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Chapter 158 - Advancing
The inhabitants of the two worlds felt that something had changed on a certain day. The differences were more obvious for the Beast World as something completely different from what they knew was introduced to them.
The strength of the powerhouses at the peak of power could quantify their strength and even do fantastical things like combining the skills that they had been proficiently using over the years. A period of tremendous change would occur over the coming weeks. As for the effect this would cause on a grander scale, many had yet to realize or find out.
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Noah’s next few days were a period of relaxing by viewing the sights of Atlantis by day and spending the nights in the Beast World and his homeworld while watching how others were adapting to the new changes around them.
Spending the time in the Frozen kingdom with the icy Queen was fun while the time spent on the hidden village in his homeworld was very peaceful. It was a stark contrast for both of them when he got back to Atlantis that was filled with wonder and lights all around.
Noah had many cores, items, and skill books that he didn’t have any uses of. In his hands were many skill books of the different styles of Mountain Sea Sect that the disciples he took down gifted. Many were given to Sophia as she handled distributing them to the chosen protectors that continued to rise in strength, their speed becoming even higher as many Epic and Legendary cores would soon start landing in their hands.
A few of the loot he hadn’t had any use for were left to Adelaide as her strength now neared the peak of Epic rank, her body becoming used to consuming many of the icy blue fruits from the [Snow Vines] as well as the cores Noah provided.
In the spiritual land, three more beasts had fully advanced to the Legendary rank after consuming many of the same fruits that were specially cultivated for them, and Noah was looking forward to the ripening of the [Ice-Fire Persimmon] in less than two weeks to see just how much more rapidly the ranks of the beasts could be increased.
His skills were continuing to grow as fast as usual, and he wasn’t spending all of his time just slacking off, making sure to continue spamming and training with the beasts to rapidly increase his skills’ proficiency. This brought about some new [Skill Combinations]
Hellish Descent + Absolute Zero :: EPIC+ Destructive Domain
Noah found himself a Hydro Train and he soon arrived at the location that used to be quiet and serene, now being fully packed with colorful figures of mermaids and other interesting individuals.
The Aqua Tower stood grandly as it was now surrounded on all sides by figures floating in the sea. The information on how the event would be going down was already given to Noah beforehand as he found other Champions letting out waves of fearsome power standing in front of the doors of the tower.
He swam across the masses and soon joined the group waiting below, drawing in their attention as their eyes briefly turned to look at the new arrival that would be competing with them. There were two Atlanteans boasting the same golden hair as he was, both decked in colorful pulsating suits that made them stand out. There were also two Mermaids and a Merman holding onto piercing tridents as they floated grandly near the entrance.
Today, six champions would be descending the Aqua Tower, and new Seekers would possibly be chosen. Merfolk and Atlanteans gathered as they looked at the six figures letting out waves of power at the center of all the attention.
"I see Juda is trying the challenge once again, but he can never seem to pass the 61st floor in the past year!"
"Haha you think it’s that easy? This is a challenge where Golden Commanders shine, and he has yet to promote his strength to that level."
Various discussions were occurring as Ula appeared in front of the six of them, the event about to begin.
"Who’s that handsome lad on the side though? I don’t think I’ve ever seen him before."
"Oh, that guy? I saw him arriving in the city a while back. It’s fresh fish that might either surprise us or become another repeater for the months to come before he gives up."
"Don’t count him out, it could be the dark horse of this race to the depths of the Aqua Tower."
Noah’s figure that wasn’t seen before was drawing some attention from the floating Merfolk and Atlanteans as the discussions and collections of more and more of them packed the surroundings of the tower.
The challenge to become Seekers of Atlantis, gaining the Golden Serum that gave huge advancements to the strength of the body, as well as the knowledge of the last remaining clues that would locate the treasure of the first king, would soon begin.