Instead, Sam focused on blasting the creature’s form apart, the only surefire way to deal with an E Ranker. Chunks of glowing metal fell to the ground as he worked his hammer into the beast’s head, and cracks began to spread across it. The beast bellowed in pain, and swiped at Sam with its claws. The razor sharp appendages sliced through the air like butter, and threatened to bisect him.
Sam brought Terra’s Will down, and with a sharp crack, he broke one of the claws, catapulting himself over the strike and towards the bear. The monster glared at him through sunken eyes of fiery iron, and opened its mouth wide. The metal was warped, and listed to the side at a sharp angle. Still, the mouth was cavernous in its scale, and lined with teeth even sharper than the monster’s claws.
With a laugh, Sam pointed his hammer at the gaping maw, and channeled immense amounts of energy into it. A crackling nova of fiery power gathered within the weapon, and with the sound of a supernova, a beam of light lanced out of its end, and into the bear’s mouth. The monster froze, and started to convulse, the metal making up its body melting like wax as Sam’s attack rippled through it. The creature fell back to the ground, its legs collapsing. A moment later, the beam exited the back of its body, having destroyed its upper body in the process. Its flesh steamed, and rivulets of molten metal coursed down. It panted heavily, and looked at Sam with hate so pure that he almost shivered.
Then, he brought his hammer crashing down upon the remnants of its head, and with a sharp series of cracks, the monster’s face exploded, shattering into tiny pieces. The body lost all of its motive power, and fell, looking more like a small mountain than anything else.
A rush of essence poured into Sam, and he leveled, pinions of white light lifting him from the ground to hover over the battlefield like a god of battle. A notification appeared before him.
You have completed the Grand Arena: Layer 5! (Challenge Mode)
You have upgraded a title!
Thirty-Fourth Floor Obliterator: Primal> Thirty Fifth Floor Obliterator: Primal
Not content to breeze through the paltry difficulty of the base Tower of Transcendence, you have proven that you are capable of greater things. In defeating the tenth floor of Challenge Mode, you have overcome a hurdle that few could at your level. In defeating the twentieth floor, you have further proven your might. In defeating the thirtieth floor, your talent is evident, in struggling against challenges deemed worthy for all but the greatest of E Rankers.
Bonuses: +70% to all stats
Sam thought that it was a bit odd for the System to refer to it as the Grand Arena, even though he had left the arena behind, but then again, Vallenar had hardly been a Jade Jungle. As he was now completing missions in the real world, things were bound to change, and his locale would not remain static any longer.
With a grin, Sam pulled up his stats, even as the battle continued beneath him. His role was largely over here.
Sam Atlas
Human: E Rank
Enlightened Tier
E Rank
Class: Lesser Dao Paragon
Level 163
(471 stat points unspent)
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- Health 65091/65091
- Mana 67156/67156
- Stamina 74723/74723
- Karma: 59
- Road to Zenith
Stage 2
- Dao
Dao Echo of Inspiration
Dao Seed of the Avenger(Second Step)
Dao Mote of the Conduit
Dao Mote of Prescience
- Skills
1x Rare, 3x Epic, 5x Legendary, 6x Mythical, 2x Ancient, 1x Primal, 1x Unique
- Titles
1x Legendary, 3x Mythical, 2x Ancient, 1x Primal, 1x Transcendent
- Temporary Titles
1x Epic, 1x Legendary, 1x Mythical
- Dao Heritage
Dao Incarnation of Existence(Second Step)
- Party
None
- Skill Branches
- Lightning Neurons (Level 2)
Iron Body(Level 2)
Iron Bones (Level 2)
Muscle Density Enhancement(Level 1)
Basic Weapon Knowledge: Blunt(Level 1)
Dao Resonance(Level 1)
Karmic Cycle(Level 1)
Lucky(Level 1)
Increased Blood Flow (Level 1)
- Weapon Style
Flowing Water Style
- Weapon Mastery: Brotherhood Stage 6
- Elemental Affinities
Earth: 15% Mastery
- Elemental Boons
Elemental Infusion: Stoneskin
- Quests
The Sacred Bond: Impossible
Engines of the End Times: S
- Professions
Smith: Apprentice Stage 9
Dao Smith: Apprentice Stage 9
Sam had over five hundred stat points waiting to be allocated, which, with his titles, meant he had over a thousand ready to go. Then, if his suspicions were correct, his Perfect Ascension would boost the efficacy of those stats fivefold. Every time he gained power in E Rank, he was reminded of how it was possible for higher Rank cultivators to be so powerful, beyond what might be expected from a simple leveling curve. It was a sobering thought, but a hopeful one as well. One day, he would be among the ranks of the gods.