Chapter 224: Dual Cultivation

The Kraken suddenly began to glow a strange hue as it released a familiar green energy.

Those at the Kraken could feel the rising energy and could not help but exclaim.

Grant Hermes's expression changed as he sensed the strange energy that was being released by the Kraken.

"Amazing. This entire Kraken is made of metal that contains Origin Energy!" Hermes was astounded.

Up in the heavens, the gigantic Titan's appearance had caused all of the nearby crafts to retreat.

"Commander! We need to get out of here! Now! The energy I'm detecting that the Titan is gathering! It's a mixture of New Great Britain's Lighting Rod technology, China's Magnetic tech, and Australia's EMP techs! It will disable the Void Travelers cloaking!" The Pilot of the Void Traveler used a powerful message delivery system ping that was actually just as complicated and as secretive and encrypted as the WGP's own transmissions!

The soldiers who had just landed to the Kraken a few minutes ago had yet to enter the Kraken's inner parts.

"Let's retreat." The Commander immediately ordered as he noticed the charging of strange energy that would reveal the Void Traveler.

"Sir?" One of the soldiers was surprised.

"We're not even going to try? Haven't we tested that the Void Traveler can protect itself from a full EMP attack?"

"You're underestimating the WGP too much. Haven't you seen that strange green energy that is around us? It's as if it's alive. I'm almost certain that many parts of our beloved Traveler will get damaged. And we can't afford to be discovered. Not now! We've crossed the WGP's Red Line! If we get discovered now, it will really look bad for the Americas. We retreat!" The Commander explained and gave his final order.

"Shift to Submarine mode now and hide in the waters! Dive down immediately and go as deep as you can! Don't wait for us! Once you confirmed that whatever the Emperor plans to do has happened, you move to retrieve us. We will rendezvous underwater!" The Commander quickly ordered and urged his teams to retreat.

"On it!" The pilot agreed and began to circle his invisible plane to avoid some of the more chaotic battles.

Up in the sky, the Emperor continued to look with an angry expression towards the incoming plane. He couldn't identify what technology appeared that could actually eat the Jörmungandr.

He began recording the images he could see and immediately broadcasted it towards the many WGP bases.

"I wasn't able to capture it, but that pale green energy ate the Jörmungandr. It seems to be a form of Origin Energy. I cannot help but conclude the worst. One of our own, no... maybe more than one... But someone with the authority of an Emperor or even a Sovereign has betrayed us! I will be activating the Pandora's Box without waiting for authorization. Emperor Odinsbane has gone dark, and for a brief moment, I lost contact with Empress Everhiss. In fact, I lost contact again. I have to end this." The Emperor narrated.

The Emperor glared at the approaching aircraft and decided that he couldn't wait anymore.

The colossal Titan was far from complete. Only parts of its body had been formed, but more parts were yet to complete its docking.

Suddenly, a familiar green electric energy began to charge around the Titan. It was as if a green sun emerged to bear the Kraken. At the charging, the various air crafts that were hovering nearby went to a full retreat.

Even the Vampires up on the sky began to flee and left the Eagleman alone and retreated.

"Let's see if your little plane can handle Pandora's Box!" The Emperor roared as he ignited the energy.

A green energy wave shot towards the plane. A robust electrical shockwave erupted out and covered half of the Kraken.

The various aircraft that were within range all began to plummet. Even the multiple bats that fought Eagleman started to freefall from the sky as they were struck by the electric energy.

Various werewolves were also struck and made them unable to move.

If Typical hadn't used his powers, Cliff and the rest would have been fried as well.

The Void Traveller was actually caught in the blast, but for some strange reason, its cloaking was not undone!

As for the energy wave, it rushed towards the airplane.

The Green mouth opened once more and tried to bite the energy, but the heat was too much, and it blasted through the mouth and eradicated the airplane.

BOOM!

The Emperor finally sighed at the sight of the explosion. He managed to destroy that aircraft.

But his relief was not short-lived as he noticed fluctuating energy that remained. He scanned the location of the destruction and continued to hasten the process of forming the Titan.

At the falling debris of the shot down the craft, a large cylindrical, black metal object could be seen.

