The Boundless Necromancer - Chapter 163: Great Tree Labyrinth (2) ————-«

Great Tree Labyrinth.

An event that the tower is hosting because every official tower dimension met certain requirements.

A laughter spilled out while I stood in the waiting room looking at the message.

“Interesting.”

The tower never hosted such an event up until now.

at least within my knowledge.

But they’re hosting an event all of a sudden because every official tower dimension had over 1,000 people complete the 15th floors’ trial?.

Even if this Great Tree Labyrinth was a voluntary event…….

It wasn’t difficult to deduce that this event will bring forth a new wave of change.

‘And it said that the tower will give out a very important bonus.’

The party that gave emphasis on the clear bonus was the event host, the tower.

Hence, the Great Tree Labyrinth is an opportunity to get a very important bonus according to the tower.

After realizing this, I lost all reason to not participate in this Great Tree Labyrinth event.

‘It’s worth delaying climbing the tower for.’

It’s just that…….

「※Warning※」

「Participation in the Great Tree Labyrinth event is voluntary. However, participation will have to be in teams.」

「There could be competition between different dimensions, so please acknowledge its dangers before participating.」

This message that still hasn’t disappeared was the issue.

Unable to participate without being in a team with other challengers…….

At first glance, it’s similar to the group trials that occasionally appear in the tower, but this one was different.

After all…….

“So they’re telling me to find a challenger that’s similar to a colleague…….”

Unless the group trial that forces a group upon you, I had to form a [team] myself to participate in the event.

And since it’s said to have a possibility of competition between dimensions, my theory was most likely close to the truth.

They most likely want us to form a team of the same dimension for the event.

‘I don’t like that they got rid of solo play entirely, but it’s not like I can’t form a team.’

This requirement was not a big issue.

After all, it was not impossible to find some colleagues.

I had a few people that I formed relationships with, so I should be able to form a team with them if I contacted them.

So…….

‘It shouldn’t be a problem if I prepare for the event after analyzing my arsenal.’

First, I planned on going through everything I gained on the 17th floor.

「Grand Rejuvenation Pill」

「Rank : S+」

「A pill that contains the refined natural water of Shaolin Monastery.」

「When the pill is taken as it is, some impurities within the body will be eliminated and all stat will increase by 4.」

The Grand Rejuvenation Pill from the 17th floor was amazing just from glancing through the description…….

「Hundred Year Ginseng」

「Rank : B+」

「A snow ginseng that absorbed the cold energy flowing through the mountain with endless snowfall for 100 years.」

「After consuming the Hundred Year Ginseng, mana increases by 3 from the cold energy within the snow ginseng.」

「However, when the cold energy can be controlled completely, mana further increases by 3 and you will be strongly resistant to cold.」

Even the Hundred Year Ginseng was a medicine that could increase mana and resistance to cold.

There was nothing else to analyze for them so I immediately consumed the Grand Rejuvenation Pill.

Pshhhhh…….

Before I could chew the pill, it dissolved to vanish and filled my body with energy.

「All stats increased by 4 from consuming the Grand Rejuvenation Pill.」

And

「Expelling 8.8% of toxic energy within the body.」

I spit out the familiar black liquid that came up my throat.

‘Just how much toxic energy did I accumulate……?’

I was tired of still having toxic energy within my body…….

But I pushed off the negative thoughts and burned the black liquid off using mana.

Then when I proceeded to consume the Hundred Year Ginseng, it crunched like ice and cold energy surged.

“…….”

After contemplating my insides, the cold energy expelled by the ginseng was messing up my body.

‘It did say additional stat boost if I can control the cold energy…… so this is what it meant.’

The cold energy moved violently like sharp claws and it was difficult to start the controlling process.

But it lasted briefly.

‘I can’t struggle with these even if I wanted to.’

I enveloped the cold energy using mana through activating my mana circuit.

And the storm-like cold energy got completely absorbed into my mana without being able to resist.

Once the cold energy vanished, my body felt warm again as if the cold never existed in the first place.

「Your body is now has strong resistance to cold after consuming Hundred Year Ginseng.」

「Your mana increases by 6 from consuming Hundred Year Ginseng.」

Really…….

‘All I did was to consume two elixirs but my stats increased this much.’

I got reminded of just how great elixirs were to increase stats.

Of course, most elixirs lose their potency if frequently consumed so it’s really no different than one time achievements……..

But that also meant that elixirs were on par with achievements.

