Rowan was in a unique situation, his technique for Ascendancy was being fueled by the Aura pouring into him at a feverish pace, while he was performing a hundred other tasks at the same time, he was near a tipping point and he needed more of his consciousness power or he was going to fail.
The two Explorers behind him were no longer focused on him; instead, they were battling with the Calamities that saw them as a choice buffet. Although the majority of the Calamities were still at the mortal level, their numbers meant the Explorers had no chance to survive as whatever move they made drained them of energy against what could be considered an infinite number of abominations.
Rowan would have been in the same position with them if not for the fact that the Shiik had erupted from below the ground and swallowed him up. With its impressive armor and size, the Shiik could easily wade through the chaos, and with its mouth opened wide, it began swallowing tonnes of flesh and blood, Rowan was going to need all the vitality to survive what was to come.
Although he would be collecting parts of his consciousness into this body, he would still be hiding its presence, and to carry a weight like this inside a mortal body, that body had to be severely powerful, even if it was perfectly compatible with his consciousness.
Directing the Shiik away from the battling Explorers who were doomed, Rowan told it not to stray too far so he could take advantage of them once they were properly weakened, he needed the time to awaken to become a Heroic Explorer. Then the two Deific Explorers would become among the first he would be hunting for the Glorious Rank upgrades.
Rowan's body seemed to ripple as a surge of energy erupted throughout his cells, transforming it in a manner that aligned with the nature of his heart. He arched his back as blue Ascendant energy erupted out of his body from his eyes and mouth, this was no longer just Aura, but a power derived from Aura that could make fundamental changes to reality.
Rowan stood up and walked out of the Shiik, to behold the madness that reality had just transformed into. For a mortal this scene would be impossible to describe, to see billions upon billions of creatures that filled both the heavens and the earth, fighting, dying, and consuming each other in an orgy of violence that could rival that of the Great Abyss itself.
Multiple explosions of power erupted from the masses as countless Calamities evolved, creating a sound like multiple earthquakes that remained ever ongoing without ceasing.
He floated until he stood in the red hair of the Shiik, the powerful creature despite its size and armor was beginning to suffer damage, in the short time that Rowan had taken to Ascend to the Heroic level, multiple Legend State Calamities had been born, and just brushing against their Aura would lead to injuries. The Shiik had been able to survive for this long only because of its impressive regeneration capability.
In the distance, Rowan could see the two Deific Explorers weaving around the battlefield, mountains of corpses below them, but despite the Aura they were gaining from the slaughter, it was all useless because they had no time to process it.
Becoming an Ascendant did not only depend on Aura alone, but many other factors, and perhaps if they could survive this onslaught, they would be filled with so much Aura they could begin the attempt to become an Ascendant.
However, this was a futile dream, for their injuries were already horrifying.
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