Supreme Lord: I can extract everything!

Chapter 1031  Ancient Region

The Sacred Knight threw the broken shield aside and cursed. Michael, on the other hand, smiled when he saw a small group of Tekur Awakened charge ahead. Given the light spear's velocity and force, Michael could determine the star rating and or amount of Soul power residing within the Tekur attacking the Sacred Knights. 'Either 3-Star Soultrait or it is a 1-Star Soultrait unleashed by a Lord. But it doesn't seem to be either.' Michael tilted his head slightly while watching as one of the Tekur Awakened manifested another light spear. The spear was smaller than before, but it expanded and started glimmering after a few seconds. However, that was not the same Awakened's doing. 'Support Soultrait. I see.' One of the other Awakened used his Soultrait to augment the light spear, increasing its power drastically.

Michael watched the Awakened as they continued charging. They released the light spear, which threatened to pierce one of the Holy Knights, only for the light spear to stop in its tracks. It didn't slow down, but it froze instantly. One of the Tekur, probably the one controlling the light spear, cursed and screeched, but Michael merely scoffed.

Greater Psychokinesis was strong enough to grasp and control the light spear as long as he was given enough time to adapt to the projectile's power and speed. It had to be in his range and view to stop it, but those conditions were met easily. Michael tapped into Greater Psychokinesis again, hurling the attack at the charging Tekur Awakened.

One of the other Tekur Awakened didn't expect the light spear to come his way and was too late to respond. The light spear pierced through his chest, killing the insect on the spot.

Some Knights looked at him with a raised eyebrow, while the Sacred Knight, whose shield had been shattered, cursed, "Why didn't you do that earlier?" Michael shot him a deadly glare, which was how he silenced the Sacred Knight after he uttered a quiet, "...Sir…"

He turned away and charged the Tekur Awakened instead. Their attack had continued but they didn't dare to keep rushing at Michael at full speed. The Void Scales were hidden in Michael's Void Scale armor, leaving the Tekur Awakened clueless about what awaited them. Michael's Mythical Spear started glowing, which ushered the Tekur Awakened to respond.

They used their Soultrait Symbols and attacked again. However, this time, they didn't use their light spear. It worked against them once and might do so a second time. The risk was too high. Michael was fast enough to reach the Awakened in no time. He appeared before them and executed a quick blow, nearly piercing one of the Tekur's chest. The Tekur raised his blade-like arms to block the attack, only for the spear blade to pierce his arms instantly.

The Tekur screamed as his bladed arms cracked and fell apart, but the other Tekur Awakened immediately jumped into action to defeat Michael. They surrounded him, ready to tear him apart – quickly because the Holy Knights and Sacred Knights were about to reach them – only to end up miscalculating something: How exactly did Michael stop their light spear before?

Michael used the Soul Technique of Greater Psychokinesis. He spent a few days creating a Perfect Soul Technique for the Soultrait after doing the same for his physical-boosting Soultrait. Michael pushed Object Control, the Perfect Soul Technique, to its limit and released the sheathed Void Scales into the surrounding. The jagged end of one Void Scale pierced the throat of a Tekur before the insect could react, while the others suffered mild to severe injuries. However, they survived the surprise attack.

Michael's tongue clicked, but he moved on, using Foundation Break to push his physical strength beyond its limit for a few seconds. These seconds were enough to behead one Tekur, stab two more Awakened, and drill several holes into the last Awakened using the jagged Void Scales.

The corner of his lips curled upward at the victory, but the battle was not yet over. Still, Michael and his people were at a gross advantage. Not only were their numbers higher than the defending forces, though not by much, but the Untamed Armies were much stronger. Every piece of the Untamed Armies was better than the Tekur. However, the combined force of the Untamed Armies was even greater. Their seamless teamwork resulted in more strength than the sum of the individuals combined.

That was great, and it was usually a necessity since the enemies of the Untamed Jungle were stronger and more numerical. However, the Untamed Jungle had either swallowed most enemies in the last few months, or the jungle monsters ended them before the Untamed Jungle reached their proximity. Last but not least, some Lords were smarter than the rest. They decided to join Michael's forces by surrendering rather than ending dead as nothing but loot and nutrients.

Apparently, others had heard enough about Michael, the Untamed Jungle, and its forces to come to a simple conclusion. Fighting the Untamed Jungle was a death sentence. Maybe you couldn't grow much after surrendering to the Untamed Jungle and being swallowed by it. Still, restrained growth wasn't as bad as dying. At least not to those who accepted Michael's conditions.

