OiM - Chapter 3: Cultivation and Sun

Kai started to practice the [Breath of the Hercules Bull] Technique, but it was for a short time, until the instructor left him alone after being satisfied with his progress.

The Technique itself is very good, if he really had a weak body as they say, it would help him a lot to overcome his deficiencies.

But in the end this Technique helps to make the body stronger and more resilient, but with extra focus on endurance and muscle growth.

Kai is not interested in that, but he wants to have as much Internal Energy as possible, as he manages to make his body much stronger through Rituals.

As for his current weakness, it's due to him only making his body strong in a specific way, as well as improving the functionality of his organs as a whole.

And he is weak because he wants to, otherwise he might already have the strength of a 15~16 year old.

But since he won't practice the [Breath of the Hercules Bull] Technique, what will he practice?

The answer is simple, Kai has spent the last few years researching and naturally practicing this rhythm, in fact it is inefficient, but it has given him many ideas, even more feeling this new Energy, which has no Elements.

Kai understood how much the Paranormal loves Internal Energy, to the point of receiving it in exchange for materials.

Not to mention testing in secret, he found that at just 10% Paranormal Exposure, the Rituals were so strong, it felt like 30% Rituals!

This made him understand how impressive the effect of Internal Energy is on Paranormal Rituals, if he knew something like this in his past life, fighting the Paranormal would be much easier.

Anyway, Kai experimented a lot and figured out how to draw even more of that Raw Energy in the environment into his body, not to mention that all his veins are unobstructed, they are strong and resistant, capable of storing a lot of Raw Energy.

Then Kai takes advantage of his improved metabolism, to refine all that Gross Energy even faster, converting it into Internal Energy!

Kai calculates that his raw energy absorption and refinement effectiveness is about 6-7 times more efficient, even though he is still small, when he is in his 15~20s, as well as being even stronger, his body will be able to hold even longer and refine even faster.

But of course, Kai understands how having too much Energy can have severe side effects and cause death.

To do so, he combined the Paranormal Elements in his Breath, causing drastic effects, which he resolved over time.

And finally, the Breathing Technique he will practice is one he named as [Suffering Breath].

When Kai uses it, he feels his blood boil, he feels electrifying gusts throughout his body, a very painful sensation.

He also feels an intense heaviness, all over his body, along with an intense tightness.

His whole body tenses up when he starts cultivating, the pain is hellish, even torture!

Kai doesn't like this, he's not a masochist, but he understands that no pain, no gain.

And since the result is beneficial to the body in the long run, why would you stop for a little pain?

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Makima was in a great mood, why?

Kai has always been a sickly child, spending most of his time reading and sleeping, those strange marks on his body were more present, focusing mainly on his arms, legs and back.

This worried her a lot, thinking that at any moment something bad could happen.

But then he started practicing Martial Arts, Makima feared that he couldn't handle that weak body, but no, he did and quickly showed progress.

Her scrawny body began to gain a lot of meat, in return her appetite increased a lot, but she didn't care about money, Thomas insisted on that.

So she saw her son getting stronger and healthier, what mother wouldn't be happy and relieved to see such a thing?

Thomas came to see it too, naturally being surprised at Kai's improvement, taking a look just to be sure and being impressed as well as a little horrified.

Before, he could partially feel it, but now, when he analyzed the Internal Energy inside Kai, which is quite a lot for a 5-year-old child, he noticed that this energy is extremely evil!

This scared him, Kai has about 6 Years of Internal Energy, but this is due to taking too many medicines and all the medicinal baths.

As it was only a few months ago that Kai started cultivating, he believed that all of this Internal Energy would be practically untouched, that only a few months of energy would have been refined by the Breathing Technique.

But no, all of it was already refined, but the problem is that it was not the Hercules Bull Energy, but a deadly and frightening energy.

Naturally, it never crossed his mind that Kai would cultivate some Technique he doesn't know about, so he believes it's because of the Curse of Heaven!

This made him very worried, but in the end there is nothing that can be done, if he tries to throw that Internal Energy away, it is likely that it will return as Kai practices.

In the end it's best left to fate, sooner or later he believes Kai will get over it and prove he's a member of the Snizer Family!

(Note: Having 6 Years of Internal Energy is good, but that doesn't mean power, just that he has plenty of energy to use.)

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With the start of Internal Energy cultivation, Kai saw how cultivation served to amplify the body's capabilities, turning the things he eats into nutrients almost immediately.

