After teaching Iris, Nathan returned to the group. He also sensed a fluctuation of energy coming from the center of the fortress, knowing that someone had finished.
"Xolotl. Are you done?" Nathan asked from afar.
Xolotl didnāt say anything. He simply looked at Nathan with a proud look, as if he had done something big.
Nathan frowned and saw Selena was floating two meters in the air with red energy surging around her. Meanwhile, Noelle was sitting on the ground with her hands holding her sword.
This sword was emitting a dark aura. It was similar to ena, but it didnāt have the characteristic of ena.
Still, even Nathan felt a bit dread from this aura.
It seemed Noelle was the first one to finish.
She suddenly opened her eyes as the killing intent erupted. The red energy, which reflected her fire element, fused with another red aura representing the killing intent. Their color became a bit darker and thicker, but it was then fused one more time with the dark aura of killing intent.
Noelleās energy turned black with a tinge of red in a few parts, like molten rock. Her aura became more powerful and violent. The amount of killing intent was so high that it looked like it was forming a terrifying devil above her.
"Huuu..." Noelle took a deep breath. She stood up calmly before waving her sword, dispersing the killing intent.
The killing intent produced a powerful shock wave that felt like the grim reaper coming to take their lives.
"Noelle." Nathan smiled. "Congratulations."
Noelleās expression melted as a smile formed on her face. "Thank you. Thanks to you, I am able to grow this strong."
Nathan just waved his hand, telling her not to mind it.
"How are you feeling right now, Murmur?" Noelle asked.
"Itās a bit overwhelming, but this is nice as well. If you continue on this path, I donāt mind becoming your sword all the time. However, you have to make sure to use this power all the time. I feel like I can get stronger just by being exposed to this power."
"You are a demon, so itās only natural. Of course, if you donāt mind becoming my sword, I wonāt spare any efforts to help you as well." Noelle nodded with a sword.
"Heh. Demon Sword sounds nice, but with all this killing intent, I guess we need to change the name slightly. Demon God Sword? Or maybe the Goddess of Slaughterās Sword?"
"Iām not an insane person."
"I know, but you have slaughtered a lot of things, aliens or humans. Letās be honest. And with the killing intent, becoming the Goddess of Slaughter shouldnāt be too bad? Itās not like all the gods wielding a sword end up becoming a sword god."
"Hmph. Letās talk about that later." Noelle harrumphed. Obviously, she hadnāt abandoned the path of a sword god. At the same time, she couldnāt deny her current power was similar to the path of slaughter.
The killing intent she received from Asura originated from the numerous victims that had been killed by Asura, after all.
Noelle then waved her sword one more time as the sword disappeared.
"Iām fine." Noelle came to Nathan, reassuring him. "I am still me. The killing intent is a bit overwhelming, but itās under control. As long as I can master this power, forming one or two rules shouldnāt be too hard. Please wait a bit longer. And if you donāt mind, we should slow down our pace so that I can adjust to this new power."
"Sure." Nathan agreed without hesitation.
Another fluctuation occurred. This time, they could feel a suppression from within.
Nathan only felt a slight tingling, but Noelle almost fell to her knees.
It looked like Selena had finished absorbing her new power. Just like Luna, she managed to create a pseudo divine body. Instead of a divine heart, she created divine blood.
Unfortunately, the divine blood seemed to have shown no effect on Nathan. Nathan might be a normal person, but the body used to host the soul of a true god.
And from the information stored in the world database, it was clear that his body could advance to a divine body easily.
The eruption of Selenaās power was smaller than Noelleās, but the impact that came from her was more powerful.
When she opened her eyes, her red eyes emitted a faint light. In fact, there was a crystal-shaped symbol embedded in her pupils, similar to Nathanās āinfinityā pattern.
The moment she landed on the ground, the energy around her dispersed completely, allowing her to return to normal.
"Selena! Are you done?" Nathan waved.
"Yes." Selena nodded with a smile, showing that nothing had happened to her. "My control over blood has been strengthened further and my blood has also gone to a higher level. I think I can make my first rule pretty soon."
"Great. Iām looking forward to it." Nathan smiled. "Do you two need to stabilize your powers or something?"
Selena and Noelle exchanged looks before shaking their heads. "No. Our power is all right, but we need to get used to this power soon. So, testing it on the aliens is what we need."
"I see." Nathan nodded in understanding. "In that case, letās adjust our pace slightly. Xolotl, thank you for your hard work."
"Itās fine. Iām enjoying the sight as well." Xolotl scoffed. He was much more interested in having people stronger.
If they could become true gods, it would mean he had more peers.
It looked like Nyx was also satisfied with Selenaās path and slightly surprised by Noelleās improvement.
Nevertheless, the group had improved significantly. Iris was still in training, but once she managed to form her new power, she should become extremely powerful to the point where she could surpass Selena back when she was an arcane level summoner.
Nathan then announced, "In that case, letās continue to the next destination. Unfortunately, we canāt find anything useful other than the remains of Asuraās power. But we know that Asura didnāt die here, so we have to find where he has fallen. And if possible, we have to find a clue about the portals."