Chapter 202: Black Myth Ruins (9), Esoteric Power Arts

Chapter 202: Black Myth Ruins (9), Esoteric Power Arts



[You have explored 3 high-tier islands. You cannot explore any more high-tier islands.]

'Tsk, so the limit is three instead of five like in the mid-tier island zone.'

Each high-tier island gave him 45 resource treasure chest after completing 3 challenges and additional random rewards from Dangerous Encounters.

Total loot acquired so far:

-Resource Treasure Chests x 300.

-Resource Treasure Crates x 11. (For breaking damage records eleven times).

-One Paragon-rank Set (mid-grade).

-Enlightenment Stone x 3.

-Random Equipment Chest x 3.

-Paragon-rank items and equipment x 8.

-Innate Gears x 6.

From the dangerous encounter with three high-tier Island, Aleron got a total of 3 Enlightenment Stons, 3 random Equipment chests, and 3 Innate Gears.

The first high-tier island's dangerous encounter gave him a total of 4 items as a reward as he got a Spirit Beast Summoning Scroll, but the next two high-tier islands only gave him 3 items as rewards after winning against their dangerous encounters.

Finally, it was time to enter the central tower and he was the first one.

[You have arrived at the Black Myth Island and acquired first rank in the Event. But the event is not over yet.]

[This central island is for bonus rewards. Here, you will find Esoteric Shrines at various spots, each bearing a challenge and a reward-Esoteric Power Arts.]

[Esoteric Power Arts are a lesser version of Mystic Paths belonging to various forces in the upper cosmos. You can learn Esoteric Power Arts as an Ascension-rank powerhouse to increase your combat power.]

[You can take a look at multiple shrines to know about their Esoteric Power Arts, but you may only pick a single Esoteric Power Art.]

'Ohhh, that's interesting. It did mention Esoteric Power Arts in the information panel when the event started, but this thing never appeared so far. But it turns out, this is only for those who manage to reach the the central island.'

[Gachapi: Yeah. This is good for Warlords in general. They can learn an Esoteric Power Art here, then if they ascend, they would have an easier time building their first Mystic Path since it would be related to their Esoteric Power Art. More so if they get support from a Faction there.]

'That's good indeed. Let's see how they are then,' Aleron spread his Monitor Dome, which was limited to a 100-meter radius.

He was in a thick bamboo forest on a mountain at the edge of the island and sensed a single strange power source within his radar.

With a teleport, Aleron arrived there and saw a small shrine with a statue of a lizardman with two long antennae, a muscled physique, and a spear in his hand that pointed as if attacking the sky.

As he looked at this shrine, a window panel popped up in front of the shrine.

[Hazeflame Drake Spear Art]-1-star Esoteric Power Art.

'Nah, I don't even want to check it. Let's find some higher star shrines.'

Aleron continuously teleported deeper into the island and the second shrine he encountered had a 2-star Esotic Power Art.

He went even deeper before encountering a 3-star Esotic Power Art shrine.

In the end, it turned out that 3-star was the limit.

Aleron had arrived at the center area of the island, and all the shrines he checked here had 3- star Esotic Power Arts.

'I'll pick the coolest 3-star Esotic Power Art. Fuck it,' Aleron teleported and arrived in front of a black shrine with a wolf's statue of ink-like purple patterns on black fur.

[Shattered Sky Broken Light Art]-3-star Esoteric Power Art.

Aleron touched the statue and a notification popped up.

[Do you wish to challenge the shrine?]

'Yes.'n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

'Maybe there's one or two more somewhere, but I am pretty confident because although there are many colorful flowers, this particular one is very scarce since that Dream Wolf has been

eating one or more flowers every 10 or 20 seconds.'

*Awooo!*

Suddenly, a dreamy mist appeared near that flower and a beautiful and majestic wolf formed there. Opening its mouth, the wolf was about to eat the flower with a delightful look in its

eyes.

But in the next second, a fireball struck the wolf from behind, causing it to release a yelp of pure surprise, albeit an unpleasant one.

[You have successfully caught the Dream Wolf. Congratulations.]

In the next second, the Dream Wolf turned into a magical sparkling mist that condensed into a rune and shot toward Aleron.

[Astral: Holy shit. What if that wolf didn't drop that petal, Mastah? Wouldn't you have failed

then?]

'Hahaha, I might have, I don't know. But that doesn't matter because we won,' Aleron grinned as he arrived outside after getting the rune containing knowledge of Shattered Sky

Broken Light Art.

[Gachapi: Nah, that wolf would still drop that petal in my opinion. Either that or something other. This challenge always intended to give the challenger a hint to win, so it's up to the challenger to find the hint and pave the path to winning.]

[Astral: Makes sense, big bro! You are so awesome.]

[Gachapi: No matter how much you bootlick me, I am not going to give you access to Master's

memories.]

[Astral: Mastah!! Boohoo T-T, tell Gachapi please.]

Aleron was ignoring the squabble as usual as he had sat cross-legged to look at this so-called

Esoteric Power Art.

[Gachapi: Master, you must not side with him. I am just teaching him some manners. I'll give

access after 5 days.]

[Astral: Really?! Okie, I'll wait for 5 days!]

'This Esoteric Power Art is interesting. The training style and the way to create its power

core...one of its aspects is similar to how I create my unique energies for different types of

skills.'

[Gachapi: Yes. Mystic Path is a completely different style of power that utilizes aspects of all three paths in unimaginable ways, however, training in the Esoteric Power Art, which is for Ascension-rank lifeforms, can give them some affinity and speed up the development of their first Mystic Path.]

[Shattered Sky Broken Light]-3-star Esoteric Power Art.

-Step 1: Create the power source of this art, Dream Wolf Force, by following the details on the

Power Source Page.

-Step 2: After creating its power source, follow up with the objectives set in the Training

Page.

-Step 3: Once you have reached the required amount of control for the Dream Wolf Force after

completing the tasks in the Training Page, the information rune will unlock the Skill Learning

Page for you to learn the skill.

[Information Pages]

-> Page 1: Power Source-Dream Wolf Force.