Yang Zhai summoned the Damnation Snake. It emerged from his left hand, coiling up his arm before settling on his shoulders.
Yang Zhai tore it apart, and it scattered. After that, it emerged from his left hand again. Even though he couldn't use his left hand to fight, he had obtained the Damnation Snake.
"But, I cannot do the same to my left arm. Even though I am unable to use both arms in a battle, at least, I can use my right arm freely. Even if the toll isn't harming my body, it did render my left arm useless. These techniques cannot be messed with easily." Yang Zhai muttered.
"Still, if it's not harming me, why can't I use my left arm freely? Even though I can move it a little, it's only a little. If only I had Blood Demon Ka. Sigh… forget it, I am going to abandon these kas eventually." Yang Zhai sighed.
He was experimenting with the Damnation Snake in hopes of gaining a new understanding of the techniques. Even though his knowledge of the techniques was profound in many paths, and he could make new techniques, they were only basic techniques.
Even though he had his thoughts and ideas, he had never tested them or couldn't do so. Like this Connection. He knew about this Connection even in his past life but had never been able to test it out.
As such, he used his right hand and summoned rank 1 Red Poison.
"As I expected, I cannot sense anything let alone recall or even reform it back again."
He tried to sense the Connection with the already used Red Poison, but couldn't sense anything. Despite knowing about the Connection, he couldn't do anything here.
"Wait a minute… don't tell me," Yang Zhai suddenly thought of something.
He activated the Aurora's aura and transferred it toward the left arm.
After that, he tried to move it. Unexpectedly, he could now move it freely. In fact, his connection with the Damnation Snake deepened.
"What's happening…" Yang Zhai had many guesses, but couldn't decide upon any.
One thing is for sure, it's not controlling my arm. In fact, the moment the Aurora's aura touched my arm, it felt like a weight had been lifted.
Yang Zhai stopped the Aurora. His arm became less responsive again. He then activated the Aurora and released its aura. His arm started moving freely again.
Oh, now I get it. So, it can even suppress the toll on my body. Even though the toll is not harming my body because the Aurora had already slightly modified my bones, it still does exist and is weighing over my arm. But, after I activated Aurora's aura, it could suppress the toll because the toll existed in the bones it modified: Yang Zhai smiled.
After repeatedly activating and deactivating the Aurora, Yang Zhai finally understood what was happening. He had previously sensed his bones were being altered by the Aurora while training on the Brown Dacite and using the one-time kas, but he hadn't known what was going on back then.
"I didn't expect this," he thought. "The bones modified by the Aurora are immune to the toll's harmful effects, just like how leukocytes from Earth's perspective fight harmful bacteria. However, the physical weight of the toll is still there, pressing on my arm. But the Aurora suppresses it, allowing me to move my arm freely.
"Not only that, the Aurora goes further, even controlling the toll as it operates within the territory it has modified and protected. That's why I'm still able to summon and control the Damnation Snake."
This was something Yang Zhai didn't expect from the Aurora. He knew it had the ability to modify them when refining kas, which could also be done with other things according to what he guessed. However, even modifying his bones, and affecting different techniques was something he had not expected.
"But, why am I unable to remove the toll then?" This was something he still didn't understand.
As such, he started his experimentation again. He wanted to find out what was happening in order to move forward.
He had two days to go as the next round was going to start in two days.
"If I don't find out, I will have to stop modifying my body. Even though I am confident this Aurora won't harm me, I can't let my body get modified without knowing what's happening. It's better to be cautious." This was what he decided.
Even though this thing was created by him after long and careful planning, he couldn't let it continue. He liked to be cautious even if he himself had decided to do something and that too had a hundred percent success rate.
…..
A man with a young appearance stood, looking proud. He was wearing a cloak that covered his whole body, except for his head. Everyone could see his face. He had long, black hair. His eyes were white. He stood there with a confident posture. His eyes were hooded.
His appearance resembled that of an immortal who had just descended to Earth to engage with humans. Even though he seemed to be in his early twenties, he wasn't.
His name was Kyl Qhim. He stood and looked on as his rank 5 Jagzee dominated a beast of the same rank.
This beast had four legs, but its feet matched that of a chimpanzee. Its head was that of a monkey, but its nose and mouth were that of a lion. Its height and posture matched that of a monkey, but its legs matched that of a jaguar.
It excelled in running and climbing and was quite strong as well. It was a very rare beast, and difficult to find to enslave. It just grabbed and tore a snake apart with its hands, which were like a chimpanzee's.
"With this, the fight goes to Kyl Qhim!" Ryu Tae announced.
"Yue Qing, be ready, I am coming for you soon enough. Your mother is waiting for you." Kyl Qhim muttered.
He leaped off the stage and continued on his path.
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Let's say it like this,
When you throw a stone into boiling water, it gets cleaned of germs, but the stone remains in the pot. This represents the toll I mentioned; although the stone doesn't harm him, it still physically weighs down his arm.