Chapter 1163: The Second Destructive Heaven, Valkyrie Armament (II)

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Inside the dimension-folding light tunnel, a colossal beast ten thousand kilometers long roared. Its massive body crashed against violent currents strong enough to tear apart true spirits, unleashing thunderous booms.

With Chen Chu’s presence serving as a precise anchor, the Dragon Emperor of the End’s movement through the tunnel was swift, already crossing more than half the distance. Yet traveling at such speed through dimensional depths came at a heavy cost. Even the Dragon Emperor began to feel a touch of emptiness in its body. It needed to feed.

It cast a glance around, golden vertical pupils cold and emotionless. Now and then, blurred phantoms flickered nearby. Each one represented a vast world. Though they seemed close, in truth they were immeasurably far. Even after leaving the tunnel, the Dragon Emperor would still need to fly for hours to reach one, so it merely looked and didn’t strike.

Time and space were sealed off, and it couldn’t tell the strength of those passing worlds. If it happened to target one guarded by a Primordial Sovereign, it would be troublesome. Time wasted, and nothing gained. Even so, the Dragon Emperor’s immense aura reverberated through the corridor, disturbing many powerful beings across countless worlds.

In a blue world made entirely of ocean, a majestic dragon’s roar shook the seas. Countless sea creatures lifted their heads toward the outer heavens, where the projection of a black-and-red colossal beast appeared, its wings spread to blot out the sky. Even separated by an entire world, the oppressive aura of destruction radiating from the beast struck terror into every being above the mythical level.

Boom!

The ocean erupted as a towering figure emerged, staring solemnly into the outer heavens.

Such a powerful aura of destruction.

Fortunately, the dreadful creature merely passed by, and its projection soon vanished. Similar scenes played out across many worlds. That day, countless powerful beings witnessed a black-and-red colossal beast soaring across the void, wings shadowing the cosmos as it exuded an aura that devoured heaven and earth.

Atop its head, the Silver Colossal Dragon, whose body was now over seven thousand meters after much growth, looked puzzled.

Ao Tian, how much longer must we fly?

The Dragon Emperor rumbled low, its voice shaking time and space.

Not much longer. We are almost there.

Then chaotic light erupted from its body. With a single beat of its wings, the space ahead collapsed, tearing open a hollow passage that pierced both matter and illusion.

Boom!

The Sea of Chaos surged. Amid the roaring shockwaves, the immense black-and-red beast emerged. Not far ahead, within the endless streams of chaotic energy, a seemingly ordinary black world floated, like a galaxy adrift.

At once, the Silver Dragon’s eyes lit up. It spread its wings, gathering frost into a raging blizzard.

Ao Tian, great Saixitia senses something inside that world. Many things, good things!

The Dragon Emperor’s maw curled into a savage grin.

Saixitia, your sense is right. That world indeed holds treasures.

The Silver Dragon slashed eagerly at the air with its claws.

Ao Tian, hurry! Let’s make rivers of blood. Kill them all, take everything, eat everything!

The black-and-red beast shook its head slowly.

Not yet. I haven’t finished my breakthrough. When I have fully advanced to the primordial level, then we strike.

Its golden eyes grew solemn as it gazed at the black world floating ahead in the chaos and the faint danger emanating from it. Unlike Chen Chu, whose strength rivaled the primordial level, but whose realm was still only at the late stage of the true spirit level, the Dragon Emperor was already a true primordial being. Its instincts were sharper than ever.

That world hid secrets.

The Dragon Emperor studied it deeply, then closed its eyes, folding its wings and sinking back into slumber. The metamorphosis within its body resumed.

Boom!

Centered on the ten-thousand-kilometer-long beast, a murky radiance spread outward, covering billions of kilometers like a barrier of its own world. This was the Primordial Heaven the Dragon Emperor condensed upon breaking through—"Chaos."

A Primordial Heaven was a primordial beast’s primordial world, evolved from its principle domain. It was akin to a Great Thousand World, though it contained only the "heavens." Within this vast expanse of heaven, a primordial beast was invincible in defense. No power short of the primordial level could harm it, and it was closer to the Sea of Chaos itself.

