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---dash---

I made a leap through the air by applying force on the soul of my feet and releasing it at once. The outcome of the power, took me way above the sky.

---flip---

I penetrated the clouds and a clear cut view became visible to my vision. The clouds that were blocking the landscape of the planet came to a dead end after a certain point of view and I was able to observe the geology beyond the dead end.

[That must be the location from where I felt the presence of those spiritual and mythical beasts.]

---whoosh---dash---dash---dash---dash---

I gathered all the dark energy beneath the soul of my feet and released it all like a canon. In other words, I was just kicking the air and jumping forward, upward, downward and vice-versa inorder to reach my next destination.

[Damn it, I need to control my power. I am kicking in the wrong way.]

...

{At the location where the three experts were still on their knees.}

"Hey, we felt that something was wrong with our world right from the start, didn't we?", said Konan.

The female elf infinito, Sweyley Ron spoke, "What do you mean by saying 'right from the start', senior Konan?"

"He says that we were just some entertaining tools ever since the rule of new gods and the existence of this system, senior sister Sweyley!", said the kid, Arun Ardemon.

The two of them looked at him. He then continued, "Ever since the rule of the new duties, the word 'justice' vanished from our dictionaries. The strong began to dominate the weak. Later, the ideal 'survival of the fittest' turned into 'survival of the strongest'. Moreover, the system could only help us reach the demigod level. After that, it was our part to gain enlightment and ascend to the god level. But until now, there was no one who even became a god!"

Sweyley responded, "So, what are you trying to say?"

He then criticised, "Just a moment ago, that person whom we thought as an evil god said that achieving everything by ourselves is different from gaining them forcefully!"

"!!!!"

This shook Konan and Sweyley. Sweyley said, "Wait... Then all these years, our people who ascended to demigod level were-?!!"

Arun exclaimed, "The system is just imbuing some unknown power into our bodies and making us believe that our internal energies increased. That's what holding our world in the same domain for millions of years!"

Konan said, "But one of the records of zooviya's mythology said that fifty trillion years ago, there was a zooviyan who ascended to the level of king of gods and then god of gods. Even the present deities knew of his existence when we confronted them a few times!"

Sweyley interrupted, "You mean our great ancestor, the first zooviyan whose name was unknown to everyone and the person who introduced the concept 'Cultivation' to the whole universe?"

Konan exclaimed, "Yes!"

Arun corrected them, "The first ancestor was the sole reason that our world climbed to the higher dimensions. But, he never received any help from a system that can make a person stronger on the spot or in the blink of an eye!"

Konan remained silent. Arun stretched his legs forward and leaned backward while taking support from his hands. Sweyley leaned on the surface and Konan just sat on the ground. Sweyley said, "So, all these years we were just gaining some fake insights about cultivation? No wonder, there was none of us who ascended to the god level. Those fake insights would never aid us in reaching new heights. We must have our own understanding if we want to gain true insight and succeed in ascension, I guess!"

Konan spoke, "We must thank that man for snapping us out of the foolish beliefs we had all these years. He is our saviour!"

Arun exclaimed, "Thank you, saviour!"

Sweyley responded, "Junior, you are too late to thank him. He is already gone!"

"Don't forget he imbued his power into us. I can tell that he overheard all of our conversation until now!", said Ardemon.

"!!!!"

Both Konan and Sweyley were caught off-guard with his hunch. But they laughed looking at eachother. Even Arun began to laugh.

...

{On the skies of the planet}

---dash---dash---dash---dash---dash---dash---dash---dash---dash---dash---

I was still on my way to the place where I had planned to reach. While travelling in mid-air, I became more and more adept in my swiftness and mobility. Earlier, I was jumping in mid-air upward, downward and then forward. But now, I am jumping on the skies in forward direction swiftly and smoothly. During the journey, I fell deep into my own thoughts.

[My swiftness and hover became more proficient. By understanding the movements of those three experts, I became more adept to my movements. Though their power was third rated, they held some great techniques and patterned movements. Gaining an insight on those patterns and strikes did help me a little. A fraction part of my excessive darkness had been accumulated thanks to it.

Well... You are right, Arun. I heard everything that you and your colleagues spoke until now. Thanks to your Intel. It will help me a lot in the future.]

I reached my location. Though there were no clouds in the vicinity, there was a mountain peak in the middle of the area that was covered my black and violet mist in the mid-altitude.

[That black mist could be a blockade from entering the peak of the mountain. I feel strong presence above the mist. All the beings below the mist are just some two bit entities. But still, I need to gain a bit experience and insight on the dwellers of absolute abyss by myself rather than a book. That might aid in the assimilation of my power.]

I stopped kicking the air particles and made freefall. I smiled broadly bracing myself for the impact of the quick landing. I reached the ground in maximum falling speed and made a landing.

---booooom---

The landing was too much for the ground to take in that there was a huge crater made around a kilometre and I was on the centre of the crater.

[The crater is just a little vast than the previous version.]

I looked at the peak of the mountain in the middle. There was an outburst of aura from the peak towards me. It was the beasts.

[I made this huge mess to gain their attention. And it worked well enough. The pressure those entities are emanating is on the level of the crooks and some of them are on par with the mutant asymmetrons. They could give me lots of insight on the domain of supreme beings. Those beasts must have atleast a million years of experience.]

I began to walk towards the peak and entered into the woods. I walked and walked deep into the woods. There weren't any creatures. I looked around. There was no change. I closed my eyes and focused.

