Nothing. You guys got the Token of Exchange, right? Start using them."
Everyone nodded and began examining the token.
Far away in a luxurious building, a beautiful girl lay naked on a premium mattress.
She had a flustered expression as she stared at the ceiling.
"Ehehehe, I found you, Caelus."
Her fingers traced patterns on the sheets as she giggled to herself.
Back in the void, Caelus opened his status to review his current abilities.
[Talents: Endless Extraction (SSS-Rank), Star King (Upper S-Rank), Ascended Body (Lower S-Rank), Template Change (Lower S-Rank), Gacha Wheel (Lower A-Rank), Gravity Domain (Lower B-Rank)]
[Skills: Holy Sword Surge (Legendary, 4-Star), Origin Sever (Secret, 4-Star), Temporal Regression (Secret, 4-Star), Golden Light Palm (Divine, 4-Star), Lightning Vow (Divine, 4-Star), Telepathy (Rare, 4-Star), Star King’s Sword Vault (Transcendent, 4-Star), Chaos Ring (Divine, 4-Star), Singularity Collapse (Divine, 4-Star)]
[Traits: Telekinesis (Legendary, 4-Star), Blood Generation (Legendary, 4-Star), Chaos Flames (Divine, 4-Star), Star King’s Sanctuary (Divine, 4-Star), Dragon Ascent (Secret, 4-Star)]
[Passives: Ender Passives, Intent Sense, Adaptation Wheel Of The End, Token Creation, Cellular Adaptation, World Resistance]
He needed to decide what to sacrifice for the Token of Exchange.
Holy Sword Surge’s main advantage was speed and defense shredding, but his Chaos Erosion could achieve similar effects over time with any small injury.
He had obtained it from Frederick after defeating the World Eater Dark Lord fragment, but the skill simply couldn’t keep up anymore.
That one could go.
Origin Sever, Temporal Regression, and Golden Light Palm were completely out of the question.
These were far too valuable to sacrifice, Golden Light Palm especially helped him clear illusions and defeat evil entities.
Lightning Vow was a gift from Indra back in the Abyss.
He had never actually used it in combat since obtaining it.
That one could go too.
Telepathy was something he and Sylvia used constantly to communicate, and it didn’t even require a skill slot.
It simply existed in their minds as a permanent connection.
Star King’s Sword Vault was also non-negotiable.
But he remembered that his Star King talent should grant him two more abilities at higher ranks.
Before making any exchanges, he decided to check what remained.
He opened the Star King talent information and frowned.
There was no option to obtain two separate abilities anymore. He could only obtain one more.
Instead, a single question mark sat next to the talent description.
[Last Ability: Star Magic (???, ???)]
[Requirement: Emperor-Rank]
So Star Magic was the final power he would receive from this talent, and it only unlocked at Emperor-Rank.
But Emperor-Rank was still far away.
His combat score had reached Ace-Rank equivalent now, sitting at 2.34.
If his understanding was correct, 10,000 combat score of Ace-Rank equaled 1 combat score of Emperor-Rank.
The gap was absolutely massive.
Emperor-Rank represented a qualitative leap from Ace-Rank, a hundred times the power of 1 Ace-Rank compressed into a single being.
And each point of Ace-Rank combat score was no joke.
The power thrumming through his mortal body right now was already immense, compressed within cells that had been transformed by the Origin Ascension Domain to contain such force.
One combat score of Ace-Rank could destroy a city or level a mountain with ease.
His physical strength could casually throw massive objects across kilometers, a single jump could propel him forward for several kilometers, and he could move faster than hypersonic speed.
His aura had been calibrated to sustain several days of continuous fighting against opponents of equal or lesser rank, as long as he didn’t take serious hits.
He was already a monster by any normal standard.
In comic book terms, he had surpassed levels that normal superheroes could never reach.
But what was the point when his power barely scratched the lower ceiling of Tier 2 Worlds?
There was a bigger universe out there, and he intended to claim his place in it.
"Whatever, I’ll think about it later."
He decided to obtain the remaining ability from Star King first.
[Ding!]
[You have obtained the Trait: Stellar Physiology (Epic, 4-Star)]
[Stellar Physiology: Increase the potential of the body, reform the body with Star Cells, and allow it to store plasma.]
[Ding! It has been detected that the host possesses Ascended Body]
[Ding! It has been detected that the host possesses Dragon Cells]
BOOOM!
From where Caelus stood, a massive explosion erupted, and Freya, Sylvia, Ayame, and Seraphin Lin all took steps back when they saw this.
"What is happening?" Sylvia frowned. She used her blood bond to sense the issue immediately, and sensing that it was related to a transformation, she calmed down.
’Did Hubby awaken a Star King power?’ Sylvia was thoughtful.
She could sense star power around him.
"You ladies stay back," Caelus shouted from the other side.
As he spoke, his figure temporarily transformed into that of a draconic being, and the stellar power began coursing through his body.
It began transforming his body, the cells began dividing rapidly, and his DNA began becoming more robust as star power coursed through him.
The draconic power and the Origin Power of the Origin Network were all coming together, and a spark immediately formed between the powers as the Ascended Body acted as the core.
[Ding! Your race is evolving]
"???" Caelus was baffled seeing this, but then his vision began rapidly glitching.
He was in a void with specks of light across it, and he was accelerating forward.
Caelus frowned seeing this.
Was this not the vision of The First Ender Of Origin, the Chaos Perception Dragon trying to breach the barrier of time?
Everything went on like what was shown, the God of Boundless Light and Ancient Dragon God chased after the Ender Of Origin, and he broke the barrier of time and entered through it.
However, this time, the vision didn’t fully end.
Caelus saw the world around him glitch rapidly, and he saw the world above him shattering as a giant hand shot towards the Ender Of Origin.
Then the vision broke apart the next moment, and a new notification appeared before him.
[Your existence is too puny to achieve the status of a Primordial]
[Evolution failed]
[Reach the Threshold]