6 months ago..
After Raiden and his grandfather had finished discussing the details of the DEATH AURA REFINEMENT TECHNIQUE, Raiden, not one to miss the opportunity his traits brought him, asked his grandfather to help him distill the other 9 techniques into their body refinement chapters only…
Naturally, the old man had picked up on what his grandson was planning, after all, there wasn't any rule that said one must strictly practice only one technique..
The problem lay in the fact that body refinement was already a torturous experience, regardless of the technique used, and that pain transcended the physical, so no one was willing to go through such a traumatic experience..
That and the time it would take to fully complete the refinement of more than one technique, no amount of strength will help you if your peers were so far removed from your class..
So no, the pain and the time were massive discouragement, even monsters like Raiden's father and grandfather practice only one technique..
The old man thought all this, but he didn't dissuade his grandson, pain? Inconsequential…
Time? Time can be saved with resources, and their family was unimaginably wealthy….
So without further delay, he distilled all 9 techniques into their body refinement chapters alone, it wasn't hard to do, with his level…
Raiden, receiving the techniques, made a beeline for his mother, after all, he wasn't planning on cultivating them one at a time, he's not that patient…
Seraphina Agares, one of the rare few to ever have an affinity for the concept of Creation, seeing her baby's insistence, could only relent, and so, she used her sub-skill {Synthesis} and combined all 10 (Raiden separated the body chapter of the death aura refinement technique), into one, ominous looking skill…
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Omni-Physique Method..
Hooooo!!!
Finally, I've been anticipating this more than even aura refinement…
Raiden thought to himself, barely keeping his excitement in check, after all, he can practice this technique anywhere, whilst his aura refinement required an active battlefield or somewhere with an over abundance of life force…
Now one would ask, with all the requirements brought about by the various techniques, how was he going to do it..
The answer naturally was Essence..
Pure, raw, natural essence, after all, every and all energy had it traces back to essence, so he'll just cultivate the technique with pure essence..
As for the human body's incompatibility with essence? What's it gonna do? Kill him? Please~~~
Hooooo~~~
Let's begin
The moment he opened the book, it scattered into molten reddish black particles that surged into his mind, imparting the circulation and breathing methods of the technique…
Taking out a 5-star Terror beast core, after all what better way to get pure essence than from those born from it, he tossed it into his mouth without care..
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A/N: check auxiliary chapter for beast ranks
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Booom!!!
He exploded into a gory mist the instant the core dissolved in his stomach, the energy running wild…
Booom!!!!
Boommm!!!
He kept exploding and regenerating over and over again, until his trait {Undying}, became provoked, flooding his system with so much vitality, the energy could no longer destroy him..
It's only other choice being to obediently follow the guidance of the Omni-Physique Method, and circulating round his body, modifying it, tempering it…
DINGGG!!
[You have successfully cultivated the {Omni-Physique Method} to the first level {Skin tempering}
{Skin Tempering}>progress 1%
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Feeling the energy settle, Raiden opened his eyes…
"All that energy just for a measly 1%" he thought bitterly..
"This is going to take a while"
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3 Days later….
It's been three days of boring cultivation, well two days actually..
On the second day of his seclusion, Raiden got curious, since awakening, he'd never felt pain, his trait made that redundant..
But, he could control when and when not to feel pain, he'd left the trait on passively since there was no need to not leave it so..
Unfortunately he got curious after his first day of cultivation, bringing his {Skin Tempering} to Level 4(40%), after all, people always made body refinement to be some hellish torture they wouldn't wish on their enemies..
So, he decided to reduce the intensity of his trait from absolute immunity to Strong resistance..
The regret slammed into him immediately, as his mind almost collapsed from the ungodly amount of pain that wrecked through his body and soul, as while lowering the effectiveness of his physical pain, he did so unconsciously for his soul…
He lost consciousness and didn't wake up until his last day of seclusion, he didn't dare lowering his traits effectiveness again…
Curiosity doesn't just kill the cat, it gives it trauma for life…
He thought bitterly..
But then his mood got elevated as he thought about what he'd accomplished in these three(two) days of cultivation…
After an ungodly amount of beast cores spent, an amount his mother will surely chastise him for, he'd finally brought his {Skin Tempering} to Perfection(200%)
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A/N: Body refinement, like the other cultivation stages, is divided into, skin tempering, muscle refinement, bone restructuring….. and each level is further divided into 9 stages from level 1(10%) to 9(99%), as for this perfection stage, it exists for the others too, it'll be made clear why it's not mentioned much soon…
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And so, he did something he hadn't bothered doing since awakening 6 months ago…
Status
He called out…
Ding!!!
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[ NAME: Raiden Agares
Race: Human
Age: 10
Aura Type: Neutral
Aura Grade: 10 Ringed Ascended
Traits-
{Undying}
{Pain Immunity}
Technique(s)-
[Aura]
{Death Aura Refinement Technique}
{Death origin sutra}
{Life Drain}}
[Body]
{Omni-Physique Method)
Cultivation-
Aura: Level 1 Apprentice
Body: Perfected Skin Tempering..
[Skills]
{Solar Empowerment}(active/passive): passive: When in the presence of sunlight, maintain peak combat prowess, stamina, health and energy reserves regenerate at a faster rate..
Active: Channel solar energy through you body, boosting combat prowess beyond the limits, in this state, combat prowess has no upper limit, only limited by the body's endurance….
(Skill received after reaching perfection of the skin tempering realm of the Omni-Physique Method)
{Four Armed Combatant}(active): They said two hands are always better than one, now imagine what you can do with four…
(Skill unlocked after achieving perfection of the skin tempering stage of the Omni-Physique Method)
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(Escanor is that you?)
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A/N: Beast grades can be found in the auxiliary chapters…
I know, the system's interface looks much, that's why I'm limiting how much I use it…
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