Chapter 1109: Chapter 1096: This is my power! Chapter 1109: Chapter 1096: This is my power! “What a fascinating feeling!”

Experiencing the wonderful sensation of endlessly growing strength after grasping the Heart of Stone, Muria’s face couldn’t help but show a look of satisfaction.

Honestly practicing would hardly provide the experience of such a rapid increase in power. Normal practice hardly felt like growth in strength, only through accumulation over days and months could one clearly feel the difference from before.

“You devour my power and sooner or later you’ll end up like me, ha ha ha, the Demon God will take everything from you.” The Wind Chime Monarch, whose power was continuously being plundered, had completely despaired.

“But, unfortunately, you won’t see that happen.” Completely letting his power act freely, Muria, who was instinctively devouring the Wind Chime Monarch’s power, responded.

The devouring of power didn’t need his participation at all; his instincts alone could accomplish everything, as the power in the Heart of Stone was actively cooperating with his devouring.

At first, the power within the Heart of Stone resisted a bit, but as the elapsing power gradually increased, the remaining power in the Heart of Stone transformed its resistance into cooperation.

In the end, the power inside the Heart of Stone even actively surged into his body, eager to merge with his own power and become a part of him.

“Oh, wrong, you’re not unable to see, it’s just that such a scene will never occur.”

Muria, while enjoying the thrill of rapidly increasing power, also took a moment to respond to the monarch.

“I…”

Boom!

Before the Wind Chime Monarch could finish, Muria, holding the Heart of Stone, squeezed hard, and this crystal-clear, art-like heart instantly exploded into a pile of crystal powder, dispersing in the air.

Then, these particles of crystal powder transformed into streams of earth-yellow light, actively surging into Muria’s body. As all the earth-yellow light disappeared, a clear, ethereal, and formless power emerged, likewise actively merging into Muria’s body—it was the power of the Wind.

“Roar!”

Feeling the power rapidly swelling within his body, Muria did not suppress his body’s instincts and, looking up, let out a hearty roar, and then the entire battlefield fell silent.

“The Wind Chime Monarch is dead! Surrender and you will be spared!”

The figure of the King of Yama, majestic as if a Demon God had descended, emitted a voice like thunder booming, his eyes flaming like two molten metal orbs, surveying his surroundings with an unbearable authority.

Surrender and you will be spared!!!

After just a few moments of silence, led by an exceptionally astute militar officer, the soldiers of the Blazing Sky Kingdom began shouting the motto of surrender for mercy.

With the threat of death removed, the soldiers of the Wind Chime Kingdom naturally did not want to continue fighting, for they had just witnessed the full process of their monarch’s demise, and their hearts were already devoid of the will to fight.

Following this, the sounds of weapons crashing to the ground rang out one after another as these soldiers dropped their weapons and, under the stern watch of the surrounding soldiers from Blazing Sky Kingdom, slowly knelt on the ground.

Then, Muria stood tall in the sky, watching as his army began to take prisoners of war.

He was well aware of what kind of characters his soldiers were; despite their loud shouts about sparing lives in surrender earlier, those were only for his sake.

Given the chance to express their own wishes, this group would undoubtedly want to annihilate all the soldiers of the Wind Chime Kingdom before them, as each head represented a military achievement, whether they were lower-rank soldiers or higher-ranking officers—all needed these military merits.

During the process of taking prisoners, Muria had to be vigilant to prevent them from killing prisoners to claim false merits; he could not expect all his soldiers to possess high moral standards, which was unrealistic.

Thus, the largest operation for taking prisoners since the inception of the Military Merit Conferment System unfolded under Muria’s personal supervision, and there were no substantial mishaps this time.

Once it was confirmed that there were no major issues with the prisoners taken by the army, Muria flew toward the capital city of Blazing Sky Kingdom, which was built just less than five years ago, for he felt a change occurring within his body that he had anticipated.

…

“Your power has increased again.” Observing Muria tearing through space to appear, Michaela spoke, but her brow furrowed slightly, as the current Muria felt strangely unfamiliar to her.

“It seems you’ve noticed.” Noticing Michaela’s expression, Muria smiled.

“What is inside your body?”

“My power has nearly doubled. What else could it be?” Transformed into a valiant young man, or the human form of Muria, he rubbed his chest somewhat helplessly.

