Ting~
[Leviathan
Rank: Primordial 3
Level: 750
HP: 800,000,000/800,000,000
State: Aggressive]
Ghuuuuuoooo...
A merman humanoid thrust his trident towards Xerel. The trident shunned in gold as it flew straight at him with killing intent.
Pang!
The trident rebounded back after it hit the barrier but the merman wasn't bothered as he unleashed a tidal wave and plunge Xerel into the water and suffocate him.
"It's no use! [Blood Reaper]"
Gwaaash!!
The scythe in his hand expanded three times its size as it pulled the Leviathan towards him.
Ghoouuu...
[-89,988,812!]
The pull dealt significant damage to the Leviathan so it tried to escape. The red veins in the scythe latched onto the merman stopping it from its escape as its health started to decrease. The thin veins bulged as more health was absorbed d the merman was in no time going to succumb from death.
Chwaah!
Its body turned into water and was able to escape from the life-sucking veins as it try to flee. Its health had fallen by 40% and above its head was the numeral number IX from the mark of [Death Touch].
"It's useless!"
Xerel weave his scythe horizontally and a red vein released the absorbed health and turned it into a blood-red wave.
Khwaja!
The wave struck the liquid Leviathan and exploded into bits as damage indicators rise in its head.
[-234,778,999!]
[-98,000,812!]
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The entire liquidized leviathan burst into the blood as it died due to the bonus damage from [Death Touch].
Ting~
[YOU HAVE KILLED THE LEVIATHAN!]
[+367,826,670 EXP]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
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Xerel gained an additional 12 levels from the Leviathan. He stared at the other corrupted monsters with a wide grin and just like rabid animals, the monsters responded aggressively seeing their fellow monsters die.
A humanoid dark angel covered in black armor extended its arm like a chain to try and grab Xerel by the neck but the barrier simply repelled the claws back which angered it more. A trail of dark essence spread around the dark angel as it moved through the dark essence like a mist that couldn't be touched.
Pang! Pang! Pang!
It slash and waved its a dark sword but the barrier simply bounced it back as sparks occurred from each hit.
Xerel changed the scythe to a whip and flung the chains like a rope and as soon as it made contact with its armor, the dark angel simply vanished and reappeared behind him as it continued to slash.
Another monster went for an ambush. It was a humanoid purple insect that had scissor pincers as it began cutting to the barrier but just like the dark angel, it was only able to make a spark as it flutters in different directions to avoid Xerel's attack.
Another one appeared, this time it was a dark cyclops that had a very muscular body and wielded a giant bat.
Warning!!
Its eyes glowed and fired a violet beam as it tried to pierce the barrier and just like the last two, it wasn't able to penetrate the barrier instead the beam simply disappeared as soon as it hit the barrier.
'These guys are so annoying! I don't know much about how to use the whip mode and all I can do is flail it around but even with the quick strikes my attack always misses. I need to find a way to remove this mist.'
"I don't if that'll work but let's try it. [Mana Manipulation]"
Xerel opened both his palm on the air and began sucking the mist and as he was hoping for, the dark essence was vacuumed by his hand, removing all its impurities from the barrier and going inside him as pure Mana.
[+12,567 MP]
[+23,500 MP]
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"Now that was refreshing."
The area was now clear and having no more mist to hide, the dark angel sliced the air and opened a portal. Inside the portal appeared a giant head of a demonic dragon.
Graaaaaah!!
It roared as it chomp Xerel but as its teeth bit the barrier, it disintegrated to dust.
"That's no use retard! [Exemplifier] [Overdrive]!"
Xerel's entire body burst with violent power as he began spinning his whip.
He then threw it toward the dark angel and latch on to it like shackles and as the sickle on the whip pierces through its dark armor, Xerel pulled it back towards him, and using the spiky ball end, he bashes it on onto its head.
Bang!
[-309,860,220!*]
[+3.6% WHIP PROFICIENCY]
The hit stunned the dark angel causing its helm to crack open revealing its rotten face that was disgusting to look at.
