As Atlas felt his muscles coursing with energy he couldn't move as the circuit of energy supplying him euphoria was too strong and so he was overcome by the constant energy flow as his eyes shut down slowly.
———_______———
-5 Hours Later:-
Atlas's eyes slowly opened up as he found he was in a blue crystal of sorts as once his eyes fully opened the crystal shattered into tiny pieces as it became the cyan blue lake once again.
His numbed mind was now back to normal as he gave his hair a little scratch before he stretched his limbs out one by one as he found his body was healthier than before.
Previously the only real thing he possessed was his extreme speed that he used to blitz others but now his body was also strong as he punched put lightly to the air front of him causing a huge shockwave to flow from the entrance of the cave blowing the vibrant shamrock green grass in front of him.
And as he took in a breath and exhaled out the air- it hit against the cave walls causing a Jian sword-like slash to form on the cave walls exhibiting Atlas's newfound prowess.
And most importantly of all, he felt his Battle Power increase tremendously- as his strength and breath proved him right.
However, the only disappointing thing was that his Life Force hadn't increased instead his capacity or more like his vessel for Life Force had increased.
It meant he could become stronger now as his bottleneck had been broken down for him and now he just needed to fill the dam with its water.
Or more like the body was just a wine glass that held onto one's Life Force- It was an ever-growing vessel that needed to be moulded and shaped in order to surpass bottlenecks to truly be limitless.
And from his memories, he found that Life Force was the spiritual energy that held one's soul onto one's body and without Life Force death was the only option for you.
From what he felt he knew the cyan blue lake had been the one to present him with these gifts or more rather prizes that he'd not achieved- it felt like something was wrong no there had to be a catch of sorts for such an act of 'kindness.'
Though his Battle Power had increased he still hadn't collected enough Life Force and now that his Life Force capacity had increased it meant it would be harder to fill the dam without any actual rigorous and strenuous tasks.
But feeling his little Life Force circulating around his body turning gradually from a gas into a liquid solution so long as he continued circulating his Life Force he kept at it and decided to refrain from creating his own batch of new Life Force as he wished to see what heights he'd achieve with this ability to liquefy Life Force.
But then suddenly something struck him on the back and drops of water splattered onto the ground hearing this and feeling it he turned instantaneously and then he saw it- the cyan blue lake had morphed from its place into an astral like form as it seeped into his forehead.
Atlas feeling the cyan energy flowing to his forehead quickly took a step back as when he did so he rushed back up to the ceiling of the foggy cave and began to devour the cyan energy as if a cold drink he began to scoop it into his mouth absorbing the energy that tried to enter his forehead like food.
And to be honest the cyan energy tasted like blueberry pie causing Atlas to savour each drop of its spiritual goodness.
As slowly the cyan energy began to light up his body like a glow in the dark stick causing neon blue energy to seem through Atlas's skin and bones.
Causing the dark cave to be brightened up immediately- Now Atlas looked strange matching what he'd just done- he was the first mortal to try and drink Life Force never had such a thing been seen much less been possible however his reformed body was capable of doing it and as if on instinct he drank the cyan energy all up.
Now Atlas just stared at himself in shock what had he done? He'd consumed an entire lakes worth of Life Force and this was absolutely incredible as he had just drunk 400,000 Square Metres of Life Force.
400,000 Square Metres!! Hurriedly Atlas turned his attention to his body as he inspected every part of his body checking to see if he was inflating or imploding with energy ready to burst out.
And now Atlas was shocked to see that his body was better than ever before- He looked at his arms and saw that they had become bigger than 30cm (11.8 Inches), his body weight had also increased dramatically from his previous 80-90 pounds into something more like 200 pounds and his body was certainly feeling the strength all right with his height just about approaching 5' 11.
And his clothes had all been ripped to shreds leaving only his pants in view that held on strong to his legs making him wonder just what make they were to withstand such strong force and tension.
With his clothes in tatters, his body dirty all he could do was head on down to the hot springs down below- he had to clean somehow, right?
But then a problem struck him- nothing he had would fit him and to top it off he had no money so what could he do.
Recognising his lack of finance he did what he only could do...
———_______———
"Senior Apprentice Brother- Senior Apprentice Brother Jian?! Are you In!"
Shouted a loud low pitched voice as it cut through the stone houses walls- causing the one inside to awake from his meditation in a hurry.
Surely something important was happening as he'd placed a note on his house that he'd started to Cultivate for the whole week- and if someone distracted him it should be important.
Rushing forward Jian opened up his door as he saw the person calling him- Bare chested with only tight black pants on with spiky jet black hair, and with a towering muscle mass seemingly weighing over 200 pounds yet his abs and gains were clearly defined and incredibly big and powerful as if he was the incarnation of an Adonis ready to topple nations with his sculpted vessel of a body.
But then he saw something he noticed earlier but ignored- his pants had the name Atlas attached to them and to be honest he looked like his best friend Atlas except bigger and more muscular.
"Atlas-?!"