Chapter 276

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Chapter 276: Ultimate Technique: Shame Explosion

Rin did not expect that the so-called birthplace of Leviathan was actually a huge cave.

The cave was many times larger than the cave where he had found the dragon egg; anyway, Rin saw that the cave had passages leading deeper inside.

The rocks in the cave shimmered with a slight grayish-blue light and were covered in glowing seaweed. Although it wasn’t as bright as under the sunlight, it was still clear enough, so he didn’t have to worry about visibility.

And ever since they passed through the cave’s barrier, there were no more strange clouds; it was completely like a cave on land.

Rin even spotted a big white rabbit’s bottom in the bushes, along with fluttering butterflies.

(This seems to be a string of nonsensical words that may not require translation.)

Here, there are actually insects from the world above.

It is important to know that outside this isolation, the entire sea of clouds is only filled with ocean creatures and a few giant birds.

"Hmm."

Waste Hero easily stretched and seemed to be in a good mood.

After all, after a good sleep and leaving that damp sea of clouds, breathing fresh air instead of misty air made Miss Hero very happy.

"Let’s take a look around first."

Rin glanced at another cave entrance in the other cave and guessed it must be the main entrance.

However, before going in, he wanted to explore this wide outer cave a bit more.

"Okay, meow."

The waste hero has drawn out his long sword, following closely behind Rin, ready for anything.

Rin reached the edge of the cave and began to explore the surroundings.

The walls were covered with vines and moss, looking quite damp, but it became much drier in the center.

In the corner, there were clusters of blue mushrooms. Rin squatted down to take a look and realized they were just common jelly mushrooms, so he didn’t pay much attention.

The ecological environment here was indeed similar to that on land, filled with plants and animals commonly found in this other world.

There were not as many precious materials as he had imagined, which quickly made Rin lose his patience.

After walking a few more steps, he suddenly caught a glimpse of blue out of the corner of his eye and couldn’t help but stop and take a closer look.

Among the moss and delicate vines, a corner of some pattern was visible.

Rin was curious and signaled to the waste hero to help clear the plants covering it, revealing a mural that was two meters long and wide.

The mural is made with an unknown paint, showing a deep blue like rust, but some areas are a bright sea blue.

The sea is represented by several curved lines, and on the surface is a large bust of a woman.

The woman has her eyes closed and her head raised, hands open as if she is embracing the entire ocean, clearly depicting a goddess.

Rin initially thought this goddess represented the Goddess of Creation, but upon closer inspection, she looked completely different from the statue of the Goddess of Creation.

In theory, the creator of this world should be his sister, but from the books and the statues around, there seems to be no connection to Lin Wuyue at all.

The details and quality of various works differ, but there are two notable features about the Goddess of Creation: she wears a crown on her head symbolizing supreme divine power.

At the same time, the Goddess of Creation also serves as the Goddess of Light, and the name Goddess of Light sometimes appears in the praises of light mages, representing the Goddess of Creation as well.

This is another reason why light mages are considered superior.

As a goddess of light, she has a pair of pure white wings behind her.

Hmm, it is completely different from the fancy ones on Earth, like those with four wings, six wings, or twelve wings.

Speaking of which, the bloodline Suyu inherited from Lucifer has the darkest wings, but it is still just one pair, and quite beautiful too.

Rin thought for a moment and quickly realized that this might be the Sea God, known only on certain islands and by some fishermen’s beliefs.

The Sea God is not like other deities; there is no reliable evidence of her existence, at least not in the history left behind in the world.

Only in a few ocean legends has her name ever appeared.

No one knows her true name; they only know she is a goddess with a heart as vast as the ocean, kind and gentle, but her methods of punishment are as fierce as a storm.

A large number of historians, even the Goddess of Creation’s church, do not recognize the existence of the Sea God.

They believe that the ocean is a land without a master, a place without divine protection.

Of course, there are many other deities that are also not recognized and only appear in legends.

Whether it is the goddess or the sea, both are painted in deep blue, but only the center of the picture is in a light color, outlining two slanted stripes with a dot in the middle.

Rin checked the list of runes he had learned to use in his studies and shook his head, "This shouldn’t be a rune; it looks more like some kind of special symbol. Anyway, I’ll note it down."

He then continued to search along the stone wall, making a full circle from one side of the cave to the other, but he did not find a second pattern.

Rin had no choice but to give up the search and walk to the tunnel entrance with the waste hero.

