SS Awakening: My Monster Merging System!

On the first day, Zich entered an area called Poison Mist Canyon.

Using its newly awakened Devouring Adaptation, Slimy directly swallowed the purple poisonous mist filling the canyon. Its round body initially turned dark purple, but after only half an hour, it returned to its original color and even began treating the poisonous mist as food, gulping it down mouthful after mouthful.

Before the swarm of Saw Wing Venom Scorpions hidden within the mist could react, Blood Leech had already slipped behind them using its strengthened Silent Steps.

Blood Drain activated.

Three venom scorpions shriveled simultaneously.

Iron launched a Crimson Charge from the front. His enormous black sword swept horizontally, cutting several charging scorpions in half on the spot.

On the second day, Zich entered yet another area.

The Rock Armored Rhinos living in this area possessed extraordinarily powerful defenses. Ordinary attacks could not even leave marks on their bodies.

The Silverback Ape Warrior charged directly into the herd.

Heavy Strike descended, instantly breaking the front leg of the first Rock Armored Rhino.

Another rhino attempted to charge Zich from the side.

The Silverback Ape Warrior’s newly awakened Intercept activated instantly.

Its speed suddenly exploded as its massive body forcibly entered the space between them. Both arms locked around the Rock Armored Rhino’s enormous horn as the impact dragged it backward, carving two trenches dozens of meters long through the ground.

The next second, Tiamant descended from the sky and activated its new skill, Dragon Might.

Under the influence of the skill, the entire herd of Rock Armored Rhinos dropped to their knees simultaneously.

On the evening of the final day, a Storm Eagle fell from the sky.

A cyan spirit orb separated from its corpse and entered Zich’s chest.

Deep within the Graveyard, a final tombstone rose from the earth.

[Ding! You have successfully obtained a Level 10 Storm Eagle Spirit Orb.]

[Tombstone Slots: 70/70.]

Zich stood at the edge of the cliff as his consciousness rapidly swept across the Graveyard.

His eyes were glimmering with satisfaction. All seventy slots were finally completely filled.

He could now begin preparing his next summon.

This was by far the most monsters he would fuse together at once, and he was genuinely excited to see the monstrosity he would create.

However, as Zich prepared to leave Myriad Beast Mountain, he did not know that the incomplete dragon roar Tiamant had released during her evolution had already pierced through the spatial restrictions surrounding Myriad Beast Mountain and spread across the entire First Layer.

That day, every beast type monster on the First Layer fell briefly silent.

Countless mounts prostrated themselves on the ground.

Within several enormous beast taming facilities, high level magical beasts that were normally incomparably vicious shrank into the corners of their cages, refusing to rise no matter how their beast tamers commanded them.

Even several high level creatures slumbering deep within forbidden regions opened their eyes at that moment.

They all looked toward Myriad Beast Mountain.

Their eyes were filled with instinctive fear.

At the Locke Family’s personal shelter in the First Layer, the old man responsible for guarding the family’s Life Lamps had been meditating with his eyes closed when a sudden cracking sound caused his eyes to snap open.

Crack!

The golden Life Lamp placed on the highest level split directly down the center.

The flame inside did not extinguish.

Instead, under the old man’s horrified gaze, the entire Life Lamp shattered into seven pieces.

"Master Kane!" The old man rushed toward the Life Lamp, his hands trembling violently. "Kane’s Life Lamp has shattered!"

In this world, just like the marking Razeil gave Zich, powerful families in the Mountain of Ascension with a strong heritage had something similar, and it was called a Life Lamp.

If a Life Lamp went out, it represented death.

But if the Life Lamp itself shattered, it meant that the soul connection between the lamp and its owner had been forcibly severed by a power far beyond what the lamp could withstand.

The family could not determine whether Kane was alive or dead, as it was the first time a Life Lamp had shattered instead of going out.

Less than ten minutes later, the highest level assembly bells rang throughout the Locke Family shelter.

One enormous warship after another, each bearing the emblem of a golden lion, rose into the sky.

The family’s top players in the First Layer gathered in full force.

While Zich was still collecting souls within Myriad Beast Mountain, the Locke Family fleet had already crossed more than half the First Layer and was advancing toward Myriad Beast Mountain’s location.

At the same time, an encrypted report had already reached the highest conference room of the Voss Family branch here in the First Layer.

Unlike the Locke Family, which only had a strong standing here in the First Layer and some top players in the Second Layer, the Voss Family’s influence reached up to the Third Layer.

The details of the report, which had come from none other than Nadia herself, contained the following:

First, Adrian had attempted to manipulate all the challengers into surrounding and attacking Zich, but the plan had failed completely.

Second, Zich had obtained two Ancient Marks simultaneously and became the final victor to enter the Myriad Beast Burial Ground.

Third, Zich possessed a Bone Dragon summon suspected of carrying an ancient royal bloodline.

At the end of the report was a single sentence personally written by Nadia.

"Until the true origin of that Bone Dragon is determined, do not treat Zich Grave as an enemy. If possible, I want him in our Voss Family."

The Voss Family conference room was silent for a long time.

Finally, the old man who was in charge of the Voss Family here in the First Layer, seated at the head of the table, lowered the report.

"Nadia rarely evaluates someone of her generation this highly. Raise Zich Grave’s intelligence classification to the highest level. Also, send people to Myriad Beast Mountain immediately. Station them outside the mountain."

While the Locke Family fleet and the Voss Family experts were simultaneously rushing toward Myriad Beast Mountain, the entry token in Zich’s hand finally exhausted its last trace of energy.

[Your permitted stay within Myriad Beast Mountain has ended.]

[Forced departure will begin in ten seconds.]

Zich returned all his summons to the Graveyard.

Silver white spatial light rapidly enveloped his body.

Ten seconds later, he disappeared completely from within Myriad Beast Mountain.

When he opened his eyes again, what greeted him was the familiar teleportation plaza in the First Shelter.

Little did he know that, as of this moment, several kilometers away from Myriad Beast Mountain, the sky of the isolated region where Myriad Beast Mountain was located had been completely obscured by enormous warships.

Golden lion banners whipped violently beneath the clouds.

In the distance, another group bearing the emblem of a vertical silver eye had also arrived.

Hundreds of powerful auras simultaneously locked onto each other.

"The Voss Family?" someone from the Locke Family frowned when they saw these people.

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AN: Myriad Beast Mountain could not be reached from the outside, meaning no one could directly enter it. I just want to clarify this. The only way to enter its fixed spatial coordinates was through the special token, but the region itself could still be reached. This is a reference to Chapter 230: Returning to the Mountain of Ascension.