Michael's fight in the battle against the Tekur ended shortly after. He did a great job at fighting the Tekur – Summons and Awakened – with his pair of Soultraits and the Growth type Artifacts at his disposal. Michael could have killed more enemies, but he was in no rush. Seeking the strongest while ensuring his people wouldn't suffer was much more important. However, his help wasn't needed in the first place.

The other forces of the Untamed Armies overwhelmed the first Tekur Nest in no time and moved onward to exterminate the Tekur in the remaining Tekur Nests, too. Once that was done – the fights with the Tekur Lord lasted no longer than 48 hours – Michael helped the other forces search for survivors. As unfortunate as it may be, leaving a single Tekur alive could transform into a devastating mistake.

The Tekur were tenacious and could breed several times more often than rabbits. Their numbers would skyrocket again as long as he left a couple of them behind. Michael didn't want that to happen, especially not after the Untamed Jungle swallowed the territory that had once belonged to the Tekur Lord.

Even though Michael spent some quality time traveling through the Tekur Lord's territory, searching and killing the Tekur, who sought safety underground, the war with the Tekur was not over. In fact, it was probably just the beginning. After all, they might have encountered only one Lord of the Tekur race, but where there was one, more could be found.

If the Tekur Lord wasn't an anomaly spawn in a different region than the majority of his kin, Michael and his people would have fun meeting more Tekur Lords and probably billions, if not more, Tekur Summons.

Then again, the Super Awakened and Divine Subordinates were at war with the Tekur outside the Origin Expanse as well. One way or another, they were at war, and Michael could sense the energy shares swamping the Links of Loyalty en masse. Michael's main body was rewarded with energy shares in the millions, and their battles were just getting started.

All while the war outside the Origin Expanse continued and millions of Tekur died, strengthening those attacking them, Michael observed the Untamed Jungle's expansion. His territory never ceased expanding and it came to no surprise when the Grand Region finally transformed into an Ancient Region. That was one of the most interesting news in the last few weeks. Of course, his encounter with the Tekur was great, and it felt like it was fated to happen, but the Ancient Region expansion felt even better. That was probably until the Super Awakened and Divine Subordinates would return with the corpses of the Tekur. Their Normie corpses could be transformed into nutrients, while their Awakened would transform into massive piles of SoulStar Fragments and Soultrait Symbols.

Maybe, at the end of the day, the Tekur would provide much more benefits than expected. After all…if he could acquire billions of SoulStar Fragments from billions of Awakened, Michael could slowly but surely advance his Soultraits to 10-Star. That would be incredible.

Both bodies of Michael grew stronger as the Untamed Jungle advanced to an Ancient Region. The intensity of all Links of Loyalty from residents in the Untamed Jungle increased considerably, pushing Michael's power to a higher level. At this point, Michael was probably stronger than most Demi-Gods even without his Soultraits, Divinities, Pure Aether, and so on. His bare body could beat the living shit out of most Dem-Gods right now!

A similar scenario occurred to his secondary body. Since Michael was still connected to the Links of Loyalty with his secondary body, it also grew stronger!

The extent was not that intense but since the secondary was still a Higher Lifeform rather than a Divine Lifeform pushing toward the physical prowess of a Demi-God, it gained a lot. 'If the Untamed Jungle keeps expanding and we're focusing on more massive settlements while also allowing the jungle monsters to spread and grow, as long as they don't do anything too stupid, I should have no issue pushing my territory population to one billion in the next few years. If nothing goes wrong, the Untamed Jungle should expand even faster as the borders stretch wider as long as I supply it with enough lifeforce, nutrients, and energy, though the primal root already solves the latter.'

Michael had a lot to think about, but it was clear that the Untamed Jungle and his Lord Powers would become an essential asset in his main body's prowess. He didn't know about the benefits of the Primal Region and how to advance the Ancient Region to a Primal Region in the first place, but if Michael could tell one thing for sure, it was probably that he couldn't afford to get expelled from the Origin Expanse.

Fortunately, that should be impossible now that he had a secondary body in the Origin Expanse. If everything went south, Michael would ensure to keep his secondary body weaker than everyone else. After all, his main body could do all the heavy work and fights, whereas the secondary body had some fun.

Thinking about fun, Michael chose to have some more fun with the corpses of the Awakened collected from the Tekur Nests and the planet outside the Origin Expanse. He siphoned their SoulStar Fragments and Soultrait Symbols, pushing Extraction in the main body closer to 10-Star.

It was only a matter of months, maybe even weeks until Extraction would transform into a Godly Soultrait, and Michael was eagerly waiting for this moment.

After all, God Soultraits were needed to defeat the Primal. Everything enhancing Michael's power was needed to defeat the Primal.

They weren't the first beings of the universe, and still alive for no reason!