Chapter 738 Good Omen

Devo and Delta are already backing away when they saw Rex jab his right arm into the Eye of Elemental, the purple tornado becomes even more chaotic, wiggling its body as if it was trying to propel Rex away.

But Rex stubbornly stood at his spot, activating every element inside his body.

Even though the prominent ones are the black lightning and the lunar light, the other elements that he newly gained also impacted the Eye of Elemental massively as it recognizes the affinities inside Rex's body.

Massive amounts of force blasted the area and even the rocks and pebbles started levitating.

Rex doesn't care that the Eye of Elemental is trying to rip his right arm to shred, he powers through it with his terrifying regenerative abilities that triumph over almost if not all Werewolves that exist in this current era.

Just as the chaos reaches its peak, a twist from his hand causes the Eye of Elemental to stretch.

It keeps on expanding and rapidly increasing in chaos before eventually the core inside of it cracked, and that simple occurrence alone shatters the entire Eye of Elemental and causes a thunderous explosion of elemental mana.

KABOOM!

Everything was devastated, the explosion was akin to a nuke and lay waste to anything it touches.

Devo didn't sit still as he harness every single energy inside his body and create a massive barrier that almost covers the entire shockwave in a desperate attempt to minimalize the destruction. But he is too hasty as his barrier doesn't last long.

Crash!

Only a small proportion of the shockwave was held back, the others burst through without restraint.

Judging from the sheer size of the explosion, the Dark Elves and the Tigerman race would've been able to witness this phenomenon from their respective kingdoms, and yet they know not to interfere with what's happening with the Eye of Elemental.

As the Eye of Elemental sticks out like a sore thumb, the two Kingdoms also know of its existence.

But neither of them tries to mess with the Eye of Elemental knowing that there's not one amongst them that endures its power and is better to be left alone since this phenomenon is not a common one and only appears during the most destructive of times.

Naturally, if they saw the Eye of Elemental shattered then it's safe to say they wouldn't investigate.

Someone that can crush a very rare phenomenon such as the Eye of Elemental is certainly that of the ninth-rank realm. If that kind of entity came without announcing, then it's safe to assume that the entity doesn't want to be disturbed.

Gradually, the shockwave fades leaving nothing but purplish smoke that lingers in the area.

Devo was injured from that explosion as he was trying to lessen the shockwave instead of protecting himself, it was a mistake as he thought that he can probably tank it knowing that the shockwave is not the Eye of Elemental itself.

But he was wrong, and half of his body was destroyed from getting hit by that shockwave.

Meanwhile, Delta came out of the blue and landed right beside the injured Devo. Only a little bit of charred furs can be seen here and there on Delta's body, she tries to get as far as possible and takes cover which is a smart move for her.

pαпdα Йᴏνê|,сòМ On top of that, the Deep-white Integument of Genri also contributed to protecting her.

As the purplish smoke dissipated, the two of them saw Rex still standing where he was earlier with his entire right arm covered in blood. But even then, steam came out of his right arm as it started to heal rapidly.

Even though he was standing directly beside the explosion, he was unfazed and standing strong.

Rex slowly turns around to face Devo in the far distance before a smirk appeared on his face, he then spreads his arms to the side and asked with a teasing tone, "See...? Are you enlightened yet old fool?"

"Che! I never knew you have that many affinities" Devo rebutted back.

If he had known that Rex has that many affinities then he wouldn't be so confident that he can't get all of the elemental stones created by the Eye of Elemental. But now, those stones are scattered around Rex and are piling into multiple mountains.

Half of the Dark Elves' elemental stones that were given to Rex are counted in wagons.

Despite the fact that Rex expected more from half of the entire Kingdom's stash given to him, that is already a massive amount for a regular Awakened and probably can even accompany them until they reach the seventh or even eighth-rank realm.

But compared to these mountains of elemental stones, that number is pathetic.

Flunged away from the Eye of Elemental's blast, the elemental stones have been scattered across the area. Each one of them is radiating its own unique elemental light, a testament to the incredible and finest grade of nature's craftsmanship.

Rex glanced around and can't help but hide his surprise, he was not expecting this much.

Counting mentally there seems to be at the very least nine mountains of elemental stones around him, each is two or three times taller than him which is a new sight for even someone like Rex that has already reached the top.

It's simply a tremendous amount, he seems to be blessed for meeting the Eye of Elemental.

'At the very least something gone right amongst these problems piling up around me...' Rex thought with a wry smile, it's about time that he gets some good news instead of receiving one bad news after the other.

Just then, a holographic box appears in front of him.

<Congratulation to the user on gaining the affinities of all fundamental elements and completing the Master of Element achievement! Anti-Elemental Body has been bestowed to the user!>

<Anti-Elemental Body>

It's a passive skill that upgrades the user's body into more resistance to elemental attacks. 20% of every attack that contains elemental mana regardless of the rank of the element will be nullified, giving the user a natural advantage in fighting Awakened. This skill is upgradeable up to 2 times.

Upon scanning these notifications, Rex can't hide his smile anymore, 'Great, this is great!'

