Chapter 687: The fight for the main distortion (part 15)
Naturally seeing this strangely cute side of Alexandra, how could Aster not take the chance to tease her a bit.
'I haven't seen you smile so much since you learned how to recharge your main plaque daily in a matter of seconds, it seems like I found a sure way to make the "tough" and aloof Alexandra laugh even in her sleep', he jokingly said, which made the light gray-haired girl softly snort.
'Humph, I already expected you to use this to make me feel embarrassed so it won't go your way this time, yeah I loved to use that lance so what?', she said with a rebellious voice, she might not have known Aster for too long but after participating in Eris and Mylene's slumber parties and more importantly going on that date with Aster, she knew it was impossible to not be teased by the dragon youth.
And she also understood that it wasn't done with any malicious intent, so she decided to show indifference to it, thinking that the dragon youth will simply get bored and leave her alone, which was… a mistake, as the smirk that appeared on Asters's face suggested.
'Oh, would you look at that, our Alexandra acting all "tough" again while feigning ignorance about where did the golden core of the lance she loved so much, came from', playfully said Aster, making Alexandra who was already having a hard time enduring Aster's teasing gaze on her, have her face redden a bit.
Of course, she who has experienced a direct confrontation with one of the greatest expressions of the Paragon body, the invincibility one to be more accurate, could tell that the golden metal that mixed with her black heavenly gold, carried a trace of Aster's aura.
Which is normal, since around 80% of the golden liquid inside Camila's dantian is formed by she refining the failed and broken training swords created by Aster, 10% came from some treasures that miraculously had rare materials mixed into them, and the last 10% was created through combining a hundred drops of the silver liquid to create a single drop of the golden one.
Amusingly enough, just like Alexandra, Camila could combine her attribute to create a stronger or more accurately, a much more specialized version of it, since apparently the copper and silver liquid had their own uses.
Seeing Alexandra who had the word "bullied" written all over her pretty face, Aster decided to stop teasing her.
'Sorry, sorry, I was just happy to see that you liked the result, I was having a hard time deciding what to gift you for our next date, but with a permanent piece of black heavenly gold to work, the sky is the limit', he said, which made Alexandra's eyes unwillingly sparkle, before she inwardly shook her head, realizing that those words actually made her look up to a next date with the perverted dragon youth.
'D-Dream on, I'm not going to give you a piece of my black heavenly gold to work with!', she exclaimed to then completely isolate herself inside a dodecahedron made with her black heavenly gold, without forgetting to order the remaining half of her main plaque to return to her the very moment Camila no longer needed it.
All this while she fidgeted and thought to herself.
'Should I create a second main plaque for him… ughhh mom is so not going to let me be when she hears of this!!!', screamed the poor light gray-haired girl in her heart, unaware of the fact that she just like back her date, forgot to add a layer of spirit energy to block Aster from seeing inside her black metal barrier.
It's not her fault though, even soul cultivators at Void Manipulation level would be noticed if they tried to spy into her barrier with their senses, hence why Alexandra is used to just surround herself with the black heavenly gold barrier.
It's just that Aster's eyes are that monstrous, however this time Aster didn't mention it, he had already teased the poor Alexandra to the content of his heart.
'Despite all that she still stayed in case Camila needed help with the shield, how cute', thought Aster to then change his focus to the battlefield of the treasure girl.
Speaking of which, a couple of minutes ago, Mariana and the two Blazeheart elders that were fighting Camila, were earlier taken aback by the sudden "appearance" of a Void Manipulation presence in the battlefield next to them.
Now imagine their faces when Alexandra's golden-black lance expanded to a giant size destroying the restraining spirit technique used by the Mountain Amber elders, just by the process, to then tear the bodies of the four elders as if they were made of paper in a fraction of a second.
"C-Captain!", shouted one of the two remaining Blazeheart elders, it's not like he was mourning the death of a fellow member of the same clan, he was worried about his own life, after all now that the enemy had killed everyone on the other battlefield, they were next.
But then very much to the relief of the Blazeheart elders, that terrifying light gray-haired woman simply isolated herself within a black metal barrier instead of charging towards them.
