My attributes are increasing infinitely Chapter 441: Beast summoning
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Ethan positioned himself on the bridge of the Daemon race's starship, observing the stars stretch into luminous trails while they jumped into hyperspace. That effortless shift showcased the cutting-edge tech belonging to the Daemon clans.
Right beside him, Rose lounged in relaxation, staring at the starry spectacle. She'd at last consented to abandon the spire, and the ease etched across her expression justified every bit of persuasion he'd poured into it.
Puffin, that odd white fluffball, nestled cozily on her lap, his eyes shimmering with a subtle, steady glow that apparently only Ethan could detect.
Ethan glanced over the lounge zone toward Ryogu and the mute, imposing protector looming at his back. That protector ranked as an Absolute Continuum Grade 1 powerhouse, a figure whose mere aura twisted the atmosphere nearby.
"You hail from the Divine Realm, right?" Ethan questioned, his words piercing the steady drone of the vessel's drives.
"Tell me, Ryogu. Just how mighty was your clan prior to the banishment? And which God Clan now claims the seat of the dominant bloodline?"
Ryogu's eyes bulged in shock, and he almost let slip the glass of nutrient liquid from his grip. He hadn't breathed a single hint about the Divine Realm or the gods' ranking system to Ethan.
"How could you possibly know that, brother?" Ryogu inquired, his tone quivering between wonder and doubt.
"I possess my methods," Ethan answered with a subtle, insightful grin.
"I realize the Divine Plane falls under the sway of five Supreme Races. I grasp that the God Race fractures into numerous branches, and your kin got exiled for falling short of their 'criteria' for purity or might. They labeled you as flawed, didn't they?"
The protector advanced a step, fixing his gaze on Ethan's. Tension surged through the chamber, yet Ethan remained utterly unflinching.
"What exactly do you grasp, oddity?" the protector demanded. His tone rumbled like clashing boulders, laden with ages of burden.
"I perceive plenty to recognize the prison for its true nature," Ethan stated, reclining casually.
"I understand this whole space region serves as a game field for three thousand lesser deities who exploit it to gather faith and supplies. But share details on the regional overlords."
The protector took a seat facing Ethan, a gesture of deference that left Ryogu stunned.
"The genuine summit clans... they loom so immensely beyond our reach that merely hearing their titles might scorch a mortal's spirit. Yet the regional lord ties to the Celestial God Clan. Their forebear is a deity commanding a Second-Tier Law. Legends claim his Law Thread spans one hundred trillion kilometers. Can you even fathom the vastness of a Law Thread?"
Ethan gave a nod.
"I get it. A Law Thread embodies a god's dominion over existence. The greater its length, the more power they 'possess' and dominate."
"Hahahaha!" The protector bellowed a deep, ominous laugh.
"Those fiends from the higher planes... they reaped far beyond their expectations. They aimed to manage a discreet operation, but a colossal irregularity like you emerged straight in their midst. So let's talk straight."
Rose shifted her gaze between them, her forehead creased in bewilderment.
"Law threads? Celestial Gods? Ethan, what's all this about?"
Ethan turned to Rose. He noted her purity and the delicate calm she'd achieved. He recalled Yumiko's caution.
The Fate Race had begun tugging at the threads of her recollections. Should she uncover too much regarding the Divine Realm, the deities could exploit that insight as a signal to locate her, or even obliterate her being completely to reach him.
"This mystery burdens an existence not yet prepared to bear it, Rose," Ethan murmured softly.
"The gravity of such reality would shatter a spirit untouched by the Law. I'll reveal it all once you're robust enough to stand with me under the light."
With a flick of his wrist, he conjured a gleaming, misty shield encircling himself, Ryogu, and the protector. To Rose, it appeared as if they'd abruptly been trapped inside a sphere of etched crystal.
"Onward we go," Ethan declared.
As his primary form delved into the intrigues of the celestial realms, Ethan's awareness wavered.
Distant, beyond the rift in dimensions, his avatar in the Beast Master World occupied the heart of an enormous limestone square.
This marked the Day of the Great Summoning.
Hundreds of students filled the preset ritual formations, their complexions ashen with eagerness and dread. Electricity crackled in the atmosphere.
"Students!" the Head Instructor bellowed from an elevated platform.
