242 Can He Really Get It? (1/2)

Kaio glanced at Krune and noticed how focused he was in his concoction. But he soon thought about a reason for that.

'Right, he is still a Six Silver Stars Alchemist, so he simply decided to watch me to gain some experience instead of trying to get a higher position. It will be impossible to take the top three with three Alchemists at the Golden Star Level.'

Convincing himself of such thoughts, Kaio kept extracting the medicinal properties of the herbs he had chosen this time. As for the pill that he selected, it is a Revolving Energy Pill. It makes the circulation of Spiritual Energy faster for a short time. Of course, he was making one at the One Golden Star Level.

Krune stayed immovable for the first hour, and the viewers of his Workstation had dropped to almost zero.

Suddenly, Krune's eyes lit up!

'It's here.'

Kaio had finally finished the extractions and started to eliminate the impurities of the herbs. He as using the standard method of controlling the fire element to burn them away. Krune's rainbow irises immediately reacted the moment they saw it.

Just like before, Krune could feel that Kaio wasn't doing it with the Fire Element as a whole, but some part of it. Still, it was more than enough for Krune to notice the differences. Not to mention that this time, Krune is really paying attention.

Time passed, and Kaio continued to burn the impurities away. It wasn't before a half-hour that he finally reached his limit in that process.

'Good, I should have reached the max level that I can at the moment.'

Kaio then started the pill concoction per see. But when Krune saw that, he got even more excited!

'Now that he started to concoct the pill, the changes are even more apparent. I feel like I'm close to grasping something, it's like there is a small line between me and what is happening in his concoction, but for some reason, I just can't cross it. Still, I guess I finally understand what it is that Kaio is doing.'

Krune kept observing, and without him noticing, his hands started to move subconsciously. Another thing is that now, his rainbow irises colors were really moving in a circular motion. Krune then started to try to imitate those changes in the fire element just like Kaio, but every time, it was always somewhat wrong.

While almost no one was paying attention to Krune, there were a few exceptions. Palo Yiag, the elder responsible for the Junior Alchemist Competition, just so happens to be one of them. When Krune started to try to imitate what Kaio was doing, his eyes opened wide!

\”You can't be serious! No, he isn't quite right there yet. Still, he's close, really close. Is it possible? He hasn't reached the Divine Soul Realm yet. It seems like he is trying to understand what Kaio is doing, which means that he can at least perceive it. That is already a miracle in and our itself.\”

Suddenly, the world around Krune disappeared. The Workstation, the tools, the alchemists, the ground, the skies, everything! Surprisingly, Krune didn't notice it. That's because there was still something that he was able to see. Kaio's work!

It was at this moment that Krune murmured to himself.

'Kaio's understanding of laws, the Law of Burning!'

Krune finally understood why he felt like Kaio wasn't controlling the Fire Element itself, but a small part of it. That's right, Kaio was only controlling the Law of Burning, and it wasn't perfect either. The laws surrounding the Fire Element were various. The Laws of Heat, Explosion, Burning, Combustion, and several others. All of them were part of the whole thing called The Fire Laws!

In fact, Krune could feel that Kaio was very inexperienced with the Law of burning. As to why? Even Krune himself didn't know.

Time passed, and Palo kept observing Krune's motions. The more he looked, the more impressed he became. Palo had already forgotten about the competition and the alchemists. His mind was totally focused on Krune and Krune only.

'6th Stage of the Core Formation Realm... Can he really get it?'

The answer to this question didn't take long to appear.

At some point, Krune had summoned the Fire Element in front of him, and he kept fueling it almost unconsciously. It stayed there, just like a very gentle small flame. Still, Palo knew that it was that little flame that would give him the answer that he seeks.

Suddenly, a few ripples started to happen in that small flame. Palo noticed that and murmured to himself.

'It's here.'

Krune was still in a trance, inside that dark world in his vision, he felt like he finally could reach that thing that Kaio was controlling. Palo then saw Krune extending one of his hands forward while the other kept holding that small flame.

Krune then opened that hand and made a motion as if he was trying to grab something. It was at this moment that the small flame in his hand reacted and burned fiercely! Krune's rainbow irises were moving so fast at this moment that it would be hard to even see where the colors are at the moment. Krune smiled faintly and then said.

\”Gotcha!\”

The moment he said that, the world around him came back to normal. Krune's consciousness came back, and he looked around as if he had just awaked from a dream! Still, he knew that it wasn't a dream, everything that he saw was real. Krune looked at the small flame fiercely burning on his hand and noticed that he now had some kind of connection to it.

'No, to be more precise, I have a connection to a tiny part of it. The Law of burning... I now have an initial understanding of it. But...'

Krune then thought about that dark world where he could only see the laws.

'Just what was that?'

It was at this moment that Light Spirit's voice appeared.