Book 7: Chapter 7 – Burial Grounds

  One by ohe mortals went up to challehe Deathgod Golem, and without fail, each of them was able to pass the assessment with ease.

  Bebe, the Godeater Rat, used its impressive speed and the sharpness of its cws to show that he had more than enough power to devastate just about any saint at the early stages.

  Linley, after dragon-f, didn’t even have to utilise the power of cepts or the Profound Mysteries. A single punch from his azure-coloured dragon-scaled fist was more than enough to send the golem flying.

  Leona, not wanting to be outdone by Bebe, casually used her father’s teique [Divine Dest], summoning a giant paed fme print to once agaihe puppet flying. The shog thing was that they could sense Leona’s insights into the Laws of Fire’s Profound Mystery of the Essence of Fire was only half a step from the level of a Prime Saint.

  Each mortal was more impressive tha, causing the saints to sigh in amazement, uanding that this really was the golden geion.

  Another person who caused quite the shock was Amira. Though everyone from the sect could be sidered a genius among geniuses, whehought of the Yin-Yang Pavilion, they would instinctively think of Ace, Arianna, and now, because of the discovery of cepts, Aiden.

  They cast quite the shadows, making it all too easy for others to overlook the rest of the members. It hen Amira showed off the might of her Viz bloodline and her incredible prehension, the onlookers could only watch with their jaws dropped.

  It was but a sirike, but whether it eed, power, prehension, or skill. Each aspect had reached a monstrous level.

  Many guessed that whilst she may not quite be a match for Ace, she wasn’t far off at all.

  Still, the person everyone was waiting to see in a was the legendary “Son of Heaven” himself.

  As the st of the mortals, Ace felt everyone’s eyes on him. Still, his expression remained light as he waited for his master’s signal.

  “You ready, brat?” Aiden smiled.

  Ace didn’t hurry to respond, instead choosing to summon his new give – Godsyer.

  As though it had a mind of its own, Godsyer began to hum iement.

  “Soon, I’ll allow you to taste the blood of your first deity,” Ace uttered lightly as he stroked the shaft of his navy-cive, watg as the colour darkened until it was jet-bck. “Until then, I promise to let you stay by my side.”

  As Ace’s voice waned, many of the spectators suddenly paled. Between O’Brien’s surging killing i and the sudden spike in temperature, it became extremely hard for most to evehe.

  “Calm down,” Catherine said lightly seeing O’Brien’s eyes redden and his body tremble from anger. “This is the home of Lord Beirut.”

  The crimson-haired Demi-God didn’t respond with words. Still, he appeared to have heard, because after Catherine spoke, O’Brien took a deep breath to calm his wrath and directly closed his eyes not daring to look at Aymore for fear of what he would do.

  Both Yunaia and her familiar, the white crow, watched this se calmly whilst unig mentally.

  “This boy Ace is even more arrogant than me,” Oscar said, his words ced with disdain. “To threaten a deity in public, as a mere mortal of the seventh rank. He really thinks too highly of himself!”

  Yunaia heard Oscar’s words, but she didn’t respond. Even though she told herself she wouldn’t uimate others, she felt that Ace’s words were beyond arrogant, to the point where she couldn’t help but look down on him.

  She was a genius who had reached the mid-stages of the ninth rank before turning 20. If not because she wao focus on her prehension before making another breakthrough, it would’ve been easy for her to bee a saint before 20 – a feat which had never been seen or heard of throughout the whole of the Yun Pne’s known history.

  To this day, she had never met anyone of her geion who could match up to her. And although she was surprised by the talent shown by Linley, Amira, Wukong and the others, from what she saw, even Wukong – the stro among them was a level below.

  Even with her pride as an unrivalled genius, the likes of which was only seen on a million years, she wouldn’t dare to threaten a deity in su arrogant manner, even if she couldn’t stand them.

  In her eyes, even if she was fident she would surpass them iime, a deity was still a lofty figure who deserved respect. One should only disrespect them if they had surpassed them in at least one area, something that not even she, with all her talent and ability, had done.

