Chapter 231: I’m Literally Being Scammed by Heaven!

Upon this, Luke nodded, as he always wanted to find this, but the system didn’t mention it since it was related to Platinum Knight or B rank.

And told that high-level information was not so good for his mind.

[First, Essence is a higher form of Aether and Mana.]

[Essence can devour Aether/Mana, that’s why it is said that in front of B rank, at least those using Essence, even 1,000 peak Golden Knights couldn’t survive.]

[And regarding not having Essence in B rank, there are many, like your Theia, a Mage. But we will not discuss that here.]

Luke nodded at this. Even though he became surprised about this revelation of Essence, he still waited for the system to finish its words.

[Example, Aether is like steam, then Essence is like water.]

[So you can already see the difference in mass, property, everything, and who is superior.]

Luke gulped and nodded, because the difference was huge.

Though, the system’s next words were nothing compared to this.

[And now peak Golden Knights can use Essence, or fake Essence.]

[Example, if Aether is like fire which is burning at 100 degrees Celsius,]

[then a peak Golden Knight’s attack contains that Essence, which would act like fuel and increase the fire temperature to 1,000 degrees Celsius.]

’Damn, that’s crazy.’ Luke thought with a flabbergasted expression. Because if fake Essence or partial Aether which had been converted into Essence could do this,

’then what the heck can real Essence do?’

And his thinking was answered by the system in the next moment.

[As for Essence, even for fire, it starts at 10,000 degrees Celsius.]

"You are kidding me, right?" Luke’s mouth fell completely, because even for comparison, that was absurd to another level.

Though the system had not planned to reduce his shock.

[Or else, why do you think B rank is the first major hurdle of cultivation?]

The system paused for a moment, before also adding.

[And that’s where basic features come in. When you fight or face a real B rank being, you would face the real terror of B rank.]

[Hell, even if you become a peak Silver, your raw strength and raw Aether quantity after titan transformation would be nothing in front of a real B rank.]

[Since, what can a huge amount of steam do against thousands of degrees of fire?]

Luke nodded with a grim expression, because that was true.

Because for that level, you need at least water, not steam, if the person even wants to counter their Essence.

So thinking this, a bad premonition rose in his heart.

"Don’t tell me?" With wide eyes and open mouth, he asked the system, which confirmed immediately.

[Yes, the 10th lightning is an attack of a B rank being.]

"Well, what can I say." Luke didn’t react to this, because only a freak would face this attack.

And that was the reason none of the previous heroes faced this.

Because they were intelligent. "If it were a peak Silver Knight facing an early Golden Knight as the 10th lightning,"

"then maybe many heroes could try, but facing a B rank being." Luke shook his giant head smilingly.

Even those peak Golden Knight heroes didn’t dare, so how could he do that?

As he was thinking this, another lightning, the 2nd strike came, with the power of two peak Golden Knight attacks.

KRRRZZZT!

Its crackling sound was heard clearly by him, and by everyone who was already trying to reach this place.

Then came the impact sound.

KABOOOOOM!!!

This time the lightning strike created a small mushroom cloud, even though it had nothing related to an explosion.

Though, Nullex again at the last moment had formed those outer edges again, with thicker material this time.

Which resulted in Luke again surviving without any serious wounds.

Only the cracks on his shield had increased from a few cracks to more cracks, which would need more Aether to repair itself.

"Huff!" Luke exhaled after getting hit and used the excess cosmic energy to repair the damage and also repair the shield.

"This breakthrough is a little blessing for me." He muttered with a smile, although his face was bloodied.

Because using Form Assimilation, he could bring only one part, type, or characteristic of another titan.

But right now, his Cosmic Heart manifested due to the breakthrough, and the same went for his void power,

which belonged to Nyx’s titan.

"When do I have the opportunity to merge two or more parts using Form Assimilation?" Luke muttered distantly.

As he got a new titan from Myrkhal after crossing from Iron Knight to Bronze Knight,

but the ability of Form Assimilation didn’t give him anything at the Bronze Knight.

"No point in delving into them." Luke shook his head to remove those thoughts. Then he paused.

"Wait a sec!" His pupils became wide, because right now, he found one glaring issue.

"In novels, those tribulations always gave benefits, right?" Luke paused, and another bad premonition rose in his heart.

"But this tribulation is for Golden Knights to reach Platinum Knights, or becoming B rank!" He looked toward the sky with an aggrieved expression.

At this, the system’s voice also came, [Sadly, Luke you are right. Since you are a Bronze Knight becoming a Silver,]

[your Aether would not convert into Essence.]

[Because Silver Knight bodies are not even strong enough to hold Essence.]

[Even Dragon bodies were not capable of this at Silver rank.]

"So I am getting a beating for nothing?" Luke asked back, because his Silver breakthrough was supposed to be his.

And Valtharion couldn’t say that it was allowing him to reach Silver realm, and that was the price for this tribulation.

[(︶︹︺) Sadly yes.]

Hearing this, Luke’s mood got even worse, and somehow now he was feeling anger toward Valtharion.

Because he didn’t get any shit benefits from it, and now was facing all types of tests and punishments.

The sky didn’t care about his expression, as they readied the third strike, containing 10 peak Golden Knight power.