Chapter 270 - Blossoming Lilac, Spiralis Tempestria (2/2)
”Well that was slightly disappointing,” Argentum muttered to himself as he recalled how his throw of the wind bolt was not enough to shatter the three lightning bolts at once. Not long after, he told himself that he should practice aiming magic spells in preparation for situations where he needed precise aim.
”Hmm…” Noticing that the lightning in the clouds was still brewing with great ferocity, Argentum could not help but ponder over how easy it was for him to crush the first three rounds of purple lightning bolts without a problem, even though the first red lightning bolt from back then was enough for him to admit defeat. He muttered to himself in a questioning tone, ”I wonder what are the factors that decide the difficulty of a Power Baptism? Is it the innate strength of a being? Or does it include the being's skills as well?”
After thinking about it for a bit, he had a hunch that it was more likely for it to be the former. But then, he decided that if he could clear the Power Baptism or not, he would ask the system this question.
And with that out of the way, the fourth and fifth round of lightning bolts were easily cleared, with Argentum using both the enhanced aegis he had obtained from Blob, as well as the massive array of offensive spells he had, but only limited himself to using the bolt type spells.
At this point, the amount of power coursing throughout his body was far beyond Blob's after he finished his Power Baptism. Blob could not help but agree to that notion as well, feeling immense fear even though a decent amount of distance separated the two from one another. He could not help but feel that even if 100 copies of himself at his peak were to fight against the current Argentum, Argentum would still come out victorious at the end.
On the other hand, Argentum was looking at the clouds, wondering how many rounds he had left to undergo through to clear the Power Baptism. While he was doing so, he could not help but think about the name of the tribulation he was undergoing once more, muttering to himself, ”I've already realized that the part 'Lilac' in the name was the purple lightning I had to defend against, but so far, the 'Blossoming' part hasn't appeared yet.”
Rumble…rumble…
Letting out a loud rumble, as if it was calling for Argentum's attention, the dark clouds soon underwent a great change as the type of lightning darting through the clouds was not purple anymore. This shocked Argentum as he now felt like he would be in a bit of danger.
In mere seconds, the purple lightning had transformed into the blue lightning bolts that Blob went up against in his Power Baptism, with the ball of light at the center following suit.
But that was not all.
The blue lightning bolts went ahead and transformed into another color as the intent of destruction was at a level far more powerful than all of the blue lightning bolts combined.
Bzzt…crash!
Unfortunately for Argentum, before he could go ahead and look at the color of the current lightning bolt, a lightning bolt struck down at him at incredible speeds, leaving Argentum no choice but to go fully defensive as he activated [Grand Azure Armor++], the evolved version of [Great Blue Armor+], donning him in a suit of beautifully designed armor made out of Water energy particles.
Bang!
In less than an instant, the lightning bolt arrived in front of Argentum, colliding with the aegis he held as Argentum felt himself sinking to the ground from the sheer force behind the lightning bolt. Then again, this current situation allowed Argentum to look at the color of the lightning bolt that collided with the aegis, briefly radiating an aura of confusion, which was soon followed by fear as the lightning bolt was a hue of incredibly dark blue.
Argentum mustered all of the strength inside his body to push back on the lightning bolt, but no matter how much force he exerted, even going so far as to unleash 120% of his full strength, he was not able to gain an advantage. Instead, he sunk deeper and deeper as his legs were now half-submerged into the ground.
Fortunately, the force behind the dark blue lightning bolt gradually dispersed, making Argentum feel like the hard part was over. But in actuality, the hard part was just about to begin.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
In an instant, the dark blue lightning bolt changed directions as it flew into the air, before exploding into 10 blue lightning bolts, which then exploded into 10 purple lightning bolts each. In other words, 100 purple lightning bolts were now heading towards Argentum's way.
But instead of looking at the sight with fear, Argentum uttered out a sound of understanding before saying, ”Ahh…so that's where the 'Blossoming' part comes in.”
”Hup!” Finally understanding the reasoning behind the name, Argentum went ahead and jumped out of the ground before hastily chanting the most powerful offensive spell he had in his arsenal. As he looked at the 100 purple lightning bolts gradually making their way towards where they were, Argentum could not help but think, 'If an outsider were to look at this, they'd definitely want to paint it.'
'Unfortunately, it's pretty late at night so I'll keep this sight to myself,' he thought soon after as Argentum threw the aegis in the air before pushing both hands to the ground as he shouted…
”[Higher Zephyr Magic: Zephyr Spiralis Tempestria]!”
Whoosh!
Radiating out of his hands, a vortex of Wind energy particles soon formed around Argentum, hastily growing to a great height of around 20 meters as it attracted the purple lightning bolts that were supposed to head towards Argentum. After feeling that the spell he had cast had attracted all of the purple lightning bolts, he then stood up and loudly clapped before shouting, ”[Spiralis Form: Supreme Collapse]!”
Bang!
And just like that, the vortex surrounding Argentum had exploded, allowing a loud explosion sound to resound throughout the area, with the citizens living in Verdant Breeze Town being able to faintly hear the explosion sound. Nevertheless, accompanying the explosion was the disappearance of the 100 purple lightning bolts as a surge of energy soon filled Argentum's body, increasing the strength he felt by multiple notches.
Wondering if there was still more, Argentum could not help but look at the dark clouds above him, noticing not long after that the energy behind the lightning bolts darting through the gradually weakened, allowing him to let out a sigh of relief as he soon sat down on the ground.
In that manner, Argentum's first Power Baptism was finally over.
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