45 Unfathomable Growth Potential

S~grades are powerful and all, even considered to have semi-transcendent capabilities... But this was leagues out of ability scope. To fight a single creature at the behemoth-rank, one needed a party with at least 2-3 Transcendent Realm beings and a crap-ton of luck.

He watched the creatures continue to appear with a blank and unbelieving stare. Kyren continued to teleport around and his mastery over mana was getting more potent, resulting in stronger and heftier portals.

The old man used every ounce of strength and void perception to track Kyren. Soon after, he somehow caught up to him and he gripped his shoulders as to be teleported along with Kyren. As they continued to randomly teleport, the old man shook and yelled at him for a couple minutes. A small hint of annoyance appeared on the handsome youth's face as though he was being woken up too early.

There was no time to hesitate so he promised to apologize to the youth in the future.

*SMACK*

The old man slapped him across his face using just enough power to not mortally wound him. Kyren felt that and his eyes fluttered open with a scowl forming on his face. The old man didn't feel too guilty though, the fact that his face was still ethereal looking after a slap and a contorted scowl made him innately mad as a man.

"What was that for!?!"

"QUIET!! We need to get out of here first!"

"Huh? Why would..."

Kyren looked over the sea of malicious and bloodthirsty creatures caught in an intense death-match/gory war. He connected two and two and his expression turned grim and contemplative, "Did I do this?"

The old man took his hand and he began to gather void mana to make a quick exit. Kyren shook off his grip and continued to make cold and indifferent appraising glares over the war filled world.

"DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH?!"

"You said earlier that this world was created by the Gods right?"

"Y-Yes, why?"

"Why haven't they dealt with this yet?"

"....."

Kyren surveyed his surroundings and an idea came to mind. So many high leveled monsters in one place was an opportunity he didn't care to miss. These creatures were all considered bosses by the game so their rewards would be tremendous. "This is my mess so I should assume responsibility and take care of it... Do you have an affinity for the water element?"

"No? You're planning something are you?! You've gone mad!!"

"Hahaha! Nope, what I'm about to do isn't mad..." A wide and devious grin spread across his face. There was no terror or dread from the situation in his eyes, but pure joy. He couldn't have asked for a better situation! "What I'm gonna do is downright insane."

Since the old man didn't have the water affinity, this was going to be a little more difficult but not impossible.

[Amplified Voice]

[Dragon's Roar (controlled)]

*ROOAAAARRRRRRR*

An earthshaking and challenging dragon roar spread reverberated throughout the entire world. Every creature stopped what they were doing and looked towards the source of the mass duel.

Bloodlust passed over the battlefield and they all darted or flew towards the smug Kyren and the terrified old man. They covered the horizons I all directions, leaving little escape options.

"I suggest you stand back for this so enjoy the show..."

He was about to accuse the youth of being blindingly arrogant but he then saw his face. It wasn't pompous or idiotic, Kyren knew the danger but he was absolutely confident in what was to happen. His unwavering optimism somehow convinced the old man and he said no more as he teleported to a safe but FAR away distance.

The faster creatures finally passed the imaginary line Kyren made and his body started warping and enlarging. His dragon form was revealed and his [Draconic Prestige] was let loose. He expressed a cocky and taunting aura and face as he practically begged them to try their best to kill him.

The creatures were pissed off by his overconfidence but they still stopped in their tracks. No matter how old a dragon was, they were not to be underestimated. They were at the very pinnacle of the food chain and every soul, dead or alive, innately knew that. Then they looked over their hundreds, maybe thousands of numbers, and their chances of victory rose in their minds. If he had a trick up his sleeve then he could hold off two of them at most with his regenerative powers before getting overwhelmed. Greedy lights were shining in their eyes as dragons were overly effective nutrition and sustenance for gaining strength, and a once in a lifetime chance appeared before them.

They all continued their charge with even more passion.

All of the creatures were now officially deep within his range and he couldn't help but shake his head in disappointment and pity, "You poor dumbasses... You're just delivering me experience and money now."

Kyren went into an unshakable martial stance while on four legs, somehow not looking weird but kind of epic. The dragon's entire body began to swell and bulge as the faint purple veins and muscles started to become more apparent. Although he had an extremely strained expression from so suddenly taking on such a tremendous endeavor, he still smiled brightly as he couldn't believe they fell for it so easily.

*RUMBLE*

The surrounding lands and manatium crystals began to shake violently and the atmosphere vibrated with horrendous amounts of power and magic.

*Fwooshhhh*

The rivers of ichor started to ripple and surge. Bright golden lava started to rise above the ground below and the creatures now understood what was happening. They screwed up... royally!

Ichor, like dragons, was innately known by all to be one of the most dangerous and destructive liquid substances to ever exist. Only gods could withstand the insane amounts of energy and mana stored within it. Even if just one drop makes contact with someone externally, then the immense life force would overwhelm your body and result in instant death, even greatly damaging and weakening ones soul.

The old man who hid his presence and watched from afar was receiving shock after shock. First, it was the fact that his disciple wasn't human but a dragon with a staggering amount of void mana coming off of him. The second was his ability to control the ichor.

The minimum requirement to even be worthy to command a liter of it and not currently have the power of a deity or their family was to possess a ridiculous growth potential that was capable of reaching godhood. Not only was he successfully doing that, but entire rivers of molten gold were bending to his will, ready to strike the creatures with protruding liquid tentacles. Although his body was greatly strained from the burden of the liquid, it didn't affect his control over it.

Before any of the behemoths could escape his trap, he sent the pencil-thin whips hurling towards each one. Since ichor was just too hard to maintain, he needed to pull mana from the surroundings. That wasn't a problem though as the manatium emitted more than enough.

Every time the creature's skin, fur, scales, etc was so much as grazed, the entire organism would swell up like a balloon with a familiar golden glow within them. After the creature instantly reached their limit, different parts of them would burst into a gory mess. The undead creatures wouldn't swell up like the living, but instead, turn into literal particles and ash as the life force they came into contact with was just to great. It was more of a massacre than when he did reaper training.

After the herd of thousands of behemoths was quickly obliterated, he used mana to instantly preserve their corpses and stop the excess energy still inside of them from diminishing completely. He made sure to kill them above solid ground so none of the bodies dropped into the golden rivers below, wasting them.

While he was still in his draconic form, he used his butcher skills and claws to properly compact the materials. Some of the creatures were humongous so just putting one of those in his storage would be pushing it. He called out to the still dazed and processing old man to help collect the parts. His dimensional storage was much larger because of his experience with the void.

"We can't take anything out of this world or we'll anger the Gods."

"Of course, but these creatures' bodies never belonged to this world. They're also trespassing so we can take them off their hands."

The old man gave in and started gathering the neatly piled and dissected parts.

Kyren moved a far distance away and requested to not be disturbed. He withheld all system notifications so he most likely had many piled up.

*Ting* *Ting* *Ting* *Ting* *Ting* *Ting* *Ting* *Ting* *Ting* *Ting*.....

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You've leveled up 1,197 times! Currently level 1,234...

+4,788 to all attributes

+11,197 free attribute points

+478 talent points

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You have leveled up past 150 and reached the next evolution at level 500... skipping evolution stage [Adult Void Dragon]... Your evolving into an [Elder Void Dragon]...

Detecting massive mana signatures nearby... You've discovered and generated a hidden bloodline... Mutating and enhancing evolution to [Elder Void Calamity Dragonoid]... please bear with the pain.

Pain will be far greater due to an evolution stage being skipped. Next evolution is at level 2,000.

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