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The Heavenly Martial Empress Returns Chapter 312: Gaining The Contempt Of The Tower Administrators

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“GRAAAAHHHHHHH!!!”

Grazulmuk screamed, his body suddenly mutating even further. Two more heads appeared, along with more red eyes, arms, and legs. As he bled and burned, he distorted the space around him, shattering it and summoning a domain.

The domain trapped me in an abyss of eternal darkness as Grazulmuk’s expressionless face tore open, revealing a bloody smile with sharp teeth.

“GEHEHEHEHEHE!”

He laughed monstrously, thinking he had trapped me inside. His giant fists and claws rushed toward me, aiming to tear me to shreds.

“I praise your enthusiasm.”

As his fists reached me, explosions reverberated through the domain. His hands and arms exploded into pieces as my eyes shone bright red, shooting laser beams from them.

These were the Solarians’ primary method of attacking from afar, and unlike my previous Eye Beams, these were much stronger and packed my full Solar Power into them, calculating said stat for more damage.

Grazulmuk screamed, watching his own limbs fall to pieces. He started to panic, falling into despair as his eyes opened, firing beams of his own.

And yet, I swung my blade, unleashing the power of my soul and slicing through his beams, reaching his body and then unleashing something even further.

All twelve rings went back to me, beginning to compress together and merge into my sword as chaotic darkness and holy sacred light mixed, creating a disruptive energy.

“{Balance Disruption Arts} + {Dual Rings of Radiant and Umbral Harmony} + {Divine Yin and Yang Harmonious Soul Blade Arts}!”

I combined all three abilities, skills, and techniques as my blade went down, its power piercing through space itself and tearing it apart. The Tower trembled before my might as the entire world shook from this power.

My blade transformed into a gigantic line—a line made of pure black chaos—piercing through space and even time. Stars shone brightly amidst its radiance.

“{Primordial Chaos Sword}”

SLAAAASH!

A single slash.

That was all it took, as Grazulmuk’s eyes widened in disbelief, his body not divided into just two pieces, but…

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

“G-GAAAAGGH…?”

Into millions of tiny pieces. A single slash multiplied into a million as chaos engulfed him completely, and an explosion finished him off for good.

BOOOMMM!!!

“Well, well, that was a fine warmup, but where’s the actual challenge?”

I rested my Chaotic Sword over my shoulder as I saw the monster disappear and explode. The skies slowly closed, and nothing else came afterward. I felt stronger, though. That monster was worth a lot of levels, and its divine essence was absorbed by me through my sword, which is also an expression of my soul, strengthening my soul in the process.

Ding!

[Congratulations! You have achieved an impossible feat! You have defeated a Tower Guardian!]

[With your own hands, you have slain the [Abyssal Monarch of the Dark Skies: Grazulmuk: Level 10,000+]!]

[You have earned an enormous quantity of EXP!]

[Level Up!]

[…]

[Your Level has increased from Level 7,830 to Level 8,742/10,000!]

[All of your Stats have increased greatly.]

[You gained Bonus Stat Points and Skill Points.]

[You earned +1,000,000,000 Credits.]

[You have successfully absorbed the Divine and Abyssal Essence of the Monarch of the Dark Skies.]

[Your soul has directly absorbed most of this energy, assimilating the Abyssal Power and growing larger, stronger, and more robust.]

[You have unlocked the Stat: [Soul Ether]!]

[Your Soul Ether has increased by +100,000,000!]

[You have absorbed the Faith of the Abyssal Monarch of the Dark Skies, who has terrorized countless worlds.]

[You gained +100,000,000 Faith.]

[Your Divinity Stat has increased by +15,000,000!]

[Furthermore, all of your other Stats have increased by +30,000,000!]

[You have developed the Soul Skill: [Abyssal Monarch of the Dark Skies Psyche (EX): Lv1]!]

[Soul Skill Slots have been unlocked. You can now equip Soul-specific Skills into these Slots, which will strengthen your Soul as you equip them directly into it.]

[You have acquired the Title: [Abyssal Monarch of the Dark Skies]!]

“Whew, that was gratifying—Huh?”

However, it wasn’t over, as my System reacted once more, generating what seemed to be “loot” from this immensely strong entity.

It was a black crown with red, eye-shaped jewels and a sword that resembled a katana, made of black steel and embedded with red, eye-shaped jewels as well.

I grabbed both, feeling their great power. They were like fragments of that monster, containing part of his power.

[You have looted the Monarch’s corpse, obtaining the Items: [Black Crown of the Abyssal Monarch of the Dark Skies (SSS+++ Grade)] and the [Abyssal Black Katana of the Dark Skies: Muramasa (SSS+++ Grade)]!]

“They’re honestly not half bad. Compared to things from Murim, they’re definitely almost Venerable-tier Relics.”

As I nodded, I descended, noticing that with team effort, the Miasmic Monsters were nothing against them.

“Well done, you guys! I think that’s the whole thing…” I said. “Look.”

I pointed to the skies themselves as everyone saw a new, green-colored text.

[Due to several calculations by the Tower Administrators and the approval of the Tower Master, the defeat of the Tower Guardian will be used as proof of these refugees’ “trial completion,” granting them Player ID access and Awakening.]

The Saurians started glowing as they suddenly unlocked Mana. However, using my System, I quickly veiled their bodies, prohibiting the Tower System from parasitizing their Souls.

“Thank you for your kindness, but I won’t let you parasitize their souls if possible,” I said, quickly grabbing the system seeds I detected and modifying them in a flash, giving each Saurian a unified System connected to mine. “Much better. I hope you don’t mind.”

[The {Tower Administrators} do not appreciate what you’ve done.]

[The {Tower Master} sighs, saying that it’s better to leave you alone.]

[The {Tower Administrators} and the {Tower Master} have left.]

“Well! I suppose that’s a victory for all of us. Well done, everyone!”

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