Chapter 436: Preparing for Ascension (3-Last)
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
On top of a flat surface that was filled with rocks and chunks of debris, a young man was standing before an anvil which had the size of an average dog, his left hand firmly holding a piece of shiny ore while his right moved up and down in a continuous manner, hitting the ore in his right with his hammer on his left with powerful strikes one after another.
His arm muscles that were revealed to the naked eye were firm, and while his skin was covered in a thick layer of sweat as if he had just taken a shower, his face held a calm but incredibly focused complexion!
Bam!
After swinging his hammer for four hours straight without taking even the slightest of rest, a powerful ripple broke out of the core upon the uncountable amount of slam that swept into every direction, raising a high curtain of dust clouds and sending different-sized debris flying into the distance.
"Phew... This one was quite the tough one. I had to channel twice as much essence into my hammer than until now." raising the shiny ore before his face that was about the size of a fist but had a perfectly square shape, Khal showed a satisfied smile before he took out a small pebble from his spatial ring and placed it atop the ore.
Whoosh!
In just a few seconds, the little pebble was consumed by the shiny orb and turned into a Power Core which quickly find its new place on Khal’s bracelet which already had quite a few on it.
[’Power Core: Rejuvenating Light’ obtained!]
Once the warm sensation which appeared whenever he acquired a new core into his collection finally vanished, Khal placed the hammer in his hand gently down onto the anvil and glanced around.
[You made quite a mess while forging for almost an entire month.]
About a month ago, Khal decided to start forging at the very top of a mountain but since then that mountain has already vanished, and what replaced it was a vast and barren wasteland!
There were no trees, no grass, no color of green, but only a seemingly endless desert filled with nothing but huge chunks of debris, dust, and rocks!
[Well, considering you have been creating ores with God and Life Essence non-stop such a sight was expected.]
Khal nodded and subconsciously glanced at his bracelet. Roughly a month ago he could clearly remember how he only had ten Power Cores in his possession, but just after a single month that number skyrocketed and became twice as much!
Furthermore, in contrast to his previous Power Cores that had been obtained right after he created their Soul or Spirit Essence, his new ones were all refined and tempered until they have not formed either their God or Life Essence!
At this very moment, he had a little over twenty Power Cores, twenty-two to be exact, each one of them granting him the power to single-handedly wipe out entire armies if not entire races throughout the Second Realm!
Of course, this also meant he needed to use huge amounts of Body Essence to trigger them and keep them active, but with his still 2,000,000+ units of essence that was an easy task to accomplish!
After staring at the sight around him in silence for several seconds, Khal decided to put everything back into his spatial ring and head back to Moon Sect as he already finished forging every piece of ore he has bought.
"I wonder how much the sect has improved since then," Khal mumbled with a slight hint of curiosity as he walked through the region that once was covered in all green but now was an abandoned wasteland as a result of his God Essence.
However, the sight, once he got back to Moon Sect, was way better than he has expected.
In the past, the sect was only a few miles large in radius, about five to seven miles, yet that now completely changed. Not only was the sect so massive that even from the top of the small hill where he currently stood he was unable to see the other side, but even the walls had been increased in size!
From a distance, the sect could be said to become an entire city at this point, and if it were not for him placing his marks with his Jade World inside and even several miles outside the sect a month ago, he should have done extra work.
Walking through the gate, where surprisingly the guards greeted him with respect despite in the past they didn’t, Khal raised his head and looked around the sect.
Fancy restaurants, perfect and high-quality streets, different shops, stalls, and other facilities that were either there previously but were renovated or they had never been there and were built once the sect finished expanding its territory.
However, the biggest shock still was not that, but the fact that the sect was full of disciples from different races, and if it were not for his Heaven’s Eyes and Jade World, Khal could have hardly been able to spot any humans among the crowd of beings!
"Look! Who is he? He looks pretty handsome."
"I wonder if he has a girlfriend. Should I go and talk with him?"
"Come on girl, you would stand no chance. Also, I am pretty sure he already has someone."
"Hey, can’t you even recognize Elder Khal? You girls must be new in this sect."
The very moment someone mentioned the name Elder Khal, every disciple in several hundred meters froze in spot and began to look left and right.
Khal seeing this felt something amiss was approaching, and indeed, a few seconds later everyone directed their gaze onto him before a huge ruckus broke out.
"Wait... Is that really him? He looks so different from pictures!"
"Damn he looks cool. This style suits him so much better!"
"Elder Khal! Please, can you give me an autograph?"
"Elder Khal, do you have a moment? Something got stuck in my chimney in my residence can you maybe..."
"Elder Khal, can you...!"
Like a scream that started an avalanche, the one who mentioned his name started chaos close to the sect’s gate which soon spread all the way throughout the Outer Court, and soon all the disciples began to push each other left and right to get close to Khal who just stood in one place with a stupified expression.
[Look at you. Quite the celebrity you have become, haven’t you?]
Khal didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but just as he wanted to say something and calm the crowd around him down, a calm and firm voice resounded in the air, freezing everyone motionless.
"Okay, that is enough for now. Everyone, calm down."
