Tenebrous winds blew as the abysmal darkness stretched further than the eye. Ould see. The scorched rocks at the borders of the valleys dug deeper and deeper into the earth where no light was present.
Ivan fell in a lotus position as the winds mearly breezed past him as his hand rested on his chin.
' Aahh shit I forgot to tell my little bastards about the trials themselves,' he cursed inwardly ' Ohh well if they can't handle a fee setbacks then the path I tread will not be their to follow,' he dismissed before focusing on his descent.
' Hmmm has the drop become longer over the years, it usually take half an hour to descend and yet I'm almost nearing an hour,' he thought as he remembered his previous descents.
' If it's gotten deeper that only means something quite powerful has been born...I wonder is it a soul beast? Those are rather troublesome to deal with,' he contemplated.
Space suddenly constricted and solidified before breaking into spacial shards the shredded all that laid in its path.
' Tch as troublesome as always, why does entering the Abhorrent realm have to be so dangerous, those spatial shards can even kill soul realm experts and yet then only serve as doorways.'
An abundant life energy covered Ivan as the spatial shards rebounded of his barrier leaving only a few dents.
Ivan felt himself passing through a thin membrane of space as he was ejected onto the other side of the barrier.
He fell through the skies as he once again gazed upon the hidden realm
Crimson red skies hosted dull grey cloud which rumbled with lightning, thunder roared occasionally as lightning flashed and strike the earth and trees.
Black obsidian trees with Grey leaves forested the earth as scorched mountains bordered the horizons, Silver rivers flowed through as flames and smoke rose from random locations as the roars of beast echoed.
' I missed this apocalyptic Beauty,' Ivan smiled as he enjoyed the chaotic scenery as he fell through the air.
Large birds with nearly two metre wingspans dashed towards him wanting a free and quick snack.
Ivan smiled as he released his life barrier and coated himself with his pure silver Aura.
His body became a blade as he slashed at the unsuspecting birds who felt the instincts go off and the familiar scent of death greatest them.
They dove down barely dodging the casual Aura strike as their features turned far more beastly with crimson red blood glowing so potently that it could be seen running through their veins on their skins.
The now maddedned birds hulked in size as their bodies grew bulkier and the crimson glow in their eyes more pronounced, they screeched alterting all flying units of the falling prey as they charged once more.
Ivan utilises his state of being as he outwardly stretched his will forcing mana to form a platform in the midst of air as he stood unaffected by the turbulent wind or the roaring thunders.
A flock of birds with black feather, steel Beaks and Bronze Talons shit towards him as they screeched, sonic waves assaulted him as he commanded mana to shield him, but alas atmospheric mana was too unrefined to counter shattering like glass
It had however lessened the intesity as Ivan's Aura hacked through the remainder of the attack.
Claws of wind shot towards Ivan smeared in crimson glows that even made his unconsciously dormant senses tingle as they were perceived to be dangerous, albeit not to the death of warranting critical 9r fatal injuries.
He dodged the claws as he jumped over to another platform of mana as he slashed forward towards one of his unsuspecting attackers drawing first blood as the crimson drops released waves of steam as if the insides of the birds were set ablaze.
' Hhmm they're still harnessing Ruin that much hasn't changed, but it's grown far more potent than the last time.' Ivan analyzed as he counter checked his memories against the current happenings
' These Abhorrent beasts are nothing like those outside.
Mana beasts are beasts that have grasped mana and learned to utilize it thereby also awakening their elements. Those that don't awaken to mana are branded the name starless beasts while those that do are called Started Beasts.
Starred beasts range from 1 star upto 9 star with each star level having 9 minor levels called Tiers.
Abhorrent beasts however despite utilizing mana have grasped something entirely different.
Ruin a varying form of destruction that focused on deconstruction, to the point of being able to absorb and recycle damage received from attacks when sufficient mastery is attained.
Despite it's properties, Ruin essence like many other would still rely on mana as an energy source.
This being the difference between mana beasts and Abhorrent beast laying in the essence they utilized, one utilizing mana essence while the other utilizing ruin.
' Hmm well scratch that their mastery Is within the mid levels, this gives them a boon in their mana reducing their resource consumption, how troublesome,' Ivan sighed as he visibly watched the injured bird healing from the injury Ivan had just caused.
' All the Mors reason for me to form my mana core, mana is too important to be discarded unless I chance upon a method of utilizing Aether which is the Higher form of Pure mana, I'll have to sort out the issues of my body,' Ivan reason as he dodged a few more Ariel strikes trying to gauge the variety of elemental affinity the Abhorrents had.
' Hmm I'm seeing an abundance of fire, well that much is natural, even being a varying source of destruction it's relation to it usually guarantees an affinity to fire.
I'm seeing wind, but that due to them being aerial beasts nothing surprising, sound however seems to have stemmed from the usage of their harrowing screeches.
They sound like banshees, but those women have much higher Sound affinities. That seems to be about it.'
' Now should I end this farce? I do remember to kill an Abhorrent you need to destroy it's core, heart and brain, it'll otherwise regenerate either one
It's core is where the mess lies, failure to simultaneously destroy all three births the core of ruination where they abandon mana entirely.'
Ivan weighed as his Aura intensifies ' Ahhh I should have told those disciples of mine the levels of Aura, ohh well you live to learn," he chuckled
" The wind is vassals and none of you are allowed within my sovereignty..." he paused as blades af silver Aura manifested baptized in green lustre of the essence of air.
"...BEGONE!" he decreed as the blades swirled in grandeur
The flock of birds halted as a primal fear bloomed in their hearts but before they could even move
SHING....
The Sound if blades spread throughout the skies as three blades descended upon every individual bird.
' Hmm their mana cores should be Abit useful for the twins, I'll harvest them,' he decided as he waves his hand.
The vitality of the birds that was draining at absurd speeds sprang to life as they plucked out the shattered cores of the birds who were falling to their deaths.
The cores hang in the skies as bodies of Abhorrent Crackle birds fell on after another until the skies fell into eerily quite with only thunder roaring as only one man stood surrounded by cores of fallen beasts