208 Metamorphosis (2/2)

The massive sun-like orb flew down and fused itself with Raven. His whole body emitted a divine glow before he disappeared from this place.

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”Hmm…” a groan escaped from Raven's lips.

Still trapped inside the cocoon, his body shifted and his eyes briefly opened.

The whole cocoon quaked as he opened his eyes. If anyone was staring at his eyes, they would find themselves captivated by it's unnatural beauty.

His pupils were tinged with a golden hue while his irises had a rainbow colored glow in them. On his head, a silhouette of a golden circlet emerged, it formed a crown like shape with a golden gem embedded on the middle.

Raven partially regained his consciousness. He stretched his body inside the cocoon but his minimal action caused it to explode.

With a booming sound, shards of cocoon flew everywhere, revealing Raven's naked body. The time he spent inside the cocoon brought an astounding transformation on him.

Compared to before, Raven was now taller by at least a few inches. His body became extremely compact and muscular, it was like his pearl white skin was clinging onto his sculpted muscles like its life depended on it. His black hair descended like a waterfall on his back only, now it has a faint turquoise glow in them that would be evident under the glare of sunlight.

His facial features became more prominent, if previously Raven looked like a bronze-skinned warrior that faced death in many occasions, now he appeared to be a noble scholar who propagated peace over war. His aura radiated a calming air but was also heroic at the same time. Added the fact that there is a silhouette of a crown on his head, he could be mistaken as that of a Royal Blood.

As the crown image disappeared from his head. Raven finally regained control over his body. A deep sigh escaped his lips, he closed his eyes and concentrated.

After a while, his eyes snapped wide open and everything within a hundred meters around him trembled. His body started levitating off the ground while his countenance remained impassive.

His gaze fell onto his stuff and with a flick of his fingers, they flew towards him as if they were carried by a mysterious force. His spatial ring threw up some clothes even without him touching it. As if the clothes gained some sort of a consciousness, they wrapped they did the honors of covering Raven's body as if it would be blasphemy if he needed to lift his arms to dress himself up.

Fully clothed with an all black attire only lifted Raven's otherworldly charm into another level.

With another sigh, Raven stepped onto the air and arrived at the edge of the pond. A wry smile appeared from his mouth as he asked himself: ”What in the world was that?”

Bits and pieces of hazy memories surfaced from his psyche. All it contained were silhouettes and images. He had no clue on how he should discern them. They looked so unfamiliar to him. He knew that he was dreaming during his transformation, at some point during his dreams he recalled gaining clarity but will immediately fall into trance right away.

He had no answers to this so he could search for answers later. What's more important is to gauge how was faring strength wise.

Cultivating the [Book of Chaos] is the same as abandoning the Three Known Paths for humans. This is something that became clear to him as soon as he read the contents of the ancient book. This means that from now on, his cultivation wouldn't resemble that of a Body, Energy or a Spirit Path. This path is knows as the Path of Chaos, and as far as he could tell, he was alone in this road in this generation.

His body was still the same structure wise, even his energy network was present. However, the truth is that he had no use for his energy network anymore. The only thing that he had to pay attention to is the [Chaos Embryo] that is located on the center of his chest. This is the source of his strength after all.

To make things simpler, the plume of foreign energy earlier turned into this. It is connected to his heart so as long as his heart beats, his [Chaos Force] will keep on circulating in every single fiber of his body much like how his heart pumps blood to the rest of his body.

The Chaos Path has no known stages as far as he could tell. Right now, his initial gauge of his strength is roughly equal to a peak Warrior Stage expert but of course he wasn't so sure just yet.

All he knows is that, this is just the first metamorphosis. He had to undergo eight more to attain the consummate level of the [Book of Chaos: First Chapter], which means that he still has a long way to go.