As soon as I consumed all the rewards from the 17th floor, I concentrated my mind.

“State of Divinity.”

And

「Activating the Divine Power ‘State of Divinity’.」

「you can exercise divinity according to your potential divinity.」

「The potential divinity are as follows: < Transcendence >, < Death >, < Immortality >, < Transgression >.」

My entire body started to glow with a golden light and a feeling similar to omnipotence was evoked.

Unlike the state of discipleship, my body was not covered in darkness.

Perhaps because my divinity was established with < Death > and < Immortality >.

I wasn’t sure, but my ability didn’t change too much.

It’s just that…….

「< 00:09:59 > left of state of divinity.」

[ Now this is more disadvantageous than the state of discipleship. ]

The time I could maintain the state of divinity was shorter compared to the state of discipleship.

However, it was easy to see why the time got shortened.

[ Don’t tell me I use this at the cost of divine powers……. ]

Seeing the diminishing divine powers within my heart proved it to be true.

It is most likely that the duration will decrease faster when using divine powers or powers that are categorized with divinity.

‘I guess I won’t be able to use the state of divinity as a passive skill just yet.’

But my disappointment did not last long.

I analyzed my remaining divinity to activate the divine power.

「Using divinity < Transcendence >.」

I already researched the exact ability of < Death > and < Immortality > beforehand.

So it was time to understand this newly acquired < Transcendence >.

But…….

「There is no ability under the selected divinity.」

< Transcendence > could not be activated no matter how hard I tried.

Having no ability under the said divinity.

I understood after realizing the reason for its inactivation.

That before using < Transcendence >, I had to meet certain prerequisites.

And I had a hunch of how I could meet this prerequisite.

As if to confirm my theory…….

「Activating Innate Divine Power < Transcendence(SSS+) >.」

「You can get rid of the restriction by attributing an ability into the divinity.」

「Select [0/3] abilities to attribute into Transcendence.」

The way to meet the requirements was in innate divine power.

[ ……. ]

I narrowed my eyes at the window floating by my eyes.

In the system window, there were skills, powers and even stats to be selected to get rid of the restriction.

‘So I can use three total to get rid of the restriction?’

It was intriguing.

I wondered what would happen if I entered these skills to be in a transcendence state.

After a brief thought, I chose a skill to destroy the limit.

「Skill ‘Mana Management(A-)’ is attributed to divinity < Transcendence > to get rid of a limit.」

Since it’s a skill I was proficient at, it was not a loss to use it for getting rid of the restriction..

Clunk─!

The same time the new system message appeared, a sound of a lock being unlocked rang out.

「Skill ‘Mana Management(A-)’ is attributed to divinity to convert into power skill ‘Mana Management(A-).」

「The skill is converted into power and any restrictions placed on the skill are now changed.」

A skill converted into a power…….

And seeing how a part of the skill is changed, I understood why < Transcendence > was considered an innate divine power.

‘So I can interfere with the system of the tower……?’

Being able to attribute an ability registered within the system to me was surprising to say the least.

Abilities are reliant on the system rather than the user.

This could be considered to be one of the flaws of skills registered in the system…….

But < Transcendence > solved this issue immediately.

So I couldn’t help but be surprised.

‘And it’s not just solving the issue at the surface level.’

With the restrictions being dispelled, parts of the skills have been modified to be converted into its superior version.

Of course, I didn’t know exactly what had changed.…….

「Using divinity < Transcendence >.」

「All abilities attributed to the divinity will deviate from its assigned category.」

「When limits are being met, all abilities will deviate its assigned category faster.」

The benefits of restrictions being gone would soon be found out.

Per my expectations…….

I understood what the benefits were from manipulating mana throughout my entire body.

Fwoosh─!

「Proficiency of Power Skill ‘Mana Management(A-)’ increases by 0.01%.」

「Proficiency of Power Skill ‘Mana Management(A-)’ increa…………」

「Proficiency of Power Skill ‘Mana Manage………」

Divinity Transcendence.

The benefit brought forth by this divinity during the state of divinity.

[ This is crazy……. ]

That was…….

The power that completely got rid of the growth limit.

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Originally the proficiency of mana management skills can not be increased easily.

Without items like Independent Realization or Skill Proficiency Potions, leveling up could not even be dreamed of.

And that’s why I’ve invested every skill proficiency potion I got into mana management up until now.

But…….

「Proficiency of Power Skill ‘Mana Management(A-) reached 100%.」

「Power Skill ‘Mana Management(A-) is ranking up.」

In just a few hours, mana management ranked up.

