Chapter 1369 (2/2)
There must be some suppressing effect while I’m still within the veil. Randidly frowned down at his hand. It isn’t just that I don’t think I deserve to go to the other side… the veil makes it more difficult to approach that limit… and when I breakthrough, all the force that is denied to me now is returned. If it truly is from the System, then it’s unlikely this is a mistake…
Randidly began to develop a theory on what the System was doing, but he set it aside for now. An answer was laying at the end of this Path either way. Might as well begin walking.
Instead of thinking, he began stretching his body. After transitioning into a few balancing exercises, Randidly conjured the image of the Stillborn Phoenix to float in the around him. Mist was blasted away as that dark sphere floated above Randidly. It spread its black wings, pulling all the warmth and light from the surrounding space. Black and dark purple energy seeped out of Randidly’s skin until he was entirely covered with it.
Then he took a fighting stance.
Congratulations! Your Skill Revelation of the Atramentous Threshold (T) has grown to Level 273!
From stillness, Randidly exploded into motion. Each strike blasted outward, and if it didn’t tear directly through the limiting veil, it brushed against its edge. Relying on his recently acquired Cosmic Necessity, Randidly began seriously pushing his heart rate upward with repeated combinations of brutal attacks. Soon his ears were filled with the echoing thumps of the greatest muscle his body possessed.
Congratulations! Your Skill Cosmic Necessity (M) has grown to Level 225!
Randidly’s Grim Intuition carefully kept track of the situation in his body. He felt that explosive force fill his limbs every time he ripped through the veil. He felt the way the barrier itself shifted, slowly creeping closer. His limbs cut and sliced through the air, releasing huge waves of force. The silver mist around Randidly’s island was consistently blasted away, only to stubbornly gather up once more.
The ground shook. Cracks spread outward across his island. Embarassing as it was, he suspected that the people of Kharon could likely hear this training as well.
Randidly said a silent prayer for that vine that chose exactly the wrong time to grow around him as he stomped his foot and the island shuddered beneath him. Then he exploded forward, ripping through the veil. In that split second of liberated physical power, Randidly engaged in a series of tight steps back and forth, changing his direction and momentum with an almost impossible amount of quickness.
His weaving steps were so quick that he left after images in his wake. The joints of his legs screamed in protest, but Randidly ignored them. He was a little rusty, but this amount of movement wouldn’t be dangerous.
Congratulations! Your Skill Cosmic Necessity (M) has grown to Level 226!
At this point, the spectral veil was pressing against Randidly’s skin. It was barely holding on underneath the force of his constant assaults. Chuckling to himself, Randidly accelerated forward. Once, twice, three times… Randidly ripped the veil to pieces, gradually feeling the physical power he could wield beyond that veil becoming his.
Perhaps the twentieth time ripping through the veil after Randidly felt it press up against him, something changed. The veil began to rip more seriously. With a few more powerful moves, Randidly had torn it entirely in half. The hovering bits of spectral binding dissipated.
Even as the mastery of the physical power that Randidly had waited for came to him, so too did a notification.
Warning! The Path you tread is not the one desired from the System. Images are the true source of power. As such, it is encouraged that you proceed to the nearest Village and have your physical manifestation construct repaired. This will result in some slight differences in your base physical parameters than you would expect, but it is for your own safety.
Warning! Failure to repair your physical manifestation construct within six hours will be considered a forfeiture of your rights to System provided energy. As such, all sources of System energy that you currently have access to will be cut off. Considering the physical strength required to reach this point, this will swiftly lead to your sickness and death.
Due to your actions, you have unlocked the Path Deathwish I 0/1!
“Physical Manifestation Construct, huh…? So it was true…” Randidly allowed the image of the Stillborn Phoenix to fade. He rolled his neck from side to side, earning himself some satisfying cracks in the process. Then he looked at the notifications with bright eyes, still wreathed in the Revelation energy. “That veil I felt wasn’t a mental imitation from me… but it was a limit placed there by the System.
“Rather than them trying to keep people weak…” The corner of Randidly’s mouth twitched as he read through the notification once again. “...it sorta just seems like they don’t want to pay the Aether to create warriors with powerful bodies…”