"Die!"
Kwaahh...
Xerel threw a punch but the dark angel suddenly turned into a dark fog that made it possible to free away from the chains.
"Of course! You're a Primordial monster, killing you like that won't be easy. Let me try these skills first."
Having been focused on the dark angel, Xerel didn't realize the horde of a humanoid raging fire at him. Having to deal with four at the same time had tenfold the number of monsters but despite casting overpowered skills that were enough to destroy the earth, not a single scratch was received by Xerel. Xerel returned Deathly Hallows to his inventory.
"I don't know if this will work since I'm still a 6 circle mage, but fuck it! [Magic Missile]"
Xerel made a gun gesture with both his hands and used up 5% of his Mana with each missile he fired.
Peng! Peng!
Unknowingly, he was expecting the missile to be blue with the same color as Mana but what fired away was a bright orange blast of Mana and as it struck the angel, the part where it had been impacted disintegrated into ash and quickly burst into flames as it silently perished in pain.
[-180,000,000*!]
[-240,000,000*!]
[YOU HAVE KILLED FALLEN ANGEL!]
[+389,000,780 EXP]
[LEVEL UP]
[LEVEL UP]
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'Eh? How did I do that? I heard that mages could control the element they were awakened with and can amplify any attack with the element but it had been quite long and I still couldn't control my element but now, seeing the color of the blast, that was the same color as the sunstone.'
Xerel pondered as he watch the dark angel burn into ashes and disappeared giving him 10 more levels.
"Maybe I can control my elements now! [Magic Missile]! [Magic Missile]! [Magic Missile]!..."
Xerel started firing magic missiles everywhere but the colors of the missiles changed frequently, from a red fire blast to a green blast, to a gray blast than to a black blast, to a purple blast, to a white blast, then blood red blast and then back to the sun blast. The elements he was able to fire change randomly and each one of them dealt a bonus effect to the monsters, like being stunned, confused, poisoned, electrified, bleed, corrupted, slowed, weakened, etc.
The damage also varied on how much Mana Xerel used at each mana missile which he spend 5% in each missile.
Having to shoot so much Mana would drain him but using Mana Manipulation, Xerel was able to drain and absorb Mana from the monsters that attacked him, although it was minuscule, compared to them, the Mana given to him was enough to fill up his own so he was able to shoot infinite [Magic Missiles].
Peng! Peng! Peng!
With the added effect of [Death Touch], it didn't take long for the monster to die one by one. Having lost their mentality, they only move by the evil within them.
Xerel's proficiency with [Magic Missile] increased by 87% and he gained 84 more levels from defeating the monsters. He had killed about 341 Primordial ranked humanoid monsters and gained all of their runestones which he would obtain by using his telekinesis to let the dead bodies float mid-air while he was fighting.
He gained 80 Corruption Element, Primordial ranked Items, a few consumables mostly potions, a weapon Randomizer, and a Spellbook which he gained from killing a Lich King.
"Quite the bounty but I'm not finished yet, the area here is still murky and full of rotten aura, leaving it as it is, it could harm the World Tree. I still have my Invulnerability so let's not waste time and try and purify it."
Xerel only had 3 minutes left until his Invulnerability would disappear.
'I learned that using [Mana Manipulation] can help me absorb even the corrosive aura in the atmosphere but doing would probably take me months to clear this entire area, for now, let's the bark of the tree first.'
Xerel jolted to the tree and placed both his hands. The bark had turned from the bright brown it had to a dead grey. He started absorbing the Mana that was poisoning the tree and as he expected, the corruption was slowly being absorbed.
'It's working!'
Xerel could see in the area he was absorbing, the bark had returned from its bright brown color so he focused more. He couldn't waste the excess Mana he was absorbing so again he started making weapons out of the Mana and now, he was becoming polished at his work.
A minute passed, and the small patch he made expanded to a size of a giant frame. The entire circumference of the tree was as big as the Empire State building so the patch he made was small.