With the Anti-Elemental Body he becomes way more effective in fighting the Executor, a great addition to his arsenal. Rex is quite satisfied with the travel to the Eye of Elemental, it has been very fruitful.

Snapping out from his daze, Rex went over to one of the mountains intending to store them.

Many would find it hard to store and transport this many elemental stones without being eye-catching to everybody that they pass, but that's not a problem that Rex will ever experience thanks to the Inventory feature of the system.

But as he was about to touch the mountain of elemental stones and store them, he stopped.

Rex's eyes catch something sparkling behind the mountain of elemental stones in front of him right now, he went over the mountain to investigate before his eyes completely widen. 'S- So many elemental' stones...' he thought while sucking in a cold breath.

As it turns out, the nine mountains were not all of the elemental stones inside the Eye of Elemental.

Due to the powerful force from the explosion earlier, there are some elemental stones that are thrown even further away and sparkle on the ground. Even the high-grade Light Stones, which only represent 8% of the total elemental stones numbering in the thousands!

Such a massive amount is way beyond Rex's expectations, he was not even close.

'I guess this should be enough to help most of us reach the eighth-rank realm or even the ninth-rank realm, and would also leave plenty enough to make the three guard leaders way stronger than they currently are...'

A moment later, Rex didn't idle and stored every single elemental stone in his inventory.

From the side Delta can be seen pulling a huge leather bag by her teeth and bringing it to Rex, the leather bag itself is bigger than Delta's body and it contains the elemental stones that she managed to amass.

"Nice work, Delta!" Rex complimented while rubbing Delta's head.

Due to the sheer amount of elemental stones, he needs help from Delta to gather them.

It would've been faster if Devo would help them gather the scattered elemental stones, but his physical body was injured from the shockwave earlier and needs time to recover. So he can only watch from the inside of Rex's body.

Something that Rex finds funny earlier when he realized that Devo is injured.

Rex hefts the large leather bag into the inventory and allows the system to count and catalog all of the elemental stones he received from this haul, he does it with great delight. With a cursory glance around, he finds that there is no glimmer or shine left. "Is that everything?" he queried.

Growl!

With a light growl and nodding her head, Delta replied as she too can't find any left in the area.

After realizing that the two of them have finally managed to take away all of the elemental stones which takes more than ten minutes, Rex opens the inventory in order to see just how many elemental stones he received from this.

A holographic box appeared in his vision before it expanded into the inventory interface.

Scouring through the inventory to find the elemental stones, he eventually finds them stacked against each other. With the help of the system's catalog, the high grade and the ultimate grade are separated and also each element is also separated from the other.

Hovering his eyes towards the high-grade lightning stones, Rex's eyes went completely round.

"7-75,600 lightning stones...?" Rex mused out of sheer shock.

Even though he already sees those mountains of elemental stones first-hand, this number still shocks him as if that is converted to gold then it would be converted into 7 million gold! It's going to be massive in developing his castle and his forces.

Moreover, that 75,600 lightning stones only represent 18% of the total pile.

If that's the case then overall he has received 420,000 elemental stones, a small portion of it being ultimate-grade ones that no one has ever seen. On top of that, he doesn't even know the conversion ratio for the ultimate-grade elemental stones.

Probably 1,000 for one if he follows the rule of the conversion ratio from the system.

'With this, the gold problem and the elemental stones problem are basically done. I and the others can focus on strengthening our Awakened side in preparation for the Executor' Rex thought, his eyes glimmering with determination.

He then decided to take two ultimate-grade elemental stones from the inventory and inspect them.

As this is the first time he has ever seen or known the existence of an ultimate-grade elemental stone, he desires to inspect it closely. Looking at the two piece of marbling crystals in his hand, he was mesmerized by their beauty.

Rex has never felt mana as pure as the mana emanating from these two crystals.

One is glowing brightly with a brilliant light with a spiraling orb hovering around it on the outside, while the other is cracking with electricity that reaches to the surroundings in chaos. A symbol of the element is carved on their surfaces, showing the purity of each one of them is untainted.

<Ultime-grade elemental stones>

It's a variation of the normal elemental stones that are birthed from a huge concentration of pure high-grade elemental stones. Each one of the ultimate-grade elemental stones contains dense mana, a hundred times more potent than the best high-grade elemental stones. Cannot be converted to gold, and is also able to hasten the progress of achieving arcane mana.

Upon reading the description, Rex more or less expected this kind of explanation.

But he was intrigued when he reaches the last part, 'Arcane mana, huh... I forgot about it but now that I'm focusing on my elements, I can try to turn my mana into arcane mana' Rex thought with a smile on his face.

Arcane mana is not a requirement for reaching the ninth-rank realm, any Awakened can reach it.

Of course, it's easier for those in the higher realm to turn their mana into arcane mana which is why the ninth-rank realm usually possesses arcane mana. It would take insurmountable years for those below the ninth-rank realm to evolve their mana.

Rex, on the other hand, is different. He now gains access to these Ultimate-grade elemental stones.

'Just how strong will I be when I achieve the ninth-rank realm in both Black Lightning and Lunar Light elements or even more alongside gaining Arcane Mana...? I don't know how strong but I would definitely be unstoppable!'