Source of Chaos (two-in-one chapter)

Xiao Yu shrugged at Amalarui's criticism.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Then let's begin."

In the Alchemy Hall, Xiao Yu stood in the very center of the Alchemy Circle. Around the circle stood Estero (Lich), Esmehalda (Kirin Tor Archmage), Leah Bloodmoon (Great Elementalist), and Amalarui (Resurrected Flame Soul). All four were either Skeleton-level BOSSes or Star-level heroes, and all were extremely powerful spellcasters.

In addition, there are many siren priests and water siren priests who provide assistance.

Amalarui (Resurrected Flame Spirit): "I hereby declare the Chaos Elemental Transmutation Ritual to begin! Hear my command: First step, activate the Arcane Generator and begin supplying power."

In an instant, the four of them simultaneously began to inject energy into the arcane energy generator. The arcane energy generator quickly started up, continuously injecting energy into the alchemy array, and the lines and runes on the array on the ground were activated one by one.

Amalarui (Resurrected Flame Spirit): "Part Two, Reversing the Transmutation Circle, Beginning Elemental Separation."

The energy input suddenly increased dramatically, and the arcane generator emitted a buzzing sound. At this moment, the center of the magic circle was filled with Arcane energy, like a spinning disc or a black hole. Azathoth was the core of that black hole. At this moment, the black hole was eager to absorb more energy, and the Annihilation body, which was already on the verge of collapse, became even more agitated.

However, the magic circle suddenly began to rotate in reverse. The core area, which had been continuously absorbing energy, now exhibited a rejection reaction. The energy within Azathoth's body gradually began to split as it rotated, transforming from the original mixed elements back into the four elements of wind, fire, water, and earth. However, these four elements were still attracted to his elemental core, maintaining a state of near-miss. As soon as the Elemental Decomposition was dispelled, it was obvious that they would immediately recombine.

Xiao Yu felt as if his body was being torn apart, and intense pain filled his entire body.

Amalarui (Resurrected Flame Spirit): "Begin infusing elemental energy, as I instructed beforehand, begin!"

As they spoke, the four spellcasters simultaneously unleashed different elemental energies at Azathoth: Leah Bloodmoon unleashed lightning, Amalarui unleashed fire, Esmehalda unleashed ice, and Estero unleashed the power of the earth.

Four elements simultaneously flowed into Azathoth's body, but at drastically different rates. Esmehalda and Amalarui poured in significantly less, while Leah Bloodmoon and Estero unleashed their full power. This was to balance the amount of the four elemental forces within Azathoth's body. Originally, his elemental forces were primarily water and fire, with earth being the least abundant. However, as the four individuals poured in their energy, the four elemental forces gradually began to reach a balance.

Amalarui (Resurrected Flame Soul): "Lich, stop! Leah Bloodmoon, give it your all! Okay, that's enough! Esmehalda —that name is such a mouthful! Give it a little more power! Very good! Stop, stop, stop! Don't add too much! Now I'll add a little more... Okay, perfect! Now let's begin the elemental fusion."

The refining array began absorbing elemental power again, just like the previous refining of the Chaos Elemental. Centered on Azathoth's elemental core, the array absorbed all four different elemental energies, gradually mixing them together. Xiao Yu felt as if his body had been shredded by a meat grinder and then brutally reassembled. This feeling was indescribable. At this moment, what he wanted to do most was to log off and let the system take over his body. However, he knew that this was a critical moment and he absolutely could not give up.

He gritted his teeth and persevered, continuously merging the energy within his body. As this energy circulated, it gradually merged, the crimson flames, the azure ice, the invisible and colorless gale, and the brown earth energy all fusing together, gradually transforming into an indescribable color. Visually, it seemed black, yet it also appeared transparent, though the eye could not penetrate it, as if even light had vanished from the surface of that substance. This strange energy now took the form of a sphere, quietly suspended above the magic array.

Amalarui (Resurrected Flame Spirit): "Fusion complete, beginning life reshaping! Azathoth, it's up to you now."

Xiao Yu could feel the wonder of his body. He felt that his mind and body had become one, and even the elemental core had dissolved into the energy. His vision seemed to be able to see in any direction, as if he had countless eyes on his body. At this moment, the entire scene of the alchemy hall appeared in his vision. He had a 360-degree view without any blind spots. It was truly amazing.

But for some reason, he couldn't move, or even make any movements, as if he were frozen in place. At that moment, a system notification sounded.

System notification: Your monster type has changed from [Annihilation Elemental Amalgamation] to [Chaos Elemental]. This creature is an original creation with no fixed template. You can set the creature template in the status bar. You have obtained a new title: [Source of Chaos].

