Chapter 1738: The Awakening Of {Yamata-no-Orochi's Legacy}
Ding!
[You have added another [Divine Ability Fusion Marble (SSS Grade)] to the Divine Ability fusion, further improving the success chances to 100%! However, the result is not guaranteed to be what is optical or expected.]
[Are you sure you want to combine these Divine Abilities?]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes."
FLAAASH!
The marble quickly absorbed all six divine abilities, fusing them together, but gaining cracks. The second marble then fused with it, making it much larger and stronger, withstanding the immense power of the Divine Abilities and rapidly compressing them together into a single power.
Rainbow lightning kept erupting from the marble, shaking the surroundings and making me give a step back. But I simply continued watching, until everything calmed down, and the sphere flew into my body at lightning speed.
"Ugh...!"
I fell to my knees as its power pierced my soul and fused with it, it was so powerful that this Divine Ability couldn't even be called that anymore!
What the hell kind of power did I even make now?!
BA DUM!
Suddenly, my heart started beating very fast, releasing shockwaves of power across my body. I saw my entire body being set ablaze, black, and red flames consuming me entirely.
BA DUM!
I felt a presence behind me, something within the depths of my very being that had been completely dormant this entire time, that was now outside thanks to this power.
And it looked down at me.
BA DUM!
With its eight heads, and its demonic, serpentine appearance...
"It is my pleasure to meet you face to face, my other self," it spoke with all eight heads at once. "Long ago I have been waiting this moment, since my Demon King Seed was planted into you, since you gained my Title, and since you evolved into a terrible copy of myself, an incomplete one."
"What...?!"
"But that is about to change. Let us celebrate with great slaughter, my brother, for I have finally been awakened!" laughed the entity, laughing.
"Who are you?! What's going on? Are you not just a Divine Ability?!" I asked.
"A Divine Ability? Not at all! I am much more than that," laughed the eight-headed serpent. "Don't you remember the Second name granted to you, my other half?"
"Second... name?!" I muttered. "Wait, don't tell me... But that wasn't... just some race evolution?"
"Names carry tremendous power in the World... or Worlds," the thing said. "You will get to know more about me once you use my powers, my other half."
"Wait, what are you?!"
Before I could do anything, its enormous jaws tore me to shreds.
CRUNCH!
"Ah!"
I opened my eyes, realizing everything happened within my head, perhaps barely a couple of seconds. Thankfully nobody noticed I had just passed out right there.
"What the fuck was that...?"
I looked around, everything was normal, yet within me, there was now another power, something dark... Yet, at the same time, it didn't feel like it was external, it was as if something that I had already awakened.
Ding!
[You have successfully fused the Divine Abilities: [Primordial Black Flames of Demise (SSS)] + [Frost Flames (SSS)] + [Flames of Beginning (SSS)] + [Jormungandr's World Ending Miasmic Flames (SSS)] + [Soul-Burning Nightmare Flames (SSS)] + [True Divine Fire Dragon Embodiment (SS)] into the Fusion Divine Ability: [Eight Headed Demonic Serpent of Calamity: Yamata-no-Orochi (???)]!]
[The new Fusion Divine Ability [Eight Headed Demonic Serpent of Calamity: Yamata-no-Orochi (???)] has awakened within you the true powers of your Third Name: [Orochi]!]
[You have become the Vessel of {Yamata-no-Orochi's Legacy}, an ancient Serpent Dragon of Calamity of the faraway World of Zipangu!]
[The true power of [Orochi] has awakened, increasing your Stats exponentially!]
[You gained +5.000.000 Martial Power and Arcane Force Stats!]
[You gained +3.000.000 Soul Aether and Fate Fortune Stats!]
[The New Ability is both a Demonic and a Divine Ability, tied to the progress of your Demon King Seed's growth!]
[The higher your Rank, the more abilities, and powers it can unlock!]
"Hahhh... So the name I took so long ago, Orochi... It finally has an actual meaning?" I wondered. "Aside from the whole multiple limbs ability, it had this whole... other thing."
And it seemed to also be related with the Demon King Seed of Gluttony! How is this possible? Did the Legacy of Orochi had it? Does that mean that Orochi was the previous owner of this Demon King Seed?
But if that's real, then Pandemonium's influence even reached another World entirely, that Zipangu World, that seems strangely connected with Yggdrasil. It almost feels as if they were very connected, rather than separated.
Maybe I could ask Yuki about it, and she might have an idea about this?
"Hey, Orochi, are you there?"
No response...
I suppose I have to use the Divine Ability to call for him?
"Andromeda, did you see all of that?"
FLASH!
She appeared by my side.
"No, I wasn't able to see, did you had some sort of vision when you obtained that new Divine Ability?" she wondered, rather worried. "It seems so strong it couldn't be given the proper Rank, so it remained in question marks..."
"I see... Well, it appears that name, Orochi, it means more than I expected, it belongs to an ancient legacy," I said. "Something I picked up when I was just evolving and not even a divine dragon yet. Just because I thought it sounded cool. Was it all an elaborated scheme of this thing?"
"The Evolution Option was generated based on your abilities and talents..." said Andromeda. "So most likely, he had already chosen you as the vessel of their Legacy."
"You're kidding me..." I sighed. "But why me?"
"Perhaps because for one reason or another, when they got here, there wasn't any suitable being to become their vessel," she wondered. "Maybe because you were a mortal despite being a divine dragon, so you were still quite weak and in need of more power, while still having tremendous potential."
"Huh, if that's true, then I'm fucked, or not?" I wondered. "If it can't really control me, then it's a plus, right? It seemed weirdly mysterious though."
"The Divine Ability creates a connection to your sealed powers, a dark side of yourself, if you want to put it that way, within you," Andromeda said. "We could speculate Orochi's legacy has awakened this. The only way to find out more is by fighting and trying out your abilities."
"I guess so... Well, the trial is about to begin, so there's no more perfect moment," I said. "Let's do this, everyone!"
As I rallied my family and friends, the counter of the break time reached zero, and the second trial finally began, in the last moment though, I decided to quickly evolve one of my abilities to help us out in this trial.
Ding!
[You have used the [Divine Ability Evolution Grimoire (SS Grade)] x2 in the Divine Ability: [Automatic Mapping (SSS)] to trigger a Special Divine Ability Evolution!]
FLUOSH!
Both Grimoires fused together, absorbing the Divine Ability into something even stronger and better, and also more useful.
I imbued into the new Skill my intentions, and even engraved it a name through the usage of Essence.
I was mostly experimenting, but it somehow worked thanks to the power of the System Law!
With it, it seems I can further edit how the System functions work as I will, by using Ascendancy Law Essence though.
But it worked!