[StatusMagical Dawnbringer Blood Armament (Code Name: Marigold)
Grade: B
Intelligence: +27
Description: The Secondary State of the Dawnbringer Blood Armament. Less than half way through its nurturing process, this blood armament is far from ready to evolve into its Tertiary State.
Principle Effect: Time-type enchantments on magical bullets have their effects improved by 25%.
Secondary Effect: Enables Burst Mode, where any State of Dawnbringer shoots thrice without a recoil penalty. Burst"s firing speed is entirely dependent on the user"s Intelligence Stat.
Tertiary Effect: Transforms Dawnbringer into the Marigold. The Marigold has a special Full Auto Mode with 50% faster firing rate than the Base Dawnbringer.
Special Effect: Can evolve or devolve between States through its Master"s will.
Magical Chaosbright Blood Armament (Code Name: Magnolia)
Grade: B
Intelligence: +27
Description: The Secondary State of the Chaosbright Blood Armament. Less than half way through its nurturing process, this blood armament is far from ready to evolve into its Tertiary State.
Principle Effect: s.p.a.ce-type enchantments on magical bullets have their effects improved by 25%.
Secondary Effect: Grants Base Chaosbright a barrel modification to shoot .50 Caliber bullets, .44 Caliber Bullets, and other high caliber bullets.
Tertiary Effect: Transforms Dawnbringer into the Magnolia. The Magnolia uses shotgun slugs instead of pistol ammunition.
Special Effect: Can evolve or devolve between States through its Master"s will.]
"Holy s.h.i.t..." Overwhelmed with awe, Elizabeth curse in a quiet voice. On her left hand, what looked to be a silver-cyan Uzi appeared, while on her right hand, a revolver that clearly held a shotgun"s barrel reflected a sharp golden-black sheen. However, the surprises didn"t end there, as Elizabeth was in for a shock when she reverted the guns back to their original pistol forms.
No longer did Chaosbright and Dawnbringer look similar as the former took on the appearance of a Desert Eagle, while the latter looked similar to a Beretta 93R. It was obvious to anyone that the pistols were beginning to delineate into the paths of Speed and Strength. With the Time-type Dawnbringer focusing on speed or firing rate, and the s.p.a.ce-type Chaosbright focusing on strength or penetration.
"Heh… 25% increase to s.p.a.ce and Time-type bullet enchantments? That gives me an idea..." Growing delirious, Elizabeth thought of the possibilities for what her future combat would look like. If one thing was for certain, it"s that she would stop neglecting her guns.
Because she was still on earth, where the things that required her to use her guns were far and few in between, she would wait for her second visit to the Shadow Realm to quench her reignited pa.s.sion for firearms. For now… it was best that she stock up on ammo and spiritual meals as she had decided to leave for the Shadow Realm within two days.
But… the troublesome anomalies in her soul took priority over the creation of new ammunition. Thus, with nothing else on her mind, Elizabeth recalled the information of [Seraph"s True Nature.] As a cultivation method for Yin and the aspect of her Soul, Elizabeth"s eyes shined with the white light of Pure Yin as she focused on cultivating her soul.
She already had a soul strong enough to support the start [Soul Variation], a method the Seraphs used to create vessels that would pressurize soul energy to multiply its properties. Thus, by carefully following the instructions of the cultivation method, a small container birthed from solidifying Elizabeth"s soul energies, began forming within her Soul Land. Unbeknownst to Elizabeth, within her Soul Land, the moment the vessel began forming, the two anomalies in her soul became active.
The black anomaly appeared to start glowing in agitation, but the moment the cyan anomaly flickered, it immediately became sedentary again. It even dimmed somewhat compared to how it was before the vessel for Elizabeth"s [Soul Variation] formed. With all of Elizabeth"s focus concentrating on manipulating her soul, as any mistake could potentially set her back several days in recovery, and the exchange between anomalies in her Soul Land taking place in just a few short seconds, only the sight of Elizabeth"s first vessel slowly constructing marked a change of circ.u.mstances.
Now, the strength of her soul at the moment shouldn"t be neglected, as Elizabeth, with the Perfect and Chaotic foundation base that she had built up from the very first stage of cultivation to her current cultivation base, possessed a soul every bit as powerful as someone in the Spirit Realm; and not just a weakling whose foundation barely let him enter the dregs of the Transcendent Foundation Stage either. In fact, with her current cultivation as a genuine and true Perfect Chaos Mage King, Elizabeth"s soul was about five pillars stronger than her brother"s fifteen pillar reinforced soul.
Putting her effectively in the bounds of someone Level 32 — someone whose cultivation was deemed perfect by her status functions in the Early Phase of the Transcendent Foundation Stage — Elizabeth had the capacity to just barely create two vessels in her Soul Land. Since she only used her soul energies to get the job done, it didn"t take long for the first vessel to form and even after somewhat exhausting the ma.s.sive reserves of soul energy she possessed for her rank, the second vessel was completed shortly afterwards.