Xiao Yu quickly opened the status bar and checked it.

Azathoth (the Chaos Elemental)

Monster category: Elemental creature.

Affiliation: The Immortals (Water Elemental Plane).

Monster Talents: Body of Chaos, Elemental Spirits, Chaos Shapeshifting (to be set), Power of Annihilation.

Monster level: 55.

Health: 8.75 million.

Titles: [Water Elemental Prince], [Water Elemental Lord], [Naga Bane], [Leader of the Army], [King of The Immortals (Custom Title)], [Source of Chaos]

The biggest change is in the skill system. All his skills have been reset due to the change in monster type, and he needs to allocate skill points again. However, since the skills of the Chaos Elemental are linear, there is no need to worry about choosing them. Just allocate points directly and select the lord skills when they are available. It will be done in less than a minute.

Level 5 Skill: Chaos Bolt: Fires a missile made of chaotic energy to attack the enemy, dealing moderate chaos damage.

Level 10 Skill: Chaos Nova: Unleashes Power of Chaos, dealing continuous chaos damage to enemies within a 30-yard radius.

Level 15 Skill: Chaos Barrier: Uses the Power of Chaos to create a protective barrier to protect oneself, absorbing damage equal to 10% of one's health. Cooldown: 60 minutes.

Level 20 Skill: Rain of Chaos (Lord Skill): Summons a horde of Hell to serve you. You can summon one more Hell for every level 10 you reach. Cooldown: 24 hours.

Level 25 Skill: Hammer of Chaos. Launches an energy ball composed of chaotic energy to attack the enemy, dealing massive chaos damage and exploding, causing secondary damage to enemies within an 8-yard radius of the target.

Level 30 Skill: Netherstorm. Opens a rift into the Twisting Nether, unleashing Netherstorm that deals massive damage to all units within the rift's vicinity. Cooldown: 10 minutes.

Level 35 Skill: Elemental Siphon. Absorbs the power of the four elements (wind, fire, water, and earth) within a 100-yard radius, dealing 1000 damage per second to elemental creatures within that area. The absorbed elemental energy and the damage dealt are converted into the user's health. Lasts for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 60 minutes.

Level 40 Skill: Void Barrier (Lord Skill 2) Creates a temporary Void domain within a 300-yard radius. All creatures unable to adapt to Void environment will be continuously affected by it. This skill continuously consumes Chaos Energy.

Level 45 Skill: Black Hole Simulation. Creates a temporary black hole that sucks in all targets around it, rendering them immobile and causing continuous damage. Units sucked into the black hole will undergo a physical strength assessment; if they fail the assessment, they will be crushed and likely die. Cooldown: 10 minutes.

Level 50 Skill: Spirit of Chaos Empowerment, grants a unit the Body of Chaos effect for 60 minutes, reducing all damage taken by 33% and granting immunity to all negative status effects.

Level 55 Skill: Greater Disintegration. Releases an energy wave with a disintegrating effect, penetrating all targets in a straight line and dealing 100 damage to the equipment durability of units penetrated by the energy wave. This effect is ineffective against artifacts and is halved against legendary items. Cooldown: 10 minutes.

After seeing his new skill, Xiao Yu was overjoyed. This skill was simply amazing! All his damage skills dealt chaotic damage, which meant that he was unaffected by any resistances, armor, or damage reduction effects. Adventurers who wanted to fight him in the future wouldn't need to stack any resistances, armor, or damage reduction; it would be completely useless.

All defensive, restrictive, and summoning skills are now significantly more powerful than before, especially the level 55 skill, Greater Disintegration. Keep in mind that most adventurers' equipment durability is currently below 100 points, with only a few epic and most legendary items exceeding 100. This means that if an adventurer tries to push them, a single Greater Disintegration will leave most enemies completely vulnerable, unless they are decked out in epic, legendary, or even divine artifacts.

However, even after selecting the skills, he was still unable to perform any actions.

Xiao Yu glanced at the talent panel again; the original talents had all disappeared, replaced by entirely new ones.

Talent 1, Body of Chaos: The body of Chaos Elemental is composed of pure Chaotic energy, reducing all damage taken by 33% and is unaffected by any negative status effects such as bleeding, Curse, poison, freezing, burning, and petrification.

Talent 2, Elemental Conversion: The chaotic energy within the Chaos Elemental can be converted into any elemental energy. When using skills, the skill can be converted into any one of the four elemental skills: wind, fire, water, and earth. Using this effect requires an additional 10% of elemental power.

