Chapter 352: Entering the Origin Pantheon (1/2)

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

At the very instant he agreed to the prompt that allowed him to create the skill [Lesser Origin Affinity], a massive change had occurred to his outward appearance. In less than an instant, the four colors that made up his current appearance: blue, brown, green, and red, decided to separate itself into four parts in the air, making it seem like Argentum had lost his body.

Not long after, these four colors then went ahead and formed a quarter of a circle before connecting with one another once more, only to rotate on a central axis soon after that. Slowly but surely, the speed at which the circle of four colors rotated became faster and faster as the four colors overlapped with one another, gradually turning into one homogeneous color.

Eventually, the circle stopped rotating on a central axis, revealing that the four colors had combined into one color, which was light gray. This light gray circle of energy then gradually transformed into the shape of Argentum's body, with Argentum eventually feeling his body after a few minutes of feeling that he was only a floating entity.

He then looked at his body with an aura of curiosity surrounding him as he could not help but notice that with his enhanced senses, the gray color making up his body was not purely gray at all. In fact, if he looked very closely, he could see that every large gray particle of energy was being surrounded by multiple small motes of energy that ranged between the four colors covering his body back then. Of course, to the usual naked eye, these small motes were invisible, only showing that Argentum had a gray body.

Whoosh!

Not long after that, a feeling of enlightenment had washed over his body as he felt that his connection with the world had been strengthened at least by a hundred times. At this moment, he felt that he could manipulate anything in the world as long as it was made out of the four foundational elements.

Ding!

Just as the feeling of being somewhat omnipotent gradually disappeared from his senses, a notification sound resounded throughout his mind, prompting him to open up the notification screen not long after.

Whoosh!

'You have obtained the passive skill [Lesser Origin Affinity: Sophos Veritas].'

'You have obtained the active skill [Lesser Origin Magic: Truth].'

'You have obtained the active skill [Lesser Origin Magic: Erudite].'

'Due to the energy making up your body taking on a drastic transformation, your species has been changed from [Wind Elemental] to [Lesser Origin Elemental].'

'Please prepare to be teleported as your Origin Trials are about to start.'

Ignoring the last notification he had obtained, Argentum could not help but feel some surprise that his whole species had changed just because he had become inclined towards a stronger element. Then again, he could not help but feel like this would also be the case for Argento if he ever achieved Tempestuous Terra Firma, turning into a species that was related to his new element.

”Identify [Lesser Origin Affinity: Sophos Veritas],” Aurus commanded the system not long after, knowing very well that the most important skill he had obtained out of all the skills was the passive skill. It did not take long for the system to listen to his command, prompting a screen filled to the brim with text to appear in front of his field of vision. As he skimmed through its contents, he could not help but feel ecstatic that his combat power had increased to a higher level, making him ask himself, ”I wonder how strong my attacks currently are?”

Ding!

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[Lesser Origin Affinity: Sophos Veritas]

Grade: C (Mortal)

”The four creating the world as we know shall eventually form into one, forming Lesser Origin, the lifeblood of anything and everything.”

Enhancing one's understanding of the four elements to an insanely high degree, one would be able to master the four elements and fuse them into a higher tier of element, the Lesser Origin. As the user has increased their understanding of the four elements to a level far beyond what could normally be achieved, the user has become a Sage of Lesser Origin, obtaining the modifier Sophos Veritas in the process due to the user achieving the True Element level on all four foundational elements.

> Gain access to [Lesser Origin Magic: Truth], a set of Lesser Origin-based magic spells focused on dealing damage

> Gain access to [Lesser Origin Magic: Erudite], a set of Lesser Origin-based magic spells focused on defense/support

> All four foundational elements can be used to enhance any other element, including Lesser Origin itself

> Any skill that uses the four foundational elements or Lesser Origin has its damage increased by 100%

> Any skill that uses the four foundational elements or Lesser Origin has its energy consumption cost reduced by 15%

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”For some reason, I really want to try attacking once with my newfound powers,” Argentum could not help but mutter to himself, pondering over the question as to whether or whether not he should do it at least once. In the end, he let his urges get the better of him as he went ahead and tried one of the Blessed spells from his [Sage's Magic] skills.

But unfortunately for him, even before he could start casting the Blessed spell, Argentum disappeared from where he was standing without leaving any trace whatsoever, heading towards a certain place that he did not know. Of course, Argentum knew that he was going to be teleported to the place where the Origin Trials were being held, though he could not help but lament the fact that he was not able to try using even a skill once.

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