Reborn as an Extra

Chapter 559: Rio the ’Hell-Walker’.

Rio used absolute stealth to open up a massive distance from the battlefield so as to make himself difficult to track in case any monster from the battlefield tries to pursue him.

Although Rio killed most of them and paralyzed nearly all of them, there might still be some lucky fish that might have slipped past the net and might try to track him down.

After walking a significant distance in absolute stealth mode, Rio once again started flying to pick up the speed and started experimenting on the miasmic crystal all over again.

Rio was a powerful S ranker and had mana and miasma as his energy sources, so he didn’t need to worry about food, sleep, or breathing at all.

He just kept flying at a fast speed without stopping even once, and this way he crossed hundreds of thousands of kilometers of distance.

Rio avoided monsters and terrains as he flew forward for half a month straight!

After the battle, for the next fifteen days, Rio didn’t do anything but fly in a straight line toward his destination while experimenting with the miasmic crystal.

He flew so much that his flying skill leveled up to the max and became so strong that now Rio could fly in autopilot mode.

He let his sword intent deal with the flight control; his sword intent subconsciously controlled the entire flight like how ’autopilot’ in planes works.

Rio’s autopilot mode was so efficient that it could detect and avoid monsters and objects on its own without Rio needing to worry about anything.

Leaving flight, time calculation, physical and mental protection, etc. to his sword intent, Rio focused his 100 percent on the miasmic crystal.

With each passing day, Rio’s skill in miasma control and understanding kept improving; he analyzed and reanalyzed the miasmic crystal he had taken from the river of miasma over and over again.

With each passing day, his understanding of miasma deepened, and all of his miasma-related skills improved by several levels.

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On the sixteenth day after the battle.

Sitting on top of a giant skull of some dead monster, Rio took a lotus position as he calmed his mind down and completely focused his entire mind on one thing alone.

He stopped miasma detection, stopped the miasma shield, and focused his entire power and capacity on one thing alone.

With Rio’s sword intent as a medium, miasma gathered from all directions between his palms and started to compress in a much smoother and denser manner compared to what Rio had done back in the monster battlefield.

The process of gathering mana lasted for about ten minutes!

Rio gathered so much miasma from the surroundings that the density of miasma in a 100-kilometer radius of him decreased by a notch.

And all that miasma was compressed and condensed in one single place; Rio kept all spatial fluctuations and elemental disturbances in control with his sword intent.

His proficiency in miasma control was now so high that Rio could use it to convey his thoughts and let the miasma easily realize that Rio was trying to compress it to make a miasmic crystal.

After experimenting for several days, Rio understood that miasma usually doesn’t want to listen to him too much, and to make it deeply obey him, Rio has to use deceit.

Miasma itself likes those who are evil, lunatic, and deceitful to the core, so Rio had to use the same method; he conveyed to the miasma through his miasma control and sword intent that he was going to use the miasmic crystal as a bomb.

He was going to use it to harm others; this triggered a reaction, and the miasmic energy strands became more controllable and happily followed his order.

After more than half a month’s hard work and effort, Rio finally managed to create his first artificial miasmic crystal.

[Ding! You have achieved a feat that was considered near impossible before!]

[Ding! You have become the first person to artificially create a miasmic crystal!]

[Ding! Your control and power over the ’law’ of ’miasma’ have increased tremendously!]

[Ding! You are now capable of walking through any hell possible. You have been awarded the title ’Hell-Walker’!]

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[Title: Hell-Walker!]

[Title Description: Every creature in the world fears and avoids miasma consciously and subconsciously; no one dares to challenge it, and no one dares to control it.

But you are ’unique’; you are an ’anomaly’ who not only dares to challenge its sovereignty but also has tried to control it from the very core itself!

Despite being in a place filled to the brim with miasma, you remained unaffected and unharmed; instead of becoming weaker, you bent miasma to your whims!

You are capable of walking through any kind of hell possible; you have control over hell; you are a ’Hell-Walker’!]

[Title effect: Your control over miasma and corruption has improved tremendously. The ’Law’ of ’Miasma’ and ’Corruption’ has started to fear your existence...]

...

Rio was taken aback by the sudden bombardment of notifications, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

As he got up and put away the miasmic crystal, Rio noticed that the miasma in the surroundings consciously started to distance itself from him.

The flow of miasma became chaotic from just a look of his, and it consciously retreated just from his presence as if it was afraid of him.

’Err... what?’

Before Rio could fully understand the situation, he noticed his flute tremble and turned it into the sword form to take a proper look.

The sword blade changed, and two words, ’Hell-Walker,’ appeared on its blade in the form of golden engravings, making the sword look even more domineering than it already was.

’Is it congratulating me for my progress by engraving itself with my title?... how nice....’

Just a few years ago in the SSA event during his second year in the academy, Rio was having difficulty controlling the full power of this sword, and it even went out of control, causing him to lose.

But now this sword has become extremely docile and seems to have accepted its fate as Rio’s partner.

’I might be able to unlock more of its locked skills soon in the future...’

The sword of absolute destruction, ’Vinash,’ is definitely not just a ’soul-splitting’ weapon; it can likely do something much deadlier than that.

Rio just has to keep improving, and he will be able to unlock it.

’Come to think of it, ’Vinash’ became more friendly when I got control over miasma and started using it...’

’Does that mean it wants me to do evil things and only then will it let me properly use itself... how interesting...’

Thinking about this, Rio suddenly changed the design of his clothes; his clothes were still that of a travelling bard, but now there was an additional design on his cape.

There was the title ’Hell-walker’ engraved on his cape in golden words with a design of a sword and several miasmic crystals revolving around it.

’I really like the fact that I can easily change the way my clothes look... wait... I am designing new clothes all the time...’

’Am a part-time fashion designer too?... er... I will have to experiment my fashion designing skills when I go back; I will make something for Lia....’

While thinking about various types of clothes that Lia might like, Rio flew into the sky and shot towards his destination once again!