Chapter 274

It was fortunate the time chamber still produced the healing herbs kept in his bedroom. Soaking his arm in water laced with them allowed his skin to gradually change from scorched-red back to normal.

Still, it took three weeks for Igor to heal from this incident. But when his arm healed, he was ready to try again. The benefits of producing nature energy certainly wouldn't be small. The after-effects were still unknown, but he would gamble on this.

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|DxD|

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The time chamber was suffering through great turbulence. Hundreds of kilometres deep within its perilous confines, Igor sat cross-legged on his trusty straw mat. Three months had passed since he entered the time chamber and he was about to take his biggest gamble yet.

The pressure emanating from him was overwhelming. The aura of his Kaioken billowed wildly as he attempted what could possibly be the most dangerous gamble in his entire life.

The right half of his body was releasing pure unadulterated demi-ki. His opposite half was fraught with a powerful surge of violent blue chakra.

The two energies fluctuated violently in his body like massive pyres of flames. His right eye was dark red and bore essence to the might he displayed. His left eye was gold in colour, but the difference was, it was leaking blood.

In fact, the entire left half of Igor's body was not alright. The veins on his arm were bulging unnaturally. Half of his skin was red as Triny's chakra surged through his veins without restrained. His arms were fanned out and in them, two orbs were rapidly rotating on their own axis---one red, one blue.

For nearly half-an-hour, Igor had been concentrating energy into these two orbs. The reason it took this long to condense these two orbs was because the pain was messing with his control. Fortunately, Triny commandeered one side of his body while he focused on the right side.

"Tch!"

He grit his teeth in pain as Triny's chakra tore through his arm like a vortex. His left eye bled every single time her chakra made its way from the mark on his head to his hand.

But there was no choice. Because of their current circumstances, neither could properly control their respective orbs.

Triny was forcing her chakra through Igor's ocean of ki. It would be a miracle if she could still exert complete control over the orb.

On the other hand, Igor's level of ki-control was reduced due to the amount of pain he was feeling. He was no stranger to pain, but Triny's chakra made him feel like acid was tearing through his body. He briefly even wondered if he should've trained his resistance to it first, but there was no going back now. If he stopped, it'd be a miracle if he could get up in half-a-year.

So he could only gnash his teeth and hold on. Triny was almost at the stage where her orb would reach critical mass and so was his. This coming opportunity was precious and it had to be ceased quickly.

Su! Su! Su! Su! Su! Su! Su! Su!

The two orbs spun furiously within his palms. The two opposing auras covering his body fluctuated wildly and violently. They were burning a tremendous amount of energy to power two spheres of such immense density.

And now, the time has come to reap the fruits of their perseverance.

"Triny! Get ready to absorb it!!!"

Without hesitation, Igor lashed out with his hands and slammed the two orbs into each other.

BOOOOOOOM!

A powerful shockwave resounded throughout the time chamber and directly shook the entire region. The combination of blue and red resulted in a cataclysmic clash that resulted in bright white flashes of light.

The fabric of space tore and healed itself repeatedly, yet Igor's expression remained firm and unyielding.

"HAAAA!"

The twin auras covering each side of him surged with newfound fervour. Igor and Triny put everything into this one gamble. Ten months of arduous effort culminated at this moment.

His arms trembled like leaves in the wind. Nevermind the push-back, the energy waves alone from the collision were rattling his bones and jamming his nerves.

His demi-ki and her chakra clashed without end. The white flash from the clash was not only bright, but it came with a searing heat that would put the sun to shame. The aura surrounding Igor protected him, but several patches of his pants were burnt off by concentrated rays of burning light.

Enduring such punishment could be seen as the height of stupidity, but risks needed to be taken for progress to come. And with how high the risks Igor and Triny took, there naturally would be results.

{I see it!}

The little lass shouted enthusiastically in his mind. The clash from the two opposing energies bore fruit and through the chaos, steady slivers of golden energy was born.

"Absorb it!"

Igor spoke through gritted teeth. Blood leaked out of his eyes and mouth, forming a combination of bloody streams that trickled down his chin all the way to his chest. He was desperate for the regenerative boost nature energy would give him. His body was already nearing its limits.

{Got it-}

*Cough!*

Triny's excitement was short-lived when Igor suddenly spat out blood. Igor's situation was already dire enough as it was without having to endure the aftershocks of these two orbs.

The little lass immediately sat down in the mindscape and concentrated on absorbing the slivers of nature energy. All the effort rested on her now so she couldn't fail.

The tiny wisps of nature energy entered through Igor's forehead and made their way to Triny. Right now, the lass had her eyes closed in focus. As each wisp was absorbed, the pressure around her caused a wind to blow through the field.

She couldn't afford to waste this painfully-created energy. Every wisp absorbed represented Igor's chances of survival.

Back in reality, Igor struggled to contain the two orbs. Without Triny's help, he had to take control of this foreign energy called chakra. It was like trying to balance a pencil with his nose, but he could only endure.

Under no circumstances could this orb explode right now.

[Al…most…]

He felt the diamond tattoo on his forehead react. Nature energy was seeping into his body, but it wasn't enough yet to trigger a transformation. He had to hold on. The most important moment as about to arrive so he had to hold on.

But it was hard. Igor expected some pain, but not this much! The veins in his left arm were being corroded in realtime. The copious amounts of chakra flowing through his arm were on the verge of causing his skin to flay off.

Despite that searing pain, he had to hold on. He had to stay conscious and bear through this. If he lost consciousness now, everything would be for naught. The amount of chakra coursing through his body has already poisoned his body to the extent that months or even a year of no training were unavoidable.

But everything, everything can be mitigated if he managed to tap into that state.

"?!"

Igor felt it---that familiar energy coursing through his body. It was nature energy!

"Hhup!"

GRUUUUU!

As the marks on his forehead spread throughout his body, he hurriedly increased the multiplier of his Kaioken.

X33!

This was the critical moment. It was time to go all in. Pushing himself to his current limit of times-thirty-three would undoubtedly strain his already-damaged body, but he couldn't give up. At most, it's just another month of rest, but he needed to analyse this chaotic orb in front of him as much as he could.

His enhanced perception allowed him to gaze into the intricacies and makeup of the core. The ratio, the make-up---he observed and felt everything. Everything needed for the creation of nature energy was laid bear in front of his senses.

[I see. So that's how it is…]

The time seemed long, but only a few moments barely passed. Briefly, Igor smiled as he felt his heart giving out. They took so many risks just for these few moments of insight, but it was worth it.

With this knowledge, not only would he grow stronger, but Triny would finally be able to produce enough nature energy for her to manifest herself in the physical world. But that could be a consideration for later.

The moment Igor combined his Kaioken with nature energy, his body began collapsing. Not just his heart, the power of such a state was not something his fatigued ki veins could handle.

But just before they could burst, the sweet embrace of unconsciousness claimed him. He willingly embraced it and let Triny take over control of his body. The power of his Kaioken receded and the power of nature energy surged.

Countless black tentacles covered Igor's body like a shield, just in time for the profound explosion that followed.

BOOOOOOOOM!!!!

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AN

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Some unfortunate delays saw me unable to post, but my schedule was free so I managed to upload. Tomorrow is Wednesday so I'll come with two chapters as usual.