Overgeared

His first thought was that this was an abnormal phenomenon created by climate change. At first glance, the shape of the jade-colored castle floating into the sky resembled a moon.

“The Full Moon Fortress.”

Grid was puzzled as he checked the signboard attached to the huge gateway. As Cranbel had explained, the erosion ritual’s purpose was creating space rifts. Grid assumed that perhaps a number of cultivators were working together to create something similar to a black hole.

However, a castle...

“...Ah?”

Grid recalled the scenery he had seen when he was transmitted to another dimension by Judar. Back then, there were four moons in the place which had the name ‘update not yet determined.’ Seeing that they were slowly gaining a red tint, he had wondered if they would soon become suns. That sight had made it difficult for Grid to wrap his head around.

‘What if this is what those moons were supposed to become?’

Beneath the four moons, the desert had buried the remnants of a civilization familiar to Grid. Those building ruins had an architecture that was commonly found in Reinhardt and Titan.

'...Does this mean that the Full Moon Fortress will appear everywhere the erosion ritual is attempted, and that if only four of them fulfill their role, the world will be eroded and destroyed...?’

That’s what Grid thought, at least.

An unfamiliar voice called out to him. “Which sect are you from?”

Grid turned around and saw a man, his glossy long white hair tied with a hairpin. It was hard to tell how old he was, but his eyes reflected years of knowledge and wisdom, and his skin was flawless. The man said, “The Full Moon Fortress here is supposed to be smelted and managed by our Geumheo Sect, as well as the Gyodu and Paehyeol Sects... I sense no traces of you practicing the techniques of any of these three sects.”

“An Absolute... Are you in the void refining realm?”

The moment Grid asked this question, the man’s expression changed subtly.

“You can’t determine my realm, so you are inferior to me. Are you really in the qi refining realm?”

“You are affiliated with the Geumheo Sect. What’s your name?”

“I heard that the mortals here have some resemblance to cultivators. You have learned the art of magic in addition to body refining techniques. I don’t think your skills and accomplishments are necessarily proportional to each other.”

The man pulled a rope out of his mouth. Dozens of flags were hanging from that rope.

“I don’t know if you stumbled upon this Full Moon Fortress by chance or on purpose, but consider yourself unlucky for being here. Great Weight Prohibition Circle.” The man cast a spell and dozens of flags unfolded in all directions.

The flags stood upright as if nailed to the air, emitting colorful lights. Grid was trapped in the center. The air around him became hard to breathe. Gravity suddenly felt a hundred times stronger.

In an instant, the ban was completed. It was incredibly fast compared to a magic barrier, which required drawing a magic circle.

The man smirked and pulled out a huge mace from his mouth. “No need for your pointless rambling anymore. You can’t lift a finger while trapped in there.”

power emitted by that mace distorted the landscape around them. It was proof that this guy had the power to destroy even space. He swung the mace at Grid’s

were similar to Control Sword. The cultivators rarely held and brandished weapons directly. They infused them with spiritual aura and mystical arts to control them with their will. Thus, cultivators easily ignored the constraints of

with the concepts of Control Sword and will. He easily dodged the thunderbolts of the mace.

grabbed it. “Are

frowned. A series of new mystical letters were released

didn’t affect him that much. No matter how hard the mace tried to escape Grid’s grasp, it couldn’t,

Flash!

flashes shot out from Grid’s fingers. This was the magic that cultivators talked about. Strangely, it looked like basic magic. However, the man had figured out Grid’s

he had expected the cultivator to do exactly that. He slammed the mace, which

also why the cultivators were getting on the players’ nerves. Cultivators could use a shield that was tougher than the Mana Shield without any restrictions. This shield not only protected against enemy attacks, it also launched counterattacks if struck, giving them an

Annihilation energy. He was the one who destroyed gods and dragons, who always had plenty of ways to keep themselves alive. The

“......!”

he was one second too late. Grid swung his

attempts to fight back were futile. He had been devoting himself

emerged from the man’s body that had been split in half. It was

No matter where you decide to hide, I will

he had spent his entire life training. However, the man still had a chance. He had a talented student, and he was confident that if he took over that student’s body,

that his

“You can’t hide.”

Grid of all

“Kuaaak!!”

grabbed the nascent soul by the head and used the Memory Searching Technique

Searching Technique has failed. The nascent soul target is in

has failed. The nascent soul target has received huge damage to his

Technique has failed. The damage has accumulated in the target’s original soul, causing

……

…

by Grid, but still didn’t give in despite the tormenting pain. Rather, he resisted by exuding a lot of wild

“Uwaaah...”

nascent soul couldn’t endure the damage to his soul and finally died. He glared at Grid with

care. How many beings had he killed so far? He was too worn out to remember the exact number or fear the grudges and

and increase my total amount of spiritual energy. This way,

felt a pang of disappointment at not getting any information out of the cultivator, but he soon moved on. How easy could it

encountering the white-haired

“Um?”

unusual technique book among the loot

acuity, he could only grasp

I will have to ask Sticks about

stones classified as intermediate goods, as well

Moon Fortress. The fortress seen up close was larger than he’d expected. The gateway alone was large enough for thousands of people and carriages to pass through at