Chapter 963 Joined
Despite obtaining multiple Soultrait Symbols from Michael years ago, the Nest had lost. "It's like Hesta said. After realizing how much our combat prowess increased, the Supreme Human Alliance focused its forces on the Curse Users. They failed to adapt quickly enough and lost five stellar systems to us, but that's nothing in the grand scheme of the cosmic wars," Selena sighed." Selena explained
"The Supreme Human Alliance stalled enough time by sacrificing five stellar systems and the forces protecting two large resource deposits to plan and counterattack. The first counterattacks failed, but once they removed their stronger forces from the frontlines with the Altors Union, it was impossible to block their attacks."
The Nest Leader was the least injured. She was already a Tier-9 powerhouse, a Demi-God with a powerful Curse and a combi of several useful Soultraits. She wasn't that easy to take out. Unfortunately, not every Curse User could fight against several Demi Gods simultaneously.
Selena sighed deeply, "The Altors Union is still on the losing side, but they have taken advantage of the Supreme Human Alliance's diverted focus. The Altors Union claimed a dwarven galaxy while the SHA was out there slaughtering the Nest. They could have helped us but decided against it."
A growl escaped her lips, "That's why we chose to terminate our contracts with them. They sacrificed half of the Nest to claim a dwarven galaxy. If their reinforcement had come to help us, we would have killed several powerhouses of the SHA without taking that many losses. But...it is how it is."
Selena's hyperactive and nonchalant nature was no longer present. Maybe it was shrouded by the seriousness of war, but Michael had a bad feeling about that. R/ê/Ad lateSt ch/a/pters at nô(v)e(l)bin/.c/o//m Only
"We're not fighting by the Altors Union's side anymore?" He asked Selena, who cursed softly.
"These motherfuckers can fight for themselves. We are going to attack the Supreme Human Alliance since they're the worst enemy to keep alive, but the Nest won't put any trust or loyalty into the Altors Union from this day onward."
'That is a little problematic,' Michael tilted his head. He had heard about the destruction of a few planets and the chaos some stronger Divine Lifeforms had swept across several stellar systems. One stellar system had been torn apart, and the dozen planets with billions of residents had each been destroyed and turned into smithereens.
Michael didn't like this. The War of Titan, as some called it, didn't have any winners. Everyone was on the losing side, sacrificing good people to gain a minor advantage. Some of them would gain anything from sacrificing several stellar systems, either.
Michael could do ungodly things with Cosmic Stride at this point. It was a miraculous Soultrait... A Soultrait perfect for Michael to use.
River of Vigor didn't evolve into another Soultrait Symbol, but the amount of advanced healing serum he could produce and store increased drastically. He could overclock River of Vigor and produce even stronger healing serum, which he could then store in the serum storage. That was one of the many things Michael had done in the last few years. He stored enough healing serum to bring him back from the verge of death...lots of times if necessary.
Upgrading the Soultraits in the Soul Sphere's middle area was slightly more complicated. Taming was still easy to upgrade, but it didn't evolve...and if Michael was to be truly honest, he wasn't sure if he needed Taming in the first place. Still, he upgraded the Soultrait Symbols because he was in need of the Soultrait Symbol's pressure. It put enough pressure on Michael's Soul to pain him right before his Divine Ascension. Maybe Taming would be useful in the future. It was an 8-Star Soultrait and had more than enough space to submit a bunch of Divine Beasts.
Michael considered removing Taming, but he chose to keep it because he feared he might need it at some point.
Meanwhile, Sphere of Elements was a truly powerful Soultrait. It cost the most to upgrade this mish-mash of a Soultrait Symbol to 8-Star, but Sphere of Elements, which evolved into Galaxy of Elements at 8-Star, was truly worth it. Galaxy of Elements granted Michael a better understanding of the elemental laws of the universe and access to much more power than most natural Elemental Awakened would use in their entire lifetime.
Meanwhile, Sphere of Elements was a truly powerful Soultrait. It cost the most to upgrade this mish-mash of a Soultrait Symbol to 8-Star, but Sphere of Elements, which evolved into Galaxy of Elements at 8-Star, was truly worth it. Galaxy of Elements granted Michael a better understanding of the elemental laws of the universe and access to much more power than most natural Elemental Awakened would use in their entire lifetime.
Upgrading Mind Watcher and Soul Grimoire was rather boring. Soul Grimoire had some interesting abilities, but its main selling point was connected to Death Call, which didn't change even after Soul Grimoire upgraded to 8-Star.
All in all, Michael's combat prowess increased drastically. Upgrading his Soultrait Symbols hadn't been simple, especially given the amount of space each Soultrait Symbol and God Curse occupies in his soul. It was bothersome to postpone his Divine Ascension until all Soultrait Symbols were pushed to 8-Star, but the result was worth it.
Michael's Soul was big enough to establish Links of Loyalty with several thousand powerful Awakened, and he could easily push one or even two Soultrait Symbols to 9-Star.
All he needed was enough SoulStar Fragments, but that could be solved easily.
After all, it was time for Michael to join the war against the Supreme Human Alliance for real.