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Chapter 346: Third Phase

Coop waded through shallow water, blindfolded, but still seeing. He was moving slowly, as if he was carefully choosing each step, overwhelmed by an inundation of detail.

The lighthouse loomed behind him, shining like a massive lantern of ghostly energy. The spectral relic housed ...

Chapter 345: Soul Shroud

When Coop exited the Coral Forest, he emerged into a world that was bathed in the rosy light of dawn. The atmosphere was almost flushed, as if the previous day’s sun had kissed pale cheeks, leaving a slightly ruddy sunburn on the planet. He wasn’t sure if the prominent reddish tone was due to...

Chapter 344: Back from the Depths

Coop continued to admire the newly claimed treasure at the bottom of the Coral Forest while his health and mana passively recovered. He was fully engrossed in the rough, unpolished jewel, musing to himself with his fists on his hips, as if he was appreciating an unparalleled work of art. The patt...

Chapter 343: Seed of Power

A low hiss escaped from between Coop’s teeth as he sat up and sought to check his injuries. The final boss fight of the mana well was over, but it had proven to be more perilous than he was comfortable with, especially compared to the ease with which he had been able to intensify his grinds alo...

Chapter 342: Vanquisher of Demons

The first tentacles lashed out without warning, moving with blinding speed, like whips held together by constellations and space dust. They glowed with cool blue starlight, transparent like the main body of the mutant man of war boss, making it a challenge to decipher where they began and ended. ...

Chapter 341: The Enigma

The atmosphere was bursting with a strangely familiar energy. Coop let his eyes wander across the clouds, sniffing at the particularly stimulated smoke with curiosity, eventually coming to the conclusion that he was detecting an obvious variant of abyssal mana.

The flowing curren...

Chapter 340: The Ones That Fade

 Coop pressed deeper into the abyss, battling with the environment itself as he pursued the next variation of mana mutations within the Coral Forest. The further he moved away from the sandy ridge that led back to the fifth level, the more turbulent the local mana became. The initial hydroth...

Chapter 339: The Coral Abyss

Coop descended further into the Coral Forest. He was delving into the abyssal depths without letting the threat of the unknown deter his increasing forward momentum. New frontiers meant new monsters, and new monsters meant more experience, more levels, and more stats. The prize of more stats was ...

Chapter 338: Undiminished Return

Coop jabbed the three prongs of his ethereal trident into the sandy ground, letting it stand on its own at the peak of the perimeter ridge while he caught his breath. He let his head hang as he put his hands on his hips, chest heaving with each inhale. He watched droplets of moisture fall near hi...

Chapter 337: Platinum Progress

A flurry of narrow beams lanced from beyond the heavens, piercing the target almost simultaneously with their appearance. It was as though the stars themselves were turning against the invader, sending a volley of thin astral blasts in defense of Earth.

Streaks of pure light trac...

Chapter 336: Weeping Forest

Coop tried his best to guess how they would reach the fifth level of the Coral Forest. As he followed Hai Yun into a tubular tunnel that angled down from the larger cavities of the sea sponge, flanked by protective guards, his expectations for a longer journey quickly changed. The tunnel opened u...

Chapter 335: Human Resilience

Coop flickered through the darkness for hours, letting the moments blend together as he was absorbed by the grind. Physically, the demand was much more conventional than it had been on the algae bog, so he was well-prepared for the exertion. He was able to push himself to establish a proper exten...

Chapter 334: Experience Sponge

The route to the fourth layer of the Coral Forest was about as straightforward as it could get. It required minimal active involvement, unlike the previous long hikes and challenging descents. All they had to do was go a bit further down and they would arrive at their destination. It sounded easy...

Chapter 333: Algae Bog

As Coop descended from the upper levels of the Coral Forest, through dense shapeless clouds of mana, the visibility of his surroundings was severely reduced. Before long, he could only see the individuals on his immediate right and left, but the ropes they held onto extended into a washed out voi...

Chapter 332: Coral Theater

Hai Yun revealed the route that would take them on their journey toward the lower levels, guiding Coop into the depths of the Coral Forest along with her massive entourage. Though she hadn’t spent much time in Ghost Reef’s mana well, she had already established her proficiency within such ali...

