56 The Solitary Sword Sovereign! (2/2)
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Saru then went on to explain everything he knew about Taku so far. Ticha was also quite shocked. Saru had told him that the young man was special, but he had no idea it was to this extent.
Once Saru finished his explanation, the Sovereign lifted up his palms. A large three dimensional projection appeared before the trio. A blue orb was clashing with a red orb, with smoke being produced as a byproduct.
”This gentlemen is Taku's soul. The blue orb represents the dominant soul, the lightning element. The red one represents the original owner of the body, the fire element. This gentlemen is a case of a Pyroclastic Soul.” The Sovereign saw the looks of confusion on Saru and Ticha's faces, and decided to go into detaiis
”Ehem, when the original Taku was born, only the fire element soul existed. Someone wanted to kill Taku without actually killing him, thus they took advantage of the fact that the original Taku had a powerful Soul and cast a nasty spell on him. Resulting in serious Soul Deviation.
The left over soul was just a piece of energy without a consciousness to guide it. Now comes the interesting part. A soul with a living consciousness with equal strength to the original one entered Taku and slowly took over his body. This is the lightning one. The fire soul decided to reflexively put up a resistance, resulting in their clash. The new consciousness spread across both souls.
This will result in three things. First the body will find fire techniques much easier to do as they are more compatible with the body. Second is that he will find that soul techniques requiring the fire soul to take action are very difficult to do.
The third and most crucial aspect is the creation of a third soul. The fire and lightning souls are 100% equal in terms of power but oppose each other in terms of attributes. Finding two souls that are 100% equal in terms of soul power is extremely difficult, and I doubt anyone would find any if they tried, even an Immortal such as myself. Personally I thought it was only a rumour until i saw this.”
Ticha and Saru took in a breath of cold air. They knew the implications of what was said, especially an expert of the soul like Saru.
”The two souls have equal soul power, opposite attributes, but are balancing due to the fact that they share a trait. The red soul is the Empyrean Nether Flame, known here as the Imperial Nether Flame, that the Gumbo royal family have, which has the aspect of purifying excess. The lightning soul posses the 9 Heavens Empyrean Thunderclap. A lightning that possess the trait of purifying evil.
The flame is purifying the excess from the lightning, while the lightning is purifying the evil from the flame. And the resulting product is the smoke like soul. A force of pure purification. No, erosion is more like it. So long as something has an evil trait or has excess, which is almost everything in existence, it will get wiped out of existence by the smoke.”
Ticha stood up from his chair and slapped his cheeks. He could not believe what he had just heard! The Empyrean Nether Flame! Of the Gumbo Royal Family! That means Taku was royalty! And his lightning soul was nothing to scoff at. Ticha had never heard of anything like the 9 Heavens Empyrean Thunderclap. And judging from Saru's face neither had he.
Saru was more concerned about the smoke. A force that exists to purify all excess and evil, how frightening was that?
”The smoke like soul is acting like a glue, holding the three entities together. So instead of saying we have three souls in one body, it would be more accurate to say that we have one soul that is split into three parts. If i am not mistaken, the more the boy uses the smoke, the less balance there is between the fire and the lightning soul.”
Saru then clapped his hands in realization. This is why he goes berserk! But then a new issue came up.
”Ehem, Sovereign, Ticha and I have no idea what to do with this boy, what advice would you have for us?”
This was what the Sovereign had been waiting for. ”Don't worry about him. I will help you out regarding him. He is the most impressive Gutu child I have ever seen.”
Suddenly, a voice called out from behind the Sovereign. ”But Master, I thought you said I was the most talented Gutu you have ever met.
It was the girl. She was done with her training and was moving towards the trio. Ticha and Saru looked at each other in dismay. A child who had been referred to as the most talented Gutu by The Solitary Sword Sovereign himself. What was she?
” Ah yes boys, this is my new disciple, Kudakwashe. She is a gold level talent.”
Saru opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. There had only been seven gold level talents recorded in the entire history of the empire, now there was another? A gold level talent was the most valuable resource of the empire. They would without a doubt become a peak level powerhouse if they didn't die. The most well known gold level talent, the current heir to the throne, was also a world shaking powerhouse despite her age. That would mean that at this very moment, the empire possessed four gold level powerhouses at once. This was without a doubt the peak of their strength!
”Kuda, let me explain. You have far more talent than him, but he has more potential. Talent and potential are not the same. Because talent can be measured were as potential cannot. I can already see your limit, but i have no idea how far that Taku boy can go...”