"Well, they're definitely stronger than when they first got here." Teran who lacked a mouth somehow said which piqued Gideon and Victoria's interest.
"Trust me, these two are absolute monsters." Sia said while shaking her head.
"Well, see you later." Teran said briefly before the ground below him and the duo vanished and they all fell in before the ground closed again
"I wonder how much they'll surprise him." Sia muttered before vanishing.
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As the duo was dragged at insanely high speeds underground by Teran, Gideon was in a deep state of meditation.
'The final clash against Sia made me wonder if I would be able to completely fuse my poison avatar with my body.' Gideon thought as a green glow suddenly covered his body. Teran noticed but didn't do anything as Gideon was in a meditative position.
Gideon was completely immersed in his meditation as his poison avatar slowly covered his body.
Slowly but surely, Gideon made the avatar enter his body and then made it to wrap around his interior. Bones, muscles, tendons, every part of his interior was covered, even his blood cells.
'Come on!' Gideon thought with urgency as he felt his astral energy drain very quickly. But as it did, his interior started to turn into a deep shade of green.
Finally, just as Gideon had used about half of his astral energy reserves in his core, the system sounded.
[Ding, Host has created new skill, poison body. The user's body receives an exponential boost in power allowing them to rival the strength of someone a rank above them, the only issue being its dreadful energy consumption. Requires 5,000 AP to activate]
Gideon read the first part of the introduction and was ecstatic, but his whole body became cold when he saw the AP requirements.
'5,000 AP to activate. I can only keep it active for a few seconds at most.' Gideon thought with a bitter smile before shaking his head.
He didn't notice how when he successfully created the skill though, a green pattern suddenly appeared on his right cheek.
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"Alright so this is what is going to happen." Teran said as they reached their destination. It was a huge canyon that was easily bigger than the grand canyon on earth.
"We'll be doing some endurance training. Last as long as possible and do not stop until you're out of energy, I shouldn't feel a single drop in your bodies." Teran explained and the duo nodded.
"Okay then." Teran appeared on a ledge on the side of one of the canyons and lightly tapped his foot on the ground. Suddenly, the floor began to tremble and Gideon and Victoria summoned their weapons and stood back to back.
Then, numerous rock like figures that resembled Teran began to emerge from the floor and swiftly surrounded the two of them. They numbered in the thousands.
"Well, here goes." Gideon muttered as he activated poison aura and overdrive.
"Yeah." Victoria nodded as purple aquafire surrounded her gauntlets.
As if they had agreed beforehand, the rock golems started to charge towards the two of them, each golem was at the iron rank.
Gideon and Victoria stayed rooted on their spots as they both unleashed their skills. Gideon's daggers blurred and any golem that was within a 10 meter radius of him was diced into pieces.
Meanwhile, Victoria's hands left afterimages as she punched with insane speed while releasing fist shaped aquafire that instantly destroyed any golem that got close.
They stayed like this for ten minutes, but slowly, the golems were beginning to gain ground as they pushed forwards with their high numbers. And so the duo decided to charge in as well.
They both turned into a green and purple streak of light as they charged into the army of golems and began to wreak havoc among the golems.
'Huff, this is tiring.' Gideon thought as he slayed a few more golems before wiping the sweat off his head. They had been at it for about an hour now.
*BANG*
Victoria stomped her foot into the ground releasing a ring of aquafire that instantly turned a dozen nearby golems into dust.
In reality, their energy reserves weren't actually low, but fighting thousands of opponents at once was bound to take it's toll.
Gideon wasn't using his poison fog because he realized that the golems had corrosion resistant bodies, so he decided to save his energy.
2 hours
The two of them were panting.
4 hours
Their energy reserves were low.
9 hours
They had collapsed from exhaustion.
"Hmm, that's okay I guess. You two will keep doing this until your stamina is 10x this" Teran said indifferently causing the two to groan. This will be a long five days.
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I need sleep so short chapter