"Lust?"
Sierra was startled and furrowed her brows before asking, "What would happen if you didn't do it while feeling lust?"
"Don't know. The physical pain is negligible, and I can also resist headaches. But my consciousness went blank a couple of times, which is a problem," Arkhen said with a wry smile.
"Let's eat quickly then," Sierra said with a playful smile, "after eating, I'll help you out."
…
While Arkhen and Sierra spent an hour on the 3rd floor of the castle bathing and having a passionate battle, Sasha and Isabella also finished their training.
Sasha's Fire affinity reached level 3, while Isabella's Mist affinity reached level 3.
Both of them also broke through to the 3rd Ring stage.
Velshi told them to sit at a table outside the Skill Pavilion while Arkhen was busy with Sierra.
After a while, Arkhen arrived there and sat down with a sigh.
"Velshi told us your new side effect," Isabella said as she glanced at Arkhen's crotch. "Are you able to control it?"
"I am trying, but I don't know how long," Arkhen shrugged.
"I am ready to help anytime," Shasa said with a chuckle as her dark elven ears moved up and down.
"Same here," Isabella said as she winked at Arkhen with a smile before she continued, "As for my wish, I'll save it for later."
"I'll also save."
"Alright," Arkhen nodded before he felt something. His gaze automatically looked at the plump bosoms of Sasha and Isabella while his cock started standing.
"Uhh… It's happening," Arkhen said with an awkward expression.
Isabella arched back and looked at Arkhen's crotch before laughing. She stood up and grabbed Arkhen's hand before saying, "Then let's go."
"You too, Sasha."
…
The following three days were full of activity for everyone.
Gerald, Tiffani, Yosin, and Sherly were busy roaming the world in another dimension, while Arkhen and his harem stayed in Mystic Wonderland most of the time.
It was two birds with one stone for them.
Everyone needed some rest since they broke through to the 3rd Ring and had to consolidate their power base.
They did that through regular training and passionate battle due to Arkhen's lust increasing drastically over the four days.
Unlimited Stamina proved to be a formidable thing because Arkhen was always energized.
"Finally, it's gone," Arkhen said before heaving a huge sigh.
"Why, were you getting tired of us?" Meya asked with a snicker as she jumped over Arkhen and rubbed her pussy on Arkhen's cock.
"Of course not," Arkhen said with a smile as he pulled in Meya and started sucking her tender breast's pink nipples. "I can go on if you want to."
Everyone was present in the bedroom, some were sleeping, and some were awake but tired.
Only Meya still had more stamina than others since her basic stats were higher because of her skill, which boosted all of her stats by 50% if Arkhen was near her.
As such, Arkhen awakened his meat rod while Meya was rubbing on it and slipped it inside her while sucking her boobs.
"Hehe, I am ready, darling."
…
Meanwhile, the crown prince Kale arrived at one of the best Diviner's abode in the inner layer.
[A/N: From now on, 1st layer of the sphere will be called Surface layer, 2nd layer will be called Outer layer, and 3rd layer will be called Inner layer.]
Inside the abode, Kale sat in front of the Diviner and bowed slightly.
"Divine Apollo, I want to find the location of this man," Kale said as he looked at the handsome middle-aged man with long fiery orange hair wearing a white robe with golden patterns.
When Apollo looked at the paper shown to him by Kale and saw Arhekn's face, he was surprised. 'This kid again?'
Diviner Apollo had multiple avatars in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, while his real self stayed in the 4th realm.
Last time when a Draconic kingdom called him for help, he had to find a person who could solve their problem, and his divining ability led him to Arkhen.
'Hmm, this kid has something mysterious in him that is beyond my comprehension. I'll have to make a judgment after checking a few things.'
Apollo thought for a moment before asking Kale, "Why do you want to find him?"
"Sir, we have a blood feud with him. He killed my little brother. So please, help us find him," Kale said with a solemn expression as he continued, "we will pay you appropriately as per your demand."
"Hmmm, I can't help you find him," Apollo said with a smile while shaking his head.
"Why?" Kale was startled before quickly asking, "do you mean you cannot find him or will not find him?"
"I can find him, but I will not find him," Apollo unhurriedly answer before taking a sip from his teacup.
"Can you tell me the reason?" Kale asked after a bit of hesitation.
"It's simple. I don't want to antagonize him," Apollo said with a light chuckle. "Now, you may leave and try with Diviner Heartilla. She is the only other Divine in the inner layer of this sphere aside from me."
…
"He is near your kingdom. That's all I will say for now. If you want his general location, pay the rest," Divine Heartilla indifferently said.
Kale quickly nodded and got up before saying, "I will bring the rest of the payment to you in three days."
