445 Smelting Trial 1.8 (1/2)
As he saw what happened in his Inner World, everything became clear to him. Though he's still finding it difficult to believe that such a thing was possible to happen.
”Damn!” Raven's lips twitched, ”So this was the serendipity that the elk was talking about? Isn't this more of a gamble instead of a lucky chance? The risks are simply too high, if it weren't for my habits ever since I started cultivating, I would've died!”
Raven's heart pounded, the sound of it was so loud that it reverberates to his surroundings. This isn't because he's nervous or anything, this just because the blood vitality on his body was too dense and his pulse is strong that every heartbeat of his sounds like thundering drums. His body could naturally suppress this sound without affecting his state.
The sub-stages of the Knight Emperor Realm is the ultimate divider for cultivators. Observing closely, the names of the sub-stages are the same exact ranks used to determine one's Champion Physique.
As the famous saying goes: 'Immortal to Empyrean, Deity to Divinity.'
The direct explanation for this is only those who managed to form an Immortal-ranked Champion's Physique would have the chances to enter the Empyrean Stage. This is because only those who has Immortal-ranked Champion's Physique will reach Immortal Knight Emperor Realm. And only those at the Immortal Knight Emperor Realm has the enough potential and qualifications to challenge the barrier of the Empyrean Knight Realm. Anything lower would just be plain suicide.
Similarly, only those who posses Deity-ranked Champion's Physiques has the qualifications to dream about reaching the Divine Knight Realm. Unfortunately, no one managed to even come close to reaching it, which is why everyone has little hopes about it. Still, the owners of Deity-ranked Champion's Physique are still valued by many.
When his musings reached this thought, Raven unconsciously looked at the trees and remembered the time when the Heavenly Elk said that it could see the workings of fate itself. This caused Raven to wonder what the Heavenly Elk saw about his fate. Why did it decide to unseal his Cosmic Force? It should've known the risk of doing so yet it still did the deed. Was the Heavenly Elk certain that he will survive the unsealing?
Unfortunately, since the elk decided to hide itself, Raven had no options but to throw these questions away.
”I'm…too strong.” A peculiar look appeared on Raven's face. ”Never thought that I would say those words, and I never thought that I would find this feeling troublesome.”
Had Raven reached this stage normally, there wouldn't have been any problems. Unfortunately, that's not the case. This massive boost in strength was too sudden and surprising for him. It threw all of his control out of the window.
Sure, his instinctual habits before helped with his survive this early unsealing but since he wasn't actively in charge, he had no accurate judgement on how to actively suppress his strength in order to not destroy everything that he touches.
Just now, he legitimately shattered an entire mountain with just a step, he wasn't even sure if the Golem residing within it survived the crash.
A wave of his hand alone could cause the air to turn into sharp blades that could cut through solid objects cleanly. What's worse is that he's not even using his Cosmic Energy during this. All of these results were reached by just his sheer physical strength alone.
And for a mere Champion Knight, such results are incredibly abnormal. He's afraid that he might be mistaken as a spy sent by Ancient Elysium Sect's enemies, and that is something that he didn't want to happen.
”How much time has passed anyway?” Raven took out a device from his spatial ring which could monitor time and found out the answer to his question. ”Roughly a year huh?”
This means that he still has 9 more years to stay inside, which made Raven feel a little bit conflicted.