Leo looked at Shade and was surprised to see how nonchalant she looked.
“We just got 3000 E-Grade Nexus Coins!” Leo smiled with glee.
“Meh, it’s nothing.” Shade replied. “I actually expected more based on how hard it was to deal with him.”
Leo realized that Shade truly did come from a prodigal family he almost forgot that Shade was part of the Peak family an actually established family with literal Monarchs at the head. Shade while was an outcast was monstrously strong. Leo was pretty sure that Shade would kill any E-Grader on the frontier where he came from. Shade’s powers were just simply too good.
Leo felt lost not knowing what he wanted to do. And everything pointed to one thing. Enlisting in the war effort. Leo’s later quests were a pain to achieve if he wasn’t in the army. Where else would one find an Outpost and a Peak Hegemon. Leo steeled his heart he wasn’t the same kid back than afraid of death. Leo was destined for greatness and you better bet he was going to follow through.
Leo left to enlist in the war front leaving Meira, Hubert and Slasher behind as he and Shade left. Leo didn’t say his goodbyes and instead rushed towards recruitment as he felt like saying goodbye would shroud his Dao Heart and impede his Path. He felt a tangible feeling of pride from the sealed Void Emperor clearly liking the idea even after being sealed. They were soon rushed to the teleports that led off world and into the frontlines.
After 2 weeks floating through space Leo finally arrived on the battlefields with a grimace on his face as he arrived. The war had always felt so abstract but he was there they were there. They weren’t given time to prepare as a grievously wounded Hegemon rushed over screaming orders at them. “RUSH TO THE FRONT! WE’RE DEPLOYING AN ARRAY BREAKER TO BREAK THEIR SHIELDS! GO PROTECT IT! Leo vaguely dismissed a System notification about War Contribution Points as he rushed with Shade to the front.
Suddenly a red flash of cursed energy slashed across the ground. Leo used his Void Energy to rebuff the monstrous energy but just rebuffing that errant piece of shrapnel that was shot out from a fight between Mid Stage Hegemons caused Leo to use his trump ace his Void Energy. Leo didn’t stop running as he saw a group of twenty lifting a huge pole engraved with golden runes rushing towards a murky red shield. A Hegemon was racing towards the group intent on disrupting the activation process. Waves of gold and abyssal energy accompanied by flashes of pure nothingness appeared from Shade and Leo to impede the Hegemon. The Hegemon didn’t even spare them a look as he ran through like it was nothing. Leo wasn’t taking that and a Void-clad Leo smashed into the Hegemon unleashing numerous Void Slashes at pointblank.
The sheer durability of the Hegemons mask was enough to tank the slashes and he didn’t even attack Leo instead running straight for the Array Breaker clearly considering a bigger threat than a mere F-Grader. Pure rage rose up. Foolish! He was a God! How could a puny mortal defy him! But a sense of danger pierced through his thoughts. As the Hegemon finally looked at Leo unleashing a soul attack through the mask waking Leo up. Leo broke into a cold sweat after realizing that he lost himself again. But he wasn’t slacking off as looking at Leo diverted the Hegemons attention away from an incinerating tornado of fire that was heading towards his heart. The Hegemon wasn’t’t able to react and was insta killed. The culprit flew out of nowhere with a flaming sword flailing around incinerating Sword Curse cultivators left and right. Then a wave of water appeared pushing tons of cultivators together. Then a pillar of flames defended from the sky and incinerated all of them. The shield cracked and the murky red shield broke down. Suddenly 50 something Hegemons rush out of the shadows and rushed into the Sword Curse base.
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Leo smiled at the hypocrisy the powerful called the weak who abandon traitors yet they only step in when there is a opening and a contribution reward on the line. But one couldn’t change the world with limited strength Leo still needed to play along until he could change the world. The shield shattered into a million shards and they rained down on the army. Leo charged into the Sword Curse home base and was immediately met with a sword slashing at his chest aiming to cleave him in two. Leo slid under the blade and slashed the attackers ankle. The attacker dropped to one knee and Leo quickly lobbed off his head.
But what was one sword turned into two as two more attackers stabbed. Leo dodged one but the other one hit true and a bloody hole appeared in Leo’s stomach. Leo groaned in pain but a bolt of light and dark quickly blasted the attackers away. Shade wasn’t able to get close to Leo but still managed to launched two bolts of energy. Leo charged froward but was knocked down by a halberd wielding knight. Leo quickly rolled as a resounding earth shattering crash was heard. Leo got up and stabbed but a halberd flew at his head. Leo realized he was fighting a psycho and disengaged. This bastard has no self regard for his own safety Leo muttered. The knight slashed straight at Leo’s midsection but Leo bended back and dodged. Leo’s sword drew an arc of death as it neared the knight’s chest. The knight roared and swung Leo disengaged what would have been a crippling strike only leaving a slight scar on the already worn and beaten armor.
Leo launched a Void Slash straight at the knight’s head. The knight groaned as his chest and armor burst apart. But Leo felt a growing sense of trepidation as the knight’s eyes gradually turned more and more ruthless. The knights head was cleanly lobbed off and Leo relaxed. But the relief was short lived as red cursed tendrils shot out of the gaping hole that was the knights chest. Leo smiled maniacally. He was the ultimate counter to this kind of suicide energy attack! Void Heart activated and the attack was quickly ate up by the Void. A surge of energy shot through his body and Leo smiled as he felt multiple levels coming his way.
Leo
Level 40
Class: Void Emperor (Fate’s Candidate)
Bloodline: Void Emperor (Corrupted)
Nexus Coins E-Grade: 10000
STR: 1500 Efficiency 1150
DEX: 1500 Efficiency 1150
INT: 600 Efficiency 660
WIS: 650 Efficiency 665
VIT: 700 Efficiency 770
END: 1000 Efficiency 1100
LUCK: 760 Efficiency 1102
Bloodline Talent: Void Heart
Titles: Witness Of The Terminus Cheat Death System’s Chosen Willpower Enlightened
Dao: The Heavenly Peak Of The Void (LOCKED) Dao: Dao Seed Of Will - Early
Skills: Void Slash, Soul Swap, Void God
Leo felt an incredible strength surge through him and when he closed in on his new Dao Of Will he was pleasantly surprised.
Dao Seed Of Will - Early
WIS + 50
STR + 100
DEX + 100
Leo smiled as he felt a sensation arise within his body.
Skill Selection Time!