In the following six days, Michael was as busy as ever.
He learned that Spirit Eyes was a much stronger Soultrait than he initially expected and that by combining Spiritual Domination with the Soul Glacicle Bullet, he could kill one enemy at a time.
The Tekur didn’t expect him to be capable of using Soul Techniques. Therefore, the first attack was always a great surprise. He used the Soul Glacicle Bullet thrice in a row to take out the most annoying enemies instantaneously before slowly wearing out the remaining ones.
Michael’s tactic was rather simple. He killed the Tekur with Support-type Soultraits as quickly as possible. Their Soultraits would either weaken Michael or strengthen their allies. Therefore, they had to be killed before they decided that Michael was too powerful for them to tackle without using their Soul Techniques.
To their misery, Michael was faster in utilizing the Soul Glacicle Bullet and Spiritual Domination to take down those enemies before they even thought about using their Soul Techniques.
Some battles were a little cumbersome, but Michael managed to not get truly overwhelmed and make serious mistakes. The only issues Michael faced were that the power stored within Archangel’s Grace was about to be used up, and that the Power of Energy Imprint within the Legendary Ring Artifact was empty as well.
Fighting alone resulted in more injuries and a much higher energy consumption on his side, after all.
Despite the dangers he faced, the results of his hard work were apparent. First of all, Michael earned an enormous amount of loot, ranging from Soul Technique Tomes, and Inferior Energy Stones, to Artifacts, Soultrait Symbols, and SoulStar Fragments – a ton of them.
It was perfect.
His comprehension and understanding of the Soul Glacicle Bullet were also pretty high. It was not difficult for him to produce just enough Soul Energy to conjure a Soul Glacicle Bullet in an instant. He could use the Soul Technique mid-battle, and the same could be said about Dark Glacicle Needles. It was a variation of the Soul Glacicle Bullet, a split version that released six slightly weaker needles instead of a Soul Glacicle Bullet.
While his comprehension of the Soul Techniques was impressive, Michael was even more satisfied with the development of the Constitution Soultrait. Constitution was upgraded to Superior Constitution when it became a 5-Star Soultrait. His natural physical strength, energy circulation, speed and every other aspect of his constitution were now on par with a Tier-3 Awakened.
Michael required less layers of Enhancement to fight head-on against Peak Tier-3 Tekur than before. Yet, instead of using less, he continued to apply six layers of Enhancement onto his body to overwhelm the Tekur with his physical prowess.
Once Constitution upgraded to Superior Constitution, Michael’s body turned into a black hole. At least, that was what it felt like. The surrounding energy was naturally pulled toward him and Michael could retrieve tens of Inferior Energy Stones around him to absorb their energy passively. The energy was first used to fill his energy storage to the brim and keep it full before the excess energy was supplied to his War Rune.
His War Rune received a constant influx of energy. Michael didn’t even have to think about refining his War Rune as the Superior Constitution and his War Rune worked autonomously. The only thing Michael had to pay some attention to was to move around to make sure that there was enough energy in his surroundings or to retrieve a handful of Inferior Energy Stones every few minutes.
Michael could decrease the time needed to refine his War Rune given the passive effects of Superior Constitution. It was a godsend, and exactly what Michael required to keep up with everyone else around him. As long as he improved Superior Constitution, he should be able to refine his War Rune and stay on the same rank as his peers and others without having to slaughter millions of monsters and enemies for their energy influx.
It would be really expensive to get hold of enough Inferior Energy Stones, but at least Michael now had the means to refine his War Rune swiftly even if he needed much more energy than others.
There were only five days left before they would be thrown out of the isolated dimension, but Michael had yet to find another Dimensional Pillar.
The Dimensional Pillars were actually not easy to walk past and miss. They ought to be easy to find given that the entire isolated dimension was a flat area. The only elevations were near the Dimensional Pillar. How was it possible for Michael to miss the remaining Dimensional Pillars while traveling through the dimension for so long?
Interestingly enough, he didn’t encounter many groups of humans either. He found some Berserkers and Warlock Centaurs on his way, but Michael’s highest probability was to find a bunch of Tekur.
That was also how Michael ended up with 19,500 SoulStar Fragments in his possession. Michael felt like using his SoulStar Fragments to upgrade a 5-Star Soultrait to 5.5 Stars. That way he could increase the Soultrait’s power considerably without having to upgrade it fully.
But Michael was also in need of SoulStar Fragments to replenish his used-up Soul Power. He spent several hours everyday training Soul Glacicle Bullet, experimenting with his self-made Soultrait Symbols and increasing his mastery of the Heavenly Beast Physique – the Common Class Soul Technique that had been used by the Tekur owned Constitution before him.
