The Annihilator: Killer Of Gods

Chapter 144 Scarlet Lightning Bone Wings

"Crusader?" Karsha stood there, feeling like an idiot. For some reason, the name Crusader sounded all too familiar. Although he had heard the word countless times back on Earth, the way Thundercoil said it made it feel somehow lifelike, like a name with a presence. However, no matter how much he knew, he couldn't come up with an explanation at the moment.

But that wasn't all. Karsha knew he had not only killed the Ninth Overlord but had also discovered something frightening about his Dark Prince Hell Art Technique. First, he discovered that when the sword descended, there was no dodging it. The Dark Prince Might, as described, acted like an invincible force that restricted the target from running when the sword came down.

The only option was to defend, which became a disadvantage for those with weaker defenses.

Second, he realized that although his attack power had been multiplied by 700% thanks to his mastery of the technique, currently at an A rating, and his sword qi and Golden Aura were coating the swords, the snake was still able to hold back his sword. This meant that even though he had surpassed the snake in attack power, his mental strength was still lacking.

The swords were moved using mental and soul strength. After his rebirth on the red planet, Karsha's soul was stronger than ever, but his mental strength still needed improvement.

He had to invest 100,000 MP to fuel the attack, and that was as high as he could go. Although he didn't show it, using the 100,000 MP felt like his head was being ground under a meat grinder. He needed to improve his mental strength. But now wasn't the time to dwell on that; he had yet to see the spoils of this quick and decisive battle.

Karsha quickly moved toward the colossal body of the snake, picked up the core, and removed the venom sacs before climbing onto the snake's head. The entire area crackled with electricity, but Karsha didn't care. He just sat on the snake's head and started reviewing his gains.

As usual, he received some more points, managing to add 1000 points to his attributes, the same amount he had received after killing Nedin. He saw the messages but didn't focus too much on the points gained. His attention was on the gain from the unknown emperor.

Like always, there was the Destiny Key and the Mutant Core, which he still didn't know what to do with. But aside from those two, there was a third item that left Karsha shocked. The gift this time was beyond anything he could have ever asked for.

[Scarlet Lightning Bone Wings]

- Description: A bone wing from a Primordial beast called the Scarlet Lightning Phoenix. Within the bones is the lightning extracted from the core of this powerful beast. Fusing with this wing will grant you the ability to fly, and depending on your Agility, your speed can be multiplied many times.

- Abilities: The wing contains a complex movement and martial technique that, when mastered, will make you an Overlord in the air. However, using the wing will require 10,000 MP every second.

- Requirements:

- High Affinity for the Lightning Element

- 20,000 Agility

- 20,000 Strength

- 200,000+ MP

"This is some good stuff. With this, I'll be able to fight both on land and in the air," Karsha said, his smile widening as he read the messages. The Bone Wing was indeed an incredible item, something anyone would kill for. The power it promised was immense, though one term in the description puzzled him.

"System, what is a Primordial Beast?" Karsha asked quickly.

<Primordial Beasts are the next category after World Bosses.>

"Wait, what? You're saying the bone wing I have now is from a beast that's many times stronger than even a World Boss?" Karsha exclaimed, feeling a mix of excitement and apprehension.

He already knew he hadn't faced a true monster yet, only hearing about World Bosses from June. A World Boss was a being that could threaten the entire Central Continent, if not the whole world of Quinox.

Now, possessing a wing from a Primordial Beast meant one thing: if discovered, everyone would come after him, trying to kill him and take it. For a moment, Karsha's heart trembled. He might be strong, perhaps the strongest on this island, but once he returned to the outside world, there would be monsters more powerful than him.

Everyone would be after him. If one of these wings appeared in an auction right now, there would be a bidding war that could escalate into a full-blown conflict if caution wasn't taken. Karsha understood this but didn't care. He wanted to be strong, so strong that killing those way stronger than him would be no problem.

He was a Grandmaster stage cultivator, but as it stood now, he could squash Grandmasters and Semi-Saints like bugs. Even Saints wouldn't have it easy against him, and that was just using his physical strength without any techniques.

"Too bad I didn't meet the requirements. I'm still lacking when it comes to the elements." His affinity for the Lightning element was low, so he couldn't use the wings just yet. His agility, strength, and mana were no problem; it was his lightning affinity that was the issue.

"System, do you have anything that can help me increase my affinity?" Karsha asked, determined not to give up easily. The allure of fusing with the wing was too much to ignore. He had to at least try; after all, he had a system and eight days left.

<The host should review his rewards first before asking questions.>

Karsha could sense the frustration in the system's words. It was clear that he hadn't thoroughly reviewed his gains after killing the ninth Overlord, and he had also overlooked the details of Nedin's Avatar. Had he checked, he would have found out that Nedin's Avatar had the capability to upgrade and become a Mystical Avatar.

Currently, it was Emperor grade, but by fulfilling certain requirements, it could upgrade, just like the new Avatar he had received from Thundercoil.

Karsha quickly turned back to the messages, and true to its word, something was indeed sitting in his inventory.

[Lightning Water]

-- Description: A vial of water fetched from the heart of a dying lightning star. When consumed, the person will be granted immense lightning force and control of the storm.

"System, where did you get something like this?" Karsha asked, unable to hide his joy. His joking side quickly took over, though the system remained quiet. It was still a Version 2.0 system with limited interaction capabilities.

Karsha retrieved the water from his inventory. Despite being sealed inside a bottle, it crackled with electricity in his hand. He looked at it with a small smile. To him, it was just ordinary water that would help him gain power, but to experienced cultivators, this small vial was a treasure worth going to war for.

The system was indeed spoiling Karsha rotten. He had received the strongest form of treasure for awakening the eight strongest elements in existence, and now it had given him a gift that far surpassed his previous treasures.

Inside the bottle was water from a dying star. Stars, like humans, exist and grow over time, and just like humans, they also die. For water to come from one meant that this star had lived for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years, making the water extremely powerful. This water was produced only after a star had lived for many years.

The vial Karsha held contained just enough for a single consumption, but that was all he needed at the moment. He didn't yet fully grasp the value of what he possessed. Even within the legacy of the Divine Alchemist, he hadn't encountered such rare treasures.

Once Karsha receives the memories containing these items, he'll truly understand the value of what the system has given him.

He quickly absorbed the core and then consumed the saint-grade blood from the snake before turning to the water. The water danced in the bottle when he shook it. After calming himself, Karsha opened it and, in one gulp, poured and swallowed the water.

Lightning danced in his eyes for a moment before, like a bomb, a huge burst of electricity blasted out of his body. Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, but Karsha remained seated.

Boom!

Another blast came from his body, accompanied by another mouthful of blood. Karsha continued to endure, gritting his blood-soaked teeth. The pain was visible in his eyes, but he wasn't one to give up easily. The process was bound to be dangerous, and he had prepared for it.

Twenty minutes passed, and within those twenty minutes, five energy blasts erupted from Karsha's body, each time accompanied by a mouthful of blood. Internally, Karsha was doing much worse. The lightning was fusing with every cell in his body, and the process was anything but painless.

Perhaps it would have been simpler if Karsha had only awakened Yin lightning or Yang lightning. However, in Karsha's case, he had awakened both, so he was enduring double the pain. The white lightning was doing its thing along with the dark lightning, and Karsha had to endure all this pain because if he passed out, his cells would be destroyed, and his foundation would be shattered.

After about two hours, the process ended, and then the last phase started: Meridian infusion. That's where the real pain began.