Chapter 1283 1283. Fear

A quasi-rank 7 creature was the best food for a body in the upper tier. The stuffed winged beast only had its skin left, but that resource could boost Noah's power by a lot.

Ordinary magical beasts would find it hard to digest a resource on that level, but Noah's body didn't have those limits. His black hole also helped in that process and made him absorb the energy contained in the winged beast's skin in no time.

Still, the actual improvement of his tissues arrived slowly. The black hole had to purify the energy absorbed from the skin and redirect it to every corner of his body. Then, it had to harmonize that growth so that Noah could obtain the best out of that process.

Noah mostly trained while his body grew, but his mind continued to imagine battles against the Snakes' leader during the whole process.

That type of mental training would generally fail to reproduce the true might of a creature. Yet, Noah had studied the Eternal Snakes for entire centuries by then. His knowledge allowed him to create perfect simulations and even predict situations that he didn't trigger during the last fight.

The leader's battle style wasn't hard to understand. Its attacks consisted of a relentless assault that made use of the flexibility of its body. Its offensive was also reckless due to its confidence in its innate ability.

Noah had calculated that he would have to kill the Snake a minimum of twelve times. His opponent wasn't the leader alone. He had to force it to consume all the ice accumulated in the world.

Part of him understood how King Elbas felt after he returned from the void of the separate reality. The Royals' leader had to fight an entire world set on killing him, but he triumphed due to his nigh-endless reserves of energy.

Noah's situation was slightly different but also quite similar. Even with his ambition, his sheer power couldn't reach the levels that King Elbas had shown in the past. Still, he was getting there.

'I will be far stronger than him once I reach the true peak of the heroic ranks,' Noah thought as the images in his mind dispersed.

He had finally completed his mental training. He knew exactly how he had to fight the leader. Now he only had to apply those plans in the battle.

Noah came out of the separate dimension once his body had absorbed the nutrients. He didn't have to prepare anything else. He only had to win now.

The world had returned to its previous frozen state in the years that Noah had spent inside the separate dimension. The Snakes' leader had spread its silver liquid again to restore the regions destroyed in the battle.

The frozen landmass had expanded. The creature's ice now reached deeper into the sea. It seemed that the Snake wouldn't be satisfied until the entire world turned into ice.

That sight didn't discourage Noah. If his strategy worked, he wouldn't have problems killing the Snake more times. His ambition had a time limit, but it could last enough if he minded his reserves of energy.

Noah's aura grew as he stared at the layer of ice that stood in his way to the sky. His ambition surged and pushed the level of his centers of power beyond their limits, and spells activated on their own as he prepared for the imminent battle.

Corrosive smoke and dark matter seeped out of his skin to create two layers of his fiendish armor. The Demonic Sword flew out of his space-ring to land on his hand, and Night merged with the environment to prepare its surprise attacks.

Snore formed inside the armor made of higher energy, and the Black Hole spell materialized above Noah's head. A sea of saber-shaped runes also flew out of his hands and began to absorb the primary energy created after his aura spread in the environment.

The copies didn't appear. Noah had used them during his previous battle to match the leader's physical strength, but he didn't need them anymore. They were only a waste of energy against that opponent.

The roars of the Snakes' leader resounded above him after his aura expanded. The creature had noticed the arrival of its annoying opponent, and it cried its impatience to resume their battle.

Noah could sense from its tone that the creature considered him a worthy contender for the throne of the world. Even the Snake wanted to see who was the strongest existence in that lower plane.

A surge of dark matter came out of Noah's living weapon after he pointed it at the ice above him. The attack dug a smooth tunnel where Noah flew to reach the surface.

The Snake was already filling the sky with its silver liquid when Noah resurfaced. He wasn't the only one capable of preparing his attacks, and the leader wouldn't hold anything back after it accepted Noah as a worthy opponent.

Noah's aura continued to surge after he reached the surface. His ambition finished empowering his centers of power while he observed the magical beast preparing the battlefield.

His dantian reached the peak of the sixth rank and stopped growing, but his mind and body acted oddly after they touched the same level.

His ambition didn't stop empowering them after they reached that point, but it seemed unable to push them beyond the limits of the heroic ranks.

Yet, the empowerment didn't stop. Noah felt the limits of his mind and body bending to accept that