Chapter 446 - Honey Lemon Pops, Please (1/2)
'I am definitely lucky.' Nik may be a narcissistic cuck maker, but right now, he meant every word he said, then again, he always did.
[Host can merge Light Manipulation and Light Domain to attain a higher, development skill, Light Master. The removal of Light Manipulation from the Elemental Manipulation cannot be reversed, proceed?]
Even when Nik saw the new skill's name, his thoughts reached out to the attainment of insights in the world. Master, Grandmaster, and such. Thinking for a moment, Nik accepted the terms from the [Skill Palace] and suddenly, a burst of information within his mind almost made him unconscious once again but already familiar with such events, Nik had activated [Multi-task] to its full capabilities, training the skill simultaneously as his understanding regarding the element of light transformed. He couldn't spout any bullshit as if the light was heaven and yang and such. To Nik, even after his understanding of the term 'light' grew by leaps and bounds, a light would always remain light.
[Light Master]
Use: Allows the host to gain a master level of insight in the element of light.
Next Realm: 159 SP
'Woah...' Nik mouthed as he looked at the plain yet outrageous description. Sighing internally, Nik kind of felt that the price wasn't over-charged at all.
”Nik... you should take a break. This is a good moment to use the understanding of the light to bring your other manipulation skills to a higher level.”
Sky suggested. He had been awfully slow in training his [Space Manipulation] and [Absolute Sharpness] and even if these were some amazing skills, he simply lacked the time and focus to actively train them. Her suggestion, however, would mean that he would have to miss on Korra's and Lanruo's competition and the thought didn't sit well with Nik.
”In reality, I would have suggested you to enter that time-realm once again, but we both know that it's not possible. So, just give the last push your elemental skill needs and bring it to level 10 collectively. I have a suspicion that the level 10 boost of the [Elemental Manipulation] would be extremely different from the singular manipulation skill.”
Sighing deeply, Nik felt bad by the fact that it is true but he still hadn't grown too soft to cry over the fact that he wouldn't be able to meet his partners for a few hours. After all, if he were to be that short-minded, he would feel extremely insecure leaving his partners in the homeworld, or, he could have brainwashed his entire harem. Sending the message to his partners that he needed some alone time to recollect his thoughts, Nik started filling the entire room with inscription patterns, simultaneously training his calligraphy, too.
In reality, after learning the basics of the inscriptions just to have enough knowledge of the art, Nik had completely stopped his effort to learn more. Instead, Asmodeus' knowledge had far surpassed Nik and Xue Yin's as Asmodeus kept on filling his spiritual world with patterns to train herself with. In fact, she was already proficient in the spatial inscription pattern that is a mandatory ingredient of spatial rings and spatial houses which Xue Yin only got a hang of a few days back. Right now, to Nik, the inscriptions were a method to understand the elements and also infuse the essence of [Energy Fusion] and [Energy Conversion] and understand all the manipulation skills at once, including the Space Manipulation.
If it wasn't for his [Multi-Task], however, his brain would have turned into mush in the first few seconds.
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”This is kind of boring, the competition that is. How did we even get through it the past few days?” Xiaji inquired as she, alongside Pen Hua, and Gin Jiu sat alongside Nik's disciples and witnessed Korra breaking her opponents in the most literal manner.
”It's probably Nik. I mean, let's face it, we don't like snobbish kids rubbing their achievements into their competitors' faces,” Pen Hua stated calmly as she and her friends were already free from their task of making reports. The other teachers from the advance and genius classes would be making the reports as Asami brought Nik's other disciples just to let them understand what the battle of spirit masters could look like. After yesterday's event, every girl who had started to enjoy Nik's daily treatments felt frustrated at the moment, and somewhat worried. A person like Nik just doesn't fall unconscious even after filling tens of women so the strange situation of him falling unconscious and hastily calling for the help of other girls kind of made them feel somewhat edgy. They couldn't even get a good sleep since they were already accustomed to being 'full' of energy and sleeping on Nik's mattress.
”Hee~ I could use some red flower wine candies. My head is killing me!” Gin Jiu complained as the girls looked at her.
”Sure, 'eat' alcohol to fight back your hangover,” Asami stated with an amused expression as Gin Jiu stated in a— matter of fact— like basis, ”The only way to not encounter a hangover is to keep enjoying alcohol. You know, steel cuts steel and lava fight lava kind of thing.”
”Isn't this a drunkard's excuse?” Pen Hua inquired, pulling an agonized groan from Gin Jiu as the petite flame-haired woman complained, ”What else do you expect? My entire family is a tavern of drunkards. We drink, we laugh, sometimes we have a good time, we sleep and the cycle repeats.”
”If you three are feeling stressed, why not just enter the underground arenas? I can introduce you guys there,” Asami suggested as the trio shuddered!
”Hey/ Oi/ No way!”
The trio exclaimed simultaneously, pulling stares from the crowd behind them as Asami chuckled.
”You guys need to start training. I think Nik would begin your training alongside Xiao Xue.”
”That's all cool,” Xiao Xiaji shrugged before Xiao Ning'er called out to Xiaji.
”Um... elder-”
”Just call me by my name girl,” Xiaji smirked as Ning'er hurriedly shook her head. ”How can I do that, Elder Xiaji... it's just that... yesterday, Elder Wun continued to ask me about you... and master. He seemed agitated.”
Hearing Xiao Ning'er's explanation, Xiaji frowned with a bad taste reaching her mouth. She turned her head and locked gazes with the accursed elder who kept glaring at her direction and snorted before looking to Asami.
”Ah, elder sister Asami~” Xiaji nodded towards Ning'er to gesture she understood and smiled towards Asami sweetly, ”Won't you help your weak sister to seek justice against that monster?”
The gazes of other girls turned strange as Asami shrugged and pointed at the barbarically laughing Korra as she threw another fallen opponent off the stage.
”A monster should be facing another monster. Good thing, we don't need to search for one since one of them is extremely close to us.”
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Smashing another cup, Brian growled as his attendant, a brown-haired youth with soft features, yelped in surprise.
”M-master! You shouldn't get too angry, right? Even though you haven't started cultivation and need to wait 100 years for consolidation ritual to take place, the effects will be incredible!” The youth exclaimed, trying his best to placate Brian as he placed the cloud shark fin pie in front of Brian and pleaded, ”P-please, try this.”
Seeing Krin tremble under his crimson gaze, Brian sighed. The sudden notification of him getting removed from the Fiend Society and most of his benefits getting removed, Brian could only feel that his 'amicable' ancestor had started to make some sort of plan against him. The thought cemented when his true description was leaked in the most recent bounty and most of his abilities were exposed, too. Now, alongside the S-Class Bounty from the Heaven Paradise, the fiend society itself issued a lucrative A-Class bounty for his head.
”Krin... contact master... I want a transmigration heart... wait, no, I want three transmigration hearts and a single reincarnation heart. Say that... he won't owe me any favors and I won't be his disciple from now on for this price.”
Krin paled as he heard his master speaking such words. In Brian's family, the ordinary youth had already become quite popular. He became the student of the most respected senior of the sect, he defeated death and came back to sect even when it was a high possibility that he had been assassinated, and now, he was selected to be one of the three youths to accept the hundred-year consolidation ritual that would widen his foundations by an astronomical amount!