"You've prepared from your earliest years for this instant. Keep in mind: the Astral Realm mirrors your inner self. Avoid compelling a connection. Attempting to seize a creature beyond your level will fry your mind through psychic rebound. Aim for the First Sky. With fortune, the Second. Unleash your presence, and await a harmony."
Ethan's avatar shut his eyes.
He held no desire for the First or Second Sky. His ambition targeted the summit.
Entering a trance, his mind ascended, forsaking the material plane.
He beheld the Astral Realm, an immense, radiant sea of constellations and nebula mists. This constituted the First Sky.
Myriad ordinary beast essences—ghostly wolves, flame avians, and rock tortoises—glided through the void.
Ethan disregarded them entirely.
He surged higher, his essence slicing the aether like a blade.
He pierced the Second Sky's veil with ease.
In this layer, the entities grew grander and more vivid. He spotted Silver-Haired Manticores and Azure Dragons.
Aboard the starship, Ethan's core form halted in mid-word. His gaze dulled for the briefest moment.
"My avatar is performing the summoning? Hold on... this location..." Ethan murmured within.
"Yumiko, what exactly is this Astral Realm? It doesn't seem confined within the 'Cage'."
[Master, your instinct proves spot on,] Yumiko's voice resounded in his thoughts.
[This world's Astral Sky forms a God Trial forged by the Elder Race. It resides as an external dimensional nook beyond the Cage. The inhabitants here assume just nine tiers exist, yet truly there are fifteen. Reaching the fifteenth tier and binding a God-Level Beast grants instant entry to the Elder Race and permits direct ascent to the Divine Plane.]
Ethan's pulse raced fiercely.
"Should I integrate with this avatar afterward, will I join the Elders?"
[Master, as the Law of Infinity, you could absorb an Elder, a God, or a Void-Walker, and your essence stays unaltered. You'll merely acquire their rights and abilities, free of their constraints.]
"Outstanding. Yet my avatar's essence lacks the strength for the upper tiers. Might we close that divide?"
[Installing a Soul Amplifier on the avatar at once,] Yumiko replied.
[I'll direct a sliver of your Core Body's Law of Infinity into the ceremony. It won't merely extend his scope; it'll render his essence irresistible, like the finest elixir to the creatures of superior layers.]
In the Beast Master World, Ethan's avatar experienced an abrupt, fierce rush of strength.
The Second Sky's strain, which had begun pressing down, evaporated in an instant.
He sensed buoyancy, akin to a flyer riding an updraft.
He rocketed higher.
He skipped past the Third Sky, where the 'prodigies' of his realm typically halted.
He ripped through the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Skies.
The presences in these zones were primordial and daunting, but they failed to match his velocity.
He shattered into the Ninth Sky.
The setting transformed.
Stars vanished, yielding to a emptiness throbbing with raw force.
No 'millions' of creatures populated this place.
Only thousands lingered, each radiating divine might.
A colossal Phoenix forged from ebony solar flames floated by, its stare alone igniting a deep-seated terror in Ethan's core.
Yet the Soul Amplifier activated then.
The aroma of the Law of Infinity emanated from Ethan's essence.
It carried the allure of boundless potential, a force promising these entities corporeal bodies and perpetual evolution.
The Ninth Sky burst into frenzy.
The timeless, haughty creatures, untouched by summoners for millennia, abruptly pivoted toward him.
A Space-Warping Serpent wound about his essence, pleading for union.
A Time-Eater Sphinx lowered its crown.
"I can claim just two," Ethan murmured to the emptiness.
His senses, sharpened by the Law of Infinity, directed his actions.
He extended toward a glowing, see-through Slime.
It appeared unremarkable, yet it was an Emperor Slime of the Space Element.
It possessed the capacity to engulf whole dimensions and house them inside itself.
For his other selection, a Nine-Tailed Fox caught his eye.
Its coat wasn't snowy, but a fluid silver that spanned past, now, and tomorrow all at once.
A Time Elemental.
The Slime bounded into his grasp, and the Fox wrapped its tails over his form.
The pact formed.
Ethan's awareness yanked back to his flesh in the limestone square.
He lifted his lids.
Nearby, fellow students whooped or sobbed over their fresh ghostly hounds and felines.
The Instructor approached Ethan, eyeing the vacant space beside him.
"Ethan? Did you fail? I don’t see a resonance."