Chapter 798 Essence

Chapter 798 Essence

It was obvious that Michael's patience was worn out after several days of trying to break through Selena's defense. It wouldn't have been that bad if the Nest Leader had remained silent, but she provoked him tirelessly. It was almost like the Nest Leader initiated the 'training' session solely to provoke him.

"Is that all you got? I expected more from you when I watched you fight Ligno'vsh. Maybe I was mistaken about you," Selena mocked in a light tone. Her comment wasn't anything special, but combined with the other comments and her promise to never let him enter the Origin Expanse if he didn't break her defense, were enough to anger him ever so slightly.

[You're humiliating us...] The World Serpent declared at some point. Michael was about to respond to that when the Wolf Curse growled in agreement.

However, the Wolf Curse was also annoyed at Selena. It was obvious that she was stronger. She was an old granny who'd lived longer than most members of the Nest together. How was someone like Michael supposed to injure her?

Humiliated and annoyed at both Michael and Selena, the Wolf Curse and World Serpent chose to help a little. They aided Michael.

Michael sensed his access to the Major Seals improved dramatically. He didn't have any issues controlling the Major Seals in the first place, but the Wolf Curse and World Serpent's approval improved every aspect of the Major Seals. The improvements were significant as well.

Michael tapped into the power of the Major Seals while retrieving a few hundred Imperial Coins from the War Rune storage. Once the Imperial Coins spread out before him, Michael executed Swallow Domain. The Major Seal manifested as a massive, shadowy serpent maw that swallowed everything in its surroundings with one bite. The Imperial Coins disappeared alongside the surrounding energy and a big chunk of the arena ground.

Swallow Domain would have devoured Selena as well if she wasn't as overwhelmingly powerful as she was. The Nest Leader blocked Swallow Domain, and Michael could have sworn that Selena considered breaking the powers unleashed by Swallow Domain the instance he'd released them. But instead of doing so, Selena watched Michael. She didn't move an inch and observed the scenario that unfolded before her.

Everything Swallow Domain consumed could be instantly destroyed, but that wasn't what Michael had planned. He utilized Permute alongside Swallow Domain to consume the Imperial Coins and everything that Swallow Domain had devoured as well.

He formed a javelin from Extraction's essence, a single javelin, vibrant golden in color. It was brighter than the sun, in Michael's opinion. At least, for a quarter of a second, it felt like True Extraction's Essence had transformed into the sun, desiring to devour everything in its path.

Michael took a deep breath and unleashed Foundation Break at the highest stage he'd mastered, for a second, alongside ten Enhancement layers on Sacred Constitution, as well as Heavenly Beast Physique. Of course, Soul Grimoire's Soul Tears were also used on his Soultraits and Soul, further boosting his power.

Finally, Michael used as many enhancement layers on the True Extraction Essence javelin as he could handle. His arm started dissecting at some point. Even though the Wolf Cursed and the World Serpent used bits of their power to ensure that Michael wouldn't suffer major side effects from True Extraction's Essence, Michael was still injured.

However, he ignored his dissecting arm as much as possible. It was no problem.

If anything, Michael could use the pain to assault without hesitation. He grasped the Essence spear tightly, gathered every bit of strength and momentum in his body, and attacked.

He threw the Essence spear at Selena.

The fabric of reality distorted as the golden spear cut through the air with horrifying velocity. It reached the Nest Leader instantly and impacted heavily upon the finger she'd lifted to block the attack.

Eren's eyes widened from the outside. He swallowed hard, a quiet scream escaping his mind.

'You can do it!'