[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-awakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra":3,"chapter-awakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra-awakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra-chapter-494":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Awakening: Reincarnating With the SSS-Level Extraction Talent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1140130,1479,"Chapter 494: He Can Kill Skills?! Grim Reaper","awakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra-chapter-494",494,"\u003Cp>\"Foolish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nocteron's voice was calm, detached, almost pitying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his arms forward with a soft sigh, as though disappointed rather than threatened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwish! BAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without warning, a column of blazing fire surged up from beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Flames of Oblivion] erupted like a geyser of wrath, crackling with deadly force as they engulfed the area beneath both Nocteron and Lich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground scorched, the air warped, and everything within a dozen meters looked like it was about to be reduced to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex didn't expect the attack to kill them, he wasn't naive, but he wasn't aiming for a kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only needed a moment, a second of distraction, just one flicker of vulnerability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… that moment never came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this, right now, was the shift in the tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until now, it had seemed like they were evenly matched, blow for blow, move for move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the illusion of balance shattered like fragile glass, because at this exact point, Nocteron, the most powerful of all the gods, began to take the fight seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the first thing he did was kneel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As flames erupted beneath him, he crouched down effortlessly and extended one hand, pressing his palm gently to the incoming fire as though greeting an old friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Necrotic Touch,\" he whispered, a small smile flickering on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Necrotic Touch: Instantly kills your opponent's skill. No cooldown.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same ability that had silenced the [Primordial Goddess], the same cursed skill he had used time and time again in the ancient wars long before the [Chosen Games] even began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the moment his hand met the flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your skill \"Flames of Oblivion\" has been killed. You may not use it again until the end of the battle.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Alex breathed, startled, \"What the hell...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't even get time to react before the rest of his barrage arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy blades from [Celestial Judgment] rained down from above, glowing with divine energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[All-Element Fox Summons] surged toward the battlefield, their elemental fury unleashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several [Universal Orbs] swirled in from the side, [Orb of Annihilation], [Orb of the Mountain], and more, each one ready to explode with world-ending power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Nocteron moved faster than reality itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a blur, he reached out and touched each incoming threat, and with every touch, the skill died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The summoned foxes vanished with a burst of scattered light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The divine blades crumbled to ash mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orbs didn't even have time to activate, they simply disappeared, fizzled out like a match in the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your skills \"All-Element Fox Summons\", \"Celestial Judgment\" and \"Universal Orbs\" have been killed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex stared, frozen for a breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dude…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than five seconds, over half his arsenal was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only skills he had left were [Bleeding Dragon Claws], a close-range weapon not suited for this moment, and his [Void Blasters].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skeletal blasters emerged from the ground some distance behind him, far enough from Nocteron's reach, for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't let him touch them,\" Alex thought, stepping back quickly, \"Charge!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three [Void Blasters] raised their bone-covered heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their massive jaws opened, revealing glowing energy cores that started humming with dangerous light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex's goal was clear, reach Phase Three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once fully charged, they could unleash a beam powerful enough to rival even Nocteron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that charge would take ninety seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've lost your skills,\" Nocteron said calmly as he advanced, each step echoing with eerie confidence, \"You cannot win. You can barely fight back. Why do you persist?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Alex, a bright light flared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelios.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The angel's wings spread wide as his eyes glowed with raw power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive object slammed into the ground beside him, a towering scale, celestial and golden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Scales of Destiny summoned. Cost: 200 DP.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here goes nothing!\" Kaelios shouted, lifting into the air as the [Wheel of Destiny] appeared before him, spinning with chaotic force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they could pull Nocteron or Lich into the [Garden of Destiny], they had a chance, just a sliver, but a sliver was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"GO, MY UNDEAD!\" Alex commanded, \"DEFEND KAELIOS AND THE BLASTERS! All of you—except for the [Undead Lord]—GO!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of undead surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skeletons moved first, rattling frames armed with rusted blades, charging recklessly at Nocteron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Predictably, they were slaughtered within moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movements were fluid, casual, like a conductor weaving through a violent orchestra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then came the real threat, the [Undead Reapers].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shrouded in shadows, their towering figures wielded midnight-black scythes, their faces hidden beneath cracked bone masks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They attacked without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Undead Slash], their blades curved in deadly arcs, but Nocteron danced around them, never letting a single swing land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky darkened as a [Shadow Orb] was fired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadows twisted together into a coiled sphere, which launched forward and then exploded mid-flight, unleashing a shrieking vortex of slicing darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nocteron was caught in the blast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was torn apart. Dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, he stood up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More attacks, more orbs, more slashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time, he fell, and each time, he got back up, over and over, his body was torn asunder only to regenerate moments later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lich, too, was being overwhelmed, brought to the brink multiple times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they just wouldn't die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, the undead kept coming, blade after blade, orb after orb, a storm of death that refused to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Necrotic Touch is ineffective on \"Undead Summoning.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For once, Nocteron's cursed skill was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, even with that advantage, they were running out of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty seconds passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And every single undead lay shattered, shredded into bone and dust, except for the [Undead Lord], who remained at Alex's side, his blade resting quietly on his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Change of plan,\" Alex muttered as he looked at his blasters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their cores now glowed brighter, they had reached the first phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"FIRE!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the three skeletal blasters raised its head fully and unleashed a devastating blue beam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwish! BAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blast carved a trench through the battlefield and slammed straight into Nocteron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't even flinch, he stood there, accepting the full force of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body disintegrated violently. But only for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, just like that, he returned, and got killed once more, repeating that cycle many times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the cost was steep, even for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His [Life Drain] had to consume hundreds, maybe thousands of lives to bring him back as his body was getting disintegrated instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is insane…\" Alex whispered, sweat dripping from his brow, \"Kaelios, hurry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm trying!\" Kaelios shouted, the [Wheel of Destiny] spinning slower and slower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, it stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange symbol flashed across it, difficult to read at first, until the system processed it into words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Pass the trial selected at random to complete the ritual.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The God of Destiny or His Chosen must kill one of their opponents.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelios's face went pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh no... SHIT.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex didn't need to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He read the same message, and the implication hit hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had to kill either Lich or Nocteron. Impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their chances had already been slim. Now, they were practically zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as if to underline their hopelessness, Nocteron rushed toward the Scales of Destiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed his hand gently on the golden artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"NECROTIC TOUCH,\" he declared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the entire construct, the scale of destiny and the wheel, crumbled into golden dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their one hope, gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, to finish them off for good, Lich moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here goes!\" Lich bellowed, raising his scepter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struck the ground, and a new figure began to rise beside him, another [Undead Lord], but unlike Alex's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one was darker, more corrupted, its aura thick with ancient power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Lich raised his staff to the sky and shouted,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"GRIM REAPER! GET RID OF THE CHOSEN ONE!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavens answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From above, a massive reaper stirred, cloaked in darkness, wielding a scythe larger than a warship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It nodded once, cold and silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, it swung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scythe came down from the heavens like the judgment of death itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex's pupils widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite all his preparation, all his calm, all his strength, this moment chilled him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tides had turned. The battlefield had shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And somewhere deep in his soul, he felt it. They might not win this.\u003C\u002Fp>",1372,"2026-06-03T12:12:47.112Z","2026-06-03T12:12:55.154Z",1,"novelbin.me","41e6560de4556870263bed66adb00c78e3742c4406fbe1a1511b20e30c074c2d","awakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra-chapter-495","awakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra-chapter-493",516,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fawakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra-cover.jpg"]