Lucien exited the Crimson World, leaving the Herb to continue gathering energy for it's release.
Sitting cross legged in his cultivation chamber, Lucien pondered for a bit.
'I was delaying the breakthrough, because Strength and Agility that could be trained with the Darkness manual from All Existence, doubled after breaking through to Rank 1, this time I could train Strength and Agility again, but I left Strength to the Ghoul Path, so logically the Agility should double after breaking through Rank 2 in the Darkness Path, it would have been much more productive if I had it higher before breaking through.
'If I did Strength along Agility using Darkness, it would be using too much of the Darkness Particles in the chamber, I wouldn't be able to breakthrough, and I had the meat for the Ghoul Path so it was natural to split the resources accordingly and efficiently.'
'Once I breakthrough in the Ghoul and Vampire Paths it would increase Strength and Vitality to 500 respectively, so it doesn't matter, the Agility was the weak link, but now I don't think waiting is a good idea, I have no idea what stupid thing will that emperor pull from his ass, or what would the next unexpected change be, I can't rely on anyone.'
Lucien sat down and took deep breaths, once he had made his decision, he didn't hesitate, with his current stats, breaking through was a piece of cake, he had been suppressing himself for too long.
The same 1st door that stopped him 6 years ago, was opened in almost an instant.
The Darkness particles were moving really fast inside of Lucien, his control was to perfection. If they were moving this fast and his Strength was lower than his Agility, it would cause damage to his body, and even now when the Strength was much higher, once he pushed them to top speed, any small touch to the channels they were passing through would leave small wounds, that were quickly healed afterwards.
This was the power of the balance, he gathered a sea of Particle in front of each door at an inhumane speed.
3rd..
5th..
7th..
All the way till Lucien saw that 9th gate, which shockingly wasn't inside his body, Lucien felt that the gate was outside his body, not really detached, but more like connecting the inside to the outside.
Lucien went with his sea wave tactic again, gathering his seas of Particles at every gate, Lucien started pushing the sea at the 1st gate towards the 2nd, once it was almost at the 2nd gate, the 2nd sea would move towards the 3rd, almost connecting with the 1st sea, it continued all the way till the 9th sea, the moment the the large connected waves were about to reach, it slammed into the gate, trying to open the way out of the body.
The seas this time were much bigger than when he was breaking through Rank 1, his body was much more resilient, it could handle much more, their speed was also many times more, and any damage they did was healed at an inhumane speed.
The gate was much harder to open as well, if he was grinding it away, it would be much slower, but a surefire method, using his method Lucien needed much more power to breakthrough, but he was completely confident this method was much better, removing something from your body to make it stronger didn't seem like the correct way.
After the 9th sea slammed, the 8th followed almost immediately, then the 7th, all the way to the 2nd, where the gate was half open.
If someone was watching Lucien at this moment, he would see that the Particles that were swimming on his skin were detaching for a brief moment, before attaching themselves back.
'Finish it.'
The first sea that was much bigger than the 9th, since the constant stream continued feeding it over the time, slammed into the gate with a force that seemed capable of overturning the heavens. The gate slowly opened, but the wave seemed endless, it lasted all the way till the door was fully open.
The moment the gate opened, all the Darkness Particles detached themselves from Lucien and floated around him, making him seem like a demon from the deepest reaches of the abyss.
Inside his body, a magical change was occurring, the 9 gates that led from Rank 0 to Rank 1, connected to the 9 gates leading from Rank 1 to Rank 2, and that mystical energy surged from outside, going through the second 9th gate connected to his skin, travelling through the route and arriving at the space that stored all the Darkness Particles, the one that was beyond the first 9th gate that was inside him since he became Rank 1.
The energy surged in that space, and form there it spread all over the body.
That addicting feeling of his Soul getting better, hit harder than ever, clarity of though and nature were improving at such a pace that Lucien felt he was newborn that grew into an adult in a second.
The feeling didn't last long, but Lucien felt completely different after it vanished.
"Come in."
The Particles that were floating outside his body rushed back in like a tide, they were gone in a second.
Going out for a stretch, Lucien found out he was in there for 3 days already.
'I though I took just a moment.'
'Let's see it, show me the stats.'
-Lucien BloodMoon-
-Age: 15 years-
-Race: Human-
-Orthodox Paths:
Darkness(Rank 2)
Fire(Rank 0)
Water(Rank 0)
Earth(Rank 0)
Metal(Rank 0)
Wind(Rank 0)
Light(Rank 0)
Lightning(Rank 0)
-All Lower Paths(Rank 0)-
-Unorthodox Paths:
Copper Ghoul(Rank 1)
Vampire Viscount(Rank 1)
10 Meter Soul (Soul Devour Rank 1)-
-Strength: 80.15-
-Agility: 125.50-
-Vitality: 80.50-
-Soul: 500.00-
-All Lower Paths(Rank 0): Understanding over all the Lower Paths, speeds up the process of comprehending Middle Paths tremendously. Can feel the Particles of All Lower Paths, thus feeling what Paths are other practitioners practicing-
-Control over internal body: 70%-
-Control over particles:
Inside the body: 100%
Outside the body: 10%-
-Control over Soul : 500 Points-
'It seems that mysterious energy grows the Soul in a way that I can control it imitatively, I have to look into this.'
'And it was a correct assumption, the Agility doubled.'
'I can't tell the Emperor that I became Rank 2 at 15 years old, it's too fast, so getting resources for Rank 2 would be solely my job, time to increase my influence, let's see how far has Elena brought 'her' business.'
Lucien chuckled coldly, his crimson eyes flashing with devious plans.