Chapter 1031 Ancient Region

Chapter 1031 Ancient Region

The Sacred Knight threw the broken shield aside and cursed. Michael, on the other hand, smiled when he saw a small group of Tekur Awakened charge ahead. Given the light spear's velocity and force, Michael could determine the star rating and or amount of Soul power residing within the Tekur attacking the Sacred Knights. 'Either 3-Star Soultrait or it is a 1-Star Soultrait unleashed by a Lord. But it doesn't seem to be either.' Michael tilted his head slightly while watching as one of the Tekur Awakened manifested another light spear. The spear was smaller than before, but it expanded and started glimmering after a few seconds. However, that was not the same Awakened's doing. 'Support Soultrait. I see.' One of the other Awakened used his Soultrait to augment the light spear, increasing its power drastically.

Michael watched the Awakened as they continued charging. They released the light spear, which threatened to pierce one of the Holy Knights, only for the light spear to stop in its tracks. It didn't slow down, but it froze instantly. One of the Tekur, probably the one controlling the light spear, cursed and screeched, but Michael merely scoffed.

Greater Psychokinesis was strong enough to grasp and control the light spear as long as he was given enough time to adapt to the projectile's power and speed. It had to be in his range and view to stop it, but those conditions were met easily. Michael tapped into Greater Psychokinesis again, hurling the attack at the charging Tekur Awakened.

One of the other Tekur Awakened didn't expect the light spear to come his way and was too late to respond. The light spear pierced through his chest, killing the insect on the spot.

Some Knights looked at him with a raised eyebrow, while the Sacred Knight, whose shield had been shattered, cursed, "Why didn't you do that earlier?" Michael shot him a deadly glare, which was how he silenced the Sacred Knight after he uttered a quiet, "...Sir..."

He turned away and charged the Tekur Awakened instead. Their attack had continued but they didn't dare to keep rushing at Michael at full speed. The Void Scales were hidden in Michael's Void Scale armor, leaving the Tekur Awakened clueless about what awaited them. Michael's Mythical Spear started glowing, which ushered the Tekur Awakened to respond.

They used their Soultrait Symbols and attacked again. However, this time, they didn't use their light spear. It worked against them once and might do so a second time. The risk was too high. Michael was fast enough to reach the Awakened in no time. He appeared before them and executed a quick blow, nearly piercing one of the Tekur's chest. The Tekur raised his blade-like arms to block the attack, only for the spear blade to pierce his arms instantly.

The Tekur screamed as his bladed arms cracked and fell apart, but the other Tekur Awakened immediately jumped into action to defeat Michael. They surrounded him, ready to tear him apart – quickly because the Holy Knights and Sacred Knights were about to reach them – only to end up miscalculating something: How exactly did Michael stop their light spear before?

Michael used the Soul Technique of Greater Psychokinesis. He spent a few days creating a Perfect Soul Technique for the Soultrait after doing the same for his physical-boosting Soultrait. Michael pushed Object Control, the Perfect Soul Technique, to its limit and released the sheathed Void Scales into the surrounding. The jagged end of one Void Scale pierced the throat of a Tekur before the insect could react, while the others suffered mild to severe injuries. However, they survived the surprise attack.

Maybe, at the end of the day, the Tekur would provide much more benefits than expected. After all...if he could acquire billions of SoulStar Fragments from billions of Awakened, Michael could slowly but surely advance his Soultraits to 10-Star. That would be incredible.

Both bodies of Michael grew stronger as the Untamed Jungle advanced to an Ancient Region. The intensity of all Links of Loyalty from residents in the Untamed Jungle increased considerably, pushing Michael's power to a higher level. At this point, Michael was probably stronger than most Demi-Gods even without his Soultraits, Divinities, Pure Aether, and so on. His bare body could beat the living shit out of most Dem-Gods right now!

A similar scenario occurred to his secondary body. Since Michael was still connected to the Links of Loyalty with his secondary body, it also grew stronger!

The extent was not that intense but since the secondary was still a Higher Lifeform rather than a Divine Lifeform pushing toward the physical prowess of a Demi-God, it gained a lot. 'If the Untamed Jungle keeps expanding and we're focusing on more massive settlements while also allowing the jungle monsters to spread and grow, as long as they don't do anything too stupid, I should have no issue pushing my territory population to one billion in the next few years. If nothing goes wrong, the Untamed Jungle should expand even faster as the borders stretch wider as long as I supply it with enough lifeforce, nutrients, and energy, though the primal root already solves the latter.'

Michael had a lot to think about, but it was clear that the Untamed Jungle and his Lord Powers would become an essential asset in his main body's prowess. He didn't know about the benefits of the Primal Region and how to advance the Ancient Region to a Primal Region in the first place, but if Michael could tell one thing for sure, it was probably that he couldn't afford to get expelled from the Origin Expanse.

Fortunately, that should be impossible now that he had a secondary body in the Origin Expanse. If everything went south, Michael would ensure to keep his secondary body weaker than everyone else. After all, his main body could do all the heavy work and fights, whereas the secondary body had some fun.

Thinking about fun, Michael chose to have some more fun with the corpses of the Awakened collected from the Tekur Nests and the planet outside the Origin Expanse. He siphoned their SoulStar Fragments and Soultrait Symbols, pushing Extraction in the main body closer to 10-Star.

It was only a matter of months, maybe even weeks until Extraction would transform into a Godly Soultrait, and Michael was eagerly waiting for this moment.

After all, God Soultraits were needed to defeat the Primal. Everything enhancing Michael's power was needed to defeat the Primal.

They weren't the first beings of the universe, and still alive for no reason!