The Approaching Doomsday

The battle arena

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Silence…... utter silence...

Who the hell said silence was golden, how could it be? If the lively and noisy crowd surrounded the battle arena were like a pot of boiling water, then my comment was like a gallon of cold water. They fell into a near comatose silence as if they got their switch turned off. This deadly silence hung the air like the suspended moment before a failing glass shattered on the ground. Only this time it wasn't the failing glass that was going to shatter but their livelihood as their doomsday was approaching. It was as if my words had seeped into their every pore, like a poison slowly paralyzing the crowd from either speech or movement. There was no whispering noise or rustling. There was an absolute stillness, and the silence was like a big hole, waiting to be filled with all kind of sounds, words, screams or anything.

As for me, once I started picking up my thought and realized the gravity of the matter, fear engulfed my heart and overwhelmed my body. I could clearly feel the sweat drench my skin, the throbbing of my eyes as well as the thumping of my heart against my chest. I could hear my rapid breathing. Even my breath seemed to die as soon as it left my mouth. Hesitantly, I looked at the blue sky again.

'Buzz'

'Thump'

Suddenly, the gamer's Godship made an angry buzzing sound within my sea of consciousness as if it was berating me for belittled it. It's like it had a consciousness of its own and it was truly mad because I felt this type of fear. Not only the gamer's Godship, even the dragon bloodline flowing through my body was angry at me as it sent thumping like a sound wave in my body.

Feeling how angry and disappointed the gamer's Godship as well the dragon bloodline within me was as if I was not worthy to be their host, I took a deep breath and quickly calm myself down. I started to think about Sylvia, Scarlet and little red, the gamer's Godship within me as well as my draconic transformation, and I started to gain confidence in myself again because I was not alone. I was not hopeless and have a heaven-defying artifact within me that can make even the Gods jealous. Thinking about all those things made the fear within my heart to evaporate like water under an early summer sun as if it was just an illusion.

Unlike me, it only took a few second for the crowd to regain their composures, then the chaos was unleashed. People started to scream in panic and fear. Their screams had reached a pitch I've never heard before. Fear and confusion had seeped through their heart.

As they started to run back home, I could clearly feel the vibration of the ground caused by their footsteps. It was not only Iron Fist City that was in chaos but almost the whole Archaic continent. Looking at this scene, I can only smile because there's not much I can do but to protect myself and my loved ones.

"Hey young man, if you want to survive and awaken that thing inside of you, follow me," I said to Ji Feng who had a frozen look in his eyes.

He merely nods his head which the same frozen expression on his face. It seemed like he hasn't regained his composure yet. Without wasting any time, I jumped out from the battle arena, and Ji Feng followed me as well. I called out Su Ling and walked towards the Ice Queen mansion, as for the three district lords, well, I didn't have time to waste on them.

On the way, I couldn't help but think about all those plans I made that now went down the drain. Anyway, it's still too early to say that. One of the things that humans were good at was adjustment. Yep, we have tremendous power to adjust to almost any type of situation. Right now, all I can do is to adjust to the situations. It's true that sometimes we need to face a situation head on and take the appropriate action, but now I don't have any idea of what's really coming.

.........…..

"Sir Alfred, are you sure."

Inside the mansion, I sat in the living room facing the Ice Queen While Ji Feng stood behind me like a bodyguard.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure of it. Someone had destroyed the Illusionary barrier of the Archaic continent from within. I still don't know how that was possible?" I answered the ice Queen while thinking deeply about this situation.

"But who could it be and for what purpose. If the illusionary barrier is broken then everybody in this piece of land is in danger."

"Also, do you think it's one of those so-called demons we heard of? She asked with a curious expression on her face. Unlike other people, the ice Queen seemed to be calm despite knowing the gravity of the matter. Anyone would be scared shitless but not her or maybe she is too good at hiding her fear.

"I don't think so." If it was a demon then what would he wait that long to destroy the Illusionary barrier from within? Also, why didn't he tried to conquer this piece of land, it's not like the people living in the Archaic were that strong.

But wait...…

"Young miss, do you happened to have any other information about the things that were inside the underground cave mansion that the four great clans explored, besides cultivation resources and books."

"Are you saying this event is related to the underground cave mansion?" Said the Ice Queen with a surprised look on her face.

"Well, that's the only major discovery that has happened on the continent."

The underground cave mansion was the only noteworthy event I could think of. Unfortunately, I didn't have any detail information about it, I only knew about the wealth that four clans had acquired within it from number 4's memory. As for secret books, weapons, and other kinds of stuff, only the People that explored the cave knew.

"Your assumptions isn't groundless Sir Alfred. Unfortunately, aside from the eight people that went in, nobody knows what was inside that cave. They kept it a secret and only talked about the soul stones and the demons that invade the Sacred Mainland 5000 years ago." She answered

"Right now the city is in chaos, maybe even the whole continent because any sane person can realize what happened after seeing the black ball of energy and the sky broke to pieces. I plan on checking the area where the black energy originated. If I am not mistaken, there should be a city there." I said while looking north where the black energy originated. I was kind of anxious while looking at that direction because there were only three big cities in that direction and Red Cloud city which was now the Yang imperial capital was one of them.

"I'm coming with you." Said the ice Queen with a resolute look on her face. I'm pretty sure she wasn't coming just to investigate the event with me but also to see if I am going to meet with my so-called young lord.

