Chapter 164: Disgusting

Chapter 164: Disgusting

How did I end up here

Sofia was currently stuck in a narrow bone coffin of her own making, with only a few holes to let air in. She couldnt open her eyes. Even if she kept them closed, she only saw white. Every bit of the coffins interior was covered in small ritual circles that shone like miniature suns. It was no exaggeration to say that a single one of them could obstruct your vision if you looked in its direction, let alone hundreds of them.

[Venerable physique of the primeval void] :

Third step : Become able to breathe light (0/100%)

Current step training method : Hold your breath in the brightest environment you can find.

All I need to do now is hold my breath.

About a minute later, Sofia gasped for air, her chest heaving wildly.

Thats got to hav-

[Venerable physique of the primeval void] :

Third step : Become able to breathe light (0/100%)

No way

Is this not bright enough?

She decided to try one more time but holding her breath as long as she possibly could.

She kept an eye on the counter while she held her breath. Well, my eyes are closed, but that still works.

Only when she felt she was about to pass out did the number start to climb.

[Venerable physique of the primeval void] :

Third step : Become able to breathe light (1.7/100%)

The aftermath was worse. It took her a long time to recover.

So I need to almost die for it to go up. Nice. Well then, screw this. Ill do it my way.

It took ten minutes to carve an undeath rune. Then much less time to die from asphyxia. No matter High her health, it quickly depleted after she ran out of air. The hardest part was to hold her breath; every fiber of her body wanted her to breathe.

She passed out.

Uh? I didnt die? Looks like I fainted. The rune is still there. I have about three hundred health left Hows the progress?

[Venerable physique of the primeval void] :

Third step : Become able to breathe light (17.36/100%)

Oh, thats much better! Then I only need to do this a few more times, and Ill be done. Ill heal first, though Ill make a blessed bone construct out of a bone ring and call it a day for healing. Give me that sweet 0.5% max health per second!

I should always have it on. Kind of dumb not to. Does Pareth even need a shield anymore?

She would have to think more about the best item to make with the blessing, but for now, she made a ring because the smaller the item, the faster it was to transfer the blessing to it.

She got rid of the rune and let her health climb back up, thanks to the ring blessed with [Bone dominus], while she channeled another rune.nôvel binz was the first platform to present this chapter.

Lets get at it again.

I need to get this as soon as possible then! Do you have an idea for the current training step? Im sadly used to raw hearts, but I dont know too many ice-magic-using monsters. And if the other steps are an indication, it will need to be strong monsters for it to work.

I do know a few potential targets, yes. The issue is whether theyre still around or not.

They were still around. Somewhere in the middle of the mountain chain above the Red Winds Empire was a cave full of giant ice spiders, their levels in the low two hundred. It wasnt even a dungeon, just a massive colony of spiders. Zereis black curse balls killed them in one hit.

Do spiders even have a heart? Alith asked.

Sure they do, yes, and these should be perfect for Sofias training because theyre quite big and very useful for fueling ice-type rituals. They even have an internal skeleton, if you see what I mean.

Quite big? Im not Ah, whatever, I ate my own. I can eat a spiders.

Considering the size of the spiders, Sofia hoped she wouldnt need to eat more than one, but she knew training a new step was never that fast. Carefully opening the abdomen of the headless spider that a curse ball had decapitated, Sofia almost gagged when she saw the heart. It was more like a long wrinkly tube than anything else. It was cold to the touch and about as long as Alith was tall.

I hope I dont need to eat too many

At least I get some new book summons out of this...

Seven. She had to eat seven of them, all the while feeling her throat and stomach freezing over and breaking, only kept in shape thanks to the High-priest skeletons constant healing.

Looks like Im done with this one.

Just to try out the effects, she took another bite. As expected, nothing happened, which was good. She could eat that like it was regular raw meat now. Hopefully, it proves to be a bit more valuable than that.

[Venerable physique of the primeval void] :

Fourth step : Become unhindered by the cold (100%)

Fifth step : Become untraceable in the spirit plane (0/100%)

Theres no preview at all for the next realm.

Zerei shrugged, Youll worry about that when you get there. What is the next steps training? Come on; we still have a lot to get you through. And how is the level of the graveyard going?

Since they were moving, Sofia had to train the graveyard skill instead of the blood one. She couldnt just flood everywhere with blood to train.

[Graveyard of the righteous] reached level 109

[Graveyard of the righteous] reached level 110

[Graveyard of the righteous] reached level 111

[Graveyard of the righteous] reached level 112

Its coming along nicely; gained four levels already. This steps training process, though Sofia insistently looked at Alith.

What?

Eh, let me read it for you: Current step training process, successfully hide from spirits with your consciousness in the spiritual plane.

Zereis ears perked up, Thats a challenging requirement, yes For anyone else! Ahahah!

So were playing hide and seek, and I always have to search? What a terrible fate, Alith said, shaking her head, but she was already turning back to her ghostly form.

Are we doing that right here among the spiders? Oh well, we can go through walls, so

Soffia summoned the graveyard skeletons.