“That’s faster than you expected.”

“That must be a good thing, right? It means he was stronger than I estimated. So, after I’ve plundered his power, I will become even stronger.”

“Do you need my help?”

“No need, the consciousness that is sprouting now is still very weak. I can handle it myself,”
“Don’t be overconfident, you must remember, this is an Epic far more powerful than you.”

“I know.” Muria sat cross-legged, his body suspended in the air, as he gazed at his wife. “I am now going to erase the Epic Consciousness that has burgeoned within my body. During this time, I will relinquish all control of my body, so the safety of my Reincarnated Body is in your hands.”

“Put all your efforts into your task, leave the rest to me.”

“Mm.” Muria slowly closed his eyes.

…

In the Sea of Consciousness of the Reincarnated Body, Muria stood tall in the midst of a dark Void, gazing at a giant sun shining with seven-colored light in front of him, and then a feeling of insignificance emerged from his heart, which he quickly suppressed.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this weak and powerless.” Muria raised his hand to look at it, a nearly transparent hand that seemed as if it could be blown away by the wind at any moment, this was how a typical human’s spiritual manifestation appeared.

“In my own domain, I’m stripped of all power.” Muria studied his ethereal hand, clicking his tongue in amazement. In theory, his consciousness should resemble that of his Reincarnated Body.

But in his own Sea of Consciousness, he was a mortal, which very clearly pointed to the issue. The power controlled by the Reincarnated Body never truly belonged to him.

Boom! Boom!

Sounds like war drums resonated in this dark Void, the light from the Seven Colored Sun in front of Muria began to expand and contract, a suffocating pressure started to permeate the air.

“How utterly despairing must those ancestors, who once, like me, gathered the power of Epics to awaken the will of Epics, have felt facing such a situation as this?”

Looking at the Seven-colored Cocoon in front of him, that seemed as if it could tear apart at any moment, Muria’s thoughts began to drift afar.

“Too weak, you’re really pathetic, my power, and you’ve only gathered so little of it.”

A voice filled with disappointment resonated in this dark space, and its source was the Seven Colored Sun in front of Muria.

“No, don’t blame me, it’s you who have awakened too early. If you had awakened a couple of hundred years later, I should have been able to gather all your power.”

“…” The Dark Void fell into a brief silence as the being nurtured within the sun had not anticipated that this insignificant being facing their oppressive aura would dare to talk back.

“Why are you silent now?” The silence of the being within the sun didn’t mean Muria was silent.

“Insect, do you not know what reverence is?” After a long silence, the being within the sun spoke again.

“I do know, but you are not worthy of my reverence.”

“Pathetic insect!”

A deep sigh. The being still in gestation did not get angry at Muria’s words, for there was simply no need.

Click!

A shattering sound arose, and then the sun before Muria showed glaring cracks. Soon after, the entity nurtured within the sun emerged, appearing before Muria.

Light! Endless light spread before Muria’s eyes.

Although it was within his own Sea of Consciousness, Muria could not clearly see the scene before him, only the pervasive seven-colored light filling his vision.

Indescribable, unseeable, this was Muria’s sensation as his consciousness felt like it would melt within the light, merely as a consciousness, there existed an insurmountable gap between them.

“I have awakened once again!” A voice that made the entire Dark Void tremble rang out, filled with emotion.

“May I ask, how many times have you been awakened since your fall?” Although his own body of consciousness was nearly vaporized, Muria remained utterly calm and collected, not panicked in the least.

“…” The Void, now filled with light and no longer dark, had transformed into a sea of light.

“Why haven’t you disappeared yet?” A somewhat surprised voice echoed from all around Muria. Normally, the tiny insect’s consciousness should have disintegrated following his awakening.

“Why should I disappear?” Muria retorted, and as he did, a crimson point emerged in the center of his chest on his nearly vaporized body, and this spot quickly spread across his entire body.

Following this, his human form began to transform, revealing the distinct characteristics of the Balrog Flame Demon on his body. The awakened Epic Consciousness was stunned by such a transformation.

“How can you still use my power?” the just-awakened Epic Consciousness was somewhat confused. In the sea of seven-colored light that filled the Void, the proportion of green light seemed to increase.

“Wrong, this is not yours, this is my power!”

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