UNLIMITED SPEED

Noah furrowed his brows at the man's words but limited himself to remain silent. His gaze continued to land on the scenery outside the serpent's construct. But seeing as the whole thing could be reshaped he could only fall into wonder.

"We can also do that," Noah replied the smiling man. It didn't matter as long as they arrived at their destination.

"We can, but your idea also works fine. However, we'll need a form able to allow us to maximize our agility while also allowing us to retain our speed during maneuvers," Nathaniel explained, while the entire structure began to shake. Though not violently.

"I believe something similar to a round object will allow us to accomplish the goal," Nathaniel continued to ramble to himself.

Unfolding their consciousness to witness the transformation, many experts could only retain expressionless faces during the process.

Just like the man had said, he picked something super simple.

The insides of the illusory object continued to change, but it didn't disturb the sitting cultivators, who found that some began to rise higher towards the now corner-less roof. Multiple rows of seating people soon appeared in Noah's sight.

The structure quickly became a round hall of sorts featuring experts sitting on its walls, in upper and lower rows.

Noah found that an illusory yet solid seat latched onto him, before pushing him backward; away from Nathaniel, who stood at the center of the room. While everyone surrounded him.

No complaints were made about that seating formation since no one cared about it, only their goals. The full transformation took about a minute or so. Causing Noah to wonder if any mana had been utilized, and how much it cost.

Assuming each one of them utilized a point system like Noah. If everyone poured 100mp into the construct. The amount of mana gathered would be a bit over 100,000. With that type of energy, their goal of reaching the seventh stage would be very possible. However, during his calculations, Noah had to consider how much it cost them to remain in one position.

'Probably a few ten thousand points would be required,' Noah thought, approving of the construct's new shape.

Nathaniel continued to ramble to himself for a few minutes, but stopped immediately he felt all eyes fall on him, but their gazes weren't of praise, only annoyance. The expert had a habit of talking to himself due to his level of skill as an inscriptions practitioner, who had been studying the art for decades now.

His level of experience put him in an important position, and because of this; when he voiced the idea of working together, the weaker and less knowledgeable experts promptly agreed.

"I apologize for my delay. I simply found this idea too interesting, as it isn't something that can be easily accomplished without high amounts of mana," the expert explained, his excitement clear in his voice.

'Why do I feel like they are being used as fuel for his projects,' Noah thought slightly feeling pity for the others. Most were probably getting ready for the moment he would ask them to repay his kindness, even if he was already using them. And they too were using the other person.

"I believe it's time to move. The fifth depth stage could take us days to completely cross," Nathaniel announced immediately steering the orange ball forward. The experts responsible for keeping the construct together were still present only that they didn't need to keep limbs in place, only walls. This allowed them enough mental leisure to open their eyes.

Ariana's eyes landed on Noah's figure immediately after she opened them, and she could only shake her head in wonder. She had heard a familiar voice but hadn't expected it to be the white-haired man.

The urge to talk to him came but she pushed it to the back of her mind. 'Later,' she thought.

The orange sphere; unlike earthly underwater objects didn't feature propellers, since the sheer power their combined energies could generate would be more than enough to push it forward faster than the speed of sound.

A buzzing sound soon began to rise inside the sphere, as the over one thousand experts poured slight amounts of their cores content into the construct. Their incredible numbers made up for the small amounts, bringing the amount of energy available to an overflowing stage.

The spherical construct continued to glow brighter and brighter until maddening amounts of electrical energy and the three other elements were surging around the large sphere.

Noah confirmed that their combined effort would be more than enough to obliterate hundreds of tier 3 beasts in the middle stage. And they poured all of it into simply moving forward!

Needless to say, the ball turned into a deep orange streak immediately after Nathaniel steered it forward. Noah felt a mild wave of surprise hit him when he realized that they had almost immediately arrived in front of the tight array of crackling whirlpools.

Being that dangerously close so fast made Noah nervous, but he decided to trust in the faith the over one thousand cultivators had in Nathaniel.

​ Although the upside-down whirlpools were close to each other, there were narrow areas between their large figures able to allow anything small enough to swim through. Though that would only be possible if the object had enough power to remain on its course without getting pulled into any of the whirlpools.

A quick inspection was all Noah needed to find the best suitable spot to swim through and thankfully Nathaniel thought the same.

With heavy hearts, while also speeding up and crossing Mach 6, the experts watched Nathaniel steer towards a small space between three whirlpools of death. Even at that speed, Noah understood that a lighting bolt would be capable of comfortably reaching them, which left him worried.

With the intent to jump out of that construct immediately he sighted any trouble, Noah watched in what felt like slow motion the sphere arrive between three crackling whirlpools capable of swallowing objects more than tens times the size of their sphere.

Their environment got dark, as terrible rumbling and crackling sounds shook the hair on the bodies of the experts. The sheer sound coming from the whirlpools felt like explosions able to end the world. At least in their world, and hopes to join a great guild.

The focus and worries of every cultivator present within the sphere, reached their max when the light from the outside no longer reached them, apart from the occasional flash of multi-colored currents and deep but extremely loud rumbling sounds, which were signs of lightning bolts.

So when they found a few seconds later that their passage had been without any disturbance since the light from the pond reached their eyes again, a shout of joy escaped their mouths, as everyone cheered in relief and excitement.

If things continued that well their goal of reaching the 7th depth stage would be accomplished.

"Speed is king," Noah muttered, sighing in relief. Even if his worries weren't gone.