themonasnovels Chapter 515: Rank 6
Chapter 515: Rank 6
Rank 4 required the Awakener to fuse their Domain with the illusory space within their talent gene.
If they wished to advance further, they had to go through a long process of accumulation.
By absorbing Cosmic Energy and merging it with that illusory space, they could gradually stabilize it until it became powerful enough to evolve further.
Liora was currently at this exact stage.
Looking inward, she noticed that one of her many talent genes had grown ever more powerful.
Although its size had remained the same since her last advancement, its very nature had become stronger.
From originally looking ready to shatter upon the slightest touch, it now looked extremely stable, as though it had turned into an actual demi-plane.
Liora nodded her head in satisfaction upon seeing this.
She paid particular attention to the red sun atop the space, which expanded and contracted as if it were breathing.
The talent gene she had focused on strengthening was surprisingly neither the strongest Elemental Affinity nor her second-rate talents like Light Control.
Instead, it was the ordinary C-Rank Blood Clone talent.
The reason was relatively simple.
Not only did it require less Cosmic Energy to evolve than its more powerful counterparts, but it could also serve as an experiment.
Even if something went wrong during her advancement, Liora would not feel any heartache at all.
Having made her choice, Liora was decisive.
With a move of her mind, the suppression over the Cosmic Devouring Technique relaxed, and the technique operated to its fullest.
Cosmic Energy began to pour into her body the next instant.
More specifically, into the Blood Clone talent gene.
Liora faced no bottleneck.
The moment the Cosmic Energy entered the illusory space, it seamlessly merged with it.
The pulsing of the red sun grew even more rapid.
The space began to expand, and Liora received feedback.
The talent gene looked to have broken through a certain barrier that had been blocking its advancement.
It seemed ready to evolve further.
Yet Liora suppressed it.
Her consciousness swept out, and the Predation talent erupted, pressing onto the Blood Clone talent gene and halting its evolution process.
"The amount of Cosmic Energy stored is related to the strength one will possess after the advancement."
"The more energy stored in the talent gene, the more powerful the talent and the Awakener will be."
The actual difference was, in fact, minuscule, only a few percentages in total.
Other people couldn’t and wouldn’t go through the trouble of suppressing their advancement.
However, Liora did.
She knew there was no reason to rush.
While suppressing the Blood Clone talent gene, she continued absorbing the surrounding Cosmic Energy.
It was only when the entire space was filled with it, and the Cosmic Energy had practically liquified and was crushing against the outer membrane, that she relaxed the suppression.
A deafening boom echoed within her body, as though the scene of the Big Bang was reenacted.
The talent gene expanded and contracted continuously.
Liora’s strength began to soar at a terrifying speed.
It took quite a while for the process to be completed.
When it did, Liora opened her eyes and subconsciously stretched her muscles.
She lowered her head and looked down at her own body. Though her appearance had remained the same, she knew she was now completely different.
"Finally reached Rank 6...", she whispered, knowing full well that she had broken through another threshold.
Rank 6 was already equivalent to a True Spirit Greater Devil.
Slowly but surely, she was getting closer to her real goal—Rank 7. With one more advancement, she would be able to recover completely.
However, Liora couldn’t help but feel a little strange.
Looking at the Blood Clone talent gene, which was filled to the brink with Cosmic Energy and looked ready to burst apart, her expression grew weird.
Especially when her gaze wandered to the rest of her talent genes, and she saw the empty illusory spaces inside.
"This... seems to be an issue..."
"Raising all my talents to Rank 6 is bound to be a little troublesome."
"The amount of Cosmic Energy required is unfathomable. Especially since I want to push them to their limit.", she judged.
Don’t be fooled by Liora’s rapid advancement speed.
Though reaching Rank 5 was a process of accumulation, it would have taken other Awakeners years to complete—that was, if they could at all.
Even Liora, who had the Cosmic Devouring Technique operating at all times, spent more than a week accumulating Cosmic Energy to advance a C-Rank talent.
If she wished to continue to do so with the rest of her talent genes, it would take her approximately a year to achieve her goal.
Moreover, that was only if she didn’t plunder any more talents.
If she did, the time would be indefinitely extended.
Liora couldn’t afford to waste that time.
Yet at the same time, she was unwilling to give up on her own unique advantages.
Whether it was the existence of multiple talents or her ability to store enormous amounts of Cosmic Energy, they were both things that only she could achieve, and that would directly impact her future.
There was no reason to give up on either of them.
"Thankfully, there is a way. All I need to do is find a way to accelerate my absorption speed.
"For others, this is difficult. For me, there is already a way.", Liora muttered.
The next instant, her eyes narrowed, and she summoned the long-lost System Panel.
...
[True Name: Liora Veythalis Dranthera Vexira...]
[Rank: Archdevil (Throne), World of Heart (Anchoring?), Rank 6 (?)]
[Race: ???]
[Strength: 1240], [Agility: 1320], [Vitality: 1150], [Mana: 1600], [Soul: 1580]
[...]
[Talents: Predation (???-Rank), Blood Clone (C-Rank), Elemental Affinity (SS-Rank), Light Manipulation...]
[Techniques: Snake of Time [2], Cosmic Devouring Technique [3]]
[Evolution Points: 2,542,505]
[Current Absorption Efficiency: 200 (Normal Devil = 1x)]
...
Liora’s Base Stats had exploded.
They were quite similar to those of her peak in the Demon World, with some being higher and some lower.
Save for her lack of abilities and her status as an Archdevil, she had already recovered all her strength and taken half a step further.
Unfortunately, she had trouble judging the exact degree of her current combat prowess.
Her fundamental power was indeed faintly stronger than her peak.
Yet, the lack of truly formidable abilities rendered her slightly weaker.
Neither Elemental Affinity nor any other talent she possessed could make up for the loss of her bloodline abilities.
At least not yet.
In her estimation, she would need to advance to Rank 7 and perhaps upgrade them to SSS-Rank to be truly helpful.
However, Liora did not mull over this matter for long.
She hadn’t summoned the System to admire her strength this time.
Very quickly, her focus shifted to the Techniques column and, more specifically, to the Cosmic Devouring Technique.
She currently had only a few ways to improve her Cosmic Energy absorption rate.
Among them, the Cosmic Devouring Technique was by far the easiest and the most straightforward.