Lukas gave out a roar and his body was then covered in lightning armor.
The lightning also extended out from his hands, forming a shield and sword made of lightning.
He raised the shield over his head, blocking the ice spikes coming at him with it.
When the ice spikes hit the lightning shield, the ice spikes shattered into small shards of ice.
And using the lightning sword, Lukas slashed it at the demonic walrus nearest to him.
The lightning sword first sliced the tusk into pieces, and it went on to char and burn through the skin and flesh of the demonic walrus.
Finally, the lightning sword sliced through the body of the demonic walrus, causing it to flinch and twitch until it lay motionless on the ground.
When other demonic walruses tried to lunge at Lukas, they were stopped and slammed into the ground by his shadows.
Lukas then unleashed a blizzard of ice spikes at the demonic walruses.
The rapid moves that Lukas made gave the demonic walruses no chance to conjure their ice walls for protection.
Blood pooled under the bodies of the demonic walruses.
The ice spikes had plunged into the bodies of the demonic walruses, nailing them to the spot.
The remaining demonic walruses gave up after this and they scurried out of the way of Lukas.
This opened a path for him to advance to the front with ease.
Kevin and Lin Fan’s teams had a surge of newfound energy after what had happened.
They started to be able to fend off the demonic walruses coming at them.
Terry’s team stood at the back and gave support to the other teams when required.
Things were indeed looking to have turned for them.
The ground shook when all the remaining demonic walruses turned around and made their way to the shoreline.
And when they got to the water, they submerged back into the dark and still water of Jewel Lake.
There was a moment of respite.
Lukas took the opportunity and looked at the system’s information panel again.
[Slaughter Points +35000]
[Current Slaughter Points: 72000/40000]
[Current Abilities: 6]
[SSS Level Physique (Adept) - 0/9000]
[SSS Level Shadow Wielder (Adept) - 0/9000]
[SSS Level Summoner (Adept) - 0/9000]
[SSS Level Ice Ability (Adept) - 0/9000]
[SSS Level Lightning Ability (Expert) - 0/18000]
[SSS Level Gravity Ability (Adept) - 0/9000]
He had enough Slaughter Points for him to level up and upgrade some of his abilities.
Lukas thought "Yes" silently to himself.
Lukas felt that familiar feeling of his energy getting stronger the next moment.
When it was over, he felt that he was twice as powerful as before.
His energy was also twice as abundant as before.
[Current Slaughter Points: 32000/80000]
[Congratulations on leveling up!]
[Please select new ability:]
[1. SS Level Earth Ability]
[2. S Level Water Ability]
[3. SS Level Wind Ability]
[4. SSS Level Ether Realm Ability]
Lukas didn’t hesitate and thought about the SSS Level Ether Realm ability.
More information about the ability appeared.
[SSS Level Ether Realm.]
[Allows host to enter an alternate realm.]
[Within the realm, host would be invisible to others and impervious to most attacks.]
[Ether Realm at Adept Level of Mastery allows for Host to stay within for 10 seconds.]
[Add this as new ability? Y/N]
Lukas thought "Yes" silently to himself.
He felt another gust of energy entering his body at the very next moment.
Imagery and knowledge about using the Ether Realm ability entered his mind.
Now that he was done with the new ability, he thought about upgrading his other abilities.
He thought about upgrading his Physique, Ice and Gravity abilities.
For his attacks, his Lightning Ability proved to be more than menacing.
His Ice Ability would provide protection if he upgraded it.
And if he upgraded his Physique Ability, he would gain more power and healing, which would ensure his survival.
As for the Gravity Ability, it had proved to be more than useful in catching enemies off guard.
Information about the abilities upgrade appeared in his mind.
[Improvements in Expert Level of Mastery – SSS Level Physique]
[Enhanced healing, able to regrow half of host’s body.]
[Improvements in Expert Level of Mastery – SSS Level Ice]
[Half the time to conjure ice.]
[Twice the thickness and strength for the ice.]
[Unleash subzero blizzard.]
[Unleash Ice Palace.]
[Improvements in Expert Level of Mastery – SSS Gravity Ability]
[Allows host to increase/decrease gravity by six times within a radius of 180 feet, effect lasts for 60 seconds.]
[Allow host to apply gravity to three people, effect lasts for 60 seconds.]
[Energy usage of ability halved.]
[Upgrade Abilities? Y/N]
He thought "Yes" silently in his mind.
The next moment, a surge of knowledge on the new abilities came into his mind.
After he was done, Lukas felt more than capable of what was about to come at him.
His teammates who weren’t aware were still basking in his ability to unleash the lightning prison.
They felt that the reward of $5 million each was close.
Terry, Kevin and Lin Fan on the other hand, had their own ideas.
They knew the success of this mission rested on Lukas’s shoulders and whoever could stay with Lukas would be able to get the reward.
Ideas started to go through their minds.
The dark and chill waters of Jewel Lake splashed again.
Lukas focused on the shoreline in front of him.
Flickers of light flashed as he got ready.
However, this time, there were no demonic beasts that emerged from the waters.
The waters had parted in half and a path appeared, as if the Apex demonic beast was inviting them to enter. And on the east side of Jewel Lake, the same thing was happening.
Lukas turned and glanced back at the airplane hovering in the air.
Sherry tapped her fingers.
She didn’t expect the Apex demonic beast to put her in such a situation.
There were three options for her.
Another was to send in some of the awakened teams first. They could then have backup to rescue them when required.
And lastly, she could send in a team made up of the strongest from each awakened team, with the others standing by to rescue them and vice versa.
Sherry pondered for a moment.
Finally, the Leader’s words helped her to decide.
Life was all about pragmatic choices.