The Heavenly Beast Physique didn’t require much Soul Energy to be activated. However, his Soul Power was rapidly drained with every second the Common Class Soul Technique was kept activated. It drained an enormous amount of Soul Power, yet the effect of the Common Soul Technique was tremendous. For a few seconds Michael could fight head-on against a Tekur Healer at the Mid of Tier-3 without using a single layer of Enhancement. His physical prowess ended up being on par with a Mid Tier-3 Lord without Enhancement!
Michael wanted to reach Perfect Mastery of the Heavenly Beast Physique to increase the Soul Techniques’ output and maximize the utility of Soul Power. It might allow him to fight with someone at the Peak of Tier-3 without having to rely on Enhancement. Adding several layers of Enhancement to boost his power even further would turn him into a powerhouse with the ability to crush his enemies.
Just thinking about the Soul Techniques’ Perfect Mastery made his heart leap. Then he thought about Spirit Eyes, Extraction, Enhancement, and his other Soultraits. They were in need of an amazing Soul Technique to increase his strength even further. Maybe if all of his Soultraits obtained a Common Class Soul Technique, he could deal with a Higher Lifeform at the Lowest rank of Tier-4. It was unlikely – highly unlikely, maybe even close to impossible– but a possibility, nonetheless.
Michael was satisfied with the gains he made in the Flag War one way or another. The Soul Technique Tomes were all safely secured in his mind as highly compressed knowledge. Michael could store his knowledge and understanding in Memory Crystals, which was probably something he would do to help the Forest Elves and Tiara to increase their combat prowess. He was not sure if they possessed Soul Techniques and if they could use them given that none of them was a Lord with a tremendous amount of Soul Power, but he hoped that they could use some sort of Soul Technique in emergencies.
Other than the Soul Techniques, Michael extracted a bunch of Body, Mind, and even Soul refinement techniques. Michael had to research the techniques to make sure that humans could use the techniques without facing any consequences, but he was confident that he would finally be able to start refining his Soul, even if it was just by a little.
Michael’s strength, his resources, and the treasures at his disposal accumulated slowly. He was not as weak as before and he had the means to support his own expenses to a certain degree. Selling the translation of a single Soul Technique should bring in a fortune. If that was not enough, Michael could still make use of his loophole to create an infinite amount of Mythic Summoning Scrolls to trade and sell.
Last but not least, there were still a bunch of Soultrait Symbols he could sell. He wouldn’t sell them easily but if he was desperate for money, Michael could sell his Soultrait Symbols and a bunch of SoulStar Fragments. Fortunately, it would never come to that. Michael would make sure that he wouldn’t sell his most valuable treasures just like that.
If anything, he would make use of them to establish connections with other races, strike deals with true powerhouses to gain their favor, and bind them to himself.
Every single Soultrait Symbol would turn into a valuable asset once sold or traded.
But to make sure that he was considered seriously, Michael needed even more strength than he possessed right now. The results of the Flag War would pull lots of attention to him, and it was not as if his vibrant golden eyes with silver pupils would lessen the attention he already received. If anything, the situation would turn worse.
Other than that, there was still the Mark of Fate that connected him to Maria Seraph, somehow. High Society was likely to pounce on him like starving Hyenas. Therefore, Michael had to be prepared.
“I might as well hunt until the Flag War is over. If I can upgrade Superior Constitution to 6-Star I should be able to further accelerate the refinement of my War Rune. Using Heavenly Beast Physique with 6-Star Superior Constitution should give me an advantage over everyone else as well. That’s perfect!” Michael murmured to himself when he noticed something from the corner of his eye.
A large group of more than 100 Descendants entered his sight.
Amid them was Maria Seraph, and he also spotted Killian Zeus, who was following her like a neglected puppy.
Michael squeezed his lips together and was ready to turn away. He’d rather evade a troublesome encounter like this.
Unfortunately, a group of Descendants, scouts, noticed him.
“Isn’t that Michael Fang?” 𝘳𝑎.𝗇t
“What is Maria’s Primal Amplifier doing here? I thought he was dead.”
“Looks like he is alive though.”
“This is getting troublesome. Killian is here as well…”
“Will they kill each other?”
Michael sighed inwardly and shook his head. He had the bad feeling that today and the last days of the Interdimensional Flag War would be annoying.
“I wonder. Will we kill each other?” He murmured, surprised that he was not sure if he wanted to clash with Killian, or if he should evade it.
Deep down a blazing flame ignited within him. Michael didn’t want to back down against Killian or go out of his way to please that jerk. Why should he?
There was no need for Michael to retreat.
He didn’t do anything wrong, and he would beat the shit out of Killian if he said otherwise, or he would try to, at least.
‘This is getting interesting…’
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