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"Battle Physique!?" Shin stared blankly at the strings of notifications in front of him, unable to decide how he would react.
Aside from his Transcendent Race and Class, this top-class Battle Physique was one of the reasons why he had superior stats compared to most of the players. It was also ranked higher even among the top gods of the game.
But it had been a while since he had received any update about this Battle Physique. If he had not received this notification from the system, then he would most likely forget about the other special effects that it possessed.
The said abilities were locked until certain conditions were met, which he suspected at that time would only be unlocked once he reached the Tier 3 Class.
Since he had not received any notification about it the moment when he got promoted to the third tier of his class, he had almost forgotten about it.
While he was processing everything inside his head, another set of notifications rang in his ears.
*Ding*
System: Detected a natural enemy! Activating the Mark of Eclipse's Transcendent Berserk Skill – Metamorphosis!
System: Please select your mode of transformation – Decent of the Fallen God or Demonic Transformation.
Shin stared blankly at the notification before subconsciously choosing the former choice because it sounded a little cooler.
*Ding*
System: Activating the Mark of Eclipse: Metamorphosis – Decent of the Fallen God!
Swoosh!
Shin suddenly felt an unknown surge of power filling his body. It seemed to come from within him, enhancing all his battle capacities and boosting all his stats.
At the same time, he also felt that all active skills of the [Yamato], particularly the ones that were meant to enhance his stats and other abilities, were simultaneously activated.
Not only that! Even the skills of the [Nephilim's Gemini Mask] had also been activated – the Spirit Summon, Spirit Fusion, and Spirit Possession were all activated at the same time, adding to the berserk skills and had already been activated.
During all these transformations, Shin felt that the wings on his back became part of his body, and no longer had the foreign feeling that they had. Even the [Yamato] itself seemed to have become an integral part of himself.
As for the black-and-white, half-smiling and half-crying mask, transformed into a mask that did not have any expression. Aside from its blank face and plain black color and white eyes, there was also the golden emblem of the Church of the Sun and Moon at the center of its forehead.
At the same time, the same emblem was formed behind his head and became a crown made of sacred energy. It was very similar to what Lucy had, during his promotion quest, but in a smaller version.
Bang!
Shin unconsciously spread the wings behind him wide, sending powerful ripples in the air.
At the same time, another set of notifications flashed in front of his eyes and rang in his ears.
*Ding*
System: Metamorphosis is complete! The Godly Abilities of your Heavenly Fighting Physique have been activated accordingly!
System: Your Solar Reaper Solus has sensed the power of the fallen god from your body! Her Eternal Flame is temporarily promoted to the next level.
System: Due to the powers of the fallen god that you possess, your understanding of space and dimension greatly improved. You are now able to harness the Void Powers without restraint during the entire duration of the Metamorphosis.
System: Gods govern the physical and spiritual realm even if they were alive or dead. Your command over matter (Earth and Metal) has drastically increased.
Along with the sudden surge of powers that he had received, Shin also noticed that his control over the elements that Solus, Hanzo, and Astaroth had sharply improved and became more powerful.
Each of the elements that he controlled had become comparable to the Primordial Lightning!
With this, he would not be able to showcase a different version of his Myriad Transformation Swordsmanship, especially since he could now add Hanzo's possession to the mix.
Boom!
At this point, his connection to the world seemed to have grown stronger as well, making his domain skills more powerful.
The range of the Monochrome Field had become much larger while the suppression and boost that it provided became stronger accordingly.
The field of the dull world had increased almost reaching the sky and affecting the surroundings to a greater extent.
Ashura, who was not in a hurry to attack, patiently waited for Shin. When he saw that the latter did not only disappoint but also exceeded his expectations, he could not help but feel satisfied.
He then spread his wings while emitting a powerful energy, activating his version of domain skill.
Swoosh!
The people watching the battle were barely able to catch their figures amid the chaotic energies caused by their skills, so it was close to impossible to find the two when they were also moving at extreme speed during their brief melee exchanges.
If not for the flashes of lights that were appearing from time to time and the repeated explosions that erupted during their collisions, then it would be even harder to get a glimpse of their figures.
And if this was not enough, the two did something even crazier.
Seeing that the range of his attacks was no longer enough to contain Shin, as well as his powerful strikes, Ashura suddenly distanced himself from the opposing side before extending a dragon-like finger of his left hand and drawing a series of runes in the air.
Bang!
A moment later, when the magical sequence that Ashura had written was completed, a spark of lightning suddenly flashed down from the sky.
Boom!
A moment later, a golden lightning pillar was suddenly summoned, descending from the high heaven.
It had a blinding light that illuminated the entire place.
And when this lightning pillar slowly receded, a gigantic humanoid figure suddenly walked out of it.
This giant stood like a towering skyscraper as its head was already touching the clouds in the sky. It was a dozen times taller and larger than the three-faced quasi-battle spirit that Ashura had.
The giant was also clad with a full set of exquisite armor, making it look like an immortal warrior of ancient times. This head was also fully covered by a golden helmet that complemented its immortal armor. On its hand was a huge glaive with a handle filled with dragon scales and a dragon head at the segment connecting the handle and the blade of the glaive.
'Sacred Keeper Special Skill: (Exclusive) Immortal Calling'
Seeing the towering golden giant, Shin slightly tilted his head to the said before licking his lips. "You are not the only one who can call for assistance."
After that, he suddenly sheathed the [Yamato] before raising his hand and pointing toward the sky.
Crackle! Crackle!
Boom!
There was a strike of lightning from the sky first, connecting to Shin's index figure before a huge spatial tear appeared there.
Crack! Crack!
Then a pair of horrifying hands with sharp claws and obsidian scales suddenly reached out from it and started tearing the space, widening the dimensional fracture in the sky.
A moment later, a huge head of a dragon suddenly peeked out of it as it pulled itself from the dimensional tear.
'Duplicator's Eyes (Copied Skill): (Modified) Summon The Eclipse Dragon'
Roar!
When the dragon finally pulled out its body from that hole in space, it released a deafening roar that shocked both heaven and earth.
Under the might of this apex predator in the universe, everything would tremble in fear while other creatures had to kneel in submission.
Purple flames were leaking out from the mouth of this dragon with obsidian scales and huge wings. It glared at the golden immortal giant in the distance while growling savagely.
Shin stood at the head of the Eclipse Dragon while looking at his opponent.
On the other hand, Ashura stood on the shoulders of the golden immortal giant, staring back at Shin.
There they seemed to agree not to attack for the time being to catch their breaths. Those intense exchanges that they just had required a lot of focus and burned their concentration heavily.
They needed a few moments to catch their breaths and adjust their minds before resuming.
After a few moments, the two sides were finally able to adjust themselves and ready for another round.
And as if they agreed on it once again, they urged their respective summons to move.
Bang! Bang!
The Eclipse Dragon suddenly pounced forward, flapping its wings violently and opening its mouth widely to spit a ball of purple flame toward the opposing side.
Roar!
On the other hand, the Golden Immortal Giant slid forward, dragging its huge glaive before swinging it forward to cut through the flame breath of its opposition.
Boom!
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