The bald elder couldn't help but tremble as he asked:"How... how did you know?!"A red light made its way to my eyes as I released a little bit of my cannibal aura, making the man flinch as he realized that I was one of them.He gritted his teeth and attempted to attack me, but I shook my head as I conjured a wave of water that enveloped him, the water transformed into ice, transforming him into an ice sculpture that I shattered using a hard-rock fist that I used to cover my hand with.The body broke into pieces as blood and organs spilled on the floor near the other elder.And since these two were cannibals, I couldn't let their bodies go to waste, so I opened my mouth wide as my sharp teeth let out a small glint while I went in, devouring all of the scraps on the ground while making sure that no one was aware of what was happening behind the ice wall.The ice wall rapidly melted after I was done, letting the 18 elders see that only I was the one left on the other side, their eyes w
Shira closed her eyes and slowly melded with the barrier's powers, getting familiar with the ice and water laws. Unfortunately, her primary attribute and law was fire, which was the opposite of what she tried to learn right now, weakening her slightly in the process.This was a problem that could be fixed with time, but did she have the time to fix it?She shook her head silently as she called all the eighteen elders back into the room while saying:"We are being invaded, the enemy is at the door, the patriarch and my husband are currently training, and we need to keep the enemy off our important territory until Minato finishes his earth law comprehension, do you all understand?!"The elders didn't like taking orders from Shira, but could they even refuse in this current situation? They knew that Shira wouldn't lie to make them obey, and from her serious expression, they could guess what type of enemy was waiting at their gate.However, one of them still couldn't help but ask:"Who is
Shira's breathing patterns changed accordingly as she tried to find the best balance between the borrowed Ice and Water laws and her innate fire bloodline.However, her attempts were thwarted by Mu Chen's continuous attacks, his halberd slashes were getting wilder and wilder, and Shira was already injured, missing both legs.The injury didn't affect her too much for the time being, but the more injuries that piled up on her body, the further the battle inclined towards Mu Chen's victory.Shira's breathing continued to change as she fended off most of the attacks that would kill her, choosing to trade injuries for any opportunity to change her breathing pattern, which made Mu Chen quite puzzled about why was she doing this, he thought that she was charging a special attack, but he could see that she wasn't using anything that he was familiar with when it came in regards to phoenixes.Shira's power was also fluctuating wildly, sometimes weaker, sometimes stronger than what she was initi
A few minutes before Shria collapsed... (Pov Change)The earth layers on my body were shaking intensely as I was finally grasping the last transformation that was undergoing inside my body, the changes were strengthening my body, hardening it, just like a piece of polished rock.My physical strength was improving greatly, and I could feel that the earth law was stabilizing my body, making it more balanced, creating a perfect tripartite muscle region where all, power, speed, and explosiveness were all in balance.I opened my eyes slowly as I checked my internal situation, slowly getting used to the newly transformed state of my body.I clenched my fists lightly as I felt the thunderous power of the earth coursing through my veins, and I couldn't help but smile lightly.This was another success.Now, I felt that my body could adapt to another law, so I immediately delved into the memories that contained all the knowledge about the poison law, which immediately poured into my body, my un
The healing process was slow and painful, the stretched-out body could barely patch itself up after it had been pushed so far due to the law fusions.My eyes had already gone back into their sockets, but my broken skin, bones, and organs still had a hard time recovering from their shattered states.The pain made me unable to concentrate on anything, the reconstruction of my body was so painful that it made me want to scream. However, my throat was out, and I didn't have any more control of my body at the moment, so I couldn't even scream.It was quite a shit experience, and the time passed so damn slowly when I was hurt, I couldn't do anything in this situation, well, there was one thing actually... but it would leave my body vulnerable.I could remove my soul from the body and let it recover on its own, but it would most likely slow the recovery speed considerably, and while Shira could guard it, I didn't believe that Shira would be able to protect it properly.I sighed softly inside
Now that my body was fully recovered, I talked with Shira a bit before sitting back on the throne.I wasn't sure when the next invasion would happen, but until then, I could train the poison law that I just learned.I took out some items that I stored in my clothes, starting with a low-level law item. It was a small needle-shaped substance that smelled acrid and putrid, it was very soft to the touch to the point you wouldn't realize you held something in your hands if you didn't see it.The contents of this item were toxins of very high efficiency that I immediately absorbed into my body, where the juvenile poison law that I just learned started to devour them, while I analyzed the contents of the poison and memorized them, getting a deeper understanding of the poison law as it ran its course through my body.The power of poisons was one of the weaker ones among the laws as people that have mastered it would become immune to poisons, which meant that if two poison law users met, they
I and Shira glanced at each other. We would be monumentally weakened the moment we got too far from the Ice Palace as we would be unable to make use of its barrier.We should be able to fight Mu Chen off if we put our strengths together if he ever tried something funny during our journey.But he also had some strong underlings behind him, some of them even as strong as us without the boost of the barrier.I moved my eyes to meet Mu Chen's gaze before saying:"If you want our help I would like you to swear an oath to not attack us for at least one month after we get rid of the devil fragment."Mu Chen easily accepted the condition, not even bothering to ask for an oath back as he knew that we might be able to fight him back if he attacked, but we wouldn't be able to keep him if he tried to escape, so he didn't need the guarantee from the oath.As for the underlings below him? They would all be pretty harmless if they didn't get the help of the big boss.I let out a small sigh as I shoo
Shira and I were able to hold up our front in the face of the relentless attack from the demon elites.All of them had different elemental laws that they were able to combine, but they weren't on good terms with each other, they fought alone, making it easier for me and Shira to be able to counter and even kill them swiftly as we fought as one.Our experience fighting together gave us a pretty obvious edge against the demons, and they understood it perfectly as the fight continued. However, they were unable to mimic our ability by suddenly starting to fight together, they were unable to concentrate properly and mix their elemental attacks, some of them canceling each other as they couldn't get the perfect balance that would result in an explosive attack that was double or even triple its normal strength.The thousands of demons that were encircling us were beginning to dwindle, but their numbers were still huge considering our allies were barely a few hundred.They were all elites of