"Now… if only I had a Seraph Bloodline..." Sadly, a requirement to get the most of the technique would require a Seraph Bloodline. Of the non-human bloodlines Elizabeth possessed, neither were even related to a Seraph Bloodline. One was a bloodline she received from taking the original Elizabeth"s body which granted her a "G.o.d" Bloodline, but without a divinity present in her body, it was effectively the same as just being another human. The other was a Bloodline of the Ancients, a fiendish bloodline that seemed completely opposed to the Seraphs which Elizabeth read were virtuous.
Ironically, as Elizabeth was deliberating over what a travesty her lack of a Seraph Bloodline was, in her Soul Land, the anomalies that had spontaneous activated as the vessels were forming, became active again. However, instead of glowing or moving about, a mystical attractive force connected between them to the two vessels that had appeared in Elizabeth"s Soul Land. Without Elizabeth even being capable of noticing that her vessels were being pulled, the two vessels exponentially accelerated towards the two soul anomalies until…
CRACK!!! Elizabeth, who was still in thought, took a knee as blood escaped from all the orifices of her face. Her skin became completely pale as she struggled to sit down into a proper meditation posture before she used what was left of her consciousness to survey exactly what had happened in her soul.
When she returned as an avatar to her own Soul Land, it looked like the world was about to end. With cracks in the sky and fissures running along the ground, leading to the void beyond the limits of her Soul"s capacity and a million other wound of varying degrees manifesting in her Soul Land, Elizabeth"s face became indescribably downcast; just the degree of negativity her expression conveyed was enough to last someone several lifetimes.
"Why the long face?" Startled out of her brewing depression, Elizabeth"s barely conscious avatar instantly sobered as it heard a voice that wasn"t hers within her Soul Land. Thinking the worst, Elizabeth prepared to use the last of her energy to eliminate as much of whatever parasite had infected her soul as she thought it would probably be her only chance for survival.
However, before she could get around to doing much of anything, she came across the source of the voice; it was… herself? "Wh-what the f.u.c.k?" Elizabeth was beyond confused as she faced what looked to be her doppleganger. Not like Sophie or Zoey, this look-like matched her perfectly!
"What? Surprised to see me so soon?" Elizabeth"s doppelganger pouted, before continuing, "And after you took my body too! Hmph!" She turned her head as if deigning to give Elizabeth another look, yet the intentions and tone behind her actions couldn"t be called anything but playful.
"Your what? Body? Wait..."
The doppelganger didn"t give Elizabeth the chance to ask, she directly said, "Yeah, that"s right. I"m the original soul of this body! And you"re a no good thieving thief!!!" She pointed at Elizabeth as if that would do anything and there wasn"t a hint of anger in her voice as she condemned Elizabeth as a thief…
"Wh-How?! How are you… Why are you… Can you explain what"s going on?" Even if she weren"t a deflating husk of Elizabeth"s consciousness, but instead, a completely sound and healthy Elizabeth faced with this scenario, she wouldn"t be able to make sense of what was happening.
"What"s happening? I"m taking control of my body now?" With an evil glint of menace crossing the doppelganger"s eyes, she boldly claimed, "I"m the captain now!" And just like that, the small bit of apprehension and fear she managed to instill on Elizabeth with the first sentence was erased with the second…
"...Come on, pick a better time to joke around..." This happy-go-lucky incarnation of herself was slowly driving Elizabeth insane.
"Che! You"re no fun! Nor are you romantic!" The doppelganger pointed at Elizabeth again and as she received no reaction, she awkwardly scratched her nose before saying, "G.o.d! Why are you so serious? Haven"t you sensed that your Soul Land is being repaired rapidly? You practice [Soul Variation] and don"t even know its effects?" Shaking her head in pretend disappointment, the doppelganger pointed towards the obvious Elizabeth surely would have noticed had she not been enraptured by her appearance.
"You"re right! But… this shouldn"t be happening, right? I mean, only a Seraph Bloodline integration..." Elizabeth"s words abruptly cut off as she looked at her doppelganger in skepticism. "Could the G.o.d Bloodline have triggered the vessels?"
She asked, "You were a Seraph?"
The doppelganger looked back at her in confusion before having moment of understanding and saying, "No. But this effect isn"t only triggered with a Seraph Bloodline… You only need a Commander Level Bloodline or above to integrate with a vessel of [Soul Variation.]"
"Commander Level Bloodline?" Elizabeth thought, but before she could ask, the doppelganger looked behind her and said, "And you! Stop with that scary look of yours and introduce yourself already!"
Carelessly, Elizabeth turned around and faced one of the scariest things she had seen thus far in her life. It wasn"t anything that would normally scare, just another doppelganger look-alike. What made this particular doppelganger scary was the aura around it. It was almost visibly oozing negativity as killing intent and Elizabeth"s schadenfreudian smile painted a picture of beauty and danger.
"I"m your G.o.dslayer Fiend Incarnation." The fiendish doppelganger looked like it wanted to say something else, but after a small internal struggle it slowly settled itself into silence and walked over to the other doppelganger. As it pa.s.sed by Elizabeth, with only its aura coming into proximity to her, it caused her to shiver.