The Celestbone, something meant to be unbreakable, forged from the compressed marrow of Celestbone Stage of Astral Core Ascension, imbued with stellar pressure, shuddered.
Achilles' palm began to glow.
His golden skin turned translucent. Veins of Primordial Crystal and Evolutius Energy flared across his arm as his Basic Adrastia Bloodline Refinement pulsed to life.
Golden waves of light spread from his palm, crawling across the Celestbone surface like living equations of evolution.
But resistance was meaningless.
Because Achilles Adrastia Maxwell was not merely a being of strength.
He was the Last Adrastia Emperor King!
An Emperor King who Assimilated anything and everything!
It splintered into glorious golden mass of liquid that was instantly devoured into Achilles!
Star-forged marrow flowed into him, compressed constellations splintered into core motes and fused into his Primordial Avatar. His bones trembled. His blood boiled. His body convulsed in starlight.
It was a glorious Assimilation as it was not just of a terrifying product from a Celestbone Stage Astral Core Ascension Ancient One, but it also had the very identity and lineage of that being within it!
He took it all in as his Lineage churned.
His visage began to change as he put on the qualities of this new Assimilation on display!
The star light within Malgorith's blood and bones had always pulsed with condensed light of domination and conquest.
From within the blazing light of his transformation, a new Assimilation was born.
And they unfurled before his eyes as his Bloodline that had undergone refinement gave him all the information in a terrifyingly quick manner!
[Organic Astral Titan – Echelon 3]
Celestbone Genesis III- Your bones now contain compressed star marrow, forming Pseudo-Celestbones. You can begin flooding your bones with star light even before attaining Astral Core Ascension to begin firming Pseudo-Celestbones. Your limbs are significantly more durable and exponentially harder to damage.
Unbreakable Titan Frame III- Your skeleton is laced with Celestbone crystal patterns, making you resistant to structural dismemberment, gravitational collapse, and spatial tears. Even severed limbs reforge in starlight.
Stellar Marrow Pulse III- Your blood now carries stellar bursts, and each heartbeat can generate a gravitational pulse or a short-burst blood nova shield, making your internal organ resilience extremely high as the Blood Nova Shield can be maintained at all times.
Celestial Pressure Field III- Your presence exerts a pressure field derived from the Celestbone Ascension state. It crushes weaker enemies and destabilizes lesser constructs simply by proximity if you so choose to focus it on them.
Titanic Heritage Infusion III- Temporarily channels the essence of Ancient Titan Lineages. You can now call upon inherited combat instincts, raw might, and resonance techniques reminiscent of Ancient Titan Monarchs.
His body radiated a terrifying pressure.
A might and air that should not belong to him!
High Zenithar Malgorith's voice was hoarse.
His blood crown dimmed slightly.
His voice dropped into something no one had heard from him in eons.
"…That bone was forged under the refinement of years of starlight. It took me decades to temper…and it is unbreakable!"
He was stern as he stated this.
As if this was fact, and it should not be possible to violate!
Achilles' new form hovered amid starlight, his frame golden-white, his skeleton glowing within his flesh like a constellation given shape.
He didn't speak at first.
His wings of Nirvanic Fire and Draconic Crystal folded behind him, the echoes of his new power coiling across the battlefield.
His voice carried judgment.
"It is just a piece of bone formed from a little titan."
"And I will break many more."
And as his fist clenched, his aura expanded.
A titan's fury reborn in the shell of an Emperor King who would no longer be denied!
The battlefield above Thornveil cracked with unseen tension, the kind that made the world feel smaller beneath its weight. Two titans floated at the center of it all- one ancient and furious, the other newly risen and radiant.
High Zenithar Malgorith had his eyes pulse with gold beams of light.
The blood crown above his brow pulsed, radiant veins of black and gold flaring like a second sun.
"You dare steal the marrow of my glory?" he roared.
A shockwave of gravitational fury pulsed outward from him, rupturing clouds and bending beams of starlight into lashing whips.
"You think a fragment of my Celestbones makes you worthy to stand before me?!"
Achilles didn't reply.
He floated, golden-white, with starlight threading through his translucent skin like constellations come alive.
His every breath pulsed with Stellar Marrow Pulse III, releasing soft pulses of gravity and nova-like flame from his chest.
Malgorith didn't wait for any transformation to finish.
He hurled his hands forward—and the Celestbone Radius and Ulna, still hovering in orbital alignment, shot toward Achilles like executioner's blades. They spun with such force that the sky itself folded and cried!
A single beat of his Nirvanic wings exploded into golden fire, hurling him forward to meet the Celestbone Radius head-on.
His fist met the bone with a shock that flattened clouds into halos.
His gauntlet flared- Crystal Manipulation V reinforcing his now Celestbone-infused hand, his Unbreakable Titan Frame III absorbing the crushing kinetic force as his bones sang in resonance.
His hand gripped the Radius.
Lines of golden brilliance unfolded across the surface of the bone, swirling into his palm, unraveling marrow and memory.
Malgorith's eyes widened. "No—!"
He surged forward, crashing into Achilles with the force of a burning moon.
Their bodies collided, tearing through layers of air and skies
But Achilles didn't let go.
Even as he was driven downward, he held the Celestbone Radius.
The force of Malgorith's fury could not outmatch the grip of one who refused to be broken.
They crashed into the northern side of Thornveil's capital walls, destroying entire sectors of corrupted marble and walls.
The Radius pulsed- then melted into Achilles' body.
He rose from the crater.
Eyes glowed gloriously.
Another Assimilation complete.
His frame cracked with new starlight!