CHAPTER 89: MURDEROUS AURA’S VERSATILITY

"It’s a good thing that I’m getting more and more used to refining life force into Immortal Energy..." as he treads on the air hovering just above the near dead calm ocean surface, the young man thought to himself as he looks at the consumption of Immortal Energy that is being used by the Endless Path Movement Art, his current rate of recovery making it so that this technique only consumes the bare minimum amount of Immortal Energy.

As he looks at the consistently decreasing Immortal Energy though, he still couldn’t help but shake his head as he becomes aware of the fact that it is still impossible for him to freely traverse this ocean through the use of said technique, forcing him to stop on bodies of lands scattered all across the ocean every now and then to recover his own Immortal Energy.

All while doing this, he is also taking his time perfecting his combat abilities trying to meld them into his own fighting style as much as he can, a good thing as most of his skills are self-enhancement ones that he wouldn’t need to stress himself about when it comes to incorporating them to his fighting style.

’There’s still some room for growth...’ looking at the blood red surging aura surrounding his being, the young man thought to himself as the aura gradually congregates into a material existence, forming a pristine sword of pure ruby red, bearing the same shape as the treasured weapon in his other hand, this one coated by a complete black that will pull anyone’s attention towards it.

Grasping both swords in his hand, the young man then takes a stance as he starts condensing even more of those crimson red aura around him, eventually stopping as three more swords floated around himself, seemingly just waiting for his command to attack anything on its path.

"Hahaha, this is way more versatile than I gave it credit for..." Azrael remarked to himself as he checks the information of the skill he is currently playing around with right now, the vague definition of its use making even him, a veteran who had lived for the tower for over a decade, fail to see its true usefulness the first time around.

[Murderous Aura (Active)]

After finding out just how much more can it be used other than transforming into handheld weapon, the young man felt like it should’ve been given more credit than being just a normal skill, in fact he even thought that it should be on the level of Unique Active skills especially in terms of its utility, given that it has the ability to take any shape that its user willed it to.

Unbeknownst to him though, should this skill fall into any other hand than him, it would be pretty difficult for anyone to grant their own murderous intent shape, especially when this intent that the skill is dealing with is something so intangible and surreal that it might just as well enter the realm of pure imagination.

Although that is a fact, it wasn’t what Azrael knows hence he wonders just why is it that there’s never a word about a skill as absurd as Murderous Aura.

’Wait, if I can really just control it mentally...’ as he mulls around even more utility of the skill he is playing around with, a thought then snaps into existence within his mind, making him smile in excitement as he thought that he should really try something like that out.

Hence moving one of his hands forward, the young man willed one of the blood red swords floating above him to float down, hovering just a few centimeters above the ground just to make sure that even if he fails what he is attempting to do, it wouldn’t happen in such an embarrassing fashion that he is trying to avoid even when there’s not a single soul in this island can see him.

Seeing that the shape of the sword is way too small for his intended purpose, the young man then wills the murderous intent to shift its shape, changing into a larger, more robust great sword with its frame still borrowed from the Evil Fang Sword, prompting the young man to nod as he felt satisfied with this size of weapon.

’Come on, work...’ Azrael thought to himself as he took a huge gulp of air as he took his first step, his foot landing on the blade of the sword as his other foot steps onto it as well, his nervousness shooting through the roof hoping that this would work, hence why the joy when he saw that the sword is not falling onto the ground even with all his weight bearing down on it.

"Ha... haha... HAHAHAHA!!! I’m a fucking genius!!!!" despite floating just a mere few centimeters off the ground, Azrael couldn’t help but start laughing maniacally as he was met with a good news, this new use to the Murderous Aura making him feel a childish wonder as he starts willing the great sword to go higher and higher into the skies.

’The consumption is increased, but who cares, I can compensate the resource expenses with Immortal Energy... this feels like a more efficient way to travel than the Endless Path Movement Art...’

Azrael thought to himself as he starts getting used to the movement of the great sword, in fact, he felt like riding this flying sword is no different from surfing the waves of the oceans, the only thing distinguishing the two of them being the fact that there’s no violent and chaotic force of water trying to throw him off every now and then given the fact that he’s fully in control of the great sword’s trajectory.

With the excitement of having another new skill that will help him in the tower, he starts immediately testing it out and trying to push its limits, his figure turning into a blur as he dashes through the skies with unparalleled speed that other ascenders of the second floor, or possibly even those of higher floors, can only be jealous of.