Abyssal Phase

*Become the Abyss. Bring them into your embrace.*

## Summary

Abyssal Phase is a high-quality E-Grade skill that turns its user into a nigh-invulnerable wraith and allows him to move through a subdimension with such a speed that it might as well be considered teleportation. The user needs to phase back and forth if he wants to use the skill repeatedly. The environment also slows down while in the wraith state allowing time to observe and react to it. Sufficiently strong energy can still damage the user while in wraith form, and forcibly end the state. Increases in proficiency improved the speed of the movement while in wraith form.

Zac learned the skill from an Inheritance Crystal that he received from the VIP section of the Eldritch Archivals, a Dao Repository, as part of his payment for joining Catheya in the Twilight Ascent.

Zac evolved the skill into Abyssal Drive due to the influence of an impartment by Prince An'Azol during Zac's awakening of his Draugr bloodline, altered by a shadow of Eoz, and guided by Zac's Dao Mold.

## Skill Location

**Chest**

* A large amount of Miasma stormed into the skill fractal for the movement skill on his chest, and the world inverted after almost two seconds had passed. **Book 8, Page 106**

## Skill Window

[E] Abyssal Phase - Proficiency: Middle. Become the Abyss. Bring them into your embrace. Upgradeable. **Book 8, Page 32**

## Inheritance Crystal

### Description

* [Abyssal Phase. High E-Grade, Upgradeable. No attribute affinity, Death-related Daos. Transforms the user into an abyssal wraith. During transformation, the user is nigh-invulnerable, nigh-invisible, and extremely hard to detect. Peak-quality movement speed boost.] **Book 8, Page 23**

### Acquisition

* “Secondly, I want to choose three of your E-grade skills from the VIP section of the Eldritch Archivals. Free of charge,” Zac said. **Book 7, Page 776**
* “One. I can give you three skills in total, but only one can be from the inner sanctums. ...” Catheya slowly said. **Book 7, Page 776**
* “**[Abyssal Phase]**, paid for with contribution points,” a soothing androgynous voice emerged from the book as it flipped pages until one depicting a black chest appeared. **Book 8, Page 26**

### Bequeather

* The elder who left the skill behind was not a Strength-based fighter like Zac. He’d been a poison master with a hybrid fighting style. **Book 8, Page 32**
* He’d not gotten **[Abyssal Phase]** from his class, but rather gained it as a reward in an extremely deadly Mystic Realm. **Book 8, Page 32**

## Learning

* Only, when Zac infused the crystal with energy, a flood of memories and impressions assailed him. It wasn’t as real as Dao Visions, but rather discordant snippets of the life of the external elder of the Sharva’Zi Clan. **Book 8, Page 32**
* Zac witnessed the elder using it hundreds of times in different situations. Fleeing, attacking, ambushing. **Book 8, Page 33**
* The scenes provided ample inspiration, ... **Book 8, Page 33**
* It also felt like he’d personally used the skill dozens of times. It wouldn’t take long to properly integrate the ability into his personal combat style. **Book 8, Page 33**

## Middle Proficiency

* “The skill turns you into a nigh-invulnerable wraith and allows you to move through a subdimension with such speed, it might as well be considered teleportation. Such energy requirements are immense. Especially since you need to phase back and forth if you want to use the skill repeatedly. **Book 8, Page 24**
* Everything was awash in monochrome, and it felt like time had slowed to a crawl. **Book 8, Page 57**
* He was like a gust of smoke as he shot through the Void, neither bound by gravity nor the lack thereof. He was propelled by an immense expenditure of Miasma; an invisible comet rippling through space. **Book 8, Page 57**

## Late Proficiency

* Another gain was that he managed to push **[Abyssal Phase]** from Middle to High-mastery. Being chased by a potential Beast Emperor was clearly an effective method to squeeze out one’s potential, though Zac definitely wouldn’t try something like that again. **Book 8, Page 454**

## Peak Proficiency

* An odd sensation made Zac look inward, and he was both surprised and delighted to see lines being added to more than one of his skills. In fact, most of his skills were evolving, proving just how powerful the altar was. **Chapter 897**
* It was the first time he used the skill since it got upgraded to Peak Mastery. Some skills gained new features, but the boon of **[Abyssal Phase]** was simple – speed. It allowed Zac to move almost 50% faster than before, and he guessed only speed-focused Hegemons would be able to catch up with him in his current form. **Chapter 924**

## D-Grade Evolution

* Just like the things still waiting in his body, currently surrounding **[Gorehew]** and **[Abyssal Phase]** ... The other was almost indistinguishable from the Abyssal Lake, similar to Tavza's bloodline ability. **Chapter 1,090**
* However, he could feel their complex patterns and exquisite balance, knowing his two bought skills had gone from something he'd picked up in a Frontier Repository to proper Peak-quality D-grade skills. **Chapter 1,091**
* *Became Abyssal Drive*.

## Commentary

* But a movement skill with such high demands can ultimately not be considered Peak quality, especially when activating the skill takes a while even for the most talented warrior, which can be lethal in a heated fight,” the old man lamented. **Book 8, Page 24**
* Be careful. **[Abyssal Phase]** was a skill an external elder of my clan learned around eighty thousand years ago. He was killed by a lightning-quick strike before he had a chance to activate the evolved version.” Catheya smiled. “It’s quite lopsided, with both immense strengths and demerits.” **Book 8, Page 29**
* He’d already moved thousands of meters at the expenditure of a huge amount of Miasma, but it wasn’t enough against someone a whole grade above him. **Book 8, Page 58**
* He could barely be considered a ghost at the moment, rather a congregation of Miasmic Energies. **Book 8, Page 107**
* The intangible form of **[Abyssal Phase]** had its benefits, and he effortlessly squeezed through the path that normally wouldn’t even fit his hand. **Book 8, Page 274**
* Clearly, rampaging Twilight Energy was on the list of dangers to his intangible form. **Book 8, Page 377**
* The wall was completely airtight as well, making it impossible to make use of **[Abyssal Phase]**. **Chapter 769**
* It gave him enough speed to avoid most of the spears, though he still found the edges of his intangible form damaged. **Chapter 774**
* Even if he had been gutsy enough to push through the small rip with **[Abyssal Phase]**, he would have been torn apart before even entering it. **Chapter 809**
* The shockwave forcibly deactivated **[Abyssal Phase]**, and a dozen flesh spikes shot out from the Hegemon to take advantage of the opening. **Chapter 904**
* Zac could feel that his connection with **[Abyssal Phase]** had worsened by quite a bit [*for gaining an arcane class*] since it wasn't really aligned with his path. **Chapter 1,073**