Chapter 603 - 324: Transcendent! Transcendent! (Part 2)
"This feeling... the Fifth Level Spell is obviously much more effective now!"
Raine felt the connection with that vague shadow becoming increasingly tighter.
"What about the Sixth Level?"
Thinking it, he acted on it.
Half an hour later.
Swoosh!
A sudden dizzying sensation overwhelmed him, as if Raine’s soul left his body, soaring straight into the endless sky!
Passing through some kind of thin membrane, Raine again saw the vast, boundless Stellar Hall, once more seeing those seven figures, and again the particularly tall and majestic figure in the center....
Raine felt himself getting closer and closer to the shadow opposite him.
Suddenly!
The two overlapped!
And when Raine returned to his body, perceiving his surroundings, he suddenly felt completely different compared to before his Ascension.
The air around him, although invisible, Raine could perceive—’color.’
Yes, color!
The blazing red light was Fire Energy particles, the pale blue was Frost Energy particles....
Just like a small middle-school experiment from his past life, where a magnetic field invisible to the naked eye became visible when the teacher laid out many tiny iron filings.
Previously, Raine was unable to clearly perceive the mysterious energy particles, but now, everything changed.
"So this is what it feels like when Elemental Affinity greatly improves after Entering the Extraordinary...."
Raine hadn’t expected the ascension to go so smoothly.
But on reflection, for anyone else, even a prodigy with amazing talent on the Valzeg Continent, mastering a Sixth Ring Level Spell before reaching the Extraordinary would be almost impossible.
Let alone mastering all four elements, which is nearly unachievable.
But with the Golden Finger, he could easily accomplish this.
Speed was inevitable too.
After a moment, Raine turned his attention to the system panel:
[Name: Raine]
[Extraordinary Professions (Special): Elemental Lord Lv1]
[Extraordinary Class Skills: Elemental Strike Lv1...]
...
"Elemental Lord?" The first thing that caught Raine’s eye were these four striking words.
The profession has changed from ’Frost Lord’ to ’Elemental Lord,’ with lv1 representing the Classes Level.
And other Class Skills of the Adventurer level have been classified under [Class Skills: Frost Shock Lv2...].
"How convenient."
Raine also quickly noticed two lines of small text next to ’Elemental Lord Lv1,’ serving as annotations:
1. Transcendent Constitution Lv1: Basic resistance to all magic, medium piercing defense, medium bludgeoning defense.
2. Four-Element Affinity Lv1: When casting any Fire, Frost, Lightning, or Earth spells, power increases by thirty percent; when learning any Earth spells, learning speed increases by sixty percent.
"Huh? It seems much less than a Giant Dragon’s..."
Having seen too many top-tier monster bloodlines, at first glance, Raine found his Transcendent Constitution somewhat weak, but on second thought, he realized the problem.
"Wait, I’m comparing to the wrong thing! I should match against humans, not dragons."
"For an ordinary human Transcendent, basic resistance to all spells is likely nonexistent, and the latter two aspects would be at best basic; mine is already way above standard!"
"Most importantly, this is power truly belonging to myself, even without the reinforcement of monster bloodlines!"
Understanding this, Raine glanced down at the attribute panel.
On the attribute panel, the following was clearly displayed:
....
[Power: 20 (+20)]
[Agility: 13 (+16)]
[Constitution: 19 (+20)]
[Intelligence: 29 (+8)]
[Perception: 12 (+8)]
[Charm: 11 (+8)]
...
"All attributes increased by one?"
"Is this a special situation for Entering the Extraordinary, or will each of my future advances increase all attributes by one?"
But before Raine could ponder this, suddenly!
"Wait a minute! This is...."
Raine’s eyes widened, standing dumbfounded as if he had seen something unbelievable.
Over the past year, Raine had encountered high-tier magical creatures most adventurers had never seen, like frost giants, white dragons, black dragons...even defeating the legendary creature, the Wandering Eye Tyrant ’Zergelos’.
But even the sight of the Wandering Eye Tyrant ’Zergelos’ did not surprise him as much as this!
This time, however, Raine’s eyes widened as if witnessing the descent of a divine being!
