Ex-Rank Awakening: My Attacks Make Me Stronger - Chapter 334

Chapter 334: EX 334. Domain Barrier
All of Pandora trembled, for Leon Kael had broken the mortal wall.

With one leap, one impossible act,

he had ascended to the Divine.

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[Status Panel]

Name: Leon Kael

Race: Void Spawn

Age: 19

Class: Warrior

Rank: S-Rank (Ascendant >>> Divine)

Talent: {Attack} — EX Rank

{Mark} — Overlord Rank

Status: Normal

Health: 100%

[STATS]

Vitality: Max

Stamina: Max

Strength: Max

Senses: Max

Speed: Max

Essence: Max

Affinity: Force (IV), Destruction (I)

[Skills]

[EXTREME ART]

[Inventory]

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Leon stared at the glowing panel before him. The words didn’t look real.

“Max?”

He muttered the word like it might change if he said it aloud.

Every stat… every measure of strength had reached its ceiling.

Yet, deep within, he knew it wasn’t the end.

His power didn’t feel capped, it felt alive, expanding and pulsing for release.

To test the feeling, Leon took a slow breath.

“Put a hundred points into speed.”

The system obeyed instantly.

A surge of energy slammed through his veins—raw and overwhelming.

The world blurred around him, reality bending as his body adapted.

It was more than just speed; it was existence shifting to keep up.

He clenched his fists, awe flickering across his face.

“So this is the difference… between divinity and ascendancy.”

He could barely believe it.

Even the power of an Ascendant talkless of a mortal, was nothing compared to this.

The Attack Points that once felt limitless now seemed like grains of sand compared to the ocean within him.

He stared at the panel again.

Max.

“It might mean the limit of the system… but I’ve already surpassed it,” he whispered.

That thought sent a chill down his spine, but it also filled him with a dangerous thrill.

He had gone beyond what the system could define.

From deep within, Originus’ voice rumbled through his mind.

“So… how do you feel now, boy?”

Leon’s expression hardened. His eyes gleamed like molten silver as he answered, low and certain:

“I feel invincible.”

A deep chuckle echoed in his soul.

“As you should be.”

Leon exhaled, then turned toward the soft form lying on the bed.

Elizabeth’s breathing was steady, her face peaceful.

He smiled faintly.

“Wait for me,” he said quietly.

Then he rose from his lotus position.

His feet never touched the ground, he was floating.

He blinked, almost laughing.

“I always wanted to fly… didn’t think it’d be this soon.”

With a thought, his body shot forward.

He burst through the window in a flash of white light, his silver hair whipping in the wind, and bare chest gleaming with divine radiance.

The heavens roared as he ascended higher, faster—

his destination clear.

Dragon Mountain.

A faint grin curved his lips.

“Time to kill a lizard.”

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Alexander was more than shocked.

Not by the fact that Leon had reached Rank 7—he had expected that much.

No, what left the Emperor frozen in disbelief was that simply by stepping into the Divine Stage, Leon hadn’t just reached the peak… he had surpassed it.

The power radiating from the chamber was nothing short of apocalyptic.

The walls of the Imperial Palace trembled, runes carved into the foundations flickering as if struggling to contain the force.

Alexander could feel it, the kind of pressure only a single being in history had ever exuded.

He stood still, staring toward the direction of Leon’s room, eyes wide with a rare mix of awe and dread.

Genevieve’s voice cut through the silence, soft yet edged with tension.

“Brother… where is he going?”

Alexander’s gaze flicked to the projection orb beside him.

For a second, he said nothing. Then, realization struck. His eyes widened.

“No…”

He turned sharply to his sister.

“Inform the guards to activate the Imperial Barrier. Now!”

Genevieve blinked, stunned.

“The Imperial Barrier? That’s only used, When the domain is at risk of destruction,”

Alexander agreed grimly.

Without another word, he raised both hands, conjuring two floating orbs of light.

They shimmered before stabilizing, one glowing with emerald light, the other with a deep amber hue.

The faces of Elaine, Queen of the Elves, and Francis, Chief of the Beastmen, appeared almost instantly.

Francis spoke first, his deep growl carrying unease.

“What’s happening in your domain, Alexander? It felt as if the world itself was about to explode.”

Alexander didn’t waste time.

“It’s Leon. He’s surpassed the peak—and he’s heading to Dragon Mountain.”

For a heartbeat, silence.

Then both rulers’ eyes went wide, their expressions snapping to urgency.

Without a single word, the connections vanished, the orbs dissolving as both Elaine and Francis rushed to erect barriers across their lands.

The Domain Barriers, structures meant to withstand even the wrath of Rank 9 Deities—drained colossal resources.

But it was still cheaper than allowing a divine clash to annihilate everything.

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Far away, in the heart of Dragon Mountain, crimson flames flared as Eragon, the Dragon Lord, lifted his gaze toward the horizon. The air rippled.

He could feel it.

That presence.

That impossible surge of power tearing across the skies toward him like a storm of divine will.

A grin tugged at his lips.

“You are a monster indeed,” he murmured.

“To achieve such power in so short a time…”

He touched his chest where a faint glow pulsed—the sign of a second core awakening within him.

“But I too have—”

He never finished.

Because in that instant, the heavens shattered.

A sonic boom tore through the mountain as Leon appeared before him, his arrival too fast for even the Dragon Lord to register.

Eragon’s pupils dilated.

“…”

Then came the strike.

A single, force-enhanced divine fist slammed into his chest with the weight of creation itself.

The impact rippled through the mountain like a divine quake.

The great Dragon Lord’s body blasted through the palace walls, carving a glowing arc through the sky before crashing miles away, leaving only silence and the echo of thunder in his wake.

Leon hovered where he stood, divine energy radiating from his form, his eyes cold and unwavering.

The hunt had begun.

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A/N: Thank you for reading