As they entered the tunnel, it started wide and then became narrow after a while, until they reached a faint blue barrier.

The two of them passed through it without any resistance.

After crossing the barrier, the originally narrow tunnel began to widen again.

It formed a funnel shape, and not only that, but the light also grew dimmer, until finally, Rin found himself in complete darkness.

The waste hero seemed completely unaffected, reaching out to grab Rin’s hand and guiding him forward.

After walking a few steps in the dark, Rin and the waste hero stepped onto a raised stone platform. The moment the platform sank, a blue light shone, wrapping around both of them.

The blue light was not very bright; it came from a symbol on a round platform that looked like a tile beneath their feet. The symbol resembled half an eye.

At that moment, in the darkness, a line of blue text appeared at Rin’s eye level.

"Welcome, travelers from afar. Please accept my trial and show your strength."

"Each stone platform represents a battlefield. Only by continuously fighting and defeating one enemy after another can you light up all the lights and bring forth the victory of the first trial."

The light quickly vanished, and right in front of Rin, within a step’s distance, a faint glow appeared.

Rin understood that this must be a sign for him to step on it.

He was quite curious about how Leviathan, now just a soul and a memory, was able to show this text and clearly know that two people had come.

However, what mattered more right now was to get through the trial.

According to Angela, if one more person joins the trial, the difficulty of the battle will double, so we must stay very alert.

"Be careful, waste hero."

Rin squeezed waste hero’s claw, and when she nodded in agreement, he released her hand and stepped onto the glowing stone platform.

As the stone platform sank, a green shimmering light appeared directly above their heads, gradually spreading out.

A piece of metal stretched out from the light.

"It’s a teleportation array."

Rin whispered and quickly moved to the side with waste hero to avoid it.

Just as they dodged, a silver metallic figure fell rapidly.

"Boom!"

The loud sound of landing made the cave floor shake a few times.

The enemy appeared in the blue light, revealing a blurred outline.

It was a silver metal puppet, and the giant sword had already fallen and struck the ground; the piece of metal seen earlier was indeed the sword in his hand.

Seeing the metal puppet, Rin actually felt relieved.

After the ritual competition, he specifically researched information about puppets.

These metal puppets mainly use physical attacks; a few are engraved with runes or use elemental ores to add lightning elements for thunderous skill attacks.

The added lightning element causes a great increase in damage, but the craftsmanship is also much more complicated.

Because metal itself conducts electricity, under unstable conditions, it can damage the core.

Suyu specially taught him how to use lightning magic to destroy the puppet’s core in the simulated magic equation battles.

Even when facing puppets equipped with insulation devices, the fire element can still cause great damage.

With this in mind, Rin opened the Magic Book and began to chant, while the hero stepped forward with his sword, standing in front of him.

Before Rin could finish his chant, the waste hero accurately found the core and pierced it with his sword.

As Rin watched the puppet fall to the ground and be taken away by the teleportation circle, he hesitated in his chanting, but two more puppets landed.

Compared to the previous one, these looked smaller but had higher attack and defense.

Rin instinctively finished his chant, and several fiery trees, guided by the Spell Pattern, struck the two metal puppets, turning parts of their bodies bright red.

Unfortunately, Rin’s fire magic wasn’t as well mastered as Angela’s and didn’t have unique properties like Sha Ye’s flames; it was just plain fire element, not hot enough to melt metal.

Even so, under the high temperature, it was easy to assist the waste hero in defeating them.

After that, the number of metal puppets increased rapidly, evolving from sword puppets to axe and shield puppets, and finally even taking on animal shapes.

In the end, the entire cave was filled with metal spiders.

These spiders moved with great agility, their limbs sharp, and they could also generate electric shocks. If someone wasn’t careful, a few could suddenly leap out of the darkness, catching them off guard.

The most difficult to deal with was that their core was very small. If they couldn’t break it in one hit, even if they cut off a few legs or left half a body, the spiders would still continue to attack them.

"Waste hero, wind pressure pull!"

Hearing this, Emilia blocked two attacking spider puppets with her sword and flipped the sword so the tip was pointing up.

A circle of wind spread out from beneath her feet, quickly filling the entire cave.

The air pressure temporarily trapped the puppet spiders, preventing them from moving, and pulled them toward the center, where a cluster of them soon gathered nearby. Rin reached out and grabbed the floating Magic Book.

By this time, they had already lit up many symbols, and if you looked closely, you would see that the arrangement of the stone platforms matched the shapes of the symbols.