It was one of the taboo weapons that made the WGP angry and almost wanted to invade China. But China presented to the world a Rule and claimed that the WGP attacked first and prompted them to use this weapon.

It was the Qilin's Horn. It remained undamaged as if nothing managed to hit it. Beside the Qilin's Horn were two figures who apparently boarded the Qilin's Horn.

Meng and Rosa sat on two prepared seats inside the Horn.

"This is an impressive weapon." Rosa couldn't help but admire.

"It cannot fully release my power, but it makes good use of it. Come. Let us see if the impossible miracles of this device are as Lennox said it would." Meng sat down as they began to activate the weapon.

The Emperor immediately moved towards the falling Horn. He sent out many energy attacks that were made of bright green energy.

But almost immediately, several icebergs appeared on the skies and blocked the green energy. But what was startling was that the ice had a pale green film around it, which began to devour the heat as it struck the ice.

All over the Kraken, several persons couldn't help but look at it.

Somewhere, was Richie who was chasing an invisible aircraft. He couldn't help but pause and turn and admire the scene.

"Ah... Love. How strong." Richie laughed. He couldn't help but recall the Tyrant Empress.

"I wonder if we..." Almost immediately, he slapped himself.

"Damn! I almost died!" A cold chill ran across Richie, and he focused on chasing the invisible ship. Beside him were several humans all clumped up together like a ball. A woman was within the pile and managed to stay awake. But her body was so weak. She received a lot of electrical charges from the Titan and almost died.

On another part of the Kraken, Seeker was closely chasing the Empress and couldn't help but look up with a strange expression.

"Wow. Those two must have had some good fun after they got married! Ice and Desolation?" Seeker shook his head and continued his chase.

As Seeker had guessed, the Ice blocks that were created were a combination of two Paths. The Horn was a mysterious device that held Lennox's greatest sciences.

When Lennox appeared a few weeks ago before Meng, he revealed this weapon and explained that this was a prototype designed for the two of them. It was also a device that was designed to allow them to train in a particular method.

"Dual Cultivation training?" Meng was stunned. For the Dragon to be this amazed meant it was something so miraculous.

"I took the liberty and used the Qilin's Horns designs to recreate a cultivation chamber. It is powered by two things. Cold Fusion, and since it is made up of the cells from the arm you cut off a month ago, it can withstand your desolation and, in fact, empower it."

Meng's expression remained horrified.

"You found a way to fuse my Desolation and Rosa's Cold Fusion?" Meng expressed in shock.

"Yes. Ultimately, this device can allow the two of you to share energies and attempt basic combinations. The more skilled you get at it, the lesser energy you need to create. Of course, I hope that this will help you and Rosa combine your powers without any external stimulus."

"Such a thing would create a large fluctuation. I do not know what kind of energy the combination would release. Still, it would be detected by the WGP or the Aragarians."

"Yes. That's why you can only use and train in it during battle. I'm sure the time you two can train in it is near. Based on Seeker's history, there should be an unexpected event that will force us to fight. At least, that's what my son told me." Lennox shrugged and walked away.

And so the time was here. With the excuse of using a weapon of mass destruction to attack the Kraken, the pair immediately began to use it. On their first attempt, the combination was too weak.

Going back to the present, the various green lights that the Emperor released could no longer penetrate the pale-green icebergs on the sky.

"Love... I think you should employ more Desolation. Don't worry about me. Your cells have already granted me the energy, as Lennox has theorized. Who knew Dual Cultivation could actually cause our cells to be so familiar with each other?"

"Maybe after this, we can continue it to further familiarize our cells. More dual cultivation sessions." Meng gave a daring smile.

Rosa blushed and smiled as well.

"Um... Guys. I kinda linked my sounds to talk to ALL of you. I didn't expect to hear such a bold conversation right here on the battlefield." Richie couldn't help but mutter.

"RICHIE!" Rosa was shocked that she cried out loud.

"You go, girlfriend! Tame that Rising Dragon!" Seeker encouraged Rosa as he chuckled.

"SEEKER!"

"Not just us, too. Even Typical and Cliff is here." Seeker laughed again.

