Chapter 91 - Getting Over It (1/2)
While Aurus was savoring the stronger effects of his Flux after upgrading it to Rank 5…
Within the Tempest Cliff, there existed a place that boasted such dense and pure Wind energy that one would definitely be minced to shreds once one stepped a single foot into it. This place is also known by multiple Animates as the core of the Tempest Cliff.
Currently, this Wind energy scattered throughout this core was being absorbed by a wolf that seemed to be made out of rock yet wasn't. Its fur was a shade of gray that could let it blend with other rocks in the surroundings, while its structure gave others a sense of sturdiness that would never falter in any situation.
This wolf was Chonk, who was currently absorbing the power of the core of the Tempest Cliff in order to master his Tempering skill and ascend to a Rank 1 Class, his lifelong dream.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Bit by bit, the torrential and powerful Wind energy particles that made up the core was gradually being broken down into smaller and less powerful Wind energy particles that could be easily absorbed by Chonk's body. Nonetheless, the purity of the Wind energy was still preserved all throughout this process, allowing Chonk to glean upon the intricacies making up the Wind energy particles.
”Wind is something that exists all throughout our surroundings, even within the depths of water,” Chonk muttered to himself as a frown appeared on his face. ”I understand this statement to the point where I can say that if I claimed second over the mastery of the essence of Wind, no one would claim first!”
”But why is it that my [Tempest Genesis Rebirth] has not been mastered to completion yet? Why does it seem that I am still lacking that certain thing?”
After discovering the core of the Tempest Cliff over a week ago, he had cultivated near this core, absorbing the pure Wind energy particles coming out of it and allowing his body to be tempered by the same particles he was trying to understand.
Up till now, he was still trying to find what he was missing in the completion of his Tempering skill, only to be blocked at the last step. He had a vague feeling of what it is, but his body seemed to be subconsciously avoiding it.
”Wind…” Still wracking his brain over the matter, Chonk decided to focus on the word that his Tempering skill was based on. ”Wind…does it really exist everywhere? Aren't there times where one cannot feel the wind but one still knows it exists?”
Bang!
Following that train of thought, Chonk finally knew what he was missing. At that instant of enlightenment, his Tempering skill was mastered to 100% as a ray of light from up above started to shine down upon his body, gradually changing his structure into a stronger and sleeker form of a wolf.
Indeed! He was now ascending to a Rank 1 Class!
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On the other hand, Aurus was still engrossed in the details of his newly upgraded Flux.
After a while, he closed the screen and let out a long yet contented sigh as he muttered to himself, ”Man…Flux is definitely a good thing.”
As he muttered this, he could not help but look at the Flux that covered his body, radiating a green light that was more vibrant than before. Not only that, it also gave Aurus a feeling of comfortability under the cover of this Flux. After thinking about how comfortable his Flux was after being upgraded to Rank 5, he could not help but be disappointed that he could not reach the maximum rank available for his Flux.
”Haah…I'll just upgrade my Flux once I max [Transcendent Vitality Anima Creation]. I hope I have enough SP to max it to Rank 9.”
Ding!
”Eh?” All of a sudden, Aurus heard a notification sound resound throughout his mind, confusing him greatly as he did not know what he did in order to gain such a sound.
Deciding that it was too tiring to read words on a screen for now, he commanded the system to read the latest notification that popped up.
'[Flux Vessel] and [Flux Weapon Creation] have leveled up.'
”Eh?” Hearing the skills that he wanted to level up be leveled up made Aurus speechless for a bit as he did not know what he did to gain experience in order for those skills to level up.
He thought about it for a bit and hypothesized that having a fully crafted weapon on him allowed his Weapon Creation skill to passively gain experience, while using Flux allowed his Flux Storage skill to gain experience…though its level up was delayed for some reason.
Since all he had was time at this moment, when his Weapon Creation skill would level up later along his journey, that alone was enough to prove his hypothesis greatly.
”You know what? I've already wasted enough time already experimenting with Flux.” Realizing that he has wasted quite a considerable amount of time while travelling towards the Lesser Experience Haven, Aurus could not help but say.
”Time to speed my journey up a bit.”
”[Supreme Tempest Burst]!”
Whoosh!
At that instant, his movement speed, which was already fast for someone at S-grade, was boosted by twofold, allowing him to move at an incredibly fast 9 kilometers per hour! Unfortunately, this buff would only last for a minute before disappearing.
[Supreme Tempest Burst], was the better version of [Tempest Burst] which Aurus was extremely fond of using. Since Aurus evolved his movement skill to X-grade, it was natural that the supplementary skill that came with it evolved into a better version as well.
”[Void Gale Spirit Shift]!”
Fwoosh!
After muttering another skill's name out loud, Aurus disappeared in an instant from where he was, only appearing at a place 6 kilometers away from where he previously was a few seconds later. Due to the skill being X-grade, Aurus was able to teleport at most 2 kilometers away from his original place in an instant. But with [Supreme Tempest Burst] still being in effect, this distance was boosted twofold as well, allowing the distance between Aurus and the Lesser Experience Haven to be only around 7 kilometers left!
”Fuck. I forgot to activate [Gale Hover].”
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