"How are you feeling" Said Li Qiu as he faced Prakash.
"A bit better, but the pain was horrible. It felt like my insides were pulled out and roasted in an oven" Replied Prakash.
"I am still unable to figure out the reason as to why you felt so much pain when I injected my Spirit Flame inside you. It was painless when I did the same to me" Said Li Qiu.
"I'm not sure. Tell me, Big bro, how did those stuff look like?" Questioned Prakash.
"You mean those Aria Intents?" Inquired Li Qiu.
"Yeah, them" Affirmed Prakash.
"My present power levels only allowed my 'Essence Sense' innate ability to view those Aria Intents as small dots which were attached atop the Aria" Replied Li Qiu.
"Did you feel your Aria decrease after you burned off all the Aria Intents?" Questioned Prakash.
It took Li Qiu a couple of minutes of observation before he asserted "Nope, nothing of the sort happened. Only my Aria Intents were burned off"
"Then, I guess I could try that" Prakash murmured as he closed his eyes.
When Li Qiu saw Prakash close his eyes, he thought that Prakash was too tired and weary after experiencing searing pain for 5 minutes non-stop.
Li Qiu then glanced at Myra "Don't just stand there like an Idiot. Take care of Prakash while I treat Enbi Arin"
"Ugh...Sorry" Myra apologized as she stood next to Prakash who currently looked like he was having a nap.
Li Qiu shook his head sideways at Myra's actions as he placed his hand above Enbi Arin's stomach vertically above her Aria Core as he used his 'Essence Sense' innate ability to observe her Aria Circuit.
Li Qiu activated his 'Flame Purification' skill as he slowly injected minute traces of Spirit Flame into her.
After his experience with Prakash, Li Qiu's control over his Spirit Flame increased and since the amount he injected into Enbi Arin was relatively lower as compared to Prakash, the pain she felt was also of a relatively lower level.
But it was only in relative to Prakash. The actual pain experienced by Enbi Arin made her snap out of her unconscious state within a few seconds after Li Qiu injected his Spirit Flame into her.
"Aargh…..guh….huff.." Enbi Arin began screaming out in pain immediately.
Li Qiu stopped his skill as he looked into Enbi Arin's eyes. Enbi Arin didn't even have enough strength to currently talk. On his cue, Myra told all the details to Enbi Arin through their unique mental tink.
After a few minutes passed as Enbi Arin came to comprehend her situation, she grit her teeth as she mentally messaged Myra.
"Tell him to use his skill in intervals of 10 seconds each"
Myra then relayed Enbi Arin's message to Li Qiu.
Li Qiu nodded to show his understanding as he activated his skill again. But this time he concentrated to his utmost limit to send as little of his Spirit Flame into Enbi Arin as possible.
This time Enbi Arin just grits her teeth but didn't scream as before. Li Qiu gave 10 seconds of rest to Enbi Arin followed by 10 seconds of his 'Flame Purification' skill.
The process kept on repeating until when it was suddenly interrupted by Myra's shout "Uncl….L-Li Qiu, look at Prakash, something weird is happening to him"
Li Qiu abruptly turned his head to see Prakash's body vibrate like a pitchfork at very high frequencies. Enbi Arin could barely manage to sit up so that she could see Prakash.
Li Qiu rushed towards Prakash's side as he tried to take hold of Prakash's shoulders, but failed to hold him due to the intense frequencies that his body was vibrating with.
"P-Prakash! Prakash!! Can you hear me!! Prakash…" Li Qiu started to shout in worry but suddenly his voice trailed off when he noticed something weird through his 'Essence Sense' innate ability since he didn't stop using the ability from the moment he started Enbi Arin's treatment.
Li Qiu noticed that the Aria Intents inside Prakash's Aria circuit were slowly but steadily disappearing starting from his forehead where his Aria Core was located and proceeded further downwards.
Li Qiu sighed in relief as he calmed down and informed the others that Prakash was currently safe.
Li Qiu reminded Myra again to take care of Prakash as he went back to treat Enbi Arin.
Li Qiu stopped his treatment process after about an hour had passed as his forehead was dripping with sweat due to the intense amount of concentration he had to exert for such a long time period.
"We'll continue the treatment again after an hour" Li Qiu said to Enbi Arin.
"Make it two. I don't think I can endure another section like that again in such a short time frame" Replied Enbi Arin, her body completely soaked with sweat.
"Fine by me" Li Qiu nodded as he sat down on the bed beside Enbi Arin to rest for a while.
Meanwhile, Prakash was currently filled with joy, the reason being his creation of a skill.
"Sweet, just like I had hoped. My Innate ability is quite the all-rounder eh. And the fact that the pure energy obtained after I destroyed the Aria Intents has the property to reinforce my Aria and my body came as an added pleasant surprise" Prakash thought.
