Chapter 41

[The title 'First Dragon Slayer's effect is activated.]

[While Dragonification is activated, your species will change to dragonoid.]

[As a dragonoid, you are now able to access the power of the dragons.]

[The skill 'Dragon Fear' will be generated.]

[The skill 'Dragon's Breath' will be generated.]

[The skill 'Dragon's Magic' will be generated.]

[The skill 'Draconic Eye' will be generated.]

[The skill 'Absolute Defense' will be generated.]

[The skill 'Absolute Regeneration' will be generated.]

[The skill 'Domain Declaration' will be generated.]

Dragon scales appeared on Zephyr's skin as the magic power around him changed. Without wasting time, Zephyr then attacked Sun Wukong with his Mythic Sword. He also used [Crescent Stream] at the same time.

Sound of impacts was heard as Zephyr's strength and speed was greater than before. Sun Wukong was putted into defensive as Zephyr was able to deal damage to him.

[You have dealt 8,763 damage to the target.]

[You have dealt 7,983 damage to the target.]

[You have...]

However, even with the change, he wasn't able to deal much damage as Zephyr was still a Tier 1 and he was fighting a demi god.

'Maybe it's because he isn't a dragon.'

Zephyr muttered as he was partially right. In the first place, his equipment was for the dragons. Even it gives bonus damage in fighting transcendents, it's true value would only shine when fighting a dragon.

Many suppressions was also felt by Zephyr as if there were chains around him. Not knowing it was the law of casualties itself as it was an absolute rule that lower tiers, especially a mortal Tier 1 should not deal any damage to a Demi-God in the first place.

As Tetsuya also felt it, he then assisted his master and didn't do more than that as he knew he shouldn't meddle in the fight as this was a test for his master.

[You has received Kyuubi's Blessing.]

[Your strength and vitality will rise by 10% for 5 minutes.]

[Your defense will rise by 10% and restores your health by 10% per second for 5 minutes.]

Seing Tetsuya's buff, Zephyr then used the Giant's Power as his strength increases once more.

[Giant's Strength has been Activated.]

[Your strength stat has increased.]

Zephyr then used [Saint's Sword Dance] as he slashed Sun Wukong. Before Sun Wukong could parry his attack, Sun Wukong froze for 0.1 second but to Zephyr it was more than enough.

[You have dealt 15,897 damage to the target.]

Seing that he froze in a short matter of time, Sun Wukong grumbled as he knew what just happened.

'Dragon Fear? Did he just used the ability only the dragons could use?'

[Dragon Fear]

Rating: Mythic

[Allows a dragon to exert immense pressure on his surrounding area, with the Draconic Aura being strong enough to paralyze and throw even the most powerful transcedents into confusion and mentally attack them and the Draconic Pressure allowing his to exert immense force in the physical plane by just exerting himself.

The power of an absolute species. The targets with a lower status than yourself will lose the will to resist. Targets that lose their will to resist will have their defense and magic resistance significantly reduced and their weaknesses will be exposed.

Type: Active

Skill Proficiency: 0%

Skill Resources Consumed: 750 MP

Cooldown Time: 1 Minute.]

Sun Wukong was surprised as he didn't knew that there's a person like this. Throughout the long life he lived, he never knew that their was a human capable of using the dragon's power as he didn't know that Zephyr is the first.

Seeing that Sun Wukong was flustered, Zephyr didn't miss the gap as he didn't forget he was fighting a demi-god. A moment of carelessness would result his failure.

Suddenly, magic power gathered in his mouth as he then fired it to Sun Wukong.

[You have dealt 9,728 damage to the target.]

[Dragon's Breath]

Rating: Mythic

[Magic power is fired.

The higher the user's status, the higher the damage. Deals 1,500% magical damage to all beings within 10 meters of the target. The breath is guaranteed to hit the target.

Type: Active

Skill Proficiency: 0%

Skill Resources Consumed: 1,750 MP

Cooldown Time: 40 Seconds.]

