CHAPTER 35: Ancient Creature

Nearing the end of the passage, Leo stopped on his track. A deep frown appeared on his face, which then turned extremely serious.

"What's wrong?"

Mila felt Leo change of temperament and asked. "I just felt a very dangerous presence ahead, if we continue ahead without preparation we would be seeking death." Leo said seriously.

"Then what should we do now, continue forward or backward." Mila asked.

Leo was silent for a moment, after a while he said "we continue, but you need a weapon."

"A weapon? You know am with a gun right." Mila said and brought out a white desert eagle. Leo Smile and said, "the energy I felt belong to something more powerful, your gun will be useless against it."

"We just have to find out." Mila said loading her bullets. Leo really don't have time to argue with her, So he asked potentate. 'Is there a way to give her the starlight sword.' Leo thought about the sword he received as a reward.

[The sword is a B-Class weapon, so you can gift it to anyone without undergoing the ownership ritual.]

'Ownership ritual?'

[Yes Leo, but it only targets S to SSS-Class weapons.]

Leo nodded and brought out the starlight sword from his storage. After some thought he said. 'Potentate this sword is a light enhancer weapon, only light enhancers can bring out its full potential, it won't be best for her because she is a water enhancer. Do you have a way to solve this?'

[Each weapon focus on a Class, this starlight sword in your hand is a light class weapon, if you want me to change the class you have to pay 3,000 Doom stones]

'We don't have time to waste, do it'

The sword shone brightly in the cave, after about 30 seconds the light vanished.

'What happened, is it done?'

[Class changed successful]

Leo looked at the sword and felt more powerful energy in it, which made him frown and asked. 'Why did the energy increased greatly? What is this sword?'

[Yin divine sword, have 40% chance to cause shock to any opponent 2 realms below the user. This ability can be resisted by any opponent stronger than the user. A-Class sword.]

"What..., the class and ability changed too?" Leo said out Loud.

"What do you mean Leo?" Mila asked a little confused looking at Leo stunned daze. Leo shook his head and gave her the sword.

"It's yours, keep it save it might come in handy soon." Leo said handing Mila the sword. Mila took the yin divine sword, tracing her slender fingers on the blade.

"Do you like it?"

"Yes" Mila nodded with a smile.

'Those guys will be mad if they found out I gave her a weapon but not them.' Leo Smile with the thought. 'They shouldn't worry I will find a way to get them all high class weapons.'

"Ok let keep moving" Leo said and Mila nodded with that both of them continue their journey.

Gotten to the end of the passage, they saw a majestic golden door, 5 meter high. Made of special alloys and Crystals such as diamonds, platinum, silvers, emerald and more. But with all this beauty and elegant, the two human didn't even looked at it, there daze was fixed at a humanoid creature, who stood at the door like a diligent guardian.

With body made entirely out of flames, ten deadly claws, five in each hand. The creature head was blazing with flames without the four senses such as eyes, mouth, ears and nose. Which made it looked more terrifying.

The creature moved his head, even without eyes or ears he can till pinpoint the location of the intruders.

"GRAAA...."

It let out a loud growl and charged at Leo and Mila with full force. This thing was so fast that he was already in front of Mila in seconds. Leo face change dramatically, and he moved swiftly appearing in Front of the creature throwing a powerful punch filled with spiritual energy at it. The creature didn't stop or dodged but throw his own punch with only blunt strength.

"BANG!!!"

The sound of fist collision rung out. Countless energy spread around like a shock wave from the two, throwing Mila to a wall. While Leo moved 10 Step back, while the creature move 2. It's clear who win the first confrontation.

Leo couldn't accept these result and asked. 'Potentate what is this creature?'

[2000 Doom stones Leo]

'You are till asking for doom stones in this situation!!!!?' Leo roared in his mind.

["....."]

'Fine take it.'

[Successful]

[This is one of the 7 spirit guard of the 7 primordial, each primordial have one spirit guard each, which possess the powers of their master to a terrifying level. This creature you are fighting now is known as zimtrous. Zimtrous is the guardian of the fire primordial soul and also possess the strength of heavenly realm enhancer. Four realm above you]

[So Leo, you won't be able to win against him, even if you have 10 hands.]

"What...!!!, this thing has the strength of a heavenly realm fighter."

Leo highest realm is the half heavenly realm which he broke through in his previous life, and now there creature is in the heavenly realm. Above him. He knows to well the terror of a heavenly realm fighter because his former boss in his previous life the man who took him in. it's in the exact realm.

'If this thing got out after doomsday, no human or zombies in these areas will survive, it will wipe them all out.'

[Don't worry about that, all the 7 spirit guards have one task, protect the primordial no Matter what]

'You are not helping here. What is our success rate if Mila and I fought this thing?' Leo asked a little frustrated.

[Given Mila have an advantage towards the creature because she is a water enhancer, while you have no advantage but a disadvantage towards it. If you two fought against it, your success rate is 20%]

'20%!!!, are you kidding me.' Leo shouted in his mind and turned to Mila who was getting up from the ground. "Mila get ready it's time to fight!"

Mila nodded, held her sword firmly, while Leo open fire on the creature. The bullets pieced it's body, but it didn't even leave a scratch, all the flames on his body absorb all the bullets. Yeah! He told Mila her gun won't work but to his shock, he's universal desert eagle didn't even leave a scratch on this creature.

Leo face sank seeing these and asked potentate 'is there no way to kill this thing?, even if Mila have an advantage towards this thing there realm are world apart. A single attack from this monster can kill her instantly.'

[Leo, This guardian is in the heavenly realm 5 stars, the system can help you destroy some of its spirits which will reduce it realm to the master realm.]

Leo face lit up hearing these and said, 'then do it.'

[10,000 Doom stones]

'10,000!!!' Leo face change dramatically, and he said with a gloomy expression. 'I have only 5,000 spirit stones left.'

[Don't worry Leo, you can now loan up to 50,000 Doom stones from the system.]

'Well I don't need to care about the loan, if I survive these, I will repay it back. Take the loan and do it!!.'

[Successful]

A light made of pure darkness shot out of Leo, hitting the fire guardian accurately throwing it 5 meters away smashing into the golden gate.

Mila looked at Leo then at the creature in confusion, after a while she saw it getting up from the ground. And something was different the pressure it released on her have been lowered.

This creature was 7 realms above her, which gave her an unbearable pressure that why she can't do anything, but now these pressure have been reduced, which made her relief.

"Are you the one who did it?"

Leo nodded looking at the creature who was now in the peak stage of master realm. 1 realm above him. 'Potentate, what's our success rate now?'

[If You fought the guardian alone your success rate is 50%, if you fought together your success rate is 75%]

'Ok..., so Mila is the 25%, it would have been higher if her realm is in the core formation or above. Well we will do with these.'

Leo looked at the creature and his spiritual energy surge within him, his emperor sword appeared in his hand and he said. "Mila time to get serious."

Mila nodded raised her hand, waters burst out from the ground which then condense and formed a water ring around her, the yin divine sword shimmer with a blue glow in her hand.

He charged towards the creature dragging his sword straight behind him, the blade sparkle with red energy in his wake from time to time. Mila was not idle either with a raised of her hand, countless water ball took form rising from the water ring around her, some took the shape of spears while some water balls.

"Go!!" Mila commanded.

All the water balls and spears shot out like a missile heading toward the creature. Leo Smile seeing these and charged following the water attacks, closely.