Another minute passed, the patch had grown three times the size and the branches around the tree had livened up, turning the pale violet color of the leaves to a lively green.
The last-minute passed, the entire area in front of him had cleaned up but as soon as he saw the window panel in his view, he started to feel nauseous and pain.
[INVULNERABILITY EFFECT HAS DISAPPEARED]
[YOU HAVE BEEN WEAKENED]
"Shit. [Spatial Travel]"
Xerel's body warped in space as he reappeared back at the area where Estophel was. He lunge himself to the tree and tried to rest a bit as the pain in his head was aching badly.
His mind started to feel droopy and he felt weak. His grip on the bark loosened as he fell unconscious.
Fortunately, Estophel arrived just in time and caught him.
"[Synthesis]"
Estophel's hand glowed in yellow as he placed it on Xerel's head. The pain in his body disappeared as the pale skin returned to a fleshy brown color.
Xerel's eyes slowly opened and the first thing that caught his eyes was the face of a handsome gentleman smiling at him.
"Are you okay?"
"..!"
Realizing who it was, Xerel's eyes opened wide and elevate himself off Estophel's hand as he float in the air and respond.
"I-I'm fine. I did what you asked me to do. The monsters had been cleared out and I tried purifying the tree but it seems that it was the limit of what I can do since I had fainted."
Estophel smiled and summoned a small pouch. He gave the small pouch to Xerel which he gladly received with open arms.
Ting~
[QUEST COMPLETED!]
[YOU HAVE BEEN REWARDED]
[YOU HAVE OBTAINED 341 SUN STONES]
"Thanks! I guess..."
Xerel said blandly as he looked at the small marbles in the pouch.
"You don't seem satisfied with the rewards I gave you?"
"W-what? I'm very happy with my rewards and I'd use it with gratitude since it came from the great dryad."
Xerel said stuttering in his words. Estophel simply smiled seeing his awful response so he summoned another gift for Xerel.
In his palm showed a leaf that was glowing with solar powers. He gave it to Xerel and Xerel looked at it in all curiousness.
"What is it?"
"It's one of my blessings. For purifying the World Tree, I have given the leaf of humility. Having that on you at all lets you become immune to Weakening and lets you have a clear mind."
Ting~
[Leaf of Humility (1/5)
Rank- Mythic
Type- Blessing
Effects:
Immunity to Weakening
Humility-(P)(Buff): You are always calm in any given situation and you'll never be shaken by any crisis no matter how bad it is.]
"Wow! Thank you so much.."
"You deserve it. If you can purify more of the tree, I'll give you another blessing and once you purify the entire tree from the corruption and termites, you'll earn all the 5 of my blessings which will become the World Tree's blessings."
Ting~
[WORLD TREE QUEST
Exterminate all the corrupted Monsters and purify the corruption around the tree to earn the blessings from the great dryad.
Difficulty- SSS+
Rewards- Estophel's Blessings (1/5)
Penalty- None
Duration- None]
"I'll do it, but for now, I wish to enter the Trials of the World Tree again."
"I was expecting that, come."
The bark on the tree in front of them hollowed out forming a path that lead to the Checkpoint. Both entered the path and it returned to its normal state.
"Unlike the other trials, the floors above is a widely spread world. The land you'll arrive on has its civilization and you have defeated the boss that will spawn at a given date so you'll be spending a lot of time inside the floor. You can only climb up the floor after you defeat the boss and don't worry, the other floors are also the same as these floors except once you fail in defeating the boss on each floor, you'll fall back to the 11th floor with all the items and stuff you earned disappear refreshing you back to your previous state. Even if the boss appears, you can choose to not participate in the raid since this world has tons of other things to do, so make sure you enjoy and survive."
"Thanks for the tip!"
"Of course! I'll give you more tips after you reach 5 more floors."
A large portal appeared in front of them which lead to the 11th trial. Xerel looked at the portal as he puffed his chest and breathe out.
"I'll be going now."
Ting~
[YOU HAVE ENTERED THE 11TH TRIAL]