Nameless King

"Shit! Why won't they listen to me?!" Wain exclaimed with an angry look while looking at the ghosts that continued to devour souls.

'You shouldn't do that.' Suddenly the voice of a Blind Sorcerer rang out.

Tremble.

Wain's heart clenched again as blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.

"What the hell are you talking about?! My body can't take that kind of pressure! I'm not going to die because I absorbed too much energy!" Wain exclaimed as he clenched his teeth.

'You can hardly stop them, since they're the personification of your a Beyond, so you're just wasting precious time now.' Blind Sorcerer said in a calm voice, but with a deadly serious look, 'Instead of trying to stop the river, it's easier to go against the current.'

'Hmm? I think you're confused about something. It's usually said to swim with the current, not try to resist it.' Wain uttered with a confused look.

'Well, it doesn't work in your case, because if you follow the current it will lead you to death.' The Blind Sorcerer said with an ironic smile, 'Look, right now your body can't handle that much energy, but that just means you need to raise the limit of how much you can handle.'

'What do you think I'm doing? I just can't handle that much energy! Hundreds of millions of souls were too much even for me!' Wain inwardly exclaimed with an angry look while pointing at the ghosts.

The situation was dangerous and could have led to a real catastrophe, but the ghosts were as though nothing to do with it. They continued to absorb souls and enjoy it.

'The more souls you absorb, the stronger you become. However, your body is destroyed faster than you become stronger.' Blind Sorcerer said in a calm voice.

'Then why are you telling me this?! I know very well itself!' Wain exclaimed while in confusion.

'Hah, don't forget you're not alone now.' Blind Sorcerer grinned as he looked at the other forms, 'We've always received some of your energy, which is why you need so much more energy than the others, so now we can just take on more than usual.'

'Agreed.' Light Racer said with a slight smile on his face before extending his hand, 'Maybe for you alone millions of souls is too much, but for all of us it's what we need!'

At the same time, the others also extended their arms forward and the energy that was trying to sneak into Wain's soul headed toward them. The massive stream of energy split into seven strands as the pressure on Wain immediately became much less.

"Great!" Wain clenched his fist with a broad smile on his face, "Now I can definitely not hold back! Soon I'll reach the limit of the Fourth Chronicle!"

[You absorbed a big amount of Soul Essence, your energy is increased by 0.6%.]

[You absorbed a big amount of Soul Essence, your energy is increased by 0.8%.]

[You absorbed a big amount of Soul Essence, your energy is increased by 0.9%.]

Gradually Wain became stronger as well as forms, so he increased the total amount of souls and ghosts, since he did so the energy absorption rate increased several times and after one hour he reached the next key point.

[Wain Norheim

Ascension: Third Stage (70%)

Race: Human

Beyond: Calamity (Coelacanth)

Soul: Nameless King

Title: Savior of the Damned, Echo of Samurai, Mentor Inquisitor, The First, Soul Gatherer, Cartographer, Slayer of Goliath, Contender, Defeating One of the Four Kings, Killing the Legend, etc.

Majesty: 10]

"Just a little more..." Wain muttered with an excited look, then his gaze calm as he looked at the ghosts, "However, I shouldn't speed up anymore... They certainly won't stop until they eat everything."

With each percent Wain needed more energy than a few minutes ago, so to get to 90% he needed as much energy as total up to that point.

"Agh... It's only been a few hours and the problem of over-energy is solved, but I still feel tired, no... even exhausted..." Wain muttered while looking at his status, "Well, only 10% left, then I'll finally see what I have to do to get through."

The energy continued to head towards Wain as he gradually approached his limit. His condition was getting worse as he wanted more and more to just lie down and sleep as though he hadn't slept in days, but he couldn't afford to do that.

[Ascension: Third Stage (99%)

"99%..." Wain uttered with an exhausted look in a quiet voice, "This is the last step..."

Whooooosh.

Wain waved his hand as he unleashed a few million souls on which the ghosts immediately pounced. Their hunger was immense, but suddenly some of the ghosts slowed down and after eating a few thousand souls they closed their creepy jaws and headed for Wain, disappearing into him and disintegrating into energy.

"Hmm? Have they finally had enough? Hah, they've consumed over a billion souls! I shouldn't summon them anymore or they might eat the whole world." Wain spoke with a slight smile on his face while shaking his head.

The ghosts continued to eat the souls, so gradually they all satisfied their hunger and returned to Wain. Only one soul hovered before him, that the ghosts had purposely left for him.

"Though I can't know it for sure, but I have a feeling it will be enough... Damn, I had so many souls, but only a few thousand left..." Wain muttered in a slow voice before approaching the shower.

Wain squeezed the soul as it shattered into dozens of pieces and headed toward him. It wasn't enough to get even 0.01%, but given how much the ghosts had absorbed, it was his last soul.

[Ascension: Third Stage (100%)]

[You have reached the limit of the Fourth Chronicle!]

[Your body and soul are full of energy!]

[No further progress is possible!]

[To become even stronger you must reach the Fifth Chronicle!]

[The conditions for reaching the Fifth Chronicle are open!]