Now, they had completed the outer frame of the half-eye symbol, leaving only the dot in the middle that represented the pupil.

In other words, this should be the final level, and it is also the easiest level.

These puppets appeared too quickly, and they didn’t have time to adjust or restore their magic with kisses.

But that doesn’t matter; it is just right to test his skills.

The Magic Book was lifted high, and at that moment, Rin shouted loudly, "Domain: Eight Directions of Angry Flames."

With his feet as the center, flames instantly swept out in all directions like a flood that broke through a dam, pulling everything within a few meters into hell.

And it was a blazing fire even hotter than flames, strong enough to melt an iceberg.

The domain does not need incantations; just like sword skills, it only requires saying its name. If the magic power is enough, it will automatically activate, which is much less embarrassing than long chanting phrases.

This was the first domain skill that Rin obtained after reaching the first stage of his Phoenix bloodline awakening.

Eight Directions of Angry Flames consumes one percent of the maximum magic power per second, releasing a fire domain within a five-meter radius centered on himself. Anyone who enters allowed states will suffer the highest fire magic damage of the same level.

During the release period, movement is not possible, and the hero’s wind pressure pull cannot move either.

This skill was used in the hunting competition to suppress other schools, and now it has improved. It can not only create strong air pressure but also pull towards the center.

However, this skill is more effective in team battles, especially when the enemies have a smaller warning. Rin only saw it occasionally while training against the Shadow Monster.

The wind field did not suppress the flames; instead, it spread the fire outward, affecting the metal spiders within a five-meter radius.

The metal spider pulled to the center was burned by the flames and, with its own electric current, began to smoke and fall to the ground, flipping over and struggling to crawl back up.

Unfortunately, the range and intensity were not enough to capture all the metal spiders in the cave at once.

Rin clenched his teeth, estimated his magical power, and confirmed he still had enough after considering the magic recharge effects and the bonus magic storage pool.

While expanding the field, he began to chant a long spell.

The waste hero tilted his head and glanced at Rin.

That was a chant she had never heard before; Rin had never used it before, but she could tell it was a very powerful spell, even stronger than the meteor shower from last time.

She knew that in the mage’s chant, the object at the beginning could reflect the strength of the magic to some extent.

Of course, this does not apply to the extremely powerful mages who can chant spells quickly.

Generally, low-level spells like Fireball just need a simple incantation, while higher-level spells have spirits of certain elements, and even higher have messengers of those elements, or specific words that cannot appear in other spells.

At the highest level, the name of a goddess would be mentioned.

This was not something she learned in school, but knowledge that Rin forced into her head so she could remember it for smoother teamwork in battles later.

However, she found that she completely could not understand Rin’s terminology!

That’s right, she did not understand a single word of that chant and saw a hint of shame and embarrassment on Rin’s face.

Indeed, Rin was now using his toes to scratch the inside of his shoes.

This is unbelievable; it’s actually Japanese.

If it’s in Japanese, it’s fine as long as I don’t know what it means. After all, it’s just a semi-automatic recitation.

But strangely, along with the formulas in my mind, this magical Chinese translation also appeared.

"Darker than twilight,

Redder than blood,

Time flows away,

Great flames,

Weaving a vast sea of stars.

I swear by the blazing star that I control,

All the foolish things blocking my way,

Will surely be destroyed by the power of this Fire Star Burst.

It will annihilate everything.

What on earth is this nonsense!

The person who created this skill clearly hasn’t grown up yet!

Even if it’s in Japanese, it must take a lot of willpower to say it all in front of a crowd.

And… why does this chant sound so familiar?

Oh right, I heard a classmate read some parts of it in class before; it seems to be from a certain anime. They laughed at it for being so over-the-top.

This passage is just slightly different; it’s basically taken straight from my lines!

Rin’s face turned red with shame, his lips trembled a little, but he still read it all the way to the end, shouting the last line.

"Ultimate move: Star Burst!"

Compared to the earlier lines, just shouting the ultimate move loudly didn’t matter anymore.

For some reason, after shouting it out, Rin felt a strange kind of joy.

This subtle feeling reached its peak when he saw a huge basketball, about five meters wide, shining with a bright white and golden light, appear above his head.

The ball looked like a smaller version of the sun, bursting with golden flames that flowed like fireworks, spreading and falling down.

Soon, the shrinking "star" shook unsteadily, then shattered into pieces, causing an explosion that covered the entire cave and instantly destroyed all the spiders.