364 Pom of Vitality (1/2)

”I see…”

Raven blinked as he re-read the contents of the Ancient Art: 9 Destruction Steps. He closed then book and placed it on his spatial ring. He then closed his eyes and channeled the might of his Destruction Laws on his legs and soles.

As soon as he lifted his legs, a surprising development immediately occurred on his surroundings.

Cracks appeared within 50 meters around him, each cracks appeared out of nowhere as if they were already there before. When Raven's foot made contact with the ground, the cracks immediately exploded like glass and sent the whole Sun Temple shaking on impact.

Shockwaves rocked the whole floor, the volcanic rocks that could withstand a beating caved in from Raven's might.

Raven lifted another foot and the cracks appeared once more, this time it covered everything inside 100 meters around him. When Raven made his second step, a stronger reaction compared before occurred. Now even the beams that supported the temple were also damaged by that step.

He lifted another foot and this time, the cracks covered a full 500 meters around him. However, seeing the state of the temple, Raven chose to cancel the technique instead.

”Anymore and the temple might not remain intact from the intensity.” He murmured while placing a finger on his chin.

”Still, from what I felt just now, I could use this skill only until the 5th step. The rest are still unavailable since that requires more understanding about the art and Destruction Laws. Needless to say, the 5th step would cover at least 5 kilometers of destruction that could instantly kill Tier 3 Demonic Beasts. That's already extremely useful.”

”This Ancient Art alone is already worth all the trouble of going all the way here. Plus this isn't even the one I'm after, it's just a bonus. But what an incredible bonus it was.”

Raven smiled as he felt immense satisfaction on his luck. Truthfully, this art is already worth the trip. Not only did it teach him an incredible technique, it also contained many inspirations that he could use to gain more understanding about his Destruction Laws.

Just like what he was expecting, his use of Destruction Laws was very crude, barbaric even. To a trained eye, it's like he's wasting heaven's gift. It wasn't really his fault but he still felt embarrassed whenever he's reminded of it.

The inspiration behind the 9 Destruction Steps could be summarized in one word:

Pulse.

By sending a strong yet controlled pulse of Destruction Laws on his legs, the influence of Destruction which appears as cracks in his surroundings will instantly manifest, and as he finishes his step the resonance of the pulse is enough to trigger the cracks, resulting in fearsome shockwaves that could potentially ignore enemy's defenses.

The best he could do prior to learning the art, is through simply coating his attacks with destruction laws or utilizing the Fault Signs. He even had to ran his law energy through the cracks in the air just to cause destruction.

He had never thought that just by utilizing a pulse fueled by Destruction Laws, such effects could be achieved.

Raven stayed at the 3rd floor to practice some more but he did it in a weaker scale in order to not damage the Sun Temple even further. It took him two days before he finally decided to move on towards the next floor.

***

4th floor of the Sun Temple.

Raven's currently facing the 3rd trial of this floor, which requires him to kill his enemies with a specific condition. He cannot use any kind of weapons and only the first technique he use will damage the spawned beasts.

A unique test that work perfectly according to his desires. Of course, he had been raring to go and beat up some foes with the new trick that he just learned, so this test came at the right timing for him.

*Boom!*

Raven took one step and every beast within 50 meter radius around him suffered. They were reduced into a pieces of flesh with the blood dyeing the floor with crimson color.

There were at least 20 kinds of Demonic Beasts that he could play with here. His first attack took out half of their numbers already, but it seems that the rest weren't fazed by the death of their comrades. They still charged at him with overwhelming ferocity, seemingly unafraid of death.