  As far as she was ed, the only reason Ace dared to do this was because he likely had a little bit of talent which made him ceited and most importantly, he knew O’Brien wouldn’t dare to offe.

  Still, the youth who caused this rea appeared utterly calm, his focus still on the hardened give in his hands.

  Speaking of “Godsyer”, after hearing Ace’s words, not only had its hum gotten louder, but its usually gentle red hue had suddenly intensified as its bde seemingly gotten sharper.

  “I’m ready,” Aodded slowly toward his master as he willed his fmes to coat his on.

  “Those fmes…” Oscar’s eyes suddenly stricted as he stared ily at the fmes coating Ace’s on. “Has he?”

  It wasn’t just the Divi; even Yunaia could only stare in disbelief at Ace’s fiery mage force.

  Although she was a Qingya desdant, Yunaia was raised in a certain pce. A location which was far more brutal with experts far strohan those here on the Yun ti.

  There, if one wao travel on their own, they o at least have the power of a saint, and evehey were at the bottom of the barrel. It ce where, unlike here, Demi-Gods could be seen regurly. There were even a few High Gods scattered around – albeit not very many.

  That was to say, she was clear on the levels of prehension as well as the various profound mysteries of each of the elements. The moment she saw the pressed fmes, she instantly uood, that Ace, a youth she had just looked down on, had prehended a plete profound mystery.

  Even if that was the full extent of his insights into the ws of fire, in terms of prehension, he was still able to stand on equal ground with the average Demi-God.

  But before she could get over her initial shock, Ace made his move.

  She focused ily on the dark-haired teen as he took what seemed to be the most ordinary of steps, a movement so subtle it could easily be overlooked.

  Yet, the moment Ace’s foot touched the ground, the world around him transformed. The fmes beh him erupted with an iy that defied reason, bzing forth three times in an instant. The sheer power of this sudden infer a small crater in Ace’s previous position, a testament to the explosive force he had harnessed.

  But what truly captivated Yunaia and everyone present was Ace himself. As if the ws of spad time didn’t apply to him, Ace appeared almost instantaneously in front of the humanoid puppet. His give, aension of his very being, moved forward with a purpose that perfectly embodied the explosive and untamed might of fire.

  The tip of his Haki-hardened give met the puppet’s chest with a resounding impact, sending shockwaves through the air.

  In that singur, awe-inspiring moment, Ace’s strike ected fwlessly, and the puppet was sent hurtling through the air, its form disrupted by the unstoppable force of the attack.

  It was a testament to Ace’s incredible prowess, and it left all witunned in silence.

  A faint smile appeared on Aiden’s face upon seeing that. Others may not be able to see, but how could he, as the person who fouhe path of cepts, not see that his usage of cepts had bee even smoother and more refined?

  That by itself wasn’t enough to give him a signifit leap in strength, but it roof that Ace hadn’t rexed with his training since his leaving.

  Whilst everyone was staring at Ace’s back, lost in thought, Aiden walked over to a small, unassuming doorway beside the metallic lifeform.

  “The entrao the Necropolis of the Gods is right here,” Aiden expined as he slowly opehe door, which was strangely simir in nature to the Gol ’s Pocket Dimension. “All of you may now go in, but before you do, let me warn all of you who have entered in the past. The insides have ged slightly.

  There are currently more treasures than ever before, but the dangers inside have reached a level that has far exceeded that of previous years.

  If there are any among you that are even slightly hesitant, I suggest you pull out now.”

  Ace, along with those in his group, were the first to react, uantly moving towards the door. One by one, Kimika, Wukong, Linley and the others entered oer the .

  Finally, just as it was Ace’s turn, uhe eyes of the crowd, he fearlessly looked up towards the two Demi-Gods of the Yun Empire and poihe tip of his give straight at O’Brien. “If in ten years you dare to enter, I assure you, the Necropolis of the Gods will be your burial grounds.”

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