1079 Legacy 1 (1/2)

”So this is Carthage's secret weapon!?”

Garen felt his heart drop, yet surprisingly, he was strangely calm.

He expected Carthage to have some sort of ace up his sleeves, but he did not expect Carthage to build his body as a target to be possessed.

Allowing the creepy dwarf behind him enter his body, Garen's expression was blank. Although he could neither see nor hear, he could feel the trace of an evil intention surging into his hindbrain, the main organ that controlled an Energy Machinist's Energy Machine Imprint.

”Possession? That's what I'm least afraid of!!”

As he slowly curled his body, Garen took a deep breath.

Hiss… A huge terrifying swirl of air started spreading wildly in the air.

Waves of white, silk-like airstreams were sucked into Garen's lungs from all directions.

”It's useless… There's no point in struggling because every fiber of your being shall become a part of me…” The sinister voice started ringing in Garen's body.

Garen gave a smile and abruptly opened his mouth wide.

Roar!

An indescribably deafening rumble came out of his mouth.

Black shadows of nine snake-like salamander were projected below him, looking ferocious and demonic.

”Idiot! I haven't even got to devour the creations outside, and you dare scramble around in my body!!” There was a trace of sarcasm of Garen's face.

”Wait! What is this!?” There was something off about the voice. ”Why do you have something like this in your body!?”

Golden spots started forming on Garen's skin. They were like dragon scales, covering Garen's entire body and gradually spreading toward his head.

”You're merely a Non-falling Level!” The vicious voice was getting more furious. ”No! That's not possible! There's no way your body is not reformed!! Damn it! Carthage, how dare you fool me!”

All of a sudden, the golden spots spread upward and covered Garen's head entirely.

The voice instantly let out a horrible shriek.

”No!!”

A wisp of smoke was urging to rush out from the back of Garen's head, an arm slowly reaching out. Suddenly, a black shadow emerged and bit on the figure.

Garen, who was floating in mid-air, started opening his eyes slowly, his entire body was glowing a bright golden hue. Meanwhile, bursts of beasts chewing could be heard.

”No! How can I die at a place like this!!” The voice roared in a fit of rage as he struggled, along with the dreadful sounds of the nine salamanders.

Bulges started forming around Garen's body. His arms, his chest, his back, and both his legs started swelling. The swells would last just a few seconds before shrinking and disappearing. The swollen areas then returned back to normal. The body parts continued to swell and shrink simultaneously, causing an extremely disgusting scene.

”It's useless,” Garen said calmly. ”The ancient Nine-headed Dragon Soul is specifically used against souls. Therefore, if you still existed in flesh, I wouldn't even stand a chance against you. Unfortunately…”

Thick layers of frost started spreading upward from his foot.

”Let us form into one then…” A cold smirk crept up Garen's face. As he raised his arm, a huge, black dragon's shadow emerged from his palms and encircled him above the air. The several black dragon shadows had him entirely cocooned in the middle, forming a ball of black shadow.

”No!” I am Jeros, and I will fall in a place like this!! I have not gotten my revenge yet! Not yet…!” The scream stopped abruptly.

Inside the dark shadow, Garen reappeared.

The black shadows gradually went away, and everything went back to normal. Garen's body was back to normal as well, leaving no trace of anything that just happened.

Poof!

A large cloud of smoke started spreading to all directions from Garen, forming a white ring of cloud in the sky.

What initially seemed to be an extreme danger, was eliminated within seconds.

Garen could feel his Cold Energy reaching its limit within his body. With his Fourteenth Level of Scarlet Snow Technique just recently being achieved, he actually managed to engulf its energy during that short period of time when his spiritual body was possessed, and he succeeded in breaking through the Fifteenth Level. The cloud of white ring just now was the sign of a breakthrough to the Fifteenth Level.

”Level Fifteen…” There was no change in Garen's expression. To Carthage, if he was not at the peak of the Eighteenth Level in the Scarlet Snow Technique, it would be tough for him to actually inflict any sort of harm.

From Jeros' powerful spiritual body, Garen intercepted plenty of information.

”Oh, Jeros, a member of the Light of Justice huh?” He was swiftly rearranging all the information he was getting.

The Hellfrost Peacock Technique and Nine-headed Dragon both had a formidable power against soul abilities. After all, the Endors were specifically against the culture of modern soul practicing. In this universe, there was probably nobody else other than Garen who knew more about the battles from a spiritual perspective. Jeros actually died in a pretty decent way.

After the Nine-headed Dragon engulfed most of his energy, it swiftly shrunk back to its soul form, but not before spitting out some of Jeros' memory fragments.

”As expected… Almost the same as what I've guessed.” After briefly looking at the memory fragments, he swiftly remembered all the content recorded.

At that moment, people started crowding around below due to the commotion in the sky. A lot of the people from the Scarlet Snow Sect thought Garen was actually practicing some sort of a special technique, hence the terrifying tremors of energy.

Even some of the Great Supervisors, who were constantly practicing all day, were taken aback and probed into what was happening with Garen.

Swoosh!

Carthage appeared right before Garen.