Chapter 663: Advancement, Queen of Succubi
....
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Roy had overlooked something. At this time, the t.i.tan-forged had just ended the war with the Black Empire, and their opponents in this war were many servants of the Old G.o.ds.
There were the faceless, the merciless ones, and the aqir insectoids. The aqir were divided into the qiraji of Silithus, the nerubians of Northrend, and the mantid of Pandaria. Finally, there were the Elemental Lords and their elemental creatures that the Old G.o.ds had subdued. It could be said that the t.i.tan-forged had faced countless enemies.
The war with the Black Empire was a war that affected the entire continent of Kalimdor. In order to fight against so many enemies, after the t.i.tan-forged were born, they continuously produced themselves in factories day and night, constantly forging new people with metals and rocks.
This ability of self-production, coupled with the blessings of the t.i.tans of the Pantheon, finally allowed the t.i.tan-forged to win the war with the Black Empire. This led to the number of these two constructs, be it aesir or vanir, being at their peak during the period after the war ended. Their numbers were astonis.h.i.+ng!
With Roy’s current strength, it was easy for him to deal with Prime Designate Odyn and Highkeeper Ra-den. But the aesir and vanir under their command were continuously teleporting to Pandaria from all over and launching an endless attack on Roy. This stance was as though they were treating Roy, a powerful demon who had suddenly appeared, like another Old G.o.d coming to attack them.
Roy fought tirelessly. The aesir were constructs made of metal. In addition to the blessings of the t.i.tans, which gave them the power to control storms and lightning, their bodies made of metal naturally had strong resistance to physical attacks and elemental damage. It was the same for vanir. Their bodies made of rocks allowed them to obtain an endless stream of replenishment as long as they stood on the ground. Even if their bodies were destroyed, they could quickly stand up again.
Apart from being a little c.u.mbersome in their movements, these constructs could be said to be natural war machines that were durable and resistant to beatings. In the battle with these guys, Roy felt quite disgusted.
It wasn’t that Roy couldn’t do anything to them, but… it wasn’t worth it. Even though he could freeze all these constructs in a large area, they were not flesh and blood to begin with, and the lethality of freezing had plunged to the lowest. Unless he completely terminated the vitality of their bodies at absolute zero, they would still break free from the ice and continue staggering toward him.
It was no wonder that the late Old G.o.d Yogg-Saron had created a new curse, the Curse of Flesh, in order to weaken these constructs and deal with them. This meant that even the Old G.o.ds had a headache over these fellows… It had to be said that there was indeed a reason for these war puppet-like existences. They didn’t need to be very powerful as long as they could exert their effect.
At first, Roy was still in the mood to fight them and treat it as stretching his muscles and bones. But he didn’t expect to be so annoyed by these constructs later. He simply flew high into the sky, extracted Void energy from Auriel’s body, and created a huge Void Bomb.
Roy raised this Void Bomb with both hands like a Spirit Bomb and then smashed it downward. After the black and lightless Void Bomb silently hit the ground, all the annihilative energy contained in it erupted in an instant.
Viewed from afar, a ball of light exploded on the horizon of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. Energy suddenly pierced out from the left and right of the ball of light, pulling out straight rays of light. At this moment, the world turned black and white, and all matter lost its spectrum.
There was no earth-shattering explosion. All the matter in the range of the Void Bomb disappeared silently. Within this range, the aesir and vanir couldn’t hold on no matter how hard they resisted. The metals and rocks that formed their bodies disintegrated into countless molecules and atoms and finally dissipated into the material world.
After the spectrum of matter returned, and the world glowed with colors again, with the underground research inst.i.tute of the Vale of Eternal Blossom as the center, the ground within a radius of a hundred kilometers was neatly shaved off by ten meters. Be it mountains, trees, or rocks, they all disappeared, and the ground was polished smooth as though it had been processed by a machine.
In the future, it might take tens of thousands of years for the terrain here to be slowly restored…
Hundreds of thousands of constructs were completely annihilated in this Void nuclear explosion, and the bodies blessed by the t.i.tans couldn’t save them. Roy, who created this great annihilation, finally felt good. It felt as though he had wiped out all the mosquitoes and flies lingering around his ears in one go, and everything felt peaceful.
However, Odyn and Ra-den escaped. The moment Roy smashed the Void Bomb, he sensed the fluctuations of two teleportation spells. Odyn and Ra-den probably sensed the immense danger contained in the Void Bomb, so they teleported away in advance.
A mouthful of saliva with residual Void energy fell from the sky and corroded a small pit in the flat ground. Roy spurned Odyn and Ra-den for abandoning their compatriots and escaping. Then he turned around and flew away. Although he had ruthlessly taught these t.i.tan-forged a lesson, he was still a little depressed. He had wasted a lot of time and energy on these constructs, but he had not obtained anything because these ma.s.s-produced aesir and vanir couldn’t even form souls. Of course, Roy felt that it was a loss.
Flying from southern Kalimdor toward the central area, Roy headed toward the Well of Eternity.
At this moment, the Well of Eternity was new and in its initial state, so it was naturally the period when it had the most abundant and purest energy. Considering that this energy originated from Azeroth’s world-soul, Roy wondered if he could use it to increase Julia’s and Benia’s strength.
Julia and Benia had been stuck at the demon lord level for a long time. Because Roy had too many uses for souls, even if Julia and Benia obtained souls, they basically left them for him. They only left some souls to satisfy their appet.i.tes. As a result, their strength had not increased much, and even condensing their own divine spark to break through to the demon king level seemed to be far away. Therefore, Roy had a rare opportunity and thought that it would be best if the energy of the Well of Eternity could be used to help them condense their divine sparks.
