122 Chapter 122: Next level!

Corrosive death aura poured out of the cave and two figures emerged, both looked tired and worn out while they gazed at the entrance of the cave with fearful expressions on their faces. Derik and Cyrus soon emerged, walking out of the cave with neutral expressions on their faces.

"With the appearance of Samael, I think it will be foolish to kill both of you now… if what Cyrus said is true then he will come after us and I doubt we will be able to resist if we are separated" Derik snorted and retrieved his aura.

He sneered and walked back into the cave without uttering another word to them. Cyrus simply chuckled and watched him walk into the cave.

"I suggest you all rest and recover your lost energy… we will move in groups now, to make it harder for the fallen archangel to operate around us when he eventually gets here" Cyrus said before walking into the cave.

Ahika and Zaylee were terrified and confused. Even though Derik and Cyrus spoke on recovering and recovering energy for their inevitable clash with the fallen angel Samael, they couldn't help but feel insecure.

Their guardian spirits have continually spoken on the life and death elements been able to suppress the rest because of their unique features but they refused to believe, thinking it was all a hype. But on this very day, Cyrus had a cultivation base of low-grade of the bronze realm and was still able to suppress Ahika and Zaylee.

Looking back on his battle with Derik, Ahika realized that Derik had slaughtered more than half of his clansmen and battled him as equals for long without falling into a disadvantaged position, and this is when Derik refused to use his limiter path.

"We can only work with them for now… I'm afraid that we are not his opponents and when the fallen archangel appears if what the life mage kid said is true… then we will have to depend on Derik to defeat him" Zaylee let out a sigh as she spoke to Ahika and then walked into the cave.

Ahika only hesitated for a while and walked into the cave.

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At the deepest part of the cave, Derik sat down cross-legged with Cyrus by his side who was currently suffering from the backlash of the limiter path.

His visage was cold and his eyes were vicious as he stared at the direction where Ahika and Zaylee came in through. Truth be told, Derik despised these two people, if not for the Samael threat he would have killed these two and swallowed their souls.

"Death magic: Miniature accursed gate of the underworld!" Derik finally spoke after pondering for a while.

His hand grabbed the void and he easily tore it open right.

"Shadow lurker… protect us while we rest" Derik said indifferently while looking at the pair of blood-red eyes in the darkness of the small passageway.

The shadow lurker only nodded to his words and stayed silent. Just a few seconds ago, Derik broke through the mid-grade of the bronze realm and officially entered the peak grade of the bronze realm. His was pretty sure that his aura has changed slightly, becoming more corrosive and dangerous, while the others meditated Derik found it as the right time to speak to Demos

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Derik's lanky figure appeared in dark world and a weak smile appeared on his face. The negative feelings he can draw from this place had increased tremendously after the battle with Ahika, it is safe to say that he has a small army of lizardmen in his latest soul army.

"You seem to be excited by the souls you have acquired… you don't have to worry, when you break through into the silver realm, I will teach you how to use them in battle" Demos voice resonated from behind.

Derik gritted his teeth and clenched his feet, he felt defeated…

"Do you really have to appear behind me at all times?" Derik asked as he turned to face Demos.

"The day you prove to be my equal I will stop doing this if it still annoys you then" Demos raised an eyebrow as he spoke.

"Is this about my battle with the guardian spirit of fire's host?  I know I messed up, I got distracted by the feeling of controlling the negative feelings… I let my guard down, I was careless" Derik said lowering his head. He felt like he has failed his master and didn't dare look him in the eye.

"You're the first death mage to lose to a blazing flame mage, do you know that?" Demos knitted his eyebrows.

He patiently waited for Derik's response but it didn't come, Derik just stood there and stared at his feet, clearly embarrassed by his actions. He suddenly a strong hand gently stroke his hair and he quickly looked up to see Demo's face.

"But you're the first to reach the peak grade of the bronze realm at such a young age… You're the only death mage to enter a sky rift alone and make it this far and you will be the first death mage to conquer the dungeon alone! I have faith in your strength" Demos laughed.

Derik was touched, he smiled warmly and nodded repeatedly

"I won't fail you… I'll rather die trying than leave empty-handed… I swear it!" Derik patted his chest with his fist as he spoke.

