Supreme Couple In Apocalypse: Undead King & Demonic Queen

Chapter 444 Heavenly Nimbus Shen

Erix, Rin, and Lily were hidden inside different giant trees spanning up to a few kilometers in height with their auras concealed and meshed with their surroundings.

In the same wilderness where they were hidden, a giant 500-meter-tall monstrous gorilla with crimson and black markings with gray fur was looking around, destroying trees.

'1 more minute and we'll win the Difficult level reward,' Lily said to the spiritual chat.

This challenge was to run away and not get caught by the Celestial Crimson Primate. This gorilla was not a joke because it was truly more powerful than them in all areas, but as players, they had a little advantage.

To find the hidden mystic fruits and use them to distract Celestial Crimson Primate. It was easy at first because they were given a 1-minute headstart to look for fruits.

Fruits had various effects. Some could temporarily blind the gorilla while some could disable its legs, arms, or eyes, depending on the fruit. But the gorilla still ate the fruits every time and would ignore players upon seeing the fruit.

But at any other time it's not eating fruits, the gorilla would chase others brutally and even find them. It was also tough and powerful enough that their attacks had no effect on it and their defense was paper against its attack.

The losing condition was getting touched by Celestial Crimson Primate while the winning condition was surviving for 30 minutes.

The Difficult Level task was to survive for 1 hour.

Erix, Rin, and Lily were not too far from each other, so they were spiritually connected to talk about strategies to survive.

'Only a few minutes left. We got this,' Erix said while hidden inside a tree's trunk in a space pocket he made.

'We only have 1 fruit. Let's save it until we need it. This monkey might find us if it comes near,' Rin wryly smiled.

'Yeah, it's so powerful. Glad we decided to create a makeshift camouflage-type skill,' Lily said. 'I am still improving it, but Soul Vice is helpful to make it more effective.'

'Rin, where are you? You were disconnected from spiritual chat a few minutes ago.'

Rin chuckled and said, 'I got a sort of power-up you can say. It's the thing I got from our first Mystery Box of Patron Shop.'

'That golden-blue cloud? Heavenly Nimbus Shen?' Erix was surprised.

'Yep. It didn't activate with Prana, Spirit Force, and soul energy. I tried it with Aethir force during gorilla's chase, but it still didn't work.'

'However, I combined Prana and Soul Energy to create Chakra and used Chakra to activate it.'

'It worked?'

'Yep! It's sort of like a battery-style thing. I can charge it with Chakra and use it for a certain period of time.' Rin grinned as powerful lightning flickered in her eyes while she was hidden amidst the clouds formed at the upper part of the trees.

They were restricted in terms of height as they couldn't go beyond 2 kilometers off the ground no matter how much they tried, but this hiding spot was good. She had turned into a lightning elemental form and meshed into the lightning in the clouds.

This was also her camouflage skill, though extremely niche as she could only hide within natural lightning clouds.

'Rin, don't tell me you are in the clouds above?' Lily asked.

'I am there, why?'

'The gorilla might be right below you. I am also hidden in thick mists formed around trees, so I am at ground level, but due to our spiritual connection, I can sense you. The gorilla is also near me, and right below you,' Lily wryly smiled.

'Careful,' Erix warned.

'Don't worry, the only skill I unlocked in Heavenly Nimbus Shen is movement, so I can run away. It's super fast. At least, faster than this gorilla.'

'It can teleport, you know?' Erix wryly smiled. 'Without fruits, we would've been caught multiple times.'

'Hehe, take a look at it. This thing is awesome,' Rin grinned as she shared Heavenly Nimbus Shen with Erix and Lily.

[Heavenly Nimbus Shen]

_Heavenly Immortals Dimension.

_Patron: Sun Wukong Palace.

_Discovered Skills: Lightning Rush.

_Description:

—> Heavenly Nimbus Shen is an opportunity. Bind with it and kill other possessors of Heavenly Nimbus Shen to evolve yours.

—> When the number of the possessors reduces to 100, the trial of the Awakened to Void will begin.

_Other Possessors: 6798.

_Note: Discover the abilities of Heavenly Nimbus Shen yourself after binding with it.

'Discovered skill?' Erix raised his eyebrows.