Such nutrients served to quickly remedy the damage he had done to himself, the weakness in his bones, and much more.

In a few months he went from a frail child to a pale, healthy child.

Along with that, he started to deal with the marks of necrosis on his skin, it would be easier if he had blood and bone ashes, but for now using his body will do.

He began to expose the necrotic tattoos on his arms, legs and back.

It's weird for a kid to have tattoos, but many will say it's due to curses and such, he doesn't care.

This actually helps him a lot, as tattoos not only serve as restrictions to control his level of Paranormal Exposure, but also serve to activate Rituals more easily.

Tattoos also have slight effects on strengthening the physique and senses.

That is, the necrotic tattoos are just advantages, when he is older, he will naturally get rid of these tattoos, where he will undergo a Skin Purification Ritual, a Blood Element Ritual, many practitioners of the Occult did this.

As for the reason? Tattoos are extremely common, due to them giving power and greater connection to the Other Side, but naturally there comes a point where you get stronger and wiser, knowing better Rituals, but not having the space to engrave them on your body.

Thus was discovered within the Element of Blood, a means, like a snake or chameleon, of shedding its skin.

This allows new tattoos to be done on "pure" skin so to speak.

This helps a lot, especially women, to get rid of scars.

Kai has no use for it now, because just like any other Paranormal Ritual, the Skin Purification Ritual causes a lot of pain!

Among the Elements of Death, Blood, Knowledge and Energy, the Blood Element causes the most pain.

Many theorize that it is because the Blood Element encompasses the flesh and nerves, so it is more sensitive to pain and affects it enormously.

That's why the Blood Element is even antagonized a little, but Kai knows how useful it is, he had to use it a lot to reform his body, even for that reason he didn't hesitate to slowly modify his baby body, because he is confident in not committing mistakes, as he has made many on his body in the past.

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Holy City, Solariam!

On a holy mountain, exactly on its peak that is above the clouds, a peaceful figure was meditating, when he slowly opened his eyes, the whole surroundings vibrated.

"Your Holiness, it's great to have you back!" - A low voice sounded, but it reached the ears of the figure.

The figure looked down, in an acapella, there was a kneeling man in white and gold robes.

Soon his figure was blurred and he appeared in the acapella, several people present knelt down and began to revere him as a type of God!

His name is Gabriel Malcon, current Angel of the Temple of the Sun, one of the oldest Sanctified Factions in existence, with over 2,000 years of history!

Of course, "Angel" is just a title, because he is an expert at the peak of the Profound Realm, practicing the Angelic Arts that legends say came from the Gods!

"Your Holiness, if I may ask, what caused your early awakening?" - Asked the previous person, bowing in his direction.

"An ancient evil has returned to this world!" - Gabriel said in a peaceful tone while looking at the sun.

"An ancient evil? Could you please give us details?" - Asked the man with sharp eyes.

"In the previous Angel records, it says that 8,000 years ago, demons roamed rampant through our world, causing fear and chaos, the Martial Artists of the time could barely cope with them…

In the end, the greatest masters of the time, 1 Angel and 3 Archangels, as well as the Apostle of the Sun, sacrificed themselves to create a powerful barrier that seals our world from those diabolical creatures…" - Gabriel said calmly, letting out a long sigh.

"If that's the case, we need to act quickly!" - Said the man intensely.

"There is nothing we can do, so that the barrier has not been weakened all these millennia, all content about them, has been erased from history, even the Temple of the Sun got rid of such knowledge to avoid greed, for only the Sun knows how tempting that side can be...

From my previous Inherited Angel memories, we can only prepare and investigate those linked to the other side… send the Paladins to investigate the entire North and inform our allies, something catastrophic is bound to happen in the next few decades!" - Said Gabriel as he starts to float.

"Your Holiness, do you mean this enemy is recovering? So we can't find him and kill him?!" - Asked the man seriously.

"… we are not talking about an enemy per se… treat our enemy like a whole world, as time passes, the fears, desires and hatred of the people of our world will feed these creatures, weakening the barrier between our worlds… so will they to break into!

So at the moment we have no enemies to face, we can only prepare for what will come, because from what I know, they aim to destroy our minds and wills, they are merciless and there is no way to dialogue, now go do your job, I will return to my isolation !" - Gabriel said before disappearing.

The man standing, bowed, before turning around and with an intense expression he began to walk in a hurry, soon disappearing.

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