"..." Typical retreated from his ongoing battle with the werewolves and tried his best to be entirely silent.

"TYPICAL!" Despite trying to hide it, Rosa clearly heard strange sounds of a battle from where Typical was.

"Ma-Master. Madame." Typical could no longer hide it as he had to fight. So he gave his greetings.

Cliff chose to remain silent because he wanted to live long enough to see his next birthday.

"Boss? What's going on? Why did you link us all?" Sammy Theoden asked.

"WHO! ARE! YOU?!" Rosa was fuming with anger. Meng kept quiet but was also clearly embarrassed.

"Erm... I guess I should not have intruded. Oh, look! The Titan is preparing another large-scale attack! I guess you two should get busy... Erm... And I don't mean that to have any sexual innuendos! None at all! Talk to you later, guys! I just called to say to all of you that I found my ticket to America and will probably leave you earlier. Sammy, follow my instructions..." The sound link immediately disconnected.

The Titan readied its large sword as green energy gathered.

"Damn him! Damn him! If I don't freeze his lips, I wouldn't be human!" Rosa cursed as Meng kept silent and gazed at the sword-wielding Titan.

"It's his fault!" Meng exclaimed and pointed to the screen, which displayed the Titan.

"Yes! Let's kill that stupid Titan!" Rosa roared.

Cold fusion occurred and created a dragon-like creature using the Qilin's Horn as a core. A miraculous sight was shown as the ice was not dead but now seemed alive.

Pale-green energy enveloped the ice dragon as it charged to face the Dragon.

The scene was like the tales of old, where Knights would challenge dragons.

Meanwhile, back on the Kraken, Seeker was chasing the Empress. The Rule of the Empress traveled on a slower pace than the speed that the Emperor used to return to the Kraken as he initiated the Call of Titans.

Seeker maintained an impressed look as he saw the strange things occurring in the dimensions beyond.

"Impressive. As expected of the fat cow of Earth! A single Kraken could bankrupt an entire nation!" Seeker laughed as he charged forward to fight the Empress.

"So this is it... You guys have managed to find a science that actually affects the fourth dimension. But you're control is just weak. To bad. You guys had it wrong. The only thing that can control the other dimensions is something that can house something beyond the dimension. And that is the human brain. That which houses the soul or spirit." Seeker continued to mutter.

The Empress was startled at his words.

"I have to return to the Rule, and I won't have any excuses for disconnecting my connection once I get in the Rule. It has greater technologies, after all. If I don't get in the Rule, they will suspect even me of betrayal. I sent that ping to the Emperor to make him know I am alive." The Empress explained her actions when she got the opportunity to be of some distance from Seeker.

Seeker sneered. He knew that the Empress has more than one motive for stating that. A part of the Empress would easily betray Seeker after all. Seeker knew that if the Empress can find any hope to kill Seeker, she would.

"Go ahead." Seeker laughed.

This surprised the Empress. She thought that Seeker would be wary of getting her back on a Rule.

"If I get in the Rule, I will be forced to showcase and really try to kill you." The Empress warned.

"Have you succeeded in your previous attempts?" Seeker sneered.

The Empress grew angrier. With her Rule, she would have more power, and she was confident that she should have enough firepower to kill the young man before him. Now that even the Emperor was forced to reveal the Call of Titans, she won't need to obey the technological limits imposed and could go all out.

"I won't kill you, but I'll surely payback this humiliation!" The Empress vowed as she entered the Rule as the two began to clash that caused immense and terrifying fluctuations.

She retreated towards an area where a group of Armors was moving.

These were the Armors of the Commanders!

"Commanders! Protect me!" The Empress shouted towards the Armor as she was to merge and allow the Armor to repair her and prepare for her own Invoking. At that point, the Empress no longer communicated with Seeker. They would now fight for real.

Seeker observed from afar but heard the Empress's vow.

"Eh." Seeker shrugged without a care as he rushed towards the Rule. An Armor moved towards Seeker to block it. Its entire body was emitting a strange force that resonated with the energies the colossal Titan above emitted.

Seeker clenched his fist and glanced at the Armor.

"I guess I have to be serious too."