Chapter 1007 - 1004: Fighting Poison With Poison
Both Corey and Pamela’s hair stood on end as they were a few meters away from the crown of the world tree.
Thunder boomed, lightning zapped across the branches of the world tree, and powerful gusts of wind that nearly threw Corey and Pamela off the world tree continuously slammed into them.
Corey’s eyes glowed pure white as he activated his Eyes of Omniscience. Although his mind was not fully healed especially after he used the illusion ability of his Tri-Pupil Eyes to trick Syrelle, he had no choice but to use his Eyes of Omniscience despite the pain he was feeling in his mind.
’I’m about fifty percent (50%) healed. I can work with that... Hopefully.’
Corey’s eyes glowed brightly, and the world tree became bare to him.
However, he immediately felt a backlash from seeing through the world tree, and his vision pulsed and a devastating headache blasted him.
He groaned and took several steps back while holding his head. Blood fell from his eyes, and his veins throbbed violently as he reduced the output of his Eyes of Omniscience.
’It’s like multiple grenades are exploding in my brain at the same time.’
"What the hell are you doing Corey?! Get your shit together fast!"
Pamela growled as she used the glass-like lightning bolts in her hands to deflect three lightning bolts that fell from the crown of the world tree.
Her bones shattered, the flesh on her arms and many parts of her body burnt, her hair turned into ashes, causing her to be bald, and her body was covered in her blood.
She was forced to take several steps back and a mouthful of blood poured out of her lips.
Her gaze were cold and focused as she stared at the lightning bolts in the sky, and a part of Corey was truly impressed with her abilities.
Deflecting five lightning bolts that were like the casual attacks of an Immortal was a tremendous feat, and although Corey knew why this was possible for Pamela, it was still a tremendous feat.
’Seems I have to go all out.’
Corey pushed through the pain he was feeling, and then a crown of black bones appeared above his head.
Crown of the Lifeless Sovereign
The moment Corey summoned this crown, the world thundered and the world tree trembled violently as Corey felt an enormous amount of killing intent bear down on him.
In the distance, the expression of Anton changed when he sensed Corey’s aura. His head snapped in the direction of Corey, and a shocked expression appeared on his face.
"Impossible." He muttered with wide eyes.
The Tier 6 priest and the Tier 6 mage also looked at Corey with surprise in their eyes, and the reason was because his current aura was similar to that of Anton and the Book of Death.
"How could that be? What’s that crown? What sort of item is it?" The Tier 6 priest of the Temple of Darkness asked with eyes that were full of greed and desire.
Despite being extremely far away, he could feel his spirit and mana core desiring the crown.
’If I have it, I’m certain my powers would skyrocket drastically, and my position in the Temple would rise. I can feel my mana improving even with the distance between us. Although it’s extremely minimal, it’s still shocking.’
The priest of the Temple of Darkness was not the only one that desired the crown on top of Corey’s head, the Mage desired it to study.
He had a feeling that studying the crown would bring breakthroughs for him and also the Mage Association itself.
’I want that crown.’
Anton, the priest, and the mage, all desired the crown for several reasons. However, due to how close Corey and Pamela were to the crown of the world tree, they didn’t dare to approach the duo.
To them, they expected Corey and Pamela to either die very soon or be gravely injured and have no choice but to fall to their deaths.
Meanwhile, Corey was facing a major threat to his life. A threat he had faced one too many times ever since the apocalypse began and he obtained his talent.
However, he was calm.
And this was part in because of his experience in being in situations like this, and also because there was something different about this life threatening situation he was currently in.
"Damn it, Corey. Why didn’t you tell me that you would have to piss off the world tree to heal it! Do you plan on killing me today for fuck sake?!"
He was not alone. He had somebody that was as talented as him, and he trusted her to protect him.
Corey did not reply Pamela, and it was for the best since Pamela might have been more pissed if Corey actually had the opportunity to reply her, since that would mean that he was not so focused on healing the world tree.
’Well, I knew that there would be a reaction from the world tree the moment I summoned the Crown of Lifeless Sovereign, I didn’t just know it was going to be this bad.’
To heal the world tree, Corey could not use Dream Healing since he did not have the vast amount of dream energy required to heal the world tree.
So, he planned on doing something that every poison expert knew of. He planned on fighting poison with poison.
’The death qi of Anton and the Book of Death is different from the death qi of the Crown of Lifeless Sovereign. It’s a bit weaker, but since I’ll be manipulating the death qi with what I see along with my Eyes of Omniscience, I’ll be able to negate the death qi in it.’
’It’ll just take a lot out of me, and I’ll have no choice but to move forward with my plan.’
Corey’s eyes pulsed brightly, and then he pushed more of his death qi into the world tree.
Black veins spread out from Corey’s hands unto the world tree, and it travelled down to the roots.
The world thundered.