Talent 3, Power of Annihilation: The chaotic energy within you can generate a controlled Annihilation phenomenon, granting you a stack of Power of Annihilation. Your skill damage is increased by 100%, skill cost is increased by 100%, and skills will no longer consume your Power of Chaos but instead consume health. Lasts 60 seconds, 24-hour cooldown.

Talent 4, Chaos Shapeshifting: The body of Chaos Elemental is entirely composed of energy, which means that Chaos Elemental can freely choose its external form. In different forms, Chaos Elemental gains unique abilities. Every 20 levels, it gains one additional form. Currently, there are 0/3 external forms to choose from.

These four new racial talents are equally formidable. The Body of Chaos goes without saying; with a 33% damage reduction, plus the 50% damage reduction from skeleton-level bosses, his survivability becomes incredibly strong. With over eight million HP, he's more durable than others with ten million HP, unaffected by any negative status effects. This is truly domineering, meaning that in battle, those underhanded tactics have absolutely no effect on him.

The second talent, Elemental Conversion, is also very useful. It means that you can use skills of any element from now on. Although the skills of the four elements of wind, fire, water, and earth are much weaker than the skills of the chaos element, they can still play a surprising role in special situations. For example, the slowing effect of ice, the petrification effect of earth, the burning effect of fire, and the shock effect of lightning can easily have a huge impact on enemies if used well.

This means that you'll have an overwhelming number of skill combinations in the future. Adventurers who want to find ways to counter you by memorizing the patterns will be in for a lot of work.

The third talent, Power of Annihilation, goes without saying. I've experienced it firsthand these past few days. Although there's only one layer of Power of Annihilation, since I don't have to worry about self-destruction, I can't ask for more. A 100% skill power boost greatly increases my burst damage.

As for the fourth talent, Chaos Shapeshifting, Xiao Yu didn't quite understand it.

Clicking on the Chaos Shapeshifting talent reveals that it's an active skill that allows you to set three additional forms, which you can then switch between freely. Currently, he can choose from three forms, but he's unable to move because he hasn't selected any yet.

This talent is somewhat similar to the Druid's Polymorph, but the selection of Druid is much wider. All units he has ever seen before are now available in the appearance change list. The difference is that Chaos Shapeshifting only changes the external form and does not grant a completely new skill system, but it does grant certain characteristics of that appearance.

For example, if you choose to transform into a humanoid form, the Chaos Elemental will be defaulted to a humanoid spellcaster. All skills will be released in the form of spells, and you can wear equipment. Of course, the creature's size will also become a medium-sized creature, and its maximum health will be reduced, as will attributes such as strength.

For example, if you choose the dragon form, the Chaos Elemental will transform into a giant dragon made of chaotic energy, gaining abilities such as Chaos Dragon Breath, Dragon Tail Sweep, and flight.

For example, in the Hydra form, the Chaos Elemental gains the ability to Multiple Casting simultaneously, releasing different skills through each of the serpent heads. However, the power of these skills is greatly reduced, to only one-ninth of their original strength.

Each form has its own advantages and disadvantages, which made Xiao Yu dizzy with choices. However, after thinking about it, there was one form that was essential: the humanoid biological form. After all, this form was the most convenient for getting things done.

With that in mind, he directly chose the humanoid form. This form also had a character customization system, so Xiao Yu naturally went for the most domineering look possible. After working on it for a long time, he finally finished creating the character.

Once this form was set, Xiao Yu immediately discovered that he could move.

Just as everyone's gazes were focused on the spot, the enormous spherical Chaos Elemental suddenly began to condense and collapse. From a sphere with a diameter of ten meters, it shrank continuously until it gradually transformed into the shape of a two-meter-tall human male. This human male was entirely composed of black chaotic energy, without clear facial features, only a humanoid outline. He floated in mid-air like a phantom, seemingly weightless. At the same time, energy fluctuations emanated from Azathoth, making people feel that the thing possessed infinite power, causing them to subconsciously dare not approach.

But at the same time, it gives people the illusion that the black human figure is just a statue, devoid of any life.

Suddenly, the statue-like creature opened its eyes, and instantly, an invisible force spread outwards. The ceiling creaked and groaned, the Arcane Crystal on the Arcane generator flickered, and the entire hall seemed to be shaken by that force. The people around, including the four skeleton-level spellcasters, including Amalarui, instinctively retreated, until the black hole-like creature emitted a deep, ancient, and seemingly distorted voice.

Azathoth (the Source of Chaos): "I am the Void —I am eternity, my friends. It seems the experiment has finally succeeded."