It was the difference between ordinary life and innate life. Its every move within the Sea of Chaos could draw on forces far stronger than before. For its first heaven, the Dragon Emperor had chosen the supreme principle of chaos as its core, condensing the Chaotic Heaven; a heaven that encompassed all things, and could contain everything.

Because it possessed two supreme principles, in theory the Dragon Emperor could bear two heavens upon advancing, so long as it had enough primordial power and creation force. For the Dragon Emperor now, that was no longer a problem.

As the murky light membrane spread across billions of kilometers, arcs of black lightning burst from the Dragon Emperor’s body. A darker, even stronger black curtain of light slowly unfolded around it.

Within the Dragon Emperor, streams of pure origin surged through its soul passage. The moment this energy appeared, it transformed into creation force and primordial power, condensing the Second Primordial Heaven, the Destructive Heaven.

This was the might of origin points. They had the ability to transform freely into whatever power Chen Chu required. So long as there were enough origin points and the foundation conditions were met, both Chen Chu and the Dragon Emperor could directly open their Second or even Third Primordial Heaven.

However...

[Condensing the Destructive Heaven through the colossal beast avatar requires six hundred thousand origin points. Current points are insufficient. Please replenish immediately or the process will be interrupted...]

At Valkyrie Academy, Chen Chu narrowed his eyes at the transparent interface, where his origin points had already dropped by two thousand in a blink. At this rate of consumption, ten thousand points would last no more than five hours. In addition, six hundred thousand points were required, two hundred thousand more than required for the First Primordial Heaven.

Still, it didn’t matter. The reserves of this world’s origin were more than enough for both him and the Dragon Emperor. Once Amitya’s awakening ended, he could dive deeper into the maze to harvest more origin.

Before Chen Chu, Fiorina, and the others’ eyes, about two hours later, a surge of power erupted from within the cocoon enveloping Amitya.

Boom!

The cocoon exploded. Golden radiance spread in all directions, transforming a kilometer of the dormitory area into a shining golden world. Within the brilliance, Amitya floated several meters above the ground. Her purple hair, once only waist-length, now cascaded to her heels, the tips glowing with golden light.

Not only had her hair transformed, but the girl who had been clad in only a white tube top and training shorts was now draped in ornate armor of black trimmed with gold. It resembled a slim, low-cut shirt that revealed half of her fair breasts, while a golden-rimmed black bow tied at her throat lent an air of fashionable elegance.

At her waist, a skirt of black-gold scales flared outward, revealing her pale thighs. Below the knees, thin black armor hugged her like silk stockings. Beneath it all were heavy, black metal-heeled battle boots that made the girl, already 1.75 meters tall, seem taller and more statuesque. Her legs looked impossibly long and straight.

Behind her, a black cloak billowed without wind. On either side, three pairs of elongated golden light-wings shone brilliantly, lending her a presence both valiant and alluring. In her hand, she gripped a three-meter-long black spear, its shaft coiled with markings like golden dragon scales.

She looked every bit a descended goddess. Powerful, beautiful, dazzling—this was the essence of a Valkyrie.

"Four-star—No, Amitya’s level has broken through to five-star." Isabelle, who had yet to awaken her Valkyrie power, stared in shock at the radiant figure in the sky.

"Five-star? Amitya’s accumulation of heavenly gift power was this deep?" Other students gasped, their faces full of disbelief.

Even Fiorina was shaken. "Not just her level. The Valkyrie armament she’s awakened is incredibly strong. The energy it radiates is no less than that of a nine-star Valkyrie."

Awakening her Valkyrie power, Amitya’s level leapt in one step to five-star. The armament she condensed was also incomparably stronger than any others’, so powerful it exceeded Fiorina’s understanding.

Ordinarily, a Valkyrie’s armament could enhance her strength by twenty to fifty times, granting potent abilities that allowed her to fight across major realms. That was why Valkyries stood above heroes.

Yet the aura radiating from Amitya’s armament now exceeded a hundredfold increase.

Could it be... because of him...?