Zephyr didn't waste time as he then continued his attacks. 20 [Fireball] and [Lightning Blast] appeared around them. Before Zephyr could fire, a notification appeared.

[The nature of your magic spells has changed.]

[As a dragonoid, your spell's nature will be changed to Draconic Magic.]

[Draconic Magic]

Rating: Mythic

[Dragons are magical beings that can manipulate magic with the draconic elements in a various offensive and defensive styles. Draconic elements are elements that are either produced by dragons or elements infused with draconic power.

Type: Active

Skill Proficiency: 0%

Skill Resources Consumed: Vary

Cooldown Time: Vary.]

Zephyr then bombarded Sun Wukong with his spells as he continuously and repeatedly casted both spells as those didn't have any cooldown anymore.

Zephyr's eyes then changed as he checked Sun Wukong as he didn't want to lose sight of him. However this time, it was not the [Emperor Eye].

[Draconic Eyes]

Rating: Mythic

[Eyes of a dragon, allowing to easily see things from miles away even when flying high in the sky and see things to the tiniest detail. When combined with magic, it allows the user to view emotions, negative intentions, positive intentions, mana, magical, spiritual, demonic and possibly even the law of the world among the variety of other things normally impossible to detect by the naked eye.

Type: Active

Skill Proficiency: 0%

Skill Resources Consumed: 250 MP

Cooldown Time: 20 Seconds.]

Zephyr then saw Sun Wukong immediately moved at fast speed towards him as he then took a defensive stance. He then swung his sword as Sun Wukong dodged it and counterattacked.

Because Zephyr was in a middle of his attacking momentum, he wasn't able to stop and dodge in time. As he was about to be hit by Sun Wukong, a notification appeared.

[Absolute Defense has been activated.]

[You have suffered 2,000 damage.]

[Absolute Defense]

Rating: Mythic

[The power of an absolute species.

Completely immune to attacks from targets with a lower status than yourself and damage resistance will temporarily increase if the immunity fails.

Type: Passive

Skill Proficiency: 0%

Skill Resources Consumed: None

Cooldown Time: None.]

Because of the damage reduction effect that stacked in his equipment, he reduced the damage he suffered. However, Zephyr should receive more damage because Sun Wukong's status was higher than him but because of the probability in activating the [Absolute Defense] in his equipment, the status taken was from Hyrkan and not from Zephyr resulting for him to negate the damage.

His HP then regenerated in a matter of second as he wad buffed by the Kyuubi's blessing and the [Absolute Regeneration].

[Absolute Regeneration]

Rating: Mythic

[The power of an absolute species.

Regardless of the damage you sustain, even if you are on the brink of death, your body and spirit will regenerate. You may even escape from the clutches of death. Speed up self-healing when injured. However, there is an absolute condition that user must not die.

Healing 25% HP per second.

Type: Passive

Skill Proficiency: 0%

Skill Resources Consumed: None

Cooldown Time: None.]

Sun Wukong grinned that Zephyr was a tough one even he was just a Tier 1. He intensified his attacks even more as Zephyr did the same as he unleased another skill to increase his chance of winning.

[Domain Declaration]

[Territory of the Dragon, has been announced. You can apply your power within the specified territory.]

[Within a limited time, all stats increase.]

[Within a limited time, all physical defenses increase.]

[Within a limited time, all element defenses increase.]

[Dragon's Energy has been awakened.]

[A new property has being added to the designated territory.]

[Territory of the Dragon Slayer has been established.]

Sun Wukong then immediately felt an intense suppression as he was weakened by 20% by Zephyr's [Domain Declaration]. Zephyr then unleashed [Firestorm] and [Lightning Storm] at the same time.

Rain of fire and lightning showered together as Zephyr didn't held back as he also used [Novas's Ascension]. Sun Wukong on the other hand, grinned as he felt an intense anticipation at Zephyr as he thought he was totally extra ordinary.

He then decided to fight seriously in appreciation on Zephyr's power. Shockwave appeared throughout the Monkey King's Palace as both attacks of Zephyr and Sun Wukong collided.

