Reaper of the Martial World

Book 8: Chapter 204: The Way (3)

Not only was will comprehension the very same in the Chaos Era, the building blocks of energy used to manifest said will was far stronger in this space, resulting in Dyon’s wills being more powerful to an obscene extent.

The only issue that remained was just why hadn’t Dyon realized this prior? Not only had he not noticed, but he had actually assumed the opposite. What had changed between the last time Dyon used his wills in this world and now?

The answer was simple: Dyon’s soul had broken into the Dao Realm!

In the past, Dyon’s soul was in the celestial realm. In fact, the last time he had used his wills here, he had only just comprehended comet qi. It was a far stretch from the planet qi he now wielded. Simply put, he wasn’t equipped to communicate with the wills of this world because his soul was too weak. In fact, the fact he could communicate with wills at all was a testament to just how overbearing his soul talent was.

‘I actually fell for the same trick twice…’ Dyon almost slapped his own forehead.

First he thought he was unable to cultivate in this world, when the reality was that cultivation was just far harder. Then he thought that using his wills here was useless, when the reality was that his wills made him the strongest existence in this Region.

He actually believed that he was nothing but canon fodder here and could only command from the back, when the truth was that he should have been a front-line soldier.

If Dyon hadn’t decided to probe these ruby type stones first, who knew how long it would have taken him to realize his error.

The Heavens would never create something useless. The Soul Path was abandoned in the Chaos Era because it was too difficult to cultivate, but the rewards one received at the end were just as if not more astronomical than one would receive for any other path.

‘The Heavens like to play games…’

These thoughts rang in Dyon’s head again and again. To expect a cultivator to reach to the dao realm before reaping any of their rewards… Wasn’t that too much?

No. It might be even worse than that. Dyon’s soul was far stronger than the average individual. For all he knew, others needed to comprehend star qi before reaching his level. The Heavens were too cruel.

Still, despite thinking this, the grin on Dyon’s face grew wider and wider. His path forward had suddenly become easier. He was slowly understanding the rules of this Ancient Game.

What Dyon didn’t know was that this realization wasn’t a normal boon for him, it would be the difference between him dying an early death and surviving. Because those existences that sensed his flash of soul qi wouldn’t remain idle for much longer… In fact, Dyon’s actions would soon be exposed precisely due to that event.

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Hours ticked by. By now, Dyon had entered the sea of the rubies himself, his confidence far higher than it had been before. He had slowly begun to understand the type stone before him.

As though Dyon’s thoughts were infallible, the ruby type stone wasn’t centered around fire at all. It was instead a volatile, explosive qi that reminded Dyon a lot of ancient aurora stones.

Before Abraxus tamed aurora qi, it had actually once been incredibly violent, not to mention red, just like these rubies. One of Abraxus’ greatest lamentations was actually that aurora qi lost much of its strength after being tamed which resulted in the soul path remaining weaker in comparison to other paths.

These type stones weren’t aurora stones, though.

From what Dyon could tell, they were a type stone that increased attacking potency. Not just speed of attack, but strength as well.

Originally, Dyon wanted to categorize it as a light type stone of the saint grade, but their characteristics were too different.

For one, these type stones were too dangerous to use on a large scale, unlike light type stones. As a result, though it could theoretically increase speed, it wasn’t wise to use it this way. Instead, it was better for short bursts to boost concise and well timed attacks.

In addition, this type stone had a disintegrating or destruction characteristic to it. It worked a lot like nuclear energy from Dyon’s home world. It was constantly undergoing fission and fusion, which was likely where all of the heat was coming from.

This made this energy a massive double-edged sword. On the one hand, it could explosively increase your own attack power, but on the other, it was like a ticking time bomb hidden away in your body.

Suddenly, Dyon felt very thankful that he didn’t end up throwing his chaos flames into such a space. Let alone himself, it was likely the whole region would implode.

Luckily, though this energy while acted like nuclear energy in practice, it was actually far more stable. It would only react violently when it was extracted from its crystal stone encasing.

‘I’ll call you all explosive type stones… You’ll be quite useful…’

Mining type stones became far easier for Dyon after he realized the strength of his wills.

The glowing of the cave dimmed from its bright red to a more bland black as Dyon collected more and more. Soon, he couldn’t dig further, even with his newfound strength, and decided to leave.

But, as luck would have it, he found an uninvited guest at the other end of the tunnel. Or… Maybe he was the uninvited guest in this situation.

The yellow slit eyes of a black-blue wyvern stared toward Dyon menacingly. As expected, the tunnel was too narrow for the wyverns to enter, but that didn’t stop them from blocking the path out.

That said… Maybe the Dyon of a few hours ago would be nervous in this situation. But, the Dyon of now felt his blood boil with anticipation.

He had been cooped up for too long, doubting his own combat prowess and hiding behind the auxiliary abilities of his soul. But… That wasn’t the way of the Titan Emperor. historical