Shuttling Between the Two Worlds

Planet Aquamarine, the home planet of Lugh, Red, and the others. To them, they feel great attachment towards it.

At the same time, Planet Aquamarine is also a very important planet when it comes to the major players of this World.

"Have you ever seen the trait levels and the comprehension of the people in your planet?"

"Comprehension? Trait levels?"

"Yes. These two has something to do with planet Aquamarine."

"What is it?"

"Simply put, planet Aquamarine has the ability to.. boost the trait growth and make its inhabitants have a greater talent when it comes to comprehension."

It was said that planet Aquamarine was created by the strongest Combatant that this World ever had, the Space-Time Lord.

Rumors has it that he created this World with two functions: Twice the flow of time outside and them having a higher potential and talent than those from the outside.

When the high-ranked Deity-Realm Combatants caught wind of this, the first thing that they chose to do is to seize the planet for themselves. Too bad that they all have the same intention, thus they crossed paths.

Soon, a war occurred. Due to the Space-Time Lord's restrictions, people above EX+ Rank couldn't enter the planet and the foreign forces are weakened once they entered the planet. They will be left with around 50%-70% of their combat capabilities.

That's why they chose the other option as well: To divvy up the inhabitants of this planet and have them start a war. They would send some reinforcements to make up for the numbers, but the majority of the combat force would be the inhabitants of this planet.

Even if they couldn't accept the loss, they won't be able to do anything as the remaining inhabitants of Planet Aquamarine would be the followers of the winner. Even if they wanted to send their own forces down, it would be akin to them wasting their forces on a meat grinder.

"We are about to enter the focal point in war, until they appeared on a crack."

"Crack? You felt the World's intent at that time, right?"

"Yes. It's as if it met the ones who would be responsible for its extinction. Even we Deity-Realm Combatants couldn't believe it."

When the zergs arrived from the crack, the World made a response as well. It sealed off the entire Star System where the crack appeared. In that Star System is planet Aquamarine.

As the Deity-Realm Combatants gathered there thanks to Aquamarine, it couldn't be a better timing. They fought against the vanguard forces of the zergs.

It was a long fight, but they lost. The quantity of the zergs who came out couldn't be matched by them. If they had at least 50% of the Deity-Realm Combatants in this planet, they could've put on a better fight.

"In that fight, around 10% of the Deity-Realm Combatants of our World died. It's truly a tragic event."

"10%.."

Lugh closed his eyes for a while before falling into a deep thought. He calculated the estimated amount of Deity-Realm Combatants who fell until he arrived to a horrible conclusion: The worst.

'10% of our high-end combat power are gone, not to mention those below Deity-Realm. We're off to a bad start. I wish that the Zerg World and our World can merge together..'

"Lugh."

Aria clasped his hand. Seeing that he lost focus, she got worried too.

"Oh-sorry. I've been deep in my thought too much."

"I'll support you until the end, so don't worry."

"Aria.."

The atmosphere is becoming more and more pinkish. Sadly, Aria's Master is here.

"I'm still here, you two."

""Ahem.""

they coughed to clear up their awkwardness before turning to her.

"Seeing your power, it looks like Aria will have some catching up to do, though there's no need for me to remind her."

"I've comprehended the techniques that you gave me, Lugh. they're su~per strong!"

"Haha, is that so?"

"Un! I like the Cloud Dragon Illusion Art the most!"

"I'm glad you liked it."

They talked a bit more about Aria's accomplishments when it comes to the techniques.

"I guess I should tell you of my identity, Aria. It's not on our agreement, but this should be done."

"Master, what is it?"

"I'm the remnant spirit of "Head of the Quartz Tower", Alina."

"Quartz tower? Master, didn't you say that it's the leading dragon organization when it comes to knowledge?"

""You're right, Aria. It do seems that you recall my teaching well."

"Hehe, I always listen well.."

Seeing this cute side of hers for the first time, every other thought of Lugh disappeared. He felt that his heart is getting healed at this moment.