'They ultimately died, but at least they did something useful before going down, that bitch is probably out of spirit energy after using such a strong attack, if I kill this one with the help of those two, I can take the "Amber Blessing Pill", recover before that woman and then get rid of her too', thought Mariana.
She wont ever admit it, but for a second, she was afraid that Alexandra will come to fight alongside Camila, especially because if the black metal shield could stall for time and that giant lance bade a second appearance, she wasn't sure she'll be able to survive being attacked with it.
'Damn Lord of the Twin Sword Valley, just how the hell did he get his hands on such treasures, the information we got was wrong, high ranked direct descendant level are needed to properly take him and these women on… luckily we only took one on at the time', she thought to then be brought back to the real world, by Camila's mellow voice.
"Alexandra finished on her side already, so I can't be taking too long, if you are going to use that pill stored on the hidden compartment of your armor, it's now or never", casually said the treasure girl.
"You!", Mariana gritted her teeth in response, said pill was her trump card, she specially paid to have a hidden compartment added to her armor for it to be directly assimilated into her body in a moment of crisis, and yet the enemy somehow saw through it.
It was normal, no treasure can escape the detection of Camila under certain parameters, so from the very beginning the treasure girl was aware of that little trick.
"Crack!", surprisingly, Mariana pressed her hand against the left side of her chest where her heart is positioned, making something break on the spot, then the air around her trembled for a split of a second, before she exploded in dark brown spirit energy.
"You two, if you want to live then give it your all, don't spare any mean at your disposition to increase your strength, otherwise I'll kill you myself", said Mariana to the two Blazeheart elders who felt a chill running down their spines.
"Amber Mountain Armor!", what followed was a rough layer of rocks manifesting on top of Mariana's body before a few though thin, still noticeable veins of amber mineral appeared on the rock layer.
"Booom!", the rock covered Mariana suddenly vanished from where she was floating, to then appear behind of Camila.
"I was going to use this to deal with that other woman, but you have certainly been a thorn on my side from the very beginning, so be proud of yourself, though temporal, you'll die at the hands of the real power of the Mountain Amber family", said Mariana as she swung her hammer at Camila's back.
"Clang!", naturally the black-golden shield got in the way of the hammer, successfully blocking the physical impact, however those amber mineral veins appeared on the Warhammer.
"Booom!", the head of the hammer suddenly released an amber colored explosion of spirit energy which actually was strong enough to drown the shield and reach Camila, who couldn't help but raise an eyebrow for a second.
"Radiant Silver Piercing", with a thrust of her silver-golden spear, Camila welcomed the incoming amber energy explosion with her own.
"Booom!", silver and amber colored light clashed at point blank, producing a loud shockwave which was followed by both spirit energies exploding into countless particles, the attacks cancelled each other.
'Tsk, that damn shield is on the way', thought Mariana, if that shield didn't block half of the impact of her technique, then she was sure that she would have won the exchange of moves, luckily, she still had some assets to work with.
'Hey, you two, sync with me, block her shield with your swords so that I can land a proper hit, in any case I doubt your flames can break through her metal defensive spirit energy, so just focus on physical impact… if you do as much as burning a strand of my hair, I'll kill you', ordered Mariana to the remaining Blazeheart elders.
Since they have proven to be lame when it comes to properly working for a combined attack, then she was going to use them to keep the shield occupied while she used that gap to attack the silver haired girl.
"Amber Landslide!", Mariana using her movement technique was the signal, so while she disappeared from plain view, the Blazeheart elders exploded in spirit energy, after the two leaders died, all the spirit energy from their seas of knowledge which they had absorbed to temporarily increase the level of their flames, was released, so it was at their disposition once again.
"Blazing Path!", having decided what to do, the two elders turned into purple-flue flashes that rushed towards Camila.
Unfortunately, they couldn't use Blaze Convergence, not without dying on the spot, luckily for them they didn't need to, after all, at this point they have realized that their flames aren't hot enough to melt the defense of the metal attributed silver haired girl in front of them.
In a rough calculation, they needed both purple spirit energy flames and purple level attribute to burn through the enemy's metal spirit energy which is insane, that's the level of a high ranked direct descendant within the Blazeheart family.