Following Raine’s gaze.
He saw that the bloodline bar, which originally had only four slots, now surprisingly had an additional slot, reaching five slots!
A bloodline bar with five slots!!
"Is this because I’ve entered the extraordinary?"
"Enhancing my own power to carry more bloodlines?"
"Or is it due to some other reason?"
Raine didn’t know how to interpret this event, but undoubtedly, it was clearly a good thing.
"Wait! Does that mean that once fused, it will be five into one, which must be stronger than four into one, right?"
"Right! Doesn’t that mean I have the chance to fuse a complete Multi-colored Giant Dragon bloodline?!"
Suddenly!
A ray of joy flickered in Raine’s eyes!
...
At the same time.
In the Underdark.
At the uppermost part of Dark Furnace City, in the golden hall of the palace area.
Dozens of fully armed Gray Dwarf Royal Guards stood around, while a dignified Gray Dwarf, clad in a golden long robe and crowned with jewel-encrusted crown, sat on the throne.
"Du Gahar, based on your judgment, between the Urein Empire and the Drow Elves, who holds the upper hand in this war?"
"This.....Your Majesty Lokar, I cannot judge." The High Priest Du Gahar, holding a scepter and sporting a graying beard, furrowed his brow and shook his head.
Although he was a priest, capable of casting divination skills and even more advanced divine arts, predicting and judging the direction or future of the vast majority of events.
But there are a handful of events he cannot predict.
Such as those related to divine beings.
And events of such complexity and grandeur, far beyond his current level of power.
The war between the Urein Empire and the Drow Elves involved both factors.
This made it impossible for him, as the High Priest of the Dark Furnace Clan, to foresee the outcome of this war.
"However, based on frontline spy reports, even with the Spider Queen’s assistance, the Drow Elves are overall at a disadvantage." Du Gahar added thoughtfully.
Lokar nodded.
He naturally understood this situation as well.
Additionally, he had just received top-secret intelligence—a mid-sized Drow Elf tribe located in the depths of the Underdark at Belendaan had been obliterated by the Urein Empire.
Belendaan, a distant place name, where he had once passed near the dusty swamps with his clan in his youth.
"Yes, otherwise the Dugal Clan wouldn’t convene the long-suspended Gray Dwarves’ joint assembly after hundreds of years." Lokar sighed.
Being the strongest clan among all Gray Dwarf clans, the Dugal Clan felt the pressure from the human empire first.
However, wanting to reunite under the clan alliance that collapsed hundreds of years ago isn’t something that can be negotiated overnight.
In comparison, perhaps the Talin Association side...
"Has there been any news from the Talin Association?" Lokar immediately asked.
...
On the other side, also in the Underdark.
A conversation was taking place over the ruins of the Drow Elf city of Belendaan.
"Confirmed that the Wandering Eye Tyrant ’Zergelos’ was killed?"
Dressed in a fiery red magic robe, the awe-inspiring commander of the Ninth Legion of the Urein Empire, a legendary powerhouse known as the ’Incinerator’, Rayman looked incredulously at Kobataen, who was reporting to him, asking in disbelief.
Previously, when pursuing the mother of the Breagan family—Phystana Breagan, he had let the target escape smoothly.
Upon his return, he heard this shocking news.
Originally, Rayman planned to report the Wandering Eye Tyrant ’Zergelos’ incident after cleaning up the Drow Elf Breagan Family, letting the empire send titled powerhouses over, and he would get a share of the spoils.
"Confirmed, the Chariot Wing team has visited the scene, nearly annihilating the Wandering Eye Tyrant ’Zergelos’ and its minions, alongside killing three core members of the Emerald Shield team."
"Hamilton, report the details to Lord Rayman."
Hearing Kobataen’s words, Hamilton, who was carrying a two-handed heavy hammer, nodded, stepped forward, and gave a ceremonial salute to the legendary powerhouse ’Incinerator’ Rayman, then said:
"Lord Rayman, based on our on-site inspection and analysis, we can confirm, the suspect is a female Drow Elf, named Meredith, who is also a traitor of the Drow Elf Breagan Family, which we’ve confirmed through multiple interrogations. She and her human friend...."
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