Seclusion

" Uggh." A young man groaned on a bed as he woke up reluctantly.

" I can't believe I got my ass handed to me by teacher yesterday. I lost really badly." Silver sighed as he stood up and put on his pair of dark tinted glasses.

" At least today, I get to learn new techniques, let's see him get cocky after I beat his ass." Silver smiled and stretched lazily.

" I see you're quite the mood Sir. That's not something that happens easily." The AI spoke in a monotonous voice.

" Ares, commence protocols 51." Silver said and sat down cross legged after taking a bath and having some breakfast.

Immediately all the doors, windows and curtains in his room were tightly shut, with several ammunitions strapped and ready to go off at the point.

" Okay let's see now. Which one should I start with." He held his chin in deep thought.

" In order to cultivate the limitless, I'll need my body to undergo baptism in spatial forces, so I'll need a strong body for that. I guess I have to start with the Eternal Monkey God Physique then." Silver thought and spoke after a few seconds.

Controlling a bag to fly from the counter to him using Psionic energy, he opened it up and poured out a bunch of body strengthening potions which he would use.

" Okay, here it goes." Silver smiled as he took the arcane cultivation strip and placed it on his forehead like Gerald instructed him to.

A second later, he felt an influx of information into his mind which made him wonder in amazement.

" What an amazing technique." Silver smiled. The Eternal Monkey King Physique was divided into four stages, each stage having a total of four levels. The first stage was called the Stone Monkey Physique, which focused on strengthening the skin, muscles, bones and then organs respectively. The pinnacle of this stage was said to grant a skin as impenetrable as ivory, and bones of steel and the amazing part was, it granted the user the ability to be impervious to the four basic and five cosmic elements.

The second level was the Spiritual Stone Monkey also strengthened the body massively and granted the user the ability to be impervious to psychic and Psionic energy, as well as the ability to see through all illusions, an optic technique called; Eyes of Fire and Gold, which Silver found extremely fascinating. He wondered the changes it would bring to his eye of Horus.

The stage was the Monkey King Physique which could produce a baleful aura that could humble all beasts including direbeasts. At this point, the users Physique would be said to be near perfect.

And then there was the last stage, the Indomitable Immortal Buddha Battle Physique. An undying Physique, that could split mountains and rivers with a single punch. That's what was recorded in the slip which Silver found extremely hard to believe.

Every stage in the technique was accompanied by a massive improvement in strength, speed, agility endurance and stamina.

" Let's do this." Silver opened a bunch of body strengthening potions and poured them into his mouth, as he controlled the pure energy and circulated it according to what was written in the slip.

" Circulating the energy through the 360 acupoints, down to the meridians and blood vessels." Silver chanted with a slight smile.

" Fuck!" A few minutes later, he exclaimed in pain as he felt countless stinging sensations all over his skin, it was as if several needles were being dropped in fire and being pierced through his skin forcefully.

Despite the pain, he forcefully circulated the energy from his meridians, and pulled them into his skin. Instantly the pain intensified as his skin burst apart immediately.

Soon blood mixed with a dirty looking goo flowed out continuously, as Silver went unconscious.

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" Hey have you seen Silver today?" Moon asked, as she sparred against Samael. She was holding unto a long sword materialized from dark energy as Samael stood in the air with blood red wings, covered in red flames, his entire being reflecting the eminence of the Lord of Wrath himself.

" You shouldn't be distracted." With a smile, he immediately sneered, and rushed towards her before smashing his fist forward.

Moon immediately countered with a large dark shield, as they both stood there unmoved, ending the fight in a draw.

" Well done for today. Both of you.. You can leave for the day. And don't worry about Silver, he's undergoing a special training for his arcana and won't be available for a few days." Gerald Immediately teleported and spoke to them, before teleporting away.

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A few hours later, Silver woke up with a slight headache and rushed to the bathroom after seeing his state.

" Sigh. Nothing beats a cold shower after a stressful and painful day." He sighed as he washed himself thoroughly of the blood and grime.

After the bath, he immediately put on a set of new clothes and walked to the hall.

" Ares run full body diagnosis." He said as he took of his top and stood in front of a mirror. " Wow." Thats was the only thing he could say. " It seems the technique was right about your skin looking like ivory Sir." The AI spoke.

" Are you trying to make laugh Ares?" Silver raised one eyebrow and then focused on his body. His body was still skinny, however, at least now, the contours of his muscles were clear and would probably come out in full after he strengthened his muscles.

" Good news Sir, skin density has been increased by about 50 times, while epithelial tissues have been strengthened to godly levels and cellular activities have been increased to superhuman levels. The bad news is that Sir, the skin is secreting an unnatural and new melanin. Although it's bad news Sir, the new melanin contains enough proteins to offset the effects of UV radiation from the sun Sir ." The AI spoke.

" Meaning the pure white skin stays." Silver facepalmed. Silver didn't like the new look. He looked like a pretty boy now. Back then, his skin had a healthy yellowish tan, but now he looked like some ancient Chinese handsome young master.

" Well what's done is done." Silver sighed and threw a punch forward.

" Whoosh!" A massive force was ejected from his fist which caused a rustle of wind.

" Woah.. Cool. I'm now as strong as when I use my Psionic energy to boost my body strength and this is just the first level of the first stage. " Silver smiled.

Things were really going to get interesting from now on. Smiling, he sat down and began to circulate the mana inside of him to continue strengthening his skin.

A/N: Hope you liked the chapter. More powerstones for more chapters.