On the other hand, their intel said that she was related to the monster from the Twin Sword Valley, who at this point they regarded as an heir level of second-tier forces and a top-grade direct descendant from first-tier forces, which for someone who didn't originate in a high rank Stellar System is extremely rare.
'Damn mission elders, they screwed us over by sending us to test the waters', they both cursed in their hearts, as they inhaled to then explode in… yellow flames.
Since they were tasked with producing an attack with a physical impact strong enough to make the silver-haired girl use the shield to block, they changed their focus from their flames to a physical enhancement and for that, they used yang radiance, which naturally came with a price because they burned way too much vitality in a single go.
With a few locks of their red hair turning white but a fierce and determined expression, the two elders had the veins of their arms bulge as they grabbed their swords with both hands to then swing them at the silver haired girl.
"Red Slash!", though not concentrating on the flames, they still used the strongest sword technique they had in their arsenal, which gave their flaming swords a red hue, accompanied by a thunder produced by them slashing their swords with all their might.
Normally, they as members of the Blazeheart wouldn't do something like this, because this kind of fighting style is more akin to the Bladeheart who put their flames in second place and develop in a "barbarian" way, but their superior façade had been destroyed by Camila already, at this point they only wanted to incapacitate the enemy and then runaway as fast as they could, in order to not be killed.
"Booom!", the two swords actually produced a shockwave just by being swung by the elders, they really did produce a strong slash, that Mariana could approve off, she tightened her grip on her Warhammer as she waited for the shield to get away from the silver-haired girl to attack her as fast as she could.
"Amber Mountain Crushing Charge!", with amber colored spirit energy exploding around her body, Mariana rushed at Camila, all the amber mineral veins on the rock armor covering her body, glowed as they released spirit energy.
Unfortunately, reality is often disappointing and the very moment the black-golden shield moved, which was the same moment when she flashed at Camila, she was blocked by that same shield out of nowhere.
"Wha… ackk!", Mariana who couldn't react in time clashed against the shield, resulting in blood being forced out of her mouth, the shield absorbed the impact but she was stopped in cold midway through her charge and that made her innards shake, her technique was interrupted.
However, if she was going to feel pain for something, that would be the next words spelled by Camila's pretty voice.
"Golden Calamity Wolf", with those words, the golden parts of Camila's spear suddenly expanded a bit, normally the silver-golden proportion is around 80%-20% the golden parts are far from each other, acting as spots all over the spear, but right now the golden part of the spear had increased around 10%.
It wasn't out of nowhere, Camila's hands were glowing in that same dazzling golden light which she used when she created the shield and the lance, in other words she was using her newly obtained innate ability on her own natal treasure, injecting drops of the golden liquid to bring out more of the properties of the lance.
As a result, the head of a giant golden wolf manifested around Camila's spear, which was being thrusted at the incoming swords.
"Crack!", the swords which hadn't even touched the fangs of the golden wolf manifestation, shattered on the spot, and their owners who didn't have the time to cry for them were bitten by the golden wolf which pierced their bodes with its fangs, to then drag them into the distance.
"Aghhhhhh!", the only thing they could do was let out a horrified scream before the golden wolf's head landed on the ground, exploding on the spot.
"Boooooom!", a spherical golden colored explosion swallowed everything in the area where Camila's technique landed, creating a huge crater in the process, there was no trace left of the two enemies.
"Mm, not bad for not being a "Radiant" level technique~", happily said Camila as she saw the result of her new technique, that was the last technique of the newly unlocked page of her manual, and the first one for which she needed to use the golden drops of liquid on both her spear and the technique in order to execute it.
Also, this was her first time using it, because although she will never mention it out loud, she wanted to show off a bit in front of her boyfriend, and it worked, though she has felt Aster's gaze on her throughout the whole fight, since he of course was carefully watching over all the family, it was easy to notice when that reassuring gaze fluctuated with surprise.
While a cute smile flourished on Camila's pretty face, Mariana was in such a shock that she even forgot to try and ambush the silver-haired girl, well to be more accurate her body refused to move from where it was floating.
It was for a good reason though, she who has directly related to direct descendants from a main branch has felt their aura a few times before, and naturally has experienced the suppression from the difference in the purity of their lineages, however never in her life has she felt such an oppressive sensation, caused just by someone's lineage.