'Yep. There's a whole mess of complicated runes and formations deliberated in this cloud. I have to solve it my way to discover the skill. So far, I discovered Lightning Rush, and I think I should be able to run away from Gorilla with it, not forever, but at least until I can find another fruit.'

'Cool,' Erix was surprised. 'Maybe I should also use that strange Pill I got from Patron Shop's Mystery Box later.'

'I think we are safe,' Lily said. 'The gorilla is moving away.'

'Our camouflage skills worked at last I guess,' Erix laughed.

This was the first time they were not discovered despite the gorilla being near! Previously, they were discovered every time it came within 100 meters of them and this monkey had swift teleportation power and it was also fast!

Its only weakness was the fruits, which they cleverly used to survive until now.

Suddenly, all three of them heard a notification of challenge completion and asked whether they wanted to receive their reward right away.

They agreed and vanished before arriving in different, but same-looking places.

Star Furnace

This time, the trio was ready. They had endured the level 10 Refinement, so they started at level 10 right off the bat and didn't get blanked out like before.

During the process, they started Vitalum Circulations as well. To be precise, it took roughly 4-5 seconds for one circulation on average, so this was way better than having to spend an entire minute for a single circulation outside.

One hour passed by quickly while they were absorbed in training and emerged outside in the War of Thrones' Playground.

"The circulation speed slowed down a bit at the end, but I only need 53 circulations now," Erix said with a grin.

"I need fifty too," Rin chuckled.

"I need a bit above two hundred," Lily smiled. "And we only need one more Star Furnace to reach the peak in Body stats now."

"Yep, let's do it," Erix laughed.

"Let's go on my Heavenly Nimbus Shen, it's comfy and super fast," Rin jumped on the golden-blue cloud crackling with faint lightning.

Erix and Lily also jumped on it before the cloud turned blurry and silently streaked toward their next whirling energy spot for the 3rd challenge.

However, Rin using her Heavenly Nimbus Shen outside attracted someone.

Somewhere in this vast War of Thrones's playground…

A man with cascading locks of snowy white hair, thick and spiked, sat atop a boulder surrounded by walls of polished wood adorned with intricate carvings and ferocious beastly patterns.

He wore a leather-furry outfit akin to a barbarian, and looked in his early thirties with almost 2 meters of height, but still oozed out a certain elegance as he sat straight in an unwavering poise and exuded an undeniable aura of refinement.

But the vibe around him changed the moment he opened his eyes upon sensing something.

His pupils flickered with lightning so pure and destructive, it changed the sky above him as dark clouds formed.

From his body, a heavenly lightning aura burst out and turned into a golden-blue cloud crackling with lightning as it hovered above him.

"A possessor of Heavenly Nimbus Shen is here?" the man muttered in surprise before a grin stretched across his face.

A short girl looking in her early twenties flew towards him from above, holding a magic staff twice her size.

Looking at the sky and golden-blue cloud, she asked "What's going on, Ragna? Enemy in sight?"

"Gracy, we are going to Southwest. I am removing the Throne Hall and heading to a certain destination."

"W-w-what? You must be joking, Ragna!"

Ragna stood up and took a deep breath as his figure blurred before he appeared atop the golden blue cloud—Heavenly Nimbus Shen!

"I am not. Follow my trail with your skill and lead the team," Ragna smiled at Chloe, but his eyes glinted ferociously. "See you soon."

Ragna was heading towards none other than Rin, who also had a Heavenly Nimbus Shen.

…

Meanwhile, the beastfolk group under Nine-tailed Golden Fox Ayaka had gathered in their Throne Hall for a meeting after they completed all 6 challenges in their area.

Your journey continues with empire

"Cecie, can you tell the distance from here to our allies with the gun?" Chihiro asked as she sat in the leader position in the room, her cat ears with white tips moving slightly.

"Nope. But we already have the portal ready, so if they also make a portal, I can measure the distance," Cecie said before she tilted her head and asked, "Why do you want to know the distance?"

"Forget it then," Chihiro shook her head and stood up. "Anyway, we already discussed the plan. Group A will explore the Death Gorge to our left. I feel like there should be a major event there. If we activate it, we can get a head start."

"As for group B, we'll be exploring the area behind the mountain range. If there are any Throne Hall near us, we'll declare war right away and call our allies to finish them off swiftly."

"Let's go."