SSS Ranked Awakening: All My Skills Are at Level 100

Chapter 438: First Floor of Ascension Tower—7

However—

BIND!

Leon simultaneously used King Touch—an Epic rank skill that had also reached Level 100 mastery.

Invisible hands formed from pure mana seized the orc’s arms completely, binding its movement and preventing it from bringing the axe into defensive position.

Immobilized. Now finish it.

SLASH!

Leon’s blade cut through from shoulder to waist at a diagonal angle, bisecting the creature’s body into two clean halves.

Blood sprayed across the arena floor.

Leader down. Now for the small fry.

Knowing the immediate threat was eliminated, Leon used Void Step once again, this time arriving high above the hundred elite soldier orcs who had been supporting their fallen leader.

He descended upon them like a catastrophic natural disaster.

Epic Rank Frost Fang—a wide-range area attack that spreads freezing death across multiple targets simultaneously.

FREEZE! SHATTER!

Nearly half the orc army perished in the first devastating wave as ice consumed their bodies and crushed them from within.

King Touch activated repeatedly, invisible hands crushing orc skulls like overripe fruit—one crushing impact every second with mechanical precision.

At the same time, the entire hundred-strong force experienced Gravity Control pressing down on them mercilessly.

They were barely able to stand, let alone defend themselves properly or mount any kind of coordinated counterattack.

Only death awaited them. Nothing else. No escape. No mercy.

During the systematic massacre, when Leon had already eliminated more than 90% of the orc soldiers in just a few brutal seconds—

Something interesting suddenly caught his sharp eyes.

What’s that?

Leaving the few remaining orcs who were about to be decapitated—the spatial distortions left behind by his Void Step movements were more than enough to shred them into pieces on their own—only about seven terrified elite orc soldiers remained, frozen in horror at the bloody scene surrounding them.

Leon arrived in front of the red orc leader’s body, which should have been completely dead.

But it wasn’t just corpse pieces anymore.

Is the body whole again? How?

Somehow, the bisected halves had reconnected. He could clearly see life energy flowing around and through the body, knitting it back together despite the catastrophic damage.

Under normal circumstances, being bisected through the torso—especially with the heart destroyed—meant guaranteed death for any creature.

Yet here, black wriggling energy surrounded where the heart should be, actively healing it with disturbing efficiency.

Not slowly, either. In just a couple more seconds, it would be as good as new.

The large cut itself was also closing rapidly, life energy at Level 1 aura control providing enough power to accomplish this regeneration despite the high consumption cost.

Dark Element combined with life element for resurrection? Fascinating.

Leon destroyed the reforming heart once again, plunging his blade—still wreathed in spatial distortion—directly through the chest cavity.

STAB! SHRED!

The heart exploded into fragments.

But the orc still didn’t truly die.

Dark Element is far more interesting than I initially imagined.

Leon made a deliberate choice. He didn’t outright kill the creature permanently yet.

As the body neared complete recovery again, Leon would precisely shred just the heart, keeping it in this perpetual regeneration loop.

He carefully avoided destroying the brain along with the heart, fearing that simultaneous destruction might end the resurrection effect—and he was actively studying this application of dark element power.

This is another life-saving method. Completely unexpected and incredibly powerful. A top-tier trump card if I can replicate it.

While Leon conducted his morbid research, the remaining seven or so elite orc soldiers died screaming as ice spears crackling with intense lightning struck them down—a combination skill Leon had developed.

They couldn’t even attempt to dodge. Gravity Control kept their bodies bent and struggling, barely able to stand.

How could they possibly retaliate or escape in such a state?

Leon studied the resurrection phenomenon for a while longer, observing the patterns and energy flows carefully.

Then he made a decision.

ACTIVATE!

Elemental Surge—one of his most powerful enhancement skills.

All his elemental affinities jumped from Rank 7 to Rank 8 instantly for a limited duration.

It sounded simple, but the actual power gap between ranks was tremendous—especially at higher tiers.

The skill could now be maintained for 10 minutes at Level 100 mastery.

It had no cooldown period, which made it seem overpowered.

However, Leon had learned through extensive use that the skill consumed mana as a percentage of total capacity rather than a fixed value.

Which makes it somewhat costly despite my enormous reserves.

At Level 100, the cost was exactly 10% of total mana—still quite massive considering his capacity.

But with his exceptional recovery methods and regeneration rate, he could use it sparingly when situations demanded maximum power.

Not something to activate constantly, but available when needed.

Rank 8 affinity made studying the dark element application significantly easier for Leon’s enhanced perception and comprehension.

This is the perfect opportunity.

For Leon to learn a completely new element, he had to come into direct contact with it at least once in some form, whether through natural environmental exposure or observing others utilizing it.

Natural, rare elements were approximately 10 times more difficult to comprehend and master.

For extremely rare elements like life and dark? The difficulty is multiplied by around 100 times or more, depending on the specific Element’s complexity.

But now it’s right in front of me. I won’t waste this opportunity.

Leon quickly gained familiarity with both the dark Element itself and this specific resurrection application technique.

Only one minute had passed since he activated Elemental Surge.

But he felt confident now. With enough practice and refinement, he would definitely achieve the same resurrection effect himself.

Another trump card acquired. Excellent.

Now he destroyed the creature’s brain along with its heart simultaneously—both organs obliterated in the same instant.

CRUSH!

This time it was truly, permanently dead. The body stopped regenerating entirely and simply lay still.

As expected. Simultaneous destruction of both critical points prevents the resurrection.

There were still 9 minutes remaining on Elemental Surge’s duration.

Can’t let it go to waste. The enhanced perception is too valuable.

During that single minute of study and combat, he’d also recovered approximately 3% of his spent mana through passive regeneration.

Leon felt completely confident. It would be genuinely disadvantageous to let Elemental Surge end without maintaining this empowered state through the next challenges.

This is close to my strongest form, excluding specific enhancement and armor-type skills like the Raijin Descent technique.

Seeing the congratulatory message appear:

[Sixth Layer Cleared Successfully]

[Trial Completion Time: 1 minutes 32 seconds]

[Evaluation: In Progress]

Leon chose to continue without rest, exactly as he’d done for every previous layer.

But this time, he felt slightly more cautious.

Things are getting to a level where I actually need to pay genuine attention. The difficulty is approaching my casual limits.

His eyes gleamed with anticipation for what the seventh layer would bring.