As if they had sensed his aura a whole lot of worms were coming directly towards him but he wasn't flustered, they would be too weak to even reach his legs.
The near ones were the first to come as the worms wriggled out of the ground.
As soon as they surface they would reach for his boots. WHAT AUDACITY!
When they were almost going to reach it there were cracks appearing all over their bodies and they turned to dust. Without even reaching his boots they would perish! This is when some special cases happened, suddenly large worms came out in the air drilling a bit of a distance away from him.
There was even one that was the size of a puppy. As Cylius saw this thing coming out he immediately knew that this one was going to advance to the next stage, meaning it would become a Halfling stage demon.
If it was lucky it might even have the chance to evolve. But these worms were still worms, if he says so then it shall die. A haughty expression was clear on his face as he crushed all the worms into dust.
When they died something entered his body and surprisingly it could make his yin energy rejoice. As soon as it entered his body it tried to grab it and devour it but was stopped by him for a close checkup.
'Demons advance by killing each other. In each demon there would be demon essence which is very beneficial to a demon. Absorbing the essence would make the demons stronger and once enough of it is absorbed the demon has the chance of advancing to the next stage. But this demon essence is very harmful to lifeforms as it would make the lifeforms have violent tempers and signs of irrationality.'
An introduction appeared in his mind that made him sure that it was the rumored demon essence which is very beneficial to a demon but is harmful to living beings.
But it seems that it isn't so harmful to him, since he was a human in the process of becoming a ghost.
Basically ghosts could absorb anything but he would be more towards darkness. Ghosts could absorb anything and was in various forms. They were illusionary beings who absorbed energy to live.
There were even some ghosts who could use holy energy, it was just that he was towards the darkness that holy energy is the ban of him.
Even though the demon essence of the worms were so little that it could be ignored continuous and large amounts of it could be satisfying. As he allowed the energy to devour it it immediately swallowed it on the spot.
As soon as it was devoured he felt a unique change happening to his energy and body. And the process of his body turning into a ghost was quickening, making him stronger as a bonus. It was of no surprise to him and he just wanted to test it but since it was proved true he immediately isolated the essence coming into him.
He didn't wanted to turn into a ghost even if it meant making him stronger. His life was on the line and it would also make him like a wanted criminal, continuously hunted for benefits.
But there is still another alternative, find a powerful background. This way anyone that would want to hunt him would be taken care of but still there is the possibility of a genius like him with an equivalent background wanting him for materials.
The end would be that the powers would analyze if its worth it for them to protect him in the risk of offending the power behind the genius. It might be worth it but in this case he would be entitled to a tight surveillance and a strict contract.
He would of course not want that, he wished for freedom and didn't wanted to be restricted.
Don't know but if he were to be restricted too much then there would be a breach in the original contract. The contract would no longer have no effect making the various emotions inside him to surface.
That would be the real suicide, he didn't know if he would start a massacre or evolv to become a ghost on the spot. It would be really dangerous and he didn't wanted to see that, at least now.
A mocking expression appeared on his face and as soon as it appeared all the worms around him turned to dust, making the air blurry.
These worms weren't the end not to mention the other demons that have the possibility of appearing. In fact he was surprised that other demons didn't surface at all, usually demons would've already appeared to kill him.
As the isolated demon essences gathered in his abdomen it turned into an ugly black making contrast with the pale gray skin. Still he felt that this thing was a bit slow and uninteresting.
A barrier was made outside his body and the worms couldn't break it and enter at all. The worms kept coming and clinging to the barrier making the scene outside blurry.
The worms kept increasing until the barrier was completely shrouded by the worms. The worms were in all sizes and the strange thing was that the big ones didn't eat the little worms. The fat short worms looked disgusting but he didn't care.
Looking at all the worms his arm went up in the air and made a revolving gesture with his finger, immediately the barrier dissipated but the worms didn't come closer instead they were shot into the air and was suspended.
Then the finger was crooked and immediately after all the worms whether they were underground or in the air all came exactly in front of him and was suspended by an invisible barrier that kept them inside. Then the next moment the palm showed a slow clenching gesture.
The barrier also shrank along with the palm and the worms were getting mutilated and compressed by the second. A screech was heard as the barrier shrank to a little space. Now the inside of the barrier was a dense color of black along with some white, if the ordinary vision had seen this it would clearly indicate an ordinary black color but with his vision he could see the inside much better.
The little ball of black right in front of him showed many and dense lines along with the powdered teeth. As Cylius released the barrier the ball of black instantly fell to the ground making a hole, just from the impact.
Even though those worms were light individually if hundreds and thousands of it concentrated into a little ball then its weight would be terrifying, a few tons at least.
So of course would the ground give way to a little concentrated power.
The most recent examination of this telekinesis ability of his suggested that it could hold ten tons at most, any further would make him lose control.
The control of the ten tons would be clumsy too so a few tons would be the most he could control while being flexible. As the ball fell he felt the great amount of demon essence entering his body and he felt that with these he could enter the limit break stage.
Taking three months to advance to the peak of the first tier? He would definitely be labeled a genius. But there were geniuses like him too and the real struggle came from the second tier.
From the second tier they would have to analyze the rules of the energy they would like to specialize in and create a rune that contained their comprehension. Lots of geniuses were stuck in this stage forever being unable to advance!
But unfortunately this was impossible and he wasn't going to absorb it at least the saved essences would be able to help him once he reached the third tier.