"I'm done" Prakash exclaimed as he sat up straight from the bed.
"How are you feeling" Li Qiu instantly sprang up from his resting spot and rushed towards Prakash's bed as he ignored the statement Prakash made.
Enbi Arin too sat up on her bed while Myra walked over to check up on Enbi Arin's condition.
"I'm feeling great. I created my own skill to counterattack the Aria Intents. I'm at present at 32 percent Aria Purity" Prakash replied in a cheerful tone.
"Well done little bro, you worried me for a bit there" said Li Qiu as he lightly smacked on Prakash's head.
"Hehe, sorry" Prakash replied in a sheepish manner.
"How did you manage to do it" Inquired an astonished Enbi Arin.
"Taking a hint form Big bro's skill, I used my 'Moving Nature' innate ability to bombard the Aria Intents with a pure Aria repeatedly. Eventually, the Aria Intents disintegrated into pure energy capable of reinforcing both my Aria as well as my constitution. It's not as effective as Big bro's 'Flame Purification' skill but it's my only feasible option" Said Prakash as he took the role of a teacher.
Enbi Arin felt a spark of inspiration from his words and sat cross-legged to try it out herself.
In the meantime, Li Qiu turned towards Myra as he said "You too must try to create a skill for yourself eventually. I noticed before through my 'Essence Sense' that you too have some Aria Intents on your Aria. While consuming only the monster carcasses may not produce as many Aria intents as compared to directly absorbing an Aria Core but it may eventually lead to the same situation we faced today when it accumulates to a sufficiently high level inside you"
Myra nodded in understanding as she began to ponder about a solution to this potential problem because she needed to create a skill that would be helpful to all of her brethren.
Myra decided to consult Prakash for a suitable direction to work with as she approached him with her thoughts.
"So, you're saying that the skill must be something your fellow brethren must also be capable of using right" Inquired Prakash.
"Yeah" Nodded Myra.
Prakash mulled over something and finally suggested "You can try to accumulate them somewhere in your body where it can help you. Since the Aria Intent corresponds to each of the creature's abilities, thoughts and emotions, try to harness those in a way that they may prove useful to you. Most of your brethren have a shield related ability right, so this might probably be the only way to proceed further and since you won't consume Aria Cores, the Aria Intents you would have to deal with would generally be small in amounts"
"Thanks for that" Myra thanked as she hurried back to her nest as she gained a few ideas from Prakash's hints.
"Anytime…..Ahahaha" Prakash just laughed it off in embarrassment because Myra was long gone by the time he could come up with a cool line.
"What are you going to do now, Big bro, since we wouldn't be able to hunt anytime soon" Prakash questioned Li Qiu.
"It's time I dealt with this thing" Replied Li Qiu as he pointed at his head with his index finger which was coated with his Spirit Flames.
Prakash's eyes immediately widened in realization as he nodded in support and went back to further purify his Aria.
Li Qiu sat cross-legged as he once again activated his 'Essence Sense' innate ability and was greeted with the all familiar black world.
Li Qiu directed his concentration towards the Pale golden egg inside his head. Like always, one of its tentacles drifted off from his body towards some unknown location while the other tentacle had created about 17 coils around Li Qiu's blue coloured Soul Flame.
"Its time I dealt with you piece of maggot shit" Li Qiu muttered mentally as he first burned off the tentacle that drifted away from his body. The moment that tentacle lost its connection with the pale golden egg, it immediately dissipated into nothingness.
Li Qiu then burned off the other tentacle coiled around his Soul Flame within a matter of seconds.
Li Qiu long stopped caring about the advantages that the 'World Wide Web' could provide him because no matter the pros it had to offer but just the thought that it may one day try to possess him made Li Qiu afraid.
Li Qiu felt about a half of his Aria still remaining inside him and decided to begin the main course after taking in a deep breath.
Li Qiu unleashed his Spirit Flames over the pale golden egg in its full might.
He was immediately greeted with a sound of grating metal from the pale golden that instantly dissipated his Spirit Flames while snapping his concentration out of the black world of his 'Essence Sense' innate ability.
"What…. In the devil's horns was that" Li Qiu wondered in shock.
"Let me try it once more" Li Qiu grit his teeth as he sent his Spirit Flame to the pale golden egg while activating his 'Essence Sense' innate ability again but only to be snapped back to reality by that grating sound unleashed by the pale golden egg.
"Arrgh….Again"
'Crash'
"Damn…..Once More"
'Crash'
"I won't give up"
'Crash'
"I will burn you"
'Crash'
"You…."
'Crash'
"Piece of "
'Crash'
"Parasitic Shit"
'Crash'