Chapter 245 - Utter Disbelief (2/2)
”And with that, I won't delay you any further,” the Grand Blue Master took in a deep breath before saying. ”Make the number '200' appear in the center of the strength tester and you will have passed the second trial. Not only that, but you will also obtain 10 points if you do.”
”Got it,” Argentum said in response. Just as he was about to send an attack towards the target, a question surfaced in his mind, to which he asked the Grand Blue Master, ”Am I restricted to only Water-based skills?”
”Not at all,” the master of the inheritance said in response. ”You can use any skill you want to. Even status boosting buffs are allowed. I want to see the limit of your current strength.”
”I see,” Argentum said, only to let out a light giggle soon after. At this moment, he was incredibly confident that he could reach 200 without a problem. What he wanted to know was how high he could go as of now. With that in mind, he said to the Grand Blue Master with a confident tone, ”I'd suggest that the Grand Blue Master's expectations should be set higher. I would probably reach around 500, perhaps?”
'500?' the Grand Blue Master thought to himself in slight confusion. 'A power at that level would be around Legendary-grade already. Surely, Argentum could not unleash such a level of power, right? Even with all of the skills he has, he wouldn't be able to do that, right?'
'But why do I have the feeling that he'd be able to do it, then?' the Grand Blue Master inwardly asked himself soon after, to which he let out a sigh and muttered, ”Let's just see how strong he truly is.”
Taking a deep breath, Argentum took a few steps back from the target, knowing very well that he was going to use a magic spell. He then went ahead and started activating his status boosting buffs.
”[Enhanced Offense]!”
Whoosh!
In an instant, a faint red aura started to emanate from Argentum, giving him the feeling that he had the power to crush anything in his path. Soon after, he shouted ”[Zephyr Ascendance+],” enhancing the faint red aura surrounding him to a greater degree, giving the Grand Blue Master a faint feeling that Argentum now had the stats of a Magic-grade Pseudo-Animate.
”[Intermediate Blaze Magic: Ignis Burst Omega]!” Argentum said after the previous skill, making Argentum give off the feeling that he was the incarnation of flames. Of course, [Ignis Burst Omega] was the enhanced version of [Ignis Burst] after he had evolved [Lesser Blaze Magic+] to its current form.
After that, he went ahead and raised his right palm as a ball of Wind energy particles manifested over it. A few seconds later, this ball of wind condensed into a smaller ball as a larger ball surrounded it. This process continued for a few times, eventually forming into a ball that was light green on the surface, but dark green in the center.
While looking at it, the Grand Blue Master could not help but feel that the power behind this particular ball was at a level impossible for a Normal-grade Pseudo-Animate to achieve. With that in mind, he could not help but mutter to himself in slight curiosity, ”Does Argentum…truly have such power?”
”[Intermediate Tempest Magic].”
”[Viridescent Zephyr Blast]!”
Whoosh!
Without hesitation, Argentum threw this condensed ball of Wind energy particles towards the target, heading towards it at great speeds. At the very instant the condensed ball of wind and the target collided, an incredibly deafening explosion was created from it, prompting Argentum to take a few steps back while the Grand Blue Master was left at a loss for words, in great disbelief that such a being would be able to achieve that much power.
Eventually, everything had settled down, allowing Argentum to see a target filled with great cracks all over it. Nevertheless, it was still able to do its job as it gradually lit up around half a minute later, forming a few signs in the center of it.
With both Argentum and the Grand Blue Master's eyes peeled towards the number that was going to appear in the center of the target, the target eventually formed a number, starting from the double digits.
After a few seconds, the number had reached the triple digits, making Argentum inwardly chuckle as he muttered to himself, ”I'm pretty sure that the number will have four digits at least.”
On the other hand, the Grand Blue Master looked at the number and asked himself, ”Eh? The number isn't stopping yet. You're telling me that Argentum truly had the evidence to back up his words.”
After a few more seconds, the number on the center of the target had reached four digits, making Argentum incredibly elated while the Grand Blue Master was stupefied. He was truly in utter disbelief.
Eventually, the number on the target stopped, revealing a four-digit number to both Argentum and Grand Blue Master.
”2775…” Looking at this number, Argentum was incredibly satisfied. In his mind, he converted this number into the Animate levels, allowing him to mutter to himself that he was now invincible amongst all Rank 0 Animates, and even a few newly ascended Rank 1 Animates at that.
”2775…?!” As for the Grand Blue Master, he could not help but blink a few times after looking at it. He then focused his sense of vision towards Argentum, who already had all of his status boosting buffs disabled. To him, it felt like the Argentum he was looking at right now and the Argentum that attacked a while ago were two different people.
In the end, he could not help but let out a sigh as he muttered to himself, ”A level of power that could even rival those higher than the Transcendent-grade…not to mention an incredibly high comprehension rate.”
”Under the tutelage of the Undying Flame Spirit, how far would he be able to go?”