Chapter 331 : Strange World

“Okay, Coop, you ready for this? Here’s what we got prepared for you.” Derek began, flipping a poster board that had been positioned on a simple stand behind the bar. The front side displayed ‘Derek’s Drinks of the Day (no refunds),’ but turning it around revealed a complicat...

Chapter 330: Second Phase

Coop finally made his return to the Coral Forest. It was actually something like the fifth time he had entered the strange natural domain, so he believed he knew what to expect before he leapt beyond the edge. The unfamiliar sights that hailed his arrival had other ideas. His expectations were ov...

Chapter 329: A Friend of Life

As the rough walls of the caves gradually smoothed out and Coop approached the pearlescent chambers at the center of the subterranean zones, he noted the distant echoes of people hard at work. The banging of hammers, what could have been drilling, and the shouts of workers organizing with each ot...

Chapter 328: Phase One Complete

Coop slowly emerged from the sweeping darkness that filled the larger monster-infested caverns, over 100 layers beneath Ghost Reef. The monsters were well under control after experiencing a grind session with the Champion, but his formidable presence maintained a frightful atmosphere for the unde...

Chapter 327: Silent Meow

The territory of Ghost Reef had increased considerably at various points during the assimilation, but when it came to population, it had never experienced a period of such explosive growth. The previous influxes of refugees had seemed massive at the time, especially compared to the relative popul...

Chapter 326: Bronze Rank Party

When Coop was fully immersed in his various spectral manifestations, the proximity his class had with the Undead was never more obvious. An ominous, supernatural fog that seemed to have a mind of its own, filling a specific cavern of an already dark and menacing cave system set a heavy atmosphere...

Chapter 325: Midnight Sun

Coop made use of the central teleportation hub beneath Balor’s Tower to travel down to the sixth level of Ghost Reef, skipping a short hike in favor of instantaneous traversal. The runed portals really felt like the first pieces of proper ‘manatech’ seen by humanity. Everything else, like t...

Chapter 324: Hidden Hegemon

Coop stretched his shoulders as he strolled along one of the beachside pathways that circumnavigated Rock Key. He was letting the footpath guide him away from the overgrown mangrove forest, around the edge of the island, where the open beach transitioned into low dunes. Coconuts had been lined up...

Chapter 323: The Eternal Spear

It was still early in the morning of Day 186 and Earth’s doomed assimilation into the galactic community rolled on. The sun was shining, the pigs were swimming, the owls were hooting, the pelicans were soaring, and the main streets of Ghost Reef were chock full of human activity. Future challen...

Chapter 322: Exceeding Expectations

“You’re crazy, man.” Derek mumbled before yawning dramatically. He rubbed one of his knuckles against the bridge of his nose before shaking his head, as if he was disgruntled about being awake at all. It was obviously too early for him, though he had reappeared by the lighthouse in a surpri...

Chapter 321: Vaporform

The first day of Coop’s grind was coming to a rapid close, but he had no intention of pausing just because the sun was setting. He wasn’t ready to rest after such a brief 12 hour grind.

As time passed, Coop’s companions rotated in and out, leaving him with a series of new p...

Chapter 320: First Phase

“You know what?” Coop spoke to himself as he cast Retribution and his spear manifested from a swirl of mists that seemingly appeared out of nowhere, solidifying at the exact moment that his hand snapped shut. “Let’s just say I gave everyone else an extra week, just as a little favor.” 2024-12-18 16:11:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 319: Unorthodox Cultivation

“Look! What’s that?” Lyriel grabbed Coop’s shoulder and pointed to the shallows they were leaving behind, eagerness communicated through both her voice and grip.

This was a query she had already repeated hundreds of times as they crossed the continent on a shared hike thr...

Chapter 318: Birds of a Feather

When Coop manifested from a splash of mists in the center of an empty field outside of the Heartland Settlement, abruptly confronting the massive collection of human warriors, the preparations for battle had already ceased. All of the fiery aggression had been doused by the overwhelming power dis...

Chapter 317: Rank and File

Marcus wielded his unique scepter in one hand as he stepped toward the front of the battlelines. He activated his base abilities and liquid gold mana condensed on the pommel of his weapon, dripping with thick globules that shone with a reflective illumination. The droplets evaporated before touch...