The blinding light flashed across the room as the massive implosion occurred, shockwaves ripping throughout the entire room. A massive amount of smoke shifted throughout the room due to the implosion.
Seconds shifted to minutes and the smoke slowly cleared, revealing the situation of the room. Blood was splattered across the walls, and various body parts could be seen casted across the room. The scent of blood filled the room, clouded Damon's nose.
In the middle of the room, Vayne's body lay, dead. Both of his arms were detatched from his body, his stomach was punctured, with many organs missing. His previously handsome, young face was now riddled with terrifying wounds that made him look closer to a monster than a handsome human.
Vayne looked like a shell of his former self. Damon himself was also extremely injured. Deep gashes all over his body leaking torrents of blood. Damon's entire body felt intensely sore and weak, but thankfully he was regaining his power and regenerating at a intensely quick pace due to his
Damon looked at Vayne's body, taking a deep breath and channeling his Mana.
"ARISE!" Damon's voice sounded much heavier than usual, and echoed throughout the entire surrounding area that permeated the room as he channeled his power towards the dead Eternal King in an attempt to turn it into a Shadow Soldier.
~SHATTER!~
The surrounding space shattered like glass, an eternal darkness like a void appearing and surrounding Vayne's dead body. An eerie aura swept the room out of nowhere, the entire room vibrating as the shattered space slowly fixed itself.
After a short while, the surrounding area calmed down, and Vayne, the Eternal King, was successfully revived as a Shadow Soldier. Compared to before, Vayne was taller than his previous size, a dark shadow cloak wrapped around his body and a slim, shadow armor beneath the cloak, protecting the Shadow Vayne, who had looked incredibly imposing and majestic, yet it let out a deadly aura as if saying no-one but Damon could touch it.
Incredibly beautiful runes that emitted an Ancient Aura reminiscent of the Ancient Era covered Vayne's body, all of the runes in different colours.
Damon looked at Vayne, nodding as he thought about his future steps. Damon could sense that a portal had appeared that would transport him to the next stage of the Southern Obsidian Moon Domain, yet Damon also knew due to his own injuries, it would be suicide to battle there.
Damon could feel that he was close to breaking through, and sat on the floor, cross legged, prepared to cultivate and break through to prepare himself for future battles.
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Two days passed and Damon had finally opened his eyes, completing his cultivation. Damon was previously at the Peak Stage of the Mana Foundation and Spirit Foundation Realms respectively.
However, now, Damon had broken through and arrived at the Mid Stage of the Mana Apprentice Realm and the Mid Stage of the Spirit ( Aether ) Apprentice Realm. These breakthroughs gave Damon another qualitative increase in his power. All of Damon's wounds also fully healed, and he was back at 100% power.
Due to this breakthrough, Damon had also unlocked another Sin, The Sin of Pride!
The Sin of Pride granted Damon a variety of abilities. Firstly, Damon would permanently emanate an overwhelming aura of Pride and Dominance that would intimidate all of his opponents who are weaker than him, suppressing their power. Those who are at the same level of strength of Damon would only have their power suppressed slightly, and those much stronger than Damon wouldn't be affected at all.
Also, all of Damon's subordinates would receive a 25% increase in power when battling to fulfil his demands, and that power increase would jump to 100% if Damon is actually present during the battle. The final ability Damon gained was that due to his Pride, he could forcefully destroy Slave Contracts if the caster is weaker than he is.
Damon also received two Sign In rewards.
[ Ding! Congratulations for Signing-In the Forbidden Spell - Void Lockout! ]
[ Ding! Congratulations for Signing-In the Forbidden Spell - Overclock! ]
[ Void Lockout - A Forbidden Spell created eons ago. Void Lockout channels the power of the Void into reality, pouring the Void Element into the Hosts body. The Host would then discharge that tyrannical Void Elemental Energy into a wide radius around them, damaging enemies, destroying all Spirit Formations and locking out all enemies caught in the discharge, restricting their ability to use Mana or Spirit Energy for a short period of time. If the Host does not have Void Affinity, this spell will cripple their ability. If Host does have Void Affinity, they would just be severly weekend for a period of time after the spell's effects ware off. ]
[ Overclock - A Forbidden Spell created Eons ago. Overclock channels the power of Celestial Lightning into reality, pouring the Celestial Lightning into the Hosts body. The Host would receive a massive power up, as the Celestial Lightning would be infused in all Physical, Magical or Spirit Power attacks. If the Host does not have a Lightning Affinity, this spell will cripple their ability. If the Host does have a Lightning Affinity, they would just be severly weakened for a period of time after the spell's effects ware off. ]
Damon accepted both of these spells, they would be very beneficial as last resort power boost spells if Damon could not win a battle without them. Now that Damon had completed his task, he returned to the room where Feyola and Elanore were being kept, spotting them pacing up and down in worry.
"Are you okay Young Master." Elanore rushed to Damon's aid, hugging him tightly as a worried expression was on her face as she thought about Damon potentially dying. Although she didn't serve Damon, but Sapphire, Damon's mother, had given her resources since birth before sending her to help Feyola, and combined with Damon's own status made Elanore incredibly respectful and caring towards Damon.
"I am fine."Damon said, indulging in the hug for a short period before eventually being let go by Elanore. Damon's eyes shifted to Feyola who just quietly stared at him, and he returned to her a stare, nodding and signalling them to follow him.
Damon exited the Palace, moving and ariving in the Medicinal Garden. With Vayne and Rokn dead, various monsters began to draw closer and closer to the Garden, but Damon and Elanore combined their prowess and swiftly dispatched the enemies until there were no monsters left.
Arriving in the Garden, Damon got help from Elanore and Feyola to pack up all the herbs, especially the rare and powerful flowers such as the Flower of Immortality, the Grass of Purity or the legendary Soul Flowers.
After gathering them all, Damon moved towards the exit of the Palace Courtyard, spotting a Pitch Black portal that would lead him to the next challenge. Strangely enough, a stone tablet was placed directly next to the Pitch Black Portal that gave Damon valuable information. The Tablet read:
{ Congratulations on clearing all of those Obstacles and finally reaching the last challenge of the Southern Obsidian Moon Domain. Your intelligence is astounding and your personal power, incredible, but now is the final step. On the other side of this portal holds the Gauntlet, where the challenger must face Four ( 4 ) of the most elite warriors in History and best them in combat. If the Host manages to kill all four ( 4 ) of the Gauntlets Warriors, the Host can face the Queen of the Southern Obsidian Moon Domain, and defeat her to complete the Domain,
Good Luck My Newest Challenger!