Martial Arts are good, sustainable, and energy-efficient. It would be the most ideal for someone with great quality of energy, but for the case of Morbius, it is a no-no.
Martial Arts to a certain extent embeds the practice into one's habits. The more Martial Arts are practiced, the more it etches the effect to the bones, flesh, skin, and veins. Even the breathing and energy circulation is affected.
For one to excel at a Martial Art, one must be the Martial Art, but for Morbius, it will hinder his Lifebound Reversal. Lifebound Reversal needs to be completed before a technique is to be etched in his body and mind.
For now, the most strategic decision is to settle with magic. Although he is learning magic, he could use Pure Energy for it. The same goes for Martial Arts, pure energy is useable although effects may vary. For what the effects are, Morbius will find out.
Today Morbius took the Runic Magic at the back of his head. Instead, he taught Elle about Ancient Dragon Physiology. This technique is very useful for Foundation Building cultivators like her.
Instead of absorbing energy from the air haphazardly, Morbius channeled Pure Energy to her body. Since she's not like Morbius who trained 'Foundation for Dummies' for thousands of years, Morbius did not inject too much of his white energy inside Elle's body.
Morbius put his right palm above her solar plexus and his left palm above her belly.
"Too much of Morbius's white stuff is entering my womb." Elle blushed.
Antics like this always make Morbius's eyelids twitched. He felt like he is doing something illegal. "Shut up and concentrate."
"Nggghhh!" Elle moaned.
Her moan induced goosebumps to Morbius. Elle was seating in a lotus position while Morbius sat behind her with thighs opened in a V-shape. White energy from Morbius entered her pores and other passageways.
"Morbius, I-I'm... going to.." Elle's face was writhing due to pain.
Morbius halted his channeling of energy and instructed, "Now erupt your veins. After the eruption, channel the energy to the unlocked areas."
Elle did what Morbius instructed. She vomited blood as she erupted her veins. Morbius channeled his energy again for Elle to circulate. She circulated the energy to certain veins allowing her to heal the erupted ones. The healing process was partnered with a breakthrough.
BOOM!
Energy particles danced around Elle as she unlocked her physiology like Morbius opening all her hidden veins. She also attained the Energy Absorption realm.
"Whooh! That is intense. It feels like you are stirring my insides with your energy. It's painful but ecstatic at the same time." Elle rubbed her tummy and smiled at Morbius.
Morbius really can't understand what is going on with this brat's brain. Now that her physiology was unlocked, the only problem left is her manual for Energy Absorption.
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Elle went to the Adventurer's Guild and Violeta Service Union. She wanted to register as an adventurer and also tamper with Morbius's License. For her as the Information Department Head of Violeta Service Union, tampering with information is a piece of cake.
The reason why she became the head is because of her lack of affiliation inside Misha City. She is expected to be impartial and just. Well, Morbius's circumstances forced her to violate the rules.
On the other hand, Morbius went to the Magic Tower. His money is almost running out, but he still went and paid for a basic magic room inside the tower.
He is planning to learn Runic Magic at its core. He repeatedly read the book before going to the Magic Tower. Now is the moment of truth.
He went inside his rented room. The room is composed of different devices that measure power. Physical force, amount of mana used, temperature, wattage - almost every aspect could be measured here.
In the book, it states that Runic Magic was discovered before mana and qi. Runic Magic is not as complex as the modern Magic that uses mana, but it relies on the message each rune conveys. The rune could be any symbol that could convey the caster's intent.
There were twenty fundamental runes listed inside the 'Five Millenniums of Runic Heritage'. The book profoundly explained each of the twenty runes. A Master of Runes could conjure his unique rune, but it takes a lot of time and effort to conjure one. For now, Morbius is not planning to make his unique runes.
Among the twenty fundamental runes, Morbius chose to practice the Insatiable Rune. Insatiable Rune is a long-range is a plantable rune. There are many types of runes, but for now, it doesn't matter.
Within the radius of 50 meters from the caster, one could conjure a rune that would suck a specific amount of the surrounding energy. It might seem to be a cheat, but to be fair, the energy sucked by the rune instantaneously is proportional to the caster's energy.
The good thing about runes is that they could be evolved. The fundamental runes might be the most basic, but from these runes, one could build stairs to an earth-shattering rune upon development.
"Insatiable - I need to build a separate manual for this rune upon improvement. From a fundamental rune, thousands of runes could stem."
Morbius is an immortal. If he wanted to, he could develop a plethora of runes and become a Master of Runes.
He prepared himself for the conjuring of the Insatiable Rune. Morbius closed his eyes and gathered energy on the tip of his index finger.
Bzzz!
A buzzing sound could be heard as if electricity is surging. Energy from his Energy Sources accumulated and he started to draw a single rune.
He is a beginner, so he could only manually draw the rune in the air. As he stopped, the rune remained afloat and the glow is quite dim. The dim light showed that the rune had yet to be activated.
"It is hard to see the effect without a target. I wish the amount of energy would be enough to make the effect apparent."
The energy he used to conjure the small rune is little. He expected that the same amount would be sucked by the rune.
"Insatiable!", Morbius muttered and suddenly the rune lit up and illuminated a bit.
Suddenly the energy around the Insatiable Rune was sucked leaving a section of the surroundings to be void of energy.
"The more proficiency in this rune, the greater the surrounding to rune ratio would be." Morbius also noticed that because of Pure Energy, the amount of impure energy sucked was great.
"It seems that the purity of energy matters when it comes to the Insatiable Rune. The rune color changed to various colors. That means the energy in the air is a mixture of different derivations of energy.
Morbius practiced his runes based on the formation speed. He tried not to draw it in the air but form it instantly. He tried many times before he succeeded. Then he tried different sizes of runes and accounted for the times of rune formation.
The bigger the rune, the longer it takes to form. He also tried to experiment with the distance and prove his conjecture that distance and size affect the conjuring time. The duration is the same and the longest duration before it fades is when it is manually written with a finger.
He tried the rune until his proficiency is enough. To consolidate his ability, he needs to try it on a battlefield.
"Finally, I could begin hunting and earning money!" Now that Morbius can fight, he could now hunt beasts. Now that I am sufficiently equiped, I can now begin my journey as an immortal.
[First Volume Ends]