21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 916 - 909: Storm Divine Core (4000-word , seeking monthly tickets!)_2

Chapter 916 -909: Storm Divine Core (4000-word chapter, seeking monthly tickets!)_2

“I will assist you, but the power of this Divine Core is not something you can control,” Chen Yu explained, tossing the Storm Divine Core from his hand. At the same time, he channeled a deep purple surge of Divine Power into the core, activating its might.

Seeing this, Ni Nasu also released a stream of water from her hand toward the core. It formed a continuously rotating vortex around the Divine Core activated by Chen Yu, allowing her to establish a connection with it.

In an instant, Ni Nasu felt the immense power contained within the Divine Core. It was true power belonging to deities, elevating and amplifying her senses almost instantaneously.

Originally, she controlled the storm she summoned through her perception and manipulation of water elements. But at this moment, as she connected with the Storm Divine Core, she felt as though she had become the storm itself—as if it were her body, her limbs.

She could make the storm spin faster! She could make the lightning more ferocious! She could even summon higher, more devastating waves!

If she willed it, she was the incarnation of the storm!

Ni Nasu could acutely sense the clash of two typhoons where they collided, their opposing forces continuously clashing and canceling each other out. The power of the typhoon she controlled was being gradually consumed, but at the same time, the naturally formed typhoon on the opposing side was equally weakening.

Although she could only control the typhoon she had summoned and not the natural one on the opposite side, she could perceive the state of the natural typhoon as clearly as if she were observing her own hands.

The former Ni Nasu would not have been able to sense all this so vividly. But now, borrowing the power of the Storm Divine Core, she could perceive the state of both typhoons with stunning clarity.

“The power of deities! It’s truly incredible!” Ni Nasu marveled as she relinquished her control over the water elements within her summoned typhoon, yet paradoxically, she did not lose control of the storm itself.

On the contrary, by releasing her grip on the water elements, she found her control over the storm growing even stronger. She could even make the typhoon larger!

With this thought, the speed of the typhoon summoned by Ni Nasu rapidly increased, its winds more intense, and its collision with the natural typhoon became increasingly fierce!

Xiao Lan, carrying Chen Yu, gazed at the Storm Divine Core with eyes filled with both greed and envy. However, it had no intention of claiming the core for itself, as Chen Yu had stated beforehand that this core was prepared specifically for it.

The stronger the core’s power, the more satisfied Xiao Lan felt. It seemed that all its previous efforts were worth it. The humiliation of a proud member of the Giant Dragon Clan lowering itself to serve as a mount for a mere mortal now seemed to transform into a form of honor.

Yet, as it stared at the core, a deep unwillingness surged in Xiao Lan’s heart.

Because it was not yet capable of wielding this Divine Core, which was destined to belong to it. Even though it had reached the stature of a Dragon King as a Legendary Dragon, it was still not qualified to control a Divine Core.

A Legendary being was unqualified to wield a Divine Core. Only by becoming a demigod could one even touch its power.

For dragons like Xiao Lan, this meant it had to evolve into an Ancient Dragon.

The Giant Dragon Clan was one of the most privileged and powerful races across the Multiverse. As dragons aged, their power would naturally grow stronger. An adult dragon inherently possessed Legendary-rank strength.

However, for a dragon to break past Legendary status and ascend to become a demigod, triggering bloodline evolution, and transforming into an Ancient Dragon was not something achievable solely through innate growth.

If an adult dragon failed to surpass the Legendary threshold to become a demigod and achieve bloodline evolution, it would age into a decrepit Elder Dragon, eventually succumbing to death.

Although Xiao Lan did not die of old age in its previous life, it clearly did not evolve into an Ancient Dragon either.

But fate had granted Xiao Lan a second chance.

Resurrected by Chen Yu, it had become Jounouchi Hiromi’s mount, sharing its bloodline and power with Jounouchi Hiromi. Yet, the very act of being brought back to life signified opportunity and infinite potential.

At the very least, Xiao Lan, who had not become Dragon King in its previous life, was now a Dragon King. Furthermore, Chen Yu had upheld his promise and prepared a Divine Core for it.

Everything was within reach, requiring only one final push—to break through Legendary status, become a demigod, and transform into an Ancient Dragon.

This ignited a blazing ambition in Xiao Lan’s heart. It longed to break through immediately—to achieve demigod status, to transform into an Ancient Dragon.

But such aspirations could not be achieved overnight.

For dragons, there were only two paths to ascend as a demigod: one was to collect faith, gaining Divinity to become a Divine Creature, forcing bloodline evolution to transform into an Ancient Dragon. The other was to find an extreme environment corresponding to their bloodline attributes and go into hibernation, using natural forces to stimulate their bloodline to undergo the necessary transformation.

Both methods could allow a dragon to evolve into an Ancient Dragon. However, relying on Divinity versus drawing upon natural energies remained fundamentally distinct paths.

In its past life, Xiao Lan had chosen the second route. It sought out a storm-laden peak for its hibernation, hoping to evolve into an Ancient Dragon. Unfortunately, it had failed.

So, after being revived by Chen Yu, it joined Audis in collecting the faith of the Cat-People, intending to become a Divine Creature and ascend to godhood.

However, their plans were discovered by Chen Yu, who seized most of the Power of Faith they had accumulated. As a result, the faith Xiao Lan managed to gather was insufficient for its divine transformation.

Still, its efforts were not entirely in vain—Chen Yu had, after all, kept his promise and prepared a Divine Core for it.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lan’s desire to strengthen itself grew even stronger.

When it returned, it was determined to find a way to gather more Power of Faith!

Quietly, Xiao Lan resolved to discuss with Jounouchi Hiromi and Chen Yu once they returned, hoping to retrieve some of the Power of Faith that rightfully belonged to it.

Although it had such plans in mind, Xiao Lan’s immediate focus was on experiencing the power of the Storm Divine Core and comprehending the laws contained within it.

This was highly beneficial for Xiao Lan—not only could it help it adapt to the Storm Divine Core’s power in advance, but it could also accelerate the growth of its bloodline, allowing it to better wield lightning.

Chen Yu had no idea that Xiao Lan harbored such thoughts. He was currently carefully manipulating the Storm Divine Core, allowing it to harness the power of the storm while restraining it from fully unleashing its contained strength.

After all, this was an Ancient Godhood forged from complete world laws. Even Chen Yu could not control all its power.

If all the power within the core were to be unleashed, the resulting impact and disaster would be on a global scale—it would no longer merely be a matter of a severe typhoon. At worst, it could even alter human history.

Therefore, while Chen Yu intended to harness the Storm Divine Core’s power, he also had to restrain it.

This was nonetheless an invaluable experience for Chen Yu. Being able to wield a Divine Core, even temporarily, was rare for any demigod. It would prepare him for godhood, enabling him to acclimate to his Divine Core more swiftly after ascension and better harness his powers.

The power of deities was intoxicating, especially an Ancient Godhood like this one, with world-altering rules and the ability to reshape reality—a power tempting enough to seduce anyone.

Even Chen Yu, holding the core, could not help but ponder whether he should simply use it to ascend to godhood now, instead of continuing his current plans.

After all, the core before him was already powerful enough. Its allure was overwhelming.