When Roy advanced to the demon king level, because he had s.n.a.t.c.hed a divine spark, his path of advancing to demon king was much simpler. But opportunities to s.n.a.t.c.h a divine spark were actually very rare. Under normal circ.u.mstances, a demon lord needed a lot of acc.u.mulation to condense their own divine spark and advance to demon king. And to reach the level of condensing their own divine spark, a demon lord might need tens of thousands of years of continuously plundering souls.
Considering that souls were ultimately converted into energy in the bodies of demons, Roy was wondering if he could get Julia and Benia to condense their divine sparks with energy.
On the way to the Well of Eternity, Roy observed a large number of aesir and vanir on the ground and frowned. The number of these constructs had exceeded his imagination. But in his impression, there were not so many constructs on Azeroth during the era of the Dark Portal.
Even though the Old G.o.ds had secretly corrupted a batch of constructs and even caused the t.i.tanic watchers to fall, it was impossible to reduce the number of these constructs by too much…
With this doubt in mind, Roy found the Well of Eternity and landed at the edge.
The newly-born Well of Eternity was actually an enormous lake in the middle of Kalimdor. The trees around the lake were growing lushly because of the abundant energy in the surrounding environment. The fluorescence of energy filled not only the entire lake but also the forest. Endless light spread in the forest, making it look like a wonderland.
Standing in front of the Well of Eternity, even Roy marveled at the abundant energy in it, but he didn’t do it for too long. He engraved a magic summoning formation by the lake and pulled Julia and Benia, who were still in the stars.h.i.+p, into Azeroth.
After appearing from the magic formation, Julia and Benia immediately pounced on Roy and asked him questions from both sides. They only knew that he had gone to the Void, but they had been waiting and hadn’t seen him return. Now, he suddenly summoned them directly into Azeroth, causing their heads to be full of question marks, not knowing what was going on.
Roy didn’t explain too much and directed their attention to the Well of Eternity. When Julia and Benia learned that the lake in front of them was the newly born Well of Eternity, they were extremely surprised.
Especially when they knew that Roy planned to use the energy of the Well of Eternity to condense divine sparks for them, their excitement was needless to mention. They hugged Roy and kissed him relentlessly, wis.h.i.+ng they could execute him on the spot… Hmm, bathing together in the Well of Eternity, Roy was eager to try it.
Roy flew to the center of the Well of Eternity with Julia and Benia. He thought for a moment and used souls to build a giant metal platform through the system. He engraved a huge spirit gathering formation on the platform to gather energy and then placed it on the surface of the Well of Eternity so that it could fully come into contact with the water.
“Remember, while absorbing energy, keep searching for the Ouroboros Mark in your soul consciousness!” Roy got Benia to stand on the platform first and reminded her. “The Ouroboros Mark is the foundation for condensing your divine spark. Use as much energy as possible to condense it and finally form a divine spark.”
Roy didn’t know if his method was right, but it shouldn’t be too far off. This was the advantage of having a guide. No matter how he had advanced to the demon king level, his understanding of the demon king level was experience, saving Julia and Benia from taking more detours.
“If you successfully condense a divine spark, there will be an advancement trial. You may be teleported to a place full of Holy Light power. Don’t panic. Protect yourself as much as possible and persevere!” Roy continued to exhort. “After all, we come from the Abyss, and the situation when we advance is different from the demons of this world. Archimonde and Kil’jaeden didn’t experience such a trial, but it doesn’t mean that we won’t. Understand?”
Benia nodded, indicating that she understood. Julia thought for a moment and asked, “Then, will we be teleported to the s.p.a.ce where those naaru are? The Holy Light creatures of this universe seem to be them…”
“That’s… possible!” Roy felt that it might really be possible. After some thought, he said, “If you’re really teleported to where naaru are, then try to see if you can record the spatial coordinates. It doesn’t matter if you can’t. The most important thing is to protect yourself.”
After the instructions, the spirit gathering formation on the platform began to glow. Then it spread out and caused the entire surface of the Well of Eternity to glow. A large amount of energy was extracted by the platform and then transmitted all the way before finally gathering in Benia’s body.
Benia screamed. The energy of the Well of Eternity was very pure, but anyone would feel pain when too much energy suddenly poured into their body. But Roy and Julia couldn’t help Benia at this moment, so she could only rely on herself to hold on.
The energy emitted by the Well of Eternity converged into a pillar of light that soared into the sky, stirring up a giant vortex in the clouds above. Countless animals in the forest were alarmed and fled blindly in panic. Benia was in this pillar of light, painstakingly struggling to support herself. The energy fluctuations from her body became stronger and more vast, and her body was changing at the same time. The demon horns on her head began to grow, extending and bending toward the back of her head. Not only did the demon wings behind her expand and become wider, but two pairs of demon wings even pierced out from her back and grew rapidly with the absorption of energy. Perhaps it was because she was a female demon, the increase in Benia’s body size was not too exaggerated. But even so, her body gradually grew to about 2.8 meters.
Roy kept all these changes in his mind, and Julia did too because it would be her turn soon. It was hard to say if the advancement of fallen angels was the same as that of succubi, but it was still good to have a reference.
Suddenly, Benia, who was still screaming, stopped and slowly stood up. Then she opened her eyes, and fierce black flames lit up in her eyes, burning brightly to the extent of hurting people’s eyes. The three pairs of demon wings behind her stretched out to a width of more than ten meters. Seeing this scene, Roy immediately knew that it was done!
However, before he could speak, a sudden bright portal suddenly opened above Benia’s head and pulled her in…