Empyradrake’s Base.
After Neo returned, he also sent a message to the Dragons with the device he had given the Dragon Emperor that would allow for seamless communication.
Without further ado, the Dragon Emperor issued a command and rallied his forces as the Dragon Kings and other powerful dragons gathered before rallying towards Earth’s base.
From three corners of this vast square battlefield, three armies departed, going towards the fourth corner—Earth’s Base.
Unaware of the incoming trouble, Earth’s powerhouses only had five hours maximum before the armies reached there.
While those three forces departed, Almond finished resting and went to the second SSS-rank dungeon to absorb its nexus.
This time he did it ten minutes faster, and took another ten minutes of rest, using a total of 30 minutes to complete the task.
Then he went to get the third SSS-rank dungeon and absorbed its nexus in the same time frame.
‘Three Energy Spirits should be enough for now. The other SSS-rank dungeons are blue-bordered anyway.’
Almond installed two more Energy Spirits in the Tower and then went to the battlefield.
Coincidently, Admiral Rudra and the squad had just returned after completing their mission of making more allies when Almond arrived there.
“How did it go?” Almond asked.
“We allied with all three Kingdoms, and they accepted the teleport formations,” Admiral Rudra smiled. “Their Kings are powerful Legendary-rank powerhouses.”
“Nice. Although I suspect that the four Apocalypse Empires that the announcement mentioned must have Mythical-rank powerhouses,” old monster Theo Gabris said with a frown. “Their appearance will create wholly unpredictable variables in the event.”
“They are four, and we are also four worlds clashing against each other,” Annika said as she narrowed her eyes. “Maybe we are supposed to ally ourselves with one of them?”
“Forget it,” Arjun shook his head. “We won’t know how to proceed as we have no information about the Event yet and those Empires are also not here. Everything will go into motion one hour before the beginning of the event.”
“Still sixteen hours left,” spoke old man Dylan, the terrain shifter before turning to Almond, “How’s it going on your end?”
“Everything is done. Let’s move to the tower with everyone,” Almond grinned. “It’s time to see the true effectiveness of the tower.”
Almond and the group entered the meditation hill where Lily and other Grim Breakers were training using the rewards alongside other old monsters, guild leaders, and other top powerhouses.
They were mostly using Elemental Imprints since they could start and end it anytime, unlike rewards like Insight Stones and such that kept their consciousness for 24 hours.
Almond woke up everyone from their training except for those who seemed to be on the verge of a breakthrough.
Fortunately, he could see through their state with his All-Seeing Eye.
Leaving twenty-three people behind who were breaking through, the rest of the people returned to Earth before Almond took them to the Vital Rampage Tower.
“Julian, I am going to share the complete Bone Tethering Technique with everyone here. It’s better if we all get strong, and the training speed of that technique in this tower will be fast.”
“Yeah, no problem,” Julian smiled. “This is not time to hide power-ups like that which can make us strong.”
“Everyone, I am going to send a technique into your mind! It’s a bit painful training, but completing that technique will awaken an innate talent related to bones in us! It’s going to make us strong, so let’s complete it.”
“We are all mythical rank, so we’ll be going to the 100th Floor right off the bat.”
Almond snapped his finger and directly teleported everyone to the 100th Floor instead of using elevators.
After introducing the functions of the floor, Almond told everyone to take a spot on this vast floor and sit down cross-legged.
“This is going to hurt like hell, right?” Natalia asked as she gulped.
“Yep,” Almond chuckled. “But endure. It will hurt, but it will not injure us. When using the Bone Tethering Technique, use the Vital Rampage Flame as energy instead of Mana. This will significantly speed up the progress.”
After saying that, Almond pressed the button which had 2000 slotted on it.
In the next second, Vital Rampage Flame started streaming onto the floor, causing the temperature to skyrocket.
Those who had normal clothes worn immediately burned away and quickly had to cover their figures with their Mana.
“We are starting slow for now because even though we have reached Mythical rank, our stats are utterly low.”
“Using Bone Tethering Technique with these flames will also automatically increase our physical stats.”
Everyone focused and began training the flames with the intensity of 2000 constantly maintained in the vast hall.
The consumption of energy was high with over a hundred people constantly using the energy, so Almond checked how it was going.
A minute passed by and Almond saw that it diminished by 0.3% in one minute.
‘So one Energy Spirit will be used up after five hours and thirty-three minutes.’
Almond blinked. ‘Crap.’
After all, it was just at 2000 intensity. If he increased the intensity of the flame, the consumption would further increase.
‘Well, let’s see how it’s going for everyone.’
Turning to the people in the hall, his All-Seeing Eyes glimmered as he scanned them.
Old monsters were indeed monsters. They had straight expressions of absolute focus and were also progressing fastest.
Lily was the same. Guild Leader Liam, Ruyi, Quin,, Zayd, and Damian were also progressing like them.
But many people, especially Grim Breakers, had their pain expressed on their faces involuntarily.
However, the results were mind-blowing.
Everyone’s physical stats were increasing bit by bit every second.
The progress of the Bone Tethering Technique was going smoothly as he observed everyone.
‘Perfect. I would have trained it if this was my real body,’ Almond wryly smiled.
But he wasn’t going to waste time.
After putting a teleport point here so that he could directly arrive here from anywhere, Almond left the tower and returned to the battlefield.
According to the progress he observed, the old monsters would be the first ones to completely master the Bone Tethering Technique and awaken an innate talent.
Some of them already had the complete technique since Almond had given it to them, so they would be the first ones and ultimately, they would be done completing it within 3 to 4 hours thanks to Vital Rampage Flame.
‘Now then, since we’ll need more energy, I’ll go and make some more Energy Spirits since these three will be gone in a day.’
Looking at the vast battlefield ahead, Almond teleported beside Kexell and said, “How’s your progress going? Did you defeat the 9th Floor’s boss?”
“No,” Kexell shook his head. “I am lacking in offense.”
“Mhmm…Alright, I got an idea,” Almon said with a smile. “First, let’s go to some high-energy-rich areas on this battlefield. I want to make them into Energy Spirit. After that, I’ll train you.”
“Train me?” Kexell blinked. “Huhu, I am stronger than you.”
Almond raised his eyebrows, “No, you are not. You are kind of, but I can defeat you. And if you think I’ve shown you everything I have, then you are mistaken.”
Kexell’s snouts burst out flames before he said, “Fine, fine. But you also don’t know everything about it.”
“Actually, I know.”
Almond chuckled before waving his hand, teleporting both of them towards his marked destination.