[Authority to 'understand']

---fwip---splash---whoosh---tap---___and so on---

Sounds of tree leaves dripping from their branches, flower petals of mixed colours flying in the air, splashing of water and fall of pebbles were felt. I relaxed and continued to move forward since there was nothing nearby.

---flick---

I don't know how but the blue leaves and flower petals that were breezing around turned into insects. Their structure was like that of a cockroach with the mouth of a bat.

[I am sure of it. I didn't feel any presence or essence of a beast. How come these insects be hiding infront of my eyes?]

Authority to 'understand' was still in usage. The insects let out screams. The screams were mixed with a creaking and a roaring.

---screeech---kreeek---___and so on---

I became sick of those noises. I started to course dark energy throughout my veins. My motive was to kill those insects in one single swoop. The wings of the insects were making noises that made my ears uncomfortable.

---flash---flash(x9)---flash(x_)---

An insect charged towards me. Since I hardened my body, it's teeth didn't penetrate my skin layer. Later came nine more insects making the same move and then every insect got stuck on my skin.

[I should first cut those damn wings. They are altering the flow of my senses.

!!!!

So those wings were making waves that can slip through one's own perspection, huh? I am as powerful as a mutant asymmetron, but in terms of experience and handling crisis, I am still far behind them. I must use every opportunity to gain insights.

In the books, an insect species that moves in hoards was mentioned. It said that they can change the colour of their wings. Even a slight movement of the wings can produce enough waves to confuse an individual's senses. They just suck the blood of others to fill their stomachs. As per the zooviyan language, they were termed as 'Civiyons', meaning unfathomable entities. They were named that way because they always blend in with the nature and then make a surprise attack.

A single civiyon itself would be so hard to deal for a darkened crimson flames stage warrior. But, I am not your average joe.]

---whoosh---

I omitted my darkness and then the civiyons flew backward and continued to fly around me from a distance. It seemed as if I was inside a blue cyclone. They were moving in harmony.

[These civiyons are moving in sync while producing those irritative waves. I must kill them if I have to hone my senses.

!!!!

Wait a second. Right now, I am still using 'understand'. If I gain insight behind their stealth, then it might help me in the future when I get stuck in a life and death scenario. Moreover, the way these civiyons are moving contains a strange pattern. I must make the most out of it.]

---screeech(x_)---flip---

The civiyons charged towards me in the formation of a serpent. I just jumped and flipped in mid-air.

---kreeek---dash---

Another wave of civiyons in snake formation engaged towards me. I was in mid-air. So, I just kicked the air particles and jumped upward.

---screeech(x6)---dash(x6)---dash---dash---dash---dash---

Six waves of civiyons in snake formation, charged towards me at once. I dodged them all by kicking and jumping in mid-air. I then jumped four more times in mid-air to increase the distance between us. They charged towards in waves of snake formations. The count of the waves surpassed twenty. I dodged them and then they again attempted a strike. The whole air at two hundred metres of altitude was filled with screams of insects and sounds of my air kicks. This scene went on and on.

[Great... Their patterned movements are helping me in increasing the stability of my movements. My flexibility had increased and that is helping me in making flips in mid-air and dodging more quickly without using as much energy as before. A fraction part of my excessive darkness got accumulated once again.]

I was just enjoying the fight. The struggle of those civiyons brought me even more laughter. I shouted, "Hahahahaha... Keep on struggling, you suckers!"

I dragged on the fight by only dodging. After sometime, there was no more assimilation of darkness inside me.

[I guess I can not assimilate much since I already understood the flow of swiftness and flexibility. I also gained some insight on these creatures. It's about time I move forward.]

---whoosh---

I gathered all the power inside me and released it from my palms. I manipulated my power in such a way that the darkened crimson flames were moving like serpents in mid-air.

[Earlier, I was only able to control the impact of my power near those experts. But now, I am manipulating the output of my power. This is a complete hack.]

All the darkened crimson flames reshaped into serpents and were traveling in mid-air beside me. I charged towards the snake formation groups of civiyons. I exclaimed, "Playtime is over, you suckers!"

---boom---boom---boom---boom(x_)---

My darkened crimson flames that reshaped into snakes clashed with waves of civiyons the were in snake formation.

...

Soon, all the civiyons were lying dead on the ground. The corpses filled a whole area. I just stood on a tree branch to watch from above.

[Though these civiyons are weak, their darkness combined together can help me to gain some more excessive dark nature. If I come across an enemy that is far more superior to me, then only my excessive darkness can aid me in such cases. Right now, if I were to extort their darkness, it would remain within the excessive darkness and not in my accumulated darkness.]

"But the more excessive darkness I gain, the more darkness I can absorb to gain might!", I said out. I stretched my hand forward and began to extort their dark nature. All of the darkness began to enter into my palms. After sometime, there was no more darkness being unleashed out of those corpses. They turned into dust and vanished into thin air. I got down from the tree branch and sat on a rock.

[Now, I have complete understanding on the flow of my power. The next thing to do is to purge all the impurities from dark energy I just gained and try to assimilate some of my excessive darkness.]

...

I meditated for quite a while and purged all the impurities off my body. I cleansed my skin and then stood firm.

[I purged all the impurities completely and accumulated a total of one percent of my power. Right now, thirty six percent of my power is in possession. I must move forward.]

---step---step---step---step---dash---

Like that, I took a few steps forward and jumped towards the peak.