…
On the other hand, Arkhen and the gang continued their training to reach the 4th Ring power base!
The condition to reach the 4th Ring power base was… creating a Hyper Element!
They needed another affinity at level 3 and then combined both affinity's elemental power to create a hyper-element!
Arkhen wanted to combine his Flame affinity's White Nightmare Flame element with Blood Affinity's element.
As such, he first went to Blood Elemental Ruin and brought his Blood Affinity level 2, successfully awakening a blood element called Wild Might Blood.
[My lord. This Wild Might Blood was awakened by taking into account your unlimited stamina trait. It's powerful.]
Arkhen nodded as he felt his blood's quality transforming to a higher level, increasing his overall physical stats.
This Wild Might Blood element was like a fuel, a highly potent fuel.
It was a supportive element where he could produce Wild Might Blood and then burn it into any of his attacks to boost that attack. He could also empower his body with it.
"I wonder about the new element that will be created by combing White Nightmare Flame and Wild Might Blood, hahaha."
Arkhen laughed in anticipation and went out to continue the hunt.
He was killing beasts and red dots in this new mini dimension while the rest also trained to collect reality motes.
They had to collect another 100k reality motes to bring another affinity to level 3.
Because only elemental power of level 3 affinity could combine and result in a hyper element.
And that hyper element was several times more powerful, especially skills that could use that hyper element as a medium!
If a fist-sized fireball dealt 100 damage, then a fist-sized White Nightmare Flame fireball would deal 1000 damage.
But a fist-sized Nightmare Blood Flame fireball would deal 5000 damage!
…
As days passed, Arkhen reached level 3 in his Blood affinity after three days.
But he also faced another problem.
Hunger!
First, anger.
Second, lust.
And now, hunger!
He was constantly getting hungry, and if he didn't eat, his consciousness would blank out since these side effects were coming from his soul, a nexus of his existence.
As such, the girls were fun cooking when they took occasional breaks.
Luna also awakened her talent in the Mystic Chef occupation and started learning it as Arkhen used some reality motes and essence to get knowledge for her.
While suffering from hunger for four days, Arkhen finished the combination of his White Nightmare Flame and Wild Might Blood elements!
The combination resulted in Nightmare Blood Flame!
It was a red-colored flame with a white border, and its potent power was several times higher than White Nightmare Flame or any solo elemental power!
The specialty of this element was truly spectacular and was now the primary power medium of Arkhen!
After all, skills released by using the energy of Nightmare Blood Flame were the strongest!
Anyone injured by his attacks that had Nightmare Blood Flame would first deal powerful damage and cause them bleeding.
Moreover, their blood would burn upon contact with this flame and fuel it even more!
Not to mention, even if they were cured and managed to stay alive, the nightmare effect of the flame would make their life miserable unless something of pure light and life cured them of the Nightmare Blood Flame's effect.
There was another powerful use of this Hyper element!
He could simply produce this Nightmare Blood Flame by spending any energy and attacking his wounded allies to heal them! The healing was actually subpar, but the main effect of this element on allies was completely burning foreign energies and effects on them!
It was a cleansing effect!
…
Arkhen broke through to the 4th ring stage after he managed to create his Hyper Element while the rest of the gang was close.
Unlike Arkhen, who combined the two elements in three days and broke through, they would take more time.
But trouble also came knocking on their door as Arkhen went out of the dimension and exited Warring Meadow.
Since everyone was meditating inside Mystic Wonderland to create their Hyper Element, Arkhen decided it was time to leave.
Before Arkhen could fly out of Warring Meadow, Genie Azul appeared in front of him.
"Stop!"
Azul took out a poster after stopping Arkhen and said, "there's a whole army waiting outside for you, including two 5th Ring powerhouses and several 4th ring powerhouses."
"Hmm? How did they find me?" Arkhen was surprised as he grabbed the poster.
"Actually, this is good," Arkhen devilishly grinned as he cracked his knuckles. "I just wanted to try my newfound powers against the 5th Ring powerhouse, and this is a perfect opportunity for it."
Alas, if the Sandia Kingdom could find him, Myriad Mayhem could also find him.
All ten of their leaders of this realm were also waiting for Arkhen outside Warring Meadow! They stood low-key on the ground among other people!
"Why don't we just go inside and capture him?" one of them whispered. "We don't have to fear that Genie Azul using his realm-given influence to kick us out if we seal him first."
"Dumbass, we were given strict orders to capture him with full proof preparation. Let's not go inside and alert him of our presence.
"Yeah. Since he was captured once, so he will remain cautious regarding us."
"Let's wait for him to come, hehe."
"Once he engages in battle here. We can find a good chance to shoot mirror's ray on him and seal him."
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