Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Chapter 236: Craving for Soul Energy

If Adam swung his sword at someone's arm, then no matter how much HP they have, they won't die because of it, they will only have their arm chopped off.

Normally, with the system, then if a powerhouse attacks a weaker person, then it doesn't matter where they are hit as the damage will be spread all over their body. For example, with his previous stats, if Adam slashed at the arm of an Iron Rank, he would kill them.

However, now Adam felt that if he wanted to, he could simply cut their arm and not kill them. The applied to him naturally, he would only have himself to protect himself from now on.

Moreover, the equipments also were a great change. They no longer could strengthen him, armours would block damage and weapons would allow him to deal more damage, like in the real world. He wouldn't gain strength or any other stat because of them.

Of course, the equipments would still have their skills on, as those didn't come from the system, but enchantments.

Finally, the last big change was on the Concepts. Before, the power of Concepts themselves were limited by the system, the boost they gave to the user was quite meagre, and using a Concept only to defeat someone was hard.

However, with this new change, Adam felt the power of his Concepts become much stronger. Of course, another reason was the power of his Concepts themselves.

90% to a Concept was the start of the Peak Level, and even 1% of a Sovereign Concept was as strong as a fully mastered Basic Concept, so the power of that Concept was quite good. As for 100%, it was complete mastery, and since Adam was able to use S Rank Skills, then 100% of a Sovereign Concept was as strong as 1% of a Basic Essence.

Essences were the realm of Legends, the peak of mortals. Of course the power of his Sword Concept was overwhelming. The only weak point about his Concept was the fact he hadn't condensed an Essence, meaning it couldn't really merge with his domain as it should.

Adam estimated that if he managed to condense his Essence, then the power of his S Rank Skills would at least double.

But that was a matter for another time. Now, Adam had to satisfy his growing hunger. Adam attracted all the Nascent Souls to him, crushing them with ease. Before, his Spirit Attacks were under his Strength attribute because of the system.

Now however, his Spirit Attacks would finally take their source from his spirit, meaning they suddenly became much stronger. In front of him, the Nascent Souls couldn't even offer a bit of resistance as they were crushed and Adam absorbed their Soul Energy.

The Soul Energy from 40 Higher Demons, all above Level 170, was very powerful, but Adam could see that at the rate it was going, it would take minutes to be absorbed. Then, he would once again have to absorb even more Soul Energy.

Fortunately, Adam knew just the right place the absorb plenty of Soul Energy, the demon city. Yes, he would be killing a LOT of innocents, demons weren't ALL bad as people tried to portray them, but they were a chaotic race.

And to reach their current position of ruler with no other race other than monsters in the dimension, the demons had exterminated all the other races.

Finally, Adam couldn't have those demons in this dimension as he intended to make it his, and he wouldn't stand having demons in his base. So for all those reasons, Adam wasn't going to show mercy to them, even if they were 'innocent'. And they would even be useful to him.

Adam also thought of Neith, who was worried sick in the Blood Tower, so he quickly reassured her and told her a massacre was about to take place.

So Adam flew off at top speed, toward the Demon City. As for Tazolos Although Adam wasn't confident in fighting against a Legend, he could easily flee from them if they were newly ascended like Tazolos.

And that was worst case scenario. The demon most likely hadn't even promoted to the next rank yet, so Adam no longer had anything to fear in Providence.

It would have normally taken him several minutes to reach the demon city, but now all he had needed was thirty seconds to arrive above the demon city.

Below him, the demons had no idea of what was coming for them. Adam flew down and soon came in contact with the barrier. As expected, it was very strong, and had it been before he opened the 5th Gate, even attacking it continuously for days wouldn't help.

After all, the array was powered by a strong energy source, and to deal with this kind of barrier, one had to destroy it in one strike, or it would recover quickly.

And Adam did just that. First summoning Neith, he had her wait to the side before using Sever. The sky turned dark as a large part of space was shattered. The demons in the city, be they the mortals or the remaining Sages, they all looked up to see Space crack open, alongside the array that had protected them for their entire lives.

Meanwhile, Neith looked at her father with reverence in her eyes, that sword strike was simply too beautiful to look at. For anyone who started understanding the Concepts, seeing someone use a Concept to it's paroxysm was a pleasure, even if it was another Concept than the one they had mastered.

With the array now destroyed, Adam closed his eyes before sending an overpowered Spirit Wave. Another change from breaking the Second Restriction was him being able to overcharge his skills like he did with the Sun Spear in Greece.

Moreover, with his new power, Adam could probably wipe out the city with one skills if he wanted to, a strong Water Skill could crush the city or freeze it if he infused enough Qi. But he wouldn't do that, because a skill that had the strength to wipe out a city would destroy the souls of mortals as well as their poor Soul Energy before he could absorb it.

That's why, Adam did something simpler. Overpowering the Spirit Wave allowed him to kill the souls of weaker beings while still keeping their Soul Energy.

As the Spirit Wave spread out, everyone below Gold Rank fell to the ground, dead, while their souls were destroyed, releasing Soul Energy that was attracted to Adam like a Black Hole. As for Gold Ranks, they also died, but their Soul was strong enough to not be destroyed instantly.

Unfortunately for them, Adam sent a second normal wave through he city, destroying their souls too. In a single second, every being below the Sage Rank had been killed, their souls destroyed, and even the Higher Demons were wailing in pain while holding their heads.

As the Soul Energy of the demons below Sage Rank swirled into Adam's body, he created a big barrier in the sky to block the demons from escaping. Then, transforming into a lightning bolt, he moved between the different demons, killing them with a single swing of his sword.

Some demons tried to escape, but once they came in contact with Adam's barrier they felt a huge headache, and their body began to get covered in frost. Although it didn't kill them, it slowed them long enough for Adam to appear and finish them.

In under a minute, Adam was the only survivor in the city. Apart from him there were only corpses around. Fortunately, he could feel he had finally absorbed enough, and when he finished processing the Soul Energy he would get to see a change.

But before that, Adam headed for the palace, which had been repaired, and quickly flew threw it using his Domain to search. Unfortunately, it looked like Tazolos had fled, Adam had found his cultivation cave and saw an escape tunnel.

On the other hand, he hadn't had the time to take the treasury with him