Demos smiled and said nothing, diving deeper into the darkness slowly. Derik smiled and followed tightly behind, waiting for Demos to speak.

"Have you ever considered what you wish to have as your second path?" Demos asked. " Your friend Cyrus has mastered another path and he used it to suppress the lizardman from the blazing lizard clan and the lightning girl from Cato" Demos added

Derik was astonished by this, he didn't know what happened up there and he didn't really ask.

"If I and Cyrus should battle each other to the death right now… who do you think will win" Derik suddenly asked.

"With no external factors, just abilities… right?" Demos asked

"Yes… just our abilities…" Derik answered

Demos frowned and rubbed his chin as he pondered on this topic for a while, he looked at Derik and sighed

"At this point, You will win but will be crippled and unable to cultivate afterward… I doubt the injuries you will receive from that battle is something your werewolf regenerative powers can handle" Demos finally said with a strange look on his face.

Derik was taken off guard by this, he never expected such a reply from Demos. Cyrus was still at the low-grade of bronze realm and he was at the peak of the bronze realm. Yes they both had the limiter path which boosted their overall competence, he had the negative emotions which he could draw from his realm to strengthen himself even further.  And then there is his avatar and the brilliant claw, bother are silver level techniques which he can use to topple his enemies and overwhelm his foes.

"He mastered the guardian path… this is one of the most powerful paths known to man… I seriously don't know what method Michael used to impact such a powerful path into him but I do know one thing… Michael must have paid a bitter price to achieve his goal… he must really have faith in that kid Cyrus" Demos laughed

"Guardian path? How can a single path make up for all the differences between us? How powerful is that path?' Derik asked

"Powerful enough to make the user capable of fighting people a whole realm and defeating them, a realm not grade. Meaning at the low-grade of the bronze realm he can win against warriors at the low-grade of the bronze realm… since he has the limiter path he can boost his competence all the way to the peak grade of the bronze realm… and with his Favored child of life ability which no one seemed to notice in his battle against Ahika and Zaylee, he was able to boost his power all the way to the low grade of the silver realm by drawing power from the life force of all living things around… his power can rival that of a low-grade gold realm mage at that time, that's why he could suppress Ahika and Zaylee!" Demos explained everything slowly

Derik was shocked to the core, a low-grade bronze realm mage is capable of producing attacks at the low-grade of the gold realm. Its only natural for him to be terrified of Cyrus at this point. That's two realms ahead! Two f##king realms!

His thoughts suddenly drifted to a different direction as he thought of something, what if Demos impacted the same path on him, wouldn't that make him even more dangerous? A smile appeared on his face and his fiery darkish purple eyebrows and eyes lit up and burned fiercely.

"I can't help you with that" Demos smiled bitterly as he could already tell what Derik was thinking.

"Why? How? " Derik asked disappointed.

"All guardian spirits are at the mid-grade of the demi-god realm… Only Samael tried to grow in power and gather more strength by stealing the life force of other living beings created by the creator… When I brought you back to life, my permanently power reduced at the low-grade of the demi-god realm and it cannot go below that… we guardian spirits must remain at that realm or else we will be replaced and we will most likely fade away" Demos explained while looking at Derik with strange emotions in his eyes. It was as if he was scared of Derik's possible response.

"I see… if that's the case then we will skip that part… what other paths do you think will be more suitable for me?" Derik said casually.

Demos let out a sigh of relief and smiled at Derik warmly. He thought that Derik will remain adamant on wanting the guardian path and not care about his existence, that's why he felt so tense at first. He really didn't know that Derik would just brush it off like its nothing and change the subject easily.

Demos felt grateful…

"Gaining another path at your current realm is beyond my current abilities but I have something that will help take your fighting competence to the next level!" Demos said with a smile.

Hearing this, Derik's eyes lit up and he felt extremely excited by this.

"Since you've made it to the peak of the bronze realm, you should be able to utilize your avatar at will without having to take off your limiters…" Demos explained

"Unlike Gerald whose avatar is only as strong as he is, we can make your avatar more lifelike and supernatural being… make it a separate entity of its own… it will increase its efficiency in battle" Demos laughed.

Derik's eyes sparkled like that of a child when he heard this and a wild smile appeared on his face.

"Let's do it!" Derik laughed.

"Hahahahahahaha!!!! Let's take you to the next level!" Demos laughed