God's Slave: Reincarnated Into an Academy of Heavenly Descendants

Immediately, Nolan regained himself as his eyes scanned up at the flaming rune above his head, whose reach was slowly widening.

He could tell that it was the only destructive obelisk to him right now.

With its ability to spew out flames from the flaming vortex above his head, it posed a grave danger, and Nolan aimed for it to be his next target.

Still, something gave him chills—the time obelisk that had yet to react this entire time.

"It has the capability to stop time. When it makes its move, it could be incredibly lethal. I need to end this fast..."* Nolan mused to himself as instantly, he sped off towards the flaming obelisk.

Immediately, the runic lines laced over the sky widened as a pillar of flame covered the entire hall, the temperature increasing by thousands of degrees.

Yet, Nolan kept his speed, dodging through the flaming pillars like they were too slow.

But that was simply not the case. It was he that was simply too fast.

Soon, he was already before the lava-like core, and his dagger instantly cleaved out.

But Nolan's expression changed when he suddenly found himself hung in the air, unable to move an inch.

"What the... MOVE!"

Nolan screamed to his legs as he felt all the hair on his body stand on end in the next instant.

BOOOOOOOM!

A powerful shockwave ripped through the entire area as Nolan was roughly smashed into the ground by a flaming pillar that appeared right above him.

Slowly, the smoke cleared off, and the image of a burnt black figure could be seen, lying visibly dead in the crater!

The time obelisk stopped pulsing, and another flaming rune appeared over Nolan's head.

In the next half a second, the entire crater shook violently as Nolan burst forward with horrific speed, appearing instantly before the flaming obelisk.

Immediately, light appeared in the core of the time aura, and an invisible wave spread, but it was simply too slow for Nolan.

He instantly tore through the flaming core.

PSSSSSSSST!

The sound of something frying rang out as Nolan's hand was burned by the oozing lava from the core, but the system didn't fail him as notifications instantly appeared, and the core disappeared.

[An Epic Grade Treasure Has Been Picked

Up by Host!]

[Epic Grade Treasure: Fundamental Flames Core will now be stored in the system's shop!]

[Good luck on the lucky find, Host.]

Immediately, Nolan tried to move again, but he found himself frozen where he stood, unable to move a single inch.

"Tch,!" he clicked his tongue in irritation

Right now, Nolan felt himself stuck in time, unable to move.

But soon, his irritation disappeared, followed by a smirk.

"Tch, what am I even scared of?" he asked to none other than himself.

Truthfully, there was nothing to be scared of. He had destroyed the flame, storm, and gravity obelisks, which were the only ones capable of harming him.

The only thing remaining was the time obelisk, and Nolan was pretty sure it couldn't hurt him.

Its only function was to stop time.

"All I need to do is wait until you burn out all your energy. Then I'll simply walk forward and rip out your core. Not like there's a time limit on this mission anyway..." Nolan mused, bored, and after thirty minutes, he noticed the light in the core of the time obelisk slowly dimming. Nolan felt his actions returning once more.

Without even breaking a sweat, Nolan placed both hands behind his head as he walked towards the time obelisk, a little pep in his step and a whistle on the corner of his lips.

Once more, the time core flared out with light as Nolan stood in place.

Yet, after 30 minutes, the light dimmed once more, and Nolan regained himself. He continued walking towards the time core.

Arriving ten meters away from it, the time core flared out, this time with its brightest light.

Molan remained frozen in place for the next two hours before the core dimmed again.

Instantly, Nolan covered the five meters in a single step before yanking away the time cpfe from the obelisk.

The notification quickly appeared.

[An Epic Grade Treasure Has Been Picked Up by Host!]

[Epic Grade Treasure: Time Crystal has been stored in the system's shop!]

"Tch, and here I thought it would've been the most difficult to face..." Nolan thought with an uninterested snicker.

He finally turned to the last obelisk in the area.

The dark obelisk was covered in black chains that extended into the walls and above the platform.

The obelisk had not affected him since the start of the battle, and Nolan could guess that it wasn't an attack obelisk like the others.

Its main function seemed to be keeping whatever was above the platforms in check.

Nevertheless, Nolan was cautious as he walked towards the dark obelisk and witnessed dark, gloomy shadows beginning to emanate from its body, surrounding the entire hall.

Immediately, Nolan witnessed the entire world turn into a frigid, cold, and dark realm.

And then he began seeing them once more—whispering shadows.

They moved past him, flashing by his ears, whispering words that made his heart pound loudly and his hair stand on end.

It was like something was gnawing hungrily at his will, ripping apart chunks of it and making him feel demotivated.

[Be careful. It targets the mind...]

"Arggghh!" The system warning was followed by a groan from Nolan's lips.

He grabbed his head and stumbled to the side, before tumbling to the other side once more.

At first sight, he looked like a drunken man, moving erratically through the shadows, the various voices whispering louder and louder into his mind as he swayed back and forth.

But in the next instant, a shocking scene unfolded as Nolan's dagger instantly cleaved forward and then—

RIIIIIP!

He ripped out the core that was within the obelisk, tossing it up and down in his palm as the chaos dissipated while a cunning smile appeared on his face.

[How? How did you...?]The system asked in shock as Nolan stored the core away in the shop.

[How did you take care of the shadow obelisk so easily?]

"I told you before."

"I'm not affected by anything that targets my mind."

"I was just acting to let its guard down..." Nolan replied smugly.