Just from using mana management with all I’ve got.

It was an absurd growth.

「Time over.」

「Divine Power ‘State of Divinity’ is deactivated to enter a cooldown of 8 hours.」

“I did good to choose < Transcendence > instead of < Death >…….”

The limit of growth on mana manipulation was gone.

Even without Independent Realization, my proficiency went up just from repeated rehearsal.

Thus, the getting rid of the restriction messages meant that anything with limits on growth would have the limits disappear.

Of course…….

「Proficiency of Power Skill ‘Mana Management(A-)’ increases by 0.01%.」

「Proficiency of Power Skill ‘Mana Management(A-)’ increa…………」

「Proficiency of Power Skill ‘Mana Manage………」

Even if the limits were dispelled, the slowing down of proficiency increase couldn’t be helped the higher the level went.

‘Oh well, it’s not surprising that it slowed down since I’m not using < Transcendence > while at the state of divinity.’

Using < Transcendence > during the state of divinity increases the proficiency of divinity related abilities.

Henceforth the reason why the mana management could grow so fast.

「Activating the Innate Divine Power < Transcendence(SSS+) >.」

「You can get rid of the restriction by attributing an ability into the divinity.」

「Select [1/3] abilities to attribute into Transcendence.」

After using the Transcendence power, I quickly made my selections.

Currently, my main skills are the Wind’s Grace and Harmonic Soul Demon Sword.

The two skills that had both agility and attack power were used like a passive skill…….

Of course, there were skills like Battle Concentration, Instant Acceleration and Chaotic Sword-fighting Play that couldn’t be left out.

‘But they’re not as important.’

This was the time to choose the important ones to foster.

「Skill ‘Wind’s Grace(A)’ is attributed to divinity < Transcendence > to get rid of a restriction.」

「Skill ‘Wind’s Grace(A)’ is attributed to divinity to convert into Power Skill ‘Wind’s Grace(A)’.」

「The skill is converted into power and any restrictions placed on the skill are now changed.」

I attributed Wind’s Grace into the transcendence divinity first…….

「Skill ‘Harmonic Soul Demon Sword(S-)’is attributed to divinity < Transcendence > to get rid of a restriction.」

「Skill ‘Harmonic Soul Demon Sword(S-)’is attributed to divinity to convert into Power Skill ‘Harmonic Soul Demon Sword(S-)’.」

「The skill is converted into power and any restrictions placed on the skill are now changed.」

Then I registered the Harmonic Soul Demon Sword into the divinity to convert both skills into powers.

After using both powers, I managed to fully comprehend its changes.

「Activating Power Skill ‘Wind’s Grace’.」

「All speed increases by 80%.」

「Current number of stacked skills – [8]」

‘Stack limits are completely gone for Wind’s Grace…….’

The maximum level of stacks of Wind’s Grace used to be 8, but it seemed as if the limits no longer existed now.

However, large amounts of divine powers were used after surpassing its limits.

In other words, as long as I had the divine powers for it, my speed could increase to my desires.

It was pretty absurd just with this, but the newly reconstructed Harmonic Soul Demon Sword was even more absurd.

「Activating the exclusive effect ‘Double Addition’ of Power Skill ‘Harmonic Soul Demon Sword‘.」

「Divine powers are used to increase the capability of power skill by [3] times.」

Boom─!

“…….”

Harmonic Soul Demon Sword could only duplicate the original attack…….

“Isn’t this a glitch at this point……?”

The power emitted by Harmonic Soul Demon Sword could be increased to my desires as long as I fed it plenty of divine powers.

Of course, with my current amount of divine powers, I could only increase its powers at a maximum rate of 4 times, but the future couldn’t be said the same.

‘At this rate, the Seal of Tribute increases in value.’

It was the only item that could increase the amount of divine powers so it was worth more than a million.

After wrapping up my analysis, I stroked my chin to mutter silently.

“The inspection is done.”

I was confident.

I had no idea what this Great Tree Labyrinth was…….

But regardless of what it was, I was confident that I would not lose.

“I know that you’re watching me.”

So.

“Go ahead and invite me. We have lots of things to talk about.”

From here on.

「Administrator ‘Iron-blooded Monarch’ lets out a bitter laugh saying that they expected this.」

「Administrator ‘Iron-blooded Monarch’ is inviting you to Administrator territory」

It was time to get ready for this event called the Great Tree Labyrinth.

[To be continued.]