MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith

Chapter 1628: Breaking Barriers: The Fourth Trial (5)

Whoosh!

Slowly opening his eyes as he sat cross-legged, the young man gradually stood up from the ground as energy started to condense around his palms.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Imagining as if he were face-to-face with the figure during the fourth trial, Ataraxia went ahead and threw the condensed energy at a specific spot, only to then activate his movement skill after that.

Fwoosh!

Repeating this sequence of actions over and over again, it did not take long for a great amount of energy to concentrate on the spot the young man had chosen, which he soon willed to erupt not long after.

Bang!

Hastily conjuring a couple of barriers around it to not affect the entire terrain of the area, the young man used his movement skill one last time to put sufficient space between him and the explosion, nodding in satisfaction the moment the explosion subsided.

”...I’m ready.”

Swoosh!

Dispelling the barrier he had just conjured, Ataraxia slowly made his way to where he usually stood during the fourth trial, eventually coming face-to-face with the unmoving figure he had already fought against over a dozen times.

Feeling a hint of killing intent leak out of him the moment he recalled his narrow defeat against his 8th opponent, the young man took in a deep breath to compose himself, letting out a long exhale soon after as he spent some time sorting out his thoughts.

”I’ve spent an entire day improving the integration between my movement skill and my combat style,” muttered the young man to himself, the memories of his breakthroughs briefly flashing in his mind.

”If that much time still isn’t enough for me to reach the limit of the fourth trial, then I don’t know what will.”

”After all... I’ve practically reached the end of what integration could achieve.”

Whoosh!

Seeing that Ataraxia had arrived at the center of the area once more, Aeramis quickly understood that the young man had done all of the preparations he could before attempting the fourth trial one last time.

”Ready?” Arriving just a few steps away from the young man and the unmoving figure, the man looked at the figure for a bit before asking this question.

Receiving a faint but solemn nod from Ataraxia in response to his question, the man nodded back in return, conjuring a few strands of energy in front of him before infusing it all into the figure the young man had to face.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Checking to see if the figure’s stats and skills were a close match to what Ataraxia’s abilities were, the man eventually made his way back to the periphery of the area, giving the young man all the space he needed for his final attempt at the fourth trial.

”Begin!”

Fwoosh!

At the very moment Aeramis gave him the signal to start fighting, the young man showed no mercy against the figure in front of him, utilizing the sequence of actions he’d practiced earlier to speed through the early parts of the trial.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Sending out a maelstrom of condensed energy orbs amidst constant uses of the movement skill, Ataraxia was able to defeat the first five opponents of the trial with use, overwhelming them in both skill and quantity of attacks.

Whoosh!

By the time he got to his 6th opponent, the young man slowed his movement down by a couple of notches, sacrificing some of his attacks in exchange for greater accuracy and lethality.

Bang!

Nevertheless, even though he had slowed down his movements to a certain degree, with his integration between movement and skill as high as it could possibly go, it went without saying that his opponent was unable to do anything to him.

Just like the first five that came before it.

Bang!

”...Did he actually do it?” Watching the young man steamroll through the first half of the fourth trial as if it were child’s play, Aeramis’ eyes slowly widened in shock as he swiftly understood what was happening.

”Did he actually achieve full integration?”

Clenching his fists as he looked on with excitement, the man watched as Ataraxia defeated the 7th opponent with ease, only to then defeat the opponent that came after it without much issue after that.

”He actually did it...” Seeing how the young man took no effort to defeat the 8th opponent of the trial in his final attempt, the man’s earlier doubts had all but disappeared, causing a wide grin to appear on his face as he let out a cackle.

”He actually got to the realm of Union!”

Continuing to let out a bit of laughter after that, Aeramis eventually let out a faint sigh as he shifted his attention back to the young man at the center of the makeshift arena.

Seeing that Ataraxia was fighting against the 10th opponent as if he had already seen through the latter’s movements, the man’s expression turned somewhat solemn, a whirlwind of thoughts lingering in his mind.

”To be able to achieve Union in just a couple of days... it goes without saying that it won’t be long until his name becomes well-known throughout the entire galaxy.”

”Hell, I’d even dare say that he’d become well-known throughout the entire supercluster with his monstrous achievements,” murmured the man to himself, understanding his actions would ultimately make up a small portion of the young man’s journey.

Nevertheless, he was satisfied with the thought.

”Hmm...?” Just as the man was pondering whether or not to improve the rewards Ataraxia would obtain at the end of the inheritance, Aeramis noticed that something odd was happening between the young man and his final opponent.

Whoosh!

Although Ataraxia showed that his level of integration was a match for the 11th opponent at first, as more and more time passed, their fight eventually revealed that there was still a chasm that existed between his abilities and his opponent’s.

”Ah...” Realizing this, both the young man and Aeramis blanked out for a bit, the thoughts running in their minds vastly different from one another.

After all, now that he was up against someone who had fully integrated both movement and combat into a single entity, Ataraxia quickly understood that he let his limited horizons, as well as his hubris get the better of him.

As for Aeramis, he understood that the young man was still a fair distance away from achieving the Union he thought the latter did. Though this didn’t change much of the arrangements he had in mind for the worst-case scenario, it undoubtedly dampened the excitement and shock he felt just moments earlier.

Nevertheless, whether it was the young man’s realization or the man’s slight disappointment, one thing was certain.

With his current capabilities, Ataraxia was unable to clear the fourth trial to its limit.