Earth's Greatest Magus

Without the presence of the Dragon protege hunting together with him, Emery had essentially lost a very capable frontliner and thus needed to find a new strategy to hunt the horde of Shrikes.

Fortunately, he still had his Jade Warrior summons to help him in his endeavor of hunting the creatures.

"This creature is tough to kill!"

The moment Emery encountered a pack of the Legendary beasts, he would immediately summon an army of Jade Warriors and command them to bar them from reaching him. That way, he was free to do as he pleased, killing the creature one by one while at the same time staying out of harm's way.

But still, although the Dragon protege's role could be replaced by the Jade Warriors, the latter was simply incomparable to the former. Without Zach's help, the speed of killing and devouring the scorpion creatures fell down by a huge margin.

Emery also tried his luck and fought the Mythical creature by himself. Unfortunately, such a deed still seemed impossible for him at the moment because he kept being distracted by the Legendary ones who kept appearing without stopping, which eventually forced him to retreat.

"No!, too much of a risk"

With the current situation he was dealt with, Emery could only devour a few dozen Shrikes per day, which netted him an increase of one or two spirit force at most. A lackluster gain when compared to a few days ago.

However, Emery was actually not too worried about the whole situation. He just took it as an opportunity to experiment on the newfound comprehension of the gravity pressure of the planet.

With that said, his figure teleported to and from as he ceaselessly cast his space magic. He further challenged what he comprehended by casting [Blink], [Aegies of Void], and even [Spatial Gate] to break the gravity pressure.

Thanks to that, with each passing day, Emery discovered that his resistance to external gravitational pressure increased as he found his body becoming lighter and lighter, and his Spirit Reading capability gradually returned to its normal state.

Another week passed, and after constantly devouring and absorbing copious amounts of energy from the Shrikes, coupled with the help of Spirit Foundation Pill, Emery finally reached the bottleneck he had been waiting for.

[Spirit force: 1700]

Without further ado, Emery halted his streaks of hunting and found a safe secluded spot on top of a rocky mountain. He sat inside the small cave he found, assumed the lotus position and closed his eyes.

There, Emery spent time consolidating all the things he had comprehended since his last breakthrough.

His constant fighting with the help of his Jade Warrior summons, as well as the earth spirit energy he devoured from the scorpion creatures, bestowed him with a lot of comprehension in the said element.

But of course, there was also his newfound comprehension in the Light Element to consider.

However, Emery knew that what he currently had still wasn't enough to build his second pillar of Light Element. Hence to be safe, the Earth Element would be his main focus to create the next pillar in his nature core.

As for the darkness core, Emery had gained even more comprehension in the Darkness Element. Specifically his comprehension in space and gravity which had reached a new height compared to the past.

To ensure he achieved the highest chance of success before he started, Emery gave hours of conditioning and preparing his two cores to welcome their two new pillars. When he was finally ready, he swiftly started the process by consuming two Spirit Foundation Pills which would act as the impetus.

The deluge of spirit energy that came after the consumption of the pills became the vessel for him to push through the bottleneck and achieve a breakthrough. His eyebrows slightly furrowed as his consciousness delved deep within him.

One hour,

Three hours,

Half a day.

That much time had passed, and a frown could be seen on Emery's face as there was still no sign of a pillar forming. It was peculiar, especially so with the fact he had consumed Spirit Foundation Pills to assist the process.

Still, Emery hadn't given up yet and gave another few hours.

Alas, there was still no sign of a breakthrough at all. Instead, the effect of the Spirit Foundation Pill had dwindled at this point, rendering it useless.

This unusual situation of course confused Emery, and he couldn't help but begin to worry. After all, his dual spirit core was the result of various unique circumstances, and he had never seen any cases to compare.

The last time Emery had a breakthrough was when he fixed his cracked devour pillar, he wonders if his unsuccessful attempt this time had something to do with him depending too much on his devour ability.

The simpler possibility was that his next pillar will be where he crosses from the middle stage to the high stage of rank 9 Acolyte, hence he might need better comprehension to make a breakthrough.

Understanding that he most likely wouldn't be able to form his pillars before resolving this matter, Emery could only continue his hunt.

With that, two more days passed, and by that time, Emery had another problem to think about.

It had almost been a month, and his urge was starting to go on its antics again.

"Well, at least if I would transform, there are no people around to hurt." Emery thought to himself.

This particular thought reminded him of Zach. It had been days since he last saw the Dragon protege, and therefore he couldn't help but wonder how the man was doing in this hellhole of a place.

With his Spirit Reading returning to its normal state, Emery was able to create Spatial Gates anywhere within a fifty mile radius. Hence, he decided to explore the land again searching for anything other than the gray sand or scorpion creatures.

It was only after a day of wandering around that Emery finally found something noteworthy.

His enhanced Spirit Reading, allowed him to perceive a space deep within one of the gray mountains.

"Another layer!? A deeper one?!"

Fueled by a curiosity of the new discovery, Emery proceeded to explore the mountain which led him to find another massive crack on the ground. When he scanned the place from above, he felt an eerie feeling until suddenly felt another spirit energy connecting to him.

It surprisingly came with a familiar voice.

"Young wolf..? Good, you are right on time... Come down here!"

It was the voice of Grand Magus Lilith of the Dragon bloodline.