Chapter 306: Diamond Rank, Elemental Forming Realm (1/2)
Compared to the Crown Skill which I saw from Old Man Reol and the Corrupted King Realm who he fought against, the Crown Skill which I got was in an entirely different category.
An Avatar, eh? It's more than just a clone now. Even if it was based on my Halo Skills, it was too overpowered for a Crown Skill. It totally outclassed the Crest Release. Although it only has 80% of my base stats and 50% of the stats anyone will get upon being buffed by my Domain of Valor, which will be another 15% of both Strength and Endurance as well as 10% of Intelligence. All in all, the Avatar will have more than 90% of my base stats.
However, unlike the clones that can be buffed by both Domain and Bulwark, this Avatar will not be able to receive more buffs from the Jewel Skills where it was derived from. I also don't know if the Totem can be used when summoning it. Since it can increase the efficiency of even the Principal's Clairvoyance, it's fairly possible.
The only downside will be its limited skills. Perhaps the Pillars on the subsequent stages of the King Realm might be able to provide more enhancements for it. I'm not sure though. Old Man Reol's Pillars feels like another set of Skill which will become the foundation for creating an Empire and reaching Emperor Realm. I can only wait for me to reach that point and see.
I'll also ask Avelin and Erin what Crown Skill they got for more reference. When they reached the King Realm, I had those two spar with my Incarnation. However, they only used their Halo-turned-Jewel Skills.
Erin's Jewel Skills were all in one way or another had the properties of 'shadow' or 'stealth' while Avelin's Jewel Skills were all about increasing her strength, she's the embodiment of overwhelming brute force. Even that first Augmented Skill she created upon reaching the Augmented Realm became a skill that disorients her target and strengthens her. Whenever the skill successfully affects her target, her attacks against that one will become more explosive.
Once, as an Incarnation, I let her hit me with that skill and had her attack me without holding back. If not for Erin, saving the Incarnation before it was destroyed, I would've received the backlash of 50% stats debuff.
Ah, I got sidetracked upon remembering those two… I guess I'm missing them again. My motivation to go back has just increased.
I still have three breakthroughs to pass through. The next will be…
After another brief calm when the Crown settled on my head, the Dark Energy around me stirred for the third time.
A lot of time has already passed outside and the clones I sent to block those chasing me have long disappeared. However, I have no time to think about those. I just have to continue and finish all these breakthroughs before they find me here.
The Crown which settled on my head disappeared and my body restarted its absorption process to fill up the necessary energy to complete the next one. The Meta Pathway.
This time apart from the absorption of Energy which pushed the Advanced Energy Control to evolve to its next stage, nothing showy happened.
Although it made the surrounding energy create a whirlpool-like effect, that's all it took before it calmed down that the only thing I could hear was the sound of my breathing as well as the notification about reaching the next realm.
[Advanced to Diamond Rank Tier-5]
[Advanced Energy Control has evolved to Energy Manipulation]
[Generated a Skill: Energy Linkage]
[Energy Linkage: You now have the ability to temporarily transfer a part of your Energy Control and some of your abilities to someone else through an Energy Connection which someone could ask for permission or be added by you. Not to be confused with Energy Thread which is used to drain someone else's Energy using the previously awakened ability Energy Drain, this ability is a different one entirely. Energy Linkage can also allow anyone connected to you through this ability to communicate telepathically within a certain range. The maximum Energy Control you can cumulatively transfer to someone else or a group of people is 50% and the abilities they can use is including but are not limited to the ones derived from the Meta Pathway. However, everything will be in a weakened version and some might not straight-up work depending on how large is the transferred Energy Control. The maintenance cost for the Link to another person is 10 units of Level 1 Energy per 1% Transferred Energy Control]
Transfer my own Energy Control? Does that mean I can transfer my Intelligence stat or is it just the control? Although I got the full understanding of this ability, there were things that needed to be tested first before I could be sure of it.
In any case… this one's another Support Skill, huh? But Energy Manipulation… It increased my Energy Control once more. This means the 1% from before the breakthrough will be incomparable to the 1% now.