'N-No way, I have been in close contact with a couple middle grade direct descendants, are you telling me that a guest elder without any known feats or achievements in a mere middle grade Stellar System, is on par with high grade direct descendants from a first-tier force, a main branch from the Fey no less!!!', she inwardly screamed in her heart.
The term "heir" might have the same weight in terms of standing within all forces, regardless of their level, it refers to someone that has ben set to inherit a certain position of authority within a sect or force.
However, depending on the level of said force, the strength required is adjusted and so, an heir from a third-tier force is usually matched in strength with a high ranked direct descendant of a second-tier force, which is two levels of difference in terms of strength, as below heirs there are top grade descendants also known as heir candidates.
Following that, an heir from a second-tier force is merely equal to a top-grade descendant from a first-tier force, of course, even among heir level figures, there are differences, for example Wade, in other words the heir from the Cascade main branch of the Ocean Aquamarine is around the high middle end, in terms of strength, he is not weak at all but compared to the monsters like William or… Valentina he can be considered to be lacking.
That's why Valentina or William are revered by others and looked at with wariness, because they are known to be a part of the highest tier in terms of strength at their respective realms, among the young and youngest generations heirs, Valentina for the Void Manipulation realm and the same applies to Bradley's brother, while William is on the Law Integration category.
Naturally, Aster's godmothers and Lilia were on the Heavenly realm version of the previous, and so Fawn's half brother was, as he is from their same batch.
Anyway, back to the "fight", Camila saw the fear lingering in Mariana's eyes and she softly snorted.
"People that look at others from above just based on a last name always break down the moment they suffer a setback, you aren't worthy of dying by my spear", said the silver-haired girl, while unknown to her, the silver wolf emblem on her upper back had its eyes glow in a golden light.
She couldn't help but be reminded of Isaac who acted high and mighty by using the name of the Wolfstein, but wasn't strong at all, from her point of view he was delusional, they as the higher echelon of a family that ruled a planet knew about the existence of higher ranked Star Clusters, not to mention stronger Stellar Systems.
So, she never understood why Isaac acted as if he was some kind of big shot, amusingly enough the "weird" one in this situation is actually Camila, at the average Star Clusters of low ranked Stellar Systems a cultivator that isn't even at the Transcending realms can act as a peerless powerhouse and since they have nothing to offer to Transcending realm cultivators and above, it will be extremely rare for them to even meet one, outside of a representative from the force or family that rules over the Stellar System, visiting for tribute every now and then.
And even then, there are Star Clusters that aren't managed by anyone, because they are considered barren lands were mostly mortals live, with so many planets it's normal that the ruling force or family doesn't bother in going to a random place where cultivators are really low ranked after all, unless something serious happens of course.
"You can act arrogant for now, but after this, the really strong elders will come for you and that black haired bastard, Amber Mountain Disaster!", Mariana who actually regained some will to fight after being insulted by Camila, exploded in amber light, she bypassed the shield by charging at an insanely high speed towards the silver-haired girl.
The amber mineral veins on the armor started to crack midway but that was the idea, this was a last resort to take down a stronger enemy, the strongest technique that Mariana had and one that burned her lineage to a point where she it would be impossible to completely recover, unless she was an heir.
In fact, it's not something that she could use by herself, the only reason as to why she could even activate such a technique, is because of the pill she swallowed, otherwise she wouldn't have met the required amount of lineage to ignite.
"So, what if I have to lose half of my lineage for it, so long as I can kill you then it's worth the price!", roared Mariana whose eyes had become bloodshot, only to see Camila snap her fingers.
"Boooom!", the shield which she left behind a moment ago, appeared above her, but this time it wasn't absorbing… but releasing, as a result all the impact that Camila had stored after Alexandra stopped using the lance, was let out in a single go.
Apparently, the treasure girl could use both absorb and release with the shield so long as the lance was not being used, naturally having blocked the final attacks of both Mariana and the Blazeheart elders before and concentrating all that in a single attack, resulted in Mariana… being smashed against the ground, turning into a bloody mess of broken flesh and bones.
A mess out of which a spatial ring flew out to then be cleansed before it landed on the hand of the treasure girl a second later.
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