NABC Chapter 144: Copper Physical Existence Rank, A Village...
Chapter 144: Copper Physical Existence Rank, A Village...
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BLING!
*Ding!* *You have killed a monster of the Low-Silver Rank!*
*Ding!* *You have obtained 15,000 points in the Physical Existence Refinement Aspect!*
*Ding!* *Your Physical Existence has ranked up!*
*Ding!* *Your Physical Existence has achieved the Mid-Silver Rank, allowing you to end the Astral Trial whenever you so wish. However, it is highly recommended that the host not do such a rash thing, as it typically takes thousands of years for one to reach the Mid-Silver Rank. (High chance of alerting the Ten Astral Principality Princes.)*
*The long span of time it takes to achieve the Mid-Silver Rank is due to many reasons, such as an Astral Plane fatality rate above 99.999%. But the main cause for such slow progression is because the way in which the essence is extracted from beings is extremely primitive, and thus, the amount of a being's existence that Astral Leap participants receive in return for each kill is abysmally low...*
*Ding!* *Your overall combat power has tremendously improved!*
*Ding!* *Your baseline multiplicative rate has been increased to 'x15', allowing your overall combat power to continue constantly improving!*
Following all of the system notifications ringing out, Azmodeus felt a small rush of power wash over him, as the strength coursing through his veins was slowly but surely causing many qualitative changes within his body, particularly in his skin.
When he first arrived in the Astral Plane, his skin was a tan/whitish color, but after he reached the Copper Rank, a slight copper filament was layered over the top of his skin.
Furthermore, after achieving the Bronze Rank, that copper color transformed into a more copperish shade, and the same thing happened for the Silver Rank.
It was due to all these augmentations that not only had his appearance drastically improved, but his physical prowess had taken leap after leap as well!
With the level of physical power contained within his skin and muscles, Azmodeus wouldn't doubt it if he could take on a Nascent Soul Expert while expending minimal effort!
That was just the degree to which his overall combat power had been augmented, not only due to the steadily increasing multiplicative boosts but also because of the subtle yet effective improvements from his skin and muscles being refined over and over again-
"How bout we go over there and see what sort of treats they have in that shop...?"
Especially when, for a split second, their tongues rolled out of their mouths as acid-like drool drizzled down onto the ground, burning deep holes where they fell...
"???"
Azmodeus looked behind him after feeling a disturbance in the air, but upon seeing the completely normal and mildly stunned expressions on the villager's faces, he lightly shook his head before continuing his advance through the wide, spacious streets of the peaceful village they entered.
"..." "..." "..."
The moment the newcomers were no longer paying attention to them, all of the villager's expressions warped back into the horrifying things that they were just a moment ago.
"Meat... Delicious meat..." One of the villagers had his abyss-like eyes crease upward as he watched the back of the little girl with a malicious glint in his gaze.
"Meat... Must eat..." A different villager incomprehensibly mumbled while clawing away at his outer layer of skin, trying its best not to go on a feeding frenzy right then and there.
"Must tell Chief... Meat must be devoured by Chief before sharing..."
"Meat..."
"Meat... Hungry..."
All of the villagers spoke similar phrases as they repeated them while mindlessly walking toward a certain location south of the village.
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Meanwhile, in a different part of the village that sat atop a small grassy mountain, a crimson-eyed man, along with a young girl and wolf, leisurely walked through the elaborately decorated streets.
The place was quite nice, as there were tapestries of various vibrant colors and a number of neat inventions scattered around the shops and buildings, all of which were powered by a simple form of electricity.
But, regardless of how nice the village itself appeared, there was something off...
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