921 Removing Hidden Dangers Part 2 (1/2)

Nicholas crushed the soul beads with force. The souls and soul shards in the soul beads unleashed a terrifying scream.

Just when Nicholas was about to absorb all the souls in the soul beads with the blood soul tower, a powerful holy light shot out from the broken pieces of the soul beads, lighting up the dark seabed.

Fycro's face appeared in front of Nicholas. Saleen was already prepared for that and he threw his grade-12 Star Gathering Needle straight at Fycro's image. The image was burst by the Needle before there was any time to react. Fycro was a grade-10 Holy Master, and coincidentally, the grade-12 Star Gathering Needle was filled with power that was taken from the astrologer's tower.

When Saleen was in the Outer Nebula, he had used the grade-12 Star Gathering Needle to steal away large amounts of power of constellations, transferring them into his own Needle. The way he did it was very subtle, but it did reduce the Outer Nebula's energy.

The grade-12 Star Gathering Needle unleashed a powerful and colorful starlight, destroying whatever Fycro had left behind. Saleen did not care what Fycro would think. He had sent Nicholas there to support Saleen, not to keep a watch on him. Now that Saleen had destroyed the hidden danger left behind by Fycro, there was nothing the latter could do about it.

If it was in the past, Saleen might still have some reservations, but since he possessed six grade-10 elemental creatures, there was no way he would be killed so easily by Fycro. After getting in touch with the different levels of souls, Saleen understood that no matter how quickly the humans on the Myers Mainland were advancing, the speed would drop once they had passed grade-9.

All the grades below grade-9 were easy to achieve, even back in ancient times. Beyond that, the speed of advancing would become very slow, even if the power on the Myers Mainland had returned to the same level as the first dynasty.

Fycro was a grade-10 Holy Master, who could only advance to grade-11 at most. There was no way he could advance two grades consecutively. Saleen was confident that he would be able to handle a grade-11 enemy.

He would use the leaders of his elemental creatures to engage the enemy to buy him some time so that he could eliminate the enemy with his clan badge. Saleen believed that there was no way Fycro would be able to break through the mass of huge elemental creatures in one go.

After Fycro's image was destroyed, the souls and soul shards in the broken soul beads were absorbed into the blood soul tower. It was not a long process, but Nicholas felt like an eternity had passed. By the time all the souls had entered the blood soul tower, Nicholas decided to mark the tower with a soul brand.

Holy Masters were different from mages. From very early on, they would already be in touch with the secrets of the soul and would possess many techniques that targeted the soul. A soul brand like that was something commonly used to exert control over equipment.

The soul brand turned into a towering and bright image. All the soul shards in the blood soul tower began to restore themselves by devouring each other and eventually transforming into complete souls. All the memory shards of the souls were erased, and the moment they were reborn, the only thing they saw was the towering and glorious image of Nicholas.

”My God!” All the souls knelt down and began to bow to Nicholas' soul brand. The power of faith began to flow out of the blood soul tower continuously.

Nicholas was overjoyed. That was exactly what a fallen Holy Master needed. All the memories of those souls had been erased and all that was left was their love and respect towards him. Although these souls were weak, their power of faith was what Nicholas needed the most. With the blood soul tower, he would be able to cast any divine spells he wanted.

All along, the thing that troubled Nicholas the most was his lack of power. He was a grade-9 fallen Holy Master who only possessed the abilities equivalent to grade-8. This was because he could only utilize the power in his soul beads and the beads usually restored very slowly. He was usually unwilling to cast grade-9 divine spells because he knew that it was not sustainable.

With the love and respect of those pious souls, the power of faith had entered his body completely and would never be lost. The faith of tens of thousands of souls would be able to sustain a grade-9 fallen Holy Master in battle.

Besides, the longer the souls continued to pay their respects to him, the longer his life would be. He might even end up with a lifespan that was as long as a mage.

”Old fellow, how do you feel?” Nailisi asked with a sneaky smile. Nicholas was shocked. The item was given to him by Nailisi, why would she be so kind?

”Nailisi, don't scare him. Nicholas, this blood soul tower is perfectly fine. You will be able to use it all the way until grade-12. Have you recovered all your powers?”

”Yes, my Lord. When will we leave?”

”Not yet. We will… gather all the bones around the city. I want to prepare some materials for the winged skeleton.”

”Yes, my Lord.” Nicholas no longer had any complaints. Saleen had given him equipment that he could use up to grade-12. Even if the Myers Mainland returned to its original level of power, he would still be able to use that equipment for hundreds of years or even one thousand years. In addition, his fallen staff was made of materials that was even more outstanding than the blood soul tower and it was also refined by Saleen. With this equipment, he would only need a Book of the Fallen or the Forbidden Code to become the most powerful grade-9 Holy Master.