"Aria, you must know of this too. If you haven't been born a half-blood, the purity of your blood can surpass normal pure-bloods. That's why.. you should come to my ruins."

"Ruins?"

"The ruins in this planet, it is mine."

"Uwaaa!"

"Ms. Alina, how can we go there?"

"Hm? You look determined."

"The world is becoming more chaotic. I just want her to be stronger so that she'll be safer."

"A worried boyfriend, I see. I should've experienced this instead of mountains of books.."

Alina began explaining how they could enter the ruins. For short, they should go to a space node in this planet, get teleported to the ruins, and do their best to go to the central part of it. With Lugh's power, Alina told them that they can most likely succeed.

After all that, Aria rested. As for Lugh..

"I should upgrade my stats this time."

Seeing that the enemies that he's encountering are getting stronger, Lugh felt the pressure. Who knows whether there might be a Deity-Realm Combatant as their enemy one day.

[Confirm spending 50M EXP to upgrade all 5 basic stats to S+?]

'Confirm.'

After he confirmed, a drastic transformation took place in his body. It has a higher intensity compared to when he upgraded [Demon God Physique]. He felt that his body contained an even greater amount of Laws.

Not only that, his body felt stronger and his Vessel became larger. It didn't take him long before he could adapt to his changes.

'SS+ Rank. With my techniques, I should now be able to contend against SSS+ Ranks."

Looking back at his journey, the him before all this only has the potential of a C- Rank. He never thought that he could reach S+ Rank within 2 months. Even though the time acceleration is a major factor of it, his own efforts are still a considerable part of it.

"Phew.."

"You broke through?"

"Yes."

Lugh didn't expect that his [Godly Disguise] module would show a hole once he broke through. Even when he broke through S Rank, he didn't knew of it. Either way, he just calmly accepted this situation and admitted it.

"S+ Rank.. How did you cultivate?"

"Training. Lots and lots of training."

"Could it be that.. your Master is a training freak?"

"That is so."

"I see.."

Lugh checked at his remaining EXP and saw that he still has 22M left. With a thought, he summoned his panel.

[Lugh Austere Bayer]

Rank: S

Latent Potential: C-

Exp: 22,418,199

Strength: S+

Agility: S+

Stamina: S+

Vessel: S+

Wisdom: S+

Traits:

[Dagger Mastery (LV6)]

[Dexterous Hands (LV5)]

[Sword Mastery (LV6)]

[Decisiveness (LV5)]

[Sixth Sense (LV2)]

[Poison Body (LV1)]

[Damage Offset (LV4)]

[Stone Skin (LV3)]

[Resilience (LV2)]

[Spear Mastery (LV2)]

[Evil Eyes (LV3)]

[Darkness Control (LV5)]

[Demon God Physique (LV3)]

'22M EXP. Alright, I should reach the Law Level for the [Darkness Control] first, then the [Damage Offset] and [Stone Skin]. I bet that I'll have to tank hits in this ruin exploration.'

He first upgraded his [Darkness Control]. Not only did he have a deeper intimacy with Dark Elements, he also unlocked the higher form of control for it.

He can now feel it- the power of Laws when it comes to elements.

After adapting to the changes, Lugh upgraded his remaining 2 traits, completely exhausting his 22M EXP. It didn't took long for him to eat a Cultivation Jelly and start cultivating to recover his lost reserves.

***

In the home world of the zergs..

"Xyphur, are you sure about this?"

"Yes, esteemed one. I already recovered my power, so I should begin contributing towards our race."

"Hm.. I like your attitude. Then you may go."

"Thank you, esteemed one."

Xyphur left the castle and began heading towards the place where the space cracks are generated. It didn't take long for him to arrive at the place where a certain crack is generated.

"You're the one whom the esteemed one sent?"

"Yes."

"Good. Then you may follow the next group who will go to the Dragon Race's territory. Our objective is to destroy the Deity-Realm ruins there. You will provide backup to the main team that was sent already."

"Understood."

Xyphur began heading towards the space crack. Little did he know that he would soon encounter a familiar face that he's longing to meet.