Well, I wasn't going to left her here anyway. Even though the circumstances have changed, I still haven't changed my mind on recruiting her as well repaying her for the kindness she had shown me when I was a kid. Not to mention, we have already became sworn brother and sister, even though that was a long time ago, I still haven't forgot about it.

" It's fine with me, we leave tonight because I'm pretty sure those Saint rank expert probably left their nest already to check it out."

"Tonight, don't you think it's more dangerous to leave in the night due to this sudden turn of event not to mention it will take a few hours to get there? I think we should leave now and we will probably make it by nightfall."

" don't worry, it will only take us at most half an hour to get there," I said as I left the living room and went to my room leaving the Ice Queen with a surprised look on her face. I didn't even give her time to ask anything more. It's true that it would take us a few hours to get there by horse but this time we won't use the carriage to go there instead we will fly there.

......…

Inside my room, I sat on the bed while the giant Ji Feng stood in front of me with a curious expression on his face. So far, I haven't heard him talk or say anything. He either nods or shakes his head when he is talked to as if he was a mute.

"Listen, young man, I clearly don't know you and the same goes for you as well. I don't know for what reason you seek strength that desperately, or even your background. Normally, I wouldn't do that for anybody before a thorough background check, but now time isn't on my side."

Even while I was talking, he just stood there without saying a word. Without wasting any time I took a GG Awakening Crystal within my inventory.

"Take this and bind it with one drop of your blood."

Jin Fend looked at me with a weary expression on his face but at the end, he decided to take the crystal from me. He already realized that I was extremely strong because the way the ice queen was behaving in front of me as well as how blocked Lin Nan sword attack with my bare hands without a scratch, which means if I wanted to harm him he couldn't do anything about it. The only thing he could do now was to trust me.

He looked the crystal for a moment and then drop a little blood on it from his finger. As soon as the drop of blood landed on the crystal, it swallowed it like a sponge. It shined a little then disappeared.

Suddenly, Ji Feng just kneeled on the ground as if it was in pain. Nonetheless, he just kneeled there on the ground withstanding the pain without uttering a sound. There wasn't any hatred in his eyes or regret but a fighting intent. He has been on the battlefield all his life and polished his willpower to the extreme so this little pain wasn't able to make him scream.

As he forcefully endured an extremely painful burning sensation inside his body, his face began to twist a little. Soon, a red glow began to slowly spread out across his body visible to the naked eye. At the same time, a golden glow spread across his body as well intersecting with the red glow inside his body. Furthermore, a red tattoo-like symbol appeared on his forehead, it was a truly beautiful sight yet gave off an ancient oppressive frightful aura, even a little more oppressive than the dragon bloodline. Ji Feng entire body was completely numb. The cells and flesh inside his body, which had been shriveled up now are getting excited. It's like they have been reborn or revived as they greedily swallowed the red and golden glow flowing inside his body, fusing with it. Every cells, bones, and organ inside his body were brimming with power as they were absorbing that red and golden glow.

As Ji Feng sensed these changes inside his body, he couldn't help but showed a delight expression on his face. He could sense that his body has drastically strengthened both internally and externally. As the red and golden glow began to dissipate, Ji Feng started to shed his initial skin like a snake which then replaced by a light green color which seemed like a bronze.

Once the red and golden glow disappeared thoroughly, Ji Feng looked at me with a surprised and shocked expression on his face and said

"My body has gotten stronger."

As he lowered his head and touched his new skin. He could clearly feel the surged of strength inside his body.

"It's not over yet". I said with a slight smile on my face.

"There will be some inform...."

I didn't even have time to finish what I was going to say.

[You have gain 1000 XP for being the first Awakener]

Your level has risen

[You have awakened the Immortal Titan warrior Bloodline]

As those blue screen started to pop up in front of Ji Feng, he got scared shitless

"Don't worry, this your new power now. Just listen or read whatever you see on the blue screen in front of you and follow the instructions." I said to him with a calm voice.

[Before opening your stat window here's a quick summary of your ability and their functions]

[Strength- measures natural bodily power as well athleticism. It is very important for warriors, fighter or paladin.

[Dexterity- measures physical agility, reflex as well as balance.

[Constitution- measure health, stamina as well as vital force. It is very important for everyone whether mage or warrior.

[Intelligence- measures mental sharpness, analytic skill as well information recall.

[Wisdom – measures insight, intuition, and awareness.]

[ for a detail explanation and how those abilities will affect your future development, Click on each of them from your stat ]

While all those information were appearing in front of the dumbfounded Ji Feng, some blue screens pop up in front me as well.

Congratulations

Host has gained his first follower

[Divine connection skill has been acquired]

[Divine connection: a power belonging to gods, it allows the user to share some of his power to his follower through blessing or strip the followers to all of his power if needed as well]

Looking at those blue screens appearing in front of me, I couldn't help but smile devilishly. It was one of the catches of the G.G Awakening crystal, anybody that used it would unconsciously become my follower. I could share some of my energy with them or even take all of their energy as well. It was one of my biggest secrets and also the reason I was trying to sell the G.G Awakening Crystal and even give them to people in the Archaic continent as if I was some type of benevolent being or a Saint . With it, I wasn't going to afraid of people betraying me. This divine Connection is only the tip of the iceberg. After I was done reading those pop-ups in front of me, I went in to check my first follower's stat.