Chapter 269 - A Long-awaited Trial (2/2)
'Your control over the Grand Blue Inheritance has slightly increased.'
Hearing a notification from the system just as he was finished laughing, Argentum went ahead and opened his notification screen. Soon after, he could not help but say with a light giggle, ”As expected from Felix. Incredibly fast.”
”Anyways, it's time for me to start my second attempt,” he soon muttered to himself as he allowed his aura to be released at its full power. While he was doing so, Argentum could not help but ask him, ”Will you need my help in the Power Baptism?”
”Definitely,” Argentum looked at Blob and radiated an expectant aura. He then continued, ”I'll have to borrow that shield you conjured for your Power Baptism. For now, be on standby.”
”Alright.” Blob nodded in response to Argentum's orders, allowing him to be at ease as he soon commanded, ”System, use all of the Power Baptism Energy I have to trigger a Power Baptism!”
Ding!
In an instant, Argentum heard a notification sound from the system, which was soon followed by the system's feminine-sounding voice as it said, ”The user does not have enough energy to trigger a Power Baptism.”
”Ah, right,” he said to himself not long after as he glanced at Argentum. It was at that moment that he remembered that he used his spare bar of Power Baptism Energy on Blob. Scratching his head for a bit as he felt that the hype he had built up disappeared in an instant, he muttered to himself, ”Now where do I get more Power Baptism Energy? Only Animates could provide me with a lot of Power Baptism Energy.”
”Wait a second…” Repeating the last statement he said to himself over and over again, he then recalled the wails he heard resounding throughout the area a while ago, utilizing his enhanced senses to pinpoint the closest location where those wails came from. Casting the two strongest movement speed boosting spells he had in his arsenal, he then dashed towards a certain direction, prompting Blob to ask, ”Argentum! Where are you going?”
”Just going to grab some Power Baptism Energy for a bit!” Argentum responded with a shout, mostly due to the fact that he was already far away from where Blob was. Indeed, as he repeated the statement in his mind, it occurred to him that beasts were Animates as well. Thinking that it was a bit easier for beasts to ascend to a class, he thought that he could obtain a single bar of Power Baptism Energy from a single beast.
After half a minute or so, he soon found the corpse of what seemed to be a wolf in the deeper reaches of the forest. Without hesitation, he went ahead and commanded the system to convert the energy inside the corpse into Power Baptism Energy, with the system doing its usual stuff soon after that.
Ding!
'The user has obtained more than enough energy to undergo a Power Baptism. Excess energy shall be stored for future use.'
”Lucky,” Argentum said to himself in a cheerful tone as he read through the notification he had received. He could not help but think that Animates truly had a lot of energy inside their bodies. With that in mind, he could not help but ponder as to how much energy he would obtain from an Inanimate or a Pseudo-Animate.
Thankfully, that moment of contemplation did not last long as he remembered the reason why he was here, hastily heading back to where Blob was as he shouted, ”Blob, prepare the shield!”
”Alright!” Blob shouted back in response before adding, ”[Aegis of the Grand Ignis]!”
Whoosh!
In an instant, a large shield made out of Fire energy particles soon manifested in front of Blob's field of vision, prompting him to grip on it tightly before throwing it towards Argentum.
”Catch!”
Swish!
Fortunately, the timing of Blob's throw was right, allowing Argentum to grip on the shield tightly before casting spells on it.
”[Higher Algor Magic: Aqua Burst Omega, Second Verse]!”
”[Higher Algor Magic: Aqua Benefica Grandia]!”
Fwoosh!
After casting two spells on it, the size of the shield had grown by a decent degree as three pairs of wings made out of Water energy particles manifested on its edges. Not only that, but he felt like the shield had become easier to wield while the defense it brought had improved by multiple notches.
Eventually, Argentum stopped dashing as he looked at the moon hanging in the sky. Without hesitation, he soon shouted, ”System, use all of the energy I have to trigger a Power Baptism!”
Rumble…rumble…
Not even a few seconds have passed since Argentum was finished commanding the system, but dark clouds had already appeared a few thousand meters above where he stood.
Ding!
'The user has attempted a Power Baptism!'
'After adjusting the difficulty of the trial based on the user's current power, the decided tribulation shall be…'
'The Blossoming Lilac Lightning Tribulation!'
Being notified by the system that he had obtained new notifications, Argentum soon read through the notifications he had received, eventually radiating an aura of madness amidst the excitement he felt.
He then looked up at the dark clouds before letting out a maniacal laugh.
”Bring it on!”