Gol D. Ace In Coiling Dragon

Ace and his group had no idea that Killian and the others had already entered the Necropolis of the Gods. After making his breakthrough, Ace led Amira and Leona to part ways with Linley and his group.

Although they'd be safer from the potential attack of Felicia and those of the New Yulan Empire if they travelled as one big group, their rate of improvement would also slow down dramatically.

Not only would they have to split any resources found eight ways, but the only person who'd be able to pose a genuine threat to their lives would be Felicia herself, and as young geniuses with grand ambitions, that was unacceptable for them.

Plus, with Olivier and Yunaia having grasped the basics of utilising Concepts, there was little more for Amira to help them with. From that point on, any improvements they made would have to come from them.

Still, over the next few years, the two groups did run into each other several times on the fifth floor, and each meeting would start in a battle. Initially, it was just between rivals Ace and Linley, but eventually, the others found their hands getting itchy.

Their battles were so intense that word of it began to spread between the other saints who had reached the fifth floor.

Fortunately or unfortunately – depending on who you asked – the only ones who hadn't heard of the monumental battles between Ace and Linley were Felicia and her group, as they had already ventured up to the eighth floor.

Even Wukong, Kimika, and Lazerim had heard whispers of their battles, but after hearing that Ace and Amira were okay, instead of going out to find them, they, too, decided to head up to the eighth floor.

Unlike Ace, Wukong's group had run into Felicia and her group, and as one could imagine, neither side wasted time talking before engaging in what could only be described as a particularly brutal battle.

Since their last meeting, not only had Wukong broken through to the mid-stages of the saint rank, but the comprehension of his fused mysteries had increased drastically. It was to the point where he was now rapidly approaching completion of said fused mysteries.

It wasn't just him either; both Lazerim and Kimika had also begun fusing mysteries of their respective laws. As a result, individually, despite all three still only being at the mid-stages of the saint rank as both warriors and mages, all of them were now capable of easily suppressing at least two prime saints on their own – especially Wukong!

It was because of this that, despite their opponents now having 11 experts at the level of a prime saint, Wukong and co. had been able to kill one and force the rest to retreat.

Still, whilst most would consider that a win for those of the Pavilion, Wukong and his two senior martial siblings were anything but happy, and the reason behind that was simple – Felicia.

As it stood, Wukong was still capable of suppressing Felicia on his own as, even though he was only one sub-realm beneath her, his comprehension was several levels above.

Unfortunately, whilst Wukong, Lazerim, and Kimika were reluctant to make another breakthrough with their cultivation – not wanting to become deities just yet – Felicia was the opposite. She was desperately training with the aim of becoming a Demi-God as soon as possible.

The problem with that was that the moment she succeeded, she would become an entity that none of their trio would be able to contend with. Even if they faced her as a group, the most they'd be able to do was fight her to a standstill, and that was on the condition that the rest of her group didn't interfere…

Arianna had already warned each of her disciples that because of the incredible gulf that separated saints from deities, aside from having a heaven-defying bloodline ability, the only way for a saint to bridge that gap was for them to, like her, have fused at least three mysteries to its completion, a feat that none of them was even close to achieving!

The good news, though, is that Wukong's bloodline, whilst not as ridiculous as Ace, Amira, and Linley's, was still a fairly impressive bloodline in its own right that actually seemed to be improving the stronger he became.

Originally, Wukong's mysterious bloodline simply gave him a body equal to that of a magical beast at the same level and allowed him to copy the techniques he'd seen – provided it wasn't a technique that had surpassed his comprehension – but now…

He found that after breaking through to become a saint, he'd developed a new bloodline ability, one he referred to as [Berserk]!

[Berserk] was an ability that allowed him to increase his physical ability drastically when used.

As a mid-saint, when used now, it would allow him to fight on par with prime saints even when relying solely on his body.

Unfortunately, he didn't refer to it as [Berserk] for no reason. When in use, Wukong would lose control of his free will, unable to differentiate friend from foe.

Still, it wasn't all bad; though he seemed to lose control of his free will, his [Berserk] state allowed him to become something of a Battle Genius – his Fighting IQ reaching all new heights, allowing him to see through the weakness of his target with a single glance and striking them with pinpoint accuracy.

The best part about it was that although he wasn't in control during its use, he was able to remember how it felt when he finally awoke. Because of that, when he did awake, his fighting IQ saw a sharp increase.

Still, Wukong estimated that, even in his [Berserk] state, he would still have to have at least started to fuse three profound mysteries for him to be able to fight a genuine deity as a saint, and as everyone already knew by now, when it came to comprehending the various Profound Mysteries, the hardest parts were getting started and taking it to completion.

Even for him, there was no telling when he would begin fusing his third mystery. It could be as soon as the next day, or it could be as far as 100 years; there was simply no telling!

With that being said, the reason Wukong, Lazerim, and Kimika decided to head up to the eighth floor immediately, instead of tracking down Ace and the others, was because they were scared of what would happen to them should Felicia breakthrough to become a Demi-God.

That being said, it wasn't like they were truly fearing for their lives. After all, whether it was Wukong, Lazerim, or Kimika, each of their comprehension of their respective fused mysteries was above the 50% mark.

If their lives were truly at stake, one of them simply had to stop suppressing their realms and make that final breakthrough. At that point, killing Felicia would be an easy task in and of itself, but all of them were unwilling to do such a thing as it would ruin their future – or at least make it several times harder than it needed to be.

As such, they chose to head up to the eighth floor in an attempt to chase down Felicia and kill her before she became too big of a problem.

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On the fifth floor of the Necropolis, in a location nearing the centre of the fifth floor, the tension was eerily palpable as two groups faced off.

On one side was a large group of over a dozen dragons, each of whom was at the peak stage of the saint realm and two of whom were actually prime saints.

Stood across from them were a group of five young adults – three young men and two women.

Despite this group having not even a single prime saint, with four of them being mid-staged saints and the youngest being a mere mortal at the middle stages of the ninth rank, no fear could be seen on their faces; in fact, if anything, they looked more disinterested than anything.

Well, that was the truth for the four mid-staged saints. As for the only mortal of the group, who also appeared to be the youngest, he radiated a fearful killing intent that seemingly lowered the temperature in the surrounding area as he glared at the towering black dragon among the group of dragons.

"Yasha," the handsome brown-haired young man called out icily as he slowly drew the liuyedao sword sheathed by his side. "I've finally found you!"

"You're that junior brother of Ace," Yasha growled as he looked down coldly at the young swordsman before him. "Kannal, right?"

Kannal didn't respond straight away. Instead, he closed his eyes. As he did, the image of a beautiful young woman who looked somewhat similar to him appeared.

"My name's not important," Kannal replied as he stepped through the air as though it were solid ground until he stood eye-level with the dragon. "All you need to know is that I'm the man who will take your life here today!"

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