Zephyr was thrown away but immediately stabilized himself in midair. He then used [Lightning Body] and [Blink] at the same time appearing in front of Sun Wukong.

Both of them exchanges their attacks as both steadily dealt damage at each other. If someone saw this, they would say they were fighting in equal grounds but actually its not.

Zephyr was being pushed back as he isn't strong enough to contend with the Monkey King. Suddenly Ruyi Jingu Bang appeared on Sun Wukong's hand as he then brandished it to Zephyr.

With super sensitivity, Zephyr was able to sense and dodge it as he then sweep his sword to Sun Wukong.

[You have dealt 17,972 damage to the target.]

As because of the impact, Zephyr was thrown a meter away. Both of them dashed at the same time as they unleased their attacks.

Sun Wukong used his [Boundless Strike] and targeted it to Zephyr. Zephyr sword also released an intense bloodlust as he used [Vorpal Destruction].

Explosion occured as Zephyr's mask broke as it was unable to endure the impact. As his luck didn't forfeited him, Zephyr luckily triggered the [Absolute Defense] allowing him to stay alive with the impact.

As he was about to attack again, Sun Wukong then said as he grinned towards Zephyr.

"You passed. Honestly, you already passed the moment you manage to land an attack on me but I didn't expect that you would be able to push me so far."

"I got my curiousity and personality got the better out of me as I prolonged the fight and used this Ruyi Jingu Bang which I didn't intended to use."

[You have successfully passed the 3rd test.]

[You have successfully passed all tests.]

[You have cleared the sudden quest and the hidden quest.]

[Completion Rate: SSS.]

[The title 'Monkey King's Successor' has been obtained.]

[The skill 'Sage Arts' will be generated.]

[Please request the clues about the Ruyi Jingu Bang from the Monkey King's exuviae yourself.]

[Your level has risen.]

[Monkey King's Successor]

Rating: Legendary

[After breaking the seal, the Monkey King decided to leave his legacy behind.

* You will have outstanding focus during a fight.

* You can manifest the Monkey King's power.]

[Sage Arts Lv.1]

Rating: Legendary

[The prerequisite to being able to use the Sage Arts is that the user must have a large reservoir of power themselves in order to manipulate the natural energy.

*The user's physical strength, speed, stamina, reflexes, and durability dramatically increase.

* The user's skills and abilities will become even more powerful.

* The user can harness the natural energy surrounding them, turning it into an extension of their body, which increases the reach of their attacks.

* The user gains the ability to sense magic around them.

Type: Active

Skill Proficiency: 0%

Skill Resources Consumed:350 MP

Cooldown Time: 2 hours.]

Zephyr stared at the reward he received for a while and then redirected his attention back to Sun Wukong. He then narrowed his eyes as not a single scratch was seen anywhere on Sun Wukong. Noticing his gaze, Sun Wukong then spoke.

"As you are a player, let me tell you one thing."

"Actually being my successor isn't meant to be a title, it was supposed to be a class but it seems you already possessed two legendary classes yourself."

After fighting Zephyr, he was also able to recognize what classes Zephyr possessed due to his fighting style on using his sword and magic. He was also able to handle the efficiency were wisely which he confirmed of what it was. He then cleared his throat as he spoke of what he was about to speak earlier.

"Let me introduce myself again, I am Sun Wukong, the Monkey King…'s vestige. I am only the shell he left behind before he disappeared, like an exuviae."

Zephyr couldn't help feeling a little curious that an exuviae already held so much power—how strong was the actual Monkey King then?

"You don't know where he really is?"

Zephyr asked him as to satisfy his curiosity.

 "How would I know? He's even more free-spirited than I am. After all, I'm the one who got left behind to test his successor. Honestly, I'm sick of being here, too." 

Zephyr nodded and suddenly Sun Wukong handed something to Zephyr. Zephyr received it as he then looked at it curiously.

[Shard of the Ruyi Jingu Bang]