Chapter 297 - Ifrits Determination (1/2)

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Ifrit sighed as he touched his shoulder, the pain was really shocking and even a bit electrifying. He gritted his teeth as he continued to meditate, Lilith had decided to stay with him and monitor him for the moment, making sure that he wouldn't do anything reckless.

He sat cross-legged over the bed and continued to amass the Qi across his body. Unlike some talented beings such as Chaos who had an insane amount of Mana, which could be used to compensate for his near null amount of Qi due to being an Undead, Ifrit had to carefully use everything he had.

There were several energies in the world that fighters and mages alike used, and many of them usually just combined them all to fight, it was often rare to find people that only specialized in one of the two, as both powers were essential to fight and survive, using both physical combat and magic was essential, even the weakest and smallest of people had to learn basic martial arts to defend themselves whenever they were pushed into a corner.

The most basic energies, however, were three.

Mana, Qi, and Aether.

The first one, Mana, was the most commonly used, and the easiest to wield, everyone had some mana, and it was very easy to awaken as well. Mana was often used to activate most Skills within the System too, so it was an essential power.

And it was also the only energy that could allow a person to wield magic, the widely known strongest form of fighting, and the most destructive as well.

Without mana, you were pretty much soft-locked into physical fighting or using long-ranged weapons.

Nonetheless, the people born without Mana were very rare, often none, as Mana was an essential energy of the very soul.

Ifrit, compared to his brothers, had an slightly higher amount of Mana, however, the race he belonged to, the Ifrit or Fire Demons, were not the best at magic and had a hard time controlling it and dealing sizable damage with it because they lacked enough Magic Power to deal decent damage against other things that were near their level of power.

Due to this, the fire demons specialized in the ability to wield Qi, which they often were born with the ability to control innately, even more, it was not just common Qi without an attribute, thanks to their bloodlines, Fire Qi was naturally produced around their bodies.

But there was also the third energy, Aether. This energy was the one that encompassed the very fabric of the soul, it was often named Soul Energy sometimes, and it was the basic ingredient to form an Aura, which Ifrit and many already knew how to use.

Unlike his siblings who often just used insane quantities of Qi to fight due to their amazing constitution and talent for martial arts, Ifrit had to merge Qi, Mana, and Aether together to unleash his truest potential. He had to merge these energies together, just how Chaos had once told him.

Nonetheless, he was still foolishly forcing himself to overuse his small quantities of Qi…

Now, he had decided to begin something completely out of the ordinary, merging all three energies together around his body and quickly filling his damaged Pressure Points with them.

The pain was strong, but he gritted his teeth while closing his eyes, Lilith noticed that something was wrong, but Ifrit told her that he was merely healing himself, despite doing something reckless once more.